Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-12-04
CLOSE OF THE GARFIELD rAlR
Saturday Night Sccnes-The Financial
OutiooiI-zsesrEss of the Voting. Etc.

The Garfield Monument Fair closed at 10
o'clock Saturday night, after being open for
eight days. There was large crowd in
attendance, and the voting. which had
been rather slow on previous days, expert
erced quite aboom. The auction of
articles was continued during the evening.
While the great bulk OF the articles In the fair
was disposed of either by private sale or auc-
ton, by the time the hour for closing came still
number remained. comprising some of the
more costly articles donated. Draperies, pieces
of furniture and articles Of interior decoration
remaining have been sent to Milne & Proctor.
where they will be sold Other articles. includ-
ing some paintings, have been placed in the
charge of Mr.. Bowling. who will auction them Off
The work OF cleaning out the Capitol building
was begun at the close of the fair. and hy
tonight there will be but few traces of the
fair left
THE BALANCE SHEET
of the receipts and expenditures has not vet
been made up and viii not be for some days
1t is expected that the chairman of the COM
mittee, Mr.. John w. Thompson. will make a
report, and the report of the treasurer will be
incorporated in it, A prominent member of the
committee said to STAR reporter, in response
to a question, There will be few thousand
dollars left after all expenses have
been paid" "What hurt u.s." he
continued, was that bicycle failure We ought
never to nave gone into that and spent money in
erecting stand and Offering prizes Then we
had to spend great deal of money in fitting up
the Capitol. which would have been saved if
there was only building in this city suitable
for such purposes"
1t is estimated that the recelpts from the
state booths will reach $1,000. and that the
amount realized from the sale of tickets and arti-
cies donated will increase the total receipts to
an amount more than the expenditure The
treasurers Of the various State booths with the
exception of Kentucky and Tennessee. place
receipts approximately at the following figures !:
Pennsylvania, s22l0.2S; District of Columbia,
s61S.O3: Ohio, S625.57: Arkansas, 500: Iowa,
S3l6; Illinois, $3.50: New Jersey 5000: Kan
sas. 80; Connecticut, $1,000; New York,
S43697-total, S7,414.04.
THE EXPENSE OF THE FAIR
The outlay by the managers of the Garfield
fair was large. After the fair opened the man
ayers calculated that their outlay would be
about $4,000. while there We're some things.
the cost of which they could only estimate ap-
proxiEatey, and which might increase the sum
total of expense. Some have estimated that
the cost of the fair would reach al5, 600 but by
those best informed it is thought that this est-
mate is too large. The largest item about
upon the paintings and the freight charges both
ways. How much this Will amount to is not ex-
actty known. But it is placed at somewhere
between four and five thousand dollars. The
contract for erecting the platforms in the ro-
tunda the structure in the center the booths
in the hall OF statuary, and in fact all the wood
work inside OF the Capitol. including the paint
ing ana the removal of the structures at the
close of the fair amounts TO $4,000 The bill
for postage amounts to s1.CCO, and that for
init nCr fhnr
ing the stand for the spectators at the military
parade in the White Lot was ST OCO Then.
there is the music. the band stand on the east
front. the payment of the large number of at
PENDANTS, and other expenses which will swell
the sum Of expenses to not much less than
$4,000. To offset this expense there are the
receipts for admission and the proceeds of ttGe
sales OF the various articles.
THE RESULT OF THE VOTING
The voting for the various articles closed at
IL clock Saturday evening. and the result was
announced. The names of the winners and the
votes received by them are as follows:-The
Masonic emblem OF the Blue Lodge was award
ed to j. w. Howell, who received $50 votes:
Chapter emblem Z. p. Barbour, IS: newspaper
mans desk, Frank Truesdell. $40; female school
teachers dOlman, Miss BlundOn. 1884: cane for
male teacher, Mr. Cram. IF the High school. IA:
baby's crib Dora Hall: cane for most popular
candidate for District Commissioner. J. f. DIM
stead, 22O; set of SchilIersr works, f. c. T.
Townsend Gl9: gold watch for departmental
chief clerk, l.. Harrison Land office. 1924 ::
physicians gold watch. DR.. Gleeson 24l: car
conductors gold watch. Ruff, Pennsylvania r. r.
3.o2S; presidential candidates gold watches
Hon. l.. c. HOuk, of Tennessee. republican
1.O51: Judge Virgins. of New York, democrat
and prohbtionist. 5S41 3; gold-headed cane to the
most popular chairman of state board G. w
Husted; the Illuminated Bible. Rev. F. D. Power:
Miss COwie the diamond earrings at the Iowa
table: Capt. Thomson, of the Veteran corps the
sword for the most popular militia company
commander: I. II. Mckee, of st. Johns. No
"a, the Templar sword.
THE RAFFLING.
In the rafting, Miss Carrie w. Cate won the
crimson plush extension chair Byron Andrews.
of the Chicago Inter- Ocean. the $3.50 gold Elgin
watch at the Illinois table: the G. A. R. banner
fell to Garfield Post, No. 4 wall pocket,
Mrs. Whitesde: jewel box, Miss Helen
Herzog; erergne, Miss Minnie Crawford;
rifle. General Marcus Wright: decorated
mirror, Miss Mary L. Taylor; frosted
cake, Miss Eta Barnes; Mrs. Electra Smith
got the decorated mirror and lambrequn to the
most popular lady manager Mrs. S. w. Dorsey
coming within three votes Of her. The votes
| received for the picture of Garfield. by Andrews
not reaching the artists limit (S500), no award
| was made.
The board of direction adopted a resolution
OF thanks to Edward Clark. ESQ.,, the architect
OF the Capitol. for his indefatigabe cooperation
with the board
Q,Is Co,