St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-02


the Hon. Charles Harding and Mrs. Leh-
man, the gentlemen named being all MEN,
bers Jf the British legation in Washington.
The Misses West wore dark blue dresses
with bonnets and mufiers to match. The
skirts of the dresses were of silk, striped
with red, blue and old gold, and the bodices
were trimmed with little gold passemen-
tiere and had full fronts of white crepe lisse.
During the diplomatic reception the secre-
tary of state stood at the left of the president,
TO introduce to him the members of the for
eign legations and Col Wilson. commits
sioner Of public buildings and grounds, stood
between the president and Miss Cleveland
and introduced the diplomats and their fam
lilies to her.
THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES
were represented: Portugal, Italy, Great
Britain Belgium. China, Austria, Mexico,
Russia, France. Switzerland, Turkey. Spain,
Peru, Costa Rica and Salvador, the Neither
lands. Ecuador. Germany, the United
States of Colombia, Japan, Norway and
Sweden. the Argentine Republic, Brazil,
Denmark and Venezuela. All the men,
bers of the diplomatic corps except those
who represent republics on this continent
were in their court uniforms. When all OF
these had been presented Col Wilson took
Secretary Bayard's place and introduced ali
the other official classes. as the members of
each arrived. to the president. while Lieut..
Duval OF the army made the introductions 10
Miss Cleveland. Reception Of members OF
the supreme court and the court of claims
followed. OF the former there were pres
ent Chief Justice Waite and Justices
Blatchford, Harlan, Bradley, Gray, Woods,
Miller, Fields and Strong, accompanied by
the ladies of their families. Accompanying
the justices were Judge Bancroft Davis
and Mr.. and Mrs. j. IL. McKenny. The
court of claims was represented by CHIEF
Justice Richardson and Justices Knott and
Davis. The supreme court of the district
was represented by Judges Macarthur,
Cox. Merry and James. Commissioner
Webb and Maj. Lydecker represented the
district commissioners. AS the visitors
passed through the receiving rooms they
congregated in the east room and mingled
in animated conversation. The senators
and representatives began to arrive early
AMONG THE SENATORS
were Sherman, Logan, Cockrell. Hawley.
Miller Dolph, Cameron, Coke, Collum,
Manderson, Sabin, Brown and George.
Among the representatives were Speaker
Carlisle Randall, Ketcham, Farquhar Sey-
mOur, Willis. Cutcheon, Brown OF Penn
sylvania. Struble, Taylor of Tennessee,
Barksdale, Barbour. Van Eaton. Thomson,
Ward. Morrison, lie Fevre. Scott Swope,
Payson, Fuller, Fredericks, COnger, Stone,
Davis, Stewart. Breckenridge, Reagan,
Townshend. Springer. Singleton, Bragg,
Weaver, Boutelle, Blanchard. 0uthwaite,
Williams, Il. J. Henderson, Geddes. Steel.
Cole, Clements, Gibson, Wilson and
Delegate Caine. Most of the congress
4l,Zf- t,r
ladies with them. Senator Sherman was
the only eX-cabinet officer noticed. At q
few minutes TO 10 o'clock a long line of
army officers wended their way from the
war department across the way. The line
numbered nearly three hundred. although
only forty officers are stationed in this city.
Between seventy and ninety retired officers
reside in Washington, and all who were able
to travel were in line to-day. Besides
those from different bureaus of the war de-
partment, the barracks and Fort Myer, a
number came over from Fort McHenry to
pay their respects, and the force was
largely increased by the number on leave
who are temporarily stopping here.
GEN. SHERIDAN
of course headed the line accompanied BY
his personal staff. Adjt. Gen. Drum fol-
lowed with the officers of the adjutant gen.
erals department. The next in order came
the officers of the engineer corps, headed by
Col. McComb. retired, the signal
corps, headed by Gen. Hazen, the
cavalry, artillery, infantry. medical
corps and pay corps There was
no intermission between the army and navy
reception. The line of naval officers fol-
lowed on the footsteps of the army officers.
1t was headed by Admiral Porter and by
IL A III
ing came the different chiefs of bureaus of
the navy department and many of the naval
officers of prominence. In fact, like
the army the navy was represented
by nearly every officer who is at
present in Washington. OF course both
army and navy officers were in full dress
uniform, and they presented very hand
some appearance in the East room, where
they gathered for a few moments after
their reception in the Blue parlor. The
new officials from the various departments
were nearly all present. The civil service
commissioners. Edgerton, Trenholm and
Eaton, and Commissioner of Education
Eaton and Prof. Baird. followed by Prof.
Powell and all the heads of the scientific
departments, led i'm this procession. Then
followed all the heads of the bureaus in the
departments who are presidential ap-
pointees. Assistant Secretary Fairchild
led the treasury officials. The Mexican
Veterans association was well represented.
The members. numbering about sixty, filed
in and paid their respects to the
president. Following them came
the oldest inhabitants, numbering
about fifty. Their appearance was vener-
able and
VERY IMPRESSIVE.
The G. A. r. delegations followed. The
pleasant weather served to bring out the
largest New Year representation for many
years. The members were in line accord
ing to their posts and numbered about ], 00O
in all. They were admitted through the
west gates at the avenue, and before the
line had finished coming up the walk the
front portion was going through the eastern
gate, having passed through the White
house. Many colored men, some of them
MANNED and crippled, were included in the
ranks of the organization. The gates were
not opened to the general public till after
G. A. r. reception was completed. The
crowd of waiting citizens was inn
mense. 1t extended from the eastern
gate in a solid mass far down the
avenue, occupying the middle of the street.
When the time arrived for the general re-
ception the gates were opened and the line
passed through the White house. Not
withstanding the immense crowd, the best
of order prevailed and everything passed of
in the smoothest possible manner. During
the reception all the parlors except the East
room were darkened, and when the diplo-
mats, the army and navy and other officials
entered the beautiful room the effect was
most brilliant. The sun shone brightly
through the southern windows and the
splendid landscape viewed from them added
not little to the charm. 1t is estimated
that
OVER SIX THOUSAND PEOPLE