The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-08-07
HARRISON SLEPT ON The PILGRIM,
And Today VIII BE the Honored
Guest Of Boston.
Tho Chief Magistrate TO be Carefully
Guarded and Cordially Met.
How the presidential Party WIN Pass
Through Maine.


marty arrived at Jersey City at 32O this af-
ternoon. and were met by Cornelius N. Bliss,
chairman of the State committee, and Presi-
dent Choate of the Fall River Steamboat
line, and were escorted to the tug Belyldere,
A trip was taken in the tug as far as the
Narrows. Salutes of q guns were fired from
forts Wadsworth and Lafayette as the tug
passed. The party reached the Fall River
line pier few minutes before o'clock, and
were Immediately escorted to the steamer
Pilgrim. At $50 she started for Boston.
Secretary Rusk took carriage to an hotel,
as he intends to remain in New York for
few days.
BOSTON, August 6.-If there Is anything
needed to make the Presidents stay happy
left undone here it is because Boston does
not know it.
At about $40 a. m. tomorrow the Presi-
Dental train will reach here. A detachment
of ten men and one lieutenant from Co. M,
1st Infantry, will act as guard to the Presi-
dents car en- route to Boston.
The 1st Battalion of Cavalry will at once
escort the distinguished guests to the Ven-
dome, detachment of Battery A meantime
firing salute from the common. A detach-
ment of one officer and 20 cadets from the 1st
Corps of Cadets will be on duty during the
day at the hotel as guard of honor to the
President
At 10 o'clock breakfast will be given the
President. at which will be present the
Lieutenant Governor, His Honor the Mayor,
the Governors council, Senators Hoar and
Dawes. the II Massachusetts Representa-
tives, President Hartwell Of the Senate,
Speaker Barrett of the House, Collector Sal
tonstall, heads of departments Of State and
others.
ceive the officers of the State and city, Fed
eral officers and officers of the United States
army and navy and mayors of cities, at the
Vendome.
At O'Clock the party, still escorted by
the Lancers, will leave the Vendome pass
Faneuil Hall. The Mayor and the Presi-
dent will occupy the first carriage. Lieut.
Gov. Brackett and Secretary Window the
second. Alderman Rogers and Secretary
Common Council, Mr.. Halford and Lieut..
Col. Mansfield in the fourth.
From 1 o'clock to 230 a reception to the
public will be given at Faneuil Hall, under
the direction of the city. There will
be no tickets, but the galleries will be re-
served for ladies.
After lunch. provided by the city, the
President and city officials, with detach-
ment of cavalry outriders rendered by the
Commonwealth, will take ride in the su-
burbs. The drive will be as follows: The
party will leave the Hotel Vendome about
4.3O O'Clock and drive through Common
wealth and Brighton avenues, Cambridge
street and Chestnut Hill avenue. around
the reservoir, and return to the Hotel
Vendome, via Commonwealth avenue, Wash
ingtOn, Alst0n, Summit and Beacon streets,
and Commonwealth avenue. The selectmen
of Brookline are desirous. of entertaining
the President as he passes through that town
and they will probably meet him on Corey
Hill and tender him the Inequalities OF
Brookline, and If accepted by the President
he will be invited to the residence of Hon.
John w. Gambler in the immediate vicinity.
During the evening" Dartmouth street, be-
tween Newbury and Marlborough streets,
and Commonwealth avenue between Claren.-
don and Exeter streets, will be roped off and
lighted with more than the usual brilliancy.
For the illumination of Commonwealth ave.
nue., near the Hotel Vendome, the superin-
tendent of lamps has provided thirteen arc
electric lights.
At $50 O'clock a band of 100 musicians will
perform a serenade to the President
The President will probably appear on the
platform during the evening, but no speeches
Will be made.
On the morning of Thursday the President
will leave the hotel at about 8.20 proceeding
under escort of the cavalry to the Boston &
Maine station in Haymarket square. The
train will leave at 9 o'clock, Battery A firing
farewell salute as 1t departs. Lieutenant
Governor Bracket, with few staff officers,
will accompany the President to the State
line, leaving him near Haverhill at about 10
o'clock.
Lieutenant Colonel Manifold, United
States Engineer, has been detailed to act as
aide to the President during his stay in Bos-
ton. -tf
The Presidents flag will be displayed
from one of the poles at the State House TO-
morrow, and the national colors will fly at
the other.
BAR HARBoR, August 6.-Walker Blaine
left tonight to meet the President at Boston.
Major Aulick Palmer has issued an invita-
tion to 150 prominent society people to meet
the Presidential party at l o'clock Friday.
The party will visit the mountain one morn
ing in special car of the Green Mountain
Railway Company.