The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-04
INAUGURAL CENTENNIAL
Programme for the Coming Event on
the 30th Inst.
EXHIBITION OF PORTRAITS.
The President and His Cabinet TO
Arrive on the 29th.
LINE OF SHIPS AND BOATS.
Services of Thanksgiving in the
Churches of New York.

NEW YORK, April 1.-THE following
is an abstract of the official programme
of the Washington centennial celebra-
ton exercises issued to-day:
Wednesday, April 17-FOrmal cpen-
ing of the loan exhibition of historical
portraits in the assembly room of the
Metropolitan opera house at 8 p. m.
Monday, April Carnival of the
president and cabinet at ii a. m. They
will embark at once for New I Ork City
on the United State steamer Despatch.
Governors, commissioners, and other
guests will embark at $50 a. m. on the
steamer Erastus Wiman at the ferry
slip foot of West Twenty-third street,
and proceed to EliZabethpOrt to meet
the Despatch" and accompany her to
this CITY. The steamer ''SiriuS" will
also accompany the Despatch"
The line of United States war ships,
yachts and steamboats, Will be formed
in the upper bay and after saluting
will follow in this order:
The president.
Governors and commissioners.
Other guests.
On the arrival at the foot of Wall
street barge manned by shipmasters
from the marine society of New FORK.
Captain Ambrose Snow, coxswain,
will row the president ashore. He
will then be received by Chairman
VIM. G. Hamilton, of the committee on
states. The presidential party Will be
escorted to the Equitable building
where collation. will be served
| and a reception given. This will
| consume the time from to p. m.
After the reception at the Equitable
building the president and governors
will proceed TO the city hall under mill
hon
lie reception in the governors room
from 4 to 6 o'clock. In the evening &C.
ours the great centennial ball.
Tuesday April 30-Seryices of thanks
giving in the churches of New
York and throughout the coun-
| try at a. m. A special
services of thanksgiving will be given
president will attend.
The commemorative centennial ex-
ercises in front of the sub-treasury
building, the scene of the Inauguration
ceremony on April 80. 1883. The exer-
cises will consist of prayer by Rev. DR..
r. S. Storrs, a poem by John Greenleaf
| Whittier, an Grafton by Chauncey M.
DePew and an address by President
Harrison and benediction by Most Rev.
Michael Augustine CoIrigan, arch
bishop of New York.
The military parade under command
of Major General Jnos N. Schodeld.
| The right Of line is given TO the mill
tary and nayal-cadets followed by the
| troops of the regular army and the
national guard in the following order:
Each state being headed by its COVER
nor and his staff-Delaware, Pennsyl-
vania, New Jersey, Georgia,
Connecticut, Massachusetts,. Mary
land. South Carolina. Virginia,
New DIRK, North Carolina and Rhode
Island. The other states will follow In
| the order in which they were admitted
into the union. Following will be 200
companions of the Loyal Legion and
| then the posts of the G.. A. r.
| The route will he up Broadway to
| Waverly place, to Fifth avenue to Fiji
| ty-ninth street. The reviewing stand
will be at Madison square and Twenty
| fourth street.
From 5 to o'clock a reception will
be given the president by the art COM
mittee at the loan exhibition rooms in
the Metropolitan opera house. AT 2 p.
m the banquet will occur.
! Wednesday, May 1.-The industrial
and civil parade.
Wednesday, May S-Close of the loan
| exhibition.