The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-01-08
Exposition Notes.
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PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 6.-rhe date for
he departure OF tho liberty bell for
New Orleans has beon changed from
January "a 10 Januaiy %, the day
on which Mayor Smith has signiiied his
intention of arriving in New Orleans.
The departure ofth hell is to be accom-
panied with great pomp and ceremony.
rhe bell is 10 be escorted from hide
ue,idenco hall 10 the Pennsylvania rail-
road station by $40 policemen aud the
board of councillren. At the depot the
bell is to be placed in u car which has
been built for It's reception by The Penn
syIyania Railway comp my. The bell
via rest in the center Of the car, under
a red, white and blue CANOPY. The sides
If the car are o oo pOD, aid at one end
Is To be n com mpartinunt for the accom-.
mediation of three officers, who Will
iorm a guard. On one side of the car is
pi,ia" and on the other New Or
leans" Each side viii bear tue
legend. "Proclaim liberty through
out the land" The Car is 10 no
run into the exposition ground
he hell is not to be disturbed until us
return 10 iae city. Tho train will na ke
ui,.Iteeu stops, us symbol OF the
thirteen orii;iuS' states, during the rip
between this city and New Orleans.
MIR. BURKE's srATEMtNT.
New ORLEANS, Jan. 6,--D!ractOr-Gen-
eral Burke states that 1000 men were at
work day and night in the rain and
mud during tue last month at the expo
siiion ground. Oar laborers have been
paid up to last weeks rolls, and large
part of these rolls have been paid The
balance is being paid to-day. Begin
mag on the lst OF January al receipts
are TO be first applied to operating ex-
penses, which have been reduced 10 the
lowest figures. The surplus is to be APP
piled to back indebtedness. The re-
coipts are ample for current expenses,
even during the bad weather. With
fair wea her the revenues will be ten
times the amount OF the expenses.
When asked if the exposition man
agoment would apply to congress for
additional aid, Director-General Burke
said:
The board has expressed no such in
teniion. The board will apply to our
own people to increase their subscrip-
tiOns and paw the amounts due, and that
the exposition, he thinks, will be per-
fcctly able to carry itself without aid
nom the government.
PREsIDEN ARTHUR ACCEPTS.
Mr.. f. c. Morehead, president OF the
Nationel Cotton Planters ASSOCIATION,
to-day called on the president, with Sem
ator Gibson, and formally invited him
to be present at the opening OF the Uni
vorsai Cotton convention, 10 be held at
the grand hall OF the Worlds exposition
on February 10, under the auspices of
the National Cotton Planters Ass0-
cia,iou, The president evinces much
interest in tho great convention
and said It had been his intention and
earnest desire to visit New Orleans
during the exposition, and 1t would
silord him additional pleasure to be
present at the opening of the convention.
he therefore accepted the invi-
rslion to attend unless official
duties intervened to prevent his going.
President Robert Garrett, of the Balti-
more a. Ohio railway, rendered the
rt sident his private car for his party,
With such special railway facilities as
nav be needed. The statement that
h. president would visit the exposition
oli he 18th inst. is mistake, as il viii
| i,p impossible for him to leave Wash
n : ton this month.