Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-06-04
GREET FRENCH VISITORS.
Warm Welcome to Rocha mb eau Come
mission in New notwithstanding
Accident q Feature.

New York, May 28.-Count de Roch-
ambeau and the others of the party of
French delegates, after passing most
of the day in journeying to West
Point and reviewing the cadets there,
arrived in this city shortly before four
o'clock in the afternoon. They came
down the Hudson on the United States
dispatch boat Dolphin. AS the Dol
phin steamed up to the Battery, three
salutes were fred, two of 10 guns each
for Vice Admiral Fourier and AS
sistant Secretary of State Peirce, and
one of II guns for Ambassador Cam
bon. Mayor Lows secretary, with
Maj. Greer, of Gen. Roe's staff, and AL
derman Willett, chairman of the al
dermanic reception committee, were
waiting at the barge office.
A large crowd stood in a pouring
rain and witnessed the debarkation.
cheering the visitors as they proceed
ed to carriages and, escorted by the
military and a platoon of mounted
police, were driven to the city hall.
Arriving at the city hall, the French
men were formally welcomed to the
city by Mayor Low and President
Fornes, of the board of aldermen. Be-
sides the Frenchmen there were the
presidential delegates, Col. T. A. Bin
ham, Commander Raymond P. Rogers,
and their aids. The mayors secretary
ushered the visitors into the mayors
private office, and thence to the gov
ernor's room. The formal presenta-
lions were made here. AS the
| aldermanic committee came in the
| visitors were presented to the mem
bers OF it, and all adjourned to the
council chamber. The room was
crowded with city officials. The
Frenchmen were presented to Presi-
! dent Fornes, who welcomed them in
a brief address.
Mayor Low then eloquently adj
| dressed the French delegates, and the
clerk of the board then read the reso-
lutions adopted by the aldermen April
70, in which they requested the mayor
| to extend the courtesies of the city
| to the French visitors. Following this
Ambassador Cambon replied to the
mayors address. The ceremony con-
cluded with the address of Ambassa-
dor Cambon. Carriages were then
taken, and the visitors. and govern
ment and city officials were driven to
the reviewing stand, where they were
to witness the parade of the New York
national guard and the American and
French sailors from the warships.
The reviewing stand had been erect
ed in Madison square park. on the
Fifth avenue side. It was prettily dec
GRATED and surrounding it were de-
tachments of the veteran artillery
corps of 1912. The parade was n hour
and a half in passing the stand, and
$500 men took part in it, Count Ro-
chambeau expressed himself as highly
pleased with the display made by the
citizen soldiery.
New York, May 2s.-Elvin L. Cool
idge, circulating manager of the New
Yorl, Commercial, was almost Instant
! ~ killed, and about 100 others injured
Tuesday evening by the breaking
down of temporary sidewalk at Fifth
avenue and Eighteenth street. Some
of those injured may die. Those who
fell were part of the crowd gathered
to watch the parade of militia in onor
of the visit of the French Rochambeau
commission to this city. Two hundred
persons were on the sidewalk when it
gave way. They were precipitated 20
feet into an excavation for new
building, and fell on piles of building
! material.