Evening star., 1941-01-19


was generally locked So far as
could be learned, not single knight
of the flatiron and queue was seen
on the streets after daybreak.
The first thing to be done by the
soldiers was to get up procession
of nearly so bootblacks and parade
the Avenue and Seventh street. The
procession was headed by several
musicians and at the end of the
route each of the colored boys re-
ceived a job.
"A crowd of about three dozen
soldiers, each with an oyster horn.
met on the Avenue and started off
fora lively time. One of their
number carried a flag. They
marched down the Avenue to
Twelfth street and then went
through the Division disreputable
part Of town, now occupied by public
buildings south of the Avenue and
from Tenth to Fifteenth streets.
Each saloon and other places were
serenaded. They upset beer kegs
in front of saloons, threw them
into front doors. changed movable
business signs from one place to
another and then dispersed. All
day long the horn blowing was con-
tinued
Followed by Officer.
Some of the militiamen repeated
their conduct of four years before.
They would open their blankets,
catch small colored boys and toss
them backward and forward over
awning posts, throwing some of
them as high as II or Is feet in the
air. There was one crowd that in
dulged in such conduct and had to
be followed from place to place by
an officer who attempted to keep
them straight. They would separate
when there was but one officer
around, and while he would be
watching one crowd the other crowd
would catch boy and give him a
anket-toSsing
THE Italian peanut venders had
picnic for many of them sold out
their stocks in 3 minutes. A crowd
Of soldiers would surround stand
or cart, and each would purchase a
scent quart The small boys knew
what was going to follow. and they
watched the peanut soldiers closely
until they would shower the nuts on
the crowd Then the boys would
make a scramble about the feet of
the passersby and gather up the
spoils. The peanuts were also
thrown in store doors, and oc-
casionally the crowd would sur
round some person and give him an
unpleasant time for a few minutes.
"A party of soldiers made an at
tack on beer wagon on Seventh
street, but they were sadly disap-
pointed. There was nothing but
soft stuff on the wagon. Bottle
after bottle was taken out, but thev
were soda and ginger bottles. The
color of the latter was all right, but
the taste was wrong, and the bot
ties were rolled down the street.
Yesterday afternoon the police
reserves from the first precinct were
called to the corner of Seventh and
D streets to quell a disturbance. 1t
was the same old story-the Penn
sylvania soldiers upset wagon and
were taking possession of horse
and buggy belonging to a citizen
who had left the team in the charge
of a colored boy.
Everybody was making COM
plants against them, and for few
minutes a riot was threatened. The
police dispersed the crowd, but made
no arrests. All the afternoon the
police were kept busy looking after
the Pennsylvanians. ~
The crowd that came to this city
during the first Cleveland inaugura-
ton was actually stupendous. The
Pennsylvania and Baltimore & Ohio
Railroads alone brought 125, 900 per-
sons, while the Baltimore & Potomac
brought in 10000. When we consider
the number who came in by steam
boats and other watercraft and by
horse-drawn conveyances, the total
attendance might well be put at
around 100000. The expenses of
the Citizens Committee were around
s45 .OOO-a large amount for that pc
riod.
At the inaugural ball held in the
old Pension Office Building, in Ju-
dietary Square, so many distin-
guished persons were present that
about seven columns were used in
The Star to mention them.
1t might be interesting to many
TO turn back the pages of time and
give the names Of the principal men
who, on this occasion, constituted