Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-03-04
EVERYTHING READY
FOR INAUGURATION
National Capital Puts On It's
Holiday Attire.
THE PRooAMME IS ANNOUNCED
Parade Starts at 2:3o p. M, and VIII
End at 5:45-3o,ooo Men Will Be In
Line of Processlon-Pretty Weather

End at 5:45-3o,ooo Men Will Be In
Line of Processlon-Pretty Weather
Expected.
Washington, March 3.-Washington
Is in readiness for the Inauguration oi
President Roosevelt.
Thousands of people from almost
every state in the union are pouring
into Washington and the streets and
hotels are crowded with the strang
| ers.
All the maze of plans worked out
IN detail by the small army of com
mittees among whom the laborers were
| divided are complete, the city is in
holiday attire and all that is now need
ed is the prOpitious weather that has
proved so often the uncertain factor
IN the inauguration scheme. The time
card for the inaugural events as close
ly as can be scheduled, follows:
10 a. m.-President leaves White
House for the capitol with his per
sonaI escort
1880 a. m. to 12-President remains
in his room adjoining the senate
chamber and passes on measures as
passed as the last hour and awaiting
his action.
II noon-President takes seat in
senate chamber in front of the vice
presidents desk.
1910 p. m.-President Pro Tempore
Of the senate administers the oath to
Mr.. Fairbanks as vice president.
1890 p. m.-New senators sworn in,
D. m.-President Roosevelt takes
the oath on the stand at the east
front Of the capitol.
1:15 p. m.-President reads his in.
augural address.
l;20 to 1:30 p. m.-President Roose-
vent concluded his inaugural address
and starts for White House, and pa
rade, in which approximately 10000
men, according to the COMMITTEES
estimate, will be in line, begins to
march
Parade halts at head of Pennsylva-
MIA avenue to allow president to take
luncheon and reach reviewing stand.
p. m.-President at luncheon.
2:45 p. m.-President enters review.
ing stand and begins review of the
parade.
$3.50 p. m.-Parade ends.
7:30 p. m.-Inaugural ball commit.
tees assemble.
Fireworks begin.
s p. m.-Pension building opened. for
inaugural ball
S;45 p. m.-Fireworks conclude.
8 p. m.-Grand march at the ball.
II, midnight-BalI ends.
Monday, grand inaugural concert.
Everywhere decorations abound.
Pennsylvania avenue, the broadest
thoroughfare in the city, along which
the thousands of troops and civic or.
ganizations will march is a solid mass
Of color, hung from roofs, windows and
doorways, while red, white and blue
cover the reviewing stands which lin
both sides of the avenue.
Thousands of flags are flung to the
breeze and the business establish,
ments have joined with will in the
establishment of their buildings for
the occasion. The great feature OF
the grand pageant is at the plaza form
ed by Pennsylvania avenue between
the White House grounds, the treas
ury building and the state, war and
navy buildings on the south side, and
Lafayette park and the two blocks OF
buildings f1anking it on the north side
There the whole space Is virtually en-.
closed by handsomely equipped re.
viewing stands and the plaza is trans.
formed into court of history" This
court stretches along for four blocks
fanked on either side by artistic high
corinthian columns and great BAN.
boo poles with arrow peaks that point
far above the roofs of the stands
These columns and poles were
brought from the streets of the worlds
fair at st. Louis. In the center OF
the south side of the plaza directly
north of the White House is the presi
dents reviewing stand, with accommo
dations for 1900 people, invited to
witness the spectacle with the presi
dent. D:@ect1y opposite it Is another
stand on which the grand marshal and
members CT the Republican national
committee VII review the parade, and
on whose 81. sen of tiers of seats
$500 people may watch the paraders
pass. In all concentrated on these
stands overlooking this arena per-
haps $4,000 people will be gathered.
Throughout the line of march re.
viewing stands have been built on well
nigh every block on both sides, and
every window in every building along
the route will be packed with specta-
tors.
The police arrangements are per-
fected The roping off of the avenue
has already been arranged for and at
$50 o'clock Saturday morning, a con-
tinuous line of rope and wire will have
been stretched from end to end of the
line and an army of policemen will
be patrolling within the lines to keep
the crowds back of sidewalks.
Sugar Refinery in Combines Hands.
San Francisco, March Sit is au-
thoritatively announced that the Crack.
er Sugar Refinery company, passed
into the hands of the Hawaiian Sugar
factory's association, combination
of all the leading sugar planters on
| the Hawaiian islands and Which prac.
tically controls all of the cane pro,
duction there. The plant which has
been idle for years shortly will b
| opened It is on a large scale, and
/ can handle the cane production con.
l tro1led by the association. The pres
| ent transfer involves about three mil