The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-03
COWBOYS STORM WASHINGTON
LIKEHISE ROuGH RIDERS, FILL
PINOS AND PRETTY GIRLS.
overnorS. Generals stan Onicers and
Ordinary Mortals Help 10 swell the
Inauguration Crowd-The snow Dis
appears and Fair weather Promises.

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Inauguration Crowd-The snow Dis
appears and Fair Weather Promises.
WASHINGTON. March There is not a
cloud tonight in the starry sky that covers
this city OF joyous crowds. The bright
sun that shone from morning until evening
melted the snow of yesterday and tenn
pered the cool winds that. coming out of the
north put color into the cheeks of thou
sands Of pretty girls who are pouring into
the capital from the Fast and the West
and the South. Pennsylvania avenue is
filed with holiday thronEs. The hotel
Hobbies are ianmed fun. Eve rybody is
congratulating everybody else on the fine
weather and hoping it will last another
forty-eght hours
A host OF Governors has already arrived.
| Stan officers in gold braided uniforms are
I as thick as watermelons in sandy soil,
/ Generals by the score rub elbows on the
streets with enlisted men by the hundreds.
| Khaki clothed Filipinos. blue shifted cow
! boys. blanketed Indians and many other
| interesting and odd looking people add
variety TO the promenadinR multitude
Seth Bullocks cowboy company fifty
one strong, arrived in Washington this
afternoon, very thirsty and tired after
thirty hour ride. The railway station was
thronged by curious people The rangers
were attired in the conventional cowboy
costume. Those in the crowd who eX-
pected them TO carry ix-shooters we're not
disappointed. Each Of Seth's boys wore Il
leather holster, in which was a formidable
looking, long 5arreled gun.
When the contingent got to the nearby
hotel at which they were corralled, all
hands washed up and then scattered in
twos and threes 10 see the town. Every one
of these little groups Of pansmen was
followed by n crowd OF admiring small
boys. Three of them found the stable
where their mounts are being cared for,
and getting astride of their horses, started
out for a frolic on Pennsylvania avenue.
For the edifcation of the crowd they
did little rope throwing. each man tossing
his moose over the head Of one OF bis com
panions. This became tiresome after a
while, and few exhibition throws were
given, 10 the delight of the crowd and
the alarm OF the diminutive negroes who
were invariably the targets. Tonight most
Of the cowboy company called on Capt.
Seth at the Shoreham Hotel They liked
the looks Of the place and some Of them
spent the evening there.
Arrangements have been made 90 give
the cowboys a good time while they are
in Washington They will be the guests
Of Senator Kittredge OF South Dakota at
a o O'Clock breakfast on Sunday and in the
afternoon will be taken around the city
in automobiles. No set programme has
been arranged in the meantime. but every
thing is free whenever the cowboys appear.
Tho former members Of RoosO yelt's |
Rough Riders who will serve "a part OF !
Mr. ROOSEVELT escort in the inaugural /
parade reached here to-day They came
from Arizona. New Mexico and Oklahoma. /
from New York and other place in tho /
Middle Atlantic States. and some Of them /
from the South The men were picked |
by Lieut. Col Alexander Brodie formerly |
Governor Of Arizona. but now Of the Regular (
army
One OF thcmis Sherman Rel. the Adiuiant-
General Of Colorado. noted for his p'ucky /
fight last year against tho dynamitcrs and /
thugs who started reign Of anarchy |
in the mining regions Of that State /
Capt. Woodbury. Kane, Lieut.. d VI Good 4
rich, Robert II. NJ. Furgerson and Charles I
H. Knobloch Of New York We're among /
those selected by Brodie.
The Rough Riders are stopping at the .
Willard and they had a sort Of Informal .
reunion there to-day, They decided to 4
90 out 10 Fort Myer. three niles over in I
Virginia TO see the mounts that have been .
selected for them There was much dis
appointment and some grumblng when
they learned that it bad been impossible .
TO get trained cavalry horses and that they (
would be obliged to be content with heavy (
artillery nags
Some Of them were so cut up that they
went 10 the White House with the intention
Of registering a kick there with "the Col
onel ~ they all call Mr. Roosevelt but
changed their minds after reaching tho
executive offices. The Rough Riders com
posing the escort intend TO appear in the
inaugural parade in blue shirts without
coats II the day is warm enough to permit
this Otherwise they viii wear the regila-
ton khaki jacket Of the Spanish war period
Three companies Of Filipino scouts who
had done duty at the st Louis worlds
fair reached Washington this morning
The Porto Rican regiment is coming up
the Potomac on the transport which brought
them from San Juan and they are expected
to be in town tomorrow.
uniformed glee club from Columbus.
Ohio ia here and the President has re-
voked his rule not to receive any delega-
tons until after Inauguration in order
that the club may show him how well it can
sing The clubs serenade 10 the President
will take place at the White House to-mor-
row afternoon.
The Weather Bureau was willing 20 make
the cautious admission tonight that it
believed Inauguration day would be every
thing desired from a weather standpoint
If me fine weather conditions which pre-
vailed to-day were continued tomorrow.
cor CHARGED WITH THEFT.
Builder Says Policeman stole Doors and
Windows and Has Him Arrested.
Monroe Rosenfelt. a policeman in the