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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1905
Page
5
Vast Sunday throngs fill Washington streets for the inaugural weekend. Citizens in silk hats mingle with visitors, churches packed, police praise order and security efforts. Delegations depart by train as crowds drift from the capital amid ceremonies and concerts.
Promenaders viewed a grand inauguration display along the Avenue from the Capitol to Seventeenth Street with Court of History and Treasury illuminations. White and green statues and Philippines poles with state shields, palms, and electric bulbs lit the scene before crowd departs as midnight lights fade.
Hundreds of city orphan home children visited the Pension Office yesterday afternoon to see the decorated interior where the inaugural hall was the night before. Officials and caretakers were the only others admitted amid guard appeals, as firemen police and Pension Office staff managed the busy scene. Cleanup and takedown of 4000 lamps and electric decorations will take about three days, with plants watered to keep them fresh for tonight and tomorrow.
Crowds moved through Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio stations from early morning to late night with numerous specials carrying regiment members and travelers. Trains ran frequently, crews filled depots, and the rush was expected to resume at 8 am while Shepherds Moving Pictures attracted large audiences at the Academy with a varied program.
Estimates show about 8400 tickets sold for the inaugural ball with total receipts around 75000 dollars. Officials project 42000 from ball tickets and 10000 to 15000 from concerts, with possible surplus for city orphan funds. Attendance tallies ranged from 143000 to 145000, based on comfort committee reports and information stations.
Weather data from the Weather Bureau reports unsettled conditions across the Middle Mississippi Valley and Southwest with light rain in parts of the South. Unstable weather Monday and Tuesday for the Eastern half. rain in the Lower Missouri Valley and West Gulf States. rain or snow in the Central Rocky Mountains. Colder in the Gulf States and West regions Tuesday. Michigan readings show midnight to evening temperatures around 22 to 40. Reports include wind, humidity, rainfall, sunshine, tides, and temperatures for other U.S. cities.
The three grand concerts conclude inaugural festivities at the Pension Building with 600 chorus voices and the Marine Band. At 10:30 honor to the army and navy, 2:30 to the Congress, and 8:00 to the people. Notables include Adna R. Chaffee Dewey Cannon Farbanka and Foster. The Haydn Male Chorus joins, with varied works by Sousa Wagner and Parry.
The Columbus based club presented a varied program with duets and parodies including The Knight's Farwell and The Winds Are All Hushed. Performers Reed Dutcher and Thomas Calis led a strong chorus while noted guests Taft Dick Hanna and Foraker received serenades before the group departed by special train to Columbus.
Prof William A Haley directs the inaugural ball orchestra in a ten piece program at the New National Theater. Encores abound as Vic Herbert’s America draws spontaneous applause. Soloists Mesarg Albert Knowlton William Clabaugh and Mrs Annie Grant Fugitt receive praise for Can I Forget Danny Deever and Cujus Animam.
The Republican Glee Club of Columbus Ohio presented a grand concert at Chase's Theater with 100 singers directed by Harold G Simpson. The program featured two recitations by J J Barber and multiple solo items.
The Marine Band concert at Chase's Theater drew a large crowd of locals and visitors who praised the Capitol City favorite for its polished military music. Highlights included A Hunting Scene by Buccallossi, Bedelia, Mignon overture, and Wagner’s Parsifal theme among others. Eugene Cowles favored with songs and the Newsboys' Trio provided cheerful numbers.
The Philadelphia Orchestra under Fritz Scheel performed at the Columbia Theater with an appreciative though modest audience. Soloists Alfred Saal cellist Thomas Evans Green tenor Sydney Lloyd Wrightson baritone impressed, especially Saal with Saint-Saens The Swan and a Hugo Becker minuet. The program blended familiar selections with the Tannhauser overture and Massenet suite.
A large audience enjoyed the Saengerbund club house concert featuring a diverse program. Karl Jorss impressed as prodigious pianist with encores, Mrs. William Keye Miller performed two songs, tenors Nanten and Stevens offered popular arias, Etremere Quartet closed with Abt's Vineto, and Henry Mander accompanied with finesse.
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