Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-04
ALL PREPARATIONS COMPLETE {
FOR INDUcTiNG NEW PREsI-f
DENT INTO OFFICE; HUNDRED,
THOUSAND VISITORS THERE.
GOV. CARROLL AND
STAFF To PARADEt
EXECUTIVES OF THIRrEErt
OTHER STATES TO MARCH mi
LINE WITH $4,000 OTHERS; -.
TAFT SPENDS DAY QUIETLY.

Washington, D. c., March g.
Cool and fair weather is promised
Tor tomorrow by the weather
bureau. The president today ex-
changed farewells with about
1000 persons between 10 O'Clock
and .. m. He signed the Dis
trict of Columbia fortiflcations.
army, and naval appropriations
bills.
washington, March 3.--This. the
last day of President-elect Taft's pri.
Vate citizenship, he devoted to those
VINO might wish to call on him at thu
Boardman residence Callers began
arriving early. With every prospectE
of good weather, with all preparations
complete and with each incoming train
and boat adding the numberlessl
hosts gathered here from far and near.
the nations capital awaits the com.
Ing of the morrow when Taft will ne
inaugurated president. So great il
the congestion in the streets and ho-I
tells that the ordinary routine OF Wasi,-l
lngtons life has been temporarily sus-l
pended.
Parade Big Feature,
The time honored inaugural parada
Is claiming more interest than the
Inauguration ceremonies. The latest
estimate Of the number of men who
will march is placed at $4,000, not the
least of which will be the governors
OF fourteen states, each accompanie.ii
by his staff.
Among the state executives already
here are Governors Carroll of Iowa.
Hadley of Missouri and Deneen OF iii.
nois.
Three thousand blue jackets ara
here to take part in the parade and
marching clubs are arriving from sy-
cry direction and will form very con-
spicuous feature
Crowds for Inauguration.
i With inauguration day near at hand
the population Of this city Is from a5,-
600 to 100000 greater than usual ana
by tonight this surplus probably will
nave been doubled. OF the $1,000
members of civic and military organ
1zations who will participate in the In
augural parade, about one-third al-!
ready have arrived within the shad-
Tow Of the capital DOME By tonight
fully nine-tenths of them will be here
The West Point cadets will reach the
city this afternoon and will be quar-
tered on the special Pullmans in which,
they come, while the Annapolis "nid-
dies will arrive tomorrow morning.
as will also the boys from St Johns,
Military academy at Annapolis.
While predicting fair weather and
moderate temperature generally over
the east portion Of the United States
for tomorrow, the weather bureau 10
day refuses to make any special fore-i
cast for inauguration day in the DSs-I
trict of Columbia. There is every in
dication;> however, that the weathers
will remain mild.
Had the sun shone down last night
on Pennsylvania avenue its own
brightness would have been dimmedl
by the brilliant illumination along the
avenue Long golden ropes Of gor.l
| geously glittering electric lights, way-
| ing American flags done in red, white
and blue lights, shields bearing in thal
midst Of light the beaming face of the
president-elect and other similar de.
vices, made the fronts Of many build.
ings pictures of fairyland beauty. On
one tall building the upper floors weraI
mass Of red lights, middle floors Of
white and ground floor Of blue. A.
light breeze slightly f1uttered the flags
which fioated from thousands of win
| dows.
Military uniforms were scattered,
among the thousands who marched hlI
| pre-inaugural parade up and down
1 Pennsylvania avenue, crowding tho
broad sidewalks and overflowing into
the streets.
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