Evening star., 1900-12-05
THE INVITED GUESTS
Official List of Those to Attend the
White House Exercises.
CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION PLANS
The Evening Reception at the
Corcoran Gallery Of Art.
THE STREET DECORATIONS

One week from today the ceremonies ar
ranged in ce.ebrat tion of the centennial an
niversary of the removal of the seat OIL
government to the District will take pace
At this point of time it may be of interest
for the general public to know to what ex-
tent they will be able to participate In
the celebration.
The first event Of the day will be the re-
ception to the governors Of the states AMI
territories, which will be given by the Pres
iGent at the White House in the morning.
Owing to the limited space in the east room,
where the exercises are to be he'd it will
be necessary to limit the number OF invita-
tions to be sent out for this function. 1he
committee in charge of the arrangements
for the celebration find much embarrass-
ment as well as perpexity growing out OF
this condition. 1t is found that the seauhs
capacity is limited to 300, and 1t Is iouno
that the list of officials necessary TO invite
foots up to about 200. 1t is therefore eVl-
dent that there will practically be no par
ticipation by the general pubic III the CA
ercises at the White House.
The official list is as follows: Inc AuaiIls
family, governors and chiefs of STAFF, eX-
Presidents and eX-Vice Presidents, Presl-
dent of the Senate, Speaker OF the HOUSE
Senate centennial committee house cen
tenniai committee. Gen. Brooke ana staH'
Gen. Miles Admiral Dewey. general DIS
trio militia, United States Supreme Court
Judges District of Columbia Supreme court
jrdges. District Of Columbia Court OF Ap-
peals Judges Gen. John NJ. Wilson, Col.
I F. Bingham. District Commissioners, ex-
District of Columbia judges. ex-mayors' ex-
Commissioners. citizens executive commit
tee escort to governors. Columbia Histori-
cal Society, American Institute of Archi-
tectS, chairman press gallery, representa-
tives Of Associated Press and OF Scrip.
MacRae Press Association, mayors or
cities
1t is probable that, owing to the limited
space, no ladies will be invited.
Parade and Reception.
Upon the conclusion Of the exercises at
the Executive Mansion a procession, con-
sisting of military, naval and civic organ
izations acting as an escort to the Presi-
dent of the United States and the gov
errtors will be formed in front of the White
House and will proceed down the avenue
to the Capitol, where the line will pass in
review before the President.
Following this exercises are to be held
in the chamber of the House of Representa-
tves, and it is expected that the galleries
will be available and that tickets of admiS-
sion can be issued for the seating capacity.
which is about 1,5OO.
In the evening reception will be held at
the Corcoran Art Gallery, to which 1000
tickets viii be issued, each ticket admitting
two persons. The list of those to whom
tickets will be sent is as follows: Members
of each committee in charge Of the ar
rang a1nents, governors and their staffs, dip
lomatic corps. United States Supreme Court
Judges, District court judges members or
the House and the Senate.
With this reception the ceremonies Of the
celebration will come to an end.
Sale of Medals.
The sale of the medals which began yes
ters building. 1925 Pennsylvania avenue,
and will be continued today and each day
thereafter from - to 6 o'clock, shows to
+ the. members of the committee that the
historic souvenir is largely desired. At
present the medals are being delivered to
those presenting receipts for money paid
in, and when this class is supplied the
general sale will be begun at headquarters
and also at Harris & Co.'S, 7th and ID
streets.
Yesterday the subcommittee in charge of
the sale was Thomas p Woodward, John
F. Jarvis, Secretary Edward T. Bates and
Assistant Secretary Geo. b. Pitts. Today
those attending to this duty are r. C. Bal
lantyne. Benz. Miller and Findley Harris.
The chairman of the medal committee
Mr. w. P. Van Wickle, is much gratified at
the appreciation which Is thus evident on
the part Of the public.
Arrival of Governors.
The governor of New Hampshire, Mr.
Rollins. and the governor of Maine, Mr.
Powers, will arrive in this city next Tues
day evening, the former being accompanied
by the adjutant general of the state
j. S. Saunders. the adjutant general of the
state of Maryland was at headquarters to-
day. He stated that the governor of Mary
land, Mr.. John Walter Smith, will come to
the city Tuesday night. He expects to be
accompanied in the centennial parade by
Cavalry Troop A of the Maryland State
Guard, consisting of forty men, commanded
by Capt. James Shirley, and by mounted
staff of fourteen officers. The headquarters
OF the governor and his staff will be at the
Raleigh.
Owing to the arrangements now made d
cne-rate fare to this city for the centennial
is granted by railroads controlling lines in
a circle about Washington having a radius
of 400 miles.
A conference was held today by r. Ross
Perry. Chaplin Brown, NJ. l. Weller and W.
V. Cox with officials of the House of Rep
representatives relative to the details of the
arrangements for the ceremonies in the
Capitol building.
System of Decorations.
The various subcommittee Of the COM
mittee on parade and decorations assigned
to canvass the business men and property
holders along the route of the parade with
the view of securing as complete system
of decoration of the buildings as possible
make a favorable report as to the result of
their work. 1t is likely that beginning in
giving the exterior of buildings gala APP
pearance will be made this week and then
until the day of celebration the work will
go on. There is reason to believe that the
response will be a general one and that
much interest will be displayed in provid-
ing an appropriate display for the pagean-
try of next Wednesday as far at least as
it is within the power of citizens acting as
individuals.
Congressional Action.
In the Senate this afternoon Mr.. Hale
called up House bill 122S3, in relation
to the celebration OF the centennial ami
versary of the establishment of a perma-
nent seat of the government in the District
of Columbia. Mr.. Cockrell wanted to know
whether the bill provided for a natl Ilal
holiday for future years. When he was
sured that it only authorized legal holi-
day in the District of Columbia on the day
of the centennial he offered no objection to