Evening star., 1909-03-03

Club / have been watching for him. /
am one of his oldest friends, and couldn' t
| miss him..
And all the time Mr.. Sherman was
| standing there smiling. There are a lot
of those near-friends of celebrities about
| just now.
Buckeyes Make Sensation.
There was a small riot at the station
when the Buckeye Republican Club from
Columbus, Ohio. arrived The riot was
not serious at all. but was composed
! mainly of great enthusiasm for the fine
band that played triumphant entry
march as the men marched through the
station. and loud and bosterous ap-
| probation for the members of the club.
| They came from the train in their uni
| form equipment of high hats and long
| tan coats. and like expert marchers
stepped up Pennsylvania avenue to the
Vendome, their headquarters. The band
played incessantly. flashing from one mil
itary march to another. a stunt that
gathered TO ii a tremendous crowd of
| cOlOred boys. The band ended it's sery-
! ices at the Vendome with red-hot Sc
lection appropriately entitled Hello,
! Bill
| Speaking OF bands. the Newsboys' Band
| of Toledo composed entirely of boys. who
! sell papers. arrived yesterday afternoon
with Buckeye Division, No. 3. of Macca-
| bees. The bard will lead the Maccabees
| in the parade, and will not feel any
great novelty. as it paraded up .'the
| Harvard delegation.
| The Original Roosevelt Club of st. Paul
Mimi, which arrived yesterday afternoon
accompanied by the 4th Regiment Band
of WatertOwn, S. D.. has Headquarters
in the coaches of the special train 1T
numbers thirty members.
The Richmond Blues of the Virginia
National Guard came In this morning
and are quartered at 17O3 New York ave-
nue. northwest.
After having been on its train for
twenty hours, Company d. I'd New York
Regiment. arrived in town yesterday aft
ernoon from Oswego. N y. The militia
men marched up PENNSYLVANIA avenue
headed by drum corps that showed no
Ill effects from the long car ride
The Red Cross station. located at the
east end OF the concourse of the ter
mlnal. has been busy today. None of
the cases has been any but minor ones.
Persons made i'll by long train Journeys
have been the most frequent patients.
one man was brought in this morning
from an incoming train. and had all of
the appearance of being very ill. includ-
ing the groans. but he quickly recovered
when some one whispered hospital
The room is completely fitted out as
an emergency hospital with cots.
stretchers and other medicinal parapher-
MALTA. doctor and two trained Red
with assistants for bringing in patients
when necessary.
Crowds continued to pour into the
capital all today.
The very first visitors grumbled some
at being awakened early. for they
We're a regiment of Pennsylvania troops
arriving at 3:47 O'Clock. They met no
one but the officials of the station and
the employees on duty.
Several trainloads of people pulled in
before O'Clock, and a score came in
between and Z o'clock. A little after
S the vanguard of Washingtonians
moved toward the station in time to
cheer time after time in honor of the
Filipino Constabulary Band that ar
rived minus instruments. Their horns
and drums went down Pennsylvania
avenue later in q wagon.
Southern Trains In.