Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-02-26
THE PRESIDENT-ELECT.
HIS ARRIVAL IN WASHINGTON.
Disappointment at the B. and P. Depot
THE PARTY DO NOT LAND THERE,
Cheers on their Arrival at the Ar
lingtOn.

A fire burned cheerfully in the CRATE in the
presidential quarters at the Arlington to-day,
the table was set for company, silver shone on
the sideboard, and there was an air of ex-
pectancy about the place. Everything
was in readiness for the arrival of the
President-elect and Mrs. Harrison. The
rooms set apart for the honored
guests in the Johnson annex of the Arlington
have been sufficiently described. They are fur
nished in especially good taste, and were cheer
full enough this morning. man sat at the foot
OF the stairs to keep curious visitors out of the
apartments. and the carpenter was putting a
new lock on the door leading to the other
part of the hotel. maid with
dust brush in her hand found for that
implement. Everything was in readiness, moth
ing remained to be done but to open the door
to the party on their arrival, SO they were wait
ing and matters were going ON as usual at the
hotel. During the morning a large box from
New York, addressed to Mrs. Benjamin Harri-
son, arrived at the hotel and was ON a pile of
trunks in the lobby.
BEFORE THE ARRIVAL.
On the streets and about the inaugural COM
mittee rooms it was all rush and expectation.
The public interest was conferred upon the ex-
pected arrival of Gen. and Mrs. Harrison, and
all day long great many people were walking
in restless sort of way about the avenue and
hotel lobbies waiting for it to be time to get
down to the depot to see the arrival. Toward
l o'clock the appearance
IN THE SIXTH STREET DEPOT
was that great many of Washington's citizens
were going travelling. The waiting-roOms were
pretty well filed with people, some of whom
had taken the precaution to bring their hand
bags with them to secure admission, but there
was no attempt to keep any one out of the
building, and before 2 O'Clock it was pretty
tunD 1aI he oil %av. 81 Al,a
promenaders on the Avenue was toward the
station, though there was no large congrega-
ton in that vicinity. The badge men and the
boys selling pictures of Harrison and Morton,
or the still more attractive photos Of Gen. and
Mrs. Harrison on one card, were on hand and
doing brisk business.
THE CROWD IN WAITING.
At 2:30 as many people were in the depot
and on the platform as could be crowded to-
gether and considerable of a crowd occupied
the streets for about block each direction
from the depot.
Down 9th street the crowd was scattered
along the track as far as the old
armory building. No carriagse and
no committee were in sight at this
time, and the suspicion became general that the
party had arranged to get off the train on Vir-
ginia avenue, to avoid the crowd at the depot.
When the New York train came in with an
immense load of passengers, shortly after
O'clock the crowd in the depot surged forward
only to be disappointed.
reserve police, were waiting in the depot
shed, and about the entire corps of
correspondents and several local men were on
board The correspondents were especially
apprehensive lest they were standing in the
cold to no good purpose.
DISAPPOINTED.
At 2:40 neither the train nor the reception
l.
later it was announced that the train had
gone down to Maryland avenue and
the party had got off there and taken
carriages awaiting there and driven at once to
the Arlington. The special squad of police
then drawn off from the depot
and the crowd slowly dispersed deeply grieved
and disappointed at not getting a peep at the
President-elect.
The people were more disappointed than
surprised. as something Of the sort
was rather expected, but many still
fingered on the streets and about
the station sometime after Gen. Harrison and
his party had reached the hotel. The
people along the curb on the Avenue
waiting to see the carriages go by
were slow to hear of the trick that had been
played upon them, and they stood about for
some time. But there were not much over a
thousand people assembled all told. There was
no great crush or crowd at any time and the
disappointment was born patiently.
AT THE ARLINGTON HOTEL.
There were two or three hundred people
waiting in the vicinity of the Arlington hotel this
AFTERNOON in expectation of President Harrison's
arrival. Vermont avenue, opposite the hotel
lined with people, and little knots of
walters were to be seen on every hand.
Watches were frequently consulted. and
questions flew promiscuously in endeavors
to learn the exact location of the
presidential rooms, the door he should enter
who should escort HIM. The hotel windows
were filled with those fortunate enough to Sc
cure seats.
At about 2:15 the police, several Of whom
were in attendance under Lieut.. Guy, began
to make demonstrations and cleared passage
way in front of the Johnson annex
where the presidential rooms are located. This
caused the formation of a crowd of two or
three hundred people.
The amateur photographer was there with his
machine At ten minutes before 3 the crowd
cried
HERE THEY ARE!
and there was a movement to the front, which
the police promptly checked.
The first carriage stopped and the door was
instantly opened by an officer. Chairman Brit:
ton emerged first followed bV Mrs. Harrison.
Mr.. Britton then handed out Baby Mckee,
whose appearance caused another murmur of
greeting.
General Harrison next stepped out, and for a
the crown HtsiIdttu. tueu
CHEER WENT UP.
Men removed their hats and ladies waved
their handkerchief
The general waited moment on
the stone step and then smiled
and took off his hat and bowed
on both sides to the crowd. His sister fol-
lowed him ont of the coach.
AS the party filed up the walk to the door the
cheering continued and the general had to
bow again in response.
The embarkation of the remainder of the
party was quickly accomplished and the crowd
soon dispersed.
Acts Approved by the President.
PROTECTION OF AMERICAN INTERESTS AT PANA-
MA, ETC.
The President has approved the act in regard
to the construction of bridges across the Cum
berland and Caney Fork rivers in Tennessee;
the act granting to the St. Paul, Minneapolis
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