The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-03-10
The Most Important of Which
is the One
Placing General Grant on the
Retired List.
Democrats and Republicans
Alike Vote for the Bill.
A Day to be Rem embered by
Americans.
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND STRANGERS.

ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND STRANGERS.
Washington, ID. c., March A.
Washington today entertains one hun
dred thousand strangers. They began ro
come before the dedication of the monu-
ment, and they have been coming all day
and night ever since. They have come in
family parties, in clubs and comp anies and
regiments, The hotels were filled a week
ago, and private boarding houses and
dwellings have done what they could do to
lodge the shelterless and feed the hungry.
Nevertheless, not few of the later corners,
who brought little besides their patriotic
memories and exultant hopes, tramped the
avenues last night from ne
cessity, and breskfested this morning
with coffee and sandwich vendors of
the markets and street corners. The morn
ing opened hszily but with excellent prom
ise of fair weather, which was fulfilled be-
fore 9 o'clock. The throngs were abroad
early, walking and riding from point to
point to see what they could of the public
buildings, parks, statues and monument,
before the great event of day began. Filing
and drumming and marching of clubs and
troops were the enlivening elements of the
early forenoon, while the morning sere-
nades rendered TO popular political fa-
vorites served to amuse and interest
the participants and crowds. What
ever it is possible to do with scant-
ling and boards and bunting and
gilt to bedeck a town for al occasion,
Washington has undertaken and per-
formed. The harvest of decorators and
carpenters began ten days ago. and the noise
of them saving and pounding and the click
of their hammers has been heard day and
night ever since down TO the moment of the
starting of the procession. At first ugly
erections of rough timber broke out all along
the proposed line of march from the white
house to the capitol, covering the doors
and windows of stores and dwellings and
filling up the little parks and openings,
aud upon these were tackled advertisements
of seats to rent. Later
FLAGS, BANNERS, sTREAMERs
aud tasteful devices in showing colors con-
ceaIed the rough wood work, and then the
building fronts began to blossom out The
completed work is ve-y beautiful and the
stateliest of American avenues has been
transferred into moving maze of brilliant
colors, which fttingly testifes the hearth
ness of this city's welcome to the
new administr alton. The build
ing at the corner of Second and Penn
sylvania avenue, occupied by the pension
bureau, was perhaps the most elabora.ely
decorated structure in the city, and the
decorations were st once pleasing and
unique. Long lines of steamers were sus-
pended between fagstaffs on the roof. Just
below on either side of the building an i'm
mense golden eagle clutched long lines oil
red, white and blue bunting which were
larti6cially woven into vast net work,
covering the entire building. At the inter
section of the lines of bunting shone stars
of gold, and framing the whole design
were handsome shields bearing the
names Of states of the union, all linked to-
gether with gilt chains. At the second
story slender stats bore graceful tri-c1lored
standards with the names of the various
presidents OF the United States. The west
front of the building represented the legis-
lative branch of the government. A man.
moth picture of the capitol was fianked by
great Roman faces, and above all colossal
heralds sounded patents at the corner
of the buildings. The goddess of liberty.
armed With sword and shield, Represented
the executive branch of the government.
An eagle bearing a natiOral shield sur
mounted the figure, and an excellent oil
portrait OF heroic size of the president-elect
was suspended above shield bearing the
name OF New York state on the south face
of the building. Altogether the effect was
very pleasing. The hotels were
tasiefully decorated. Willsrd's was
profusely draped iR graceful festoons
of gailv colorei fabrics. Words of
welcome wrought in tinsel shone above an
immense blazing star at the doorway and a
great arch of gas jets sPanned d circle en-
closing the symbolic owl head, OF the
Americas club OF Philadelphia. Elegan
designs wrought in cunningly woven bunt-
ing transformed the marble facade
OF the metropolitan into thing of beauty.
The Ebbitt WAS fairly covered with flags
and picturesque figures and other hotels
showed great ingenuity in devising lpleas
ing and original decorations. A Great
hor8l ladder reaching 10 the roof of busi
ness house ON Pennsylvania avenue had
upon IFS rungs the words, SHERIFF, Mayor,
Governor, President" thus graphically
symbolizing the lIfe-wOrk OF the presi-
Sent-elect. All the government
buildings on the line Of march were
gray with bunting. Large American flags
encomrassed the gray columns of the tire ss-
ury, and long lines of pepnants of every
hue of the rainbow ran acros. the granite
front of the great building and relieved its
severe architecture by giving it an appear
ance in keeping with the gala day.
Handsome rosettes and designs
In particolored bunting adorned
the state, war and navy department build
ings. Long before the hour set Tor the