The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-12

| siouer Henry b. HacfarIands was in
treduced. ana spoke Al some Length upon
| the selection Of the site Tor the establish
ment of the seet Of Government OF the
United STATES iIe early development OF
the District Of Columbia. and It's mere
recent growth Is 3 position FIRST among
the capitals OF the nations of the world.
He vas several tines during his address
greeted with signs OF approval and pro-
longed applause followed his psroration
upon the future oE the National Capital
Governor Shaw. e1 Iowa. vas the last
speaker. His address wss devoted TO a
recital OF the deTeloBd-ent of the whole
country and ;ts remarkable progress in
arts and sciences during the pGsS cen
tury. From the somewhat HsonotoaoGs
series CT statistics which the SPEAKER
read he diverted the attention Of his
hearers by essaytng a joke. IN citing ex-
alnpies OF progress he spoke Of tEaDspor-
tatieD
IN 1900, he said, ..roads we're made
according TO Adams idea. not Maead-
amsSs'
The company laughed heartily at this
witticism, and appl=aded the Governors s
remarks when he concluded
An informal reception vas held in the
East Room. the Blue and Red ParIors I'M
mediately after The speech- making, and
at noon the President. with Secretary
Hay, led the vay 10 the dining room,
where q buffet Iuneheen was served The
President with members OF the Cabinet
and several members of the Supreme
Court. lunched IN the private dining
room, but the larger portion Of the guests
we're served IN the state dining roEnn.
Not al Of those present az the Write
House ceremonies remained to partt Ike
of the luncheon. but the majority of them
did so.
As part OF the exercises the Marine
Band rendered the following programme:
America Voice ef Our NatioH,'' San
telmann: National Capital Centennial. y
SanteImann; The Star SFangled Banner, =
and Hail to the Spirff Of Liberty Soasa
During the progress OF the luncheon the
baHd rendered other patriotic selections.
These present at she White House cere-
monies were:
President Mckinley and the members OF
the Cabinet; the following Governors with
their chiefs OF staff: Delaware. Z. ". Tun-
nell; Iowa. Leslie u. Shaw, Pennsylvania,
". 4. Stone; New Jersey; F. NJ voorhees,:
Connecticut, G. Z. Loansburys Massachu-
setts. ". II. Crane: Maryland. J. "
Smith: New Hampshire. T. Y. Rollins
Virginia. J. Il Tyiers. New York, Theodore
Roosevelt; North Carolina, .. L. Rus
sell; Rhode Island, William Gregory; Yir-
ginia, w n. Gilmore. representing the
Governor; Tennessee B. McMilItn; Lon
isiana. Lieutenant Governor Estopan:aI;
Indiana, J. A. MouRt; Maine, Lieweaen
Powers; Missouri. Lieut.. Governor j, H.
Bolte; Arkansas. d " Jones, Florida;
Col. F A. Brown representing the Gey-
ernor; Texas, Lieatenant Governor T. B.
Wheeler; Wisconsin. l. SehcfeId: West
Virginia, C. ". atkinson. Nevada. W. o.
H. Martin. representing The, Governor;
Colorado, o. l. Thomas SonSa Dakota
A. E Lee; Idaho. r Steunenfsrg. Wy
ozniEg, ". A. Richards, representing the
Governor; New Msxiee, II. g. Otero,
Arizona, N o. Murphy; Alaska, J. G.
Brady; Oklahoma, c. NJ Barnes Gov
ernor Lloyd L0wHties. OF MaryI4nd: ex-
Governor a. L. Bushnell, OF Ohio; ex-Goy-
erHor A. ". Fig, Of Texas, and ex-
Governor H. Il MARKHAM, oF California;
Chief Justice Fuller and the Associate
Justices Of the Supreme Court, Chic. Jus
tice Charles G. NSss and the Associate
Justices Of the Court sf Claims, Chief 5sss-
tiee Richard Il alvey and the Associate
justices OF the Court Sf appeals OF the
District Of CoiGEnSi. Chiss Justics- -Esds- -EEssds-
tees Of the supreme Ccurt OF the Dis
trfct Of Columbia. ex-J3dge Wsddy and
ex-Jadge Cox. of the Supreme Court Of the
District ef Columbia fnsmbSrs Of the
House and Senate CaIamittee Of TIE Dis
trict OF Columbia the Commissioner Of
the District Of CoIumbIa, ex-commIss.on-
ers Of the District OF Columbia,
ex-Mayor BerretE and e-
Mayor Emery, OF washington,
Major-General Miles and aides. Major
General Brooke and staff, c. J. Bell.
Simon Neweonb, s. II. KauGmanB. Chief
Engineer Wilson. John Narbury, jr., Jo-
seph PratheT. william Gait. S Thomas
Brown, ". W Buth. r. s. Peabody. ". s.
Eames, Frank Miller Day, Glen Brown,
George B Post, E E KendIe. D. n.
Burnham, the trustees Of the Coreargln
Art Gallery. members OF the Hisfgs isal
Society, Brook Adams ard Mrs Adams,
Senator Frye. Speaker Henderson, Repre-
sentative Otev OF Virginia.