Daily Republican., 1885-03-05
The Great Ball.
A BRILLIANT FINALE TO THE
INAUGURAL SgREMONIES-
THE FIREWORKS.
DIAMONDS AND SILKS.

THE FIREWORKS.
DIAMONDS AND SILKS.
WASHINGTON, d. q. March 4 The
brilliant bnale uguration cert mo.
nies was the ball to night. The ball
was held in the unfinished pension
building, an immense structure en-
closing a rectangular court yard more
than 300 feet long and over 100 feet In
width. Two months ago only the walls
of the building surrounding this court
were in place, but by the exercise Of
marvellous Transforming skill, this roof.
less bare court has been changed into
palace OF beauty.
The arrangements for the ball were
made on q most extensive scale. Com
modious and easily accessible toilet and
cloak rooms were provided, and by di-
viding the floor into sections, each In
charge of An experienced floor manager,
with a corps of assistants, and all COM
municating by electric bells with the
section In which the principal floor
manager was stationed, the keeping of
good order was assured.
A promenade concert opened the fes-
tival of the evening, and was continued
from to II p. M, during which time
| the President held his levee in the re-
ception room. The music was given
by the United States Marine Band and
by the Germania Orchestra of Phila-
delphia.
| 1t was balf-past ten o'clock when
President Cleveland arrived at the ball
room. He was Immediately escorted
to the Presidents room, where, for
half an hour, he held formal recep.
tion, members Of the Reception Com =
mittee and o small number of distin-
guished persons being presented to
him.
About the same time ex-President
Arthur arrived at the ball room, and
he, too, was escorted to the Presidents
room. With him were Secretaries
Lincoln and Chandler, Secretary and
Mrs. McCulloch, Acknowledgement
Brewster and Mrs. Bre ewster, Postmaster
General Hatton and Mrs. Hatton, Sec.
retary Teller and Mrs. Teller. Judge
Davis, of the Court of Claims, and Mrs.
Davis, Miss Lucy Frelinghuysen, Mr..
Allan Arthur and Marshal McMichael.
Vice President Hendricks arrived about
the same time and Joined the Presi-
dent. In the room at this time there
ing, including persons of the most d.
1
Besides the persons already named
there were present Senator Bayard.
Colonel Villas of Wisconsin,, General
Sheridan and Mrs. Sheridan, General
ROsecrans, Hon. Daniel Manning and
wife, Senator Pendleton, Hon. Richard
7. Merrick, Representative Eaton of
Connecticut, Representative Barbour
| Of Virg iDia and Mrs. Barbour, Senator
Wade Hampton, Senator Brown of
Georgia, Justice Field of the Supreme
Court, and Speaker Carlisle and Mrs.
Carlisle.
There was no formal reception by
President Cleveland, but a large mum.
Der of persons pressed about him and
some OF the gentlemen standing in the
immediate vicinity made the presenta-
tions. After half an hour spent in this
manner the room became overcrowded
and the President and Vice President,
the former escorted by Senator Pendle.
ton and Mr.. Richard T. Merrick, and
the latter by Representative Eaton and
Mr.. 8. V. Miles, lett the room and made
the round of the ball loom, the band
| playing Hail to the Chief during the
time occupied in walking around the
room.
From incomplete data, members Of
the committee estimate the number of
|
Ten Thousand appears TO be a very
| low estimate of the number of persons
present in the ball room and balconies.
| A large number of members of the
| House of Representatives, and p-omi-
nent department officials, and almost
the full "tplomatic torps were pres.
ent.
FIREWORKS.
The public celebration of the day end
| ed with display of fireworks In char.
| acter it was like all displays of fire.
works, but in volume and variety il liz
| said to have excelled any former pyro-
technical exhibition upon this CONT
nent. Vital, it was successful to the
minutest detail, although the stage of
prepar alton late in the afternoon was
| not encouraging.
The scene of the exhibition was the
White Lot, an area of two or three hun.
dred acres, slOping gently away from
the south fronts OF the Treasury.
Executive Mansion an State Depart
menJ.
when the preparations were COM
piete and the display had once begun
there were no ilterm issicns. Jack
O. lanterns danced ;rom place TO place
about the enclosures, and whenever
one paused an explosion followed,
Rockets, balloons, mines, fountains.
bombs, batteries and shells were sent
heavenward in volleys for half an hour,
filing the air with showers of fire.
The set" pieces were jefferson.
and the National Capitol" thanked
by portraits Of the President and Vice
President. This piece was one hundred
and sixty feet long by sevnnty-five in
hei ght--the largest 4 piece ever fired
In America
The flight of Ave thousand rockets at
once, forming vast floral bouquet i'm,
the heavens, terminated the display.