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Show jjgjNIQUE- FEATURES Of TAFT INAUGURATION Inauguration will bo ro-iSilfrclonU ro-iSilfrclonU S" iiiloijt-i-lopt out ore Wash-r Wash-r lvo bcioni the niangj .roat union stntiou will i'for thP first time. This : (ho oast "jfistnuJ? grooms :nid a magniii-oom. magniii-oom. thirly by one hun-,Mr. hun-,Mr. Tuft, enters the ' ,S' "ini "K?-iiolu'' floor ' ?s loC to -;i hold, as elect linve ilono. lie vill dnve to the While Bv will bo the guests ot mily jiniU hetrokw of ; Crowd in One 2oom. lift? wfA be matlo ios-'Sfls ios-'Sfls are warm porsiNiml ,hc fuvtljer fact tint eeeeded Hayes tins will juration participated in and president-elect ot .f'11 ni-e visiting Iho ington will witness the tho biggest m crowd together m one rt of the world- This t single room under one 1 on earth, is tho vast j union station. It is 130 feet wide, winch ,000 squaro foot of floor ashington monument j this lloor with a hun- I ire at either end, and hat the entire army of is could bo. lined up iii n at ono time. Thus ar-rtin" ar-rtin" inaugural guests cezed and jammed at ; station in tho world, n on previous occasions heir trains will como on thirty-three tracks, tforms on both side?, ntcrested to know that of this new station police station, a club A., besides tho prcsi-;ation prcsi-;ation and an immense ) by ISO feet. Sect and Mrs. Taft rido i they will find cvery ;lo along Pennsylvania i-itli a grand stand dec- fmd with flags and bunting, and as I two blocks fronting ite IIouso and stale. Lldinjr, they will find tod into a court of lundrcds of festooned towering draped col-: col-: tho While House it-he it-he Tcvi owing stand, sident, surrounded by ic federal and state-viow state-viow the inaugural fotto square, directly I honor, will bo lined and stand a block the Ceremonies, jremonics proper will m. Mnjch 4. when president-elect will louse togethor in an n by four horses and d division of tho vet-us vet-us wars. Mr. TJooso-tr. TJooso-tr. Tnft's right, the president and having thu vehicle. With ,vill pass through, the along tho full length ivonue. Tho grand ull even by this time, ill probably be deaf -11 be the last public icodore "Roosevelt as nitcd State's, and the icir voices in a grand well as a vociferous in the Senate, id president-elect .will wing of tho capitol irs in the east front, by a member of the mlttco on arrauge-scvelt arrauge-scvelt will go im-" im-" president's room" tho "vice-president's xuriously furnished Koosovolt will busy o bills passed during of tho Sixtioth Con-till Con-till in session. Mr. rtaincd by tho com--;emonts. Tho diplo-court diplo-court dress, will as-nrblo as-nrblo room, and at in a body into tho (vhero thev will oc-e oc-e right s'ido of the Then tho Supreme followed by tho officers of the army governors of the mibcrs of tho House i. Tho Taft, Hoosc-1 Hoosc-1 Fairbanks families ! gallery to the west for the Indies of the . Mcanwhilo Vicc-hcrman Vicc-hcrman will have i the vice-president's te. with its newly will already havo President Roosevelt. :g ready, Mr. Roose-will Roose-will enter the senate front of the presiding man will then enter nth of ofuco as vice-'inir vice-'inir administered bv Maine. the president he senate. Tho new ecu sworn ;n. tlie in-;rs in-;rs proper will be au-rouqb au-rouqb the Canitol. i the senate will then the rotunda of ihe t portico. Thev will rocc-sinn. lieaded by he United States Sn-if Sn-if the District of Co-liiiL' Co-liiiL' the portico thov rti-d into ii immciipc seating 7000 porsnns, caller of this Mr. dr. Taft will lake ff -Tutice duller on ip serceant-ft-arni'5 of icir left. The chief so aeted at iivo iimiH. win then mill mi-ll f bflio.) to Mr. centPiite it bv loaning a IVble esneciallv e-rn.uoiM-. B:u "headed Mr. Taft n-'l then il vCvow. v.-LV tens p'xinln crowded into tho -noUnl and-the ress w-"i crane their vi"w of tin. Mum-divisions Mum-divisions of the- I ii-pioper ii-pioper will -have : . !J COURT OF HONOR FOR TAFT INAUGURATION. occn assembled in the streots lining, tho capitol. Contrary to precedent, ex-President ex-President Roosevelt will not return to the White House with President Taft, but at the conclusion of tho latter 's address will drivo with Mrs. Rooso-velt Rooso-velt immediately to tho Union station, escorted hy a delegation' of citizens" of Now York, who will see him on the train for Oyster Bay, Great Parade Starts. Tho head of tho great inaugural pa-rado pa-rado will leave the capitol at 1:20. Ahead of President Taft and his escort will march Gen. Franklin Bell, chief of staff of tho regular army, who will bo tho grand marshal of tho procession. It having been tho c.v- perience of past, inaugurations that the civic bodies cannot 'withstand the strain of waiting in line so well as the regulars and militiamen, the civic grand division of the parade will inarch first. This will be composed mostly of political clubs men in dis-T.inctivo dis-T.inctivo dress, carrying emblems of various sorts. The. uuique features will be scon in this part of the procession. There will bo a " 'possum club'" from Georgia, an 'alligator association" from -Louisiana, pink-coaled gentlemen hunt -crs ' ,'0,,, fox-chasing districts ot Virginia and Mui-vland, a "prosperity "pros-perity division," composed of commercial com-mercial and professional organizations, representing billions of dollars' capi tal; hundreds of Kentuckians, headed 1)3 Mr. Bradley, their newly elected senator, and all wearing tho "Bradley "Brad-ley hat," made famous in that picturesque pic-turesque gentleman's political campaigns cam-paigns of tho past forty-five years. The national guard of tho various states, each headed by its governor, .mounted on horseback, will march in the order in which tho states camo into the Union, little Delaware coming first, Pennsylvania second and Oklahoma last. The Filipino constabulary, which-has which-has come from the Jiutipodcs to honor their former governor general all fine specimens of tho Filipino race will march with their famous native band. There will bo also a "cadet division," including the West Pointers in chapcau3 and gray swallow-tail uniforms; tho Annapolis boys, in their blue blouses, and many other school cadets, including those, of tho Virginia Military institute, bearing tho torn buttle flatr which their historic battalion carried May Jo, 386-1, whon it helped defeat Sicgcl's forces at Newmarket. Sailors from Returned Fleet. The bluejackets of tho great fleet which has ,iiist ended its world tour will also parade along with 1 lie mnrlncs and a grand division of regular soldiers, comprising mcarly the whole- department of I lie-east. Mr. Taft, at the head of the parade, will traverse Pennsylvania avenue in about forty minutes, his horses being driven at a walk. Arriving at tho White House at 2 p. m.p he will. there find Mrs. Taft and his children, who will have been driven back through the Mall, south of tho parado route. Tho now prosident will then sit down to the first Whito House meal at which ho will bo host. Whilo ho and his family eat. this luncheon tho parado will tbo halted upon Pennsylvania for fortj'-fivc minutes. At 2:-lo tho president will take his position in his private bos in the centor of tho reviewing stand aud tho entire procession will then pass beforo him. Ono parndc innovation to be mentioned at this stago is tho giving of orders that only tho first band passing in front of the presidential box shall play "Hail to tho Chief." For- 1 DETAILS OF THE CEREMONY STEP l, BY STEP FROM TAFT'S FORMAL r ' ! ENTRANCE INTO WASHINGTON TO CLOSE OF INAUGURAL BALL : Copyright, 1900, John Elf roth Watklns. 1 , , IH mcr presidents, who havo had to stand IH and listen to this nir for three hours IH and from hundreds of bands have been unnblo to get it out of their heads, even m sleeping moments, during the first . weeks of their administration, and on somo occasions its memories aro said lH to havo interfered with executive bnsi- IH ness. lM Luminous Airship Display. About 6 o-'clocl:, the parade being over, President Taft nnd familv will re-enter re-enter the White House, whore from their rear windows they will at 7:30 witness the beginning 'or what is prom- 1 iscd to be the most wonderful fire- M works display over seen in tho world, llns will include towering firo por- IH traits of Mr. Taft and M.r. Sherman. IH and most wonderful of all a colossal representation of a lighted city being bombarded from tho heavens bj; a fleet of luminous airships. TI113 "firo IH cit3'," which is to be built in the IH grounds of the Washington monument, IH will show the outlines of a typical, up-to-date center of population, with towers and skyscrapers, some 300 feet ' high. A fleet of airships will bo seen 11 ll to upproncli it and an opposing aerial squadron to go out nnd defend it. A terrific encounter- will then ensue, tho airships exploding after the hostile ones have dropped explosives into tho city, which hns crumbled and gone up in flames. t There will also be an ascent of magnesium balloons, the unfurling of a fiery American flag 1000 feet in tho air and tho display of a pillar of firo 100 foot high, which' will givo a day- IH light effect to Iho great monument and Jl to tho heavens for several miles around. Inaugural Ball Novelties. t At 10 o'clock Mr. Taft and Mr. Shormnn, with their families, will at-tend at-tend the inaugural ball at tho pension office, tho largest brick structure in tho world. The great' court in which tho ball will be held has a floor Bpaco of 330 by 280 feet, and is overlooked by four tiers of galleries. From these Mr. and Mrs. Taft and Mr. and Mrs. Shcr-man Shcr-man will be seen to promenado tho length of tho ballroom beforo taking their places in their boxes arranged. jH nt one end of the first gallery. An innovation will bo tho attondanco at the ball of one special reprcsontativo from each state. Chester A. Arthur. representing Colorado, will bo ono of tho most conspicuous of these special functionaries. No wino will be 6ervcd at tho ball supper and tho music will ceaso at 1 a. m. JOHN ELFRETH W ATKINS. |