The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-08-31
BRYAN HOME FOLKS FIRST TO
WELCOME TRAVELLER.
MEET The STEAMER IRENE ON ITS WAY
Nebraskans Able to Execute Success
full Coup-charter Tugs and Take
Bryan Aboard Ahead OF
GoItra Yacht.

dom from hirsute adornment had ex-
cited some comment in the press of
the metropolis, executed a flank move
ment upon the wise guys OF Gotham
today and extended a warm and
wholly unexpected greeting to Mr..
Bryan hours before New Workers had
opportunity to even know that he had
arrived
Plans had been cunningly laid with
full knowledge that if some such
movement were not executed the New
York members of committee would
take possession of Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan
and simply crowd the Nebraska bunch
out of any effective communication. So
it was that last evening full arrange
ments were made for the entire Ne
braska contingent to go down the bay
and overhaul the Princess Irene at
quarantine. Two large steam tugs
were chartered and at 2:30 the Ne
braskans, without divulging their
plans to anyone, embarked for the trip
down the bay. Meantime Mayor Brown
in the private yacht owned by his
nephew, Ed Goltra of St. Louis, and
accompanied by Norman E. Mack of
Buffalo, D. G. Campau of Michigan,
Chairman Hoge of the local commit
tee and one or two others, had gone
down to the quarantine station to
meet the vessel and disembark the
Bryan party.
But the plan did not materialize ex-
city, for just as the big steamer hove
tanning the delegation pulled up along
side. A banner bearing the Nebraska
emblem was floating aloft at the bow
of the foremost boat, and the cry went
soon brought Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan and
their daughter Grace to the ships rail.
There was no installing the glad sur
prise Of Mr.. Bryan as he recognized,
one after the other, more than hun
dred familiar faces upon the decks of
the two steam tugs thirty feet below
him, and the enthusiasm created by
the spectacle among the several hun
the decks Was hardly less marked
than that upon the two small steamers.
1t was when Mr.. Bryan looked down
into the faces of those devoted boys
him away upon the yacht failed, for
at his direction the two steamers were
dashed to the ships side, a ladder was
lowered and Mr. and Mrs. Bryan, with
their luggage, were soon assisted to
the decks of the smaller vessels. Miss
Grace was timid and did not board
the tugs, going into harbor on the big
boat.
Then, while half dozen newspaper
representatives who had been permit
ted to board the boat were sweating
and scrambling for pictures of Bryan,
he circulated about upon the boats
eagerly grasping the hands of Nebras-
kans and exchanging delighted greet
1ngs. 1t took more than an hour for
him to finish this exchange of cour-
tesies. During that time he spoke
few words to the party as a whole,
telling them how much he was sur
prised at meeting them six days be-
fore he had expected to enjoy that
pleasure and assuring them that his
command of words was not adequate
to the occasion.
After everyone aboard had grasped
his hand repeatedly and had extended
similarly cordial greetings to Mr.. and
Mrs. Bryan, both disembarked into a
launch and were taken to Mr. Goltra's
yacht. Before Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan
had left the ship, however, Mayor
Brown and other members of the
yachting party had climbed up the
ships side and aided Mr.. and Mrs.
Bryan in preparing to leave the ship.
1t was the arrival of the two steam
ers before the party had left the ship
that made the surprise complete, for
Mr.. Bryan was taken wholly unawares,
which would not have been the case
if he had gone first to the Goltra
yacht.
Fatal Mississippi ARRAY.
A bloody tragedy occurred in Web
ster county, Miss, in which Samuel
Hightower and his son James were
killed by Walter Cooper and the latter
| fatally wounded. The killing was the
| result Of an old quarrel