The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-05-04


/ At a little before O'Clock the carria-
ges containing the President, Gov. Hill,
! Mayor Grant and Hamilton Fish drew
up before the door of the Equitable
| Building. Chairman Hamilton, of the
| committee on states, received those IN
the carriages, while the chimes of Old
! Trinity played the doxology, the bands
! in the street quickly catching up the
| strain. By 3 O'Clock all had reached
| he banquet hall. Ex-President Cleye-
land was not present, and his seat be-
side ex- President Hayes, was filed by
Chauncey NJ. Depew.
In proposing the tirs toast of the day,
William G. Hamilton, chairman of the
committee on states, spoke as follows:
| Mr.. PRESIDENT: AS chairman Of the commit
tee on states, have the honor to present to you
| IN the name of the general committee of the CEN
! centennial ceiebrution of the inauguration OF
! George Washington first pre- sldent OF the
| spicious occasion. We have gathered with
| US the most honored representative
| citizens from the varied pursuits OF life, which
| have made this nation what 1t is at the present
| moment, religion, law, science. art and com.
merce-alI striving to DO honor to the name of
| that we call him father so de!ted and sanc-
titled in our hearts that but one other birthday
is sacred to us.
Mr.. President, thet your administration may
be so wisely ordered that you may be known as
| the one equally honored by all Americans Is the
| wish of this united nation.
Gentlemen, You win please fill YOUR glasses
| and drink to the memory OF George Washington,
| the father OF his country.
The souvenir consisted of six beauti-
| fully engraved cards tied with yellow
! and blue ribbons. On the first one was
an embossed picture of Washington; on
the second an engraving showing his
| landing in New York IN 1889; on the
| third picture of st. Pau's Chapel in
1879, portraits of Bishop Provost, Chan
cellor Livingston, and the various
| members of the Legislature. The
| fourth page had ar engraving of Fed
eral Hall and statistics of the period,
| the fifth page had portraits of President
| Harrison, Cows. Clinton and Hill, May
ors Duane and Grant. The sixth page
| bears an engraving of the Equitable
| Building and Washington's house in
Cherry Street, as well az the menu
of the luncheon. President Harri
son was introduced to the guests
at the banquet table by Hamilton Fish.
President Harrison merely bowed in
| recognition of Mr.. Fish's remarks, and
this ended the formal reception. the
| guests almost Immediately taking their
departure, though in this they were
somewhat impeded by the enormous
| crowds in the building.
The reception at the Lawyers Club
| vas finished at 3:45 P. NJ. and the Presi-
| dent and his escort started up Broad
| way amid the cheers of the thousands
who filled every available foot of room.
In the minds of many of those who
are thronging New York in these days
| of celebration, the greatest feature of
all is the grand centennial ball which
took place at the Metropolitan Opera
House tonight. All that money could
do to carry out the immense scheme
that was TO give n night of pleasure
to 5000 people was done, and the result
attained was satisfactory. There was
certainly little TO be wished for in point
of attendance, unless indeed one might
| have wished from selfish motives, that
| half the people had stayed at home,
and yet 1t was, taken all in
| all, nlght-long exemplifcation of the
old adAge, "Ihe more the merrier." !"
The carriages began to roll up to the
| Broadway entrance soon after O'Clock,
though the bali was put down on the
programme for 9, and by $50 there
We're quite enough people IN the corri-
dors OF the great building to have put
many pretentious ball to the blush.
The presidential box was the center
one of the double tier erected at the
| back of the stage. The front was almost
| covered palms, with a large American
| eagle in the center, surmounted by the
words 'Washington 1889 and 1888 in
colored electric lights. The whole
front of both tiers was curtained with
silk flags and decorated with groups
OF standards and great masses of flow
| ers.
Among the families represented in
| this great ConcOurse of eXpectant peo-
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holders: William Aster, Ogden Goelet,
| Depew, Elbridge T. Gerry, Stuyvesant
Fish, Robert C. Winthrop, Abram
s. Hewitt, Hamilton Fish, Clar-
ence A. Seward, Ward McAllister,
Henry Clews, William Jay, Robert
Goelet, William NJ. Astor, Levi 2. Nor
ton, Stephen B. Elkins, Mrs. Parah
Stevens, Fred'k J. DePuyster, Robert
L. Cutting, Cornelius n. Bliss, Brayton
| Ives and John A. King. Conspicuous
| among those on the floor early in the
evening Were the conspicuously badged
| floor committee, about fifty i'll number
The supper room is one of great pro-
| portions. Beginning at the Broadway
end of the temporary structure erected
| IN Ihlrty-nlnth Street, 1t runs all the
way through to Seventh Avenue and up
| to Fortieth Street, forming two sides OF
a triangle. 1t makes up a supper hall
45 feet wide and 475 feet long, with ac-
| commodation for 5000 people at one
| time. The sides of this structure were
| lined with cheese-colored bunting and
| as beautifully decorated as any other
part of the opera house.
| At exactly l0:41 blare of trumpets
was sounded and Mayor Grant offering
| his arm to the President began the walk
| between the lines of artillerymeps Next
came wee President Merton with Mrs
Harrison on his arm, and they were
followed by Gov. Hill and Mrs.
| Morton. Then came the other
members of the Presidents par
| ty. AS they all moved between
| the walls of humanity that pressed
close on either side, cheer after cheer
| went up and almost drowned the noise
| of TIE trumpets. Arrived at the spe-
| cial boxes on the stage the president
| turned about and was formally pre-
sented to the members of the com
| mittee. The strains of Hail to the
| Chief" ceased. and the reception was
at an end. The president ushered
/ Mrs. Harrison into the box setapart for
| them. Vice President Morton and Mrs.
| Morton also entered the box, as did Mr..
and Mrs. Russell HARRISON. TIE rest of
| the party were disposed of in the other
special boxes, and all was then IN read
iness Tor the great quadrille.
AT II O'Clock the orchestra struck up
the "Star Spsngled Banner" and the
dance began. 1t was not a rapid dance.
1t was sedate in the extreme. Senator
| Aldrich smiled on his partner, but
otherwise there was as much solemnity
| about the affair as if it had been the
| most SprIOus busiDpSS on earth The
President busted himself looking al The
brilliant scene in the boxes, and paid
but Little attention to the dancers.
As the presidential party made the cir.
cult OF the ballroom, Mrs. Harrison, OF
course, attracted much attention. She
looked well and happy. Her dress was
| OF heavy gros-grain. cut with q princesse