St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-15

IneSe ngureS Tor one week represent
almost as much as the total attendance
for the month of July, and almost as
much as half the entire attendance for
September. The grand total of attend
ance, closing with tonight. will ap-
proXimate very nearly 100000.
There are sixteen more days in
the official life of the exposition
and very conservative estimates of
the attendance for the remaining time
put the figures at 25O.000 daily. This
will amount to total of 100000,
bringing the grand total to 22,0O0.000.
The great event of next week will he
Manhattan day, Saturday, Oct. 81. Ex-
tensive preparations are being made
for the celebration, and an attempt will
be made by the Fasteners to rival the
attendance of Chicago day. 1t is
thought that 100000 New Workers will
be present. Gov. Flower and staff and
other state dignitaries and officials will
participate in the celebration.
1t is not impossible also that President
Cleveland may be present. His pres
ence Mayor Gilroy thinks would make
Manhattan day attendance enormous.
Ten thousand tickets of admission TO
the worlds fair were distributed TO
principals of the various Chicago public
schools today. They in turn Will dis
tribute them among the children of the
grammar grades, and, if any are left,
among the pupils of other grades. The
tickets were purchased and contributed
to the pupils by various public-spirited
citizens. Sumo of the schools did not
apply to the superintendent for tickets.
The school board allowed collections TO
be taken up in the various schools yes
terday, and many of tlrese contributions
aggregated enough not only to take the
poor children through the gate, but also
to pay their car fare to and from the
grounds. One well-known citizen, w.
F. Chalmers, has been particularly lib
eral in his contributions. Not content
with supplying tickets to all the teach
erS and scholars of the Chalmers school,
he has provided tickets tor the parents,
and will take them 10 the grounds and
bring them back on special train.
The Earl of Aberdeen, governor gen.
eral of Canada, reached Chicago this
afternoon. He is accompanied by Lady
Aberdeen and two of their children.
The earl and countess will be in Chi
cago for a week. This afternoon they
spent with Director General Davis at
the fair. Tuesday they intend deyotlng
to the Canadian commission and eX-
hibiuS. Two of the Canadian commits
sioners, Senator Tasse and Mr.. Cock
burn, met their eXcellencieS at the Vir-
ginia hotel, and will supervise the CUB
ernatorial programme.
Lord Aberdeen's aide de camp, Mr..
Ferguson, says that the governor gen.
eral received leave of absence from the
queen, and that there was no truth In
the statement of an unofficial departure.
The total admissions todgy were 233,-
SS5, of which 207, ,7S2 were paid.
Adolph Liesegang, leader of the Chi
cago band, and the fifty members of the
organization, are preparing to bring
suit against the exposition to recover
the amount of their salaries for the un-
expired term of their contracts. The
band claims that its discharge by Chief
Wilson, of the music department, was a
breach of contract.
The Santa Maria, Nina and Pinta, the
three Columbus caravelS, will leave Chi
cagO soon after Nov. to spend the win
ter in Presque Isle bay, near Erie, Pa.
They will be under command of Lieut..
Lonsdale and Ensign Roger Wells Jr.
A great public reception is being ar
| ranged by the people of Erie to be given
OH the arrival of the caravelS. Next
spring the boats will go to Washington
to be placed in the lagoous near the
White house.
EX-President Harrison made a brief
| address before the national commission
at its meeting at 2 O'Clock this after
| noon. He was received with great en-
thusiaSm, as it was he who. while presi-
dent, signed the commissioners ap-
pOintmentS. At o'clock Gen. Harrison
left for his home at indianapolis.
The Daughters of the American Rev
olqtion are agitating the question Of
celebrating Oct. so, the last day of the
been sent out explaining the plan to a
large number of societies, the circular
being signed by Mrs. Adlai Stevenson,
president, and other officers of the
Daughters of the Revolution.
The worlds fair board of directors
has adopted the following resolution re-
garding the last-day celebration;
Resolved, That the board deems it
| fitting that the closing day of the expo
sition should be made an unusual event
| in its history, and therefore recommends
to the council of administration that the
said day be termed Columbus day. and
that arrangements for its celebration be
made OH a scale befitting its Importance.
To this the Ladies society replied
that while any name will answer,
Patriotic day is better name. and the
! directory is asked to reconsider its ac-
| tion in this particular. The ladies are
| enthusiastic, and think that the last day
will go 250.000 better than Chicago day,
and show round million or more ad-
| missions.