The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1892-10-22
PREPARING FOR THE FAIR.
THE DECORATION is BEGUN
, IN CHICAGO.
Preparations Being Made for the
Dedicatory Exercises by Citi-
zens of the Worlds Fair
Cfty-Arrival of the
Militiamen.
To Be a Great Event.

Chicago, Oct. lS.-Grcat activity wa,
alsplayed in decorating their buildings
.ph.eparatory ~ for the dedication. On all
sa,, uowh-town thoroughfares crowds
soiiee.eu and watched the decorators at
WORK upon the business houses All the
bridges over the Chicago river are being
decorated, while vcss linen are using
every effort to get their boats out of
port tearing that the bridges will be
practically closed To boats a good part
OIL the time by reason of the great crowds
Snrglns across. 1t seems rather hard
ON the crews to be hurried out of town
luSt before the Spectacles. bit vessel
owners say they cannot afford to lose n
any ut this season of the wear. 1t is
llk"ly that the river will he comparative
~ free of boats by Wednesday. Those
particularly of the regular lines will he
prolusely decorated. All the tugs will
have more or less bunting.
a clamorous expression of tlistppoint-
mcnt was raised to-day over the official
announcement that the great military
parade would be confined to the outskirts
OF the city, consisting only of IL short
march from Washington Park to the
worlds fair grounds. While the man.
ayers of the parade declare that there
never was any intention of paratling the
downtown streets there is no doubt that
this idea was generally entertained by
the public, and that the consensus of
opinion this afternoon was that those
| responsible for the arrangements had
! made Il grave mistake which would hard
ly fail to lead to widespread criticism
and i'll feeling
The list of Uncle Sans boys to ar
rive ,o-'ay were the Sixth cavalry and
two troops of Indians from Fort Mo
brara. Neb Those that followed came
from Niobrara, Neb., Fort Riley, Kan,
Forts Reno and Sill, Ind. r., Fort Sheri-
dan, ILL.,, and Washington, d. c. The
remaining troops. including those from
l4eavenwortl, Fort Meade, Fort Smell
ing, Omaha and Fort Robinson, will not
get to the city before Wednesday morn-
| ing.
Grover Cleveland. Mrs. Cleveland and
Baby Ruth will not come to Chicago aft
er all. In Il letter received to-day by
Secretary Culp, of the committee on cere-
monies, Mr.. Cleveland declined the invi-
tation which the exposition officials had
sent him to take part i'll the festivities.
He had been expected to participate in
all the official and social events. and his
coming was awaited by thousands of
friends. Mr.. ticvcland's refusal to come
to Chicago at this time WAS not at all the
result OF political or business engage
mcnts. He is not coming simply because
he does not wish to gain any political ad
vantage over an opponent who is de
tanned by SO sad Il circumstance rs tha,
which keeps president Harri son from at
tending the dedication cXcrt iSes.
'l may he oversenSitive and even NOR
bid on the subject" reads the letter
"hut ! can't allow myself to make polit
zeal advantage of the opportunity af
forlrd in the sad sickness that keep.
President Harrison away from Chicago
The rX-plcsidcnt Went on to say that
ever since his trip to Chicago was first
thought of his political friends had fig
urcd on he amount of good that would
accrue to his campaign. and that he could
not permit himself to take any such au
vantage of an adversary as the present
| circumstances present.
hira::" has already lnnnc,l a consi | n.
abb" part of her gala dress. Notwith.
i lnding the fact that yesterday was the
Sabbath an army of decorators work ed
all day On the down town buildings, and
by night time Il complete transformation
had taken place Oh several of the princi
pal business thorou.hf"rcS. Many OF
the sky-scrnprrS received the gorgeous
and patriotic coats they arc to wear dur
ing the Columbian dedication ccremo.
nicS. while others were being prepared
for the more elaborate trimmings they
will receive within the next twenty -foul
| hOuIS.