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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-04
INAUGURAL DAY. A Magnificent and Unprece-
 dented Spectacle. SCENES IN THE SENATE. Pomp and Ceremony of Presi-
 dent Making. TAKING THE OATHS OF OFFICE. Largest and Grandest Inaugural
 Parade on Record. THE CITY A MASS OF DECORATIONS President Harrison's Cabinet An.
 nOunced in the Senate.
Largest and Grandest Inaugural
 Parade on Record.
THE CITY A MASS OF DECORATIONS
President HarrisOns Cabinet An.
 nOunced in the Senate.
END OF THE BOTH CONGRESS.

Murky Skies and Falling Rain Do Not
 Dampen the Ardor of the Sight Seeing
 Patriots-Ar Enormous Crowd Present.
 The March to and from the Capitol and
 son Reviews the Parade-Sketches of the
 Cabinet Members Closing Session of
 Night Until Noon To-day-RiddIebereer
 Ends His Sensational Career by Creating
 Scene and Getting Arrested-The Work
 of Congress Reviewed-How the Sabbath
 Was Spent by the Elect and the Visitors. WASHINGTON, March 4-Inauguration day is upon us, and most of its great events have been gone through with at this hour Grover Cleveland has become private citizen and Benjamin Harrison is president of the United States
 So far, in spite of the weather, the inaugu- ration is conceded to be the greatest on rec ord, the spectacle the grandest and the crowd the largest ever seen here.
 Every citizen and every visitor cast anxious glances upward this morning, but found little comfort in the dull gray, leaky skies Never theless the programme has been completely carried out up to this time, and will be com- pleted with the grand ball in the pension building this evening.
 The decorations have never been so general and elaborate. The spectacle is beyond description.
 The streets assumed lively aspect at an early hour. Thousands of sightseers were out to witness the preparations, uniformed aides were scurrying hither and thither, and the music of bands and drum and fife corps were heard in every direction heading mili. tary and civic bodies which were marching to their places of waiting to fall into line.
 The rain was falling lightly when the ''early birds" made their appearance, and it continued until after o'clock. But no one seemed to mind it, and by 9 o'clock the streets through which the procession was tt pass were completely choked up by push ing, surgipg, struggling mass of humanity
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-04
PRESIDENT HARRIsoN's CABINET
Brief Sketches of the Men Who Will B,
 His Chief Advisers,

Brief Sketches of the Men Who Will Be
 His Chief Advisers.
 WASHINGTON, March 4.-True to his word President Harrison gave no intimation of the make up of his cabinet until it was sent as e whole to the senate in extra session, where ii was announced as follows: Secretary of State-James G. Blaine, ot Maine.
 Secretary of the Treasury-William Win. dom, of Minnesota
 Secretary of War-Redfield Proctor, oi Vermont.
 Secretary of the eNavy-Benjamin F. Tracy, of New York
 Secretary of the Interior-James w. Noble of Missouri
 Postmaster General-John Wanamaker, oi Pennsylvania.
 Attorney General-W. H. H. Miller, ot Indiana.
 Secretary of Agriculture-Jeremiah M. Rusk, of Wisconsin.
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man of the railroad committee and also chair man of the subcommittee of the whole On June 22, 1862, Governor Morgan requested him to raise regiment from the counties of broome, Tompkins and Tioga. He raised two the One Hundred and Ninth and the One Hundred :and Seventh-got his commission and was given command of the former. W hen the war closed he had attained the rank of brigadier general. In 1866 he was ap- pointed United States district attorney for the Eastern district of New York, and held the position until 1873, when he resigned, In 1875 he made the opening address to the jury In the famous Beecher Hilton suit. He was nominated in 1881 by the Republicans for mayor of Brooklyn, but withdrew in favor Of Seth Low, who was elected. He has been candidate for supreme court judge and for district attorney of Kings county He is a man of fine presence, and deserves substantial recognition for his sacrifices to the partys interests.
 John Willock Noble was born in Lancaster. O., Oct. 26, 1881. He passed his early days in Columbus and Cincinnati. where he
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-04
UNFORTUNATE MIR. WALSH.
A Former High Official Arrested for Pas.
 ing 2 Worthless Check.

A Former High Official Arrested for Pass-
 ing Worthless Check.
 NEW YORK, March 4-John H. Walsh. ex- assistant superintendent of the treasury at Washington under Secretary Fairchild. was prisoner in the Jefferson Market police court yesterday. He was charged by Harri- son F. Downes, the clerk of the Morton house. with passing worthless check for s14l 33 on him in payment for board and accommoda. hons for himself and friends.
 The affidavit upon which Walsh was ar- rested, and which was made by Downes. charges him with giving check in payment of his bill at the hotel drawn on the banking firm Of Riggs & Co, of Washington. After giving the check Mir. Walsh removed all his goods and chattels to No. 243 East One Hundred and Eighteenth street. The hotel proprietor, for some req son or other which he does not state. tele- graphed to the banking house of Riggs & Co.,, asking if MT. Walsh had an account there. An answer came by telegraph stating that he formerly had an..account with then, but that he had drawn it all out Upon re- ceipt of the telegram MT. Downes went to the Jefferson Market police court and swore out warrant for Walsh's arrest He will have an examination to-day
 Walsh comes from Albany, where he was once a prominent builder whose enterprise was the talk of the place, and at one time he was estimated to be worth at least S1OO, ,OOO The panic of 1873 somewhat crippled him. but he soon overcame his difficulties.
 Latterly he has been regular Democrat and was an intimate friend of the late Daniel Manning. It was through Mir. Manning,s friendship for him that he was appointed as sistant superintendent of the treasury under Secretary Fairchild, which position he held until the lst of last January, when he came to New York
 When Cleveland ran for reelection to the presidency last November Walsh worked energetically in his support He contributed literally to campaign funds and worked energetically throughout the state for his election. His faith in President Cleyeland,s success was so great that he wagered all the money he possessed upon the Democratic candidate and lost
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-04
RETURN TO THE WHITE HOUSE

President Harrison Reviews the Parade in
 Front of the White House.
 The inaugural ceremonies having been com pleted the president and ex-president were escorted to their carriage, which took its place in line for the return march over the following route.
 Along east front of the Capitol to B street north, B street to First street, First street te Pennsylvania avenue, Pennsylvania avenue to Washington circle, around Washington circle to K street northwest, K street to Mt. Vernon square.
 On reaching point on Pennsylvania ave nue, in front of the White House, President Harrison left his carriage and took his posi- tion in the stand, from which he reviewed the procession as it passed.
 From this point ex-President Cleveland is no longer feature of the proceedings.
 What a wonderful significance of the sim; plicity of democratic institutions! Standing here at 1 o'clock is Grover Cleveland, the ab- solute representative of 6O,OOO, GOO of people, with the power of life and death in his hand, the virtual master of the situation, and in less than thirty seconds thereafter he becomes a private citizen, with no power whatever,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-04
FlFTIETH CONGRESS REVIEWED.
It Has Done Great Deal of Work and
 Wasted Much Time,

1t Has Done Great Deal of Work and
 Wasted Much Time.
 WASHINGTON, March 4.-The fiftieth con- gress will be noted in history for four things: First the admission into the Union of four new states-North Dakota, South Dakota. Montana and Washington; second, for the tariff discussion which consumed so much time in both house and senate; third, for the creation of new executive department, and, fourth, for the amount of filibustering that took place in the house.
 The business placed before congress for con- sideration in the last two years has greatly exceeded in the aggregate that of any pre- vious congress This is largely due to the in- crease of measures for private relief, a fact which emphasizes the necessity SO often ad- mitted of providing some tribunal for the arbitration of the claims against the govern ment which are now brought to congress for adjudication, There were introduced in the senate in the tiftieth congress 8, ,9e9 bills and l43 joint resolutions, and 2,7lO reports were made from committees,
 In the house there were 12,659 bills. o67 joint resolutions and 4, 154 reports.
 Of the bills and joint resolutions in the present congress, not one in twenty passed the house and not one in thirty passed both houses and went to the president for his signature.
 There were nine contested election cases before the house. of which seven were dis posed of in the first session and at a com paratively early day. In each of these cases the sitting member was given his seat. Two cases were left undetermined. The first of them-Smalls vs. Elliott-was determined re- gently in favor of the sitting member. The other-Sullivan vs. Felton-was not disposed of by the house. The report of the committee was in favor of Mir. Sullivan, the contestant.
 The numb,r of presidential vetoes received by congress has been very large The greater portion of these measures have been private pension bills, although the president has re- fused his consent to soms legislation of a
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END OF THE FIFTlETH CONGRESS

A Long and Lively Session-RiddleberRer
 Arrested in the Senate.
 WASHINGTON, March 4-The Fiftieth con- gress came to an end by limitation at noon to-day. The house dissolved, but the senate continued in session extraordinary, to con- sider and act upon the nomination of Presi- dent Harrison.
 Sunday was wiped out of the congressional calendar. The legislative session of Saturday was carried on through the night and over to morning, and then, instead of an adjourn ment, a recess was taken until afternoon, so as to make the journal show a continuous ses- sion until to-day. It was 2:15 a. m. on Sun day when the senate finished its night sitting Not more than half the senators stayed through the proceedings. About twenty visitors remained in the galleries
 Then recess was taken to 8 D. m yester- day, and congress was supposed to be in ses- sion from that time until noon today What time the members were in their seats was de- voted to Cleaning up" minor business.
 The senate had rather lively time last even ing, and Senator Riddleberger finished his ca reer in that body in manner that will not stand to his credit in history He had to be arrested by the sergeant at arms and taken from the floor of tine senate Filled up with whisky, he moved, about o'clock, to 20 into executive session, with the object in view of securing the confirmation of the renomina- tion of Commissioner Webb The motion was voted down. He immediately renewed it, and Presiding Officer Ingalls, declared the motion out of order Riddleberger still in sisting, Ingalls, told him that he would not again recognize Riddleberger except on the motion of some other senator and majority vote.
 Not yet satisfied, Riddleberger kept talk ing, and Ingalls, told him that if he did not keep quiet he would have him arrested. This warning had the effect of taking Riddle berger out of the chamber, and when he re- turned a few minutes later he stated that he had telegraphed the governor of Virginia his resignation, as no other senator had ever been treated as he had. Ingalls, motioned the sergeant at arms to arrest Riddleberger, but when that officer came up to him he said
 "Not that; I will sit down."
 The sergeant at arms desisted, but Riddle berger did not stay quiet Hardly minute afterward he again became noisy, and Ingalls, again ordered the sergeant at arms to arrest Riddleberger, which was done with the aid of an assistant The two officers hustled the kicking senator into the cloak room
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elected to congress, where he served for eight cen years. He was a candidate for the presidential nomination in 1876 and 1880. He was secretary of the state under President Garfield. Immediately after the convention of 1876, on his resignation the secretaryship of state, MT. Blaine was appointed senator to fill the unexpired term, and in the follow ing winter he was chosen by the legislature for the full ensuing term.
 William Windom was born in Belmont county, O., nearly sixty-two years ago and gained some prominence there before moving
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-04

VICE PRESIDENT MORTON TAKING THE OATH. cupied seats that had previously been assigned 70 them.
 After the organization of the senate had been completed, the inaugural address was read by MT. Harrison and then the oath of office as president of the United States was administered to him by Chief Justice Fuller.
 On the conclusion of the ceremonies the president, accompanied by the committee of arrangements, proceeded to the executive mansion
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sons given for the recognition by the new president of the Green Mountain state in cabinet counsels are, first, the eminence of ex-Governor Proctor in his party, and, second, the fact that he, as the chairman of the Vermont delegation to the Chicago convention last year, was head of the only delegation in the whole body which voted solidly for Harrison first, last and all the time.
 Benjamin F. Tracy was born about fifty years ago in Tioga county New York His early life was passed first on farm and af-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-04
WATERBURY CONN.,. MONDAY. MARCH 4, 1889

general and very important character. In the first session of the Fiftieth congress the president returned without his approval l2S bills. Of these l03 were pension bills, twelve wers claims and six were for public buildings -Allentown, Pa. Columbus, O. Bar Harbor, Me. Council Bluffs, Ia; Youngstown, O., and Sioux City, Ia.
 In the second session twenty-seven veto messages were received from the president Of these twenty-one were pension vetoes: four of the vetoed measures were relief bills, and the other bills disapproved by the presi- dent were the direct tax bill and the bill to quiet title of settlers on the Des Moines river lands.
 The record of business done by congress in the passage of bills and resolutions is much smaller than the amonnt of business left un- done. Both houses of congress leave their calendars we'll filled. That of the house is especially large. It fills book of 142 pages The senate calendar, though much smaller contains some very important measures
 The senate, notwithstanding the amount of time occupied by the tariff discussion, was more fortunate than the house, and managed to dispose of most of the business sent over from that body.
 Among the bills favorably reported from the house committees, which were not acted upon at either session of congress were the following: To adjust the accounts of labor under the eight hour law; to establish . bureau of public health; to pension female nurses; to remove the Southern Ute Indians from Colorado to Utah; to pension prisoners of war; to organize the territory of Alaska. to provide additional justices for the terri tories; to erect United States prisons; to authorize the purchase of foreign built ships by citizens of the United States; to provide for postofftce buildings in cities of a certain population; providing for an assistant secre- tary of war; to organize naval reserve: regulating the manufacture and sale of com pound lard; to establish poor food division Ill the department of agriculture; a river and harbor bill; for irrigation in New Mexico: to admit Idaho, Arizona and Montana; to admit New Mexico; to provide for the meeting of congress Dec. 3l; to prohibit polygamy by constitutional amendment; to render eligible to any position in the army any person who served the Confederate states; the Pacific railroad funding bill; to prohibit aliens ac- quir1ng lands in the United States; to prevent competition between free labor industries and convict labor
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Mrs. Morton Presents the colors.

WASHINGTON, March 4.-A regimental ser vice was held yesterday afternoon at the New York Avenue Presbyterian church by the Second regiment, National Guard of Penn sylvania. It was conducted by the Rev. Henry McCook, the chaplain of the regiment. Invitations had been sent to Gen. Harrison and Mir. Morton. The vice president-elect and Mrs Morton attended the service in com pany with Mir. and Mrs. Russell Harrison. At the close of services stand of colors was presented to the regiment by Mrs. Morton on behalf of friends who asked her to perform the service. MT. Morton made the presenta- ton speech
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ments, they again entered the chamber and took seats reserved for them in front of the presiding officer. The committee of arrange ments occupied seats on their left.
 The vice president-elect was accompanied to the Capitol by member of the committee on arrangements and proceeded to the vice presidents room, where he remained until he entered the senate chamber, where the oath of office was administered to him by the presi- dent pro tempore of the senate
 Heads of departments, deplomatic corps, members of the Fiftieth and Fifty-first con greSses and other officials and disnitaries oc-
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Telephonic Am usement.

A novelty is reported from Hastings in connection with the performance of "The Yeoman of the Guard" at the theatre. The stage has been connected by telephone with various private houses and hotels, SO that numbers of people are nightly hearing the opera without seeing it. We arc not aware that this has ever been tried except in isolated cases as an experiment. Hastings may, therefore, be congratulated on being In the van of progress.-London Globe.
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to Minnesota in 1853. He served in the house a S a representative dur t h @ Thirty-sixth congress, and sue cessively in tn e Thirty-s e V e n t h !,
 Thirty @ i g h t h :,
 Thirty-ninth a Il d
 Fortieth, and was appointed to fill an
 unexpired term in
 the senate and sub- sequently elected to a full term. When Garfield b e ca m e president he was
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-04
HAS WAR BEGUN IN SAMOA
Rumofed Fight Between Amer
 ican and German Ships.
THE AMERICANS FIRED FIRST

can Man of War Attacked the German
 Covette Ogla-Ex-Secretary Bayard Re-
 gards the Rumor as Improbable.
 KEEL, March "A rumor is current in naval circles here that conflict has taken place in Samoan waters between an Ameri- can man of war and the German corvette Olga It is alleged that the American vessel fired the first shot.
 LONDON, March 4.-The American and German legations here have received no ad- vices regarding the reported engagement in Samoa between war ships of their respective governments
 Advices have been received from Samoa to the effect that truce has been declared be tween the German consul and Mataafa until after the Berlin conference. Mataafa agrees to prevent the destruction of German estates
 WASHINGTON, March 4.-Secretary Bayard said that he had not heard anything of the reported conflict between German and an American war vessel in Samoan waters. He regarded such conflict as highly improba- ble, as there was an understanding that bel hgerent action in Samoa should be suspended pending the conference to be held at Berlin. He also pointed out that it was hardly possi- Die that information of such a state of affairs would be known at Kiel before the news was received at Berlin or Washington.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-04
Fiendish Work of Tr.,n,,.

WATERBURY, Conn, March 4-Burt Chap man, a boy living mile south of Naugatuck, met with frightful experience. Two tramps carried him to a vacant lot and hung him by the neck to tree, his hands pinioned and his toes just reaching the ground He remained until daylight, when he succeeded in freeing his hands, but his fingers were so cold he could not unite the rope about his neck. He finally freed himself, however. When he reached home he was utterly exhausted, hay ing been tied up eighteen hours There is no clew to the perpetrators,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-04
A Hundred and Sixteen Rounds

ASHLAND, Wis. March 4-John Van Heest champion featherweight of the northwest and Billy Welch fought 116 rounds here London prize ring rules governed and kid gloves were worn. Welch broke his hand in tho eighteenth round, but continued gamely until the end. He was terribly battered when Van Heest was declared winner. The latter was slightly punished
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afterwards in the study of law. In 1851 he was admit ted to the bar, and three years la t e r was elected district attorney of Tioga county. Notwith- standing the fact that Tioga county
 was Democ a t i c a nd Tracy a Re publican his cleo tion was a l m os t Il Il a Il i nous. He was made chair
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salaries. He has also organized a savings bank for employees, building assmiation; classes for instruction and library. Wfn 1858 he began a Sunday school in Southwest Philadelphia, out of which has grown Beth any Presbyterian church, and he was one of the founders of the Christian commission and president of the Young Mems Christian asso- citation of Philadelphia
 6Jeremiah Rusk was born in Morgan county, O., June r, 1880, and removed to Wisconsin and settled in Vernon in 1853 He held sey-
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enjoyed good edu- cational advan- tages. He attended Miami university and af ter W ards Yale college, grad uating from that institution in 1851, Upon his gradua- tion he studied law.
 Mir. Noble settled first in St. Louis in 1855. Not meeting with the success in the practice of the law that he ex,,act-
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made secretary of the treasury He had but short term of this office, but in that time is regarded as having demonstrated his capacity as financier. sSince then he has been prac- ticlng law in New York and has not been much in Minnesota. He dropped out of Minnesota politics altogether. He is a close friend of Gen. Harrison
 Redfield Proctor, the secretary of war, is native and ex-governor of Vermont He has all his life been engaged in "trade." being in
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eral county offices, was a member of tn e assembly in 1862, was comlnis- stoned major of the Twenty-tifth Wis on in Volunteer infantry i'll J u l y 7, 1862, and was after ward promoted to the colonelcy. He served with Gen.
 Sherman from tho
 siege of Vicksburg until mustered out at the close of the
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-04
Jonn Wanamaker was born in Philadelphia i'll 1s3S He was educated in the common schools and early engaged in business. In

iScl Ac cStd dGsiSilGu a clothing house,
 to which he after ward added other branches of busi- ness, and he now has one of the larg- est retail stores in the United States.
 In 1887 MT. Wana- maker adopted the system of co-opera- ,tion in his store, sand during the first :year of its opera .tion over s1O, GOO was paid to em-
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A Singular Death in Now Rrunswic

Singular Death in Now Brunswick.
 NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.. March 4-While George Davis was on the top of pole in his yard in Perth Amboy repairing a pulley he was seen to throw up his arms and then fall to the ground. He struck fence in his de- scent, and broke his neck He died instantly He leaves 8 widow and two children. His brother was killed few years ago by sim liar accident. It is thought he was attacked with heart spasn, which made him loosen his hold on the pole