New-York tribune., 1896-11-26
W1SHINGTON NEWS NOTES.
HOW THE PRESIDENT AND THE CABINET
WILL SPEND THANKSGIVING DAY.
PROGRAMME FOR OFFICIAL ENTERTAINMENTS AT
READY FOR sERvICE-CoNsUI.s AP-


READY FOR sERvICE-CoNsUIS AP~
POINTED-CoNDITioN OF THE TENAs
Washington, Nov. 25.-Thc President Of the
United States and nearly all his official advisers
will pass Thanksgiving Day quietly in this city
The President and Mrs Cleveland will attend
church in the morning and eat their Thanksgiving
dinner in the Executive Mansion in company with
their three little girls The principal dish at the
dinner will be a choice turkey from the stock Of
Horace Nose. of Rhode Island. The bird arrived by
express this morning. 1t weighs thirty-onc pounds
and Is described the fat;est and handsomest
bird Mr.. Nose has presented 1t is by no means
the biggest one. for the peerless bronze turkeys
sometimes attain the weight of thrty-fve to forty
pounds Mr.. Nose began his practice OF supply
ing Thanksgiving turkey for the President near
ly quarter of century ago. and for number
of years the late Senator Anthony. of Rhode Island
sent the gift in person The Nice-President ana
Mrs. Stevenson with their family will spend the
day their home in Bloomington ILL., The Sec
retary of State and Mrs. Oney will have regular
New England dinner at their home in Mdssachu-
setts-ave. They will have small party of friends
with them including the Secretary Of AGreuture r ru
rad. and Nr and Mrs: ". {. Endicou. secretary
haT nave Tr Invited few 'd end sf to dine Nth them
morrow and viii dispense the traditional kentucks
the day quietly with their little household; Sec
retary and Miss Herbert will have Mr. and Mrs
Micou the Secretary's son-n-aw and dauehtcr a.
their guests Postmaster General and Mrs. Wilson
have invited a number Of young PEOPLE. frcmas o,m
The Secretary Of the Interior and Mrs Francis
cal life in Washington by general family reunion
at which will be present their I'VE SOM now IN col COL
new home. Attorney General and Mrs Harmon
will have all the members of their family WIFE
them at dinner
Colonel John NJ Wilson Superintendent of Pub
lie Buildings and Grounds in the District of Coum-
bia has announced the following list Of dates OF
receptions and dinners at the White House during
the season of 1897: Friday January J. Presidents
reception II to 9 Thursday. January :. Cabinet
dinner. Thursday. January a. diplomatic reccp-
ton to II p. m. Thursday. January q diplomatic
dinner. Thursday. January % Congressional and
judicial reception, TO II y. Thursday. Feb
ruary 4. Supreme Court dinner Saturday. Fchru-
ary s Mrs. Cleveland's reception. to 3 p. m
Thursday. February II. Army. Navy and Marine
Corps reception 2 to II p. m Thursday. February
IS. public reception. to II y. m
The programme for the New Years reception VII
he follows: Al II a. m. the Prosiden; VII receive
the Vice President. the members Of the Cabinet and
the Diplomatic Corps AT I'LL a. m. the chi"f-Ju--
tice the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court Of
the United States the Judges of the United States
Court of Claims the Judges OF the Courts OF Appeals
and the Judges OF the Supreme Court OF the District
of Columbia. At l25 a. m. Senators. Representa-
tives and Delegates in Congress. the Commissioners
of the District Of Columbia and the judicial officers
of the District, ex-members OF the Cabine, and ex-
officers of the Army. the Navy and the Marine Corps.
the Genera, and general staff OF the militia OF the
District of Columbia. At y m. the Regents ana
Service Commissioner. the Interstate Commerce
Commission the Assistan; Secretaries of the de-
S1ilcitor-General the Assistant Attorneys-tieneral.
the Commissioner OF Fisheries. the Commissioner Of
parments and the president Of thr Columbian Instl-
tuie for The. Deaf and Dumb At l2;5 .ic P m the
Army OF the Republic. the Loyal Legion. the Union
habitants' Association Of the District OF Columbia
AT 1926 p m reception OF citzens. whch VII tcrihl-
Mrs Cleveland Mrs Stevenson and the women Of
the Cabinet.
William s Forman of Illinois. the newly appointed
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, expected to as
sumo the duties OF his office to-day He is still at his
home In East ST. Louis and to-day tclegraphcd that
he would not return until after he mad eaten his
Thanksgiving dinner at home He VIII take the oaih
Of office on Friday. according 10 his present pan re-
gardess of the superstition attached 10 that day for
the beginning OF any work
Preparations for putting the new armored cruiser
Brooklyn believed to be the finest vessel OF her
class In the world. into commission are proceeding
in the Navy Department. and it is expected hat the
vessel vii! be formally added to the effective neet
on December l. The detail Of her principal officers
announced to-day. is follows Captain Francis A.
Cooke in command: Leutenant-Commander Il. f.
Mason executive officer: Lieutenan; Henry McCrea.
navigating officer: Neutenanis. ". B. Caperton'
II X.
A. r Long. Charles Webster and + /. sandoz' sur,
geon W. s Dixon: postmaster II, nooPS, ot n Inr nnr
oficers Viii be selected in few days. The Brooklyn
is now at Cramps yards Phladelphia; ready 1or
most of her stores nave been assembled TO be put on
board The Brooklyn will stay on the home station
for al least six months. and may then De SEM on
cruise around the world
Tho President has appointed Frank ID llili. OF
Minnesota. to be Consul at Santos Brazil and the
pov 7 Leonard Corning. OF Ncw-York TO bt Consul
Of Munich Bavaria. The latter has been Vice
Consul at Munich since 1892. and succeeds Ralph
Steiner who resigned. The vacancy al Santos.
Brazil, was caused by the recent removal OF Henry
G. smith Mr. Hill was recently Consul at La
Guayra. Venezuela and under iresideht .iev-
Consular service at Montevideo and Asuncion.
The case of Prince Augustn 1turbide. the adopted
heir of the late Emperor Maximi!!an of Mexico.
against the Metropolitan Club. of this city, on a
nctition of Iturbide for a writ of mandamus against
the Metropolitan Club 10 compel 1t to restore him
TO membership, as he had been expelled for alleged
scandalous conduct. was heard In the District
Court to-day and the decision Is held under advise
ment The particular offence charged against
Prince Iturbide and for which he was expelled from
ihe club was his statement that q woman the
daughter OF fellow-member had written certain
letters deroeaiory TO the reputation OF otheI
made such allegations
Argument in the Chicago lake-front case was re-
sumed this morning before Commissioner Lam
oreaux Of the General Land once. J. X. Reddng-
ton for certain owners OF property on the tract In
dispute occupied the greater part Of the day. He
followed closely the lines OF the argument made
yesterday by Judge Wilson. except that he relied
principally on the ground that the land In 1913.
the date of the admission Of the State Of Illinois
into the Union. not In existence and II there
no land in existence at that time all lands formed
thereafter would inure TO the State of Illinois
the sovereign proprietor.
While the findings Of the Naval Court. which In
vestigated the recent foundering Of the batte-shp