Evening star., 1900-12-11
INAUGURAL CEREMONY NEXT
DETAILS OF THE EVENT UNDER
CONSIDER ALTON.
The Executive Committee to BE
Named Within Few Days
Choice of Secretary.

With the conclusion of the celebration of
the national capital centennial tomorrow
evening. the prominent men who have been
identified with that movement, and VINO
have been called upon to take up the work
of prepar ring for the Inauguration of Presl-
dent Mckinley, March next. will be free
to devote their time to the latter event. and
the result III be marked advancement OF
plans during the next few days
Both Mr. Edison, chairman of the execu-
tive committee and Mr.. Charles J. Bell.
chairman of the finance committee of the
Inauguration, are at the head of important
committees connected with the centennial,
and have been very busy closing up the
final details of tomnrrow'S exercises.
1t is expected that the inaugural head
quarters, on the ninth floor of the Washing
ton Loan and Trust Company, will be &C.
cupied tomorrow or Thursday.
The work of furnishing the rooms is go
ing on today under the direction of Mr..
Harrison Dingman, who last evening ac-
cepted the appointment as general secre-
tary of the committee. The rooms will be
conveniently and adequately furnished tel
ephones will be installed as we'll as mes
senger calls and other appliances that will
tend to expedite the work.
The meeting of the finance committee
which was to have been held Thursday has
been deferred by Chairman Bell until Fri
day afternoon, when it will be called to or
der in the committee rooms. All committee
meetings will be held at headquarters, and
one room will be furnished with this par
ticular in view. The public comfort
committee, however, will have separate
headquarters. on account. of its extensive
work and the large force Of clerks it will
require.
The Executive Committee.
Mr.. Edison is still at work On the person.
mel OF the executive committee and the
IL, L.;
tees. He stated today that owing to the
press of centennial work he feared he
would be unable to call the executive COM
mittee together before Saturday. He had
hoped the first meeting might have been
held Thursday. but this seems impossible
now. The members of the committee it is
safe to say, however, will be men who are
familiar with work of the character they
are about to undertake, and there will be
little delay in the immediate launching of
inaugural plans in definite shape
Chairman Edison Is receiving daily appIi-
cations for clerkships with the various COM
mittesa. He Will probably leave such ap-
pontments to the chairmen themselves al
though the matter has not been seriously
discussed as yet
Secretary DinEman.
Mr.. Harrison Dingman served as secre
tary to the committee having in charge the
plans and arrangements for the Grand
Army encampment in this city in 1892
Mr.. Edison was chairman of that COM
mittee, and during it's work became fully
acquainted with Mr.. Dingmans abilities
Mr. Dingman is a veteran of the civil war
having served with honor with the New
York troops. He was quite seriously
wounded in battle, and was taken to An
napolis, where he finally recovered. For a
number of ;, ears he was chief clerk of the
Indian office in the Interior Department.
and afterward engaged in the practice of
law
Last winter the War Department COM
missioned MIR. Dingman to take charge of
the census of Porto r.lco. In four months
Mr. Dingman turned over the complete re-
turns. After his return from Porto Rico
he was made supervisor of the census in
the District of Columbia
Senate Resolution Adopted
The resolution offered yesterday by Mr.
Hanna for the appointment by the president
pro tenn. of a committee Of three senators to
make the necessary arrangements for the
inauguration of the President of the United
States on the 4th of March was adopted
without debate.