Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-10-08
CLETELAND'S BABY GIRL
Congratulations Pouring in
From Every Quarter
OF INTERNATIONAL INTEREST
The Proud Parent Says Its a
Lovely Big Child.
What Shall the Babe be Named e--Joy in
the Cleveland Household "A Nation
offers Its Cordial Congratulations.

NEW YORK, Oct. 4.--Just'as Saturday
came in, at 1906 midnight, baby girl
was born TO ex-President and Mrs.
Grover Cleveland, at their residence, SIG
Madison avenue. The news was not
known to any except intimate friends
until late on Saturday, but when IL was
noised about the city, congratulations
were showered ON the happy father and
everybody seemed to take personal
pleasure in the welcome to the new
conner. A note from friend to Mr.
Cleveland, asking for information,
brought this reply:
Baby girl born little after midnight
large, healthy and strong and perfect in
every respect Mother and child doing re-
markably well. &C.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland returned to
this city on September 22d. They have
spent the past summer at their new
country place, Gray Gables, on Buzz
yards bay, where they lived in COM
parative retirement. Their summer
holiday was brought to close by trip
In Mr.. Il. q. Benedict's yacht Oneida,
in which they were finally conveyed to
this city about two weeks ago.
Little Miss Cleveland will be the most
popular resident Of this big town. She
is said to weigh eight pounds, but ac-
counts of the color of her eyes are
sadly at variance-one representing
them as blue, another as hazel. One
chronicler gravely asserts that she is a
brunette. Mrs. Cleveland's mother, Mrs.
,Perrlne, formerly Mrs. Folsom, is with
her.
Mr.. Cleveland is quoted as saying: 81
don't want to brag any, but this baby
now is as stout and as good as most
babies are when they are three or four
days old" He also says that his wife
and child Will remain in the city at least
two weeks, and will then go into the
country for while-just where he has
not decided. He acted as if he were
greatly pleased, and said that it was too
early yet to talk about the christening
and that sort of thing. He said he had
received dispatches of congratulation
from his sister, his wife's relatives, and
from many of his personal friends.
Telegraph boys were coming and going
all day. Mr. Cleveland himself did d
good deal of telegraphing announcing
the news to former members of his cabi-
net and to other friends. He did not
leave the house himself.
Don nj. Dickerson, Postmaster-g gem
eral under Cleveland, in answer to a
dispatch from Mr.. Cleveland ANNOUNCE
Ing the birth of his daughter, sent the
following:
, Congratulations. Three times three
and tiger"
The Democratic county convention at
Atchison, Kan, sent the following tele-
gram to Mr.. and Mrs Cleveland:
WIha DamOprnpV ne htrhten,, o.,,.t..
in convention assembled, congratulate
you upon the birth of your daughter
Grover Cleveland and Frances Folsom
were married in the White House. al
Washington on June ID, 1886, in the
second year of Mr.. Cleyeland's term as
President of the United States. At that
time Mr.. Cleveland was in his 5Oth wear
and Mrs. Cleveland was 90. She is the
daughter of Mr.. Cleveland's deceased
friend and partner, Oscar Folsom, of the
Buffalo, N. Y, bar
Mr.. Cleveland was the first President
to be married in the White House, and
the unique event was the occasion Of
much pleasurable excitement at Wash
lngton. MIR. Tyler was married in New
York during his term as President and
the wedding reception took place in the
White House. Mrs. CLEVELAND was the
youngest mistress of the White House
except Mrs. Madison.
The ceremony which united Mr.. and |
Mrs. Cleveland was performed by the |
Rev. Dr. Byron Sunderland, and was |
made as simple as possible. The White |
House was beautifully decorated with
howers. Only the immediate relatives
and friends OF the families were present.
The newly-married couple spent week |
at Deer Park, Allegheny county, Md. |
After their return to Washington, Mrs. |
Cleveland took up the round of social |
duties as first lady of the land, and by |
her tact and beauty attained great popu- |
larity. Upon Mr.. Cleveland's retire |
ment from office, he took up his resi- |
dence in New York city and Mrs. Cleve- |
land became a social leader. They |
nave spent their summers on the New |
England coast, and this year chose a
charming spot on Cape Cod. A popular
demonstration OF welcome was made in |
June by the Cape Cod folks without
distinction of party, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Ofeveland were installed as "Cape !
Codders."
MIR. CLEVELAND TO PRESIDE.
Ex-President Grover Cleveland will
preside at the first meeting of the cam
paign, to be held in this city next Thurs
day evening, under the management Of |
the Democratic state committee, to ratify
the state ticket headed by Roswell T,
Flower. The largest and most accessi-
BILE hall in the city has been selected
Madison Square Garden, with its ca
pacity for $4,000 persons. The news
that Mr. Cleveland had consented to take
part in this ratification meeting was a
source of much satisfaction to the many
Democrats who visited Democratic
headquarters YESTERDAY. Nobody was
more pleased than Mr.. Flower himself
over this evidence of Mr.. Cleyeland's
kindly feeling for the ticket. Nearly every
Democrat who paid his respects to the
Democratic candidate expressed the
opinion that the party could not afford
to have Mr.. Cleveland take the stump
this fall. Their sentiments were ex-
pressed by member of the state COM
mittee, who said: EEK President Cleve-
land will preside at the initial meeting
of the campaign, which Is to be held the
latter part of this week under the aus.
pices of the Democratic state committee.
Recognizing the proprieties and the
almost unbroken presidents, Mr.. Cleye-
land will probably not be asked to 90
upon the stump. When the invitation TO
preside was conveyed to him, however,
he said he could see no reason why he
should not preside at such meeting as
is proposed in his own neighborhood
and join in a demonstration to his
townsman and friend, Mr.. Flower"
CLEPEL1ND AND CAMPBELL.