Omaha daily bee., 1893-10-15
CLOSING DAYS OF THE FAIR
Interest Growing in the Great Exposition by
the Lake.
ATTRACTIVE FEATURES YET TO COME
New Workers. viii Make n Great Effort on
Manintsan Day-School Children Fur
nlshed with Tfckets-The Attend
anos OF Last Week.

CHICAGO, Oct. 1.-THE Worlds Colum plan
exposition will go out in a blaze Of splendor.
The board OF directors decided yesterday to
make the last day Columbus day and as
serted that the festivities should be com
mensurate with the name. President Cleye-
land has been urged by a resolution Of the
directors to give the occasion a national
significance by attending, if possible, with
the members of the cabinet, and many think
that the chief magistrate will yield To the
solicitation. 1t is figured that the closing
OF the far is an occasion just as momentous
as was the opening, aud that as the
president lent the influence of his presence
then he wiil do so this time.
Whatever the conclusion reacheo by the
president, OCTOBER 81 will be made an event
in the history of the fair. Ever since the
triumph of Chicago day it has been known
that the directors contemplated another
great occasion before the fair should go into
history. The immense crowds that paid ad-
mission into the grounds. not only on that
day but on the days following, put the mem
bers OF the governing board in good humor,
and they have been vieing with one another
in an effort to c~onjurc up the most ltting
plan Tor this celebration.
FayoTs to school Children.
len thousihu tlCNtlS u ADMISSION TO the
fair were distributed TO the principals of the
various Chicago public schools today. They
in turn Will distribute them among the chill
dren OF the Grammer grades and, if any are
lett, among the pupils Of other grades. The
tickets were purchased and contributed TO
the pupils by various public spirited citi-
zcns. Some OF the schools did not
apply TO the superintendent for
tickets. The school board allowed
collections TO be taken up in the various
yesterday and many of these CON
trlDutions aggregated enough not only TO
take the poor children through the gates,
but also TO pay their car fare TO and from
the grounds, Que wen known citizen, w.
+: Chalmers. has been particularly liberal in
his contributions. Not contcut with supply
ing tickets 10 all the teachers aud scholars
OF the Chalmor school. he has provided
TICKETS fof tho parents, and will take them
TO the grounds aud bring them back on a
special train.
Earl and Lady Aberdeen.
The earl OF Aberdeen, governor general of
Canada, reached Chicago this afternoon,
lie Is accompanied by Lady Aberdeen and
countess will be in Chicago for a
week. This afternoon they spent
with Director General Davis at the
fair. Tuesday they intend deyotipe TO
The Canadian commission and exhibits.
Two OF the Canadian commissioners, Sena-
tor Tasse and Mr.. Cockburn, met their ex-
cellencies at the Virginia hotel and will SUI
pervlse the guoernatorial program. Lord
Aoerdeen's aide-de-camp, Mi, Ferguson, says
the generals leave of absence is from the
queen and that there is no truth in the state
ment Of an unofficial departure.
Adolph LieseGang, leader Of the Chicago
band, and the fifty member of the organi-
cation are preparing to bring suit against
the exposition 10 recover the amount OF their
salaries for the uneXpired term of their CON
tracts. The band claims that its discharge
by CHIEF Wilson of he music department
a breach Of contract,
The santa Maria, Nina and Plnta, the
three Columbus carayels viii leave Chicago
soon after November / 10 spend the winter