The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-09
EVENTS Or
NEW YEAR
President Receives at
White House.
MACARTHUR At MANILA
The Gar Reviews Returning Rus
sian --Inauguration Of
Governor of New York.

WASHINGTON, Jan. lin the long
line of New Year receptions at the
White House none, perhaps, was more
brilliant than the ole which today
ushered in the twentieth century. And
perhaps no feature of it was so uni
versally gratifying to the distinguished
throng which came to extend the greet
ings of the new year to the chief execu
tive of the republic as the fact that the
mistress of the White House was able
to participate in the happy occasion
and with the President receive the
fluctuations and we'll wishes of all.
The day has dawned dull and gray,
but the air was soft and balmy. To-
ward IL o'clock when the reception
opened the sun burst through mist and
cloud, frightened the white walls and
pillars of the historic old mansion un-
til it shone like alabaster and touched
the stripes of the glorious American
flag that fioated above it with streaks
of flame.
The grounds of the mansion house
presented a stirring scene as the car
riages began to arrive and the long
line of army and naval officers in full
uniform formed to the left of the mas
sive porte cochere. Within, under the
glamour of myriads of electric lights,
which were reflected in the happy faces
of the shifting throng, all was bril-
liancy. The marine band, stationed un-
der the stairway, discoursed national
airs and lively marches throughout the
ceremony. The members of the Cabi-
net and their wives, together with the
ladies of the receiving party, were the
first to arrive. They laid aside their
wraps in the state dining room and en-
tered the public apartments of the
President, where they exchanged
greetings with MIR. and Mrs. Mckin-
ley. The ladies Of the receiving party
entered the red and blue parlors and
took their places behind the line.
Meantime the Ambassadors and Minis
ters of foreign countries, with the at
taches of the various legations in their
gorgeous and resplendent court uni
forms, had gathered in the state dining
room. Promptly at II o'clock the bugles
sounded the approach of the Presiden-
tial party, and, led by Col. Bingham.
the master of ceremonies, and Major
McCauley of the Marine Corps, the
President and Mrs. Mckinley descend
ed the main stairway, followed by the
members of the Cabinet and their
wives.
| AS the party passed along to the re-
ceiving room the President reflected in
his smiling face his health and happi-
ness. He bowed repeatedly to the
crowds assembled in the corridors,
greeting many of them with well wishes
of the day. Mrs. Mckinley also be-
slowed her gracious greetings upon
many in the throng, and when three
sweet-faced children near the front
chirped Happy New Year" to the
first lady of the land, she took hand
full of buds from her exquisite bouquet
of white roses and tossed them to the
children. The party passed into the
blue parlor and took their places, while
the full Marine band burst forth with
the stirring strains of Hail to- the
Chief" In addition to the ladies of the
Cabinet, the following ladies were in
vited to occupy places behind the line
and nearly all of them were present:
The Misses Hay, Miss Cox, Miss
Root, Misses Griggs, Miss H. Hitch
cock, Miss Catlin, Miss McKittrick,
: Mrs Abner Mckinley, Mrs. George b.
Cortelyou, Miss Hinds, Mrs. T. A.
Bingham, Mrs. David ]. Hill, Mrs. f.
w. Hackett Mrs. ]. e. Richardson,
Miss Steece, Mrs. Fuller, the Misses
Fuller, Mrs. Aubrey, Miss Wallace, Mrs
Harlan, the Misses Harlan, Mrs. Gray
Miss Brewer. Mrs. Karrick, Mrs
Brown, Mrs. Shiras, Mrs. White, Mrs.
Peckham, Mrs. McKenna, the Misses
! McKenna, Mrs. M. A. Hanna, the
: Misses Hanna, Miss Phelps, Mrs. J. G.
, Burrows, Mrs. s. NJ. Cullom, Miss Ridg-
ley, Miss Fisher, Mrs. Stephen b. Ell
> kins. Mrs. Charles w. Fairbanks, Mrs
J. K. Jones, Mrs. Kean, the Misses
: Kean, Mrs. Henry Cabot Lodge. Mrs
A. p. Gardner, Mrs James Mcmillan
Miss Mcmillan, the Misses MORGAN
Mrs. o. II. Platt. Mrs. T. C. Platt, Mrs
Redfleld Proctor, Miss Proctor, Mrs
Henry M. Teller, Mrs. Joseph B. For
: aker. the Misses Foraker, Mrs. William
> B. Bate, Mrs. Eugene Hale, Mrs. D. B
Henderson, Mrs. John Dalzell, Mrs
Charles n. Grosvenor, Mrs. S. f. Payne
Mrs George w. Steele, Mrs. Robert R
Hit. Miss Richardson, Mrs. j. III
Ketcham. Miss Ketcham, Miss Wilson
!. Mrs. w. S. Kerr. Mrs. N. N. Cox, Mis-!
Cox, Mrs. ]. c. Sibley. Miss Sibley, NJ g
Miles, Mrs Parsons. Mrs. ]. NJ. VII
q son, Miss Waller Mrs. George NJ
Sternberg. Mrs. Dewey, Mrs. P. NJ
Rixey. Mrs English, Mrs. w. K. Var
Revpen Miss Van Reypen, Mrs. U. S
Grant, Mrs Sartoris, the Misses Sar
: toris. Mrs Philip Sheridan, the Misses
Sheridan. Mrs Daniel Manning, Mrs
Chas. G. Dawes. Mrs. Harriet Lam
i, Johnston, Miss Kennedy, Mrs. j. Stan
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