Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-02
HARRiSON'S NEW YEAR.

/ INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 1,-Indianapolis peo-
| pie gave themselves up TO social festivities
and amenities to an extent not practiced
here for many years. They We're favored
with pleasant agreeable weather. The
morning was full of, sunshine, but in the
| afternoon itclouded up little The tenn
peratuie. however, was forty and forty five
nearly the entire day. Business was almost
entirely Suspended aud the streets were
I filled with pleasure seekers, ...- Co.. -i.
/ The president-elect had no political Wis
! itors today. Senator Henry w. Blair,
I of New Hampshire, arrived at noon and
( called upon the general this evening. He is
4 here however. On lecturing tour, having
I engaged to deliver five lectures in the
state. He talked freely with the cores
| pOndents about several bills in congress
! and ON political matters, stating among
other things that in his opinion n large
majority of the Republicans of New
/ England were DESTROYS of seeing Mr.
! Blaine at the head of President Harrison
cabinet He was not going to specially
! advocate Mr.. Blaine to the president-eiect
unless the latter requested his views, etc
! An unusually large number of promi-
nent ladies threw their doors open this
afternoon. The most notable receptions
however, were those held in the afternoon
at the residences of General Harri-
son. Hon. John G.. New and at
the New Denison hotel at night. Notice
of the Harrison reception appeared in
the local morning papers in its alphabeti-
h cal order, simply as follows: Harrison.
General and Mrs. informal, 3 to q p. M. p
The handsome parlors of Harrison resi-
dence were decorated with flowers and
plants, but not to any elaborate degree.
Mrs. Harrison was assisted by her daugh-
! ter, Mrs. j. r. Mckee, Mrs. JAS Brad
shaw, Mrs Edward Mckee, Miss
lima Mckee, Miss Newcomer and n
General Harrison received with
! the ladies and Mr. Russell B. Harrison
participated fora time in the reception.
Both the general and son wore Prince
Alberts. The reception throughout was,
as the notice stated entirely informal
At = O'Clock callers began to arrive in
large numbers. General and Mrs. Harrison
stood in the front parlor and greeted their
friends Immediately after they had tered
the house There Were no introductions
and guests dispersed throughout the house
and many stayed for, an hour or TWO.
BY ) O'Clock the scene. in front of the
house was an animated one. 1t was no.
ticeable that a good proportion of the
callers were workingmen, accompanied
in many. instances by their wives and
daughters. Fashionable society came
also and all degrees of social life could be
found within those hospitabe doors at all
times during the afternoon. Guests were
invited to partake of a little lunch Mrs
Mckee presided at a handsome table
spread in the dining room. and assisted by
her cousin, Miss Newcomer, she
refreshed the guests with tiny
cups of coffee tea and chocolate. Mr..
Russell B. Harrison, who returned from
New York only last night. was to be found
in his fathers library a good part of the
afternoon and was the recipient of con-
CALCULATIONS and attentions second only to
his distinguished parents. He is reticent
in politics, as he proved to Ike in New
York, but there IS no doubt he CLEANED
much valuable information on the politi-
cal situation in New York and that his
suggestions viii have his fathers careful
consideration.
General Lew Wallace Ex-Governor A.
c. Porter and about all other resident
people of distinction were among the call
ers; also large number of clergymen of
all denominations. 1t is impossible to
state how many callers passed through the
Harrison parlors during six hours, but the
stream was constant one and estimate
places the number at nearly 1000.