Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-02-25
COLD AND WARM
Will be Washington Temperature
TO Democrats and Repub-
liCanS
On March Fourth The Mammoth Pre-
pafatiOnS as Seen by a journal
Correspondent.
Miles OF Bunting and Long Lines OF
Jubiiant Veterans to be Seen at Il .
Inauguration.
WAsHIsGros, Feb. "a.

WAsHIsGros Feb. "a.
WAsHIsGroS ALIVE WITH PEErARATios.
The Of March is now near AT hand.
The PresidenI-elect will leave Indianapolis
for Washington on Monday, February 25,
And arrive the next day. The city is alive
with interest over the approaching eere
monies But litle else is thought of but
llttle else is talked of Evidences of the
approaching event may be seen eyery~ here.
The signs Rooms for Rent" which are
usually seen upon every other door in Wash
ingion, have almost disappeared. lev
thousand apartments are ali that are left un-
engaged. Two dollars per day for each IN
diwdual is the usual price charged, not in
Guiding meals. Rooms may sill be engaged
by addressing department of Public Com
fort, Inaugural Committee, Washington,
ID. c."
Flags and bunting are displayed in nearly
every shop window. Two miles of Pennsyl-
vanls avenue will be decorated AS it has
never be en- before, and many of the private
houses will be elaboarteiy draped. The
War and Navy departments have loaned
every Tag and every yard of bunting OF their
houses. With all that can be bought or
borrow ed not one half of the demand ian BIZ
supplied.
PLAcLs FROM WHICH TO WIrsEss THE
PARADE.
Single windows along the line of march
command prices ranging from ten to hfty
dollars. Reviewing stands have been erected
around the entire fronts Of the Treasury
building on Pennsylvania Avenue and Fiji
teenth street, and IN front of every reserva-
ton all the way down to the Capital Even
the Peace Monument has its circles of seats.
Reserved seats on these great wo )den struc-
lures may be purchased for from one to fise
dollars apiece. They will all command
good view of the parade, but If 1t should be
as cold as II was when General Gfaut WAS
nrst Inaugurated, or if it should rain, they
will be OF no avail | estimate that about
300 900 peope will witness the march of the
great procession, and many will be sick III
Ded afterwards as the result of exposure ON
that day.
ENruusAsrIc VETERANS.
large proportion of the procession will
be composed of old veterans. They are
en- hu,iastlc. They count upon Gen. Sher-
nan as a comrade. They feel that he 10
rea " one OF them. And the feellngis in
tens flied because of the open hostility mani
tested toward them by President Cleveland,
lne Grand Army, the Unions Veteran Uu-
'o'' '''e ~ 80 ,,,.;,in. -
,N'''''' ia oee' -,
no"o' !" ''i1 n"e anu So. 'aaI.'' Tta,e
niAue " "'aAe d eieu,"Die -
are many ctlPP'eu so,i'ers "no
10 ptrtclpate' out VINO cauno' "slA
''u'rsD.t ieeh"s na' oeen es.,.a
cnu'e 'le iHausufai oon,n, ~. W
ai'o" mem " t.ue III r., H.
ION ei'In 80, Is Ina, - II " ,h', H. on',,',,,oa
ione, Ni'iA' 49,; 7, ~. ,ha.a
mas 'i'aN. a "i' $50. hl ,,a1o ,ho Tna.
ss'ie e',Pp'en -,
ol 'ne on'o" army 81 'oue an ~ aIt
'"a' '"ey a" -. ~. -, 49,
army o'ty '..oe al ,.as..ion sa.,h
.c'pa.e III 'ie '"aus "iai l, ~, W.
'tur VI MAJ" WA
eis"' niliee
no" II WILL DE N'H'
III the usual Pteceuen's a'e i'i'o"e
fresideht oieneiAnu "ii en'ei MS
al 'he ni'e ii"u7 80 49,
tth' ana Ptoeeeu W 'ne "''e' -
~ ~, '''e "I "a' m; - 900,
WIN .heu ii'''e 'a', - ,aoe u,
ue''ue ''i" ''''' VI" -, - Can;,dl Tho
'ne i.,i' '',N III ~, ",,anrtsd n, ,hs
W, NM - - fo,,,o- 600
=, - ,I--:. .,,r ,;,., On ,-o
sion7' sion7' "euelA' iia'' n' l9ood ! in.
eise9 ,i'e ,"'Ie ~ psai, iii ,a,., ,ha oa,h
ON VI an' , '.'i ai,.s, ~. ;,ananral ad1ras.
| If it should rain, however. the ceremonies
will be conducted in the Senate Chamber
| Then the new President and Mr.. Cleveland
will return side by side to the White House.
but there they will part, General harnson
entering and formerly taking possession OF
his new home ana entering upon MS ne"
duties, while Mr.. Clevel IND Will dri'e 10
hotel, relic we'd of government cares
When General Harrison arrives here on
| Tuesday, he will go directly to the AIRING
ton, where rooms were engaged Tor MN
several months ago An ORDER was gwen
yesterday by the proprietor OF the ho'ei 10
a local firm to fit up the room regardless OF
cost.
Tur GRAND BALL.
l.. hai,, mad. IN make the
;,..'-,,:',, h,n ~, no evening of March
's" ,,s I,,sa.n, .sair II, IN he held in
,hs c,rns, conrr Of The new pension office
h,,l,t,a,, ~, I,lici.,r Sona,e This room i,
.'Jt, he tho ,bird or fourth largest room in
tha .orld I,,s of immense height. and
.nrrnund. 4 nv tier after tier of galleries.
| rns ter,r,tions tho music and in fact all
tb, ,n,tnin,,nenr. will be the faest that
,,n,,I ,,.,. ,,,mnIa,.d nv an abundance of
-, ,.a, oh,.in T,cket. admitting one
,..sS,y, ,,,,,. ~, haJ 20, 6ve dollars
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