The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-25
Nashville Thronged With Visitors
Throughout the Day.
JACKIES COURTEOUS TO ALL
Deeming 1t a Pleasure In Showing Visitors
Over the Ship--Left This Morning
For St. Louis.

The Nashville has come, and by the
time that this issue has reached the
hands of our readers, will have re-
sumed her journey to st. Louis to
take part in the exercises attendant
upon the opening merit Saturday OF
the Louisiana Purchase exposition.
All during yesterday she set buoy.
ant upon the bosom of the Ohio river
like a great white swan, while thous
ands OF strangers and citizens OF
Cairo constantly crowded every bit
Of available space Of her decks, all
intensely eager to visit, to see and
do homage to the brave "Jackies,
who have done SO much In old
en- time, and during the last two de-
cades to uphold the dignity and hon,
or of the Nation and the Flag Ia all
parts of the world.
Il made no difference how much
Jupiter Pluvius frowned down upon
the demonstration and let loose his
Walls of wrath upon the thous'
ands of umbrellas raised over the
heads of those who patiently waited
for a chance to crowd upon the Fow-
Ter and Katherine and be conveyed to
the Nashville anchored in mdstream
between two fats upon which were
discharged the precious loads Of hu
manity.
For brief periods Old Sol would as
sert his supremacy, and chasing away
tho clouds, shine out in all his yigor
but 1t was all the same, rain or shine
the stream of visitors to the Nash
vile, termed properly by some, gun
boat, by others a cruiser, and very
improperly by man with huge
megaphone, "the battleship." Gun.
boat, cruiser or battleship, twas all
the same to those that were fortunate
enough to go aboard. The "Jackies'
were made much of by susceptible
young ladies', while matrons who look
ed higher, cast wistful eyes at the
man whose clothing was embellishcd
with stripes In gold.
"Jackies" and petty officers prof
fered their services In escorting the
visitors through the ship, and explain
ed the mechanism of the guns. The
one piece OF ordnance that attracted
the most attention was the 4-inch af
ter port gun from which was fired the
first shot at Guantanamo in the Span
ishAmerican war, freeing Cuba from
Spanish tyranny and 400 years Of
misrule. and given to the United
States. the Philippines. Guam Islands
and Porto Rico, an empire upon
which the sun never sets. proud
boast that belonged alone to the Eng
lishman until the treaty of peace was
signed at Paris in 1898.
The Big Four, Iron Mountain and
Dick Fowler brought many excursion.
lists into the city while every regular
train on the Illinois Central added
their quota Of those eager to see one
OF Uncle Sans lighting ships. The
Katherine brought over goodIy
number from Wickliffe
The rain commenced falling In the
morning about $50 O'clock, although
there were no apparent signs at 5: 30
of an impending rain.
In response to the invitation extend.
ed the evening before by the commit.
tee of citizens, Commander Hubbard
and his STAFF took breakfast at The
Halliday at 8 O'Clock yesterday morn.
ing. There was a spread for 80 people,
twenty-five OF whom were present,
representing the Merchants League
and Cairo Board of Trade, as listed
In yesterday mornings Bulletin. II
was very informal affair Although
not much notice bad been given, Mr.
Stubbins. of The Halliday, had very
neat menu for the party The cards
bore this superscription