Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-14

Saunders, General Henderson. T. l. Kim
ball. NJ. r. Risdon, e. Rosewater, J. c. Bon
nell and l.. N. Bennett.
The Bee Of that date recorded that "the
police force under command Of City Mar
shall westerdahI was out, fourteen strong,
in new caps and full uniforms; " that Hook
and ladder company No. 1 was also out In
full uniform pursuant to a call from Sec
rotary f. G.. Ryder" and that a vast con-
course Of 10000 people, including several
thousand school children was on the school
house grounds"
President HnrrisOn's visit.
President Benjamin Harrison was con-
Quoted into Omaha from Lincoln at 11:40
Wednesday, May 10, 1891, by a committee
composed OF Mayor Gushing, Senator Man
derson. Governor Thayer, Ex-Governor
Saunders and Hon. J. c. Gown. With him
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Harrison, Mrs.
Mckee, the presidents daughter, Mrs. Dim
mick. who later became the presidents
wife, and Secretaries wanamaker and Rusk.
He spoke from the court hcuss heights thea
crossed to The Bee building and held the
first presidential reception ever held in a
newspaper building. The beautiful Alham-
bra court had been profusely decorated
and upon entering the building he was well
coined by E. Rosewater and by i'm con-
Quoted to the north side of the court,
where he stood at the base Of the steps,
which were banked with flowers and hung
with flags. while people honored with the
deliberately engraved invitation cards filed
past him for an hour or more and out the
east entrance. Later he was entertained
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Rosewater's chair in playful pretense Of
editorial authority. At 3 O'Clock he de-
llvered an address to the acres Of children
assembled on the High school grounds. AT
1 O'Clock he and his party lunched with
local citizens Of prominence at the home OF
Alvin Saunders. At SIS the party left, the
president saying: Il am most certainly
surprised. Omaha is a grand city-one of
the most magnificent we have visited. /
like its open-handed hospitality"
President C~IeveInnd's Call.
President Cleveland with his charming
June bride, his private secretary, Daniel
Lamont, his former law partner, Colonel
Bissel, and Postmaster General and Mrs.
Villas, reached Omaha from the east and
on his way to Kansas City, at 1850 o'clock
the mornin OF Wednesday, October
10, 1887. He asked to be ex-
cused from making even the re-
quested fve-minutes speech and was in the
city scarcely more than an hour, or only
long enough to drive over the business por-
tion, as far west as Twenty-second street
and as far south as Brownell hall. The
most notable features Of the day were the
great procession that gave him escort, the
splendid showing Of uniformed Knights of
Pythias and the TAN hat that Isaac Sim
plicity Hascall, present councilman from the
First ward, wore. 1t Is recorded by this
types that "HascalTs best friends and
worst enemies failed to recognize him in
his silk-lapelled o~vercoat and shiny
beaver"
Judge J. M. woolworth, Senator Mander-
son, DR.. George L. Miller, George W. Hold
rege, W. A. Paxton. General G. 3. Dandy,
Max Meyer, Hon. James e. Boyd and Hon.
Charles H. Brown as a welcoming com
mittee for Nebraska went to Council Bluffs
in a special car, which was there coupled
onto the presidential train when 1t was
pulled into the Iowa town by a locomotive,
the engineer OF which was, oddly enough,
Of the name Of James O.. Blaine. In addi-
ton to this committee there was Con-
gresham John A. McShane, the special
spokesman, who gave the formal greeting
as the train passed over the middle OF the
Missouri river bridge. Congressman Nc
Shane (whom the president embarrassed by
addressing as "Mayor") and Governor
Thayer rode with the president and Mrs
Cleveland In the front carriage, which was
literally covered with handsome cut flow
ers. Mrs. Cleveland, radiantly beautiful and
engagingly frank, whose grandfather had
once resided here and who owned Omahs
property, was quite as much the center Of
interest as her distinguished husband, but
had to smile obviously when there con.
fronted her at Sixteenth and Douglas
streets a crayon portrait Of Susan B. An.
thOny, over which was written. by the err
ring enthusiast: welcome, Mrs. Cleve.
land"
There were twenty-three Carriages In the
procession and the president seemed much
pleased with cordially Of his reception.
Mckinley Well Known Here.
He who uccumbe one year ago today
to the wounds an assassin had inflicted
eight days before made Omaha a longer
visit than any other president and waS
the central figure in the greatest gathering
the city has ever known. The events Of thai
visit were so memorable that II seems
uhhIleOessary W Tecouht moTe thah the CIT
cumstance OF time. He arrived at 8 o'clocl
the evening Of October IL. 1898. and re-
manned until 8 o'clock the following Thurs,
day morning. or October Is. The Ak-Sar
Ben illuminated parades were repeated fol
him the night Of his arrival and he re-
viewed them from q stand in front Of thu
city hall where the city's welcome wal
first formally extended to him. Wednesda!
day was Presidents day-oh, memorabl,
date for omaha-at the Transmississipp
exposition and he was on the grounds from
IL a. m. until 9 p. m, holding a reception
in the government building at 2 o'clock fl
the afternoon and dining with leading loca
citizens in the Markell cafe n the earl
evening. With him on this visit were Sec
r~etaries OF the Treasury Gage, Bliss Of tn
Interior, Wilson Of Agriculture, Postmaste