River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-14

BORN IN THE WHITE HOUSE.

DUNN TN Ire WFilG nOOSEs
Besides Being Distinguished - the
Daughter of Her IIiustrious Parents,
Baby Ruth's Infant Sister Has the
Honor of Being the First Child Born
to President In the Executive Nam
sion
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.-There is a
new baby in the white house. Its a
girl, too. Exactly at noon on Saturday
the presidents second child was born.
The event occurred without attracting
any unusual attention. and il was two
hours before the news of the baby's ar
rival was made known. The announce.
ment, which was given out at o'clock,
was accompanied by the statement
that Mrs Cleveland and her new daugh-
ter were doing well at that hour and
there was no anxiety felt for the safe
ty of either. The presidents family
physician, DIR. Bryant. who has been in
attendance at the white house for sew
eral days, made the statement. The
president was the first person outside
of the sick chamber 10 be informed that
the crisis had passed and that Mrs.
Cleveland and her baby were doing ex-
ceedingly well. The president had a
private interview with the physician
and received his congratulations or the
happy termination of their anxicties.
At the presidents suggestion nothing
was said of the event for two hours
later, when he impaired it in person to
Private Secretary Thurber with
the remark that it might be
made public Within a few min
utes after he heard the news
the president was informed that
the Japanese prince was awaiting
in the blue parlor to pay his respects
The president had made an engage
ment to receive him at noon and he de-
cided to keep it, regardless of his deep
personal interest in other matters just
at that particular time. The prince
was IN ignorance of what had occurred
When he was satisfied that there was
no longer any danger the president re-
turned to his Office and resumed his
duties with a lighter heart and con-
siderable more enthusiasm than he had
displayed in the forenoon. Several
members of the cabinet called to offer
their congratulations in person.
just before the occurrence of the day
the gates leading through the rear part
of the Executive park were closed to in
sure absolute quiet about the mansion.
Mr. Olney happened to be at the white
house when the president came back
to his Office from the sick room, shortly
after o'clock, and was the first mem
Der of the official family to tender his
good wishes
Bunches of roses from intimate
friends poured into the white house
and there was a general air of sup
pressed excitement about the employees
of the mansion. kilograms of con-
graduation have been received from all
parts of the country. The baby is a
bright-eyed, healthy looking one. She
has not vet been weighed, but is said to
be of good size.
The 9th of September will henceforth
be historic day in American history.
Although the United States has been in
existence as a nation for more than a
hundred years no child of president
had ever been born in the white house
until Saturday. There have been other
children born in the historic old pile,
but they were not descendants of the
executive. There Is a seeming fitness
that the first and only president to be
married in the white house should also
be the first whose child should be born
there. OF the babies who first saw
the light in the white house proba-
bly, only two are living until this
happy event added another One
is Mrs. Mary Emily Donelson-
Wilcox, daughter of Andrew Dom
elson, nephew of President jackson,
and private secretary and conf
Dental adviser of "Old Hickory" dur
ing his entire official term, and the
other is Julia Dent Grant the first
child born TO Col. end Mrs. Fred Grant,
now a young lady just past IS. Mr.. and
Mrs. Donelson had two other children
born in the white house, which with
a grandchild of President jefferson
and another of President Tyler com
plete the list.