Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-29
AT ELIZABETNTOWN.
The President Breakfasts with Gov.
Green, of New Jersey.

ELIZABETH, j., April 29-The centennial
celebration in commemoration of the Inaugural
ton of the first President of the United States
may be said to have commenced here this
morning with the arrival of President Harrison
On the 23d of April, one hundred years ago,
General Washington arrived here (the place
then called Elizabethtown) after tedious
journey of six days from Washington This
morning, President Harrison, so great is the
contrast in the means of transportion wrought
by a century, arrived at 7:25 a. n.. having COW
cred the same distance. surrounded by the ease
and comforts and elegance of a PENNSYLVANIA
railroad palace car, within six hours.
1t was cloudy at at sunrise. but later on the
clouds lifted. with a guarantee of fair weather
and beautiful, ba!Ey day. Later. however,
they shut down again; The people of the city
were astr earl Y, and before the presidential
train arrived crowds of people gathered at
the Union depot and along the streets leading to
Gov. Green's residence.
WHERE PRESIDENT HARRISON WAS TO BREAKFAST.
The residences, stores and hotels on either
side of the streets leading from Gov. Green's
mansion on Cherry street to Elizabethport.
along the route of the procession, were gaily
| decked with flags and bunting. Three arches
spanned the streets at different points. The
first. seventy feet broad and twentv-eight feet
high, at Broad and East jersey streets; another
called 1.-The living arch" at Elizabeth avenue.
and the crossroads. on which were stationed
forty-nne pretty girls dressed to represent forty
two states and seven territories. who threw vol
ley OF flowers at the President as he passed un-
der the arch.
The line of march followed as near as posi-
bic the historic route taken bv Gen. Washing
ton a hundred years ago. and from Governor
Green's residence to the Alcyone boat-club
house, distance of about two miles and a-half.
THE PARADE AND PROCESSION
was the most imposing ever witnessed here.
Nearly 5000 men were in line. The first diyis-
ion was composed Of five companies of the third
regiment. New Jersey militia; the second,
members OF the G.. A. r., $500 strong: third
lodges of the Ancient Order of Odd Fellows,
the Junior Order of American Mechanics.
knights of Pythias, the knights of st. John,
| and thirteen boys i'll continental uniform. The
| fourth division, the Ancient order of Hiber-
mans, 600 strong. The fifth division, called
the department of agriculture, made striking
and picturesque feature of the procession.
This was the granger or farmers division.
There were numerous floats carried in this
division representing comparisons between
farming one hundred years ago and to-day.
There were men in line in old-time costumes.
carrying scythes and sickels, boys going to mill
with bags of grain, and groups of farmers with
old-fashioned agricultural implements. such as
wooden moud-board plows, cradles, fails, &c.
panies strong. with their engines and appara-
tus. made up the sixth and last division.
BY o'clock fifty thousand people were
massed in and around the Pennsylvania depot
waiting the arrival of the presidential train.
The sidewalks of the principal streets were
alive with people; martial music resounded
| everywhere, and marching men were moving
| in every direction to take their places in the
| procession. At 7:25 the presidential train
| drew slowly into the depot
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President Harrison, who, with his family,
occupied the last car, was the first person to
step from the rear platform, quickly followed
by Mrs Harrison, Mrs. Mckee and Others
President Harrison's appearance on the plat
| form was at once the occasion of a prolonged
| shout of welcome from the thousand or more
people in the immediate vicinity. Carriages
were il waiting, and in moment the President
and his family were on their way to Governor
| Green's mansion. Soon afterward Chief Justice
Fuller and Associate Justice Blatchford fol-
| lowed them while the members of the cabinet
| and the ladies accompanying them were
| taken taken to the home of ex-Congress-
man Kean. yice-Presdent Morton and
Mrs. Morton, who were the guests of ex-Con-
| gresham Kean, came over to Gov. Green's
| about 8 o'clock, and then for nearly an hour an
informal reception was held at the governors
| house and all the prominent officials and people
| of Elizabeth and many state officials with their
wives and families besieged the governors
mansion and shook hands with the President
| and Mrs. Harrison. At O'Clock the President
| took the seat of honor on the reviewing stand
| built ON the lawn in the rear of Gov. Green's
mansion and
| REVIEWED THE PROCESSION.
Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. Morton occupied