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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-05-03
The GREAT BALL.

Scenes of spIendor at the Metropolitan
Seldom Equalled.
NEW YORK, April 30.-The Metropoli-
tan opera house was thrown open at 8
O'Clock for the centennial ball. Long be.
fore that hour, however, Broadway and
Seventh avenues, in the vicinity of the
opera house, were literally packed with
curious spectators, and the police had
the greatest difficulty in keeping pas
sage-ways open for the carriages Of those
who. bent upon avoiding the crush that
came later, endeavored to be among the
first to arrive.
Mayor Grant, as host and chairman of
the committee on the centennial celebra-
ton, arrived shortly after 10 o'clock land
little after half past ten President Har-
rison arrived, accompanied by Mrs. Har-
rison, Vice President Morton and Mrs.
Morton, and Lieut.. Gov. Jones and Mrs.
Jones. The manager Of the ball, Mr.. E.
c. Stanton, met the president at bis car
riage and conducted him into the build.
ing, where the mayor gave the party a
formal reception, the members of the
signal corps and of the Second battery
being drawn up in line in the vestibule
as the party passed through. AT the
conclusion of the reception the guests
above named were conducted to the ball
room in the following order, escorted by
a guard of honor:
The President, with Gov. Hill on his
right and Mayor Grant on his left. Fol-
lowing them were Vice President Nor
ton and Mrs. Harrison, Lieut.. Gov.
Jones and Mrs. Morton, Hamilton Fish
and Mrs. Jones. The guests crossed the
floor to the presidents box, which had
been erected at the back OF the stage,
where Mr.. Stuyvesant Fish, chairman OF
the committee on entertainment, pre-
scented to the president Mr.. Elbridge I.
Gerry, chairman of the executive com.
mittee, and the members of the commit
tee on plan and scope and entertain.
ment.
Immediately after this had been done
the opening quadrille. was formed and
and the ball was in full splendor. Tho
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-05-03
THE PRESIDENTIAL DINNER.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish Entertai
the Distfneufshed Party.

Mr.. and Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish Entertain
the Distinguished Party.
NEW YORK, April 30.-At o'clock In
the evening the President and Mrs. Har
rison and Vice President and Mrs. Nor
ton left the Morton mansion and pro
ceeded to the residence of Stuyvesant
Fish, where they were entertained al
dinner. The guests invited to meet the
president and vice president were: Gov
ernor Hill, Hamilton Fish, Mr.. and Mrs
William Jay, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Goelt
William Waldors Astor, Mrs. Burke
Roche and Miss Helen Hammersley.
The interior of the house was richly
decorated with flags and flowers. In
the center of the table was bank Of
roses. President Harrison occupied the
head of the table, and before him was q
miniature model of Washington's home
at Mount Vernon and a cherry tree in
connection. A concealed orchestrs
played patriotic airs during the dinner
At $50 the president and vice president
and their wives entered the PRESIDENT
carriage and amid the cheers of large
crow that had gathered, drove off fol
the Metropolitan Opera house.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-05-03
WOULD PROTECT HIS GIRL.
why the Parade Was Late in Starting
UD Wall Street.

why the Parade Was Late in Starting
Up Wall Street.
NEW YORK, April 30.-The delay in
starting the procession from the foot of
Wall street was explained when ex-Pres-
ident Hayes and Chauncey M. Depew
appeared and took seats in the carriage
reserved for them. After reaching the
Equitable building, Mr.. Depew told the
story of the failure of himself and Mr.
Hayes to reach the dock On time, in his
own inimitable, way. Said he: "Mr.
Hayes and l were landed at an adjoining
slip from the boat whence we had
viewed the naval parade. One member
of the committee was with US, but no
policeman had been provided to secure
our passage, and we could make no
Roadway. We are confronted by solid
wall of brawny longshoremen, and all
our pushing and elbowing was in vain.
Finally appealed to one great big fell
low upon whose arm hung his best girl.
and whom Mr.. Hayes had been vainly
endeavorig to bulge. My good man.
said /, won't you let us pass? This is
Mr.. Hayes, an x-president of the United
States, and we must get places in the
procession before it can start and you be
able to see what brought you here But
it was useless. With grunt and
shove the fellow responded: Il don't give
a dom if he's the president of heaven, he
6han't squeeze nv girl
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century, or in fact any century, and it
is probable that nothing of the same
magnitude will be attempted for another
hundred years. Every portion of the
undertaking, the receptions, the parades,
the decorations, the crowds, have been
on scale worthy the greatest nation on
earth. And the literary exercises at the
sub-treasury building were by no means
the least worthy. The exercises were
held at the sub-treasury building at the
corner of Wall and Nassau streets, the
scene of the Inauguration ceremony on
April 80, 1889. At 10 O'Clock the nresi-
dent and party had arrived, and the
Rev. Richard S. Storrs pronounced the
invocation. A poem by the venerable
poet, John Greenleaf Whittier, was then
read. This was followed by an grafton
by Chauncey M. Depew, and was pro-
nounced one of that talented orators
best efforts. President Harrison then
delivered brief though impressive adj
dress, suitable for the occasion. At its
close Archbishop Corrigan pronounced
the benediction.
The exercises being over President
Harrison and party were driven to the
reviewing stand at Madison Square to
witness the military parade.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-05-03

THoUGH the railroad and warehouse
commission denied any such action, il
was Thursday authoritatIvely declared
by outside persons at st. Paul that John
J. Randall, of Winona, had been APP
pointed to succeed Chief Grain Inspect.
or James. The latter Is not nnally dc.
posed until the present crop has been
cleared. c. n. Reese, of Kandiyohl
county, gets the post of chief deputy al
Minneapolis, vice A. c. Clausen; and
William McManus, of Crookston, is ap.
pointed weighmaster at Duluth.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-05-03
THE MILITARY PARADE.
Sixty Thousand Men In Brilliant Uniform,
In Line.

Sixty Thousand Men In Brilliant Uniforms
In Line.
The military parade on the second day
of the celebration was certainly the
grandest Of it's kind ever attempted in
this country.
After the services in st. Paul's in the
morning the president and his party
were driven to the sub-treasury, where
the literary exercises were held. The
exercises occupied an hour, and closed
at IL o'clock. From the sub-treasury
the presidential party were hastily
driven to the reviewing stand at Madi-
son Square. AS the president was driven
up Broadway the troops drawn up in
line saluted him. While the programme
was being carried out at st. PauIs and
at Wall street, the thousands of troops
were arranging themselves in the lower
part of the city. The head of the col
umn was at Wall street. AS soon as
word was received by Maj. Gen. Scho-
field, chief of the parade, that the presi-
dent had reached the reviewing stand
at Madison Square the order forward
march" was given, and the thousands of
brilliantly uniformed men started on
their march up town. Gen. Schofeld,
with his staff, were followed by the
West Point cadets to the number Of 450.
Following the West Pointers came 200
regular troops, and after them the naval
contingent, made up of marines and eail-
ors, followed, numbering another thou
sand. After the regulars and marines
the national guards of the different
states fell into line, the gov.
ernor of each state, accompanied
by his staff, marching at the head of his
troops. The National Guards of the
various states were arranged in the order
of the admission OF their respective
states into the union. Little Delaware's
troops came first, that having been the
first state admitted. Pennsylvania and
New Jersey followed, with Georgia
fourth. New York was the eleventh
state in line, and, as q matter Of course,
made the finest display. The state had
appropriated sufficient money to
bring the entire National Guard of the
state to the metropolis, and they were
all there in brilliant uniform. There
were 10, 900 of them in this division.
Following the militia came the Loyal
Legion, with Col. Loyal Farragut in
command. They numbered $50 men.
The Third division was composed of
g. A. r. posts. William Warner, Ma
tional commander, and Harrison Clarke,
department commander, in a carriage,
lead the Grand Army men. The first
division was made up of two men from
each post throughout the state, max
ing in all 200 men. Then followed the
New York city posts, numbering 5000
men, under the command of Col. Will
lam p. Walton. After these came the
representatives of the different posts
throughout the Union. The Brooklyn
posts, numbering 4,00O men, brought
the big parade to close. There were
over &c. 900 men in line. From the foot
of Wall street the vast column marched
up past Madison square, and Union
square to Central park, a distance of five
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-05-03

THE Vanderbilt roads in the East have
all adopted the plan of running nc
freight trains on Sunday. The change
is one which will be relished by the hard.
worked crews, especially if it can be ar
ranged for them to reach home every
Saturday night. The officials announce
that the plan is adopted almost wholly
for religious reasons" but we notice
some OF the church papers appear TO be
a trifle skeptical on that point.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-05-03

UNDER the inefficiency rule, q Demo-
crat in the railway mail service, whose
rating at the examination at Indianapo-
lis was 90, was displaced for an efficient
Republican who never got above g.
Globe.
Is the Globe sure this didn't occur four
years ago. with the politics of two men
reversed? 1T sounds SO much like what
was often happening then that we be-
lieve the Democratic editor has mixed
things. Besides, who ever heard of .
Democratic mail clerk standing 90 in an
examination?
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-05-03
The New Discovery.

You have heard your friends and
neighbors talking about it. You may
Yourself be one of the many who know
from personal experience just how good
a thing it is. If you have ever tried it,
you are one of its staunch friends. be-
cause the wonderful thing about 1t Is.
that when once given trial, DR.. Kings
New Discovery ever after holds place
in the house. Ifyou have never used it
and should be afflicted with a cough
cold or any Throat, Lung or Chest
trouble, secure bottle at once and give
it a fair trial. 1t is guaranteed every
time, or money refunded. Trial bottles
free at j. R. Jones' drug store.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-05-03

Mr.. p. CARDIFF, OF Minneapolis, was
most ANONYMOUSLY defeated in his con-
test with Mr.. p. Jackson, of Australia,
at San Francisco Friday night. The grief
of the North Star state over It's loss OF
prestige will be principally confined to
Minneapolis, and we are inclined to
think the city who harbors such charac-
tiers will be able to bear up under this
stroke of SORROW
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-05-03

CAPT. b. p. SHULER has been appoint
ed Indian agent at the White Earth res
ervation. 1t is good appointment. In
addition to the recommendations of be-
ing soldier of three years service and
of having honorablv represented con-
stituency III the legislature, the captain
can show as of more importance resi-
dence OF thirty-seven years in Mime
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-05-03

AMONG Thursdays appointments was
that of Gen. w. p. Edgarton, of New
Jersey, to be division postotiice inspect
or, vice Timothy 0'Leary. This is n
very foIcble application oflhe good doc
trIne of good radiance to bad rubbish"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-05-03

GENERAL HARRISON and Major Clark
son are reported to have had confer
ence Thursday. Whether the latter
has been chopplng the heads off too fast
or whether Ben wanted the machine
oiled up for more rapid work is not
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-05-03
DEVOTIONAL EXERCISES.

Conducted I'm st. Pau1s Chapel by Bishop
Potter-w ashington's Pew Occupied by
the President.
NEW YORK, April 3O.-The exercises
of the second day of the great centennial
celebration opened with the Thanksgiv-
ing services at st. Paul's chapel at 8
O'Clock. The presidential party arrived
at the chapel few minutes before the
hour. The president was met at the
Wesley street gate by committee of the
trinity vestry and escorted to the west
entrance, where he was received by the
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-05-03

THOUGH we have never seen the text
of the law, it is stated that among Other
rubbish cleared out from under the So
Ions desks is bill providing for the
methods of conducting capital executions
by which it ID made a crime punishable
by fine and imprisonment for a
newspaper to publish more than a
mere announcement of an execution. II
the legislature passed such a law it GER
tainly did not read the constitution very
straight. The latter says:
The liberty of the press shall forever
remain inviolable, and all persons may
freely speak, write or publish their SEN
timents on all subjects, being RESPONSE.
BILE for the abuse of such right.
If the Lawmakers would turn their at.
teRtion to the matter of preventing the
growth of those demoralized tastes
among the people which make them
crave and demand the detailed and sen.
sational accounts of hangings, they would
have a much easier task than this at.
tempt to prescribe how much newspa.
per shall publish regarding public
events.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-05-03

NEW YORK, April 30.-Upon arriva
at the Equitable building, after having
been escorted by the mammoth process
sion from the wharf at the fopt of Wall
street, the president entered the grand
court between lines of troops. AS he
entered the troops on either side pre-
sented arms, and the full choir of Trinity
church descended the staircase opposite
the entrance and grouped themselves at
the foot They then sang Before
the Lord We Bow" The solemn hymn
rendered by this grand chorus resounded
through the marble hall and stirred the
hearts of all who heard it with its gran
deur. Following this the choir sang the
doxology accompanied by full corps OF
comets.
When the music had ceased, the pres
ident was conducted to the Lawyers
club rooms, in the Equitable building,
where reception took place. Mr.. W..
I'll. Hamilton, chairman of the committee
on states,
INTRODUCED PRESIDENT HARRISON
70 the president, secretary and board of
governors of the club. After these in
PRODUCTIONS the president was escorted to
the reception by Mr.. William A. Butler,
president of the club, the secretary Of
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-05-03

A e0oD many of the Oklahoma boom
ers have discovered that quarter sec
ton of land in Indian Territory is not
half as attractive as the home acre with
a bread and butter trimming.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-05-03
WHERE WASHINGTON woasHlpPeD.

Centennial Memorial Services Under the
the Auspices of the Society of the Gin
cinnati.
NEW YORK, April 29.-Centennial me-
mortal services under the auspices of the
Society of the Cincinnati were held Sum-
day morning in st. Paul's church, where
one hundred years ago Washington at
tended divine service. The attendance
was very large, including $50 members
of the Society of the Cincinnati, to
whom the sermon was especially adj
dressed. Bishop William Stevens Perry,
of Iowa, the chaplain general of the or
der, delivered the sermon, which was
mainly devoted to references to the re-
ligious phase of Washington's career.
The musical portion of the services was
magnificently rendered by double
quartette and a well drilled chorus.
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the club, Samuel Borrowe, accompany
ing the vice president. Following them
were Governor Hill, May or Grant and
Hamilton Fish. The president, vice
president and governor of New York,
mayor of New York city and Mr.. Fish
took the positions assigned them on the
dias, and the floor committee conducted
the governors of states and territories in
order of precedence to positions on the
right and left of the presidential party.
The floor committee were then presented
to the president, and Immediately after
the doors were opened and
THE RECEPTION BEGAN.
One agreeable feature of the affair was
the absence of hand shaking. The floor
committee conducted the guests two by
two, and presented them to the presi
dent. who merely bowed and received
bows in return.
SOME / 200 GUESTS WERE PRESENTED
to the chief magistrate. They represent
ed every profession and trade in the city.
Clergymen of every denomination were
present, bank presidents, heads of trust
companies, members Oh the StOch eA-
change, wholesale dry goods importers,
newspaper men, printers. railroad presi-
dents, publishers, military men, drug
gists, liquor dealers, physicians, archi-
tects, artists, lawyers, theatrical manag-
ers, etc.
The reception lasted an hour, after
which the president and his party, with
limited number of guests, were escort.
ed to the breakfast room. Here large
and beautiful table was ready. The ia
BILE was a mass of flowers. In the center
A MASSIVE CENTURY PLANT,
said to be over 100 years old, rose. Palm
trees and potted plants were about the
room in great profusion. The scene was
one of great beauty as the party entered.
Electric lights were placed among the
leaves of the palms and plants and
BURST FORTH IN BLAZE OF LIGHT,
and the table was radiant with color and
light. The feast which followed was
elaborate for breakfast, and was thor
oughly enjoyed by all present. When
the breakfast was nearly over, the
PRESIDENTS HEALTH WAS DRUNK
by all standing. Shortly after $3.50 p. m.
the president and party started for the
city hall, escorted by the veterans of the
Seventh and Twenty-second regiments.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-05-03
THE LITERARY EXERCISES.

A Poem by Whittier, Grafton by Depew
and an Address by the President.
NEW YORK, April 30.-The celebra-
ton thus far has been in fact as well as
name a centennial celebration. No such
programme as that planned and carried
out has been conceived during the past
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-05-03

The Pioneer Press of Thursday has a
full column editorial raking Senator
Pope's distance tariff bill and expresses
the idea that no man of sense could vote
for such measure. That great paper
of brains thinks car can be hauled
from Chicago through Waseca to st. Pau
cheaper than it can be to Waseca. Just
how it reasons out such brilliant idea
we little fellows fail to see, but it does
We don't even ask the Waseca car be
hauled for less money, but we do say II
certainly can be hauled as cheap, and we
further say il is a matter of justice to
Waseca that it should be. Ard any dis.
interested, fair,minded man would say
it should be.-Waseca Radical.
Don't you know, Mr.. Radical, you run
the risk of exposing your ignorance
when you object to an any of the P.-P.''
reasonings on the freight rate question
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-05-03

Col. DUDLEY isn't afraid to tell what
he did say, and the vein of sorrow for
his old friend Ben which he discloses is
very affecting. The colonel will have
the country's sympathy in his distress.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-05-03

The Jail ways or the Tlce-president
himself'should he more careful. The
country las no desire to part with Mr..
Morton br a few years yet.
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THE PRESIDENTIAL TRAIN.

The Chief Magistrate of 1880 Travels to
New York I'm Luxury Never Dreamed of
I'm 1850.
WASHINGTON, April e9.-fhe president
and his party left Sunday night for New
York by way of Elizabethtown, to take
part in the centennial exercises. A
special train of the Pennsylvania rail-
road pulled out of the station at Sixth
street, shortly after midnight, bearing
the presidential party. The train was
the most perfect that has ever left the
Washington station of the Pennsylvania
road. 1t was made up under the direc-
tions of the assistant general passenger
agent, George w. Boyd, of Philadelphia,
under authority from the centennial
committee. The car assigned to the
president was the car oil the vice presi-
dent of the road, Frank II. Thompson.
It is one of the handsomest cars ever
built, and contains in addition to the
bed rooms, a parlor, a dining room, a
pantry and kitchen. In the parlor a
fire glowed welcome to the presi-
dent from the open fire place.
The train was made up early in the
evening, and at 9 o'clock was ready for
the reception of the distinguished party.
IL was about ~ CLOCK wnenyt the preSl-
Dental party was driven from the execu-
tive mansion to the train. 1t consisted
of the president, Mrs. Harrison, Mrs.
Mckee, Miss Ida Murphy, of st. Paul,
Mrs. Kate Davis Brown, Col. John M.
Wilson and Private Secretary E. w.
Halford. The committee delegated to
escort the president from Washington to
Elizabethport was in waiting at the
station. 1t consisted of John A. King,
William Jay, William III. Robertson,
William NJ. Evarts and Seth Low, rep
resenting the general government COM
mittee; Orlando B. Potter, Clifford STAN
ley Sims and Frank s. Witherbee, of the
transportation, the centennial and states
committees. In one of the cars were p.
v. Degraw and George G. Balm, of the
United Press; A. j. Halford, of the As
ISOLATED Press; representatives of The
New York Tribune, The New York
Times, The Philadelphia Ledger and
other newspaper correspondents to the
number of about twenty. The train left
at o'clock. Before that time most of
the travellers had retired to their berths
and were asleep.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-05-03

On! CARDIFF! To think what mi.d
have been Minnesota's fame if your nnd
had been stronger and your hide
harder
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NUMBER 46

were received by the committee on liter
airy exercises. They then proceeded to
the sub treasury building, where the lit
erarv exercises were to be held.