Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-04
KEYSTONE CONTINGENT
PENNSYLVANIA'S GOVERNOR
AND STAFF WITH DELEGATION,

Pennsylvania owned the Raleigh Hotel
last night. If there was a nook or corner
of that hosiery that did not remind one of
Harrisburg, it was filed with the smoke
of Pfttsburg, or took on the somnolent air
of Philadelphia. Delegations from Erie from
York, from Reading and Scranton and
other towns and villages were to be found
in the various rooms and parlors. Every
where there was an odor of Pennsylvania.
Governor Pennypacker and his staff oc-
cupied the better part of the hotel.
The staff of the governor of Pennsylvania
is said to be almost as extensive as the
organized militia of the state, and its mem
bership, when lined up in full dress uni
form in the lobby of the hotel last night.
completely dominated the picture. Gold lace
and medals were so profuse that a party
of West Point cadets which wandered into
the hotel early in the evening took fright
and fed, thinking they had run into the
general staff of the army.
Three out of every five names on the
pages of the hotel register devoted to yes
terdays arrivals had Pennsylvania written
after them. And all of those who had on
gagged quarters at the hosiery had not ar
rived up to a very late hour in the night
plain citizen of California. who only trav-
eled a trifie over 5000 miles to see Presi-
dent Roosevelt inaugurated, and who had
neglected to engage his quarters before
hand, was politely informed that a cot
would be placed at his disposal in a hall off
the entrance TO the roof; if this did not
answer, the Californian was told he would
have to shift for himself.
They Arrived Late.
Governor Pennypacker and his staff ar
rived late yesterday evening Quarters had
already been engaged for them When they
first arrived they were in sober civilian at
tire or the plain blue dress uniform But
they went to the rooms assigned them i'm
medately on arrival and soon bIossomed
forth in the augillettes and shoulder knots
of the full dress outfit. Every man of
them, with the exception of .Adjutant Cen
eral Stewart, was In the lobby or the din
ing rooms by o'clock. General Stewart
soon put in an appearance and he, too,
was in full dress.
ernor is augmented this year by the di
vision commander of the Pennsylvania
National Guard, Maj. Gen. Charles Miller and
his staff, and Brig. Gen. Chambers Nc
kibb1n, L. S. A, retired, detailed with the
Pennsylvania National Guard from the
regular army; Brig. Gen. John A Wiley
and Brig. Gen. John w. SchaI, the two
latter brigade commanders of the Pennsyl-
vania National Guard. Brig. Gen. j. p S.
Goblin, commander of the third brigade n
G. P, who commanded the keystone state
detachment in the parade today, was con-
spicuous~ by his absence from the hotel
last night General Goblin is stopping with
friends of the Pennsylvania Club and spent
the evening quietly resting, in preparation
for the exertions of today.
The gubernatorial party from Pennsyl-
vania includes Coils. Ezra II. Ripple F. G.
Sweeney, A. j. Logan, Joseph X Weaver.
F. x. Patterson, Edward MorreH Sheldon
Potter, w. j. Elliott, w F. Richardson,
j. p. Penny, Lieut.. Coils. Fl. K. Waldeman
H. c. Trexler, j. NJ Reid. c. c. Pratt. ID. b.
Shepp. Paul S. Reeves. w. T. Bradley. e
r. Chambers, H, T. Lindsay and James
Archibald, jr.
Function in Honor of Governor
The reason for the turnout of the mem
bers of the staff and the various generals
developed when at 10 o'clock or Whereabouts
ance in the throng. The crowd immedi-
ately corralled a goodly number of carriages
and drove to the residence of Mrs Auden-
reid, where a reception was held in honor
of the governor and his military encourage.
Mrs. Audenreid is a cousin of Governor
Pennypacker and took this occasion of
doing honor to her native state and its
military representatives. With the depar-
ture of the governor and his staff the
bright light that had illumined the lobby
of the hotel died away, and the porters
and clerks were free to hustle incoming
Pennsylvanians, not members of the mill
tary to their rooms.
Governors Meet Governors.
One of the most congested points in this
city last evening was where 18th street |
Pennsylvania avenue, New York avenue
and G street meet. Nearly all the Wis tors
wanted to the White HOUSE and in
order to reach it the ms jority had to pass
the intersection of 18th and q streets. The
lobby of the Riggs House, at the south
east corner of 18th and streets, was |
an animated scene of congested color |
Among the guests at the Riggs Housa ara i