St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-28
Enthusiastic Welcome of the Vice Pres
ident-Elect on His Arrival at
the Nations Capital.
An Appropriation of Five Millions for
the Rivers and HarbOrs of
the Country.
The New Orleans Exposition to Get Three
Hundred Thousand to Pay its Indebt-
ednesS-The Show Will Continue.
Kreidler, the Would-Be Marshal of Montana,
Again Laid on the Table in the
Senate.
TOMS TERRIBLE TINE.
Surrounded BY Crowd of Curious Peu'
pie He is Almost Crushed
N Deafh.

surrounded BY a Crowd OF Curious Ped'
pie He is Almost Crushed
TO Death.
! WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-The vice presi-
dent-elect arrived in Washington this after
noon on the special car ''Maryland'' Of the
Baltimore 6c OHIO railroad. The train to
which the car was attached, second
section regular day express, was two
hours and fifteen minutes late. A large
crowd assembled at the depot before the hour
al which the train was due, and patiently
awaited its coming, receiving constant ac-
cessions as the time passed, until when the
train arrived the assemblage numbered sew
eral hundred persons. The throng filled the
depot waiting room and crowded about on
the sidewalk in front of the depot, and
members Of the citizens reception COM
mittee and the Indiana Democratic
association with a few news
paper reporters, awaited the arrival
Of the train on the platform in the interior
of the depot. All Democratic members of
congress from Indiana except Senator Voor-
hees, who was detained at the senate, and
Judge Holman, who could not leave the
house, were present as members Of the In
diana Democratic association, Representa-
tives-elect Bynum, Ford and Howard of In
diana and Col. Bannister of that state, and
Messrs. Niles and Morgan of this city as
representatives of the Indiana Democratic
association,
CITIZENS COMMITTEE
respectively went up the road as far as Har-
per's ferry to meet Mr.. Hendricks and escort
him TO the city. 1t had been arranged by
the Indiana association to meet Mr.. Hen
bricks at the depot and give him cordial re-
ception without speech-naking or any form
ality, and the inaugural committee sent i
reception committee to meet him
and escort him to his hotel.
Unfortunately, however, there was
, no concert of action between the two bodies,
and when the train drew up in the depot and
Mr.. Hendricks alighted from it he was
seized hold Of by Messrs. Niles and Claggett
of the citizens committee and hurried
through the crowd on the platform toward
his carriage without being allowed to stop a
moment even TO shake. bands with his Indi
ana friends. few of the latter.
however, pushed their way through
the crowd and shook hands with
the vice president-elect. One enthu-
siastic individual almost
KNOCKED MR.. HENDRICKS OVER
in his eagerness to be recognized and to
take his hand. As soon as the vice presi-
dent-elect was recognized many spectators
on the platform removed their hats
and applauded him. AS ne pushed
on toward the carriage down the length of
the platform and through the waiting room
TO the street the applause grew until as he
reached the pavement it broke into enthus-
astic cheering, to which Mr.. Hendricks
responded by raising his hat and bowing.
A committee escorted him to the carriage,
but here the crowd surged about the
vehicle and prevented it from being driven
of, while score or more shook hands with
Mr.. Hendricks. As the driver finally
whipped up his horses and drove off to the
hotel the crowd cheered enthusiastically.
The vice president-elect was accompanied by
several gentlemen from Indiana and the
ladies of his family.