Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-03-09


ard students in caps and gowas, VIII,
stopped in front Of the stand anu
gave President Roosevelt the Roose
velt-Haryard ven. The parade was
finished At 6;lS and the president an.
party returned Immediately to Ii,
whitehNrSe.
Cowboys Take the Cake.
The most attractive feature OF the
parade were the cowboys, They were
sight 10 see, for while they all wore
wild western rig, no two Of them
werH clad precisely alike, Some wore
blue shirts, some spotted red, some
wore huge sheepskin capeS. while 9th,
ers had leather brooches and stiu 9th.
ers wore legsiugs. Lassos hung on
the pommelS of their saddles and the
pearl and the ebony handles of six.
shooters stuck cut aggresSivcly tromCa,
paetoNS holsters suspended from then
belts. II was aSauSt the ORDER OF the,
parade for amy organization to chance
the formation in the slightest degree,
but No human law ever restrained The,
genuine cowboy and while this partic,
ular crowd did its best, the fellows
gould not help but make things lively,
Just to show what they could do, now
and then, by a ropcd a small. terri
fed African in the cireliug folds of \
iariat and their horses danced 10 and
fro across the avenue while their riders
whooped and yelled and Saluted the
pretty girls at every window
Islanders Excite Interest.
The scouts from the Philippines ami
the Porto Rico battalion excited in,
tenSa interest and they viii never for,
set their welcome.
The brigade of cadet hattalions from
many states attracted universal atteu.
tion and eceived uuboun6rd applause
Those from the south recalled that sad
but most brilliant fighting at New
Market when the cadets of the Wiz.
sinia military institute were called into
tue field under Stonewar Jackson.
With the Georgia cadets now marched
a grandson of StCncwall jackson. As
whole It was a column that got fair
rank with the perfection of West Point
and Annapolis.
Inc civil grand division of eight hri.
grades IN thee divisions. made up Of
over 80 organizations, was IN every re
Speet better organized than ever be.
lore and SO, like the whole column
more lnteresting There were govern.
ors and their gorgeous staffs, many
noted political clubs from east and
west college ami university men, high
school cadets from north and south,
many other civilian organizations. II
was column in mosaic. fairly repre-
Senltrg every prominent element OF
American civic life.
The whole column. military AMI
civic marched with steadncss and &c.
lefit> hitherto unattained, and like ev,
cry section Of this mrivallcd Inaugural.
u|n, lis praises ar, on every tongue.
Great Events Of Niuht.
Turning from the pageant of the day,
me doubled population of the city dis.
posed itself for the three imposing
Spectacles of the night the promenade
ut the pension office, misnamed n hail.
fireworks on the white house lot and
the dazzling street decorations. The
attendance N the ball was limited Ia
the 1900 or $1,000 which the buildinr
would hold, The street decorations
were viewed by a solid marching col
umn filling the wide pavements OF the
avenue and street itself and reaching
Tor two miles and half No such bril-.
liant scene of decoration and illuminn
non was ever witnessed before in this
country or any other, for here electric
cHects had their origin and have their
greatest Development The dome OF
jhe capitol stood white against the
darkness, illuminated by searchllght,
from the top of The Washington monu.
meht, and the monument itself by the
same method was made visible for
many miles. The fireworks exceeded all
previous displays. There were no or.
binary pieces Rockets. with their
dangerous sticks, were discarded. The
SCI pieces were of large dimensions
such a wheel mole than one hundred
Ieet In diameter a presidential piece
zoo feet in length, and a national fac