The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-01-07
INAUGURAL BALL
BRILLIANT AFFAIR
OPENING OF SOCIAL SEASON AT
BISMARCK LAST NIGHT WAS
COMPLETE SUCCESS.

Bismarck N. D.. Jan. 7.--More than
800 people were in attendance at the
inaugural ball in the big house cham
Der last night, when Governor and
Mrs. Burke and suite led the grand
march to the tuneful air of the Span
ish polinaise. The great throng which
filed the capitol building presented
one of the most festive scenes ever
beheld in Bismarck. The magnifcence
and brilliancy of the function surpass-
ed any ever given or attempted in the
hickertail state.
The governors carriage left the ex-
ecutive mansion precisely at $3.50 p. m,
when the governor was driven to the
capitol building which was blaze of
illumination. The governor and Mrs.
Burke, were greeted by the reception
committee which stood at the head of
stairs in the main corridor of the
building.
The committee, made up OF officials
and members OF the Bismarck Com
mercial club, which gave the splendid
affair, comprised A. B. Welch, chair
mani r. L. Conklin, r. D. Hoskins,
Maj, r. r. Stedman. Brig. Gen. Amasa
p. Peake, Capt. Joseph Frasier, w. F.
! Cochrane. Gen. Il. A. Williams. Capt.
]. p. Baker, Hon. +. J. Fox. Hon. w.
3 II. winchester, I'd. o. Hellstrom, NJ B.
4 Jewell, G. B. Little, w. r. Davis, Hon.
George A. WEIGH, Capt. H. T. Murphy,
Robert Orr, r. w. Clark. r. c. Bat
terry, 7. r. Atkinson, w. S. Casselman,
II. q. Breen, s. w. Derrick p. c..
Remington. DR.. e p. Quain, DR.. M. w.
Ream. Hon. O. w. Gilbert, ]. X. Dye.
w. A. Macdonald, Judge S. q. Ellis
worth, Judge John Carmody.
AS soon as the governor ana Mrs
Burke had arrived a receiving line was
formed in the governors Office where
the reception was held prior to the ball
which began at 10 o'clock. In the line,
aside from the chief executive and his
wife, were the state officials and their
wives, who formally received all the
guests Of the evening. In line with the
governor and party were:
Lieut.. Gov. u. L. Burdick and Mrs.
Burdick, Chief Justice and Mrs. Nor
gan. Judge and Mrs. SpAlding, Judge
and Mrs. Fisk, Judge ana Mrs. Goss.
Judge and Mrs. Burke, Secretary of
State and Mrs. Norton, State Auditor
and Mrs. d. K. Brightbill. State Treas
urer and Mrs. Gunder Olson, Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction and Mrs
Edwin J. Taylor, Attorney General and
Mrs. Andrew Miller, Commissioner OF
Insurance and Mrs. w. G. Taylor, Com
missioner OF Agriculture and Labor
and Mrs, w. C. Gilbreath, and the rail-
road commissioners and their wives
Mr.. and Mrs. w H. Stutsman, Mr.
and Mrs. o. p. N. Anderson and Mr..
and Mrs. w II. Mann.
Promptly at 10 o'clock the party led
the way up the staircase to the third
floor Of the building to the chamber
Of the house, where the grand march be-
gan. After a few attractive figures
the dancers swung off into a two
step. The scene presented to the eyes
of the huge throng OF spectators which
crowded the galleries was a most mag
nificent one. Many glasses were turn
ed on the handsome toilets of the
women, the braided uniforms Of the
military officers, and the handsome
decorations which combined to make
the pageant one whose splendor, pomp
grandeur has seldom, If ever, been ex-
celled in North Dakota.
The participants danced far into the
might making the affair one long to
be remembered. At midnight 1T was
announced that $50 plates would be
served at a time in the banquet hall
on the first floor OF the capitol building.
Following the repast the guests re-
turned TO the ballroom and resumed
the gay whir1 Of the dance until a
date haur