Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-21

The President. accompanied bv Mrs. Ia, 4
SION, arrived this morning from Loon Lake.
The train. which was special made exec.
lent time. II LETT Loon Lake at u 20 yesterday
afternoon and stopped at the 9th street station
Mt just $50 O'Clock this morning. Not
m:shap occurred and Mrs. Harrison.
though weak and unable to sit up. wi iihstood
the fa:igue OF The journey remarkable well
Accompanying the President and VIE were
her son, Mr.. Russell Harrison her daughter,
Mrs. Mckee. and Mr.. Mckee. Lieut. Par
ker and wife. the Mckee children, Private Sec
retary Halford and Mr. Geo. W. BOYD, assistant
general passenger agent of the PENNSYLVANIA
Railroad Company, who had charge Of the
train.
PLACED IN AN AMBULANCE.
An army ambulance stood in waiting and the
train was STOPPED just outside the station
building and the distinguished invalid gently
lifted from the bed on which she had lain dur
ins the journey and carried to the ambulance.
the President himself experimenting the task
and accompanying his wife with Dr. Gardner
in the ambulance
Mrs. Harrison was evidently pleased TO ge.
back once more to Washington. Her face
lighted up with smile when she was tod that
the journey was at end aud she would in a short
time be within her own chamber at the White
House.
The President has marks of the hours Of
anxiety through which he had passed. and
though much fatigued he carefully looked after
every detail OF the transportation from the
train to the ambulance. seeming greatly re-
lieved when the undertaking was accomplished
without accident or serious discomfort 10 the
invalid
To those who saw Mrs Harrison when she
left Washington the change in her condition
was almost painful TO note. She managed
Notwithstanding her weakness. however. To
wave her hand to those who had accompanied
heT on the train, and who now were 10 be lef:
pehind as she was borne to the ambulance.
LOOK OF SATISFACTION
There was look OF the utmost ioy and satjs-
faction on her face, and those who watched her
fervently hoped that the change from Loon
Lake to Washington would be of permanent
benefit to the invalid
Everything pertaining TO the arrival was kept
as quiet as possible and scarcely any one who
saw the ambulance passing rapidly toward the
White House realized what WAS taking place.
Only those who happened to be outside the sta
tion where the train stopped knew OF the ar
rival. consequently there was no effort made TO
follow the vehicle and its distinguished occu-
pants
Mrs. Harrison was extremely nervous and the
President feared that the music of passing
bands and the cheers of squads of parading
veterans would be almost too much for her
when so weakened. but, on the contrary. she
pore up under the strain in a way that greatly
reassured the President and DR.. Gardner.
The remaining members Of the party on the
special train followed TO the White House in
carriages and big baggage wagon was loaded
with trunks for fhe M
ARRIVED AT rHE WHITE HousE.
At the White Houss mos. Of the work fer the
reception of the Presiden. and his family. and
most of all for the invalid, was completed yes
terday. Steward McKim had all the carpets
put down In the private rooms upstairs the
curtains hung at the windows and all the usual
changes made to put the house in it's familiar
winter look. The stairs and halls were all car
peted, so as to deaden every possible sound
from those moving about. Even down stairs
the west end of the house is in complete array.
The state and private dining rooms are all
ready for any demands upon them. Mrs Rus
sell Harrison has been busying herself the past
two days in putting the finishing touches every-
where and especially in Mrs. Harrison's cham
Der, SO that ever possible thought of hers might
be gratIfed.
EXPECTING THE. INVALID.
About o'clock a force Of policemen cleared
early hour had congregated in the vicinity of
the mansion. The gardeners then got to work
in the front gardens and cleared away all the
debris that gathered there yesterday Inside
the mansion Mr.. Dinsmore directed the clean
ing-up touches there.
Everything was tidy and freshened up when
Secretary and Mrs. Foster, the first of the Pres
ident's official family, arrived. They came 10
make inquiries and to offer any assistance. Sec
retary Foster has just returned from Loon Lake
also. Attorney General Miller came over a
half hour before the party arrived and re-
mained there to see the President afterward.
THE PARTY ARRIVES.
The crowd of people who had gathered around
the gates increased every minute. but i. was a
quiet crowd. and when the first carriage load of
the family drove in there was no trouble for
the policeman TO open a roadway. In this car
riage were Mr.. Russell Harrison, Mr. and Mrs.
Mckee and their children and nurse Each
of the party carried an armful of
light baggage. Mrs. Mckee, in Response to the
many inquiries made of her, said that her
mother had stood the journey remarkably well.
Mrs Russell Harrison was waiting at the vesti-
bule door TO welcome the party. The ladies all
went upstairs together. followed by Mrs.
Parker and Mrs. Dimmick, who came up in the
second carriage with Lieut. Parker.
The next carriage load added three more
gentlemen to the waiting group on the portico.
ttNdtc ocCTcluIs postmaster General
Wanamaker and Col Ernst Miss Davis. who
is Mrs. Harrisons nurse, and Josephine, her
maid, came up together, each Of them bur
oened with medicine baskets, wraps &C.
Marshal Ransdell joined the gentlemen on the
portico Just before the iron gates swung back
again and the ambulance bearing the invalid
came slowly up the drive.
A SAD SIGHT.
Capt Austin and two mounted policemen
preceded the ambulance, and following il was
another wagon carrying four hospital stewards
and DIR. Baumster of the army. Slowly the
little cortege came up the drive. Every mans
head Was barred as far as one could see The
waiting group Of cabinet ministers, friends and
newspaper writers on the balcony withdrew to
the east room, SO that Mrs. Harrison's first view
Of her home might be undisturbed by . strange
presence.
No word was spoken, and the silence with the
affection, the admiration and sympathy il en-
bodies was tribute enough. No ssdder scene
was ever enacted in front Of the White House.
save that bright September morning, over .
decade ago, when President Garfield was driven
down the same path going away from the
White House to his death bed.
CARRIED rEHDERLY TO HER ROOM
When the ambulance came under the portico
President Harrison lifted the curtain ct the
back and at once alighted, as did Dr. Gardner