Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-02-17
FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
PREPARATIONS FOR INAUG-
URATION GOING ON.
The Statue of Miss Frances E.
Willard Unveiled In Stat
cary Hall Of
CAPITOL.
Special Dispatch to Evening Capital

special OfSpatCn TO Evening (oDit1l
Washington. d. O., Feb. l7.-The
preparations for the Inauguration of
President Roosevelt are rapidly near
ing completion. The city will be IL
Illuminated for three nights on scale
never attempted before. A special
feature will be made of that part of
Pennsylvania avenue extending from
Fifteenth street to Seventeenth street
on the north front of the White House
grounds.
This section of the city has been de-
signated the Court of Honor, and
many pillars of classic shape will be
erected at frequent intervals. From
these pillars novel effects in electric
illumination will be displayed. The
oath of Office will be administered TO
President Roosevelt by Chief Justice
Fuller in front of the main entrance
to the Capitol, where a stand for this
purpose will be constructed. The
President then will deliver his inau-
gural address. He will take his lunch
con at the Capitol before heading the
brilliant inaugural parade up Pennsyl-
vania avenue to the Executive Man
sion.
The body of the parade will be
divided into two grand divisions, mil
itary and civic, and will be q notable
pageant in many respects. A body Of
Rough Riders will form the Presi-
dents personal escort, and another at
tractive feature of the parade will be
a large number of Indian chiefs in
native costume. In addition there
will be regular troops, militia com.
pauies from many states and detach-
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Washington, D. O., Feb. 17.-The
snow white marble statue of Miss
Frances e. Willard, conspicuous as
the only statue of a woman among q
score or more of images of noted men,
was unveiled in Statuary Hall of the
Capitol this afternoon with exercises
of a highly interesting and impressive
character. The statue is gift from
the State Of Illinois. but its formal
acceptance today was made the occas-
ion for a loving tribute from the wo-
men of the entire country to the MEM
ory of the great temperance leader.
The exercises were conducted under
the auspices of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union of the District of
Columbia The national officers of
the organization, a number of the state
presidents and many leading workers
from various parts of the country were
in attendance. The exercises were
attended also by the members kof Con-
gress in body and addresses eulo-
gizing the life, character and work of
Miss Willard were delivered by several
of the representatives from Illinois.
At the conclusion of the exercises 1000
school children fled through Statuary
Hall and each placed a white carna-
tion at the base of the statue.
The statue, which is of Carrara
marble, is the work of Miss Helen
Farnsworth Mears, of Wisconsin. 1t
represents the famous temperance
leader standing in modern dress by q
reading desk as though about to adj
dress an audience. In her left hand
are a few leaves of manuscript and
her right arm rests easily on the desk.
At her feet on the pedestal are carved
these words from one of her address
sers "Ah it is women who have
given the costIiest hostages TO fortune.
Out into the battle of life they have
sent their best bloved, with fearful
odds against them. Oh, by the dan
gers they have dared; by the hours OF
patient watching over beds where
helpless children lay; by the incense
of ten thousand prayers waited from
their gentle lips to heaven, l charge
you to give them power to protect
along life's treacherous highways
those whom they have so loved. =