The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1905-10-27
Thousands OF People Were On Hand
to Greet Him.
CHILDREN SANG PATRIOTIC SONG
He Assures soathernerS Panama Ca
nal Will Be Euiit Despite Circulation
by Certain Ones of False Rumors-
Goes 20 Tuskesec.
Goes 20 TusksSee.

Mobile, Ala, Oct. 24.-All Mobile
last night lent itself to the reception
OF President Theodore Roosevelt dur
ing his TWO hours stay in Mobile.
There was geaeral closing OF all bust
ness houses, and along the route Of
the procession, from the Union station
to the stand on BienvIlle square,
where the reception ceremonies took
place, residences ana stores were COW
cred win decorations Oh lights and
bunung in the national colors.
The route lay out Government
street and the sidewalks were packed
with humanity. AT McGill institute.
Barton academy and one or two other
points hundreds OF school children
were massed, singing national songs
as the procession passed. Cheer after
cheer welcomed the nations chief.
His Unique Seat.
A stand was erected in Bienville
square which, when the president ar
rived, was filed with 10000 citizens.
O'Clock, where he was received by a
reception committee of 500 citizens.
His seat was on an elevated dias in a
chair which was built by the students
ci technical school in japan. Back
OF the chair was an enormous stuffed
bear, eight feet tall, bearing in its
mouth a floral streamer, on which was
the inscription BLESSED is the peace
n aker"
Oliver ]. Semmes. son Of the con-
federate admiral. liaphael Semmes,
then presented ~ the president and
pinned on the lapel of his coat a hand
some souvenir badge as the gift of the
people of Mobile. In delivering the
badge Judge Semmes said:
Mr.. President, take this little re-
minder, and when you look upon it
amid your arduous and multifarious
duties. feel and know that the people
of Mobile have buried the past and
look without fear to the future, recog-
nizing that you, as is shown by your
later utterances, are the president of
country"
Judge Afford, chairman OF the COM
mittee on arrangements, then intro
dueed the president.
Greeting to Veterans.
President Roosevelt was cheered as
be arose to speak. He thanked the
people for their magnificent reception
aud spoke a special word of greeting
t. the confederate veterans, who
Toned a portion of his escort. He re-
feIred to the fact that one of mis-
uncles was in Alabama during the
civil war. Referring to the Panama
canal, the president said he did his
best TO bring about its completion for
the benefit of the whole people, but
particularly for the benefit of the Gulf
states Notwithstanding the efforts
Of certain people, who are striving by
their circulation OF false rumors or
other methods, to delay or defeat the
construction of the canal, the presi-
dent said they will be disappointed,
fer there is going to be canal. Health
conditions on the isthmus, he said, are
better now than ever before.
Montgomery, Ala, Oct. 24.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt's special train arrived
in Montgomery at midnight last night
over the Louisville & Nashville from
Mobile. The train remained in the
railroad yards here until o'clock this
morning, when 1t departed over the
Western & Alabama for Turkegee. Mr..
Roosevelt will deliver two addresses
~ Tuskegee. one to the people Of the
town and another to the students of
Booker Washington's school, mile
and half away.