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The Inauguration of Z WII. PickKINLEY iM | i — Oe people We Inaugurate a es SSO k| iN > lA 5 — ————— ie $1.50 Comforts. ....... $1.15 Q $2.00 Comforts. ...... ..$1.68 kk $2.25 Comforts... «+ $1.75 JQ $2.75 Comforts. .. $2.15 {0 $3.25 Comforts... $2.48 $5.00 Down Comforts. .$3.48 Washington will be crowded with come here on this auspicious occasion. And for the benefit of our numerous friends who expect to prepare and accommodate this great influx of Remember, here’s the best chance to pre- pare for the coming inauguration at prices that | will be such a saving to you. BURGH & BRO., 420-422-424-426 As President of the U. S. occurs on March 4. visitors who will —— Y Special Mark-Down Sale of BEDWEAR. i ‘All articles advertised are on special tables. Biankets. 10-4 White Blankets. 10-4 Gray Blankets. . $1.25 Gray Blankets. $1.75 White Blankets $2.50 White Blankets. . .$1.89 $3.25 White Blankets. . .$2.48 $4.00 White Blankets. . .$3.25 Odd Lots in Fine Blankets. (2) pair $6.00 Blankets. . . $5.00 (4) pair $6.50 Blankets. . .$5.48 These are extra values and ) only (2) small lots. $1.75 Feather Pillows.$1.19 pr. \ Seventh St. PEE EET ee See OH Oe eee ee eee shelf room for them badl sy are moving them out quickly. i This Week at This Week at Opera and pear-shsy This Week at A Complete Change Shoe Styles. We shall begin the spring season with almost entirely new styles and with many new makes of Shoes. Many new Spring Styles in Ladies’ and Children’s Shoes are already in (and they’re beauties), but we need Here are several lines which we shall discontinue to keep—they’re fresh, up-to-date Shoes, but these reductions Ladies’ Kid Button and Laced. Good wearers and made on shapely lasts. They’re excellent $1.50 values, Ladies’ Stylish Tan Shoes, Made of Nevif’s famous tan leather, ‘dark shades—3 different shapes of Laced. Were considered cheap at $2.50. Q5° $1 | Ladies’ $2.50 Hand-finish Boot: Of best Black Vici Kid or Box Calf. and Button, plain or cloth tops. iped toes. 1 -65 bs S0e. Black Overgaiters. 1916 AND 1916 PENNA. AVE. WM. HAHN & CO.’S RELIABLE SHOE HOUSES, 930 and 932 7th St. 75c. Ladies” $1.50 Bicycle ins—Cordurey and -top Jersey, several colors. au 233 PENNA. AVE. 8.2 ATTEMPTED HIS OWN LIFE. An attempt late Sunday afternoon of John B. Scott, a well-known citizen or tne city. to take his life at his home, 33 0 street northwest, was a mystery until the facts were recited to a Star reporter today ‘by members of his family. All kinds of sto- ries have been afloat as to the matter, and the friends of the injured man have claimed that the whole affair was an accident. Up to today the members of the family, who @re deep!y grieved, have refused to say anything on the subject. It was about 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon ‘when the members of Mr. Scott's family, ic) his mother, heard a pistol shot in props on the second beak Pee - Upon rus to the room they @ bed. with an ugly wound in the righ: @ide near the front part of the head, front which a stream of blood was issuing. A was grasped in Mr. Scott's hand. ‘The wounded man was unconscious. It was @t once apparent that Mr. Scott had at- tempted his life. The family physician, Dr. F. T. Chamber- lain of New Jersey avenue southeast, was immediately telephoned for by Dr. C. W. Scott, a dentist, brother of the wounded man. en Dr. Chamberlain arrived he called ugto consultation Dr. J. Ford Thomp- son, Dr. Cannon and Dr. Duffie. In a short time after the shooting the operation of trephining was decided upon. Five sma!l Pieces of bone were removed from the head. The builet entered the right side of the head, about two inches from the ear, and came out over the right eye. Mrs. Scott stated to a Star reporter this wcrning that her husband is resting as well as could be expected. She said that except for a short while he had been con- scious and was able to talk to members of the family. While the wound is a dan- gerous one, she said that the physicians hopes to be able soon to resume sctive work. It {s thought that the melancholia from which he has been suffering will leave him and that if he recovers he will be in a better frame of mind than for some time. Mr. Scott says that he couldn’t eaee resisted the impulse to shoot him- Financial troubles and {ll health sre be- Meved to have made Mr. Scott melancholy. He had never intimated to his family an intention to take his life, but he had been despondent for some time. He lately been unfortunate in his business irs, and nearly all winter has been cont to his home by {I health. Mr. Scott, who is about fifty-five years old, was for a long time the proprietor of the Howard House, with which he now has no connection. His nephew, John C. Maynard, is now running ‘it. Later Mr. Scott became with the Na- tional Hotel, and it ie that it was in this venture that he lost a good deal of money. As stated, the family endeavored to keep the matter a secret and succeeded for some time. Even the polico were unable to se- cure any information. When they called at the house they were denied admission, — sympathy is expressed for the fam- iy. —<- Catholic Knights’ Smoker, The smoker gtven last night at St. Jo- seph's Hall, Sthand H streets, by the Bt. Aloysius branch of the Catholic Knights of America, was an eminent success. The hall was filled with the many friende and guests of the organization, and all enjoyed the mixed program which was rendered. tertainment, chairman, Mr. J. W. O’Connor, with Messrs. M. J. Falvey, T. P. Kennedy and T. B. McNamee; reception, Messrs. J. W. Ccneidine, B. Roth, John Today's Session of the Daughters of the American Revotution. LIVELY DISCUSSION ON ADMISSIONS Growth of the Chapters and Membership. NOTES OF MEMBERS ‘The business of the morning session of the D. A. R. was largely routine, but a few somewhat exciting features dropped in oc- casiovally to enifven the reports, which were of necessity somewhat dry in detail, though of vital interest to those who carry the love of the order close to their hearts. ‘The president gencral, Mrs. Stevenson, was in the chair, supported on the right by Mrs. A. G. Brackett, vice president gen- eral, and behind her chair sat her parlia- mentary adviser. Prayer was offered by the chaplain gen- eral, Mrs. J. J. Bullock, and “America” was sung as an opening ode. Reporis of the rational officers were the first thing in or- der. That of the vice presiden: general in ebarge of organization, Mrs. Philip Hich- bern, was interesting, as it gave some idea of the spread of the sr atiment in favor of the organization. Thi other reports were those of Mrs. Charlotte Emerson Main, re- cording secretary general; Mrs. Joan L. Mitchell, cozresponding secretary general; reports of registrars general, Mrs. Mary Jane Seymour and Mrs. Albert D. Brockett; historian general, Miss Elizabeth Bryant Johnston; assistant historian general, Miss Fedora Wilbur; surgeon general, Dr. Julia Cleves Harrison, and lbrarian, Dr. Anita Newcomb McGee. The report of the surgeon general was skort and sweet, and was most gleefully re- ceived by the congress. She said that she had found the honors of the office casy, the work nil, and she therefore recom- mended that the office be done away with, as all there was to it was a name. Rending of Reports. Mrs. Mary Jane Seymour, one of the registers general, read a very interesting report. She has verified 3,495 original pa- pers and 90 additional ones. She has sign- ed 850 badge permits, written 830 letters and dictated nearly as many more. She re- ported that she had verified the papers of 55 real or “original” daughters of soldiers of the American revolution—two of the number being centenarians. Miss Eliza- beth McElroy of the Gen. Frelinghuysen Chapter was elected May 7, 1806. She died soon after the news of her election reached her and before the souvenir spoon of the D. A. R. had been presented to her. This spoon is the property of the national organization, and is presented to each original daughter. Miss Nancy Ray of Rochester, N. Y., member of Susan Car- rington Clark Chapter, will celebrate her one hundred and first birthday if she lives ull March 13, 1897. She was horored with @ large attendance at a reception on her one hundredth birthday. She is yet able to attend her personal needs. She sent Mrs. Seymour a poem of twenty verses, which she often recites. It was written before the revolution, and is entitled, “American Taxation.” The Susan Car- rington Clark Chapter holds the banner for “real” daughter membership, because, beside the centenarians, it has nine others, being eleven real daughters in all. Recording Secretary General. ‘Th? recording secretary general reported that at the beginning of 1896 the member- ship of the society was 12,218; now the rolls displayed a membership of 18,000, a gain of 6,000, or more than 2,000 more than in any other year. During the year 122 charters have been granted, divided among the States as follows: Massachusetts leading with 22; New York, 14; Ohio, 10; [ilinois ranks as No. 4, having formed 7 new chap- ters during the year. Connecticut 1s still the banner state. Kentucky has kept pace with 6 charters; Vermont, 5, while Michi- gan, Pennsylvania and Tennessee have se- cured 4. California, Delaware, Nebraska, Indiana, Iowa and Virginia count 3. Mary- land, Kansas, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Wisconsin have 2, and Alabama, Dis- trict of Columbia, Maine, Mississippi, Min- nesota, Oregon and South Carolina have one each. Mrs. Main recommends the keeping of a record of the organization of every chapter in her state. She has signed her name 20,000 times during the year! She spoke of the pleasant conference on the consolida- tien of the two organizations, the Daugh- ters of the Revolution and the Daughters of the American Revolution, and sald the basis of the union of the two societies would be reid before the close of the week for the consideration of the congress, The Librarian General. ‘The Ubrarian general, Dr. Anita New- comb McGee, reported that when she took the office only 125 books were in Possession of the historian general. Today the num- ber of volumes had increased to 827. Of the number eleven only had been pur- chased; 722 had been presented to the na- tional society, a few at a time. Four do- nations were worthy of particular note. Mrs. Watsen A. Bomron of the Mohegan Chapter of Sing Sing, N. Y., gave 157 ‘vol- umes; the United States bureau of public documents, 58; Mr. Robert Buchanan, 24; Mr. Philip Hichborn, 21. The value of the year’s addition is something over $1,000, many of them being volumes of rare American history. No restriction has been placed on the character of the books for the Mbrary, but those on American history and genealogy are most valuable. Mrs. Elizabeth Bryant Johnston, the his- torian general, gave many interesting facts concerning the publication of the genea- logical volumes, which the National D. A. R. is at work upon. Two volumes have been prepared. The volumes on lineage cost $1 each to print, and by act of congress is sold for fifty cents, an actual loss to the society of fifty cents, She recommended that the selling price be raised to cover the cost. She thought that many would live to see the book worth a large sum. Vice President General. Mrs. Jennie Franklin Hichborn, vice presi- dent general of the organization, reports that 118 chapters have been added, making 346 chapters in all. Four state regents and 120 chapter regents have been appointed and confirmed, making the total number of state and chapter regents now 46 and 511, respectively. Among these is a regent for Honolulu, one for Hawaii and one for Naples, Italy. The regent at Honolulu has forwarded the papers of a sufficient num- ber of applicants to assure the organiza- chapter, Most of these are daugh- tenets narics who went to the is- Miss One of the first matters that came up for Giscussion this morning was on admission to the hall of the congress. While the ladies believe that the board of manage- ment has done all that it could for the comfort and pleasure of the delegates, it is also ment j in ied i f i af | ef uF Fe { right, or that a regentof countenance such a thing, as she would have to if the alternate.sat with her dele- gation. Said in her emphatic manner, Mrs. McLean carried the congress off its feet fairly, and so, after all the diseussion, the amendments and the substitutes, the time was wasted, and the congress voted to leave things just as they were. Half a dozen times word was sent up to president general that not a word could » resolution that hercafter a recep- tien and conversation room be arranged for, so that the ladies who wished to visit could do so and leave the rest of the con- gress to transact its busitess in a quiet and orderly manner. A Sad Dispatch. ‘The pleasure of the members of the con- gress of the D. A. R. was suddenly dam- pened this morning by a most appalling af- fiction that fell upon one of its best loved members, Mrs. Burdette, regent of the siate of Vermont. Just as all were leaving the hall a telegram was handed to Mrs. Burdette, and, with a laughing word on her lips to the friends about her, she open- ed the telegram to read the awful tidings that her husband, whom she left in the best cf health, had dropped dead a few moments before. Mrs. Burdette was pros- trated by the blow, and had to be assisted from the hail by her friends. Mr. Burdette was a prominent raflrcad man of Vermort. A PARLIAMENTARY TANGLE. It Was Broken by a Decision of the Presiding Officer. The evening session of the D. A. R. was tame enough, for the most part being given over to the credential committee and the calling of the roll of the, congress. The latter part of the session was enlivened by a little sparring for place, and a neat little Parliamentary tangle which the presiding officer simply ignored, ruling arbitrarily to go on with the work, which was perhaps about the best that could be done under the circumstances, as nobody seemed to know Just how to extricate the congress. Two prizes were awarded early in the evening for biographical contests. The subject of the contest was “a revolution- ary woman,” and the person writing the best biography of the one that seemed to her the most interesting character among the women of revolutionary times was to Bet the prize, if the subject happened to suit the committee on awards. The happy ones were Mrs. Lawrence E. G. Muesey of Bristol, Conn., whose prize was a life mem- bership in the society of the D. A. R. She wrote of “Catherine Gaylord.” The second Prize went to Mrs. Clark Waring of Colum- bia, 3. C., whose essay was “Eliza Cald- well.” The prize was a handsome D. A. R. bedge. The selection of the Winners of the prizes seemed to please ‘the‘congress, and there was prolonged applaise. The com- mittee of judges was qompoged of Mrs. E. B. Johnson, Mrs. F. W. Dickirs, Mrs. D. Lothrop, Mrs. Terhune and Mrs. Ellen H. ‘Walworth. eee Mrs. Johnson reported’ that it had been very hard to get the coemmiitee together, and that the award had only been made a few days. There were ten contestants, and the names of the authots were unknown, as they wrote over assumed names, and their right ones were sent to the judges in a sealed envelope, which was mot opened till after the prize was awarded,: - Charlotte Elizabeth Main, chairman of the committee on credenéials, reported that her committee had- finished its work, and that 633 delegates. were entitled to vote. The soctety had: grewa rapidly in the last year, and now nambered 18,000 members. ;The roll call_was put in the hands of Miss Janet Richards, and it was no light task that she had before her. All progressed emoothly until the call of Penn- sylvania was reached. Mrs. McCartney, regent of Wyoming Valley Chapter, Pitts- burg, protested against the calling of the delegates from Dial Rock Chapter of Pitts- ton, which is located in Luzerne county, by the board of managers, as Mrs. McCartney thought, much to the infringement of her prerogatives, as granted in the infancy of the D. A. R. There was a perfect storm of whispering at cnce. Mrs. H. V. Boynton of the board of management obtained recognition and explained that the chapter had been vur- ganized according to the constitution, and she hoped that for the sake of hacmony Mrs. McCartney would withdraw her m3- tion and protest. Mrs. McCartney acted on the suggestion and withdrew her protest at once, in the midst of much applause, and the incident seemed closed. Mrs, Walworth was moved to put an oar into the troubled waters by saying that the constitution recognized no one when there were no limits to the territory for organizing chap- ters. Then the whole thing was set buzzing again. Motions and counter motions were made, Mrs. McCartney renewed her pro- test, in which she was supported by Mrs. Donald McClain of the New York Chapter, who was in evening attire, as she came from a tea. In her hair was a snowy plume and some diamonds, and as she paced down the aisle the white plume of Na- yalrre hever went to do brayer battle above its owner’s head than did this nodding os- trich feather, as Mrs. MeClain spoke for harmony with a big “H," and at the same time stirred up the animals with vigor. The charges and counter charges were kept up till the ladies got worn out and began to leave the hall, and bare benches were pairfully in evidence. It was finally arbi- trarily settled by an order from the chair- man to proceeft with roll call, and it stands Just as it did before, Mrs. McCartney pro- testirg, and the others protesting. The report of the cred tials cominittee was adopted. ag es Notes. The Atlanta, Ga., Chapter is represented at the congreas by Mrs. William M. Dick- son, one of the vice presigents general; Mrs. Porter King, chapter regent; Mrs. Robert J. Lowrey, vice regent; Mrs. J. Y. Sage, Mra. Edward H. Barnes, Mrs. Wm. Green Raoul, Mrs. Eastman, from Xavier Chapter, Rome; Mrs. Andrew Hill of Grif- fin, Mrs. Hattie Gould Jeffries of Augusta are also attending th eres! iL at the Arlington. 2 seen panei Mrs. A. W. Treadway is the delegate from Dubuque Chapter, Dubuque, Ia, Mra. A. E. Boyd is delegate from the Col. Wilitam Montgomery Chapter of Danville, Pa. E. Patterson'Boyd enjoys the Mrs. Anna distinction of being the-enly’ “daughter’'in Fayette county, Pa. She ‘hes things her #0 one to inter- ‘man;Yty, prophesied more than nine years‘ago'that her kins- man would some day and the incoming < common ancestors, Ja! was _lineally descended! McKinley clan of scended from cei, rot, eames er (eKinley e : bdngt thy Bret charted ‘uwenhor of the south. Miss Ethel Allen of Kansas City, state’ regent of is at tl Mr: pag eg gol ‘ nis fe the guegt of Sirs, Cabal of iciaeg, a egsamaiee aa i Hi = = Micateatzsd, Berate bronse deer to the platform en the o = - mess came near belag fatal to the best in- President-elect, the Vice President and his erests: Lew nation. Predecessor, the secretary of the Senate, ‘he stat Waatentn Colenial Chapter a a ex-Senators, louse nite! Bore, Success Torte Teen | PROCEEDINGS INTHESENATE CHAMBER | imran cesta apnea Mra. Vanderpool. Other representatives of corps, governors of states, heads of depart- the chapter are Mra. J. C. Hazen, Mrs. A. net Saree — 3 officers of the army and navy who. by Mrs, Ferdinand P. Earle nts The Order of Procession to the] ime. nave received the chenks of Con- Heights Chapt a gress; ot persons wi bef eee eee Platform Outside. mitted to the floor of the Senate cham= Mrs, Cariton is a delegate from the = canion rr rere ge cs ae ‘ayet Chapter toeller, it to 5 ae aes aa saa yi ‘oma tne main seated ats Shsiooeonen con eee chapter ef Battieboro, Vt. Mi Hi er represents the Aan Siors Chaves | ARRANGEMENT FOR TICKETS | tne "sesase chamber, when they will be escorted in sections by the officers in charge of each section to the platform, where separate sections corresponding to the sectiors in the gallery will be reserved for them, and where the proceedings Mrs. James Pieicher, regent of Campbell Chapter, Nashville, also repre- senting the state regent, who Is absent on account of illness; Mrs. J. P. Douilard, re- gent of the Cumberland Chapter of Nash- ville; Mrs. Mary Hoss, delegate from Camp- bell Chapter; Mrs. Perry Warner, repre- sag! the children’s organization of Nash- ville. Mrs. L. Bradford Prince, wife of ex-Gov. Prince, is state regent from Santa Fe, N. The program for the inaugural ceremonies at the Capitol is practically completed. The arrangements for the comfort and conve- nience our all those participating in the ceremony and the spectators are about as nearly perfect as possible. Great care has been taken to insure a seat for each per- son having a ticket, so that there will be no need of a rush to get in the building, in the galleries or on the stand at the east front of the Capitol, where the President's inaugura: address will be delivered. Curds of Admission. No person will be admitted to the Sen- ate wing of the Capitol, the Senate galier- ies, the floor of the Senate chamber, or the inaugural platform without a ticket or card sigt.ed by Senators Sherman, Mitchell and Elkins, comprising the committee of arrangements, except members of the Sen- ate and elective officers, members of the Mouse of Representatives and elective offi- cers, the ex-President and the ex-Vice President, the justices of the United States Supreme Court and officers (the clerk, re- porter and marshal), cabinet officers, the general commanding the army and his aid, the senior admiral of the navy on the ac- tive list and his aid. Tickets of admission and cards (except those for members-elect) will be good only at the Senate bronze door (at the head of the marble steps on the east front of the Senate wing) and at the lower door under the arch beneath these marble steps. Ticket holders presenting themselves at any othe: than these two entrances will be refused admission. This provision is necessary to protect the galleries for the use of those having tickets, and to prevent persons with or without tickets gaining ad- mission through the halls leading from the rotunda and the crypt and occupying the galleries to the exclusion of the bona fide ticket holders. horses and carriages, except those used in conveying persons to the Senate wing of the Capilol, will be excluded from the north half of the Capitol grounds until after the ccnclusion of the inaugural cere- monies. The two eastern doors of the Senate wing, as above described, will be open at 10 o'clock a.m., to these holding tickets and cards and entitled to admission. The Galleries. The section of the gallery known as the Senate reserved gatlery, on the eastern side between the ladies’ gallery and the eastern rserved gallery, will be set apart for the guests of the President and President-elect, the Vice President and Vice President-elect, and the families of the Speaker of the House of Represertatives, the Supreme Court and cabinet officers. Special tickets will be issued for this gallery, and no one will be admitted to it without a ticket. The diplomatic gallery will be reserved exclusively for the use of the families of the members of the diplomatic corps, and tickets of admission thereto will be dis- tributed by the Secretary of State. The press gallery will be reserved ex- clusively for the reporters of the press. Tickets of admission thereto will be coun- tersigned by the chairman of the press committee, and will entitle the holders to proceed to the place reserved for the press on the platform while the procession is forming and in advance of it. Ali other galleries will be open to those holding gallery tickets without distinction or reservation. The committee of arrangements have de- termined that the tickets of admission shall not exceed the capacity. It was nec- essary, therefore, to restrict the number of tickets issued to four for each senator, making 420; and two to each representa- tive, making 730, or 1,150 in all. No one without a ticket will be admitted. This number takes tp all the space in the gal- leries, 1ncluding seats on the steps, in the aisles and standing room. The sergeant- at-arms of the House will distribute the gallery tickets allotted to the House of Representatives, and representatives and delegates should apply to him for their quota not later than March 1. The tickets to the floor of the Senate and to the Senate galleries will entitle the holders to places on the platform, and no one can be admitted to the platform who has not previously been admitted to the Senate wing of the Capitol. Those Entitled to Admission. At 11 o'clock on tke 4th of March the doors of the Senate chamber will be’ opened, and the following will be entitled to admission to the floor: The President, the President and Vice President-elect, the ex-President and ex-Vice President, the chief justice, aesociate justices and officers of the Supreme Court; members of Con- gress and delegates, cabinet officers and governors of stetes, the general command- ing the army and his ald, the senior ad- miral of the navy and his aid, the Hbrarian of Congress, the elective officers and mem: bers of House of Representatt: -<. the a chitect of the Capitol and his assistant, senators-elect and ex-senators, me _ Congress-elect, ex-secretaries ana « er- geant-at-arms of the Senate, ex-Speaker of the House of Representatives, ambassa- dors and ministers of the United States, ambassadors and ministers of foreign coun- tries who have been presented officially to the President, judges of the Court of Claims, judges of the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of the District of Co- lumbia, marshal of the District of Colum- bla, the secretary of the Smithsonian In- stitution, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, the Heutenant general of the army, retired; officers of the army and mavy who by name have received the thanks of Congress. The representatives-elect will be supplied with cards of identification by the sergeant- at-arms of the House, and will enter the Senate chamber by the south door with the representatives. The Secretary of State will distribute to ambassadors and ministers of foreign coun- tries cards of admission to the Senate chamber, and they are requested to enter at the Sencte bronze door and to assemble in the Senate marble room, whence they will be shown to seats on the Senate floor. and Rodger Conant, and also enjoys the distinction of being a descendant of the first male child born in the colony of Mas- sachusetts bay. Mrs. Prince is also a co- lonial dame and a native of New York state. The New York city chapter is represent- ed by Mrs. Donald McLean, the chapter re- gent; Mrs. Lathrop, the historian; Mrs. Ogden Doremas, Mrs. John Russel Young, Mrs. Clarence Postley, Mrs. John Stanton, Mrs. Walker Curry and Mrs. E. B. Allen. The Elizabeth Wadsworth Chapter of Portiand, Maine, which is named for the grandmother of Longfellow, is represented by a large delegation at the Riggs House; Mrs. J. Palmer is state regent, Mrs. Joseph B. Shepard, regent of the Elizabeth Wadsworth Chapter; Mrs. J. W. York, Mrs. Frank W. York, Mrs. E. B. Robinson, Mrs. Nelson Tenney, and Mrs. Allen McLellan Horne are delegates. Miss Bell Perkins of Richmond, Va., is state director of the D. A. R. and a dele- gate from the Old Dominion Chapter of Richmond. Mrs. G. T. Hvff, wife of Representative Huff, represents the Phoebe Bayard Chap- ter of Greensburg, Pa. Mrs. Thomas Roberts is regent for the Philadelphia Chapter, which restored In- dependence Hall to its original condition and presented the same to the city on the 18th of February, 1597. Ohio is represented by Mrs. E. M. Avery, state regent; Mrs. W. H. Barrisa, chapter regent of the Western Reserve Chapter of Cleveland; Mrs. G. V. Wickham, Mrs. E. C. Peachinand, Mrs. Laura L. Furgeson. Mrs. Furgeson is a star daughter; her father was Mr. Redington, a reverend soldier. Mrs. J. K. Myers and Mrs. G. Mead are delegates from the Continental Chapter of Greenfield, N. J. The chapter of Lexington, Ky., is at the Ebbitt House. Mrs. Lucrecia Clay, grand- daughter of Henry Clay, is its regent. Among the delegates are: Mrs. Matthew T. Scott, Mrs. Wallace Shelby, Mrs. Bishop Clay, Mrs. Barsett and Mrs. Coleman. Mrs. J. H. Bowman is regent of the Usula Walcott Chapter of Toledo, Ohio. Wisconsin sends Mrs. James S. Peck of Milwaukee, the state SS nee Hen- Cc. Payne, Mrs. Jenkins, Mrs. Sonnsony Mrs. Carpenter and Mrs. Love- joy, delegates from the Milwaukee Chapter; Mrs. Edwin H. Lowe and Mrs. Chas. Pal- mer from LaCross Chapter. Miss Deshler is the regent of the Jersey Blue Chapter of New Brunswick, N. J. Mrs. Elvira Tear, regent, and Mrs. E. A. Hice are delegates from the Dial Rock Chapter, Pittston, Pa. Mrs. A. H. Henley is alternate for regent of the General Sumpter Chapter of Bir- mingham, Ala. Mrs. J. B. Crane is the regent of the Peace Party Chapter of Pittstield, Mass. Mrs. Senator Kenney, wife of the new senator from Delaware, is alternate for the regent of the Colonel Hasslett Chapter of Dover, Del. Miss Clara Lee Bowman ts regent of the Catherine Gaylord Chapter of Bristol, Conn. Miss F. S. Child is regent of the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter of Fairfield, Conn. Mrs. Elroy M. Avery, state regent of Ohio D. A. R., and Mrs. A. E. Nesbitt, president Pennsylvania Woman's Press As- sociation, will be with Mrs. Ellen S. Crom- well, 1514 R street, Wednesday, February 24, from 3 to 6. Mrs. John R. Little of Bloomington, IIL, delegate to the continental congress, is the guest of her uncle, Mr. Nathaniel Robbins, at 25 Iowa circle. Mrs. George H. Shields is here to attend the congress, and is the guest of Mrs. Wm. D. Cabell, 1761 N street. Mrs. Lou Miltenberger of St. Louis, dele- gate to D. A. R., is at 1420 N street. Mrs. A. Leo Knott of Baltimore and her sister, Miss M. P. Keenan, former rest- dents of Washington, are at the Arlington. Mrs. Knott is a delegate to congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution ca the Baltimore chapter of that organt- zation. Mrs. C. F. Sales, regent of the Carolina Scott Harrison Chapter of Indianapolis, Ind., is at the Riggs House. She is repre- senting the state regent, who is absent. Mrs. W. J. Richards and Mrs. W. J. Cole- man are delegates from the Carolina Scott Harrison Chapter. Mrs. Laura Worley of Bloomington and Mrs. Reif Snider of Indiana are here to represent their chapters, but cannot gain admission to the floor, as the charters for their chapters have not been completed. Mrs. Worley was one of the world’s fair commissioners from Indiana. Mrs. A. Howard Hinkley, one of the vice presidents from Cincinnati, Ohio, is at the Arlington. She is the chairman of the Mau- mee Valley committee, whose object is to secure an appropriation from Congress to preserve the battlefields on the Maumee river and at Put-in-Bay, Mrs. M. G. Fuller, from Boston, is visit- ing her cousin, Chief Justice Fuller, at his new home on F street. She is here to at- tend the wedding of her cousin, the son of Admiral John G. Walker, which will take Place Wednesday, the 24th instant. Mrs. Fuller is a delegate to the D. A. R. from Massachusetts, and is a descendant from Rev. Samuel Fuller. Mrs. Mary A. Greene, Rhode Island, arrived at the Elsmere last evening. Her delegation came in a special car Saturday, but on account of illness she was unable to accompany them. She re- ports eight chapters and fifteen delegates here. Mrs. Greene is an attorney-at-law from Providence, R. I. A great badge of the order, fully three feet in diameter, composed of green, red roses and white immortelles, fashioned to platform. On the Platform. On reaching the platform the President and President-elect will take the seats re- served for them, the chief justice on their right and the sergeant-at-arms of the Sen- ate on their left. The committee of arrangements will oc- cupy seats next to and behind the Presi- dent and President-elect. The ex-President, ex-Vice Presidents, and associate justices of the Supreme Court, the Vice President, secretary, members of the Senate and ex-senators will occupy seats on the right. ‘The members of the House and members- elect will be seated on the right of the Presigent next to and behind the Senate. The diplomatic corps will occupy the seats on the left of the President. Governors of states, heads of departments, the major general of the army commanding, the ad- miral of the navy and the officers of the army and navy who, by name, have re- ceived the thanks of Congress, will take seats on the left of the President. Such other persons as are included in the Preceding arrangements will occupy the residue of the platform. ‘When all are assembled, the oath of of- fice will be administered to the President- elect by the chief justice, or, in his absence, by the senior justice present. The Presidert will then deliver his inau- gural address. On the conclusion of the address, the members of the Senate, preceded by the sergeant-at-arms, Vice President and seere- tary, will return to the Senate chamber, and the President, accompanied by the committee of arrangements, will proceed tc the Executive Mansion. In the event of stormy weather the inau- guration of the President will take place in the Senate chamber. All doors of the rotunda will be closed and passageways leading thereto kept clear. No person will be permit! pass from the House wing through the ro- tunda except members, members-elect and the officers of the House. All entrances to the Senate wing (except the two before mentioned) will be closed the night of March and be kept closed until after the inaugural ceremonies. Ail persons having the right of admission will be admitted only at the Senate bronze door and at the door under the arch beneath the bronze dvor. The sergeant-at-arms of the Senate will be charged with the execution of the ar- rangements, ———_-e. THE POWERS AND CRETE. Their Policy Outlined by the Frenc’ Foreign Mi ter. In the French chamber of deputies yes- terday M. Hanotaux, the minister for for- eign affairs, made a long speech uphold- ing the necessity for preserving the Euro- pean concert as the only means of averting an eastern conflagration, and restraining individual arpbitions threatening the integ- rity of the Turkish empire, which, if touch- ed at any point, would break up, producing @ general war, the end of which nobody could foretell. The European concert, so derided for its slewness and apathy, was justified, he insisted, by its success in averting such a dreaded event. Diplomacy had surmounted previous problems in the Balkan territories, and so permeated the Mussulman world with the European spirit so that in the case of Roumania, Bulgaria, Servia, Roumelia and other similar states, the people had gradually been brought to lve in harmony. The problem had now arisen, he continued, and it was not be- yond the power of European diplomacy to solve it peacefully. The fact that without striking a blow cne of the sultan’s prov- inces had been handed into European con- trol was the first result of the conferring in the future on Christian Cretans the bene- fits of autonomour administration, said M. Hanotaux. Greece havirg, by her rash- ness, risked a general war, Europe had the right, he thought, to intervene and check these dangerous pretensions. The Presence of the fleets of the powers, he declared, gives assurance that Crete would never return to direct Turkish administra- tion, and that no power could take isolated action to the detriment of another. Tur- key would recognize, he added, that her own -safety depends upon the acceptance of the powers’ scheme of administrative reform for her provinces. In conclusion, he announced that France would strive to co-operate with the Euro- pean concert. The order of the day expressing confi- dence In the policy of M. Hanotaux was then adopted by a vote of 413 to 8. ~—eee. Transfers of Real Estate. Garfield Heights—Jacob 8. Redman et al., trus- tees, to Richard A. Shaw, lots 7 and 8, bik. 5: $275. Twentieth street northwest between 0 and P streets—Wm. P. Kellogg et ux. to Laura F. Mat- lngly, part original lot 2, sq. 114; $14,500. 8 street northwest between 15th and 16th streets —Wm. R. Hodges et ux. to Mortimer H. Acheson, lot 15, 9q. 191 State regent of ed for the congress by the president gen- eet ina Sat ease sentences. iss Caroline enor, regent of the Abagail eae Mrs. ae See of the Army al lavy Chapter ‘ashi at 1140 R street. et It was announced by Mrs. Johnston this morning that Cretans in their fight for ani their struggle for Christianlty against Mohamm ie resolution passed i e i H 7 i tt it i |