The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-03
A THRONG Of CALLERS
The Seasons Greetings to Presi-
dent and Mrs. Mckinley.
AN IDEAL MID-WINTER DAY
The First Time the Day Has Been OBJ
served by the Present Administra-
tion-Army Group Attracted
the Most Attention.

Washington, Jan. 2.-The president
and Mrs. Mckinley received the sea-
sons greetings to-day of the great
| throng of callers representing every
branch of public life, who attended the
white house reception. 1t was the first
time since the present administration
began that circumstances permitted OBJ
| servance of this custom, and this as
well as the happy and prosperous cir
cumstances under which the year be-
gins added to the interest and enjoy
ment surrounding the event. 1t was
| an ideal midwinter day. the air crisp
and bracing and the ground covered
| with snow. The executive mansion
| was deliberately decorated for the
| event. a wealth of cut flowers, palms,
| ported plants and ferns transforming
| the apartments in bowers of shrubbery
and bloom. In the receiving line with
| the president and Mrs. Mckinley We're
| the members Of the cabinet and the
| cabinet ladies. while back of the line
| stood many ladies from the army,
| navy, congressional and judicial cir
| Giles. Among the most notable figures
| in the line of callers We're the foreign
ambassadors and ministers in their rich
diplomatic uniforms. officers of the
army and navy also Were in full uni
form, giving brilliancy and dash to
the occasion The army group, which
attracted most attention, was one made
up of Major Generals Miles, Shafter,
Lawton and Brigadier General Corbin,
who, after greeting the presidential
party, invited to join the receiving
party The reception lasted something
over two hours and was in every way a
successful and happy ushering in of the
new year.
Shortly after half past 10 o'clock the
members of the cabinet, with their
families, began to arrive, and closely
following them were the ladies who had
been selected to assist Mrs. Mckinley
in the reception. They were shown into
the private reception room, where they
left their wraps, and then assembled
the stairway to the library, where they
were met by President and Mrs. Nc
| Kinley. Following the members of the
cabinet came the ladies invited to the
blue room behind the receiving line.
They were for the most part the wives
of senators and congressman. Then
| came the diplomatic corps, ambassa-
doris, ministers and suits, in the gor-
geous uniforms and decorations char
acteristic of foreign representation. At
| their head was the British ambassador,
| Sir Julian Paur, efote with Lady
| numerous staff of the embassy. Next
| came the German ambassador. DR.. Won
Hollenben. With him walked Baron
| Speck Won Sternberg, first secretary of
| the German embassy. In the absence
! of M Cambon. French ambassador, the
| French embassy was represented by q
| trio of richly decorated officials-Mm.
Thiebaut, Tigny and Beufve. There
was one very notable feature of the
| French party, in that on the breast of
| each showed for the first time at an
| official function, the superb decorations
conferred on them by the queen re
gent of Spain for services in re-estab-
fishing peace. The Russian party in
cluded Count Cassini, ambassador:
General Mortvazo. Russian military
and naval attache, in full uniform and
the large suite of the embassy.
| Following came many foreign delega-
| tions, making a cosmopolitan assem-
| blage of Turks in fezes, Cinnamon in
| gorgeous Oriental silks, Koreans in tall
sieve-like hats, and Japanese in mod
ernized diplomatic uniforms, which
symbolized Japan's recent forward
march in civilization.
| Promptly at II o'clock the bugler sta
| toned in the hall. blew call upon his
| instrument, and the presidential party
| descended the western stairway and
entered the reception room and greeted
the DOuS, dis the DanQ struck
up Hail to the Chief" and the presi-
dent. following closely behind Colonel
Bingham and Captain Gilmore. master
of ceremonies. passed into the blue
parlor and took up places in the receiv
ing line, the president, Mrs. Mckinley
next, and the ladies of the cabinet in
the order of their official precedence.
In the rear were several cabinet officers
and ladies, especially invited by Mrs.
Mckinley to assist behind the line.
| Justices of the United States supreme
| court, who came directly after the dip
| lomatic corps. were the first to pass
before the line and enter the vast east
room. The east room has heretofore
been the scene of brilliant assemblages
where the gorgeousness of army and
navy uniforms We'd with those of for
eign representatives. This year, how
| ever, the members of the diplomatic
corps did not pass through to the east
room, but left the mansion after paying
| respects to the presidential party.
Some striking military figures headed
the army and navy. The callers We're:
Major General Miles, commanding gen
eral of the army: Major General Law
ton. one of the heroes of Santiago who
is about to assume military command
in the Philippines. and Brigadier Cen
eral Corbin, adjutant general of the
army. The officers We're in full uni
| 10TH Oh lleli MN military rank. Ine1f
| arrival was the signal for stir
| throughout the crowded apartments
| After greetings were given to the
president and Mrs, Mckinley and the
receiving party, the president invited
them back of the line, Secretary Alger
| presented the various army officers.
The navy followed the officers being
presented by Secretary Long. In rapid
succession delegates We're received from
the Smithsonian institute and from all
the government offices, veterans of the
| Mexican and civil war. Grand Army
| Loyal Legion, Oldest Inhabitants asso-
citation and many others.
Queen Nictoria's Words.
Paris, Jan. 2.--The Journal has from