The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-03-07

A CROWDED REVIEWING STAND.
rangements, sat. The explosions Of ap-
plause which greeted the chief nagis-
trate were redoubled as Vice President
Roosevelt, in another carriage drawn
by two horses. came into view The
hero Of San Juan received, II anything,
a more flattering ovation than the
president himself. Both acknowledged
the salutes of the vast crowds that
cheered them by bowling right and left
A detachment OF the Twenty-third
Ohio, the presidents own regiment
during the rebellion, battered and
grizzled by time. trudging along on foot
in the wake Of the carriages. testified
to the loyalty of the presidents cid
comrades OF the civil war.
The military, as whole, attracted
unbounded admiration. The regulars.
who in the old days before the Spanish
war would have received scant atten-
ton, got an ovation from one end Of
the line to the other. The crowds fairly
rose at the Jack tars rolling along with
their sword bayonets like a thicket Of
steel above them. Admiral Dewey.
Gen. Miles, Gen. Joe" Wheeler and
many other officers who came into
prominence during the Spanish war
were lionized.
The crowds went wild over the West
Point and Annapolis cadets, marching
with clockwork precision, and the
rough riders upon their bronchos. The
Porto Rican regiment, the Richmond
Greys, in Confederate grey, and the
college students from the principal uni
versities set the crowds off again and
again. The national guard Of the sew
eral states made brilliant showing,
and many OF the governors riding with
their stats were overwhelmed with en-
thusiasm. Darkness fell as the last Of
the procession tramped by the review
ing stand. SH
The expected review by the president
OF the veterans who formed his escort
to the Capitol was declared of. 10 was
contemplated that the veterans should
march through the court Of honor af-
ter the general parade was over At
that hour, however, 1t was growing
dark and the ranks of the old soldiers
had thinned out somewhat because OF
the inclement weather. In view Of
these conditions Gen. Sickles decided
to abandon the review. ".'
The brilliant pyrotechnic display
scheduled for the night was postponed
on account Of the weather. ~,
No Grand March at Inaugural Ball.
The eliminating event OF the inau
gural festivities was the inaugural ball,
held last night in the vast auditorium
OF the pension office, with men and wo-
men distinguished in every walk OF
life touching elbows, dancing and min
Cling with the plain American Citizen.
As a spectacular event 1t was unparal-
lelled in the history Of inaugural balls,
in the sumptuousness OF arrangement,
in the bewildering splendor OF decora-
tions and Of marvellous electrical ef-
fects and in the countless throngs TAX
ing part in the spectacle.
The United States marine band and
an orchestra OF over hundred pieces
were stationed at one end of the hall,
and for an hour before the arrival Of
Of the presidential party played patri-
otic airs. '-N'''o
The presidential party arrived at
10: Is o'clock. They were preceded by
a glitterng array Of officers In full
uniform, and were escorted to the pri-
vate Offices of Commissioner Evans,
which had been lavishly decorated
Senator and Mrs. Hanna, Lieutenant
| General and Mrs. Miles, several JUS
! tices of the supreme court, with their
wives, and a number Of the cabinet cir
Gle joined the party up stairs. The
crowds on the main floor had been
Ypushed back to make room for the
grand march, and the band was ready
to break into the opening strains of
the marsh from "TannhaueseI.S But
word came that Mrs. Mckinley was In
disposed and that the president would
remain by her side. The march conse-
Quently was abandoned. The band
struck up Strauss blue Danube" and
the first regret Of the assemblage at
missing the grand march, with the
president and the first lady of the land
at its head, gave way before the whirl
Of gayety on the ball room floor. Vice
President and Mrs. Roosevelt arrived
about the time the president came in
After paying their respects to the pres.
ident and holding an informal leSee
amid the groups Of governors. officers
senators and distinguished officials the
vice president and his wife proceeded
to, the ball room floor.
Mrs. McKinley's indisposition. was ol
brief duration. and soon she was 'ablt
to Join the president and the brilliant
assemblage in an embowered box over
looking the gay throngs below, where
they were Joined by Vice President and
Mrs. Roosevelt. The president occu
. pied seat at the right; near thesran
with Mrs. Mckinley by his side, Tt
their left sat the vice president ant
wife, while. near the president wa
} Governor OdeIt, Of New York; ant
grouped further back were MAiorS Gen
eral Corbin. Admirals- Bradford ant
Crowninshieid. Secretary Root. justices
, Harlan and Gray. Senator Lodgess Gov
ernor Stone. at .PennsylysR ysRt8 fs ant
. many ladies Of the cabinet, arrnWnas