The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-05-29
ROOSEVELT AT
PORTLAND A. OR.
imposing Parade and an &
thusiastic Reception Are
the Features.
SPENT THE NIGHT THIEF :. !.
President Lays Corner Stone of Lev
and Clark Monumen t--ls Lust ].
lily cheered by $4,000 School
Children. 5s3

Portland, Ore, May 2S.-Presidek rs
Roosevelt arrived in Portland at 2:ES
o'clock yesterday afternoon and speFs
the night here. AS his train drew on h
the bridge spanning the Willamet "
river a salute Of twenty one guns w Il
fired by a battery of the Oregon N; Is
train entered the station amid tlSs
cheering Of an immense crowd, the al N
of steam whistles and the playing /
bands. sA$$iS
A committee, headed by Unite 4
States Senator Mitchell, escorted til 4
president to a carriage, and n drlN 1
about the city was taken. In the car
ry Loeb, Governor Chamberlain an
the venerable mayor of Portland
George P. Williams was who was
cabinet officer when the president wa
a boy.
The parade was headed by platoos
Of police. Then came battalion d
the Spanish-American war veterans
under command Of Brigadier Genera
Summers. who led the Second Oregosi
battery. United States artillery, from
Vancouver barracks, acted as L
mounted escort. Following thu
presidents carriage came a largs
number Of prominent CITIZEN
In carriages, the Seventeenth
Infantry from Vancouver barr
racks, the Third regiment, Oregon MAJ
tional Guard, and cadets from military
schools in various sections of the state
Human American Flag.
A section Of the parade that at
tracted great attention was a human
flag, composed OF 400 school children
a Hr.i1l Cd
a military company of fifty American
born Chinese. under command Of Reid
Back, jr., brought up the rear of the pro-
| cession. Over the entire route from the
| depot to the city park, a distance Of three
| miles, American flags were spread across
the streets. Suspended from the Hotel
Portland to tho postoffice across Sixth
street, was large flag, the first Ameri-
can flag hoisted on the walls of old Ma
Mia. 1t took the place Of the Spanish
nag, and marked the end Of Spanish rule
| In the Philippines When the presidents
carriage passed under the flag he and the
other occupants took off their hats
A feature Of the drive that appeared to
please the president was an assemhlage
Of 1000 school children, massed in raised
seats on the park blocks. Each child
waved an American flag as the president
passed, and cheered him Justify.
Laid Corner Stone.
When the president reached the city
| park at 4:35 p. m. 25, 900 people had assem-
5led there to witness the laying of the
! cornerstone Of the Lewis and Clark mon
usnent. The spot where the monument
! IS to be. erected Is an elevation 200 feet
/ above the city, from which point d fms
view Of the Columbia and Willamette
| ltYers, Mt, poad, Mt. st. Helena, Mt
Adams and other snowcapped peaks Of
| the Cascade range can be had. -
1 Mayor George I'll. Williams delivered the
! address. Of welcome, to which the presi.
1 dent responded briefly. .r.ss
| He then laid the cornerstone Of the
monument that is to be erected in honor
Of the famous expedition of Captain
Lewis and Clark, which gave to the Unit
| ed States the great northwestern terri
tory known as. the Oregon country.
The exercises at the park were some
what curtailed on account of a slight
J shower Of rain.
| After the exercises were concluded at
! Hotel Portland, where he rested until s
Quet given In his honor by the citizens OF
| Portland. ss
The grill room Of the hotel, where the
banquet was held, presented handsome
appearance, having been decorated with q
profusion Of roses, lilies Of the valley,
| potted plants and hundreds of electric
| lights Of various colors. III
Mayor Williams presided and IN troduced
| the president, who responded In a happy
| vein. Ms