The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-01


CINCINNATI, Oct. 3O-President Nc
kinney has had continuous ovauons here
to-day from the time of his arrival at 1850
a. m. till after midnight, when the banquet
of the Commercial Club was over. He re-
ceived ovations at Xenia and all along the
Little Miami valley before reaching this
city. When the presidential party left the
train at Terrence road there was a multi
tude of suburbanites to greet him, and the
ovation continued en- route to Walnut Hills,
where "Kirscheim," the Schmidlapp man
sion is located. Then followed the ovations
en- route into the city at noon, the public
receptions by the Chamber of Commerce
afternoon AT luncheon with the President
there were present at the st. Nicholas Col.
Myron T. Herrick, ]. Addison Porter J.
6. Schmidlap, Judge w. II; Taft, Henry :.
Fechheimer. DR.. Max Koehler, c. II. Kel-
logg, Herman Cooper, j. LeGyard Lincoln,
George H Bohrer. DR.. Gustive Zinke.
From these downtown" receptions the
presidential party was driven back to the
Kirscheim mansion to attend late in the
afternoon, the musicale given by Mrs.
Schmidlapp in honor of Mrs. Mckinley. The
Two hundred guests were confined to Mrs:
Schmidlapp's friends, with the exception of
Colonel and Mrs. Herrick. of Cleveland, who
accompanied the presidential party. The
great picture gallery of kirscheim made
by Gorno, Marion, Mattioli, Marie Schwill
and Mr. and Mrs. Hoase. The President
the archway which separates the picture
gallery from the great reception hail and
made evident in no uncertain manner their
enjoyment of the programme. The Presi-
dent rose from his chair to greet Miss
Schwill after her ballads had been sung,
and told her of the pleasure her singing
had given him.
Mrs Mckinley remained seated through
out the programme and the reception which
followed She looked very beautiful in her
gown of heavy satin brocade, pale blue in
color the bodice swathed in point lace
which extended in falls over the sleeves
Superb solitaires glittered in her ears, and
some pearls and diamonds cleaned among
laces. The little Schmidlapp children how
cred about her chair constantly and were
her most devoted admirers. The group
made charming picture Mrs. McI<inley's
soft gray hair and fine profile brought out
by the dark background of the carved high
big lace collars perched on the broad arms
of the chair.
The guests included the most prominent
ladies in Cincinnati notably Mrs. Fleisch-
mann, wife of the Hon. Charles Fleisch-
mann, state senator; Mrs. Perry s. Heath,
wife of the first assistant postmaster gen.
eral; Mrs. Lawrence Maxwell, wife Of the
wife of the retiring attorney general; Mrs.
Charles p. Taft, wife of Congressman Taft;
Mrs. j. T. Carew, and Mrs Calvin S. Brice,
wife of Senator Brice. Mrs. Schmidlapp
was assisted by her two sisters, Mrs. DR..
Koehler and Mrs. Koehler.
Receiver for the Werner Company.
AKRON, o., Oct. 3O-Late this afternoon
Richard p. Marvin was appointed receiver
Of the Werner Company, the big printing
establishment with works here and a
branch in Chicago. The action was taken
at the instance of Paul Z. Werner preSi-
dent, and George T. Rowland, Superintend-