Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-01

MET BY TEN GOVERNORS
Distinguished State and National Off
caIs Participate in the Parade -
President Reviews River and FIotiIIa
Negroes Present Him With
Cane.

Negroes Present Him Will
Cane.
Keokuls, Iowa, Oct. 1.-Presiden'
Roosevelt began his river trip from
| Keokull this morning He arrived here
lat 9:10 and was met at the depot by
the governors of Iowa, Florida. Louis
! lana, Minnesota, Nebraska, both the
Dakotas, Oregon, Wyoming. and llli-
nois, and three companies of militia
| The morning was fair, but 1t began to
party had started in carriages to Sand
Park where the president delivered his
speech Following the address, which
was heard by 10000 people, the presi-
dent was driven to the lower dock of
! the government canal, and boarded the
| steamer Mississippi for the trip south.
| He reviewed the display of hun
! dreds of pleasure launches in the river,
and departed shortly before noon lead
| ing fiotilla of twenty big steamboats,
and launches. The governors left at
noon on q special train for st. Louis.
Ten special excursion trains brought in
great crowds just before the president
| arrived and the city was full Of strang-
ers. The city was decorated In the
most lavish manner in it's history and
entertained the greatest crowd ever
! here. The inland waterways commits
sion arrived last night on the steamer
Mackenzie, joining the president here.
The president was presented with a
gold headed cane by Keokuk negroes,
this repudiating a recent attack made
on him from the pulpit of negro
church.
| From s o'clock this morning, when
the president was awakened at smsll
Illinois town, Meridosia, by the strains
of village band, he seldom was out
of hearing of the cheers from kind
country people, who as we'll as villag-
ers, lined the roadway, and all were
ever, respond to any of the many
cctllS lOT d Sp0tGll dIlu lIluS dllOWSu SliO
forenoon run, which ended here on
schedule time, to proceed without a
noteworthy incident. The president
spent the early morning reading.
When he stepped off the train here
he appeared in high spirits. Secretary
Loeb left the party here and will pro-
ceed west to Wyoming for month 8
hunt.
Distinguished Men in Line.
In the twenty-five carriages that
conveyed the official party in the pa
fade were many men distinguished in
the state and nation. Governor Cum
minis occupied the post of honor with
the president Assignments to the
various carriages were:
Carriage No Theodore Roosevelt,
president; W. e. Strimback, mayor;
Albert B. Cummins, governor; William
Loeb, Jr secretary.
Carriage No. 2-Surg. Gen. P. M.
Rixey, U. S. N; Assistant Secretary
Latta; T. H. Netherland, secret serv-
ice man.
u Carriage No. 81 A. McElhenney,
Francis Haney. DIR. S. w. Moorhead,
Dr. E. p. Newcomb.
Carriage No. 4-Mr. Haney, H. A.
Strohmeyer, representative New York
Sun Press Association; Hon. e. P.
McManus.
Carriage No. 5-Hon. ]. E. Smith,
of st. Louis; Rev. J. Giglinger; Rep
resentative U. S. Press Association:
Representative Of the Associated Press.
Carriage No. 6-Governor Charles S.
Deneen. Governor ]. o. Davidson,
Wells M. Irwin, F. T. Hughes.
Carriage No. 7-Governor r.. W.
Hoch, Governor G. e. Chamberlain, A.
L. Parsons, ]. E. Craig.
Carriage No. S-Governor George l..
Sheldon. Governor Bryant B. Brooks,
Governor John Burke, w. ]. Roberts.
Carriage No 9-Governor N. b.
Broward, Governor c. 1. Crawford, e.
S. Baker. ]. B. We'll
Carriage No. 1O-Governor John A..
Johnson, Governor Frank Frantz, Cow
ernor H. c. Blanchard, Louis Sterne.
Carriage No. 11-Hon. S. r. Van
SAINT, John Briar. secretary: w. c..
Hayward, secretary of state; c.. r.
Joy.
Carriage No. 12-W. W. Morrow,
state treasurer; John F.. Riggs, super
1ntendent of instruction.; James Cam
eron- r. A. Dollery.
Carriage No. 13.-H. w. Byers, at
torney general; N. z. Kendall, speak
er of the house; T. J. Hickey, A. c.
Wustrow
Carriage No. 14.-B. F. Carroll, audi
tor of state; II. G.. Seemann, Charles
Off
Carriage No. 15.-Hon George w.
Prince, member Of congress: Alonzo
Bryson, Emil Lindstrand. P. Tigue Jr
Carriage No. 16.-General A. McKen-
zie, Senator William Warner. Senator
John H. Bankhead. A. f. Johnstone.
Carriage No. 17.-Hon. Theodore E.
Burton, Senator Francis G. Newlands,
Col. c. S. Richie. William Logan.
Carriage No. ls-Hon. ]. w. Nc
Gee. Hon. F. H. Newell Hon. Thomas
Wilkinson. Hon. D. j. Ayres.
Carriage No. 10. Hon. Clifford
Pinchott, Hon. Herbert Knox Smith
Commander Lewis S. Van Dusen,
Capt. 6. r. Lukesh.
Carriage No. 2O.-Hon. S. p Bart