New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-19

relieve each other; so that the music viii be prac-
| tiCally continuous, 100
IL Is intended to limit the attendance 70 6,V90
people. number well within the eepacitY OF Sne
| half There were $500 at the Old Guaru Dali ~
the Metropolitan Opera House last winner vi
corning the ball, the Entertainments CommiDiees
circular of yesterday says:
This hall viii begin at o'clock and by o O'Clock or
shortly after It win be IN full splendor There Is the
greatest pressure the committee for boxes ana usAe
In nearly $1,000 was offered committeeman y
no would get box for the evening, and tnefe nase
been number Of offers Of 600 for the boxes Iheie
win however, be few changes in the printed list Of
| names Of boxholderS t.
President Harrison and Mrs. Harrison win DC
the guests of vice-Presdent and Mrs. Morton
during their visit. The wives Of the Caoines
officers, Justices of the Supreme Court mr' ana
Mrs Russell Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. Mokee ano
Mr. aud Mrs. Halford viii be escorted py
committee from Washington TO the Htth avenue
Hotel where they will be assigned TO rooms as INC
guests of the Centennial Committee.
and Mrs. Ytuyvesant Fish will entertain the
e a1s%er s1d p as H fSs Snes f nd
Governor rrSsef Hill IL Hamilton Fish Mr. and Mrs
Elbridge T. Gerry Mr.. ard Mrs, William Jay,
Mr. and Mrs Robert Goelct, William Waldorf
Aston, Mrs. Burke Roche and Miss Helen Hamers-
Lev.
received fan. This time the souvenir Is TO be
O pamphlet Of ~ pages, printed on fine japan
paper. r.....u
ment Committee, went to Washington last night
to make the final arrangements os TO tho con-
position Of the Presidential party and its trans.
4 letter from Bushrcd G. washington, Of Charles
town, w. Va, yesterday, calling attention TO the
fact that the Mt Vernon family of Washing
tons who were born and reared at Mt. Yer
non, had been overlooked by the Invitation Com
mittee He gives the names or these heirs, who
afterward sold Mt. Vernon 10 the Ladies Mt
George Washington. Colonel and Mrs, r. 7. Chew,
Miss j.. S. Washington, Mr.. and Mrs r. IL, wills,
Mrs. E. L. Howard, and Mr.. and Mrs. Beverly
The following have been invited TO attend the
supper as representatives of the Washington
family; Edmund Law Rogers, Of Baltimore, the
Bushroi c. Washington, OF Chsrlestown, w. Va,
believed to be the ot Living Male Male Rs abs
Of drt Asu st George M' %asS saa ana
Lewis, OF Audley,. Va, believed 70 be the Oldest
male descendant having the. blood of both the
washington and Gusts tam PneS vii, continue the
Centennial Celebration at the Metropolitan Opera
House on the evening Of May for the particular
purpose of celebrating the birth Of the second
century Of the Constitutional Government of the
United States.
TO ERECT AN ARCH IN wALL-sT.
A movement is on foot among Wall Street men
to provide for the erection Of triumphal arch,
the expense to be met by subscriptions Thomas
T. Barr, OF No. 1o7 Front-st. win receive sub
scriptons .a.
sent circular TO the newspapers requesting coop
grafton in the endeavor 70 secure from the rail-,
roads still further extension OF the ten-days
limit Of the excursion tickets 70 the ceieoratlon,
and further reduction from the three-cents per
mile round-trip rate 20 the one-way fare. IL Is
also urged that the privilege Of reduced excursion
tickets be, extended 70 all cities west Of ChlcaeS.
simpson, me St r j. Macy 6 Co, Edward Ridley s
Sons, E. J Dennlng & Co, James mcCreery q
Twenty-third-st., II. o'Neill & Co, JONES A.
Hearn & Son, Enrich Brothers, John Daniel q
Sons, II. c. T. Koch & Co, Adams d Co., and
Several additions 70 the industrial parade were
received yesterday, and The number oil men %
take part In the procession now ,approximates
100, 900. The Democratic Business Mems Assoeia;
ton OF meeting yesterday decided
Of 9P' the P members 81 belonged to other or
Qanizations which would be IN the procession.
Police Commissioner voorhis, Superintendent
Murray and Inspector Byrnes went over the route
Of the procession In carriage yesterday, inspecting
stands and ascertaining where wires could be
stretched as barriers to keep the crowds from in
terfering with the parades
LOAN EXHIBIT OPENED TO THE PUBLIC.
The Loan Exhibit In the Assembly Rooms Of the
Metropolitan Opern House was opened TO the
public at o'clock yesterday and Notwithstanding
the disagreeable weather large crowds were in
attendance. The numerous relics and PORTRAITS
were inspected with interest during the afternoon
aud evening The Art Committee has Issued IN
yitatious TO President Harrison and his
Cabinet ex-President Cleveland and his Cabinet,
President Hayes, Justices Of the Supreme Court
Assemblymen and Senators, Board OF Aldermen,
Governors of the States, Army and Navy officers,
and to almost every person OF note In the country.
The proprietors Of boarding and lodging houses
are registering their places at the various ecnct
police stations in large numbers, and the police
saw that on immense number Of strangers VIII DE
able to find comfortable quarters through the
Medium of the stations. An q stranger VIII have
to do is to ask the rst policeman he sees to direct
him TO the nearest station, where ne VIII DC as.
signed to quarters selected from list so cassineo
that he win get just the kind of ACCOMMODATIONS
that he desires, IS,
The women Of several socie ties connected with
the Brick Presbyterian Church OF this city haye
arranged for the erection of n reviewing stand IN
front of the church. at Fifth-ave. and Ihlrty-
seventh-st, from which the parade may be viewed
over 500 reserved chairs will be arranged upon IT.
and these will be sold to members OF the con,
rregation and their friends and the proceeds VIII
be turned into the treasures Of the various So
cieties. "