The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-03
CAPITALS Big DAY
THE CROWDS POURING INTO WASH
INGTON.
EVERYTHING IN READINESS.
SoUVt;NIR MEDALS FOR PRESIDENT
AND VICE PRESIDENT.


vord Mimic, Governor General of
canada. and stafT Will Attend, the
Guests of Lord PauncefOte - A
Question as to Precedence of Dip
Iomats and Supreme Court JUS
,ices-RaiIrOads Report Heavier
TRAFFIC Than Mt the Previous Inau-
GuratiOn.
Washington, March 1.-The last day but
,ne before that specified when Mr.. Will
liam Mckinley of Ohio is to be inaug-
urated for the second time President of
the United States finds Washington in
comnlete readiness for the reception of
the thousands of visitors who are travel
ing to the nations capital. To-day the
streets Of the city presented a holiday
appearance and were thronged with
strangers.
Lord Mimic, the governor general of
Canada, will attend the Inauguration ex-
ercises Monday. An invitation had been
extended through Lord Pauncefote, the
British ambassador, whose guest the dis
tinguished visitor will be. Lord Mimic
left Ottawa this afternoon. He probably
will attend the Capitol ceremonies and
the inaugural ball with Lord Pauncefote's
party.
Inauguration Medals.
Gen. Ellis Spear, chairman of the I'm
augural Committee on Medals and Badges,
to-day called at the White House and
presented to President Mckinley a COM
memorstive medal of the present inaugu-
ration. The medal is similar to
that struck for the members of
i the several inaugural committees, being
cast in gold instead of bronze. Gen.
Spear also presented the chief executive
a handsomely bound copy of the inaugu-
raj souvenir book, containing the pictures
1 Of ali Presidents of the United States, ana
on account OF the Inauguration exercises
4 attending the taking of office of each.
a Medal for Roosevelt.
A gold medal and souvenir also will be
4 presented 10 Vice President Roosevelt.
4 The third gold medal has been presented
to Chairman Edison by the inaugural Com
nittee
Gen. Francis Vinton Greene, grand mar
shall of the inaugural parade, was this
baton of dark mahogany, studded with
forty-five gold stors, representative of the
states of the Union.
The President will not go to the Capt.
to to attend the signing of the late bills
until about 1920 o'clock Monday morn
hg He will have more than an hour
ia this work before the inaugural cere-
nonies begin. The bills that accumulate
kJween today and Monday will be signed
arly Monday morning.
The President Will have many of his
natives with him tomorrow and for sew
ral days next week. Miss Helen McKin-
by and Mrs. Duncan, the Presidents sis
m, arrived to-day. MIR. and Mrs. Abner
&Knley, DR.. and Mrs Baer and others
ae expected.
Seats for the Ambassadors.
There were several conferences to-day
AWeen Lord Pauncefote, the British am
assador and Assistant Secretary Hill re-
gecting the seating of the diplomatic
bdy in the chamber of the Senate, dur
hg Mondays ceremonies. Lord Paunce-
ate is the dean of the corps.
The Senate Committee had arranged to
Nat the ambassadors, seven in number,
md the entire body OF ministers, in the
frSt rows of senatorial desks on the right
o. the presiding officer, but the chief JUS
uCe and the associate justices OF the Su-
peine Court are given easy chairs tenn
porarily placed in the space before the
Residents stand, and thus would be
directly i'm front of the diplomatic body.
The question of precedence has been the
subject of some discussion, but it is not
yet settled. Meanwhile no protest has
peen lodged and it is confidently expect
90 that all of the arrangements will be
IN smooth working order Monday.
MIR. and Mrs. Roosevelt Arrive.
Vice President-elect Roosevelt, accom-
panied by his wife and children, reached
Washington this afternoon at 4:50 o'clock
on the Congressional Limited train of the
ennsylvania Railroad, which was more
ihan an hour late, owing to the crush of
inaugural travel Mrs. Cowles. his Sis
Ter and wife of Commander Cowles of the
navy. met MIN. Creighton Webb of New
YORK happened to be on the platform and
assisted Mrs. Cowles in finding her BROTH
tr in the confusion. The children were
Kissed and the party stepped out of a
'de exit from the station, avoiding the
throng of people waiting beyond the far
end of the platform. The party were
oriven at once to Commander Cowles'
residence, where Mr. Roosevelt will re-
nam until after the Inauguration.
lhe railroads to-day reported heavier
taile than at the same time previous to
ne irst Mckinley Inauguration. Trains
NSo Washington began TO arrive to-day
A lf3m two to five sections.
Cows. OdeH OF New York, and Longino
Mississippi were among the arrivals.
W lnc Governors and their staffs from