World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1905-03-09

"A lflteI y usllcc AHmi nlalprel INC Dath
| OF Office, und President Roosevelt
for the first time became president
BY the direct choice Of the people
OF the United States.
4 Ills address wns very shori, no,
occupying moro than ten minutes
and you have doubtless ere this re-
ccivcd copies Of il.
As soon as the President was
sworn telegram was sent t. the
I Navy Yard aud the Monitor rni
tan with It's ionineh guns, sen,
iortf lis laundering salute. The
Presidents salute is Il guns fred
Ia, two minutes intervals, and HE
guns Al Fort Myer, across HE doo
tomac, and 1T Fort Foo,e, 7 miles
down the River took up the roar
ing refrain and answered each with
liwcnty-onc guns,
r. From the Inaugural stand the
Pr sident rcturne to the Presid-
ent \ room il the rear Of The SEN
ate Chambe and held II brief re-
ccption, receiving tho congratu'a-
ti)hs Of those who had access 10
The rom, lie then drove rapidly
70 the White House. Surrounded
hp his Rough RIDER Guard and
Troop A, ofthe New York mi!itiu,
he reached the White House anu,
altef a hurried luncheon, took bia
place on iho retrieving stand, fac.
lng l4aiay elite Square, and tor ihrt
hours tho great profession .civic
aud military. marched rapidly by,
tho officers salu,ing aud being sal.
5d4cd IN turn BY the President.
Pennsylvania Avenue has been
nv scene cf many mtlitarv pag,
eauts since 3herman's war worn
troops marched down it at The dose
~ the c'isiI War, but ~ pageant
iti is claimed, except Shermants has
s';l.ff s,~spassai he paees& to-dsy,
, Along Pennsylvania Avenae from
the White House to tho capitol, an
exact mile in Iengl. reviewing
stands had bccn erected, These
were rpofca iD expectation Of raiu
or snuw ard tons Of thousands Of
pcorle Fccnd seats upon them and
were able &c see tho great pageant
WITH "A degree of comfort. The
larger number however, stood on
tho wide Sidewalks on both sides
Of tho Avenue. Thousands ui
Others ioaNcd from The windows Of ,
the houses that lino the thorough
fi,re. Rooms looking on the :
Avenue were all rented at prices OF /
70 N ten to Il hundred dollars &C
cording 20 their size, windows ard +
vantage, Elaborate and ,asltin
decorations OF flags and slatuary
ffnm the 81, Louis Exposition
adornel that ar Of Pennsylvania
Avenue between the White House
and Lafayette Square and inde,d
The stands N then architecture aud \
decoration as we'll as the parade in
everything that tended to make II
impressive pageant have never
been equalled on any former IN
augnraI event
The hail in honor OF the ocra.
sion wa, hgld in ihe Pension Office
an 'mmcu 9 rectangular building
wilhan enclosed c.urt and with I
wide balconies, tier above tier run
ming round tho great qaadriIotera1
oi tho enclosure. No better pace
and no bcttar design coald bo i'm
agined Tor Y great gaia occasion
| baS advantages over the Coliseums Of
the ancient Ro nen period IN I, al II Is
roofc,l in perfectly lighted BY clpciricil
comfortably warmed and Adequately I
Tho utk.ts OF admission
were Five D,llais each with dulla. |
extra foi support The carriages Of 70
guests stretched lur more tbru Il mile il |
ipuf directions iftNl the Pension Office |
atllr great liasl Was decorated with Il is 4
and al immense collection IL lDwers aud |
vines through wb' 'ch thousands Of tiny I
Electric lights glnwed G'nwrs that Ii, !
presented small lGriuncs ant! were Tie I
~ French aud American fash 1
ion wcrel lonl aud crushed il, The miug,- v
ing ~ the great ilioua. l'rmnmly u,
t'n O'clock The pl,;i teat Gec, mnNln,ili
b, Mrs, Roosevelt md f3,owcl hy lhe \
Nicu resi'ent aud Mrs Fairbanks nmdef
u circuit OF the bathroom Il NAr anu 'hcnf
relied 10 TIE balcony wherf sais lsa.ll
b .cn reserved si1 them aad tor u sheitl
TIME watched lbc crowd and lst,nrainl
sthe music OF the Marine laud Mis-
Roosevelt wore gown uI smoke blvc I
s fk t.mbroid red skirt aud bolice with a
d,aignp picked ont IN silverfn gold and
!rrtiscrn, tlrcuts, MrS.Fnirbanks was
Ieowned in white sath, cMb,iatcly cin7l
b oilered b. baud midnight the
music cea.c,l aNd lbs nislsfor carriages
and hnme N, -at-- ser Il Is Sundav.