Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-02
ABATEMENT YEAR
How the Day Was Celebrated
 in Various Places.
WHITE HOUSE RECEPTION
A Scene of Magnifcence at
 the Nations Home.
THE COSTUMES OF THE LADIES.
The Day Had Its Dark Pict-
 ures, Too.
MANY CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

MANY CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. Interesting Details of the Grand Anaaal Event at the White House-A Brilliant Assemblage-Who the Chief Partici- pators were-The Reception Began with Military Promptness but Prolonged to Accommodate the Crowd-Mrs. Cleve- land a Charming Vision of Consciousness and Loveliness-A Carnival of Crime in New York-Accidents and Murders in Many Places.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-The New Year opened here with bright clear sky and the als as warm as that of spring. The grand event of the day-the reception at the execu- mansiou-President Cleveland's fourth and last reception, of course overshadowed every other festivity. No pains were spared 1n soreparing for the great annual New ears day levee, when legislators and officials, diplomats and citizens, soldiers ana sailors, old and young. men and women, Democrats and Republicans come to the White House to pay tribute of respect and express good wishes to the chief magistrate cf the nation The mansion, with its Psthetic decos atlons, was rendered. still more attractive by the unusual profusion d tropical plants ana flowers displaye in the corridors and prlncl- paf looms. Nothing had been left pndone to furnish brilliant and suitable surroundings for the notable occasion, and the scene from first to last was one Of brilliance and grandeur.
 The cabinet party who were te assist in the reception arrived early and were shown d. reetly up stairs, where the president and Mrs Clevelspd were awaiting their arrival. As usual, the Starine band, in brilliant uniforms, was stationed a the main hall of the man. sion, and with almost military punctuallty, At II o'clock, the hour fixed for the reception to begin, struck up tho New ears Greeting March sSousa) as the president and Mrs. Cleveland appearel at the head of the stairs leading from ths second floor to the blue room on the floor iss!ow, where the formal presentations were to be made. Immediately behind theln came the receiving party. The members of the cabinet who were present were received informally, and with the ladies not of the immediate receiving party, they took their places behind the official receiving line. The receiving party consisted of the president, Mrs. Cleveland, Miss Bayasd, Mrs Fairchiid, Mrs Whitney and Mrs. Dickinson
 Behlnd taa line stood Mrs. Folsom, Miss Mary Hastings, Miss Carrie Hastings, Mrs. Nelson Mrs. Chief Justice Fuller, Mrs. Speaker Carlisle, Miss Florencs Bayard, Miss Villas, Miss Pauline Whitney, Mrs. Lamont, Mrs. Lincklaen, Mir. George Bancroft, Hugf MeCulloch and Mrs. McCulloch, Mrs. Col Wilson, Miss Wilson, Mrs, Marshal Wilson, Miss Mary Wilson, Mrs Senator Butler, Mrs. Senator Call, Mrs. Cockrell, Mrs Daniel, Mrs. Kearch, Mrs Pugh, Miss Voorhees,, Miss Randall, Mrs. Walthall Mrs. A. Leo Knoll, n T,,c1y Mr. q Ward, Mrs John F. Rogers, Mrs. w. c. P. Breckenridge, Mrs. MoAdoo, Mrs. John E. Russell, Mrs Randall, Mrs. Springer, Ms. R. w. Townshend. Miss Letter, Miss How ard, Miss Thoron, Mr. and Mrs. John G. Millburn, of Buffalo; Mrs. J. H, Mackin, ot Ssw York; MT. John D. Crimmins ard daaghter, of New York; Gen. James Grant >Wilson, of New York; Mrs. Governeur Morris of New York; MT. and Mrs. Franklin Mac Neagh, MT. and Mrs Glepny, of Buffalo Judge Daily, of New York.
 It required but moments time for the arrangement of positions to be made, aud then the reception began, the diplomatic corps. with their ladies, entering first. Many of the foreign representatives We're in mil tary siS1.orm, and radiant with insignia of variou. .orders, They presented a spectacle of great sattraetivspess and splendor. The diplomat. filed into tAe blue room in the order of theil appointment, &4d in turn presented th' attaches of their legations. Mr. Preston, thu Haytian minister, the dean of the corps wa unasoidably absent from the city, SO Baro1 de Faya, the Italian minister, presented tl. members of the corps to the president ane Mrs Cleveland. The corps, with their ladies passed through the blue room and into th' large east room, converting that spartmen into scene of animated splendor, WEer everything in the way of brilliant costuming gay decorations, gold lace and rich trimming mingled in dazzling array. Then followed the reception of the supreme court justices senators and representatives. After thes came the army and navy officers, ip full dress uniform. All grades were represented from the two stars and four stars of tn major general and admiral in the army apt navy down to the single bar and silver ancho of tho ssiny lieutenant and naval ensign Following these came the officials of the gov Arnment, and then the Associated Veteran of the war of lS46, the Grand Army of tn Republic and the members of the Oldes Inhabitants association of the District o Columbia
 AE of the callers were presented to tn president by name by Col. John M Wilsol and Lieut.. Duyal, of the army. They passe, through the red parlor, at the door of whic these two officers stood. The receiving lin extended across the blue paFloF to the doc leading into the great east room, .keGc through a window which had been trans formed into temporary exit, nnder a canva nSning and out of the east gate to th White House grounds.
 The paSlic reception was announced fo s2:85, but it was sarly 1 o'clock when tn gates were thrown cpen to admit the visitor in smaL squads and detaGhments. From tha time until the close of the reception tn crowds poured ceaselessly through fh parlora
 At 7 o'clock, the hour fixed for the conclu sion of the reception, the crowd was sti great, and the president said that he woul remain and receive all who came.
 Many of those in the east parlor tran. ferred their attention to the long, broad hal way where some of the receiving party e caping from the environments of the blu parlor were holding impromptu reception and greeting their friends. But the cente of attraction in the hallway was the entranc to the blue parlor. Dirsetly opposite an facing this doorway stood ths receiving lin