Evening star., 1897-02-22
Chairman Bell VIII Prevent the Sale
of Any but the Authorized Copies.
BROOKLYN TO Send 4 BATTALION
The orioIe State Will Be Finely
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Represented lin the Parade.
NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST

Chairman Bell has received informatio
that several persons other than those duly
| accredited to do the work are eontemplat-
ing issuing Official programs of the in
| augural ceremonies.
II wish you would announce in The
Evening Star as positively as possible, u
said Mr.. Bell to The Star reporter this
| morning, "that the only official program
of the inaugural ceremonies will be issued
by the Brett Lithographing Company OF
New York, which paid handsomely for the
| privilege. We shall most certainly protect
| the company in its rights, and will prevent
| the sale of any other publication which pur-
ports to be an official program. no matter
| who may issue 1t, because it will be issued
under false pretenses and be a fraud on the
| face of 1t. The adornment of the correct
| and authorized official program has been
| copyrighted, and If that is not sufficient to
| protect it and it's publishers means will be
taken to do so. OF that the public and the
| parties who are said to be contemplating
| publications such as I allude to may rest
| assured"
| Private Secretary Porter.
| Mr.. J. Addison Porter, who will be pri-
| vate secretary to President Mckinley, was
| visitor at inaugural headquarters this
| morning, where he consulted with Chair
| man Bell and Secretaries Bracket and
| Walker over the inaugural arrangements.
and particularly those affecting the par
| ticipation of the President-elect and his
! party. After the conference was conclud-
ed Mr.. Bell introduced Mr.. Porter to sew
eral members of the executive committee,
| the press and visitors who happened to
be present. The Star reporter assured Mr..
| Porter he would not ask him for an in
! tervew, and Mr.. Porter expressed appre-
| citation.
| He said he hoped newspaper men would
| never put him in quotation marks even
! w hnn hn ha int oura h
| because they could report him so much
| stronger and better without using the
| inverted tadpoles that Indicate verbatim
| reproduction of another's conversation.
| Mr.. Porter Is of very pleasant manner,
| and. like most other newspaper men, good
| looking. He wears a mustache and his
| forehead is broad and high. His fine dark
| eyes are assisted by glasses. He is highly
| spoken of by all his friends as a man of
| affable disposition, excellent executive abil-
ity and never-tiring capacity for work.
A Battalion From Brooklyn.
| A provisional battalion of the New York
National Guard of Brooklyn will partici-
pate In the Inauguration. 1t will consist of
one company from each Brooklyn regi-
nent-the 18th, 14th. 23d and 47th, 225 men
ard twenty-five officers. The command
VII! leave Brooklyn the night of March .,
| ana arrive in Baltimore March g. and he
the guests Of the Maryland 9Th Regiment.
The battalion will escort the 9Th to the
depot March at night and return to the
Sarroiton Hotel. where it will remain until
, morning and then come to Washington
| reaching here at an early hour
The active Hook and Ladder Company of
| CooDlesklll, Schoharie county, NY, has
applied for position in line for twenty-six
! Z. x. Frazier. The men will wear white
| Prince Albert coats. blue trousers, nickel
helmets, with plumes.
The New York scventy-First.
Adjt William g. Bates. Quartermaster
John Kensett Olyphant and Commfssarv
John Kennedy Tod Of the list Regiment.
| VINO are arranging all the details in con-
| nect1on with the regiments taking part In
| the inauguration ceremonies, are here to
perfect certain details. The regiment will
| assemble at Its armory about o'clock on
| the evening or March ), and will take train
| via foot of Liberty street at II O'clock
| Upon arrival at Washington, on the morn
| 1fg OF March 4. 1t will be escorted by local
military to the armory of Washington Light
| infantry, which will be the regiments s
| headquarters. Following the parade the
members will have the time to themselves
TO visit points Of interest until 3:3O o'clock
pm. Oh March 3. at which time the regi-
| trip. The regiment is due in New York at
| March5
The colonel commanding the list is well
| he was On duty in connection with the en-
glneers office of the District government
| Ior several years as Capt. Francis "
Greene OF the United States army. He re-
| New York. in which he has been signalIy
| successful
| The League of Republican Clubs.
While the Maryland division of the
League of Republican Clubs seems to have
| gone ahead with
nothing has been heard from President
D. d. Woodmansee. the head of the entire
league, about the representation from other
states. Several weeks ago, when Mr..
| Woodmansee first came to Washington re-
| gardlng the leagues participation in The
parade, he declared it would have 5000
men In line. and it was decided to have
| them in separate division of the civic
| grand division, with President Woodmansee
as marshal. He was authorized to appoint
| nifty aids. Since then little has been heard
from him. until a letter. under date of
February II. was received from him saying
that he would be in Washington February
%, and sur posed that would be soon
enough to assign clubs to their positions.
| Chairman Warner of the civic committee
wrote him Saturday night that February 2s
| would be entirely too late, and notified him
to telegraph as early possible Monday
today) the number of clubs the league
| would have, their names, ETC.. or otherwise
they would not be included in the general
| orders announcing the formation of the
parade. The probabilities are that owing to
the delay on President Woodmansee's part
| there will be no separate division allotted
to the league but that political clubs be-
| longing to 1t will march with other organi-
| zations according to states.
President Woodmansee said when here
that there were 5000 clubs belonging to
| the league. bat only ffty-six civic or
ganizations have SO far notified the COM
| mittee OF their intention to participate in
| the parade, and not more than twenty OF
these. at the outside, belong to the league.
the inaugural authorities are inclined to
think that Mr. Woadmansee's figures were
| a little too large.
/ Inaugural Suggestions.
A correspondent of The Star writes:
why not have patriotic airs played on the
chime bells Of the ME-. Church. corner
I OF AZ and c streets, for one hour, from 12
o'clock. on day of the ipauguration?"
Another correspondent drops into verse,
| as follows:
Major Mckinley. allow a suggestion
| 60 De sure. may raise an old moofed question::
On the 4fh Of March break the record in that.
I Is not the custom. perhaps you Will say.