Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-10

Chs .rman Program Committee.
able channel the leading features of the
display are made public in every part of
the land, north, south. cast and west.
The people of the country are being kept
well informed Of the preparations for the
jubilee Trough the agencies adopted by
the press committee a body composed of
representative local newspaper men and
correspondents of prominent and influential
journals throughout the country. These
gentlemen have been active in interesting
their professional brethren in behalf of the
project, and the result is wide publication
of newsy and interesting matter about the
celebration.
The committee on programs and badges
is one of the most active bodies connected
with the peace jubilee, and the result of its
labOrs is being shown In the substantial
benefits accruing to the project by reason
of them. The peace jubilee buttons, now
ages and sexes. are being distributed by
the committee, and the badges and pro-
grams have been designed with good taste
and Judgment The chairman, Mr. Robert
p. Murphy, shares with Messrs. Knox. Ray
mond and Mexican the distinction of having
originated the scheme for national peace
jubilee here. He was the first subscriber
to the fund, and has been active in its be-
ergy to it with ceaseless loyalty.
Mr. Murphy was born in Buffalo June /,
lStS. He has been successfully proprietor
of the New Edison Hotel, Schenectady,
n. Y, Hotel Porter, Niagara Falls, N. Y,
the Rudolf and United States hotels at At
lantic City, n. J., and assumed the pro-
prietorshp of the Regent Hotel this city,
April !, 1886. He is known by the hotemen
throughout the country the youngest
hotel proprietor in the word. He com
menced as bell boy al the Continental
Hotel, Buffalo. n. Y. at the age of twelve
years. and has worked his way up the lad
der step by step. He has originality of
thought, no fnconsiderable amount of con-
centration of purpose and unlimited energy
and enterprise.
Mr. Murphy is a prominent Elk, mem
Der of Buffalo Lodge No. % He was also
at one time president of the Liquor Deal
ers' Association of Western New York
president of the Young Mems Democratic
Association of Niagara Falls, n. Y, and
of the assembly by his party in 1924
The members of Mr.. Murphy's committee
are John K. Burke, s. A Douglas. r. A.
Dobbins, r. p. Emerson, j, b, Green, VIM.
Gait Henry Hammond, S. p. Hause, John
K. Hill Max F. Ihmson. Simon Kahn Jas
K. I4uckett, Thomas Orndorff. John Pistol
George T. Parker. c. F. ReiSenstein T T.
Sullivan, Mr.. Sebring, Ray R. Salt, B. P.
Turner, VIM. M, Walker, Alex. Wolf and
K. T Warwick.
Changes in Court of Honor
Work is progressing at lively rate on
the court of honor, which will occupy the
space between Madison place and Execu-
tive avenue, fronting the Executive Man
sion. The original intention to have the i'm
posing entrances to the court at 18th and
18th streets was abandoned at the sugges-
ton of architect J. L. Smithmeyer who de-
signed the court, he concluded that there
would be congestion of crowds at the
two corners named and the effectiveness
Of the canopies injured The result will be
much better in every sense, it is believed
by reason of their location al the points
designated There will be no excavation
for the foundations of the canopies but
they will be held in place by the deposit of
1000 pounds of sand in the base of each.
They will rise from profuse jungIes of fol-
iage plants, and Will have floral decora tons
at intervals above.
Artist Macdonald is now engaged in
painting the large oil pictures of Peace,
Progress. Liberty and Prosperity, which are
to cmheliish the sides of the canopies, and
the conceptions promise to be artistic to a
gratifying degree
The Historical Pageant.
The committee on historical pageant, at
It's weekly meeting. held last night. heard
gratifying reports from subcommittee and
unanimously selected Chairman V. Baldwin
johnson as grand marshal of the turnout.
1t was reported that 1870 applications had
been received from ladies and gentlemen
desiring to impersOnate characters on the
floats. and the question of their wearing
masks was left to Contractor Van Horn to
determine
Major HO6gSOn reported that the follow
ing officers and organizations had agreed to
impersonatc characters: Captain j. g. K
Lee. General Washington: Captain Domer,
General Jackson, Lieutenant Jesse F..
N al Coz -, at,
General Grant The troops of 1898 win be
represented, by memters of the LIST Regi-
ment, District of Columbia Volunteers un-
der Major trell. The troops of '76 will be
represented by the Morton Cadets, Captain
Chisholm; troops of 1872, Emmett Guards
Captain Wa sh; troops of the Mexican war,
Company c. Captain Streeks; troops of
1861 Ordway Rifles, Captain Hodges.
A special committee on music consisting
of W. H. Michall. Major Hodgson L. w
Perkins and VIM. Van Horn, was appointed
to confer with DR.. Frank r Howe's COM
mittee.
Jubilee JOts.
Mrs. Winnie Ream Hoxie has volunteered
the peace jubilee.
From advices received this morning many
of the wives and families eff the members
of the Sheridan Sabers of Williamsburg, Pa
will accompany the command to Washing
ton.
Work on the floats for the historical
pageant is progressing with true jubilee
enterprise at the Den" at 14th and w
streets, and every effort is being made to
make them the most effective features of
the sort ever produced.
The committees on jubilee revelries fire.
works. music and public health will hold
meetings tonight, and their respective
chairmen urge a full attendance of MEM
bers, as important assignments of duties
will be made
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be placed along the curbing on Pennsylva-
mia avenue between the Peace monument