Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-03-13

ard students in caps and gowns, who
stopped in front of the stand and
gave President Roosevelt the Roose-
velt-Harvard yell. The parade was
finished at 6:13 and the president and
party returned Immediately to the
Whltehouse
Cowboys Take the Cake.
The most attractive feature Of the
parade we're the cowboys. They were
a sight to see, for while they all wore
a wild western rig, no two of them
were clad precisely alike. Some wore
blue shirts, some spotted red, some
wore huge sheepskin capes, while 9th
ers had leather breeches and still 9TH
ers wore leggings. Lassos hung on
the pOmmels of their saddles and the
pearl and the ebony handles of six
shooters stuck out aggressively from ca
paclous holsters suspended from their
belts. 1t was against the order OF the
parade for any organization to change
the formation in the slightest degree,
put no human law ever restrained the
genuine cowboy and while this partic-
ular crowd did it's best, the fellows
could not help but make things lively.
Just to show what they could do, now
and then, by a roped small, terri
he'd African in the circling folds Of a
lar1at and their horses danced to 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 anil
the Porto Rico battalion excited in
tense interest and they will never for
get their welcome.
The brigade Of cadet battalions from
many states attracted universal atten-
ton and received unbounded applause
Those from the south recalled that sad
but most brilliant fighting at New
Market, when the cadets of the Vir-
glnla military institute were called into
the field under Stonewall Jackson.
With the Georgia cadets now marched
a grandson of Stonewall 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 bri-
grades in three divisions, made up OIL
over SO organizations, was in every re-
spect better organized than ever be-
fore and so, like the whole column.
more interesting. There were govern
ors and their gorgeous STATS, many
noted political clubs from east and
west, college and university men, high
school cadets from north and south.
many other civilian organizations. I'll
was column in mosaic, fairly repre-
senting every prominent element OF
American civic life.
The whole column, military and
civic, marched with steadiness and &C.
lerity hitherto unattained, and like ey.
cry section of this unrivalled inaugural
ton, its praises are on every tongue.
Great Events of Night.
Turning from the pageant of the day,
the doubled population of the city dis
posed itself for the three imposing
spectacles of the night, the promenade
at the pension office, misnamed ball;
fireworks on the white house lot: and
the dazzling street decorations. The
attendance at the ball was limited to
the 10000 or $4,000 which the building
would hold. The street decorations
were viewed by solid marching col.
umn filling the wide pavements of the
avenue and street itself and reaching
for two miles and half. No such bril-
liant scene of decoration and illumina.
ton was ever witnessed before in this
country or any other, for here electric
effects had their origin and have their !!
greatest development. The dome oil
the capitol stood white against the
darkness, Illuminated by searchlightsI
from the top of the Washington monu-
ment, and the monument itself, by the
same method, was made visible forI
many miles. The fireworks exceeded all
previous displays. There were no or.
binary pieces. Rockets, with their
dangerous sticks, were discarded. The
set pieces were of large dimensions
such wheel mole than one hundred
feet in diameter, presidential piece
200 feet in length; and a national flag