The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-10-25
Mobiles WELCOME.
Historic Old Alabama City Enter
tains President.
GREAT Is GREETING
Driven Over Magnificent Governraen,
Street, Taken to Biensilie square,
Given Lovely Souvenir,
Praised and Cheered.

| Mobile, Oct 24.-That peace hi n he
| victories 70 less renowned than wat
was never better exenplifed than In
| the reception accorded to Theodore
| Roosevelt Turing his two hours STAY N
the historic city of Mobile Monday
evening. There was a general closinq
| Of all business houses and along the
route OF the procession. from the union
depot 10 the stand on Bienvi!le square
where the reception ceremonies took
| place. The residences and stores were
covered with decorations OF lights nd
bunting of the national colors. The
route lay out Government street. one
Of the most noted dries In the south
| for ten blocks passing the homes Of
some Of Mobiles most influential CIT
liens. her chief educational instituficn
Barton aea sefny and of her historic
churches The sidewalks and greet.
along Government street were pacp al
with humanity and at McGHFs inatt-
tute. Barton academy and at one or two
| other points hundreds Of school crit
dren were nasseds who san national
anthems ana sons as tbs procession
passed. Cheer after cheer rent the
air The procession was headed bv "A
platoon ct police, followed by Colonel
y. .. Dupont of First regiment. Ala
/ bama National guard and staff with
the Mobile battalion following Two
companies Of artillery from Fort Nor
gan followed the National guard and
then the cadets Of the University MIL
tarE school. Fsshlnd the Young bows
came the battle Scared veterans az
Raphael Semmes and Jones N Witherw
camps, United Confederate Veterans as
guard Of honor 10 the pr 4fdanf. I'm
whose carriage were seated Judge Iufes
Afford, chairman of the COMMITTEES Of
arrangements. Mayor Lyons and Gil
ntet Edward Lafayette Russell, Fol
lowing came the members 81 the pres~
idents party and members of the ar
Fangenent and reception committees
ana members Of the press In carriages
stand VAS erected in Bfenville square.
"hich. long before the president ar
rived waa filled with struggling
crowd Of citizens from All walks of lifa.
II WAS brilliant with electric lights and
overhead the magnificent grove Of live
oaks formed canopy Of green. II II
estimated that by The time the presi~
dent began his address there was was
crowd numbering 40 coo people with
IN the sound Of his voice The president
reached the stand at O'Clock. where he
was received by q reception commit
zee Of 589 representative citizens amid
the applause and acclalma Of the popu-
lace He appeared to be overwhelmed
with plea ~ure at tbe spontainity Of his
reception aHd stood tap tn his carriage
aud bowed right and left
HlS seat WAS on an elevated dass In
a chair which Was built by the stu
dents Of "a technical school i'm Jap4n
Instituted and largely supported by the
rnikado This chair In deliberately cary
ed from solid piece Of mahogany. and
the two arms represent the Dragon Of
Japan. Back Of chair was an enormous
nous stuffed bear eight feet tall bear
ing in tts mouth "a floral Independence
bell and over its head white dove