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THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1897-16 PAGES ball and for\the concerts in\{he ball room | Washington, and he holds high rank among on the two days succeeding cch 4. The parade music was largely governed by the which will take part ihe d little to do with this. “4 compgiitors for the contracts for tne Other events, and ‘experienced unusual diffi- 3 hing a conclusion. For the st time in many inaugurations the United < Marine Band was not engaged for t and music at the ball, owing to var{- ous reasons which the committee deemed sui ud the contract for this service i for the music of the concerts March 5 nd 6 was awarded to Victor Herbert's xenty-second Regiment Band of New york, formerly Gilmore's. The orchestral 5 ball will be furnished by Wm. s Washington Orchestra of this The chairman of the music commit *. Chaney, a lawyer of ex- thorough scholar as born in President-elect MeKin- aii t in Ohio and was reared and in Indiana. He began the study actice of law in office of Maj. ncinnat!, Ohio, raduated from w urely gray, the winters having energy, and has rs of the bar of that court es- promptness of duty 2 in the cases in District bar he has uste. 1 able lawyer, and a n banner in of Indiana ne reputation ners in the 4 member of the Indiana -ntral committee in ISS4, and a pres- in ISSs campaign in Indiana he singly to carry that state Iver craze, and was alization of ‘a majority S Edw Yy, and the members are: Michener, Perry Morsell, Herndon McPherson, T. H. M. Mitchell, Thomas H. Nolle, J. B. Norton, H. D. Clark lifford, F ‘ohen, Nauck, Oscar Norton, Charles C. Nolan, John J. Odell, Albert S. Sample, James A. 3 Stratton, J. R. Gatley, William A. Taylor, Thomas J. Gibson, William H. Tighe, Matthew Garrtson, Fielding H. Taber, A. S. Gough, M. LeRoy Van Deusen, 3. H. Frauklin T. Wilhite, Warner Hensey, Melville D. Wood, John J. Hayden, James S Woodman, Dr. F. J. Halford, a. J. Williamson, Wm. P. Gabriel F. Wetmore, James A. Williams, L. P. e W. Wertz, M. A. A.M. Whelpley, James W. . Frank B. Xander, Henry Ball Room Decorations. The committee on decorations of the ball WaS charged with the decoration and {Ilu- of the ball room and auxiliary and of the approaches to them, and ous beauty that will be ion building tomorrow t will be due to the experience, wis- i taste which the members of e brought to their aid in im- Fortant work. It was the unanimous de- sire of the gentlemen to procure decora- in harmony with the social character inaugural ball, and they eschewed s garish or heavy in effect, which unfortunately been too often In evi- cas The scheme of on embraced a flowers and cription of which at this place. Suffice at the picture to be pre- orrow night will surpass in nd harmonious arrangements any aS on such an immense scale ever rooms, an of the committee is Mr. Roessie, a native of Albany, for many years past the pro- rlington Hotel in this city. a man of ripe culture, and pm Decorations. and ob: His experi r aveler e in such d com- assoclates ations on n of Mr. airman, Frank V. who da most f the © An- v Bauman, ge, Gilbert G. Appleton P. ¥, Louis J Rusk Mars. bearing the nd Hebart, wh sokl-colored rib portraits h hang pen- 3 held by ns in bronze of the pitol building and adorn of well-known men in selected from a multitude lesigns by the committee on f heir manufacture their completion the committee and © chairmen of the various ees for distribution among The various committees ted by the name of the com- ered on the ribbon. The badges mbers of ihe executive commit- lin gilt and three badges of d the third for Chairman Charles Tke chairman of the badge com- is Mr. Simon Wolf. No man is er known or more widely esteemed in the leading men of the American Hebrews. In his views and his practices he is char. itable to a superlative degree and is al- ways prominently at the front in all pub- lic movements in Washington. Mr. Wolf is an author and lecturer of acknowledged Simon Wolf—Badzgen. power, and his recent work, “The American Jew as @ Soldier and Patriot,” and his lec- ture gypt and the Hoiy Land” have been read end heard by very large and ap- preciative audiences. The cther members of the committee on badges are: Appich, J. J. Mattingly, Wm. F. Bensinger, Samuel. Mades, Charles Bates, J. A. Mayer, Ernst Cutler, L. B. McKenzie, Alexander Emmert, George oO rell, Patrick Evans, W. B. Strasburger, Henry Henry Swords, H. I adsmith, S)M. Brown, Sterling M. Charles Benjamin, Marcus . Gilbert M. Claudy, Frank Alphonso Simmering, J. B. ip eae: Strasburger, Jacob Luchs, Max Stern, L. Berliner, Emil Saunders, L. M. Raar, Louis Tracy, John lout, Isaac L. Tunnell, W. V. Lisner, Abraham Webber, Frederick Wiseman, D. E. Abraham D1. Street Decorations. The committee on street decorations, which was charged with the duty of secur- ing the decoration of the streets and ave- nues, proceeded with its work with much energy, and accomplished it with marked . aS a survey of the city will show. Fifty thousand paper flags and 15,000 por- traits of McKinley and Hobart were se- cured and distr l free for the decora- tion of windows, and a large number of United States flags were secured from the War and N epartMents, and loaned to for decoration ornamentation was pu ds surmounting the public view- along the line of parade, and the cor! ing stand the approaches to Pennsylvania avenue at the foot of the Capitol have been adorned with consummate taste. The chairman of the street decorations committee is Mr. D. Wine, who is also vice chairman » executive committee. A sketch of esting career and a reproduciion of me self appear elsewhere. The rs and members of the ccm- vly, vice chairman. Cat vice chairman. John R. Carmody. vice chairman. Edward H. Thomas, secretary. T. Conrad Dodge, assistant secretary. Brentano, Arthur Lanston, Tolbert Barbarin, Francis S. Loeb, Myer Bayly, Chas. B. La Dow, Robert V. Barnes, George W. Lewis, Edward Bristow, P. H. i Wendell 8. Barnes, George A. Bickford, W. C. Bacon, Wm. J , George A. Meriwether, Jas. H. Mason, Utis T. Brian, H. T. Madeira, Francis P. Brown, H. Mommock, Emmett Belcher, E. R. Morton, George L. Barnard, Clarence Moore, Willis L. Crandall, J. E. Micou, Benjamin Cornwell, Samuel G. Mulcare, James E. Corcoran, George W. Crocker, Frank Church, Charies B. William H. Cc. M. McCubbin, Chas. J. Cohen, Robert McGill, J. Nota Christman, P. H. Oyster, James F. Clarke, Rufus B. Odell, ‘W. 8. Cohen, Meyer Perry, Seaton Cranmer, David Procise, John L. Carroll, Daniel J. Peter, Walter S. Cridler, Thomas W.Pohl, George R. Campbell, ¢. H. Paige, Charles H. Cornish, L.A. Peachy, W. D. Doan, R. Perry, George M. Duckett, W Perry, Howard Duval, Nelson H. Demonet, Jules Davis, James 8. Parker, M. C. Purvi3, Charles B. Park, Horace Droop, Edward H. Rawlings, Frank T. Darby, Rufus H. Radeliffe, Jas. W. Dawson, Edward M. jtuoff, Charles H. Drury, Henry A. Robertson, T. V. Dickey, Geo. W Reilly, Hugh Erck, John G. Rand, 5. €. Edmonds, 1. K. Randall, G. F. ton, William B. Schneider, F. A. ns, Frank L. §tinemetz, B. H. rt, Charles Shafer, Charles A. Ford, James M. — Schn-ider, Harry M. Fuller, W. H. Schnevder, F. T. Francis, Dr. John R. gehejler, Chas. K. Fairfax, C. W. Smith, Emmons 8. Glassford, W. A. Shields, Chas. G. Gheen, Fred Swope, Sam. Graham, Andrew B. gtickney, P. H. Geib, Adam Strasburger, A. H. Guy, Benjamin F. Solomons, A. 8. Guriey, W. B. Stratton, 8. R. Gause, John H. Sloan, C. G. Gilbert, Harte Smith, W. R. Gotta, Robert C. Herron, J. Whit. Hunter, James A. Holtzclaw, W. O. Heiberger, F. J. Harvey, George W- Sautter, Chas. A. Smith, Geo. Mish Slater, Isaac N. Slater, Luther W. Thompson, W. S. Tappan, M. A. Hoover, Wiiliam B. ‘Teel, Wm. H. Hall, John ‘Tschiffely, T. A., jr. Hoeke, W. H. Thorp, M. R. Hege, Samuel B. Towner, Thos. B. Hume, Frank ‘Taylor, Blaine W. Harper, R. N. ‘Tweedale, John Hall, Philip T. Turner, James L. Hill, John L. Toole, F. W. Hensey, A. T. ‘Taylor, Jos. D. Houston, Samuel Unger, C. R. Williams, C. P. Wescott, 5. - Whiteside, B. F. Harrowei White, A. G. ‘Harper, Wilmuth, James G. Johnson, V E Williams, Walter B. Jacobs, M. D. White, R. K. Johnson, Enoch G. Wehner, Otto Jarvis, J. F. Weaver, John L. Krafft, Clarence O. Warner, Wm. H. Watkins, J. D. Wright, George Willett, James P. - Welsh, Chas. H. Yoder, C. T. ‘Transportation, It was the duty of the transportation committee to secure from the railroads the lowest possible rates from all points to Washington during the inauguration period, and it addressed itself assiduously to the task of getting the railrcads to lower their prices and to give a fair limit to excursion tickets. The companies, however, did not meet the efforts of the committee fn an al- together amiable manner, and this condi- tion prevented the coming of many organi- Chapin Brown—Transportation. zations and individuals which a more gen- erous arrangement of rates and limits would have brought here. The chairman of the committee on transportation is Mr. Chapin Brown, a well-known lawyer ard public-spirited citizen, who comes from a family long identified with the advance- ment of the city and its improvement. He is possessed of many social accomplish- ments, as weil as substantial business char- acteristics, and was very favorably mien- tioned several years ago in connection with the tmportant office of Commissioner of the District. The other members the trans- portation committee are: 2 od Alvey, William Lindsley, Harris Boyd, George W. Lockwood, Edward J. Bond, George M. iain, Nichol Baumaz, C. H. ler, J. H. Brown, Lorenzo 8. McCalmont, Edw. 8. Brown, Rev. 8. N. Callahan, John Noyes, Frank B. Crawford, Joseph _ O'Conner, Arthur H. Darlington, Joseph J.Parke, Robert A. Duvall, Andrew B. Reed, Alvin L. Dickey, George W. Somerville, Jas. W. Fendall, Reginald’ Scott, Charles F. ler, Harry W. Studds, Colin elt, H.W. Scull, Charles O. arnet Harries, George H. Sturtevant, Chas. L. Mercer, David Hanvey, Frank L. Turk, Wm. A., and Hege, Samuel B. Williams, Dr. D. H. Henning, Edward J. Reception. ‘The reception committee will receive and extend proper courtesies to President Mc- Kinley and Vice President Hobart and members of their parties and other dis- tinguished guests at the inaugural ball. The chairman of this committee is Gen. Nelson A. Miles, commanding the United States army. The history of his career is familiar to every American school boy. The other members of the committee are as follows: Gardiner G. Hubbard, vice chairman. _ Captain F. Michler, United States army, secretary. Supreme Court of the United States— Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller, Justice Stephen J. Field, Justice John M. Harlan, Justice Horace Gray, Justice David J. Brewer, Justice Henry B. Brown, Justice George Shiras, jr., Justice Edward D. White, Justice Rufus W. Peckham, Clerk James H. McKenney. Court of Appeals of the District of Co- Nelson A. Miles—Reception. lumbia—Chief Justice Richard H. Alvey, Associate Justice Martin F. Morris, Asso- ciate Justice Seth Shepard. Supreme Court of the District of Colum- bia—Chief Justice Edward F. Bingham, As- sociate Justice Alex. B. Hagner, Associate Justice Walter S. Cox, Associate Justice ‘Andrew C. Bradley, Associate Justice Louis =. McComas, Associate Justice Charles C. Cole. Court of Claims—Chief Justice Charles C. Nott, Judge Lawrence Weldon, Judge John Davis, Judge Stanton J. Peelle, Judge Chas. B. Howry. Chief Clerk Archibald Hopkins. Commissioners of District of Columbia— John W. Ross, president; George Truesdell, Major Charles F. Powel United States army—General G. D. Rug- gles, Gen. J. C. Breckinridge, Gen. C. G. Sawtelle, Gen. N. G. Lieber, Gen. A. W. Greely, Gen. M. R. Morgan, Gen. D. W. Flagler, Gen. W. P. Craighiil, Gen. T. H. Stanton, Gen. G. M. Sternberg, Gen. J. G. Parke, Gen. A. Baird, Gen. S. Van Vliet, Gen. D. H. Rucker, Gen. C. McKeever, Gen. Samuel Breck. United States navy—Admiral F. M. Ram- say, Commodore E. 0. Matthews, Admiral J. G. Walker, Commodore F. E. Chadwick, Captain W. T. Sampson, Paymaster Gen- eral Edward Stewart, Surgeon General R. J. Tryon, Capt. S.C! Lemly, Engineer-in- Chief G. 'W. Melville, Chief Constructor P. Hichborn, Admiral 8. R. Franklin, Admiral A. E. K.' Benham. SENATORS. Aldrich, Kyle, James H. Allen, William V. Lindsay, William Allison, William B. Lodge, Henry C. Brown, Arthur McEnery, Samuel B. Brice, Calvin S. Butler, Marion Bacon, Augustus Baker, Lucien Burrows, J. C. Blackburn, Jos. C. S. Blanchard, N. C. Call, Wilkinson Clay, Alex. 8. Chandler, W. E. Caffery, Donelson Cannon, Frank J. Carter, Thomas H. Clark, Clarence D. Cockrell, F. M. Cullom, 8. M. Chilton, Horace Camero. McBride, George W. Morrill, Justin 8. Murphy, Edward, jr. MoMillan, James Mitchell, John H. Mantle, Lee Nelson, Knute Pasco, Samuel Perkins, George C. Pettus, B. W. Pettigrew, R. F. Platt, O. H. Pritchard, J. C. Proctor, Redfield Palmer, John M. Pugh, James L. Quay, Matthew S. Roach, William N. Shoup, George L. Smith, James, jr. Sewell, William J. - Squire, W. C. Stewart, W. M. Turpie, David Dubois, F. T. Daniel, John W. Faulkner, C. J. Foraker, J. B. Gordon, John B. Gibson, Charles H. George, James Z. Gorman, A. P. Gallinger, J. H. Teller, H. M. Gear, John H. Thurston, John M. Gray, George ‘Tillman, B. . R. Voorhees, Dantel W. Vilas, William F. Warren, F. EB. Wellington, Geo. L. Wetmore, George P. White, Stephen M. Wilson, John L. _ Walthall, E. C. Jones, J. P. Wolcott, E. 0. REPRESENTATIVES. Aldrich, William F. Joy, Charles F. Algrich, Truman "Johnson, Martin N. Apsley, Louts D. Jenkens, John J. Aitken, David D. Loud, Eugene F. Allen, John M. Long, Chester I. Allen, Clarence FE. Loudenslager, H. C. Hansbrough, H. C. Harris, Isham G. Hawley, J. R. Hale, Eugene Hoar, George F. Hill, David B. Babcock, Joseph W. Latimer, Asbury C. Barham, John A. Linton, William 8. Bell, John C. McRae, Thomas C. Boutelle, Charles A. Bartholdt, Richard Baker, Henry M. Bromwell, Jacob H. Bull, Metville Curtis, Charles Cooper, Charles M. Crisp, Charles R. Cannon, Joseph McCall, Samuel W. Marsh, Benjamin F. Meyer, Adolph + Mercer, David H. Murray, George W. Miller, Warren Mendel, Frank W. Newlands, Francis G. Overstreet, Jesse Coffin, Charles E. Powers, H. Henry Cowen, John K. Perkins, George D. Catchings, Thomas C. Price, Andrew Capron, Adin B. Colson, David G. Dinsmore, Hugk A. Patterson, Josiah Doolittle, William H. Reed, Thomas B. Dovener, B. B. Russell, Charles A. Evans, Walter Reyburn, John E. Eilts, William R. Shafroth, John F. Grosvenor, Chas. H. Sperry, Nehemiah D. Gamble, Robert J. Sparkman, 8. M. Gibson, ‘Henry R. Strode, Jexse B. Grout, William W. Sulioway, Cyrus A. Griffin, Michael__, Sherman, James 8. Henry, Charles L. “ Settle, ‘Thomas Hull, John A. ‘T. Stone, Charles W. Hea:wote, Joel P. Sayers, Joseph D. Hartman, Charles 8. Tate, Farish C. Howeil, Benjamin F. Tawney, James A. Hooker, Warren B. Thorp, Robert T. Hermann, Binger Willis, Jonathan 8. Hawley, R. B. Wilson, Edgar Hyde, Samuel C. Walker, James A. TERRITORIAL DELEGATES. Catron, Thomas B. Murphy, Nathan O. Flynn, Dennis T. REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE. Hanna, Marcus A. Kerens, Richard C. Bliss, Cornelius N. Long, John G. Osborne, Wm. M. Lyons, Judson W. Dawes, Chas. G. Leland, Cyrus, Jr. Asp, Henry E. Lyman, George H. Bennett, Leo E. Leonard, Charles R. Boyd, James E. Manley, Joseph H. Brayton, Charles R. Maltz, George L. Brownlow, Walter P. Payne, Henry C, Bowden, George E. Parker, M. M. Clayton, Powell. Quay, M. 5. Cummins, A. B. Robinson, Wm. H. *Cheney, Person C. Scott, N. B. Childs, George T. Sullivan, Porter O. Durbin, Winfield Sproule, C. H. Dodd, Charles H. Fessenden, Samuel Gibbs, Frederick S. Spreckels, John D. Shoup, George L. Van Devanter, Willis Webster, Eugene A. Hill, James Wimberly, A. T. Johnson, 5 Wilson, James H, Jamieson, T. N. ‘Wellington, Geo. L. Kitt) A. B. Yerkes, John W. Kurtz, Charles L. Youngblood, Wm. RECEPTION COMMITTEE—Continued. us, Felix Kerr, James Ainger, D. B. Kimball, Robert J. Allen, H, W. KiMbourn, Hallet Adler, Cyrus Lowin, Andrews, A. B. Leiter, L. Z. Ashton, J. Hubley Lincoln, N. 8, Bryce, Lioyad Larner, Noble D. + SoA. TI bd Birney, A. A. Lowry, Thomas Blount, H. F. Moss, George W. Beveridge, M. W. Boardman, W. J. Benedict, G. Grenv’e Browne, Aldis B. Bryan, Samuel M. Burdett, S. 8. Buck, A. E. Batchelder, R. N. Boutwell, George S. Busey, 8. C. Barrett, William E. Bussey, Cyrus Blair, Woodbury Maury, William A. Mansur, Z. M. Olin Mer: Meyehtorm Ma. Malster, Wm. T. Mattingly, Wm. F. icKee, Thomas H. McKissick, Edw. P. Butterfield, Daniel McCammon, J. K. Beall. Robert McGuite, F. B. Biedler, H. H., sr. McKee, D. R. Baird, G. W. MzCook, Anson G. Burke, John M. McClure, 8. 8. Beall, Richard J. Brown, Fred R. Cridler, Thomas W. Converse, John M. Chandler, Albert B. Clarke, Henry C. Pollok,’ A. Chaffee, George A. Proctor, Fletcher D. Campbell, Frank L. Page, Carroll S. Cox, William V. Peck, Hamilton 8. Cody, William F, Portner, Robert Cassels, John Page, Thos. Nelson Clephane, Lewis Payne, James G. Cornwell, G. G. Perkins, S. A, Colton, Francis Pugh, Wm. H. Clabaugh, H. M. Renick, Edward I. Caswell, Thos. H. Robinson, Daniel Darneille, H. H. Ripley, Wm. Y. W. parr. Robt. E. A. Rice, Wm. Gorman flington, Wm. P. Rochester, W. B. Dale, George N. Rockhill, W. W. Dodge, W. C. Sebring, F. A. Davidge, W. D. Sumner, E. A. Douglass, John W. Shryock, Thos. J. Dick, Charles Smith, E. Dubois, James T. Snyde: Embrey, James H. Smith, . Emery, Matthew G. Stewart, J. W. McKay, 'Nathanlel Qehm, ‘Charles H. Olney, ‘Richard Oler, Wesley M. Platt, Edson, J. R. Sak Rilbert, Ludwig s. See ‘oulke, C. M. Sol . Fitch, James E. See an * Fifield, B. F. Gary, E. Stanley Gordon, C. G. Gordon, D. Stuart Grout, Josiah Grant, James J. Green, E. H. Galt, M. W. Gorham, George C. Grant, Fred D. Graves, Col. n, George D. Stahel, Julius Swayzie, Theo. F. Smith, Joseph P. Strong, B. R. Tyler, Walter B. ‘Thompson, W. S. Totten, och Gilbert, A. H. Towers, W. Scott Henderson, John B. Tnomas, ALA Hatch, Edward F. on, Fra: Thomson, Frank Haskins, Kittridge Van Voorhis, H. C. Hamlet, George B. Van Patten, Wm. J. Hendley, Charles M. Wilson, Jeremiah Heurich, Christian i Worthington, A. Whittemore, W. Wilson, John M. Webb, W. Seward Wells, Edward Woodbury, U. A. Wright, Carroll D. Wilson Nathaniel Woodbury, Levi Walcott, Chas. D. Wilson, A. A. Wilson, Thomas Wilson, S. 1. Wasson, W. H. H. Souvenirs and Tickets. The committee on souvenirs and tickets had for its share of the inauguration the important duty of selecting the designs for the inaugural ball invitations, tickets, pro- grams and accompanying souvenirs. Many of the leading engraving establishments of the country competed for this im- portant work, and after careful considera- tion the design submitted by Bailey, Banks & Biddle of Philadelphia for the front and the back covers of all souvenirs for the ball tickets and for the programs of danc- Halderman, John A. Hammond, Wm. A. Hay, John Hine, L. G. Huff, George F. Hazen, A. D. Hassler, J. J. S. James, Thomas L. Johnson, Claude M. Kauffmann, S. H, Geo. Gibson—Invitations and Tickets. ing were accepted. The designs of the United States bureau of engraving and printing were adopted for the three inside pages of the souvenir work. The work was assembled and delivered to the execu- tive committee by Batley, Banks & Biddle. The chairman of this committee is Mr. George Gibson, a printer by trade, and associated with his brothers at the head of the largest printing establishment in the south, located in this city. He was born in the north of Ireland of Scotch-Irish pa- rentage. He came to this country in child- hood. He was chairman of the same com- mittee in 1889. Mr. Gibson is a very pop- ular citizen, and holds high rank among the Masons of the country. ‘The other members of the committee are: Beach, Charles E. Fraser, Dantel Cameron, John McGuire, Fred. B. Collins, William Rupp, William H. Duffey, H. Clarence Stinemetz, Saml. W. Evans, Frank M. Trimble, Matthew Parks and Reservations. The committee on parks and reservations has had entire supervision of the con- trol and sale of all the privileges along the line of procession, including the view- ing stands and the official program. The committee displayed applaudable judg- H. A. Willard—Parks and Reservations ment in the work assigned to it. Plans and specifications were drawn up for the viewing stands and those bidding for the privilege of erecting them were required to confine themselves to the details thus prepared. The committee also opened to competition the design for the reviewing stand in front of the President's house, where President McKinley will overlook the parade tomorrow. A dbmiBer of archi- tects and artists competes ter the honor and the decision of the committee met with general commendation. The thdirman of the cqnmittee is Mr. Henry!:A. Willard, who is’one of the oldest and:most highly regarded citizens of Washington. He was born in Vermont in 1822, and sume to this city in 1847. He opened what 1s now known as Willard’s Hotel, which, ‘under his man- agement, became the best'‘kndwn hostelry in the Untted States. He ‘emifiined at the head of the hotel man t until the close of the war, when ed. He is substantially interested in‘a‘large number of capitalistic enterprises; is‘one of the heaviest holders of real estate in the Dis- trict and is always at the front in every PE movement of interest and benefit io the District of Columbia. Mr. Willard was chairman of the sa! committee in 1889. His present associates are: Ashford, Snowden Lipscomb, W. P. Brown, H. Macarty; Daniel J, Carver, Frank N. Martin, Arthur Callum, Robert G. Marsh, Wm. J. Carvington, Wm. H. Miller, zevamin Cottrell, DB. B. Morsell, 8. T. G. Cook, William A. Messer, Davia Curriden, Samuel -W.Noyes, Thomas 0. Donn, Hdward W,, jr.Norwood, Dugan, William W. Powers, George M. Graham, R. H. Read, A. Gale, Thomas M. Smith, W! R Galloway, John R. Twombly, H. H. Hale, C. F. Valentine, A. B. Hay, Edwin B. a Caleb C, Harvey, Frederick L.Weed, John J. Monroe, “A. Warfield Machen,Augustus W. McCuflough, John G. Hawke, William E. Williams, Daniel H. % ‘Watson, A. E. ‘Street Iumination and Fireworks. honor. very heavy expense that would be entailed caused its‘ disapproval. The committee, however, procured an elaborate program of aerial fireworks, which will be displayed tomorrow night at the Washington Monu- M. I, Weller—Street Mlumination and Fir ks. mittee is Mr. Michae! I. Weller, an Eng- Ishman by birth, but who has been so long in this country ,and has become so thoroughly identified with everything that is of interest to it that he is an out-and- out American. Mr. Weller possesses the American trait of hustling to a superiati degree, and has been largely instrumental in the development and improvement of East Washington, where he has heavy real estate interests. Mr. Weller was the chair- man of the public comfort committee of the last Cleveland. inauguration. His as- sociates on the present committee are Mr. James F. Hood, chairman; Mr. Henry K. Beck, secretary, and Messrs. Albert, Leon E. Leonard, John R. Allan, William P. Loeffler, Andreas Allender, Charles H. Ltoyd, John H. Apple, Luther L. Maher, James D. Aukam, Frederick G. Meads, Charles C. Barrows, John J. —_— Middleton, Robert L. Bieber, Samuel Moran, Patrick T. Babson, John W. = Morgan, Frank P. Baker, Marcus Moseley, Edw. A. Barrett, Franklin Moore, David Beck, George W. Mayer, Ernst Benjamin, Charles F. Mahoney, Will F. Bradshaw, Aaron McCarthy, Chas. A. Brady, John D. ¥:Donald, Jas. F. Bridget, Bernard M. McDonald, Robert Burt, Ellery J. McDonnell, B. A. Ball, Charles B. McKay, J. Martin Bliss, Louis D. McKenney, Wm. A. Burke, Moncure Bourman, W. W. Burger, J. C. 8. Moore, Charles Clarke, John A. Naimaster, Fredk. Campbell, Charles M. O’Brien, Samuel Chamberlain, Fred H. O'Donnell, John H. Chamberlin, J. M. O'Neill, John F. Clark, Appleton P.,jr. Parish, Joseph Colbert, Michael J. Pickford, Thos. Collins, Charles W. Power, J. Neal Collins, James J. Petty, James T. Coppes, Augustus B. Powell, J. E. Coughlin, John D. Ralston, J. H. Croffut, William A. Rask, Harry G. Crosby, Charles F. Repetti, Fred. F. Curran, Allen T. Repetti, John J. Curtin, John T. Richards, Wm. A: Craig, P. H. ‘obbins, James Clementson, Geo. D. Roberts, Charles F. Clark, Morris Rooney, Charles D. Daish, John B. Rosenberg, M. D. Davis, Eldred G. Ross, Samuel Dennis, William H. Roy. Philip 3. Dermody, John J. Ruth, Charles H. Downing, Charles W. Ryon, James P. Dufour, Clarence R. Ruppert, Ernst Dunn, Robert W. Stevens, M. C. Dowling, Harry W. Scaggs, James F. Edwards, Burr N. Schafhirt, Adolph J. Earnshaw, Basil B. Schneider, Chas. W. Fox, Edmond K. Shelton, Chas. F. Frizzell, William J. Shinn, Chas. M. Fireman, J. Siddons, Fredk. L. Fisher, T. B. Simmons, Stanley B. Fitz Gibbon, J. K. Sullivan, T. M. Getz, Henry F. Smith, William H. Gilbert, Abel H. Shedd, F. J. Gisburne, John R. Schneider, Charles Govern, Charles J. Simpson, Henry K. Gray, George H. Sloan, Charles G. Griswold, Henry A. Smith, George C. Green, Bernard R. Sohon, Henry W. Hallam, Orrin B. Sperry, Andrew F. Hammett, J. Whit Sullivan, Thos. J. Hammett, Charles M. Sullivan, Simon Hannan, Edward J. Squires, Fredk. C. Harbin, George F. Towles, G. B. Hart, William F. Talbert, Chas. B. Haslam, George T. Taylor, N. T. Hornblower, Jos. C. Thompson, 8., jr. Hawley, Cornell Tucker, Evan H. Hendler, Charles T. Tindall, William Herrell, Henry A. Van Cott, J. M., jr. Hoover, William D. Weaver, H. E. Hopkins, Ira W. Walker, Duncan 8. Hayden, Joseph E. Walker, Samuel H. Johnson, Guy H. Washburne, A. H. Jones, John E. Wehle, Albert EB. Judd, Theo. A. T. Weller, Frank P. Johnson, J. Harry Weller, Joseph I. Jeffords, Tracy L. Weat, Harry L. Kennelly, Thomas P. White, Charles E. , J. We White, Richard E. Lasier, Thomas J. Williams, John M. Lansburgh, James Wilson, James H. C. Lederer, James Wolf, Alexander Lee, J. William Williams, H. H. Lewis, George F. Printing. In such an extensive lot of preparations as those necessary for the inauguration celebration a great deal of printing is found necessary, and in order to secure economy ag well as accuracy in the work it was placed in charge of a committee on printing and performed in a first-class man- ner. The chairman of this committee is Mr. Theodore W. Noyes, the associate and acting editor of The Evening Star. Mr. Noyes selected as his associates gentlemen McSween, Angus IcKee, Henry H. Theo. W. Noyes—Printing. whose experience was of great value in the prosecution of the committee work. ‘They are: A. P. Fardon, vice chairman. ‘William B. King, secretary. Clum, C. W. ynch, John R. ary, W. Murray, Daniel Detweiler, F. M. Rapley, Edward E. Dowell, Julian C. Ricketts, O. J. Flint, Weston Roberts, Gibson, William Smith, Thomas W. God s ‘Tomlinson, 8. E. Hongerfora, W. A. Van Wickie Web . ‘an . BP. Wilson, J. ‘Ormond Leighton, B, F. Organizations. The commit on military organizations and location of each command announcing {tg intention to participate in the inaugural parade, saw that suitable quarters were for such organizations, and is re- The committee on street tituminatton and fireworks was formed for the purpose of Preparing and submitting plans and esti- mates for the {llumination of Pennsylvania avenue, and to aid in securing such fllumi- nation of public and private buildings as might be practicable, and also to provide for a display of fireworks on the night of the 4th of March. The committee proceed- ed to ts work with much ardor and en- thusiarm, and it prepared plans which em- braced the erection at the intersection of the streets with Pennsylvania avenue of a series of illuminated arches, which were to be designated by the names of the various states and decorated appropriately in their When this plan was submitted to the executive committee, however, the diffi- culties in the way of its adoption and the ment grounds. The chairman of the com- PRESIDENT-ELECT McKINLEY’S REC (Clipped from Ev RLOR AT THE ERDITT. » Feb. 27, 18975 Made for McNinley’s Apartments. A. special Tt Bradbury Pianos. r riers at the yesterday rly six mouths to iano bas been unde fo Rb Ne The fast finished in white Freeborn G. Smith, ifr. Great Southern Warerooms, 1225 Pa. Ave. 1216 E N.W. during their rman of this mands upon their arrival an stay in Washington. The ch: committee is Col. Cecil Clay, chief clerk of the Department ef Justice, colonel com- manding the 2d Regiment of the Dis Natlonai Guard, and at pr mand of the entire District in the a the president of the re of the District, of w director for many years. s taken a keen int airs, and has been a str ig and uni promising friend of the District in every di- rection. To his efforts as m if not more, credit is due for the formation of the District National Guard than to any other individual. Col. Clay is keenly interested in sports, and makes frequent journe search of moose, elk and other big He was a brilliant soldier during the war, Cecil Clay—Military Organizations. and was engaged in many a hard-fought battle, wearing an armless sleeve as a silent witness to his courage and daring. The exacting daily duties in connection with the military committee were perform- ed by Maj. D. L. M. Pelxotto, the secre- tary, who acted in the same capacity eight years ago. Maj. Peixotto's wide and inti- mate acquaintance with regular and militia soldiers all over the country proved a valu- able factor in simplifying the work of the committee. He was born in New York city and served thirteen years in the famous 7th Regiment. He served as captain and aid- de-camp on Gen. Ordway’s staff of the District militia, and then as major and chief of ordnance. While serving as cap- tain he was appointed acting adjutant gen- eral of the District troops, awaiting the ap- pointment of an army officer to that posi- tion, He has had an experience altogether of twenty-one years of soldiering and is an amiable and popular gentleman. The other members of the committee are: Ainger, Gen. D. B. Moore, Col. Wm. G. ‘Axline, Gen. H. A. Mosher, Lieut. ¢ ‘Allen, Maj. Chas. G. McIntire, Maj. W Andrews, Col. G. L. McKim, Capt. 8.A.H. Alexander, Maj. W. May, Capt. Anderson, Lieut. Jos. Mock, Capt. Arnold, Lieut. W.M. McElroy, John Bergland, Maj. Eric Mulliken, Col. J. C. Buckingham, Lieut. Com. B. H. Butts, Maj. F. A. Bickford, Capt. N. Brooks, Capt. N. M. Bartlett, Maj. G. A. Barbour, Capt. H. 8. Beatty, Lieut. CL. Bell, Capt. Jas. E. yer, Maj.E.H. Nailor, Capt. A., jr. Ordway, Gen. A! Ourand, Capt. C. H. O'Brien, Maj. R. A. Pyles, Capt. R.A. Prince, ‘apt. H. L. Burdett, Gen. §.8. Porter, Capt. I. D. Caffee, Capt. Robt. Parmenter, Capt. H. Conrad, Maj. Holmes H. ; visor of present the Mr. Beriah Wilkins. Mr. Beriah Wilkins is a native of Ohio, and for several terms a representative in Congress. At the conclusion of his public political career he associated himself with the late Frank Hatton and purchased the Washington Post, making Weshington his permanent residence. Since that time he has been identifie i ovements having for their purp ncement of the interests of t ict, and has achieved a desc popularity in the bus- iness and social circies of the national cap- ital. Mr. Milton M. Holland. Mr. Milton M. Holland is one of the best known colored men in Washington. He is a native of Ohio and during the war gained a high reputation for courage and bravery in the Union arm He came to Wasi ten several years ago, when appoint a position in the Treasury Department, and some time later took up the practice of law here. He has performed many valuat services for the republican party and is Campbell, Maj. E.R. Peck, Gen. T. S. Columbus, Lieut. F. Rutherford, Col.R.G. Cook, Lieut. C. F. Revells, Maj. F. C. Childs, Col. G. F. Ross, Maj. B. R. Clement, Col. P. W. Rebbins, Licut. A. P. Domer, Capt. C. S. Keeves, Col. T. H. Dudley, Capt. G. F. Smith, Col. C. J. Dickinson, Gen. Jos. Sumner, Col. S. S. Dodd, Capt. Geo. E. Shannon, Tho: J. Deveaux, Col. J.H. Strong, Maj. Frank M. Dalton, Gen. Saml. Snelley, Gen. C. Smith, Lieut. Fullerton, Capt. Jos. L. Fleetwood, Maj. C.A. Suess, Maj. O. L. Forsberg, Capt. H.G. Singleton, Capt. T.D. Fales, Lieut. W. D. Simms, Lieut. R. D. Faunce, Mr. S. E. Spear, Gen. Ellis Geddes, Col. A. Supplee, Lieut. Goddard, Capt. M. J. Frank Glover, Capt. R. Strickland, Col. J. H. Graham, Lieut. F. L. Stewart, Gen. T. J. Hall, Col. W. H. Stryker, Gen. W. S. Henderson, Maj.G. Turnbull, Maj. J. G. Harries, Maj.G. H. Thayer, Maj. R. H. Horton, Capt. W. E. Tierney, Maj. M. V. Hudson, Capt. C. B. Thompzor, Maj. G. Hunter, Maj. R. T. Tutherly, Capt. H.E. Huntoon, A. J., M.D. Taylor, Capt. J. G. Hopkins, T. 8. ‘Thatcher, O. D. Husted, Capt. G. M. Urell, Lieut. Col. M. Horner, Maj. O. A. E Howard, Col. W. Vincent, Gen. T. M. Jacobs, Lieut. S. R. Wilson, Maj. C. I. Jeffords, Capt. T. L. Woodward, Col. G.A. Jacobson, Lieut. S.H. Wright, Gen. M. J. Kay, Frank C. Walton, Lieut. Col. King, Capt. T. H. Clifford 8S. Lancaster, Maj. J.M. Wilson, Maj. F. T. Col. Lincoln, Capt. C. P. Walker, Lieut. 3. 12 Lewis, Capt. R. B. Wiggin, Capt. S. H. Lomax, Gen. L. L. Wright, Maj. MB, Miller, “Capt. Cc. P. Williams, Gen. H. H. Mr, A. T. Britton. ‘The public spirit of Mr. A. T. Brition has long been a by-word amorg the people of ‘Washington, as well as the legions of those who know him throughout the Uniied States. Ho is a big man, mentally and physically, of amiable characteristics and bounded. . He ove a lead- tg position eabomg tae lawyers ot the cap- REN Pee mittee having In charge the ceremonies at- tending the mecca of President Har- rigon, and has @ mcst valuable ad- Mr. Charles G. Conn. At the time of the formation of the exec utive committee Mr. Chas. G. Conn was the proprietor and editor of the Washington Times, which was recently sold to Mr. Stil- son Hutchins. Mr. Conn is a native of In- @iana and represented one of its districts in Congress at the time he entered newspaper business here. He returned to Indiana im- mediately after selling the paper and has since been living there, in poor health. He tcok no part in committee werk. Mr. John F. Cook. John F. Cook was born in Washington, of parents born in the District. He went te school to his father, who for twenty years taught a school established by himself near the corner of H and 14th streets. He was afterward sent to Oberlin. He returned at his father’s death and succeeded in teach- ing the latter's school until 1868, when he became clerk in the office of the collector of taxes of Washington. In 1869 he was elect- ed to the city council as alderman from the first ward. The fol owing year he wus e‘ect- ed register, and subsequently, under the change of government from territorial gov- ernorship and legislature to that of Com- missioners, he was appointed collector of taxes for the District of Columbia and served until the first administration of President Cleveland, when he was removed the Commissioners