The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-04
HANDLING DEPOT CROWDS
Influx of Visitors Exceeds All
Previous Inaugurations.
The Railroad Traffic Managers and
Public Comfort Committee Taxed
to the Limit-OnIy Few Organ
izations Yet to Reach the city.


to the Limit-onIy Few Organ
izations Yet to Reach the city.
/ All Gay yesterday thousands of stran-
| gers poured into the city, packed and
jammed the railroad terminals, and over
flowed into the streets. The efforts of the
| railroad officials to take care of the i'm
| mense throucs We're redoubled. From the
! early hours of Sunday and up until mid
| night the most efficient handlers of traffic
of the big trunk lines were taxed to their
| utmost to keep III with the rapid shift
, ing of trains which pulled into the yards
in rapid succession from all parts of the
/ country, carrying the thousand upon
| thousand of visitors.
The amount of travel over the Baltimore
and Ohio and the Pennsylva MIA Railroads
| on yesterday alone greatly exceeded all
| previous records. and the railroad officials
declare that the number of people who
/ came to Washington to witness the sec
ond inauguration of President Mckinley
! breaks all previous records.
A heavy influx of strangers from nearby
| points is reported, while the traffic over
the lines from the extreme West and the
| Gulf States has been unusually heavy.
| President A. j. Cassatt. of the Pennsyl-
| vania Railroad, arrived in special car
/ from Philadelphia early in the forenoon.
He was accompanied by Superintendent
/ Barnard. who assumed the management
| of the immense work transacted in the big
| offices on the second floor of the Sixth
| Street station.
BY midnight all the visiting organiza-
| tions, both military and civil had. with
! few exceptions. reached the city and were
| housed in their quarters.
All of the Co. ernors who will partici-
| pate in the exercises today are in the
| city. Gov. Aaron t. Bliss, of Michigan,
| accompanied by his staff, reached the
| Capital at o'clock in the evening. The
| detachment of the National Guard of the
Badger State We're quartered in the city
| before night.
number of political clubs came to the
| city over the Pennsylvania. The most
unique among these civil organizations
! and one which attracted considerable at
tention in the crowded depot, was the
| Republican Club. of Unfonville, Grange
County, Va. Col. a. G. Walter was in
command. The clubs membership is
| composed of Confederate and Union vet
| Grams, and every one is credited with be
| ing fighter both in battle and on the
political field In the club are TWIN
i brothers. each six feet four inches in
! height, who will carry an immense ban
ner in the parade To-Day The club will
/ appear in line in Rough Rider costume
Tonight the Virginians will serenade Vice
! President Roosevelt and Timothy l..
Woodruff of New York.
| The Toledo Republican Club of Rail-
| splitters of Toledo, Ohio; the Pennsyl-
| vania New Jersey, Ohio. Illinois, and
many Western Republican clubs followed
| each other in rapid succession into the
| city during the day.
A provisional regiment. composed of the
| Thirteenth, Fourth, and FoTty-SeVenth
! New Aork National Guard, of Brooklyn.
| in four companies, remained in Baltimore
| last night as guests of the Twenty-ilrst
Regiment of that city. The Pennsylvania
Railroad has agreed to have the com
| mand i'm Washington this morning n time
for the parade.
The entire brigade Of the Pennsylvania
National Guard is now in Washington,
ready to fail into lire today. Ten regi-
ments arrived in the city between mid
night Saturday and yesterday afternoon.
| The Fourth and Fifth MARYLAND Regi-
ments pulled into the temporary depot at
the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge yester-
day morning. They were followed by
| Governor Smith and his staff, who are
quartered at the Raleigh.
The Seventy Regiment of New
York was among the early arrivals yes
| terday. They came in shortly after IL
| o'clock. The special car of the Chicago
| American" reached Washington at G:31
| p. m, and brought go public school chit
dren. The turbulent youngsters caused
considerable anxiety to the teachers who
| accompanied them. II was small un-
dertakins to watch after them in the i'm
mense crowds.
| Regiment of Infantry, bringing its own
band and many friends from Canton,
Ohio. are expected here at s O'Clock this
morning Troop A Of Ohio, the Presi
dents special escort in the parade today,
reached the city during the afternoon.
The Fredericksburg Rifles, several hun
dred strong. pulled into the yards at
| Ninth and Maryland Avenue early yes
terday morning, adding one more con-
tingent TO Virginia 5 representation. The
orty-eighth Separate Company, of
| oswego, n. y were also booked as ar
| rivals. The Charleston, S. c., Military
| Company, who will do the honors for the
| Palmetto State in the ceremonies, will
| not reach the city until O'Clock this
morning. The First Maryland Regiment
| viii! not be on the ground until the same
! hour. while the train bearing the Penn
/ sylvania Legislature will be few min
rItes later in putting in its appearance;
| Brigadier General John A. Wiley and
| staff arrived last night.
The Naval Cadets will be brought into
| Washington at o'clock this morning. on
| a special train from Annapolis. y detach
nent of the United States troops from
| Fortress Monroe will be brought in at s
o'clock They will be followed by the
Carlisle Indians, from Carlisle, Pa
| The Provisional Regiment, First Heavy
| Artillery, of Massachusetts, con posed of
| three battalions. the first under command
| of Capt X. O. Danforth: second, under
| command of Capt. Albert Click and third
| under command of Capt. f. F. Cutting,
arrived early in the afternoon.
The A c. Harmer Club composed Of
about 100 men, attired in SILK hats, black
suits and black box overcoats with canes.
arrived from Philadelphia about o clock.
| The club is in command of Isaac ID. Hart
zell.
| The handling of the military bodies and
all travellers who came as organizations
| was carried out without hitch yesterday.
! At the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge, on
| the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks. the
| committee in charge erected heavy
| fight of stairs for the use of the troops
| in climbing the embankment. The soldiers
| arriving after midnight We're forc~1
| TO disembark in the dark. a number ..
| lights had been provide .ar rl
| insufficient.
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