The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-04

streets In the evening they were con-
SpicuouS on the downtown thoroughfareS
The brilliantly lighted Court of Honor
and the grounds of the Executive Man
sion were popular places of attraction
last night. and We're thronged by soldiers
and civilians alike. One of the special
policemen on duty at the Court of Honor
discovered two men trying to climb up
one of the pillars or the north side of the
Avenue, and upon crossing over and or
dering them away he was met with the
statement that they were only trying to
see whether or not the columns were real
marhle.t Such. however, is not the case,
although the columns present the appear
ance OF white stone even at a close view.
The White House was closed. but this
did not prevent the curious from gaping
through the windows into the corridor
some of them openly expressed them
selves as disappointed because they failed
to obtain a view of the President. They
evidently thought that he was in the
habit of sitting on the portico of the man
sion on Sunday afternoons.
The big stand south of the Treasury
building was u favorite resting place dur
ing the day In the afternoon 1t was
crowded with weary Sojourners. In the
evening it afforded a splendid viewpoint
from which could be seen the whole Eaily
decorated stretch of Pennsylvania Ave
nue.
As rule the crowds upon the streets
Yesterday were very orderly, although
somewhat noisy. small sized riot was
nearly precipitated on f Street about
sPectful remark concerning one of the
members of the SiXty-ninth New York
Regiment band. which came to the city
with the Lincoln Post Club. of New York
CITY. In addition to the fact that the
Sixty-nintl: is one of the best regiments
in New York it is composed largely of SOL
diers of Irish descent.
FOUGHT WITH JACK LOGAN.
An old veteran of the civil war, who
said he had been present at every In
al 1aFNtr
under the shadow of the Logan Statue: in
Iowa Circle. yesterday afternoon. The
statue is still veied and only the outlines
of the figure are visible beneath the
cloakihg of canvass. As he looked up at
the figure ne said to n friend beside him:
1T a pity that Jack Logan's statue
was mot. unveiled before this time
fought with him down South, and
know ff he was here now and there was
as much going on as there is, he would
want to be right in it
The Metropolitan Hotel. on the Avenue.
is the headquarters for a number of Penn
sylvania officers and consequently hun
dreds OF soldiers from the Keystone
State are to be found there at all hours;
Yesterday afternoon the crowd amused
itself by tossing small coins to the pave
ments for which a number of colored
boys and some of the younger element OF
the troops engaged in a wild scramble.
Several fierce fights for possession OF the
money ensued, and for a time it appeared
that a small-siZed riot was imminent.
In order 10 prevent spectators from
scaling the Peace Monument while the
parade is passing today high board
fence has been built around the park con-
tanning the memorial. This was the scene
of an interesting exhibition of fence seal
ing last evening. a number of soldiers
from Missouri performed all klnus OF
fpats and by standing on each others
shoulders had little trouble in getting over
the fencecand gaining the highest point
on tine pedestal of the monument.
The bower end of Pennsylvania Avenue,
near the Capitol, is the Bowery of Wash
ington during Inauguration week. Every
vacant store room which could be pro-
cured has been rented by sideshow pro-
prietcrs and the result is that the side
walks present much the appearance OF
midway" Agents with husky lungs ana
resonant voices keep up a continual proc
lamatibTi describing the wonders within
10 the passers by Nearly all the places
We're thrOnged all yesterday afternoon
and evening.
While all lines of business in the city
receive a decided impetus during the In
auguration ceremonies, there is no par
ticular business that is so increased as
that of the ticket broker. Nearly every
one who comes to Washington at TINS time
of the wear buys a round-trip ticket.
Herein lies great opportunity Tor the
ticket scalper. for many persons VINO nave
round-trip tickets spend all the money
they bring with them before the festivi-
ties are concluded. Then the ticket broker
is applied to and the return ticket IS SOLD
for a nominal sum, the visitor trusting 10
luck to get enough money later on to car
ry him back home On the lower part of
the Avenue these brokers have set up
offices in stairWays, in dOorways, and IN
every conceivable corner. Passers by are
urged to sell their return transportation