Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-08
GUESTS OF BOARD OF TRADE
Invitations Being Sent to Members Of Cen
tennial Anniversary COMMITTEES.
Banquet and Reception Provided For
Function to Take Place
December FL.

Communications are being sent out today
by the secretary of the board of trade to
the governors Of the states and the terri
tories, and to the members of the Senate
special committee the District centennial
celebration. These handsomely engraved
missives are invitations to attend the din
ner and reception which will be rendered
by the board of trade to the District CEN
tennial committee the evening of the 2tst
instant, at the Arlington Hotel, on the occa-
sion of their coming together in response to
the call of the President of the United
States to consider and adopt plan for the
appropriate celebra ton of the centennial
anniversary of this District becoming the
seat of government AS soon as the mea,-
bers of the committee to be appointed by
the Speaker of the House are named invi-
tations to attend the dinner and reception
will be also sent to them
The entire committee is composed of the
governors of states and territories, ap-
pointed by the President of the United
States; members of the Senate and House,
appointed by the direction of those bodies,
and committee of citizens of the District
al pointed by direction of a mass meeting Of
citizens
following named governors of states and
territories accepting appointment as men,
bers of the committee: Jas. F. Johnson,
Alabama; Daniel W Jones. Arkansas;
ham, Florida; Frank Steunenberg, Idaho;
John r. Tanner, Illinois; James A. Mount.
Indiana; Leslie NJ Shaw, Iowa; NJ. e. STAN
ley, Kansas: Roger Walcott. Massachu-
Lind, Minnesota; Lon. C. Stephens, Mis-
souri,; Robt. B. Smith. Montana; VIM. A.
POINTER. Nebraska; Reinhold Sadler, Ne
vada: Frank w. Rollins, New Hampshire;
Theodore Roosevelt, New York; Frederick
B. Fancher. North Dakota: Asa 8. Bush
nell, Ohio; T. T. Geer. Oregon; VIM. A.
Island H. B. insolvency, South Carolina:
Benton McMiiiin. Tennessee: Huber NJ.
Wells, Utah; Edward C. Smith, Vermont;
John r. Rogers, Washington; Geo. W. At
kinson. West Virg' mia; Edward Schofeld.
Wisconsin; De Forest Richards. Wyoming;
N. o. Murphy, Arizona; Miguel A. Otero,
New Mexico; Cassus NJ. Barnes, Oklaho-
ma.
are being received by the secretary of the
board of trade from the members of that
organization, who will be the hosts of the
committee on that occasion. There is every
indication that the affair will be most bril-
liant. and will result in the assembling of a
gathering representative of the nation and
of the District
There will be meeting this afternoon at
4:15 o'clock at the rooms of the board of
trade Of the committee appointed to have
charge Of the arrangements for the dinner
and reception to be given to the distin-
guished representatives Of the states and
territories ana to the congressional MEM
pers OF the District centennial committee.
Committees Meet.
The citizens committee having in charge
the celebration Of the centennial of the
establishment of the national government
in the District of Columbia met this morn
ing with the committee from the Senate in
the Judiciary committee room. This was
the first conference meeting held by the To-
cal and Senate committees, and the general
plan of celebration was outlined by Com
missioner John B. Wight, chairman of the
local committee, and several of the mem
bers of the committee present. Senator
Hoar, chairman of the Senate committee
seemed deeply interested in the proposed
celebration, and in reference to the sug-
gesuon for the construction of a memorial
bridge across the Potomac from the naval
observatory to the Sheridan gate at Airing
ton, the senator recalled the great and en-
thusiastic interest the late Senator Morrill,
gave the proposition. At that time Senator
Morrill, had advocated the construction of
handsome memorial bridge. which would
represent the reconciliation of the north
and south.
The Senate committee requested that the
history of the memorial bridge proposition,
so far as congressional action has been
taken during the past ten years, be gath
cred and prepared in a form easily to be
referred to when the subject Of the forth
coming centennial celebration is brought to
the attention of Congress, and although
there have been several, in fact, many, dlf-
ture, since this seems the most favored,
and one on which preliminary work has al
ready been authorized by Congress, the
centennial committee feels that it is the
proper one to be recommended.
Awaiting House Appointments.
AS soon as committee is appointed from
the House of Representatives a joint meet
ing of that committee, the Senate and the
local committees will be held. 1t is hoped
that the House committee will be ap-
pointed in time to hold such a meeting be-
fore the meeting of the full centennial COM
mfttee on December p next, at the Airing
ton Hotel.
The Senate committee Is composed Of
Senators Hoar, Perkins, McLaurin, Clay,
Simon, Hale and Turley, Senator Hoar be-
ing chairman of the committee. Those
members of the citizens committee present
at the meeting this morning, which was
very satisfactory to this committee, were
Chairman ]. b. Wight Col. NJ. NJ. Parker
Col Jas. G. Berret, Mr.. r. Ross Perry
Mr.. c. j. Bell, Mr.. John W. Thompson and
Secretary W. V. Cox.
Mr. Heatwole of Minnesota today intro
duced in the House a resolution providing
for the appointment of a committee of ten
members on the part of the House to par
ticipate in the centennial ceremonies.