Evening star., 1897-03-06
Settling the Affairs Of the Inaugural
Committee.
'ALES OF BALL And CONCERT TICKETS
A Great Change in the Scene at
Headquarters.
A MEETING TUE D A Y

spot where only TWO days ago all was bus
mess activity Since early December. when
the Headquarters were opened. there has
been one continuous round Of business ac-
tivity. Here hundreds, even thousands, OF
persons have called daily. pouring in from
early morning until late night, all on buSl-
ness intent. The committee rooms and cor
ridors have at times been so crowded that
| ii next to impossible to move around
without humping into or crushing some che
| The committee men were harassed with
business, piled with questiors solicited for
| favors ana kept generally hustling. They
were scarcely allowed time to attend to the
wants of the inner man, and yet they bore
| it ali with fortitude. They had been placed
| in their positions to attend 10 the business
mapped out for them anG in the presence
| of that business ali else was forgotten.
| They had great deal to contend with: but
being Jealous workers they stuck ass!du-
ously to the task with the patience of
job And now their task is done, except
| for few minor details and a general sum-
ming up.
The Executive Committee.
The executive committee VIII hold
| meeting Tuesday night and receive as far
| as possible. the final reports of all COM
mittees. Should all reports be made then,
Chairman Bell thinks it probable that
| inaugural headquarters will be abandoned
about ten days from that date.
Several commanding officers and mem
| bers of both military and civic organiza-
| tions called at headquarters at intervals
| for the purpose of exchanging the Gus
tomary courtesies. There was unanimity
OF opinion among them regarding the per-
| fection of the arrangements of the entire
| inaugural ceremonies, and Fluctuations
| We're heartily extended to the several
! committeeman for their splendid work.
The sale of tickets for the concerts at
| the pension office goes merrily on. Mai
| Holden at inaugural headquarters has
moved his desk downstairs to the office of
S IA nlSGr to faf
| tate the sale. Fifteen thousand tickets
| have been ordered for the two concerts of
today. At the concert last night it is esti-
mated there were l2,TD, and the lam and
crush occasioned by such crowd was
| terrific. This will be obviated tonight by
| police discipline, Chairman Bell having ar
| ranged Tor leo officers to handle the crowd
inside the building. The total receipts
| frem yesterdays concerts can not yet be
| accurately approximated. as returns are
not all in. Mr.. Bell. however. stated this
| morning that he had received as a norton
| the sum of S4,SiS
| 1ickets for the concerts of this evening
| ana ana hlght are on sale also at Sanders &
Staymans s. on F street, and a Droop's and
| the Bradbury agency, on the avenue.
The Pension Office.
The decorations at the pension office will
remain intact until tomorrow morning.
| when worEmen will commence the work of
| taking them down. Persons who were nm
! -N " o''Sii,' tiC DAHL ana nave
| desire to witness the ma agnffcence of the
| deco rations for it. have an opportunity for
| SO doing by attending the concerts This
! Is an opportunity that should not be lost
! ohalrman Louis D. Wine of the commit
Tee on street decorations has had his
| hands full handling the flags loaned to
| the citizens for decorating purposes. He
stated today that ne would like TO have ali
| borrowed flags returned to the committee
| not later than Monday
| chairman h. II. Warner of the civic COM
| mlttee seemed very much pleased with
| Things In general. and contented himself
| with greeting his few callers and receiving
| their congratulations on the splendid show
| ing Of himself and his division in the pa-
| iade He was the recipient of many words
| of praise, justly deserved and modestly ac
cepted Speaking for himself he thought
| the parade a big affair
| There are few dark spots on the general |
| brightness of the entire celebra ton. Con-
| sideEabe criticism is being hurled AT tbe
| erectors of some monstrosities in the way
| OF stands, utterly devoid of decora ton and
| as ugly as sin. which were put 1p directly
IN front of the State, War and Navy De
| paftment. These stands did more TO mar
| the decorative appearance of the avenue
than anything else on the line of march.
| ~ -. WoodmanSee of Ohio, the marshal
VI VI a DIVISION OF the civic part of the pa
| race IS coming in for a good deal of m
| iaVofaoIe comment from those in charge
VI tne parade. who say that he persist
ently and consistently disobeyed orders
1 he
moment 1t was dismissed and that his
| course was little calculated to reHect
| creult on himself on the political organ
'@a'ioh "hlch he Is supposed to represent.
| The Finances
chairman Bell, Major Bracket and Mr.
John w. Thompson of the executive COM
mittee met yesterday for the purpose of
determining. If possible, the status of tbe
inaugural ball affairs. Returns were slow
| coming in from the various places where
! tlckets were on sale, making it impossible
70 gel oehnlte Information regarding the
| NUMBER or tickets sold Mr. Thomson
| stated, however, that the tickets presen5ed
| at the pension office for admission to the
pail pan had been counted and showed that
.r, .r,noo ,ichets at least had been purchased.
| Ihere Is a probability that several tickets
| were not used. The number of compliment
tary admissions will swell the number
| somewhat.
the number presented can be determined.
but 1t is safe to say that the number fell
| below expectations.
Mr. Carl G. Essner, who had the contract
| Tor It, lad prepared quantity of food
| sufficient for ten thousand persons and
| saw most of it go begging. His contract
guaranteed him 5000 dinners, and that is
| probably the only thing that will pull him
out OF a seeming financial difficulty. AS it
is. he stands to lose nothing in the money
| line other than the surplus he would
have received had the number of persons
purchasing tickets exceeded the stipulated
contract number.
| Chairman Bell has received many con-
| gratulatory statements regarding the ball
| itself, and expressed himself as highly
pleased While Mr.. Bell was rather reti-
| cent and inclined to be non-committal he
! was willing to state that the ball was the
grandest of it's kind ever held, and said
| further that he had yet to hear Of a single
| adverse criticism Of It,
| The inaugural ball souvenirs are Still
selling at a lively rate, and materially aid
| ing in swelling the revenues. 1t is gratify-
ing to know that finances are in such
condition that the committee will be able
| to return all guarantee subscriptions and
| turn tidy residue over to some worthy
charity.
Chairman Bell is hourly receiving justly
deserved Fluctuations bis management
OF the inaugural ceremonies.
| The Chinese ExclusiOn Act
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the circuit court for the northern district
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