The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-08-25
OUR OCTOBER PAGEANT.
A Programme Arranged and Officer
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citation ef the District Of Columbia to devise
a plan of entertainment for tic celebration
reported TO the association Mt n special
meeting ut the National Hotel last even
ing.
The meeting was presided over by Com
missioner Dent, and J. G.. Cox acted as sec
rotary. Among those present were Mcssrs.
q. w. Cochran, w. S. Roosc, l.. Monkey, ID.
w. Drew, j. Lansburgh, j. p. Willett, III.
browning, 7. 3D. Kalbius, +. Reichenbach,
William Dickson, NJ, Nj. Parker, DIR.
Schoolcy, Lawrence Gardiner, J. McKibben,
Il. G. Davis, W. J. Stephenson, Capt. ALA
bach, G. L. Timms, w. III. Morrison, J. o.
p. Burnside, IL. II. Blackburn, Thomas
Brodcrick, +. W. Dawson, etc, etc.
Mr.. Il. G. Davis, of the committee on ar
rangemcnts, submitted the following, which
was adopted after slight amendment
Plan OF Entertainment.
We recommend that such amusement and
entertainment consist in an illumination of
the city and military, civic, and masque-
radc procession or parade, to take place ut
such time or times, oyer suchroutc on the
avenues andsstrects Ofthc city of Washing
ton, rs the executive committee herein
after provide or select that a permanent
organization be created, under the name Of
The Yorktown Centennial Entertainment
Association Of the District of Columbia; ="
that It's members consist of those Of the
committee of one hundred who shall signify
their acceptance, and of such others selected
to fill original vacancies and as new men,
bers that its officers consist of q president,
three vice presidents, secretary and treas
urcr. 1t also provides for the appointment
of several subcommittee that the execu-
tive committee be composed of the Off
GERS mentioned and the chairman of
each of the other committees, the
president of the association to be CO o6icio
the chairman thereof; the executive COM
mittcc to manage and have supervisory
power and control over all of the affairs of
the association, and the disbursement of its
| funds that the members of all of the other
committees be appointed by tho president,
and all vacancies therein filled by him and
| that the number of each committee be left
to the discretion and determination of the
president. We recommend the following
named gentlemen as the officers of the asso-
citation for the positions designated; For
president, Hon. Josiah Dent; for first vice.
president, Henry A. Willard esq; for sec
ond vice president, Hon. George d. Loring
| for third vice president, James l.. Barbour,
esq.,; for secretary, Myron NJ. Parker, esq.
for treasurer Samuel Bacon, esq
JAS. S. EDWARDS,
II. BROWNING,
Il. g. DAVIS,
VIII. MORRISON,
VIM. DICKSON,
GEO. w. COCHRAN.
The president appointed Major Twining
and VIM. Dickson to represent the associa-
tion in making arrangements for transpor-
| tatiOn, etc. ANl U.h n9a
The committee appointed for the purpose
proposed suitable resolutions of respect tC
the memory Of the late Mr.. G. w. Riggs
which were adopted, Mr.. Riggs having beer
one Of our most philosophical citizens.
A Conference To-Day.
Judge Dent, president of the committee
on the coming carnival in Washington
Gen. Joseph McKibbon and Judge II. II
blackburn, of the Washington committee
Mcssrs. J. II. Bland and ID. L. Conklin, o.
the Oriole pageant in Baltimore, met thi.
morning at the Agricultural Department t.
talk over the coming carnival But little
| business was transacted. The Baltimoreans
will hold their festival on the 10th, 11th
and 18th of October and will then come
over and participate in the reception of the
French guests in this city and in the fair
meeting at Ivy City. Judge Dent said that
he would see Secretary Blaine as soon as
possible perhaps to-day, in order to arrange
loL thI iooo Io VI +h vui ;un;, Surs.a
wnion no nvsoS W. aS tH at ;o, Pup -
o., our pase'n. nav 70 h f wlSmeu - y
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p,no1sS,,,,,, a;m soo Snarot,r,r pla;mo ~ dn,
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So"e'"h"s ADo" .ne I~Pec'et
rrench sisAtOrs.
Hon. George b. Loring could not accom-
pany Messrs. Conklin and Bland, OF Balti
more, and Judge Blackburn and Gen. JOSEPH
Mckibbon TO tae Secretary OF state. fIh'
latter gentlemen saw Assistant Secretary
Hit, who represented Secretary Blaine, ant
told them that there would be probably
twenty gentlemen from France at York
town as officials, and that the government
will send over two war-yessels with troops
Tho State Department expects the French
guests to arrive in New York about the 5tf
of October. This will give them an oppor
tunity to sec New York city and the i'm
mediate cities, before the meetings in Balti
more and Washington. The programme Il
that they will he the guests of the citizens
of Washington on the 18th, 14th ant
18th of October. They will ther
go to Yorktown, leaving this city OH thu
night of the 18th. The joint committee O.