Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-03-02
CROWDS AT THE CAPITAL.
a Tremendous Throng Looked for on Mex
Monday Good Weather Looked For.

a Tremendous Throng Looked for on Next
MOndsy-Good Weather Looked For.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-The influx of
people has already begun, and to-day the
crowds were very large in and about the
Capitol. There have never been thus
early so many indications of great gather
ing Four years ago there was little swell
ing of the crowd till the day before the in
auguration, which took place on Wednes-
day
To. o.day it was oftentimes with difficulty
that you could make your way through the
corridors and halls of the Capitol, so dense
were the slowly-movipg thrOnGs.
Correspondents crossing back and forth
from the Senate and House wings would go
to the basement to save time. A crowd of
this sort is peculiarly aggravating one to
get about il. They are all strangers and
sightseeTs.
They always push open the left storm
door, turn to the left, if they turn at all,
look up at the ceiling or over their shOul-
ders, look in the opposite direction when
tney Iurn corner, and so run against and
knock down snmahOdy and fall ovs- tbeir
own feet every time they make turn.
Among them the idiots who carry canes
ard umbrellas under their arms at firmly
fixed right angles to their bodies appear
in force. One Of these idiots fixed himself
az a lunch stand in a narrow corridor
through which the constantly moving
throng was moving, and everybody had TO
get around his stick, making much con-
fusion. 1t was refreshing when a big,
handsome gentleman struck it down with
q heavy blow of his cane, and the pleasure
wss added to by the fact that the sudden
charge in condition of the idiots stick
knocked his piece of pie out of his hand
10 the floor. The biggest nuisance in a
crowd or in the ordinary gatherings of
everyday life is the idiot with his stick or
umbrella under his arm.
The Capitol guides were not too busy,
much to their disgust, owing to the fact
tnat most OF the people are on rOund-tIip
two wteka' tickets, and having plenty of
time, 20 about without guides and gather
their Information from employees and by
ISLANDERS
The crush and pressure for place and ac-
commOdstion will undoubtedly be the
greatest ever known in the country, aud
the amount of money spent il this way
will be unprecedented. There have
been several schedules printed glyi z
the rates ut windows and balconies on the
line of march. These figures 20 up in
arithmetical ratio with the passing days,
and for q window quoted at ten dollars
few days ago. fifty or seventy-fye dollars
are demanded now, and Lord knows what
will be the final price.
Already public stands have been erected
along the avenue capable Of accommodate |
ing thirty OF forty thousand people, the
prices for the seats ranging at from g TO
S0= opieos. T. tduIuOn 10 Jnese are tne
private seats erected in front of almost
every building. in every show window and
open space. These, in the aggregate, will
accommodate about twenty thousand
more. These, with the windows, balloon
les and roofs, will make sitting places for
nearly hundred thousand people, a large
proportion of them under cover.
On the line of march on the avenue, from
the Capitol TO Washington Circle, west of
the White House, and mile and half
ffom the Capitol, there will be three hun
dred thousand people when the pageant is
in motion, if the weather is favorable.
In regard to the weather next Monday,
uyon which go much depends, the public
are feeling somewhat reassured by the fact
that General Greedy, the head OF the Signal
Service predicts bad weather for March 4.
Upon this assurance decorators and others
are proceeding in their preparations with
renewed vigOr
The Washington people have great con-
fdence in General Greely's predictions.