River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-03
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| r nth Or his COON KY.
/ The Centenn al Anniversary of washing.
tons Inauguration to lie Observed ia
New York April so. ISS9-An Elaborate
| Programme.
| New hoKK, Dec. 27-This is an era of
centennial celebrations. Thirteen years
asst April took place the centennial Of
she battle OF Lexington, then came the
/ Bunker Hill celebration of June IL.
| 1915, and the great centennial cele-
bration of tie Declaration of Inds.
pendence in Pailadelph.a in 1876 Since
then have take place the Yorktown cele-
oration. the Evacuation day celebration,
the celebration OF the formation of the
constitution Of the United States aud
ether smaller centennial celebrations.
| The last of our centennials VIII be tho
/ Tooth anniversy OF the Inauguration OF
George Washington as President of the
/ United Statcs. The formation of the con-
stitution was the outgrowth Of tile Dec
/ laration of Independence; but the cap
/ ping to the foundations that were
laid in 1875 occurred thirteen years later.
when the first President Of the United
States was inaIgurated. This historic
ceremony was the final setting in motion
the wheels of Government Tue United
States of America then became reality
/ in every sense of the word
I 1t seems fitting. therefore, that an event
1 so august as the inauguration Of Wash
/ Tgton should be grandly celebrated. and
yery thing possible IS being done in New
I York to make this last of the centennial
/ celebrations the most brilliant. An out
| line Of what it is proposed TO do in this
] city on April 20 and April 80 can not fail
/ to intere t A synopsis of the proposed
1 progr mmc is as follows:
1 Early on Mond " moraing the Goth OF april,
I the President OF the Unlted States AMI his
Cabinet, and the Supreme Court OF the United
States ana other officials OF distinction, who
have Ueen ssec,ally invited, VIII leave Wash
ington ana proce via Philadelphia and
Trenton to Elizabethport, in New
Jersey. liking the same route that Washing
ton took in going from Mount Vernon TO New
York in Aprl Of 1889 to be inaugurated. At
Elzabethrorl the Presidential pa.ly y Ii take
a Government dispatch boat and steam up
New York bay TO the foot Of Wall
st Get, passing, en- route, foreign yes
sells and vessels from our own navy and
boats OF every description that will be ranged
In line by the Navy Committee. These vesse.s
will salute the Presidential pa. ty as the yea
sells in the harbor in 1883 saIuted Washington
as he was rowed by thirteen p lots IN an ele-
CANT barge up 20 the foot OF Wall street.
On the arrival Of the party at the foot
OF Wall street President Harrison Will &c
cUrted TO his headquarters. That evening there
will be ball in the Metropon an Opera-House
in this city, and II IS proposed u make Il the
gcandest bail that has ever been held n the
city OF New York.
On Tuesday mSrning April 80, II is proposed
10 hold bret religious services in St. Paul's
Church. where Washington, Vice President Ad-
ans and the two houses OF Congress at
tended service on the day OF tho n
auguration. As DIR. Provost, the Bishop
of New York, and the chaplain OF
tue Senate conducted the serv zee hundred
years ago so Bishop Potter, Of New York,
VIII condu i the service on April 20 next.
He will be ass sted by Rev. DIR. Morgan
ID x, the rector of Trinity and ST.
PauIs churches and member of
the committee. President Harrison and
other invited guests Will be in attend
a ce at the special services in St. Paurs Church
Tue ministers OF this CITY have also been asked
TO hold special services in their respective
churches IN the morning at o'clock. AprIl %,
and nearly eve one who has been written TO
on the subject has replied favor ny the
idea. II was at CLOCK on the morning of the
inauguration. in 1883, that the doors OF all
churches in this city were thrown open for a
br eff serv &c of prayer, and II is proposed not
only to have brief services Of thanksgiving in
the churches of New York, but also throughout
the State and Union.
The formal literary exercises will take place
on the steps OF the sub-treasury, corner Mas
sau and Wall streets, at 10: 0. Rev. Richard
S. Storrs, ID. D., LII. D., OF Brooklyn, VIII
offer the prayer a poem is expected from the
venerable Quaker poet, John Greenleat Whit
tier. Chauncey NJ. Depew will deliver the ora
ton. The President OF the United States II
s cak and Archbishop COrrgan III pronounce
the benediction.
AT precisely u o'clock a salute Of twenty one
guns Will be given TO the American flag from
Of wa Of 81 Z IN 10 "
harDor, and from the batteries of Castle Will
lam and Forts Hamilton and Wadsworth; then
the grand military parade will pass the re-
viewing stand, at the corner Of Wall and
Nassau Streets where stood 100 years
ago old Federal Hall. the scene Of the
make the parade more br liant than any par
ade ever held in the city. II has
been suggested that the entire Ma
tional Guard in this State turn cut and
such an event has not occurred in tn city
since the close of the war. Tue committee is
anxious 10 have every State and Terri
tory in the Union formally represented
every State and Territory have been in
yited to appoint comm ssioners to attend
TO the representation OF their respective
States and TER tories. Connecticut New
Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl-
vania, Virginia. Ohio and Washington Terri
tory have already appointed commissioners.
The other States and Territories are yet to be
heard from. In the evening of April 30 there
W II be banquet at the Metropolitan Opera
House.
During the month OF April there Will be an
exhibition of historical portraits In the Metro
pol tan Opera-HOuse, and also n memor al
exhibition of Wash ngtou relics. The por-
traits Of Washington and his Cabinet
ana the members of the + rst Congress
under the constitution. and It is expected that
the char that stood IN Federal Han, which
Washington occupied as fist President, the
Bible used at the Inauguration and other au-
thentIc relics will be exhibited,
At the last sess.o OF the Legislature OF this
State a law was passed making April 80 legal
holiday and every thing is being done By the
committee, whose headquarters are in the
Stewart building, this city. 10 make the cele-
braton in every way worthy OF the historic
event of 1850 Tue president Of the COM
mittee is the venerable Hamilton
Fish, whose father was a Revolutionary
patriot and friend of WASH .agtoa. The
chairman is Mayer Abram s. Hewitt and the
chair man of the Executive COMMITTEE is Ell
bridge r. Gerry, the grandson of Elbridge
Gerry, a member of the first Congress under
the constitution, Governor OF the State OF
Massachusetts and Vice-President OF the
United States.