Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-08-30
COMMITTEE ON ARRANGEMENTS
Meet and Report What Has Been Done
to Make the Occasion a Success.
A LUNCHEON IN RICE PARK
The Official Announcement Of the Or.
der OF the Procession.
VOTES OF PUBLIC INTEREST.
The Progress OF the Work Of DecOra-
ton Throughout the City.

lie Progress or the work or Dec0ra.
tiOn Throughout the City.
That the Willard reception will be one
of the most complete and magnificent
displays of its kind that this century has
witnessed was we'll demonstrated at the
general meeting of the committees yester-
day morning at the city hall.
The city clothed in all the
trappings designed by the committee
on decorations, augmented by the tasteful
displays of private citizens. together with
the magnificent traces and civic displays
will recall in manner the gorgeous dis
plays of Keniiworth on the field of the
cloth of gold. The meeting was presided
over by his honor the mayor. The reports
of the various committees showed that the
GLOBE had foretelled them, as there was
very little reported which did not appear
in yesterdays GLOBES,
Mr.. Van Slyke, for the committee on
decorations, reported that everything had
been done to insure a brilliant display.
The arches described in yesterdays GLOBE
would be commenced at once they were
commenced yesterday morning). He de-
scribed the route of the visitors to Rice
park as given in the GLOBE yesterday.
There was one suggestion that his commit
tee wished to make to the committee on
boquets, that the lunch at Ma
gees be abandoned, and instead
there be tables spread under
handsome canopy, near the band stand
in the park, furnished with wiues and a
light lunch, with cigars, SO that visitors
could help themselves as the desire might
prompt.
| G. r. Finch, chairman of the committee
on invitations, reported that he could not
give full report. Six hundred invitations
had been sent to gentlemen outside the
city, and in the course of the day the in
vitations to citizens of st. Paul would b.
issued. The invitations to the banquet
would take some consideration. A copy of
the artistic card of invitationwas exhibited.
The question of carriages was brought
up, when it was reported that not nearly a
sufficient number of public carriages could
be obtained, and gentlemen were asked to
lend their private carriages. The request
was promptly responded to, many gentle
men present offering their carriages. This
matter brought on another of great i'm
pOrtance, that OF hotel accommodation.
1t was stated that when President Hayes
was here, and in state fair
days, the city was crowded, and as
even last night all the leading hotels were
full, it was feared it nothing was done
there would be many on the 3rd knowing
not whittier to lay their heads. A COM
mittee was appointed to attend this i'm
portant matter, and secure the public
buildings, such as the new market hall, for
the purpose of accommodating strangers.
Gen. Sanborn, chairman of the commit
tee on procession, was unable to make a
fuller report than that published in the
GLOBE yesterday.
The German guests reception commit
tee reported (Mr. Gustave Willius) that the
programme was to proceed to Chicago in
special car this evening "wednesday and
accompany the guests to st. Paul by
special train, arriving on Saturday morn
ing. They will dine at Magee's and then
proceed to Minnetonka. On Sunday they
will visit White Bear and return to Mime
tonka to join the rest of the Willard
company for the great gala
day in st. Paul. The committee
expressed themselves we'll able to take
care of their German guests and furnish
them with amusements. There will be
four bands of music playing in the parks
on Saturday.
The English and American guests recep-
ton committee did not report.
1t was suggested and resolved that
posters and hand bills be printed and sent
out to outlying cities.
A telegram was received announcing
that
GENERAL GRANT
had accepted the invitation to honor the
reception with his presence.
The committee on banquets reported
through Gen. johnson, and accepted the
recommendation of the committee on dec
orations, to have 'free lunch" of choice
wines, ETC., at Rice park. The matter of
speakers and toasts would, he reported, be
arranged during the course of the day. 1t
was announced that the military would pa
rade as stated in the GLOBE yesterday.
Tha committee on railroads report that
all the railroads had agreed to carry to
and from st. Paul all soldiers in Uniform,
whether state or federal.
| OFF FOR CHICAGO
Last evening at 7:30. the following gen
tlemen, members of the German reception
committee, proceeded to Chicago by spec.
ial car to tBke charge of the German
guests:
Gustav Willius,
Albert Scheffer.
! W. P. Murray,
| Christ. Stahlmann,
George Refs,
George Benz,
Charles b. Lienau,
Ansel Oppenheim,
A. Kalmar,
A. Won Deyn,
| George Bohn,
Robert Haisen.
| The Procession.
General John B. Sanborn, chief marshal
of the procession, on yesterday issued the
following general orders to govern the
parade:
The procession will be formed in eight
grand divisions, promptly at o'clock a.
m. on Sept. 3, and will move under the
direction of the chief ..marshals of the
respective divisions, as soon as the guests
are in position, in the order below desig-