The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-04

]. :. Now and Was In Years
Gone BY.
|pr.r CROWD AT THE CAPITAL.

-. Gives a Brief Outline Of
p.y-rhe Crowds on the , S..' u.,..
s,.. and Feathers
.oroS March Especial. IAN
As a.ation as see it in 1897 and md, as l
usura''O,nt in years gone by: Early to
seen ",abt before for an early rise IN
the Is Everybody talking about the
. DO, The chief OF the preaic.lon uo
~snt of the weather bureau .no n
t~en' q and most anxious man In town
POl'a .a,or as flies about a summer Kitten
pps 'n ',a running over Cots in every
hO hall Boarding house keepers In
n Ar 18th their servants lest things 40
FeN .,rht Guests all afraid they VIII
run r,.h,no 70 eat. The market peo-
g' 20 death to fill orders. Seventy nve
i O.nd extra mouths to feed In TINS
ou''' The air full of flying banners and
w. W., flags. Electric light advertise
y. Eliminating the conspicuous cor
u'' uouses all full of visitors, especially
Dretty cousins and nieces ana sisters
PTS ut. and other kin. Pretty girls flock
Wellington at inauguration time as
,urally as they do to a matinee wheh
'a T. a lady's hero Beautiful scene
,Ssse pretty girls make as they parade
streets with their chaperons ana es-
One wonders where they all come
Eager and Buoyant.
r,s morning: A great rush for clothes,
~octtails, for morning papers, Tor
.tfost Hurrying and scurrying every
bere Servants unmanageabie because
.Dds are marching by. Meal late. only
,OS I natured people do not get out OF sorts.
ssr all over town spending an unusual
ma mon their toilets. Getting ready for
hs rsrade. Putting on fuss and feathers.
a,er and buoyant now. How Is the
-sstherY Where's my boots' Wonder II
:, how will be here on time with my
IoseY More bands. Air full OF tremor'
4 great event is impending. No one ap-
Ltars quite natural Wonder how Grover
falling and isn't 1t shame that Mrs.
cleveland ia going away Horse comes.
kisn mounts proudly, but hasn't been ON
horse for four years. Doesn't feel COM
o-table Rides off with courtierlike sa-
|ute with his cap.
| On the streets, everybody going In one
direction that is going at all. 1t Is to the
I.nltol On to the capitoline hill. Great
majority sore because they haven'ta ticket.
Fonr hundred thousand people In the Dis
t,ct Of Columbia and only 1000 have tick
BIC IA the senate galleries and floor. Street
Ears running over. Cabbies in clover. Col
Cred people, especially ragged boys ana
spindlelike girls with grinning faces, every
where. Where in the world do all these
colored people live and how? Bands march
inc both ways. Horsemen galloping every
way.
The Last Hours of the Senate.
people without tickets trying to get into
tbe capitol. Can't do it for love or money
Dense crowd about the national statehouse
"a sea of humanity" the descriptive witt
en say. Inside the big building senate
struggling with appropriation bills, trying
. TO ret through before tho hour strikes
| Alonzo Stewart turns back the hands o
the clock. Flutter in the galleries. States
men look sleepy Here and there one VIII
| has been drinking too much. Lots of bust
i ness goes on at the clerks desk which N
one seems to know anything about, bu
| they call it legislation.
"The house Of representatives, " 18th
supreme court Of the United States, " "th
PRESIDENT and president elect" are 81
bounced in order. Floor flied with grel
men, Hobart takes the oath of Ollie
Reads little speech. Everybody lookin
at Cleveland and Mckinley. Now the
isn't any president Of the United State
Growers time out aud William not swoi
nyot Twelve or fifteen new senate
come forward and are sworn in. It Is
over. Not much TO see after all
Procession files out of the chamber
Platform erected on east front Lot of pc
pie. Arrangements very good. Hoarse C
through the sea of humanity as the nc
president appears. Golden dome OF I
library shows up in the foreground. Cel
monies short and to the point. Mckinl
takes the oath. Photographers everywht
in sight and all excited Mckinley del
ers inaugural address. Only few hei
but applause great from those in froi
differing of steel seen in every di"ectl
where the troops are formed. 1t Is all oN
here too. March to carriages. Mckinl
and Cleveland take seats. Order is given
march begins. Platoon after platoon ia
IN Down Pennsylvania avenue-histo
thoroughfare. Crowds enormous, h
black. Great enthusiasm Now McAin
does the courteous. Hat of nearly all
time. Hope he won't take cold Why v
the bands play in rivalry and run Tn
tunes together like the colors on the dc
ntions which have been in the rainp
At the White House.
AT the White House: Mckinley Is II
az last. Alights under the big porte
cnere Walks in the front door. Won
what he Is thinking? Wonder how he
walk outS Wonder when the prcsperit
eomingS They go to lunch. Must be I'll
uut This Is only start. Lots OF trol
coming. The procession halts little.
great men must eat. Then Mckil
comes v out and walks down to the from
Nhite House grounds. Takes up posi-
On The big stand. Great scene. People
erywhere-on stands and sidewalks, +
VI buildings, in trees. The grand rev
pegins' Military companies Grand
snai and staff. Governors. Salutes.
nlhley Is cheered. Has his hat of mo
'ne time. It's fun at first, but gets
some some Wishes there wasn't so much