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PAGEANT 01 PEACE
FIFTY THOUSAND OLD SOLDIERS
PASS IN REVIEW
President McKinley Xcads the Vet
erans in the Grand Army Parade
at BilTalo Martial Columns Are
Cheered by Kalf a Million
Touch Elbows Ajjain
Nearly 50000 war worn veterans with
the I resident of the United States at
their head made the triumphal march of
the Grand Army of the Republic in Buf
falo Wednesday For more than six hours
the grizzled but undaunted remnants of
the armies of the republic poured through
the streets in lines of undulating blue
Jimid the martial crash of bands and the
frenzied huzzas of a patriotic populace
Nearly half a million spectators watched
the glorious pageant and bombarded the
marching legions with the roar of their
ceaseless cheering
For two hours President McKinley
stood in the reviewing stand with Commander-in-Chief
Clarkson and Gov
Frank S Black of New York at his side
and acknowledged the greetings of the
battle scarred hosts passing before him
The President was deluged with elieers
and songs shouts and flowers and
through all the riot of noise and adulation
bowed and smiled and moved his com
rades to renewed ecstasies of enthusiasm
Buffalo was in fitting mood and garb for
the inspiring spectacle Its people
by 200000 from outside choked
the walks and lawns from the brick walls
to the wire stretched along the line of
march at the curbstone They filled 10
000 windows and roofs packed a score
of big stands took to the trees in flocks
and squeezed into every nook that afford
ed a view of the procession The martial
columns moved for miles between two
solid shouting walls of humanity such a
living mass as had never been seen be
fore in the Empire State outside the me
tropolis
The city was swathed in red white and
blue Public and private buildings were
smothered in the Stars and Stripes The
trudging battalions were hemmed in on
toth sides with fluttering flags and float
ing streamers hung from every window
and pinnacle The decorations were on
a lavish scale and included many gorge
ous designs Noble arches spanned the
Htnnd which was at the enu of the two
mile march Two hundred young women
scattered along the route attired in gowns
of red white and blue scattered flowers
before -his carriage When the President
standing on the reviewing stand caught
sight of the tattered war flags of tb
armies of Illinois he put down his hat and
clapped his hands exploding a demonstra
tion which rolled down the line like jthe
booming of cannon
The whole route was over smooth as
phalt pavements the first march of the
kind Gen Alger said he had ever be
held The Presidents reviewing stand
was at the intersection of North street
and Richmond avenue Approaching the
stand the army moved west in North
street Double rows of trees whose
branches met overhead made a green
canopy above the last half mile of the
march It looked as if the army was com
ing out of a fairy book forest To the
west the situation was the same The
foliage heightened the colors of the flut
tering flags as the army wound past the
stand
Railroad officials say that 300000 is a
low estimate of the number of visitors in
Buffalo The police arrangements were
admirable Persons having grand stand
tickets found their seats readily and the
500000 persons who wanted to see the
parade were kept well in hand
deceptions of the Evening
Despite the fact that President McKin
ley was exceedingly weary he met the
local committee at night just after din
ner and accompanied by Gov Black
went to Music Hall to meet the general
public The strain of the day was how
ever too much for flesh and blood and
r er he had greeted about 3000 persons
individually he was compelled to leave the
hall Fully 20000 persons blocked the
streets in the vicinity of the hall and ex
pressed their disappointment at not being
permitted to shake the Presidents hand
Leaving Music Hall the President was
driven to the Buffalo Club where he re
ceived the Loyal Legion At 1045 he
went to the Niagara Hotel for the night
MINE OWNERS AT SEA
Combine of the Hir Coal Operators Ib
Badly Shattered
At Pittsburg Wednesday the coal op
erators practically split and went home
They held a session in the forenoon and
gave out a statement that they would
continue the struggle along the lines that
may appear to be the most productive of
the results desired in the interests of
TKESIDENT TUA2s IDIAKTE BOIJDA
sassin The weapon used was a revolver
The assassin was arrested Senor J
Idiarte Borda was elected president of
Uruguay xor the term extending from
March 1S94 to 1S9S The fete at which
he was assassinated was being held in
celebration of the independence of
guny which was achieved on Aug 25
The assassination of President SI1
1S25
The assassination of President Idiarte
Bjrda of Uruguay was not altogether a
surprise to officials in Washington who
have watched the recent outbreaks ki
Uruguay This was the second attempt
on the presidents life the former being
made April 21 last by a crazv student
named Revecca
The last issue of the Montevideo Times
received in Washington states that the
president remained away from the state
house in evident fear of his life At the
time i junta of those seeking to overthrow
the government had established active
operations at the capitol The assassina
tion of the president doubtless will bring
the country to a revolutionary crisis
which has been long impending The rev
olution thus far had been confined to the
country districts where several extensive
engagements had been fought the Gov
ernment forces securing the advantage
There is no Uruguayan representative in
Washington
At the time of Sehor Bordas election
he belonged to the official party and was
elected by a narrow majority The peo
ple it was said were sadly disappointed
at the result but order and quiet was
maintained The leading papers of Uru
guay deplored the election of Senor Borda
and declared that it marked a reaction in
the countrys progress
SHORTAGE IN EUROPE
Cereal and Potato Crops Are Sinai
t
and the Situation Is Grave
An extensive inquiry into European
crop conditions conducted by the Orange
Judd syndicate of agricultural papers in-
dicatos that the food crop situation abroad
is very grave Estimates of the needs of
wheat imports for Europe including Eng
land range all the way from 300000000
to 400000000 bushels Europes wheat
crops for 1S95 ISiM and 1S93 averaged
about 1500000000 bushels In the fam
ine year of 1S91 it was only 1200000000
The impression is gaining ground that Eu
ropes wheat crop this year is even less
than in 1S91 But this is not the worst
of it Europe usually produces as much
rye as she does wheat It is the bread
grain of the masses The rye crop of the
principal European countries Russia
Germany France Austria Bulgaria
Roumnnia and Italy and the low countries
and Sweden has averaged about 1300
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1S94 and 1S93 This season the rye crop
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streets to typify the triumph of the army
in blue
A living shield of 2000 children stirred
the hearts of the veterans to responsive
cheers bv singing Marching Through
eorgia Rally Round the Flag and
other songs of happy memory A band of
pretty maidens in tri colored costumes
strewed the pathway of the President
with flowers and ferns and were reward
ed with his kindliest smiles
Paeans of Joy at Every Step
Through such scenes with the glories
of the flag on every hand and paeans of
joy at every step moved this pageant of
peace this relic of war
The heavens too smiled benignantly
The day was perfect A shower during
the night freshened the atmosphere Dur
ing the parade the sun shone brilliantly
but there was a pleasant breeze and the
weather was not uncomfortably hot The
myriad of proud banners glinted in old
SoTs rays in their brightest luster and
the faded tattered battle flags many of
them furled to save their wasting rem
nants were kissed into new radiance and
glory
The day was ushered in with a sunrise
salste of forty five guns At S oclock
Main street was choked An hour later
drums were beating and a hundred bands
were playing echoing and jarring each
others accents Mounted officers weft
dashing hther and thither giving their
sharp orJeis jer gd ijrnished
shiejdsflashed in the sunlight There was
everywhere what seemed to the civilians
eye confusion and consternation but not
so to the sturdy old soldiers in the blue
coats It was all orderly and beautiful
to them They loved it It was a taste
of the old life
It was shortly after 10 oclock when a
squad of mounted police left the terrace
a square in the business part of the city
and the crowd announced the beginning of
the parade with shouts of Here they
come It vns nearly 5 oclock when the
last weary veterans trudged by the re
viewing stand two miles from the ter
race The line Of march was up Main
street to Chippewa thence to Delaware
avenue and north on that aristocratic
thoroughfare lined with the homes of the
old families of the city The column turn
ed west in North street passing beautiful
residences of a later generation and
marched through the circle to disband in
the parks of the lake shore
President McKinley rode at the head
of the parade qs far as the reviewing
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THOUSANDS OF VETERANS IX LINE
miner and operator alike None of them
could explain what this meant
In the afternoon after a conference of
some of the leading shippers to the lakes
another statement was given out by Op
erator J C Dysart It contained the in
formation that another committee had
been appointed to continue the work of
getting the mines in operation which had
been started last week in Cleveland As
the statement issued in the forenoon said
that all committees had been discharged
the conflict of statements caused some in
quiry as to what the operators really
meant Inquiry failed to bring any re
sult except the impression that they are
trying to find where they are at
At the forenoon meeting some of the
anti lake shippers proposed that the op
erators pay the G9 cent rate pending ar
bitration This was opposed by the repre
sentatives of the big companies who have
been running the meetings The meet
ing adjourned without either side coming
to any conclusion
BORDA IS ASSASSINATED
President of Urncnay Is Shot Down
at Montevideo
During a national fete which was held
in Montevideo President J Idiarte Borda
of Uruguay was shot and killed by an as-
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of these countries cannot much exceed
ST5000000 bushels Quite as bad is the
potato prospect Only about 1850000
000 bushels of potatoes will be harvested
in these countries this year Without re
gard to the United Kingdom or other
European countries there is a shortage of
some 1000000000 bushels of potatoes
European shortage m bushels compared
with the average follows
Wheat 300000000
Rye 325000000
Potatoes 1000000OOG
Total lG25000000
DOLAN ARRESTED
Miners Leader Is Charged with Vio
lating Anti Marching Injunction
Patrick Dolan district president of th
United Mine Workers of America was
arrested in Washington County Pa
while leading a body of marchers on a
public highway past the Allison mine of
Cook Sons near McGovern station
Ever since the strike started the minpra
have been making daily marches from
their camp to the mine From the nrne
to the railroad there is a tramway under
which runs the public road known as the
Washington pike Wednesday morning
with a band at their head about 40y
marcners jrampeci along tne pike and
passet uhder the trafirSTiy On their re
turn they werestopped by deputy sheriffs
Sfi4 tIi tuey could not pass under the
tramway but must return to their cainp
by crossing a field and coming down the
railroad
they were and communicated with Presi i
dent Dolan by telegraph He arrived
shortly after 4 oclock and made a sjieech
to the strikers He said the deputy sher
iffs had no right to stop them from march
ing on the public thoroughfare as long
as their mission was a peaceful one and
told them he would lead the procession
The band with Dolan at its head and
the marchers following then started
down the road to go under the tramway
and on to the camp When Dolan reach
ed the tramway he was told by the dep
uty sheriffs that he could go no farther
When he wanted to know the reason why
he was told that such a move was a vio
lation of the law and the injunction This
Dolan denied and the arrest followed He
was taken to Washington on the first
train while the marchers returned to
their camp
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READY TO OPEN MINES
Arrangements Perfected for Working
with I in ported Men
Coil operators of the Pittsburg district
have decided to start several mines along
the Wheeling division of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad The preliminaries
have all been completed One of the first
moves was to get in touch with the rail
road companies The officials of the rail
roads at once agreed to co operate with
the operators in bringing about if possi
ble an era of activity in the coal-producing
industry of the Pittsburg district
It was made very apparent that the rail
roads were losing a large amount of busi
ness and that they were fellow sufferers
with the coal operators The question
of the expense of getting imported labor
into the district was discussed and the
railroad companies agreed to share their
portion of the outlay
After this agreement was made the
work of hiring imported lahor was taken
charge of by a special sub committee Just
when they will be brought into the dis
trict could not be learned One of the
principal reasons for selecting the Wheel
ing division of the Baltimore and Ohio
is the fact that men can be brought in
and unloaded in clo Je proximity to the pit
mouths
Another reason advanced is the fact
that the mines along this road have been
supplying coal for the locomotives of the
railroad and if coal is not furnished Unit
ed States mail trains could not be run and
the wheels of the national government
would be interfered with Protection
would be forthcoming with no cost impos
ed on the operators as the Government
would be bound to protect and maintain
its property at its own expense These
plans have all been completed and the
work is well under wav
GOBIN THEIR NEW LEADER
Pennsylvania Man Is Elected
of G A R
Brevet Brigadier John P S Gobin of
Lebanon Pa was elected commander-in-chief
of the Grand Army on the second
ballot at Buffalo
The new commander-in-chief has for a
long time been a prominent politician in
Pennsylvania having been State Senator
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for sixteen years and for several years
president of the Senate lie was a mem
ber of the Eleventh Pennsylvania Infan
try and fought with the Nineteenth Army
Corps in the Red River campaign and
with Sheridan in the Shenandoah valley
lie is now 7 years old He has long been
prominent in Masonic and Grand Army
circles
Cincinnati has been selected for holding
the next encampment The only other
city content ins for the place was San
Francisco The vote resulted Cincin
nati San Francisco 214
FARMERS INCREASED RECEIPTS
Crops Will Bring rOD000OOJ More
than Iast Year
Assistant Secretary Prigham of the Ag
ricultural Department has expressed the
opinion that the American fanners this
year would receive in the aggregate from
JM0O0000U0 to 50000000011 excess of
the amount received last year for their
farm products
Col Brigham also predicted that the
increase in the price of farm products
would benefit the laboring element The
price of labor he said did not decline
with the price of farm products and for
some time the farmer was forced to pay
as much for the services of those who dill
his work as ever while his receipts were
cut in two Inasmuch as wages did not
decline I see no reason why they should
be expected to rise to correspond with the
advance of farm products which are now
bringing only fair prices Still the labor
ing man will be benefited by this advance
in prices The farmer will discharge his
indebtedness a ltd make improvements
which will require labor He will pur
chase more of the products of labor put
ting a vast amount of money in circula
tion and this will create a demand for la
bor in all lines and men who have been
without employment or only partially em
ployed will work full time at fair wages
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The Duke of Northumberland the old
est peer in England will be SS years old
in October
Prince Victor Napoleon completed re
cently his ooth year in Brussels when a
family gathering took place at his hotel
in the Avenue Louise
The bullet which killed Lord Nelson at
Trafalgar is still preserved It is mount
ed in a crystal locket and reposes in a
crimson bag with gold tnssels -
The porfor of the PariJhoiirse refnrlv
died leaving a fortune of J500U0 He
had been employed thirty years at a sal
ary of 240 a year He evidently got rich
on tipb
Francois Coppe the French poet and
Academician who recently underwent a
severe surgical operation causing grave
fears that he would not recover is now
doing well
The wife of the Korean minister is well
euuL itieu in uvy own language and is a
student of the Chinese classkw She does
not understand Englih but is about to
commence the study
The Duchess of Cumberland Princess
Thyra of Denmark sister of the Princess
of Wales and of the dowager czarina ha
again broken down and been taken to
private asylum near Vie 117
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