New-York tribune., 1901-03-04
PRICE THREE CENTS.
INAUGURATION DAY PLANS
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS-vISlTORS Ev-
ERYWHETE IN THE CAPITAL-NUM- NJ
BER TO PARADE TO-DAY

Washington. March 3.-When the sun set on
the national capital to-day everything thas
human effort could do TO make the second Nc
Kinley inauguration success had been done.
y majority of the troops and civic organizations
We're already in the city and safely quartered.
Some thousands mere the various rail-
ways hurryins toward Washington. and the
Weather Bureau predicted fair weather for
March e. in a special bulletin issued by It's
chief Professor Moore.
The corrected timecard of official events for
the Eext three days was issued as follows;
MONDAY. MARCH
! n a. m.-Gathering Of high government officials,
dipOmats and specially invited guests in the United
II:5o a. EMANCIPATION of Theodore Roosevelt;
States; ceremonies IN the senate. attended by the
Z noon President Mckinley takes the oath OF
delivers e. nauurSI ina R5SsS address 55'S ''''''''
1870 p. m. Inaugural parade moves from the
80 p. Illumination of the Court of Honor IN
7.f5 p, rn.-Display Of aerial fireworks from the
s p m,Nbocrs Sf tie Pension once open for the
reception Of guests OF In 1Ae inamspTal % Paser+ Fa Nc
Kiniey, "' ma '''' ''''' % -'''' y
TUESDAY. MARCH >
M % 5, conse1} Ie PsPs9n sI6a qa1Gs Ra09 IN
ND dicat9ry conGsrt S Pension Y3r1 qfiGe R IN
hSnqr on 'nf Sl eeneTt Pension 6ce in
honor of the states Of the Union Marine Band
WEDNESDAY. MARCH n
? = mDedr ratory concert, Pension ONCE ,,t IN
m-PedCatoTy coECsr' Pegzjon g, 0fGe' o tb. In
| House of Represen atives. Marine Band and grand
| chorus of FIVE hundred voices
SIGHTsEERs EVERYWHERE.
| Inauguration eve was a quiet but crowded
/ Sunday The weather opened threatening with
| a southeast wind and a cloudy sky but toward
noon il cleared and the set fair, with every
Indication of a good day TO follow. From early
morning till toward midnight every street in the
downtown part of the city was crowded. The
| local churches kept open doors both day and
/ evening. and were crowded with wOrshippers at
| every service many of the visitors being In
uniform and reminding old residents of war
time Sabbath. In the evening the theatres WED
with the churches in keeping open house. and
| thev were equally we'll patronized. For such as
sought spirituous rather than spiritual cOnsola-
ton there rather dry and unprohtabie
| time The local Anti-Saloon League had ap-
| pointed a large vigilance committee to see that
| the Sunday closing law was enforced and their
efforts met with considerable success. There
| was little sign of drunkenness on the streets
| The nftiamen. who usually furnish a good
| natured but rather turbulent element at inaugu-
/ ration time. were generally quiet and decorous-
| and up to a late hour there had not been the
/ name of a single regular entered on the blotter
| at any station house.
| The crowd has a distinctly holiday air on the
] street The weather was mild enough to permit
/ a large display of feminine hnery. and this.
/ with The mixture of uniforms. gave the streets
/ in the fashionable region of the Northwest much
| the appearance Cf an Easter Sunday parade
| Seldom has an inaugural gathering brought out
| such an assortment of uniforms as were met
| on every streetcar and at every street corner
! The dark blue of the service uniforms was re-
4, SO l.a
| tilery and the yellow of the cavalry. The Porto
/ Rican contingent. in sOmbrerOs and toreador
Jackets mixed with the jackies of the naval con-
| tlngent and the lighter blue of the National
| Guard was everywhere in the large majority
| There were not lacking strange combinations of
| uniform that distinguished several of the crack
/ volunteer cavalry troops. while the variety
among the members of the various civic march,
ing clubs was almost endless
SCENES IN THE CAPITOL.
The soldiers and visitors swarmed about the
| CapitoI building where the legislators were
struggling with the remnants of the work OF
Congress. Throughout the day and we'll into
the night they paced the Capitol corridors. To-
morrow all the doors will be closed except to
those holding tickets of admission. But to-day
everything was open to the public. II is not
| often that the Sabbath calm of the building is
disturbed by such a popular INVASION Early
in the day several hundred blue coated soldiers
/ from one of the nearby states took possession
of the House end of the Capitol The House
was in recess until p. m, but the emblem OF
| legislative authority. the mace, stood in posi-
ti0n as a warning that the dignity of the House
must not be invaded But the soldier boys
vv. re oblfviouS such Congress hctiOnS. Be
fore the weary dOorkeepers were aware of IL,
the chamber was in possession of several hun
( oJred bluecOatS Some of them aScended 10
/ the Speakers rOstrum and hammered for order.
/ Others occupied the seats of members, and
for the time being the floor of the House of
+ Representative for the first time in its history
presented a completely martial aspect. The
got them 10 the discontinue of members. The
officers of the House finally came on the scene
and expelled the intruders-
( when the. two Houses met in the afternoon
I there was an added attraction to the thrOnE.
Many of the visitors were women. the bright
| spring day bringing them out in all their radi-
ancc of color and costume. With them mingled
tack tars from the big monitor Puritan and the
many other warships anchored in the Potomac,
/ and troops of soldiers representing the State
organizations Of all parts OF the country.
The final estimate of tho size of the inaugural
parade given out at military headquarters
tonight Military. volunteer and regular.
24O veteran organizations. loo: civic So
Cieties 500 out of this number total of
about Il 500 arrivals had been officially re-
ported to the Reception Committee early in the
evening
General Francis V. Greene. the grand marshal
estimates that the parade win take four and q
half hours pass the reviewing stand. if no
Unforeseen contingencies arise. Assuming that
the inaugural parade actually gets under way
It's return from the capitol by > o. m this
will make it $50 by the time the last section
passes the White House.
The day at the White House was uneventfuI
The building closed to the public and but
for the visit of Nice-President-elect Roosevelt