The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-03
END OF TOUR.
Tie President Visits New Or.
leans and Sails for Home.
A CROWD so LARGE

and Civic Parade to Pass In
Review of the President.
President Roosevelt, accompanied
by Secretary Loeb and Surgeon Gen.
eral Rlxey, arrived at New Orleans
by special train from Memphis at
nine o'clock Thursday morning. A
reception committee, headed by May
or Martin Behrman, received the
president at the station. An enor-
nous crowd was assembled In front
of the station when the president ar
rived and received him with enthusi-
astio cheers, which continued until
the carriages, bearing the president
and other members Of the party as
well as the members Of the reception
committee, had Vanished from sight
down Canal street. Detachments Of
mounted state troops formed the
military escort Of the president.
At the end Of nine strenuous hours
Of varied entertainment In New Or.
leans, closing a pleasant trip through
the South, President Roosevelt at $50
Thursday night boarded the light
house tender Magnolia and began his
return journey to Washington.
No newspaper representative &C.
companied the President on the boat
and he will be out Of touch with the
world throughout the night, by day
light tomorrow Is expected to bring
news Of his successful tranfer to the
armored cruiser West Virginia, which
lies at anchor Off tho mouth of the
Mississippi River to receive him and
carry him on towards the Capital.
For four days the President will be
of American soil, but by wireless
biography it Is promised he will be in
communication with the shore.
The Presidents stay In New Or.
leans was made q testimonial Of popu-
lar esteem and Of grateful recognition
for the service which he rendered the
city In It's struggle against yellow
fever. The densely crowded streets,
the elaborate decorations, the wild APP
plGuse that greeted the President
along the route Of the parade, the en-.
thusiasm with which his address to
the multitude in lafayette Square was
received and the remarkable demon
stration in his honor at the luncheon,
made the day repletc with cordial
welcome to the nations Chief Execu-
tive.
The President was compelled to
abandone public address before
he had gotten we'll started on 1t. III
was contemplated that the military
and civic parade should pass In review
before the President at the City Hall,
but the crowd which gathered at this
point was so Tremendous that Meth
or the police nor the troops were able
to move 1T, and the President, fore.
seeing o possible panic, finally gave
up the attempt to speak and left the
platform. The crowd jammed Char
les street all the way from Poydras
street to Ninth street, and 1t spread
over Lafayette Square almost from
st. Charles street to Camp street.
, Probably 80, 900 persons were gather.
ed In and around the stand from
which the President was to have de
livered the address. When the Presi.
J dent decided to abandon his effort, he
shouted to the throng to 20 home
and be good citizens and disappeared
| into the mayors parlors well nigh Ok
l hausted. He said that the reception
was the greatest that he had since he
had started on his trip.
The demonstration at the luncheon
was scarcely less exuberant. When
: the President entered the superbly
decorated dining hall the 625 ban
queters rose and gave way to frantic
cheers. Every reference Of Governor
Blanchard, Mayor Behrman and Presi.
dent Sanders, Of the Progressiv We
Union, to the guest brought forth a
perfect storm Of cheering, and when
Che President rose he had great diff
Guilty In speaking. Every thought he
uttered was the signal for an extra
ordinary exhibition OF enthusiasm,
and as his speech dealt almost entire.
ly with local subjects, and had special
reference to the fight against yellow
fever, the banquet developed into un.
ceasing laudation Of the President
while he was on his feet.
An Immense crowd packed Gravier
and st. Charles streets as the dinner
ended, and the appearance of the
President on the way to the river,
provoked %thunderous applause. AS
the Magnolia left the landing q Presi.
dential 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.
From the moment of his arr val,
early in the forenoon, until he said
farewell from the deck Of the Mag.
nolia at night, the President was con
stantly In the limelight. The crowd.
ed programme gave him no opportu-
nifty for rest, but he Expressed keen
enjoyment Of his visit. Nowhere did
the President see the slightest evil
dence OF the existance OF yellow fever,
but he saw OF every hand immense
gatherings OF cordial and contented
people.
Drunken Conductor.
At Savannah Ca, &c. A. Moore, a
street car conductor Thursday after.