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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-13
Start for the Capitol.

Then the two presidents descended
the white house steps n together en-
tered a four horse carriage, Mr.. Cleve-
land sitting to the right, n amid the
booming of cannon, the clatter of cav-
airy, the deep hoarse rumble of artil-
lery, the measured tramp of many col
umns Of infantry, n the blare of In
Vulnerable bands. the march to the
capitol began. In another four horse
carriage following the president, rode
Vice President-elect Hobart, and the
senators deputed to escort him to the
scene of his future duties. Then in a
long stream of carriages came the dis
tinguished guests. The presidents es-
cort was Troop A of Cleveland, o.,
eighty cavalrymen mounted on coal
black chargers. and still more interest
ing. a detachment of grizzled veterans
from the Twenty-third Ohio Volunteers,
Major McKinley's old regiment.
General Nelson Miles. commanding
the United States army, and Rear Adj
miral George Brown. ranking officer OF
the navy, in full uniform, rode immed!-
ately after the presidential party. The
second brigade of the first division con-
biStCo va ouPSipiy @h~ $500
somely equipped national guard Of the
District Of Columbia. A more brilliant
and inspiring scene than this part OF
the pageant held could hardly be pic
tured. The yellow plumes. scarlet lined
cloaks and bright blue tunics Of the
cavalry; the huge black bearskin
shakos and snow white trousers OF the
national guard; the gaily caparisoned
and gold bedecked white plumed OFF,
GERS of the staff; h vivid crimson and
gold laced coats Of the famed marine
band, contrasting with the blue uni
forms OF the marine corps. and h pic
turesque sailor costumes of the Jack
Tars formed a constantly changing
keleidoscopic picture of flashing light
and color extremely beautiful to wit
ness. From a spectacular point OF view
the parade was distinctly benefited by
tho absence Of some features which
were conspicuous In the corresponding
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-13
SOME KILLED, MANY INJURED
Gas Explodes I'm Boston With Dread
fui Results.

y
Boston, Mass, March Am explosion
has just occurred in the subway exca-
walton at the corner OF fremont and
Boylston streets. Several ambulances
have been summoned To the scene. 1t Is
reported that several persons were
killed.
The explosion wrecked three electric
cars that were passing at the time and
one Of them was burned. Several build
ings In the vicinity were more or less
damaged. The explosion was caused
by escaping gas.
Among the buildings damaged are
the Hotel Pelham, the Knickerbocker
and Head Buildings and the Masonic
Temple. Window glass in buildings
within two hundred feet Of the scene OF
the explosion were shattered. Four
bodies have been removed TO Jones un-
dertaking establishment. Forty-two
persons are al the Emergency hospital.
The dead at Jones undertaking estab-
lishment are:
Tufts college.
G.. ID. Bigelow, conductor.
Unknown man n womaD
Injured:
James Reardon.
John j. O'Connor.
Thomas r.. Ford.
Mrs. ]. II. Wilson.
Nellie Jackson.
Lucy Dolan
+. w. Tweeling.
Mrs. II. NJ. Peck.
The dead and injured at the city hos
pital are:
Dead:
Unknown mar 40 years old.
Injured:
Thomas Brown.
Fred Deeley.
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tinel guard on the right hand, towering
$50 feet upwards 10 the clouds. on all
the little parkings ana government
reservations formed by the different
angles Of the in|tersecting streets and
the radiating avenues. gaily decorated
stands had been erected capable Of
seating at least $4,000 people, and these
were denscly packed with spectators.
one row above the other, like the towers
in a Grecian Trireme. The entire route
from the white house to the capitol was
banked with hoarsely shouting enthu-
siastic spectators. All street traffic
was. Of course, suspended along the
route of the procession; the sidewalks
were roped eff and were So crowded
with people that locomotion was i'm
practicable. Mounted police prevented
my n from attempting to break
through the ''trocha." 1t seemed as If
Washington's normal population Of
200, 900 had been swelled by more than
an equal number Of visiting strangers
and that all were out TO see the sight.
Every building on the line of march
was draped in bunting of the national
colors and every window and point of
N@H'aSc was O'cupicu' Inc beautiful
stars stripes were everywhere seen,
with other appropriate anners and
emblems. In addition to these festive
demonstrations 10000 miniature United
States flags had been gratuitously dis
tributed by the committee of arrange
ments. These were exhibited at all
available points and were waved with
enthusiasm as the two presidents and
other known public men rode by. At
least 100, 600 threats voiced a continuous
welcome from the time the procession
started until the capitol was
reached and these vociferaticns We're
still more enthusiastically echoed on the
return trip.
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WILLIAM MCKINLEY PRESIDENT

the president and eX-president on their
return journey from the capitol TO the
w~hitehouse, were formed on streets adj
jacent to the capitol grounds. All were
so arranged that each division fell into
line at the appointed time without de-
lay or confusion. The military division
preceded by a platoon Of mounted po-
lice and followed by the Governors
Island, New York band, vas headed of
course by the grand marshal. his staff
and aids, 800 in number, selected from
all the states in the union. all we'll
mounted, some wearing crimson sashes
others white. The grand marshal,
himself, wore u sash blending the ma
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The Military.

The first division of the military pa
rade, commanded by h gallant caval-
ry leader, General Wesley Merritt, in
Guided a battalion of United States en-
gineers, the Seventeenth United states
Infantry; four batteries Of United
states artillery, a regiment Of United
states marines; 500 sailors Of the
North Atlantic squadron, made up from
the crews of the New York, Columbia
and Indiana, o anchored at Hampton
Roads, and commanded by Captain 5.
Sands of the Columbia, whose appear
ance, as is always the ease when the
blue jackets are ashore, was welcomed
with hearty cheers, followed a battalion
OF light artillery and "a regiment of
United states cavalry.
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Call Of

President-elect Mckinley, who had
left his handsomely fitted suite of rooms
at the Ebbitt house sufficiently early
to pay his call OF ceremony on the re-
firing president, was driven to the
white house, escorted by the committee
selected for the purpose, who, in one Of
the handsome state rooms. was received
and welcomed by President Cleveland
and lis cabinet.
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THE CALL FOR EXTRA SESSION
To Re Issued by President Mckinley
Tomorrow.

Washington, March 4-President Nc
kinley will tomorrow issue his procla-
nation for an extra session. IL will bs
called 10 meet March Is. which falls on
a Monday.
Al the dinner given last night at Mr..
John Hays the p~resident-elect was
a@ked about this extra session, and the
suggestion was made that he set the
day for Saturday. March 20. NO" said
Mr.. Mckinley, with an emphasis thar
indicated his fixed determination, 'I
have concluded that the best interests
OF the country demand that we should
get 10 work at the earliest practicable
moment. Ten days viii intervene be-
tween the call for the session and the as
sembling OF congress, and hat will be
sufficient to enable members 10 reach
Washington. l will issue the call for the
session Friday
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eral forms or our paper money offer, III
my Judgment, a constant embarrass-
men 10 the government and a safe bal
ance in the treasury. Therefore, l be-
lieve IL necessary to devise a system
which, without diminishing the %circulat-
ing medium or Offering a premium for
its contraction, will present a remedy
for those arrangements which, tempo
rary In their nature, might well in the
years OF Il prosperity have been dis
placed by wiser provisions. With ade-
quate e secured, but not until
then, we can enter upon such changes
in our fiscal laws as will, while insuring
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-13

Congress has given prompt attention
to the restoration OF our American mer-
chant marine. once the pride OF the seas
In all tho ocean highways OF commerce.
To my mind few more important sub
jeots 90 imperatively demand Its intelli-
gent consideration. The United States
has progressed with marvellous rapidity
In every feld OF enterprise and endeavor
until we have become foremost In nearly
all the great lines OF inland trade. pm
msrcs and industry. Yet. while this Is
true. our American merchant marine
has been steadily declining until II is
now lower. both In percentage OF tom
mage and the number OF vessels en-
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aud volume 10 u money. no
;-Hger impose upon the government the
necessity of maintaining so large a gold
able temptations to speculation. Mos,
Of our financial laws are the outgrowth
OF experience and trial and should no.
be amended without investigation n
demonstration Of the wisdom OF pro-
pc ssd changes. We must be both sure
va are right" and snake haste slowly"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-13

parade of previous inaugurations. The
Pennsylvania military. 800 strong, who
marched to the capitol with Mr.. CleVe-
land, each company so exactly like the
one that went before that monotony
tired the eye. and all attired In the
serviceable, but dull and somber look
ing regulation army blue. We're not or
dered to Washington this time. Tam
many's 5000 braves. in black coats and
tail silk hats, who came over from New
York to see Cleveland installed, had no
interest in Mckinley and stayed at
home. This was not Tammany's year.
The second division Of the parade was
not secondary 70 the first In public in
terest, except that 1t lacked The pres
The Governors.
ence OF a president to be and a president
that had been. In lieu thereof IL pre-
scented to the admiring ~plaudits Of the
crowd the governors of ten great states.
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III, therefore, the congress. In Its WIS
dom, shall deem 1t expedient to create a
commission 10 take under early consid-
GRAFTON the revision OF our coinage,
banking and currency laws and give
them that exhaustive. careful and dis
passionate examination that their i'm
portance demands, | shall cordially con-
cur in such action. If such power In
vested I'm the president II is my purposc
to appoint a commission OF prominent,
well Informed citizens of different par
ties, who viii command public conf
dence both on account Of their ability
and special fitness for the work. Busl-
ness experience and public training
may thus be combined and the patriotic
zeal Of the friends of the country be so
directed thai such a report viii be made
as 10 receive the support Of all parties
and our finances cease to be the subject
OF mere partisan contention. The ex-
pertinent is, at all events, worth a trial,
and in my opinion Il can but prov"
beneficial to the entire country.
international B~imetaiiism.
The question Of international blmetal-
lism will have early and earnest atten-
ton. 1t will be my constant endeaYor
to secure IL by cooperation with the
other great commercial powers OF the
world. Until that condition is realized
when the parity between our gold ana
silver money springs from n is sup
ported by the relative value Of the rw"
metals. the value OF the silver already
coined. and OF that which may here
after be coined, must be kept constantly
at par with gold by every resource at
our command. The credit OF the gov
eminent, the integrity Of Its currency
and the in%violability of It's obligations
must be preserved. This was the com
manding verdict OF the people, and il
will not be unheeded.
Economy Demanded.
Economy is demanded in every branch
Of the government a. all times, but es-
pecially in periods like the present OF
depression in business and distress
among the people. The severest econ
omy must be observed in all public ex-
penditures and extravaganza stopped
wherever it Is found and prevented
wherever in the future IL may be devel-
oped. If revenues are to remain as now
the only relief thai a come must be
from decreased expenditures. But the
l4NNNlAA IKE AANA 1NNNA'' 49, t-'
nent condition Of the government. Ii
has been our uniform practice to retire.
not increase our outstanding obllgd-
tons, and this policy must again be re-
sumed and vigorously enforced. our
revenues should always be large
enough to meet with ease and prompt
ness, not only u current needs and
the principal ana interest OF the public
debt, bur 10 make proper and liberal
provision for that most deserving body
of public creditors. the soldiers and
sailors and the widows n orphans
who are the pensioners of the United
States.
No Increase OF Debt.
The government should not be per-
mltted to run behind, or increase It's
debt. In times Ike he present. Suit
ably to provide against this Is the man
date Of duty: the certain and easy EN-
cdy for most Of our financial difficult
ties. 4 deficiency is inevitable So long
as the expenditures of the government
exceed its receipts. 1t can only be met
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tional colors.
Sons of Presidents us Aides.

BY a happy thought invitations had
been extended to all the living sons Of
those who had served as the nations
chief executive and L. S. Grant 0hird),
Webb c. Hayes. Harry A. Garfield,
Chester A. Arthur and Russell Har-
rison served as special aids on the oc-
caSion.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-13
Financial Reform Necessary.

The responsibilities Of the high trust
to which | have been c~alled-always of
grave importance-are augmented by
the prevailing business conditions. en-
failing idleness upon willing labor and
loss to us full enterprises. The country
is suffering from industrial disturb
ances. from which speedy relief must be
had. our financial system needs some
revision; our moncy Is al good now. but
its value must not further be threa.
ened. 1t should all be put on An endur-
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sentative of the Swiss and South n
Central American republics. were re-
.spiendent in official uniform n
adorned with the insignia OF decorations
conferred. Sir Julian P~auncefote. the
British ambassador. took precedence;
he was followed by the French and
German ambassadors; the Mexican and
Austrian ministers, and wildly conspic-
uous in their quaint silken dresses, the
members of the Chinese legation canne
next. They were the only ~orientals who
wore the native costume. When,
promptly at noon, ex-President Cleve-
land and President Mckinley entered
the chamber the whole assemblage rose
to receive them as they took the seats
OF honJr set apart for their reception.
Vice President Stevenson, to whom the
senate accorded a unanimous vote OF
thanks for his courtesy ard ability in
the chair. returned his thanks in grace
full terms. He said he ranked as chief
among the favors political fortune had
bestowed upon him, that OF having been
the associate-and of having some
thing Of the f~rlendship-of the men
with whom he had SO long held official
relation in this chamber. Then he en-
tered upon a defense OF the rules OF the
senate, as follows.
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ance of Almighty God. our faith teaches
that there Is no safer reliance than up
on the God of our fathers. who has so
signally favored the American people in
every national Trial, and who viii not
foresake us SO long as we obey his com
mandments and walk humbly in his
rg,fcrap1
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General Porter,

The grand marshal entrusted with
the direction of the today's pageant was
General Horace Porter. formerly of the
staff of enc Grant. His original
skill had been tested in peace as well
as in war-notably in the conduct OF
the great sound money procession
through the narrow and tortuous streets
OF New York city last October during
the presidential campaign. With the
broad n and smooth asphalt
streets of Washington. General Por-
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Defends the senate Rules.

at must not be forgotten that rules
governing this body are founded deep
in human experience; that they are the
result or centuries OF ~tireless effort in
legislative hall. TO conserve, TO render
stable and secure, the rights and liber-
ties which have been achieved by con-
iict. BY its rules the senate wisely
fixes the limits to Its own power. or
those who clamor against these and It's
methods OF procedure. 1t may be truly
saic: They know not what they do
In this chamber alone r preserved,
without restraint, two essentials of wise
legislation and Of good government, the
right OF amendment and Of debate.
Great evils often rise from hasty legis-
l~ation-rarely from the delay which fol-
lows full discussion and elaboration
In my humble Judgment. the historic
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&c Porter, Marshal of Parade

Horace Porter. Marshal OF Parade
ter has full opportunities to display his
genius for controlling the movements
OF large bodies of men. and he awaited
himself Of them. From the nature of
the days proceedings there were prac-
tically two professions. though at the
close they merged into one massive and
impressive body, part military. part
civic. and each most effective. The es-
cort. largely military. but also consist
Ing Of governors of different states and
other distinguished guests of honor
which accompanied the president and
presidesit-elect to the capitol. naturally
formed In the immediate vicinity OF the
The civic organizations which followed
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-13
Indicted Into the Office Of Chief Magistrate Of the Nation
with Great POmp and Impressive Ceremonies.

tween 60 and 20 degrees. and balmy sun
shine bathing the streets and lighting
up the gayly colored decoration with
which every house on the president
elects line of program was emblaZoned.
The Decorations.
The decorations Of the city were ex-
~ceedlngly effective, with but one nota-
bic exception. That was the treasury
department.. the majestic outlines OF
which We're d~istigured in violation of all
rules Of taste. Each of the graceful
Guted columns OF the eastern facade On
Fifteenth street was partially swaddled
striped pantalettes. falling short Of
~pediments, exactly after the fashion Of
Uncle SANS" trousers as depicted in
he comic papers, and over the entabl1-
lures at each end. and also over the
main eastern entrance the shield and an
eagle of the United states were daubed
upon d hideous yellow background, the
whole forming a tawdry combination
which a third rate circus would have
scorned 10 display. Everywhere else,
however, the scenic effect was fine, and
even the bad taste displayed in the
treasury drapings was in part obliter-
ated by the animated c~oncourse or en-
ployes ana their families and guests,
who occupied the temporary seats which
piled tier above tier, reached half way
Up the side of the building and entirely
covered the garden at the south end.
looking down Pennsylvania avenue.
The pavilion i'm the front house from
which President Mckinley reviewed the
returning procession was a thing OF
beauty-an architectural creation OF
white and gold. strongly resembling IN
its apparently substantial pillars ana
it's general outlines the portico OF the
historic Arlington. and conveying no inn
preston hat II was simply a filmsy
structure Of wood erected FOR a day.
Pennsylvania Avenue.
No grander theater for such a pa
geant could well be found. Pennsyl-
yania avenue. l25 feet from curb to
curl. along which the procession passed
from the white house to the capitol,
presents an uninterrupted vista OF over
a mile. commencing with the massive
Grecian facade of the treasury depart
ment. which intersects the view at one
end and terminating in the beautiful
white marble dome crowned capitol at
the other end, with the needle like shart
Of Washington monument standing sem
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Mrs. A. Louise Wilson.
Susie A. BECK.
Nellie =. Jackson.
Mrs. Horace Bigelow.
John Ross.
Mary y. Stone.
Miss Richardson.
w. kofler.
John Hill.
/. ID. Nickerson.
Adolph Ludlow.
ID. G. Worcester.
Thomas Bynfour.
III. N. Bellows.
T. Hackett Morton.
u. II. Sargent
A. Lee Rosa
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senate-preserving the Unrestricted
right of amendment and OF debate.
maintaining intact the time honored
parliamentary methods and antilles
which unfaillngly secure action after
acknowledgements In u scheme OF
government a value which cannot be
measured In words
lie closed by saying: For the able
and distinguished gentleman who sue
ceeds me as your presiding officer, L
earnestly invoke the same cooperation
and courtesy o have so generously
accorded me-
The Extra Session.
The extra session of the senate OF the
F.fty-Fifth congress, called by Prcsi-
dent Cleveland to meet ut noon. March
4, then commenced. The late vice presl-
lent made way FOR his successor, Mr..
Hobart, to whom the oath of office was
administered after which he made a
brief address. lie then proceeded In
his turn 70 swear ia such az were pres
ent Of the thirty senator's whose terms.
either OF election or reelection. began
contemporaneously with that Of the
president. This ceremony completed,
both houses Of congress and the more
privileged spectators adjourned 10 the
eastern pordco. There I'm the presence
Of an immense throng Chief Justice
Fuller administered to President Nc
Kinley the brief obligation prescribed
to maintain the constitution ard en-
force the laws of the United States, and
the president delivered his inaugural
pIlragc.
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ing basis, not subject TO easy attack.
nor its stability to doubt or dispute. Our
currency should continue under the SUI
pervision OF the government. The sew
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Address.

Fellow Citizens: IN accordance with
the viii of the people. and in their pres
ence, by the authority vested in me by
this oath. l assume the drduous and re-
sponsible duties of president Of he
United states, relying on the support OF
my countrymen and invoking the guild