The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-03-09
TUE DAY IN WASHINGTON,
The PFesIdsnt sui BsSisgsd by Callers
Changes In tho Departments,

visitors TO the White House continue
to-day, but they were much less numel
GUS than on the three previous day
For the first time since he entered tn
White House, the President was able
devote the entire forenoon to visitor
having business with him, He receive,
up stairs in his Office and was engage,
with them from 10 o'clock to nearly
O'Clock, Among those who called dur
ing that time was Vice President Nor
ton, with Senator Hlscock, Gen. B, +
Butler, Senator Quay, Farwell, Paddock
Dolph, Stewart, Wilson, OF Iowa, Nor
Fill, Mitchell, Morgan, Hawley, Cullom
Washburn, Sherman, spooner, Stanford
Chace and Aldrich; Representative
Mckinley, Hit, Stiyers, Herman, Reed
Moorey, Caldwell, Taylor, Grosyeuor
Butterworth, Brown, OF Indiana; Chea
die, Farquhar, Adams, Tracy, Of Iowa
Cannon, Sawyer, Hlestand, Baker
Boothman, Gen, Lew Wallace, ex.Sena
tor Saunders, ex-senator PruCe and Mr.
l., W, Brown, OF Ohio,
Senator Palmer, General Lew Wallace
and Mr., Clarkson, OF Iowa, took lunch
with President and Mrs. Harrison TO,
day, after which the President gave a
private reception, which, on account oil
the large number Of people who had as
sembled outside the house, was held on
the portlco, The President merely bow
ed Acknowledgements rs the crowd filed
before him. He then retired to his pri-
Vate apartments for O brief rest and sub.
sequently gave an audience to the thou
sand or more persons who had obtained
access to the red room. No handwriting
was INDUCED In. The entire reception
lasted from 1850 to $3.50. At the latter
hour Mrs. Harrison held card recep-
ton.
A Pennsylvania delegation composed
OF Postmaster General Wanamaker, G,
W. Childs and Edward NJ. Payson, had
q private interview with the President
In the afternoon. In addition to Mr..
Wanamaker the other Cabinet officers
to call on the President were Secretaries
Blaine, Window and Rusk.
Postmaster General Wanamaker has
purchased from the Freylinghuyson es.
tate, tho elegant residence, which has
been until recently the home OF Secre.
tary Whitney, The price paid for the
house and part Of the furniture is un-
derstood to have been $4,000.
ATToRNEY.dENIRAL MILLER INTRODUCED.
In the United States Supreme Court
to-day ex.Attornoy.Gencral Garland ad.
dressed the court as follows: "May 1t
please the court, I ask leave to introduce
to tho court Attorney.General William
H. II. Miller and present lis commission
as such signed by tho President OF the
United States, and ask that It be duly
noted ofrecord, In doing this the court
will permit nc 10 return my sincere
thanks to each member thereof, as well
as its officers, for the uniform courtesy
aud consideration shown by them during
my term OF office here, and | ask for my
successor this same kindness, as feel
sure he will prove himselfin all respects
worthy OF it.n'
The Chief Justice replied: ave are
happy to make the acquaintance OF the
the Attorney General. The court well
comes the coming guest with pleasure,
and speeds the parting guest with kind.
ly remembrance. Let the commission
be recorded"
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
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