The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-13
BALTIMORE'S ZIG FAIR
seriously In'errered with by Bad wc"'h

>,rion~lv In;crfercd With hy Bad wealth
BALTIMORE. Mp. September l2.-Ihe
weather has treated Us badly this week.
We have had but one good day - MON
dav. Since then. rain mas fallen almost
constantly and streets are in a mess
PimlicO is worse. The attendauce a'
the fair grounds las. Of course Deeh
comparatively small.
The labor Organizations held theif
street parade this morning IN pouring
rain. Two thousand men ana two
thousand umbrellas were IN line. ne
sham battle was fought at Pmhc0 thi'
afternoon IN rain and mud.
4 uartv came over from Washington
ro-dav t0 see the sham fighting. Iney
we've: Vice President Morton. POST
master-Gcneral Wauamaker. Secretary
or War Pfoctor. Adlutlnt-General ).
IC Kelton Judgc-AlyOcate W. =,
+ Penney. General MacFeelcy, General
F Albert Ordway, Assistant Postmasttr T.
General \. d. Ilazen. They did not
come into Baltimore, but went direct To
Pimlico.
TIE SHAM BATTLE.
Tee principal event to-day was the
sham battle of North Point at PlmllcJ'
There was not mach fun 1t Tor tho.'
engaged. Tor the rain fell constantly
Nevertheless. Pimlico was visited ~
$ 600 people this aficfnoon' FROM tWi'' W
advent Of the 5000 troops upon ih'
held until the closing act the move
ments Of the two armies were ihOse o
the troops in 1914 as nearly as possible
. First was the aivluce OF tie Brlti,i
! army ana the killing Of General h3sS
o. Then followed the attack upon lhe MS
American line. its reinforcement al'
[ ,bn retirement of the line TO the re
p serve troops. The battle was then ie
S rewed as it was under Genera
Striker. There was determined al
z tscl and the third line OF the Americ1i
army firm. while the British retired de
o. faotcd. The battle lasted about a.
3. hourand a half.
Il orR TAILOR POsTMAsTrR-GENERAL
y SPEAKS.
" The new postoiiice building on Moi
unent SQUARE was dedicated. On a.
count of the rain, the ceremonies wer
conducted IN the main hail oi the buiio
ING. The ball was we'll filled win u
v,ted guests. The centre ot intere'
was Mr. john Wanamaker, Postmaster
- General of the United States.
Mayor Latrobe opened the exerci-'
% bv welcoming Mr.. Wanamaker 20 Ba
- timore. and then introduced the fos
/. master-General. In the course
- hls his speech. Mr.. NanamaAr,
y after referring to the good that II
surplus had accomplished IN erectiI
30 fine Government buildings. lncludlt
y .the Baltimore postoflice. said: IL
- t,ua that the soldiers get large al
II oo,d norton Of the surplus. and
a. they should. We would not have
- otherwise" He concluded with Il
bnie to the efficiency of Frank Bro"
the pre-ent postmaster OF kaiiimoi
who is q Demo rat.
Mr.. Wanamaker received a m'
2. hearty greeting. and was literally q
Is, plauded.
pePUBlICAN's TRIBUTE To GLEN
1t: LAND.
Sfockett Matthews was the DC
81 sneaker. Mr. Matthews Il a kepuu
can. He praised the ADMINISTRATION
IN. President Cleveland in giving to Ia
q more for public officers men oil
Joubted integrity ana capacity
Vi soid ;hat when il went out 1t lal
,esnect of everybody. Turning to
IN Wanamaker. he said. AND l. u De
'e' dained that you appoint successor
Frank Brown, we demand thai ne
Mr. Browns equal in everything.
ergv. canability, socially, poliI'ca
~ - personally.