Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-02-28
FROM INDIANAPOLIS TO WASHINGTON.
Incidents of the Trip Of General Harrison
PLEASANT TRIP AND MUCH ENTHUSIASM

INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. 25.-Many build
ings in the business portion of the city
are gaily decorated with flags and bunt-
ing. while from the top of nearly every
building floats the stars and stripes, in
homer of the departure this afternoon of
President-elect Harrison.
Quite number of country people are
in town to witness the departure of the
General.
THE DEPARTURE.
At o'clock sharp Governor Hovey and
Mayor Denny drove up in front of the
Harrison residence. The Governor and
the Mayor alighted and walked arm in
arm up the pathway to the door, where
General Harrison met them and shook
hands The ceremony was entirely in
formal Shortly General and Mrs. Har
riSon emerged from the house. preceded
by the Governor and the Mayor. The
General occupied the first carriage with
the Governor and Mayor. and Mrs Har-
rison and Mr.. and Mrs. Mckee occupied
the next carriage. A string of carriages
and thousand or more people followed
the carriage down Delaware street to the
depot. The greatest enthusiasm prevail
ed along the route and the General was
kept constantly tipping his hat and wav-
ing his hand farewell to some old friends
whom he recognized on the sidewalks.
AT THE DEPOT.
On their arrival at the depot the Gen
eral and his party were escorted to their
car. The great throDg continued cheer
| ing, and the PreSident-elect presently ap-
peared on the rear platform, accompanied
| by Governor Hovey, who introduced him
| to the crowd and called for order. Cen
eral Harrison spoke few words of affec-
| tionate farewell, closing with these words:
There is One whose help comes even into
the quiet chamber of judgment, and to
His wise and unfailing guidance will
look for direction and safety"
The address was received with cheers.
At its conclusion the General entered his
car and the train at once pulled out.
INCIDENTS EN- ROUTE.
The train pulled out of Union Station
at 3.19, amidst the huzzas of thousands
gathered there and who lined the tracks
as far as the city limits.
IrvingtOn, the seat of Butler Universi-
| ty. turned out several hundred spectators,
as did also the small towns of Cumber-
| land, Philadelphia, Greenfield and Char
lottesville. At Knightstown. where is To-
Gated the Soldiers Orphans Home, the
train stopped for moment. A crowd of
| five or six hundred gathered about the
rear platform and gave three cheers for
| Harrison. General Harrison in brief
speech thanked them for their gathering
and cordial demonstration.
Cambridge City was reached at AS P
NJ. Here crowd of about 500 had gath
cred and cheered Justify as the train stop
ped for moment only. The boom of a
cannon echoed through the train, and was
heard banging away for some distance
after the train had left.
Richmond was reached at SOP. Fully
1000 people were assembled at the station.
General and Mrs. Harrison appeared on
| the rear platform of their ear and were
greeted with mighty shout. When the
! tumult subsided General Harrison made
a brief address.
IN OHIO.
The first stop in Ohio was at Greenville,
which was reached at 5.45. Here another
| large crowd greeted the President-elect,
who stepped to the rear of the car, but the
stop was too short for speech-making.
| Bradford Junction was reached at t6, and
| here the train changed engines in just one
and half minutes and speeded on its way
at fifty miles an hour Engine 1886 was in
front, the veteran Jake Grove at the throt-
| tie.
Piqua was reached at so, and here Gov
ernor Foraker and wife boarded thetrain.
About 5000 people had gathered and up
roarious cheering was kept up.
From Piqua to Urbana the train ran
very rapidly. 1t was $50 P. NJ. when Ur-
bana was reached. Here another large
crowd welcomed the Presidential party,
but the stop was short Between Piqua
and Urbana, twenty-Six miles, there were
no stops, but at all stations the passage of
the train was greeted by acclamatiOnS of
hundreds, whose cheers reached the ears
of the travellers above the roar of the train.
From Piqua on dense darkness covered
the scene and prevented the occupants of
the train from judging the size of crowds.
At Westville the glare of pine torches
! flashed into the car windows as the train
dashed by.
At Urbana perhaps 1000 people were
scattered along the track. 1t was too dark
for the crowd to distinguish the General
at any distance. The crowd set up a din.
cheering and screaming like mad. Gov.
Foraker brought the General out on the
rear platform and introduced him to the
crowd, but he made no speech. Crowds
were congregated and bontires burning at
all stations between Urbana and COlum-
bus, but no stops were made. The run
was made at the rate of mile minute.
Columbus was reached at SIS. The
demonstration assumed unusual proper
tions Fully 10000 people were in and
around the station. Before the train got
in it was impossible to get from point to
point. The booming of cannon and the
din of brass music, drum corps and yellS
greeted the train as it moved into the sta
tiOn. 1t required large force of police
men to open the way for the engine. The
scramble then began. The crowd push
ed, jammed and sWayed in a solid mass
The train pulled pretty well through the
station before stopping, and people rush
ed madly over one another trying to keep
up. A number of ladies were in the crowd
and many of them were injured, as the
maddened mob showed no respect for any
one. 1t was the intention to have songs
from the Glee Club and speech from the
General. but the wild crowd prevented the
programme being carried out
When the train arrived at Newark, at
10.15, it slowed up as the outskirts of the
city were reached, but did not stop at the
station, where fully 1000 people had gath
cred. with brass band and torches. As
the train passed the station, running at a
speed of about fifteen miles an hour, the
crowd cheered and fired off roman can
dies. Just as the station was reached q
signal seemed to have been given and
every steam whistle in the city screeched
its lOudest. The fifty locomotives in the
Baltimore and Ohio yards took up the
medley, and the result was unique and in,
describable.
There was good array of people on the
platform at NewcOmerstOwn, and blaze
of light from roman candles.
The run was made from Newark tC
Dennison in an hour and half, the train
|, then being thirty minutes late.
IN PENNSYLVANIA.
The feint gray streaks of dawn greeted
the early risers on the train as they dash,
ed over the summit at CreSsOn. and then
there was an awakening to witness the
beauties of the famous horseshoe bend
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