The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-28
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51'OsB E s IN \ PA ARAD'E, \. i,
.Colored Nv omen Said 70 be Ha;vv--;
ling Gowns Made for Swell
Il Event :E:;v,e 81, il, Saturday Night
Washing on LIKELY T. be
ss Overcrowde Some s56
Enormous Prices. "
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(Trom Our Regular correspondents i&
.55 WAS lNciTc . N !, Feb. q Tho chairman
az one or the committee which, have In
u charge Ill ?arrullgements for he itinugu Y.
ration of President II Roosevelt Saturday
I stated To-day Tint more than one hun
dred tickets had been sold negroes ~ 10
propose To Attend the illaugu gural y ball ~
the Pension building on saturday p lght..
4 TlcE head of Il well known dry goods
II establishment lnSths city says that some
of&his saleswomcn5 have told him that
negro women who have purchased dress
goods}rccently,8 have said they were hay ",
ing gowns made y for tho inaugural ball
II This lis cpnfirmatory o { The i'liinori cur
H rent carly lust Wee IL. 6;prre esllorident ol
B Northern Pm pers are tai k!ns up tue ssna X
" ter and several prominent papers ot ;ES' New
$sY orlt s'a and elsewhere inEA tho North ana
SSlYest5wi,l priir stories to this effect TO-
morrow. ffSf5g Y Si5SS e
ssS$$ The. Ninth E ECavalry,SSa colorcd rest-.
nlent. viii bel one or the most prominent y.
OF the rcgulnr8 organizations In the IN :
augnral parade. its s'55 81
55 lidsor gSy il Lyons, colored register Of
THE treasury slid to-day that he OK Cd
upon tiIls as being the first inauguration
in which tile negro citizens Of the United
states would have a part rt3commcnsurate
with, thc Importance Or the colored man
I OF tho country In the citizcnslSi
.54 Everything Crowded.
\ Is Impossible q secure "a room, ", q u q q
single one of "a half ozcn lead ms hotels
Sin Washingto ton. " This Hilton has ex Z
i 8ixted for several nights. and II is said
stliatathe s,In,e to ffairs exists Ea 7
many Vi chcaper lost and 50 some q
ESthe apartf,ent houses, ,5 not classcd ts q
rhs gura ton III Gro Wds s5sha "
#s,st yet II ide1 n 3 boarding -h6
INQUIRY 5clIcts tile fact that nparlyas Az
the sleeping space in several = ,i,'d cd o.
these have been e g =. So, . 81
There are I Indications tllat, this VII lie
@tI.e4 most largely at tended 81 of4nny inau-
guration In }the history 3of 4 the country.
rhe prices which@will be charged { are az
3 enormous Single windows fronting on
y I,ennsy1vanin Avenue nrc being rented lat
prices running from ST6 to $3.50, to be
occupied only during The hours Of the
35purade. @ One room With three windows
rented for $500. % The front window of the
New Willard costs $50, and no more are .Il
TO be had. 81! II q, E}
Enormous Prices.
6i5 The prices Of mounts for the parade
have gone out OF sight. At first, It was
possible to secured horse 10 be ridden
$fromSthc Capitol to the White House for
\ SO. Those liverynlen who took tina price
arcsnow being laughed at by their com
petitors, who are asking and getting in
4 some instances, as much as three times
that sum. II Isl said that as a conse-'
Quence OF the sky charges for, horses, and
their scarcity4nt even the prices offered.
81 there will not be- so many mounted men
Eing the procession as was at first expect
II cd. # ss 8
SIX public stands, all OF them covered,
4 have been erected on the avenue, and y t
3 Is said that about nll the seats, certain
ftly 5000 lin number. have y been taken
The prices run from So to 3d. 81 and $. IN
X AZ The indications nre that Washing on Is
4 going to be badly aovercrowded. Vhlle,
.sns stated. demands have notl$tyet been
made upon the private houses many land
$ ladies have engaged all their rooms 70
expectant visitors. house prices
& have been advanced but little In 8compari
4 son with the advance in hotel chnrscs
Standing room AT the curb along Penn
sylvanin Avenue from the Capitol to athe Ir
White House, will be fought for on Sat
urday t.l3 ,i u )
s35 u This and Another,
The rgluguratlon 81 OF f'Tea'ueht sttouscT
welt is going to be the most brilliant
and the most largely attended OF fgany IN
& tho history Of the country. Even the
most remote Or tho territories, and the
Philippines, and Porto Rico, VIII ( have
Il Representatives. In the great parade.
y s"The shouting and the tumult,' the
waving flags the roll Of drums. the
marching mllltary@and citizenry---all tho
y fpomp and circumstances which are y be-
Ing arranged to mark tho inauguration
4 of President Roosevelt tho ffect
OF calling totmipd that other finaugtra
Il ton of very nearly the greatest states
man who ever occupied the White House,
4 the simple Virginia gentleman, who rode
lip from his Albenlurle home the day
I before he was 10 take the oath Of office,
spent the night at one Of the few t9v-
N erns in washington at that tlmo, ana
A the next morning, trndged along the
Y street to the Executive Mansion, at the
head ofn company Of military, took the
4 oat made q speech, the wisdom Of which
\ still ,inpresses every cltizen Of the re-
Il public, and then went into the dining'
room witha few friendS and aato ~ good,
old -fashloRed mjddle-of- f-thc-dRy dinner,
THAT was Thomas fferson's way, n IL IA