Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-08
ORIGIN OF THE CELEBRATION,
The First Meeting and the Committees That
Have Contributed to Today's Success.

ORIGIN OF THE CELEBRATION.
The First Meeting and the Committees That
Have Contributed to Todays Success.
The origin of this celebration IL quite recent
In the latter part of last October invitations
were issued by the Inventive Age of this city,
which called together number of business
men, inventors and patent attorneys at the
board OF trade rooms on November 8. At that
meeting it was decided to place the matter be-
fore the public, which was done at a meeting
In the Arlington Hotel q week later. On this
latter occasion the objects and aims of the pro-
posed centennial celebration were fully ex-
planned by Mr.. James T. Du Bots. Since that
tine the work of preparation has gone steadily
on to the perfect and eminently satisfactory
celebration which commenced today. The COM
mittees that have labored to bring about sue
cess are organized as follows:
Executive committee-John Lynch, chair
man; j. Elfreth Watkins, secretary; John w.
Babson, Marvin c. Stone, Geo. c. Maynard.
ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
Senators Fl. NJ Teller, o. H. Plat and George
Gray, Representatives Benjamin Butterworth,
James Buchanan and George D. Tillman,
Charles Eliot Mitchell, h. E. Paine. Ellis Spear.
E. NJ. Marble, NJ. V. Montgomery, !. Col.
F. A. seely, j. B. Marvin. Prof A.
" Den, Froi' o. langley, Dr..
Prof. T. C.. Mendenhall, Hon. A. f. Spofford,
Hon. Edwin Willis, Col. Marshall Mcdonald
Hon. Carroll d. Wright. Gen. A. w. Greedy,
Cen. NJ. c. Meigs, U.S.A.; Commodore VIM. NJ
Folser, U.S.N.; Surgeon John S. Billings, U.S.
A; Capt r. W. Meade, U.SN.; Gen. ". S. Rose
Grams, DIR. +. o. st. Clair, Hon. J. W. Douglass,
Hon. J. W. Ross, Col H. NJ. Robert, Hon.
VI. q. Emery, Col. A. T. Britton. DIR. j. G. Well
ing, Rev. J. Ravens Richards, t. E. Wagga-
man, Rev. J: E. Rankin, Rev. Byron Sunder-
klnd, Hon. Thomas Wilson, j. NJ Toner, MD.
George c. Maynard. Hon. Simon Wolf, A. L.
Barber, Crosby S. Noyes, Hon. Beriah Wilkins
Gen III. V. Boynton, Charles A Elliott A. d.
Anderson, Col. W. NJ. Meredith
COMMITTEE ON LITERATURE.
DIR. G. Brown Goode (chairman), Ainsworth
R. Spofford, Llewellyn Deane.
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
Hon. Joseph X. McCammon chairman, Hon.
W. ". Dudley, Reginald Fendall, H. V. Parsell
James T. Du Bots. Geo. C. Maynard, John c.
Poor. Chas. E. Foster. James H. Gridley. wm
M:Michael, Chas. c. Lister, J. W. Whelpley,
Wharton Mcknight, NJ. I. Weller, Mum Co..
Capt. Geo. E. Lemon.
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC COMFORT,
W. c. Dodge (chairman). W. G. Henderson,
J. H. Whitaker, W. H. Finckel, E. r. Fenwick
L. w. Sinsabaugh, ]. L. Ewin, A. H. Evans, c.
j. Gooch, F. E. Tasker, Henry Calver, A. NJ.
Smith, X. 8. Lacey. James A. Ashley Henry H
Bliss. James F. Duhamel, G. I. Howard, T. ].
Johnston, Nelson j. Ditto, NJ. E. Gregg, BENZ.
Poole.
RECEPTION COMMITTEE.
VIM. Cranch McIntire (chairman). Dewitt C.
Lawrence (vice chairman), A. A. Wilson. Mar
celius Bailey, NJ. W. Galt L. P Wright. Hon.
Thomas Wilson, James P. willett. DR.. VIM B.
French, Q. c. Green. DR.. G. W. Harris. Robert
sted, R. G. Du Bots, N. W. Beyeridge. Jno. A.
Baker; Geo. E. Lemon, R. G. Dyrenforth
G. I. Howard, H. Semken, Geo. w.
Cochran, H. l.. Crawford, t. NJ Gale,
Il. II. Alexander, Glenn. ". Howard, H. o.
Iowies, DR.. d. s: Lamb, Geo. B. Williams, J.
j. Narrower, H. A. Seymour, John F. Wagga-
man, Philip I. Dodge, VIM. F. Mattingly, Jas.
=. Barbour, Frank Hume, Chas. Early. Geo. NJ.
lockwood. John Paul Jones, r. H. Voorhees, E.
f. Ellis, Eugene Peters. Octavius Knight. r. D.
s. Tyler. Z. G. Davis, Is. Lewis Blackboard, Geo.
f. N. Dawson, Fred. Bracket, John Twee-
dale: Prof. Harry King, W. V. Cox, A. Howard
Clark, Walter Hough, DR.. Thomas Naylor,
Philip Walker. Magnus s. Thompson. n. s.
Fawcette. Henry W. Raymond. Col. F. g. But
terfeld, Martin B. Bailey. f. A. Dick. Thomas s.
Henry Sherwood, ]. Lowrie Bell, ". B. Cooley,
Frank Il. Williams, H. s. Everett, W. j. Hoff-
man, ". D. Caben.
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION.
Col. W. b. Thompson (charman). James l..
Taylor, Geo. W. Boyd, W. P. Campbell, C. C.
Duncanson, S. NJ. Bryan, Lieut. Chas C. ALI
bone, r.: J. Fisher. C. C. Scull. Chas T. Bishop.
Capt. W. T. Roselle, Capt. A. A. Thomas Nor
rel Mareau, Col. Jos. G. IcKibben.
COMMITTEE ON HALLS
NJ. D. Helm (chairman). F. W. Pratt, ". H.
l!apiey, W. y. Stevens, b. r. Catlin, T. ]. w.
Robertson, ". H. Singleton, Hervey 8. knight,
I. A. Lehman, F. C. Somes, Warren H. circuit.
august Peterson George s. Prindle, Eugene
W. Johnson. II. II. Doubleday, W. p. Kennedy.
J. No.a McCill, W. F. Boulter, H. N. Snow
COMMITTEE ON BADGES AND MEDALS
Schuyler Duryee (chairman), v d. Stock
bridge, w. A. Bartlett, Alex. S. Steward, p G.
Russell. G. p. Whittlesey, J. R. LitteIl. C. H.
Fowler. C. L. Stur.evant, W. H. Doolittle, E.
L. Brown, Lloyd b. Wight. A. =. Browne, Wal
lace Greene. P. Mauro, DIR. F. W. Ritter, jr.
COMMITTEE on PRESS.
s. II. Kaufman (chairman), Frank Hatton
c. A. Boynton, II. v. Boyn,on, Jerome ]. Will
Der. ]. II. Soule, Edward Brady, John NJ. Car
son, John McElroy, w Crounse, W. E. Curtis
?. v. DeGraw. +. G. Dunnell. J. ]. Noah
Luther B. Little. Deb. Randolph Keim Louis j.
lang, F. a ltlcnaroson. Richard Nixon, III. w,
Spofford, W. B. Stevens, F. A. G. Handy, O. O.
Stealey, III. q. Seckendorf. Jules Guthridge.
Paul Wolf, W. G. Sterrett. Richard Weightman.
Q. 2. Austin. E. B. Wight, E. c. Rowland and
William G. Fox.
COMMITTEE on MUSIC.
W. R. Lapham, chairman; W. d. Mcfarland.
Fl. o. Simons, j. R. Edison, George r. Bying-
ton, L. c. Bacon. F. H. Hough, Frank L. DYER.
W. r. Nottingham. F. D. Johns, Frank L. Mid
dleton, Will Z. Dyre, H. J. Ennis.
COMMITTEE on CARRIAGES
o. E. Duffy, chairman A. E. H. johnson,
Henry Ortiz, Chas. S. Jones, w. N. Moore,
Harry L. Slocum, Shipley Brashears, Chas. j.
Stockman. Allen s. Pattison. Herbert E. Peck.
W. Z. Aughinbaugh, George W. Stokes, Fred
erick A. Holton, Walter Allen, James l.. Skid
more, Edison s. Densmore.
COMMITTEE ON PARADE AND MILITARY oRoANI-
CATIONS.
Gen. Albert Ordway, chairman; Gen. Cecil
Clay, Col. W. G. Moore. Maj. W. C. McIntire,
Maj. T. NJ. Gale. F. n Lane.
COMMITTEE on BANQUET.
Lawrence Gardner, chairman; A. B. Browne,
Walter johnson, John Joy Edison, John W.
Boteler, John C. Edwards, VIM. X. Singleton,
c. S. Whitman, Rhesa G. Du Bois, Fred w,
| Pratt, H. L. Bscoe. Vim. j. Stephenson, r. G,
Monroe, E. W. Anderson, A. A. Connolly.
| COMMITTEE ON RECEPTION.
| The following is the special committee for
the reception of foreign officers and guests
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