Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-04
But One Man in Doubt
Of Those Who Will Sit Around
the Council Table.
re LATEST CABINET INDICATIONS

Only One Change. Rusls To BE the Granger
Secretary The Going and Coming Men
Exchange Csils-A Cane OF Historic In
terest-Mrs. Morton at "a Flag Presenta-
tion-Tbe Capital iu Brilliant Dress. but
the Weather Clerk Obstreperous-A
Great Gathering of People.
WASHINGTON CITY, March4 AT midnight
last night every indication pointed to the cor
rectness of tue following slate as the men Sc
lected for the cabinet, there being still one
portfolio which was in doubt-that of agri-
culture:
Secretary OF state, James G Blaine; treas
ury, William Window; war, Redfield Proc
tor, OF Vermont; navy, Benjamin F. Tracy,
OF New York, postmaster general, John
Nanamaker; interior, John w. Noble, of
Missouri; attorney general, ". II. II. Miller,
OF Indiana.
The portfolio of secretary of agriculture, it
was announced, had been rendered to Gov
ernor Rusk, OF Wisconsin, and accepted by
him. Mr. Furniss, who was Nebraska's can
didate, called on the president yesterday, but
the members of the Wisconsin delegation
said last night that Governor Rusk had been
chosen. Governor Rusk was among the ar
rivals yesterday. Gen. John w. Noble, of
Missouri, who is to be secretary Of the in
terror, arrived yesterday morning and joined
Mrs Noble at the Hotel Normandie
Gen Harrison made formal call on the
president Saturday morning at / 80, in COM
pany With Secretary Halford and Col Brit
ton. President Cleveland received bis
visitors in the Blue paIlor. The call did not
last more than five minutes At 4:S0 in the
afternoon, President Cleveland, accompanied
by Col John NJ Wilson, made a return call
on Gen Harrison. This time the president
and president-elect had a ten minutes con-
versation
Gen. Harrison was presented with q cane
Saturday which was given to the president
elects grandfather on the 4th of March, lS4l
1t was handed to Gen Harrison by Mr. E c.
Knight, of Philadelphia, who received It
from the Holzbeck family, the original
donors
Gen Harrison and family passed very
quiet Sunday. Among the callers We're Senator
Sherman, Gen. Tracy, and Mr. John Scott
Harrison, brother of the prssdent-slect At
O'Clock, in spite of the pelting rain, Gen.
Harrison, in company with Mr. Mckee, took
a short walk.
A regimental service was held yesterday
afternoon at the New York Avenue Presby.
terrain church, by the Second regiment Of n
@. p. 1t was conducted by the Rev Henry
McCook, the chaplain of the regiment. In
vitatiops had been sent to Gen. Harrison and
Mr. Morton The vice president-elect and
Mas. Morton attended the service in company
with MIR. and Mrs Russell Harrison. At the
close OF the services a stand of colors was
presented to the regiment by Mrs, Morton on
the behalf of friends who asked her to per-
form the service. Mr.. Morton made the pre-
sentation speech.
The work of preparation for the great event
OF the Inauguration of Gen. Harrison as
president of the United States was com
pleted last night The aggregate deInonstra-
ton will give the national capital probably
the most brilliant and gayest week in its his
tory. The citizens last night had finished the
decoration of their stores and residences and
the numerous temporary stands erected on
either side OF Pennsylvania avenue all along
the line of march Of the inaugural procession
from the capital to the presidents mansion, a
distance of one mile and q quarter, were all
in place and appropriately decorated What
ever it was possible to do with scantling and
boards and bunting and gilt TO bedeck city
for notable and imposing event Washington
had undertaken and performed
AT first, ugly erections OF rough timber
broke out all along the line of march, cover
ing the doors and windows of stores and
dwellings and filling up the many little
parks Later, flags, banners, streamers and
tasteful decorations in snowy colors con-
cealed the rough wood work. and then the
building front decorations began to blossom
out The completed work is very beautiful.
and the decorations are more elaborate than
ever before known on similar occasions.
Four years ago %, 600 men in line escorted
President Cleveland from the capitol and
were reviewed by him as they passed the
grand stand erected in front OF the executive
mansion, but to-day 80 600 men in line form
the retinne that follows the new chief magis
trate from the capitol to the White House
A characteristic feature Of the inaugural ia.
rade Is the number OF political and other
| civic associations that appear on the line OF
march One hundred and fifty of these or
| CARNATIONS, numbering perhaps 10000 men
| representing every state and territory, SO
| cured places in the parade, and these with
| 5000 g. A. r. men, 10000 state militia, and
| 5000 regular army troops, swell the process
sion to fully 10000
Strangers and visitors from every city
town and township in the country are here
| crowding every hotel. while others find tenn
poraly shelter in private residences, in board
| ing houses, in railway coaches and in the
| depots The influx of visitors is variously
estimated at from 10 900 to lo0,O0
| A drizzling rain set in yesterday after
| noon and threatened last night to mar some
what the pleasure and joyousness of the in
auguration. AL day long, notwithstandin,
the unpropitious weather the principle street
Of the city were thronged with crowds O
visitors, and strains of martial music wer
heard from the bands of arriving organiza
lions marching to their quarters, while tn
hotel Hobbies and corridors were rendered i'm
pasible by masses Of talking, laughing an,
smoking humanity.
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