The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-25
YOU'LL HAVE TO PAY
IF YOU 60 TO WASHINGTON FOR
INAUGURATION FEsTIVITY.

stsnds-Peeps From Windows Come
High-The Guard TO Protect Mr..
Cleveland From Drank Assasslns.
No Dancing Early Sunday Morning.
From the PittablIro Dispatch.
WASHINGTON, Feb. l7.-Already prices
are beginning to go up in Washington in
anticipation Of the quadrenniaI festival at
the Inauguration of the President. The
short session Of congress means many
empty rooms and empty houses, but when
the short session is to end In the Inaugural
ton Of President, the boarding house
keeper and the women who rent rooms get
out their scalping knives
It is estimated that 1O0,0 600 people will be
here 60 see the Inauguration ceremonies.
The fact that they are to extend over from
Saturday to Monday will make their STAY
in the city more certain. Most of them
will spend IS a day here, at the least, for
FIVE days. So the Inauguration ought to
bring to Washington about $5OO,O0O a day
or 8 total of $500, 200.
WHAT TIE HOTELS WILL CHARGE.
Some Of the hotel men will put their
prices up to top notch. Some of the more
usual figure and will depend on increased
trade for their profits. At che Metropolitan
hotel the prices range from Sl2 a day IN.
ward; and the lowest figure is for a room
which is supposed to accommodate three
people. Three people can occupy it for Sl2
or one person can occupy 1t for S12 But
the rooms must be taken for five DAYS. The
Metropolitan is almost full. The National
is quite full, and the Willard which ex-
poets to accommodate 800. has its full quota.
AT Welcker's, which is a small hotel on the
European plan, the rates range from $40 to
$500 week for rooms, The Normandie
has contracted to take care Of 200 people at
S. day, and it is quite full. Mr.. Morton's
caravansary, the Shoreham. has engaged to
take care OF $50 people at S. day and up
ward on the European plan. The prices of
the Arlington will be S. and over per day.
At Wormley's you would have to engage
rooms at $40 a day and keep them for SIX
days.
One Of the first to engage rooms for the
inauguration was Mr.. Cleveland. He will
be at the Arlington, which has become by
long usage the stopping place of the Presi-
dent-elect. r
WHY SENATOR HILL MOVED OUT.
Senator Hill prevented a very awkward
condition Of affairs by leaving the Arling-
ton hotel this winter. He spent last winter
there and had one of the finest suites of
apartments in the hotel 1t would have
been extremely awkward for Mr.. Hill to
have lived in the house with Mr.. Cleveland
during the rejoicing over his rivals cleo
ton. Mr.. Cleveland would not have
minded the situation very much. The
President-eleot has a suite of apartments to
himself. A guard stands at his door and
keeps away the crowd that always focks,
where royalty is. The President-elect
dimes In his own apartments.
Mr.. Cleveland will probably arrive In
Washington on Thursday OF inauguration
week. Saturday night he will sleep in the
white house. Mrs. Cleveland will 20 TO
the capitol to witness the Inauguration,
and then she will go to the white house and
take possession while President Cleveland
is viewing the parade in front Of the execu-
tive mansion.
SEATS IN A PUBLIC STAND,
Workmen began last week the erection Of
the stand in which Mr.. Cleveland and Mr.
Harrison will remain while the parade is
passing, and it was finished early this week.
Directly opposite is the largest Of the public
stands. 1t is an enormous affair, running
from one end OF Lafayette square to the
other. It is built around trees and over
grass plats. 1t is rooted and prepared
against repetition of the experience of
four years ago, when the pelting rain and
cold wind rendered life on a reviewing
stand a hollow mookery. The price of seats
on this stand win range from ST. to IS.
Some highly favored individuals, who are
willing to pay for the privilege, will have
private boxes Of glass opposite the Presi~
dents stand.
There will be no other stands in the public
reservations along Pennsylvania avenue.
An effort will be made this year to have the
seats numbered and reserved. But the peo-
pie who buy tickets, remembering the ex-
. A.x,l.5 A.
celebration In New York last year, will
come early and bring their luncheon baskets
with them.
THE PRICES FOR THE WINDOWS.
A large proportion of the people who see
the parade will be in the windows along the
avenue. You can get window for SO in a
comfortably heated room. In front of
great many buildings temporary stands will
be constructed and platforms will be hung
at the level Of the second story windows.
In this way windows are expected to hold
twelve persons each.
Four years ago it was reported that Sena-
tor Stanford was looking for windows on
Pennsylvania avenue, and there was a
scramble by the people who had available
places to let. One concern which had a
large hall wrote to the senator Offering him
the use of it for $500, and announcing as
one Of its attractions that it had a dumb
waiter communicating with a saloon
below.
Arrangements have been made to have an
armed escort In plain clothing accompany
President-eiect Cleveland on the inaugural
parade. There was a secret guard around
President Harrison's carriage four years
ago-a fact which made public SOC q
time afterward during the cour, martial o.
Capt. Armes. Armes was Ole Of the guard,
and he brought that fact out very promi~
nently when he was under examination for
an assault on Gov. Beaver of Pennsylvania.
The Inauguration would be just the time Sc
lected by a crank to commit an assault on
the President.
GRANT CARRIED GUN IN HIS POCKET.
All of the Presidents have appreciated tie
danger Of their position, and it is said tEat
Gen. Grant, brave as he was, carried re-
vOlver in his pocket when he rode to the
capitol with President-elect Hayes, and that
at one time he had his hand on it when
crowd became demonstrstive, thinking that
an assault had been planned and that he
would have TO repel 1t. Mr.. Cleveland has
been afraid of an assassination ever since
he came in public life He avoids going
through the railroad station where Garfield
was shot.
The street fakir will be here in force for
the Inauguration; and pictures of Mr.. and
Mrs. Cleveland will abound There will be
a dozen souvenirs offered for sale. The
darrisons have permitted the photograph