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ARRAYED IN HOLIDAY ATTIRE.
THROUGH DRILLING RAIN.
Fifty Thousand Men Escort the Presiden
and President Elect to the Capitol.

Fifty Thousand Men Escort the President
and Pressdent-Elect to the Capitol.
At 10 o'clock the first division, Gen.
Gibson commanding, consisting of about
1000 troops of the regular army, cavalry,
infantry and artillery, and the National
guard of the District of Columbia and
which was to escort the retiring chief
magistrate and the president-elect to the
capitol. were in line and waiting on
Pennsylvania avenue in the vicinity of
the executive mansion, while the other
five divisions, consisting of the various
state militia and civic organizations were
rendeZvousing in the vicinity of the
capitol. Gen. James A. Beaver, chief
marshal of the day. Gen. Daniel Hast
ings, his chief of staff, and number of
aides were on hand, and about l0:45 the
word of command was given and the
first division of military escort began its
march toward the capitol.
About half past ten the congressional
inaugural committee called at the Ar
lingtOn hotel for Gen. Harrison and Mr..
Morton. Both were ready and did not
keep the committee waiting. The presi-
dent-elect entered a closed carriage
drawn by four handsome greys. With
him were Senators Cockrell and Hoar,
of the inaugural committee. Owing to
some misarrangement,t the party were
driven to Wizards hotel, where they
expected to find President Cleveland in
waiting; but the latter was still at the
Executive Mansion. The party were
then driven to the White House and es-
corted to the Blue room, where seats
were taken until the arrival of the presi-
dent. A few minutes before eleven he
came into the room. He was attired in
his customary apparel, broadcloth suit.
He wore no gloves. The introductions
were over in few minutes and about
eleven o'clock the party left the White
House by the north, or main door. The
presidents landau attached to the ''seal
browns" and two horses of Mr. Morton's of
the same color, were drawn up before the
entrance. Albert Hawkins, the well
known presidential coachman was on
the box.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND HEADED THE PRO-
CESSIoN.
from the door of the White House to the
carriage, leaning on the arm of Senator
Cockrell. The president-elect and Sena-
tor Hoar came next. The president and
Gen. Harrison took the rear seats in the
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Inc ram Kept on rarrIng sreauny, Dut
the enthusiasm of the multitude massdd
on the sidewalks and on the hugo
stands opposite the presidential review
ing stand was in no way dampened or
diminished by it, and cheer after cheer
from thousands of throats sounded az
the the military and civic organizations
passed by.
AS the rear of the first division passed
the reviewing stand Mrs. Harrison, Mrs,
Mckee, Mrs. Saunders, Mr.. Mckee and
those who accompanied the president to
the White House took the stand. The
appearance of Mrs. Harrison was the
signal for another great outburst of ap-
plause from the multitude.
Gen. Alger, numerous government Of
ficials, representatives of foreign govern
ments and many other distinguished
persons had seats on the stand.
A few minutes after President Harri-
son had gone on the grand stand Secre-
tary FalrchiId called at the executive
mansion for ex President Cleveland and
conveyed him in his carriage to the sec
retary's residence, where Mrs. Cleve-
land and Mrs. Folsom were waiting to
receive them.
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Vice President Morton then addressed
the senate.
VICE PRESIDENT MoRToN's SPEECH.
Senators:-I shall enter upon the dis
charge of the delicate and high impor-
tant duties of the office to which have
been called by the people of the United
States without experience as presiding
officer. therefore bespeak, in advance,
the indulgent consideration which you
have always been ready to entend to the
occupant of this chair.
AS presiding officer of the senate, it
will be my earnest desire to administer
the rules of procedure with entire fair
ness and to treat each senator with the
courtesy and consideration due at all
times to the rex resentatives of great
states in a legislative body.
l hope that our relations, personally
and officially, will prove mutually agree
that our duties will be discharged in a
Of the senators and add to the prosperity
and happiness of the people of this great
nation.
At the conclusion of this speech. the
new senators were sworn in. The mes
sage of the president, convening the
senate in extra session, was then read,
and the senate having completed its
organization, the vice-president an
nounced that it would proceed to the
east front of the capitol, where the presi-
dent of the United States would be
sworn in. The procession was then
formed in the following order:
The marshall of the District of Colum-
bia, A. A. Wilson, and the marshal of
the supreme court, j. M. Wright; Hon.
Hannibal Hamlin, ex-vice president of
the United States; Chief Justice Fuller
and the associate justices of the supreme
court.
Col. Canaday, the sergeant-at-arms of
the senate.
The committee of arrangements, Sem
ators Hoar, Cullom and Cockrell.
President Cleveland and the president
elect.
Vice President Morton and Gen.
Anson McCook, the secretary of the SEN
ate.
Then came ti.s members of the senate,
two and two, headed by Senator Ed
munds and Senator Ingalls,, the men,
bers of the diplomatic corps, the heads
of departments, the general of the army,
and the admiral of the navy, members
of the house of representatives, led by
ex-Speaker Carlisle and Gen. John b.
Clark, the ex-clerk of the house, and
following them, the distinguished guests
and others who had occupied seats in
the senate.
The procession proceeded through the
rotunda of the capitol, through the main
entrance on the east front and out upon
the great platform which had been
erected on the central portico.
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THE DRIZZLING RAIN
THE FlFTY-FlRST CONGRESS.

Vice President Morton Takes the Oath of
Office aud Conyenes fhe Senate in Extra
Sessipn.
At the entrances of the house and SEN
ate cordons of police kept back the
crowds and reinforced the doorkeepers.
Although the doors were not to be
opened until 10 o'clock, ticket holders
began to assemble long before that hour.
AT 10 o'clock, the east doors of the SEN
ate wing of the capitol were thrown
open and the visitors began to pour in.
The tickets which they carried were of
various colors, to indicate the particular
place to which each was entitled to ad-
mittance.
THE GALLERIES FILLED QUICKLY
and before II o'clock, the hour when
the senate doors were thrown open, the
public galleries were nearly full. There
were number of visitors in the
diplomatic gallery and the only gallery
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The investigation to be made of South
ern elections Is likely to be very thor
ough, as the resolution now before the
Senate, introduced by Mr.. Hoar, is q
very broad one, covering the Louisiana
State election that Senator Chandler
has been hammering at SO long, as well
as the recent killing of j. NJ. Clayton in
Arkansas, a subject that Representative
Grosvenor tried to get the House COM
mittee on elections to investigate, as
well as all the Southern States where the
election laws are SD framed as to deprive
citizens of their votes. The Democratic
Senators are making very determined
fight against the adoption of this resolu-
ton. They have even resorted to fill
clustering, which is something unusual
for the dignified Senate. The Republi
can caucus has decided that it shall pass.
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WHEN the legislators get all the fun
they can out of the "retrenchment and
reform" matter we hope in the language
of Senator Kellar, they will "stop mon
keying" and take some sensible meas
ures for economy IN state expenditures.
The situation is not at all humorous
when it is seriously considered, and the
showings made by Treasurer Bobleter
are anything but pleasant. The legisla-
ture costs good deal of itself. but if it
does not choose to cut off any of its own
perquisites, there are plenty of other di-
rections in which the state can be saved
reckless expenditures.
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The Indiana Statesman Duly
Transformed Into the PeO-
pies HOnOred Servant.
Hundreds of Thousands of People
Witness the Most Imposing Cere.
mony Ever Seen.
The Oath OF Office Administered by Chief
Justice Fuller-HarrisOn' In
augural Address.
The National Capital Taxed to Its Utmost to
Accommodate the Mass Of Humanity-A
Steady Downpour Of Rain.

WASHINGTON, March 4.-With simple
and solemn ceremony, in the presence of
all the wisdom and authority embodied
in the coordinate branches of the gov
ernment, and surrounded by the repre-
sentatives of all the great nations on the
face of the globe, Benjamin Harrison
was inducted into the highest office
within the gift of the American people.
Gathering up the reins of power as they
fell from the grasp of his predecessor, he
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GROVER again AYERS that he is Demo-
crat 'in all the word implies" We
should be glad to say or think something
good ola man who has been chief exc
cutive of the nation for four years, but
can't do it If he continues to insist upon
that proposition.
The Mankato free press., 1889-03-08

SENATOR CRANDALL's measure in regard
to making all railroad tickets unlimited,
and unnecessary to sign,
has been unfavorably acted upon by the
senate railroad committee.
Which shows the spirit of reform is
not entirely one of revolution.
The Mankato free press., 1889-03-08

THE State historical society is not a lit
tie exercised by the appearance of the
new legislative manual containing map
of Minnesota upon which in bold relief
is presented "Lake Glazier," the body
of water which the audacious Captain of
that name claims to have discovered as
the source of the Mississippi. The his
torical society is so sure that Glazier and
his discoveries are frauds that it is pro-
posed to have an investigation to see by
what authority the publishers of the
manual included this Objectionable map.
One of the curious features of this epi-
sode is that the publishers of the manual
themselves ridicule Capt. Glaciers pre-
tensions. and the retention of his name
on the map must therefore have been an
oversight.
The Mankato free press., 1889-03-08

Mr.. ARKELL the publisher of Judge
has purchased Frank Leslie's illustrated
Weekly paving 100000 therefor. If the
same ability and brightness is put into
the paper as has characterized Mr.. Ar
kell's management of Judge the Repub-
licans will have some assistance in fu-
ture campaigns that will be worth some
The Mankato free press., 1889-03-08

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has the assur-
ance to charge upon Republicans the re-
sponsibility for the numerous trusts and
combines that to-day exist. Grover is a
fraud, and is evidently going to act his
part out to the end. Doesn't he know
that four years ago the word trust" was
hardly known in the sense it now has ?
The Standard.oil company was about the
only trust the people knew anything
about prior TO the days of Grover Cleve-
land, but since his administration COM
menced there has been steady and
surprising growth of these ihiquitous
concerns for throttling competition.
Had the Democratic party not been in
power in both executive and legislative
departments there might be some possi-
BILE excuse for Cleveland's charging the
Republicans with the responsibility OF
the situation But under existing c-ri
cnmstances his reiteration of ante elec-
ton canards is indecent.
The Mankato free press., 1889-03-08

STRANGE to say, there is no assurance
that the fate of the man who was shot
by courtesan in st. Paul Tuesday will
be needed AS warming or deter other
men from following out life of similar
corruption. The methods for putting
respect for God and right into a man
who appears to have none for himself
are few and Tiiiffieeaalt, Tiiiiiiffiealt $780, --,-
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THE defeat in the senate of the bill pro-
viding for general revision of the stat
utes occasioned some surprise among the
members of the house, and bitter feel
ing has developed in some quarters.
The revision, it is claimed, is sorely
needed and cannot be made too soon,
and the most earnest supporters of the
bill cannot understand on what substan-
tial grounds the, senators refused to
favorably consider it. There were broad
hints dropped yesterday that the defeat
of the measure WAS mainly due to the
efforts of the West Publishing company,
who have large stock of the old stat
utes on hand and are anxious TO dispose
of them before a revision takes their
place.
This matter might be looked into with
profit. The West company has for some
time succeeded in monopolizlng the
legal publishing business in this state,
and likely will continue their star
chamber style in doing business, but the
matter referred to above appears to be
carrying things trife too far.
The Mankato free press., 1889-03-08

Now, Miss Canada, Uncle Sam has
made n good advance in the way oi
courtship, and we should be glad to see
You respond if you have an inclination
that way. You are not obliged 10 he for
ward or immodest about it.
The Mankato free press., 1889-03-08

WINoNA is happy indeed over the
passage Friday of the bill enlarging
the appropriation for its public building
from 100000 TO Sl5O,OOO. As the Repub-
hcdn says, the old town is slow, but she
gets there after while.
The Mankato free press., 1889-03-08

THE country gladly extends welcome
to its new officials, their families and as
sistants, to-day. The Republican party
halls its victorious standard bearers, and
all gladly bid them Godspeed. 1t Is q
day of rejoicing for all friends of good
government.
The Mankato free press., 1889-03-08

"WELL, my day is about over, unless |
can get some of those | have mention
ed" to recommend me for fourth-class
postofiice. cabinet Maker.
The Mankato free press., 1889-03-08

PIGGoTT has secured an unenviable no
toriety, but though he, too, is missing,
his fame or value will never reach that
of the greatly wanted Tascott.
The Mankato free press., 1889-03-08

WELCOMED Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. Morton,
Baby Mickey and all the others Of the
two households.
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stand IN ifont of the mansion,
accompanied by the vice-president, the
congressional committee, and the sur
vivors of the Seventieth Indiana regi-
ment As the president stepped on the
stand, cheer after cheer arose from the
multitude and the former responded by
tipping his hat. The word to march was
again sounded and Benjamin Harrison
watched the great retinue of soldiery
and citizens that had followed him from
the capitol to the Executive Mansion
file past tie reviewing stand for nearly
fonr hours. During this time lie re-
NAMED standing and tooK on ms hat -
each and every color bearer in passing
BY saluted the new chief magistrate.
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open vehicle. Gen. Harrison wore Sc.
date look while the president was smil.
ing and in Joking mood, despite the
fact that he had only few hours sleep
during the night. AS the carriage drove
ont of the portico Mrs. Cleveland and
Mrs. Folsom, her mother, came to q
window directly over the doorway. Mrs.
Cleveland was smiling but tear or two
trickled down her cheeks and she fire.
quently
BIT HER LIPS TO HIDE HER FEELINGS.
She waved her hand to the party as the
carriage drew away, and left the win
dow. The rest of the party at the White
House entered their carriages in the fol-
lowing order: The vice president-elect
and Senator Cullom; Secretary Bayard
and Assistant Secretary Moore; Secre-
taries Whitney and Endicott; Secretary
Fairchild; Secretary Villas and Postmas-
ter General Dickinson; Attorney General
Garland and Secretary Coleman.
The survivors of the Seventieth In
diana,
GEN.,HARRIsoN's OLD REGIMENT,
were drawn up in the White House
grounds under command of Col. Samuel
Merrill. They were divided into four
platoons, two of which took a position
directly in front of the presidential party
and the others directly behind the vice
president-elect's carriage, which was also
drawn by four bay horses. the car
riages containing the members of the
cabinet brought up the rear of the first
division directly behind the District of
Columbia guard.
THE DRIZzLING RAIN
by this time had increased to a steady
pour. The uncovered stands contained
few persons. but every window in build
ings looking on Fifteenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue were fairly
jammed with people. One continual
cheer followed Gen. Harrison from the
White House TO the capitol, and he re-
sponded by tipping his high silk hat at
intervals. The president had the um-
brella over him along the entire route
and occasionally nodded to some per.
sons he knew. AS the party proceeded
along the route the enthusiasm deep.
ened, Mr.. Morton receiving a large
amount of it.
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THE time is nigh again to 'turn the
rascals out"
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crowd on the platform into the capitol.
He walked to the basement door where
he had entered the building and where
his carriage was waiting for him. He
and the ex-president, with two members
of the committee of arrangements, took
seats in the carriage and were driven
out to join the procession.
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WELCOME! President Benjamin Harri-

WEICoME! Vice President Levi p. Nor
ton.
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took the oath which bound him to the
service of his country and charged him.
self with the destinies of 80, ,O0O, 900 peo-
pie.
And so it was that Washington, the
capital city, was today the Mecca of lib
erty .worshipers i'll all parts of the land.
They were here in countless thousands.
Weeks ago little rivulets of humanity
began to flow in almost unnoticed. AS
the day drew nearer the streams in
creased to rivers, the rivers combined in
floods. and today a Yeritable
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Weeks ago little rivulets of humanity
began to flow in almost unnoticed. As
the day drew nearer the streams in
creased to rivers, the rivers combined in
floods, and today veritable
OCEAN OF FERvENT LIFE
surges through the city. 1t has filled
all of the hotels that form the regular
channels; it has overflowed the boarding
house by-ways, and, finally, it has per-
meated the sacred fastnesses of the pri-
vate home. There never was such a
crowd in Washington. Train men could
not begin to estimate the number of in
coming passengers. Boats on the river
were laden with human freight, and the
roads leading in from the country saw
professions of wagons filed with family
parties, mn all Coming TO see president in
augurated. Every available room in the
hotels had been engaged weeks in ad-
vance. The boarding houses had
changed their halls into dormitories.
A great army of soldiers had camped in
the public buildings. Poor, indeed, was
the family that did not accommodate its
country cousin. Myriads of cots sprang
up like mushrooms over night and filled
almost every place that boasted roof and
walls as shelter from the keen March
weather.
Few indeed were the houses along
Pennsylvania avenue from the capitol to
the treasury not
ARRAYED IN HOLIDAY ATTIRE.
The hotels and other buildings of pub
lie character were ornamented with a
lavishness never before equaled, while
from every window and cornice of the
business places and shops the national
colors were displayed in streamers, flags
and lines of beauty. Where all the bunt-
ing cam efrnm was mystery. 1t waved
from lofty poles in banners of imperial
size; it dangled from slender ropes and
wires and thousands of little triangles
and pieces of fantastic shape; it ran riot
like the evolution of giant creepers across
the vast expanses of brick, and every
thing it touched it glorified.
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TO THE EXECUTIVE MANSION.

A light lunch was waiting the presiden-
tial party in the private dining room.
Among those who sat down besides the
president and vice president, were Mr..
Mrs. Saunders and several others. The
party were at luncheon only 10 minutes.
After bidding Mr.. Cleveland good bye,
the president, leaning on the arm of his
son Russell, proceeded to the reviewing
The Mankato free press., 1889-03-08

Ion have been multiplied and strengthened. The
sweet Offices Of charity have greatly increased.
The virtue Of temperance is held In higher esti-
The Mankato free press., 1889-03-08
OUR PENSION LAWS

should give more adequate and discriminating re-
lief to the Union soldiers and sailors and to their
widows and orphans Such occasions as this
should remind us that we owe everything to their
valor and sacrifice.
1t is a subject Of congratulation that there is a
The Mankato free press., 1889-03-08
ADMISSION INTO THE UNION

of the Dakotas and Montana and Washington
territories This act Of justice has been unrea
sonably delayed in the case Of some of them. The
people who have settled these territories are in
talligent, enterprising and patriotic, and the &C
cession Of these new states will add strength "a
the nation.
The Mankato free press., 1889-03-08
THE INAUeuRAT1oN spEEcH.

There is no constitutional or legal requirement
that the president shall take the oath of office in
the presence of the people But there is so mani
fest appropriateness in the public induction to
Office of the chief executive officer of the nation,
that from the beginning OF the government the
people, to whose service the official oath conse-
crates the officer have been called to witness the
solemn ceremonial. The oath taken in the pres
ence of the paonle hecomes
The Mankato free press., 1889-03-08

At the conclusion of the address, they
cheered again and again. the president
bowed his Acknowledgements. He was
then escorted through the cheering
, 1889-01-10

Oysters OH the half shell at the Saddle
Rock.
, 1889-01-10
A Heavy Storm,

CHICAGO, Jan. "a furry Of wet
melting as it fell, began here this
morning at noon and continues with in
creasing severity. The signal service
weather map for the day shows Chicago
as the center of an extremely low barom-
eter, extending in an irregular circle from
Omaha to New York, and the northern
shore Of Lake Superior to Knoxville,
Tenn. The barometer here marks IS. 90
inches, the lowest on record for this point.
The temperature here is 34', with a high
wind. 1t is showing or raining through
out the area of low barometer. 1'ele,
graphic communication is almost paral-
lied. A cold wave accompanied with a
blizzard developed in Montana and Dako-
Ia, and is expected here within twenty
four hours.
MONTREAL, Jan. 9.-The damage by
the sleet storm between here and Toronto
will not be much less than a million.
Wires are down and forest trees were up
rooted throughout the whole region.
, 1889-01-10

If on the right side and lower part of the
diaphragm. though playfully meant and
delivered, is calculated to evoke profanity
from a chappy whose liver is out of order.
When that region is sore and congested,
pokes seem fendish. Look at a mans
countenance ere you prod him under the
ribs If his skin and eyeballs have a sal
low tinge, you may infer also that his
tongue is furred, his breath apt to be
sour, that he has pains. not only beneath
his ribs, but also under the right shout.
derblade. Also, that his bowels are
irregular and his digestion impaired.
Instead of making a jocose demonstration
IN his ribs, recommend him to take, and
steadily persist in taking, Hostetter's
Stomach Bilters, the finest anti bilious
and Alternative medicine extant. Incom
parable is it, also, for dyspepsia, rheuma-
tism, nervousness, kidney trouble and
fever and ague.