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2 THE LAUNCHING OF THE SHUBRICK Richmond Welcomes Mc- Kinley With Open Arms THE PRESIDENT’S SPEECH lIE TALKS OF PEAFK. PROSPER ITY . UK UNITED SECTIONS. SECRETARY LONG MAKES A SHORT SPEECH CarrieS. Shubrick, of Rocky Mount, a Lovely Little Fairy of Ten Years, Christens the Formidable Boat that Bears Her Name. Washington. Oat. 31.- President Mc- Kinley left Washinjrton at S o'clock this tuoruiti# for Richmond, where he attend ed the hmnohing of the torpedo boat Shubrick. Besides t lie President, the party <\>n*;sted of Secretary Hay. Secre tary I t its, Secretary and Mrs. Gage, (Sceresary K >et. S ccretary Hitchcock and t\\«> (laughters. Secretary Wilson and M.s> Wsls n. Secretary to the President l'ertcr and Mrs. Porter; Assistant Secre tary George B. Cortelyotu Mr. Foster, Stenographer, and General and Mrs. Finthnsh Lee. Accompanying the official party were Mr. Charles A. Moore, of Brooklyn; Mr. Henry M. Scott. of San Francisco. The weather was extremely iuelement', A wid rain failing. Mrs. McKinley did not accompany the F resident. SPEECH BY GENERAL LEE. Fredericksburg. Ya.. Oct. 31.—The Presidential train maile a seven minutes stop here, and in spite of the storm the President was given a cordial welcome by several hundred people. Mr. McKinley made a short address and then introduced the members of the Cabinet who accompanied him. each be ing received with applause. The President also introduced General Lee, who spoke as follows: *'My fellow countrymen: There was a time when we were on one side of the Rappahannock river, and these gentle men who are accompanying us, were all upon the other side. That time is pass ed and today we are all citizens of a common country equally interested in the glory and growth and the prospects of this great American republic. “As a Virginian I voice your senti ments, I know when I say that we bid the President of the United. States wel come to Virginia's soil, more especially as he is going to Virginia’s capital to demonstrate his interest and his cordial support and his sympathy in all that constitutes the growth and prosperity of Virginia's industrial position. “I am very glad to meet you all again and hope I will see you often. I feel as if 1 am at home, sweet home, again * when I meet the citizens of Fredericks-1 burg, near whose town I dwelt and among whose citizens 1 so often min gled.” T . At the conclusion of General Lee s remarks, there was loud cries for Secre tary Root, who appeared on the plat form aud spoke for a few minutes. LAUNCHING OF THE SHUBRICK: Richmond, Ya., October 31. —Tfte demonstration here today was a success in many respects despite the forbidding weather. The civic carnival parade had to be abandoned until tomorrow, and the decorations of the buildings presented a bedraggled and woe-begone appear ance. But the people, residents as well as visitors, from other Virginia cities and points outside the State, who came to witness the launching and see the President, were enthusiastic and as far Us possible put the best foot foremost. The Presidential train arrived on time and as it skirted tiny suburos of 'the city, the Howitzer battery fired a Presidential salute. At Etna Station, in the West End. when* the President debarked and took carriage for the Jef ferson Hotel, he was formally welcomed by Mayor Taylor, who epoke as fol lows: “Mr. President: This occasion de mands simply an old Virginia welcome, and as Mayor and the representative 1 of every man, woman and child in this community, I bid you and your distin guished associates a hearty welcome to this historic city. We are nrndful of the fact that you have shown by youi patriotic utterances that you stand for the whole republic, and in consideration of the higher purpose of binding the sections together, which were once un happily divided, we throw aside all dif ferences. We esteem you as the Presi dent of »ur entire country and as such, we greet you and thank you sincerely for your kindliest? in coming to our cele bration of an event, which is an epoch in out commercial history. “You aud your distinguished associates have honored us. and we shall show our appreciation of it by doing all in our power to make your visit pleasant.” The response of the President was ns follows: “Mr. Mayor and my fellow citizens: I only appear fur a moment to give heartfelt rcsitonee to the warm and cor dial welcome given to me by the people of the city of Richmond, through its honored (Thief Executive. Your Mayor has kindly alluded to the gjiod feeling which everywhere -prevails, and I can only, in replying, say that if in the slightest degree I have contributed to tin* unification of the country, it is the proudest honor of my life. I am. to speak for a few minutes this afternoon, and so. only thinking you. Mr. Mayor, and m.v fellow citizens, for this welcome, I bid yon all good morning.” Immediately after this ceremony the President and party uUre driven to the Jefferson Hotel and held an informal and somewhat enforced reception in the Franklin Street lobby of the building. It is estimated that a thousand persons shook hands with him before he would permit 'the isdice to dear the way for him to go *o his private apartments. A little later luncheon was served in the dining rooms of the hotel, some three hundred persons sitting down aud then the Presidential parly were driven to the ship yard, the President being warmly cheered, all aloft* the route. At the yard an immense crowd had assem bled a mil the lVrsident, having been In troduced front the stand by Mayor Tay lor. made the speech of the day. He spoke as follows: “Mr, Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen: I am glad to meet my fellow-citizens of Richmond and to join with them in this interesting celebration in honor of the launching of the torpedo boat Shubrick, built in this city, of American material, by the labor of American workingmen fox the use of the American Navy. 1 con igratulate the builders and workmen upon this evidence of their skill and in dustry. so creditable to the manufac turing company and so highly commend ed by the officers of the Government. "'This is not the first contribution which Richmond has made to our navy. Hie equipped the warship Texas with all her machinery, ‘boilers and engines, which were tried and tested with emi nent satisfaction in the brilliant naval engagement in the harl>or of Santiago, win u the gallant vessel so gloriously assisted in the destruction of Genera's fleet, winning a memorable victory und hastening an honor able and emluriivg l*ence. "1 heartily rejoice with the people of this great city upon its industrial revival and upon the notable prosperity it is finding in all of its business enterprises. You atv taking advantage of the com mercial opportunities of the hour. Ymi are advancing in manufactures, extend ing your markets und receiving a deserv ed share of the world's trade. "What can be more gratifying to ns than the present conditions of the coun try? A universal love of country and an able national spirit animate all the people. We are on the Ivest terms with each other, and on most cordial relations with every power on earth. We have ample revenue with which to conduct the Government. No deficit menaces oivr credit. Money is abundant in volume and unquestioned in value. Confidence in the present and faith in the future are linn and strong and should not lx* shaken or unsettled. The people are do ing business on business principles, and should toe let alone —encouraged rather tuian hindered in their efforts to increase the trade in the country, and find new and profitable markets for their pro duction. Manufacturing was never so active and so universally enjoyed throughout: all the State. Work was never so abun dant. The transportation companies were never so taxed to handle the freight offered by the people for distri bution. The home and foreign markets contribute to our prosperity. Happily the latter has increased without any uimimirrition of the former. Your locomo tives go to Russia; the watch cases from my little city of Canton go to Geneva; the bridges of Philadelphia span the Nile, and the products of the American iarm and factory are carried upon every sea. and find welcome an must of the ports of the world. “In what respect would wp change these happy conditions with tin* prom ises they give of the future? The busi ness activity in every part of the country, the better rew-ard to labor, the wider markets for the field of the soil and the shop; the increase of our shipbuilding not only* for our Government, but for purposes of commerce; the enormous ilwreaso of our export trade in manu factures and agriculture; the greater comforts of the home and the happiness oi tliMqvople; the wonderful uplifting o- business conditions of Virginia and the Sputh and of the whole country, mark this not only an era of good will, but an era of good times. "It is a great pleasure to me to stand in this histor’c capital and to look into the faces of my country men here as sembled and to feel uml know that we are all Americans standing as one for the Government we love and mean to uphold, united for the honor of tile American name and for the faithful fulfillment of every obligation which national duty requires. I cannot forget —I could: not forget in this presence to make my acknowledgement to the men of Virginia for their hearty and patriotic support of the Government in the w’ai with Spain aud for their continued and uniiiuchmg loyalty in the suppression of the insurrection in Luzon against the authority of the Fluted States. They came in swilt response to the call of country—tin* Inst bl&>d of the State, sons of noble sires, asking for service at the battle front where the lighting was the hardest and the danger the greatest. The rolls of the Virginia vol unteers contain the names of the bravest and best, some of them the descendants of the most illustrious Virginians of its earliest aud latest times. They have shed their blood for the flag of their faith and are now defending it with their lives in -the distant lands of ttie sea. All honor to the American army and navy! All honor has been shown the men returning from the field of hostilities and all honor attends those who have gone to take their places. "My fellow citizens, two great his torical events, separated by a period of 84 years, affecting the life of the re public and of awful inqiort *o mankind, “ Betwixt Bud and Bloom.** The sufferings of the young, the tender, and the inexperi enced always excite sorrowful compassion and a yearning desire to help them in their troubles. And in the light of a great discovery all the rose buds of sweet womanhood may see the promts of their speedy release from all those sufferings which have been -he bane of Iheir ex from the earliest times. They only take that greatest <■* nvdern medicines, Warner’s /.\fc Cure, as directed, and their past sufferings will soon appear to them as a painful dream from which they have awakened to dream no more. “ It is a remedy,” says Mrs. H. P. G. Carnes, of Butler, Pa., ‘that can be relied upon, a remedy that never fails, and one that has proved to be woman’s best friend.” THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1, I™. took place on the soil of Virginia. Both were participated in by Virginians and both marked mighty epochs in the his tory of the nation. The one at York town, in 1781, when Cornwallis surren dered to Washington, which was the beginning of the end of the war with Great Britain and the dawning of itulv jieiidence and union. The great Vir ginian, sage and patriot illustrious com mander and wise statesman installed the republic in the family of nations. It has Withstood every shock in war or peace from without or within-, ex periencing its gravest crisis in the Civil War. The other at Appomattox, was the conclusion of tin crisis and the be ginning of a unification now happily full and complete, resting in the gooa wifi and fraternal affection of one to ward another of all the people. Wash ington's terms of peace with Cornwal lis secured the ultimate union of the colonies'; those of Grant with I/ee the perpetual union of tin' States. Both events were mighty gains for the hu man family and a proud record for a nation of freemen. Both were triumphs in which we all have a share, both are a common heritage. The one made the nation linniKtishhlne. Now no jarring 'note mars the harmony of tin* Union. The seed of discord has no sower and no soil m>on which to live. The pur veyor of hate, if there Ik* one left, is without a follower. The voice which would kindle tin* flame of passion and prejudice s rarely heard aipl no longer in any part of our beloved country. “Lord of the Universe, "Shield us and guide us, “Trusting Thee always. “Through shadow' and sun “Thou hast united us, “Who shall divide us? “Keep ns, oh, keep tts, ‘The many in one. “Associated with this great common wealth are many of tin* most sacred ties of our national life. From here mine forth many of our greatest statesmen and heroes who gave vigor and virtue and glory to the republic. For thirty seven of the sixty-one years from 1781) to 1850, sons of Virginia occupied the Presidential office with rare fidelity and distinction, a period covering more than one-fourth of our national existence. What State or what nation can have greater heritage than such names as Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Mon 4 roe and Marshall. Their deeds inspire the old and the young. They are writ ten in our histories. They are a part of the education of every child of the land. They enrich the school books of the country. They are cherished in every American home and will Ih* so long as liberty lasts and the Union endures. “My countrymen, the sacred principles proclaimed in Philadelphia in 177<5 ad vanced to glorious triumph at York town, made effective in the formation of the Federal Union in 1787. sustained by tin* heroism of all ourjieople in every foreign conflict, sealed in solemn covenant at Appomattox Court House, sanctified by the blood of the men of the South and of the North at Manila and at Santiago and in Porto Rico, have lost none id their forces and virtue; and the people of the United States will meet their new duties and responsibiliies with unfailing devotion to these principles and with unfaltering purpose to uphold and ad vance them. “Standing near the close of the cen tury, we can look backward with wn gratulation and pride, and forward into the new century with confidence and courage. The memories of the past im pel us to nobler efforts and higher en deavor. It is for us to guard the sacred trust transmitted by the fathers and pass on to those who follow, this gov ernment; of 'the free, stronger in its principles and greater in its power for the execution of its beneficent mission." At the conclusion of the President’s speeeh, Secretary of the Navy Long, was introduced by the Mayor, and in acknowledging the reception given him by the crowd, said: “Mr. Mayor, ladies and gentlemen: 1 shall not attempt to make a speech to you at this time and under these cir cumstances. I can only say that as Secretary of the Navy, and still metre as a citizen of this great united republic, I rejoice heartily with you in this contri bution to our naval equipment—in this example of what can la* done by South ern capital and Southern labor —and in the fait that this day is a ‘feather’ day in the proud history of the grand old commonwealth of Virginia.” (Applause). The launching was a great success, the boat being christened by little Miss Carrie Hiubr’ck, of Rocky Mount, N. C., grcat:grand-nicce of Commodore Shubrick. with the usual formalities. It was a side-launching, but the boat took the water like a duck amid enthu siastic cheering, the tooting of steam whistles, etc. The Siren, with its Virginia naval re serves did not arrive until an hour and a half after the launching, when they fired) a Presidential salute. The boat was caught in a terrific storm last night and at one time it was feared she would be lost. On the christening stand were little Miss Carrie S. Shubrick, who christened the boat, her maids of honor, Misses May Curtis, Elizabeth Preston and Ro berta Trigg, Dr. and Mrs. John T. Sim briek, parents of the sponsor, Mrs. Wil liam It. Trigg and several of the Siiu brick connections. Miss Shubrick is a lovely l.ttlc girl of ten years. She has a soft, clear, rich complexion, dark eyes and dark brown curls which fall about her face in a most bewitching manner. Her native beauty wa» much enhanced by her costume. She wore a simple but rich dress of white silk, trimmed with white satin rihhoms. Her hat was white with white tips. She carried a bouquet of American beauty roses. The only mishap was the sinking in the dock of the old side-wheel steamer lain, with about 1(M) persons on board. No one was drowned, very few people even getting wet. as the water was no* deep enough to cover the decks. After the launching, the President and party took a drive through the city, stopping a while at the Executive Man sion, to pay their respects to the Gov ernor and his family. On the Presi dent's return to the Jefferson Hotel, he held another formal reception and left for Washington on his special at 7:10. The party were the guests of the city during the entire day. A FRIGHTFUL BLUNDER. Will often cause a horrible burn, scald, cut or bruise. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve, s he best in the world, will kill the pain iml promptly heal it. Cures tdd sores, fever sores, ulcers, boils, felons, corns, ill skin eruptions. Best pile cure on ■artli. Only 25 cents a box. Cure guar anteed.' Sold by all druggists. WILD WINDS AND FLOODING TIDES (Continued from first page.) were washed away. The loss there is es timated at SI(>,(MK). i'he three masted schooner Kate Dar lington was wrecked on Ocean Va w |»each .having been driven high and dry at one a. .m by the wind. In passing through the Capes last night she was run into and badly crippled by ail un known steamer. Her anchor would not hold. The Darlington was returning from Atlantic City, where she had con veyed a cargo of lumber. The tides were unusually high. The storm predicted for this afternoon has •mot materialized'. Hurricane signals are up. Rain ceased to fall about two p. m. At midnight tonight the wind is increas ing. The Storm Around Wilmington. Wilmington, N. C., October 31.—Au thoritative reports from Wrightsville and Carolina beaches say that the storm which reached the height of its fury this morning at 4 o’clock, has wrought great havoc to property at these points. No loss of life is reported. Ac Wrights ville there are sixty odd cottages and or this number fifteen are a total loss. and the others badly damaged. The loss is estimated at from $20,000 to $25,000. The trestle of the Wilmington Sea coast Railroad and track aggregating in extent, about three miles is a wreck and the damage is conservatively esti mated at from $40,000 to $50,000. At Wrightsville Sound on tin* mainland about one mile this side of the beach, considerable mintage was also done and this is estimated at several thousand. The two large summer hotels on the beach were not destroyed but are uam- Oged to some extent. At Carolina Reach near the mouth of the river there are about twenty-five cottages, boat and club houses and also a large hotel. About eighteen of these were totally destroyed and the remain ing badly damaged. The loss is placed at from $12,000 to $15,000. Both beaches were fortunately deserted on account of the* season. A special to the Star from Southport says that there was considerable dam age along the waterfront there by the storm hut no lose of life reported. A small passenger steamer and the tug- Isiat Blanche were beached. No other news of damage to snipping has reached here. The Clyde steamer New York. Captain Ingram, arrived from New York this afternoon. She encountered the storm off Frying Fan lightship but rode it out with only slight damage to her cargo of general merchandise. The damage in. the city along the wharves by reason of tin* high tide this morning will approximate about $2,000. The maximum velocity of the wind here was about sixty miles an hour. Ar the beaches and at Southport the veloc ity was estimated at from 75 to 00 miles per hour. WORST STORM EVER KNOWN. 1 ScHithjHirt. N. C., Oct. 31. —The storm hen* last night was the worst ever known and great damage was done. Tint Nor wegian bark Johanna being disinfected at CajM* Fear quarantine station, was driven across the river and washed high upon' she beach. All the wharves except the Government coal docks were wash-d away, and the tug Blanche and the pas senger steamer Southport, which were lying at their wharves, were driven ■ashore. The tide rose five feet above the usual high water mark, and many houses along she water front were badly damaged. 'Buildings at Font Caswell, across the harbor, were damaged, but to what extent is unknown. The quar antine station is intact, but badly dam aged. Dr. Brown and the quarantine crew took- refuge on the bark Johanna and were rescued from her after she went ashore. Massachusetts Republicans. Boston, Mass., Oct. 31. —The only ar guments to lie publicly spoken forth *Re publican party in Massachusetts during the present campaign were made tonight through the medium of the annual din ner of the Republican (Tub of Massa chusetts in Music Hall. The speakers were: Governor Roosevelt, of New York, Senator Lidge, of Massachusetts; Gov ernor Wolcott, and Lieutenant Governor Murray Crane, and Speaker John L. Bates. Governor Roosevelt devoted himself entirely to the Philippine question, n iter ating his well known views. Three Die in a Montreal Fire. Moil (real,Que., Oct. 31. —-Fire broke out at half-past 5 o’clock thaw morning in the Webster House, a small hotel op -t. James street, 'causing the death of three persons, the probable fatal injury of a fourth, while a half a dozen others sustained minor injuries. There were about forty guests in the hotel at the time, and most o*f them escaped in their night clothes. 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