Ready For Inaugural

Washington. March 2.- Major McKinley wlth his family and large party of trlends arrlved safely in the Capital ;City a minute after 11 o'clock Tuesday morning over the Pennsylvania railroai1.. The weather was cheerful and brú'ht with warm sunshine over a!I ir, A a temperature, íf anything. too high to be seasonable. A large crowd had assemblee! at the Pennsylvania station long before the train arrived, and it required the efforts of a considerable forcé of pólice to keep the approaches clear to the station. There was a good deal of disappointmentexpressed among these people over the absence of military in the escort but it was by special request of the president-elect that such formalities were dispensed with on this occasion, so the crowd had to be content wiih the sight of the magniflcently attired staff of Governor Bushnell of Ohio in place of the expected military parade. Heceived by a Kub-Coinmittee. Only a f w persons had been admitted within the inclosure at the station Where the train was to stop. There was Chairman Bell of the executive committec. with Reception Committeémen Barrett, Parker, Glover. Morris, Lowell, and Britton, specially designated as a sub-committee to receive the presidential party in place of the full committee. Governor Bushnell and staff were present in uniform. J. Addison Porter, who will be the president's secretary, was early on hand. having hurried from the White House for the purpose. He looked aft er the personal comfojt of the president-elect, hut, as he himself said, he liad little to do in this direction, thanks to the well-arranged programme of the executive committee and the hearty cooperation of the pólice authorities. No Sign of Keeent IUness. The president-eleot appeared to be in the best of spirits, and those who gazed in his face for signs of the illness from ■which he has sufferei very recently looked in vain for any sign of distress or impaired vitality. It was generally rernarked by the on-lookers that he was certainly stouter and of better complexion than when h was last seen in Washington. Mrs. McKinley also appeared to advantage. She was a.ttired jn a dark traveline gárb and happiness beamed from every linament as she carne forth into the bright sunshine on the open platform. Afïer a short greeting to sorae mmerliate friends who stood near, he party formed a ürie &nd started througrh the station. Messrs. Parker and Barrett. ta!l, robust men. cirae just behind the pólice, who cleared the way down the platform. Mot her of the l'resident-Eloot. The president-elect with Mrs. McKinley holding closf-Iy on his arm, came next, with Chairman Bell and Mr. J. Adriison Porter on either side, tn protect them from the preasurp of the srowd. Colonel Britton with the greatest care eseorted Mrs McKinley, senior, mother of the president-elect. and the rematnder of the party took their places in the line just as they alighted from the cars, the staff of the g-overnor of Ohio bringring up the rear. As he passed lbo head of the train. Major McKinley did a graceful thing which was quickly apprpciated by the crowd. He paused. beckoned to on of the party who bore alofí a grea.t boquet of cut flowers. and carefully selectfng from it some white carnations of wonderful size, he handed them to the engineer. all grimy and perspiring', who sat aloft in his cab. Carn'aire? were then taken for the Ebbitt House.