Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-30
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Delegations From Many Cities That
Want the President.
he WILL GO TO ANfIEfAk
May Visit Charlotte, N. c., the
22d of May.
OTHERS OF TODAY'S CALLERS

President Mckinley talked this morning
as If he might go to Charlotte N c., on
the 22d of May. The President was. visited
by large delegation of citizens of that
city to urge his acceptance Of an Invitation
to be present in Charlotte on the occasion
of the ceremonies in celebration of tie
125th anniversary of the Mecklenburg dec
larat!on of independence. This anniversary
is on May 20 but as that day falls on Sum
day the 22d was chosen for the celebration.
The delegation was accompanied by Sem
ator Pritchard and Colonel ]. E. Boyd as
sistant attorney general. and consisted OF
Mayor J. d. Mccall, ]. w. Mullen, ]. p.
Wilson, W. S. Reid I. S. Franklin W. T.
Jordan, ]. p. Caldwell, c. H. Campbell,
Henry NJ. McAdden. NJ. c. Mayer S. Witt
kowsky. George B. Hiss. John NJ. Scott, o.
NJ. Barringer, E. B. Springs. George Ste-
vens. A. H. Washburn, H. Baruch. o. s.
Asbury, G. W. Bryan, W. R. Burwell and
]. l.. Moreland.
The delegation told the President that tne
celebration this year will be a big scale
and will be significant in many ways. The
President has the invitation under consid-
GRAFTON and hopes to accept.
The invitation was extended in beauti-
full case, surrounded by pretty designs of
invitation stated that irrespective OF party
the south desired to welcome and entertain
the President.
To Fredericksburg and Antietam.
The President long ago accepted an invi-
tation to go to Fredericksburg on May 25s
the occasion being the reunion of the So
ciety of the Army of the Potomac Gen.
Sickles will be the orator, and it is ex-
pected that an immense throng will be
present.
The President told Representative Wach-
ter of Baltimore that he would attend the
dedication Of a monument at Antietam on
May 30 He intends to do this instead Of d,
going to Gettysburg. The monument is
erected by the state of Maryland to the
soldiers of both sides who fell in that
great struggle. The President has not de- y
cided whether he will make address at
Antietam.
Wanted in Buffalo.
A big delegation of Buffalo people, ac>
companied by Representative Alexander.
waited on the President to ask that he be
in Buffalo Foundation day''-the day
on which work will begin on the buildings
of the Pan-American exposition, TO be held
in 1901. The exact date will be fixed to
suit the convenience of the President and
will be in June, after Congress has adjourn
ed. If the President says he will 90 the
date will be arranged with j. /. Buchanan.
the director general of the exposition Those
with the delegation were Mr.. Buchanan.
John G. Milburn. president of the Exposl-
ton Company: Mayor Conrad pehl' Georee
Urban, jr., Horace Noble, Major I. W.
Symons, John A. Kennedy, John Hughes
and w. C. Cornwell.
Bartlett Tripp a Caller.
Senator Davis and Bartlett Tripp, former
commissioner to Samoa on two occasions,
were with the President this morning Mr..
Trfpp is a brother-in-law of Senator Davis,
and up to 1896 was a Cleveland democrat. ,
He is being talked of for a high place In
Porto Rico or the Turkish mission, to euc-
ceed Minister Straus, who wants to give
up his diplomatic duties. Mr, straus was
appointed as a gold democrat. and II ne ?
really intends to resign, the PRESIDENT .
might desire just such man as Mr. Tr1pp ?
to continue the negotiations with SO CRAFTY :,
an individual the sultan. Mr.. Irlpp was
minister to Austria under President CleVe-
land, and has had large experience in the
diplomatic field.
Appointments Made.
Secretary Cortelyou today announced the
following appointments at the Executive
Mansion to fill vacancies created by the
promotion of Assistant Secretary Barnes
and Executive Clerk Forster:
Thomas H. Netherland OF virginia 10 pe
clerk of class 81. 500, by promotion from
class 3.
Joseph s. Moss of Vermont, to be clerls
of class 3 81 600, by transfer from the war
Department.
The President Has a Cold.
President Mckinley came back from Cam
ton with a bad cold, and has been suffering
since then from a mild attack of grip. He
has attended to his duties in his office but.
his visitors say that he shows that he is
not enjoying his usual good health.
Political Situation in Massachusetts.
Senator Lodge talked with the President
some time this morning, the topic of the
being the political situation iI
Massachusetts, and the recent republican
of that state. The President
pleased with the work of the convention.
Hawaiian Bill Signed.
The President signed the Hawaiian bill
shortly after noon today.