The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-31

NNNp AL oues IA tAhC f0AIOEt.
New Orleans, October 26.-At the
end of nine strenuous hours of varied
entertainment in New Orleans, closing
u pleasant trip through the south,
President Roosevelt at 6:3O O'Clock
tonight, boarded the lighthouse tender
Magnolia, and began his return jour-
ney to Washington.
Nc newspaper representative accom-
panied the President on the boat, and
he will be out of touch with the world
throughout the night, but daylight to-
morrow is expected to bring news of
his successful transfer to the armored
cruiser West Virginia, which lies a
anchor off the mouth of the MISSISSIPPI
pi river to receive him and carry him
on towards the capital.
For four days the President will be
off American soil but by wireless teleg-
raphy, it is promised, he will be in
communication with the shore.
A TESTIMONIAL OF POPULAR
ESIEEM.
The Presidents stay in New Orleans
was made a testimonial of popular es-
TEEN and eff grateful recognition for
the service which he rendered the city
in its struggle against yellow fever.
The densely crowded streets, the elab-
crate decorations, the wild applause
that greeted the President along the
route of the parade, the enthusiasm
with which his address to the multi
tude in Lafayette Square was received
and the remarkable demonstration in
hi shonor at the luncheon made the day
replete with cordial welcome to the Ia
tons executive head.
The President was compelled to
abandon one public address before he
had got we'll started on it. 1t vas con-
templated that the military and civic
parade should pass in review before
the President at h city hall, but the
crowd WHICH gathered at this point was
SO tremendous that neither the police
nor the troops were able to move 1t
and the President fO~reseeing Il possible
panic, finally gave up the attempt to
speak and left the platform. The
crowd jammed st. Charles street all
the way from Poydras street to Ninth
street and it spread over Lafayette
Square, almost from st. Charles to
Camp street, probably $4,000 people
were gathered in and around the stand
from which the President was to have
delivered the address.
When the President decided to aban-
don his effort, he shouted to the throng
to go home and be good citizens and
then disappeared into the mayors par
lors, we'll nigh exhausted. He said
that the reception was the greatest that
he had had since he started on his trip.
REMARKABLE DEMONSTRATION
AT BANQUET.
The demonstration at the luncheon
was scarcely less eXuberant. When
the President entered the superbly dec
grated dining hall the 625 b~anqueters
rose and gave way to frantic cheers.
Every reference of Governor Blanch-
ard, Mayor Berhman and President
Sanders of the Progressive Union, to
the guest brought forth a perfect storm
of cheering, and when the President
rose he had great difficulty in speaking.
Every thought he uttered was the sig
nal for an extraordinary exhibition OF
enthusiasm, and his speech dealt al
NhONI OIlIICIt Will 1oNd1 OuDJNNSS N"N
had special reference to the fight
against yellow fever. the banquet de-
yeloped into u~nceasing laudatiOn of the
President which he was IN his feet.
An immense crowd packed Gravier
and st. Charles street as the dinner
ended. and the appearance of the Pres
ident on the way to the river provoked
t%hunderous applause.
AS the Magnolia left the landing, a
presidential salute was fired, while the
din of hundreds of steam whistles,
mingled with the lusty cheering of
acres of people who had collected on
the wharf.
VISIT GREATLY ENJOYED.
From the moment of his arrival
early in the forenoon until he said fare
we'll from the deck Of the Magnolia at
night, the President was constantly in
the lime-light. The crowded pro-
Gramme gave him no opportunity for
rest, but he expressed keen enjoyment
in his visit
Nowhere did the President see the
slightest evidence of the existence of
yellow fever, but he saw on every hand
immense gatherings of cordial and con-
tented people.
On the Presidents arrival he was
taken aboard the c~ommOdious ocean
going Southern Pacific steamer COmus.
On board the steamer were 400 of the
leading men and women of the city,