Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-06

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DANIEL Il. BuFS1iAM. lawful charge ard
should not be thereafter exceeded unless
the same shall be modified with the ascent
of said committee; and that il every case
the person patronizing any restaurant shall
be furnished with slip or bill of fare
showing the charges to be paid for the sup
plies and services rendered
Complaints Will BE Investigated.
I'm case any one shall be subjected to
charge in excess of said approved schedule
rates such persons is invited and requested
Immediately to submit written statement
thereof to this council so that the same
may be promptly investigated and the
offending party dealt with as the cir
cumstances shall warrant; it being the de
termination os the council that the public
patronizing the fair shall not be subjected
to any extortion, or unreasonable or un-
just demand, and it desires to make its
purpose in this behalf clearly understood
at once; that the offending PARTIES may be
advertised in advance; that it Will take if
necessary the most summary measures to
guard the public against all forms of un-
Just imposition
Gates VIII Be Closed Sunday.
jackson park and all the buildings of
the Worlds fair will be closed to visitors
next Sunday. President Hi2Inbotham has
authorized the announcem mt that the
fair would not be open. "Orders to open
the exposition on Sunday he said shave
not been issued, and until they are the
gates will not be opened on that day"
Women Favor Sunday Opening
Before adjourninC sine die the board of
lady managers put itself on record as in
favor of an open Sunday by an almost uan-
imous vote. The board also recommitted
a report in favor of making the board n
permanent association for the advance
ment of women with headquarters in this
city. The plan is almost unanimously
favored, however.
The Music Bureau Scandal.
President Palmer, of the national COM
mission, has appointed Commissioners
Lannon, Beckwith, Burton, Simms. Glen
denning and Harris, a committee to inves-
tigate the music bureau. The committee
has held its first meeting and outlined a
plan of action. number of the COM
planning witnesses were present and docu-
ments in support of the charge against the
director of music Thomas were laid be-
fore the committee.
A Defense of Conductor Thomas.
Lyman J. Gage, referring to the scandal
in the music bureau, says that he believes
in the honesty of Conductor Thomas, and
that he is not inconsistent in claiming that
an artist has right to choose his own in
strument and then refusing to permit a
certain harp to be played in the orchestra.
Said Gage: THE orchestra-both men and
musical nachines-is the instrument that
the artist Thomas uses to produce effects
and TO show the highest and best product
of his genius. and 1 imagine he has the
right to say of what that instrument shall
be made
1t Was Only Intended as Tip.
of the Austrian exhibit known as Old
arrested charged with attempting to bribe
a customs inspector. He was brought be-
fore Commissioner Hoyne and discharged,
District Attorney Milchrist saying that he
was satisfied that the defendant had no in
tention of breaking the law, hut had meant
simply to give the officer tip.
MIDWAY PLAISANcE ATTRACTIONS.
They Are Varied, Unique and Very Cos
monelitan-
Midway Plaisance two years ago was
little more attractive than the sandy
wastes in Africa, some Of whose inhabf-
tants now take their hash on the said
plafsance. To-day tho plaisance is ono of
the principal attractions of the great
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