Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-06-01
CHICAGO EXPOSITION.

The exposition postoillco handles
10000 letters day, and sells about
$3.50 of stamps.
The fair expenses during the first few
days after opening were $4,000 day,
and the daily deficit was nearly 10000.
Hereafter the Worlds Fair will be
open every day in the week. Tho Chi
cago directors have boldly met the issue.
Three carloads of exhibits for the Cal
ilornia building have just reached the
fair, making thus far total of seventy
one cars which have arrived from Cali
fornia for the State exhibit, not includ-
ing the shipments by private exhibitors.
Theodore Thomas has been asked by
Director-General Davis to turn over the
keys, documents and everything else
pertaining TO the musical bureau to the
chief OF the department OF liberal arts
ard to tender his resignation to the
same official.
Altornoy-General 0luey rendered an
opinion in which he holds that the laws
of Congress providing Tor the Worlds
Fair prohibit the opening OF the branch
postotfcc located in the Postoilice De-
partment exhibit Sundays. In accord
ancc with this opinion the postotlice and
other government exhibits will probably
be closed Sundays.
Considerable discomfort and uneasi.
ness il apparent among some OF the
laborcrs ON the grounds and janitors OF
different buildings because their salaries
are not forthcoming. The contractors
have been putting them oil from time to
time with the Information that they
will he paid when the exposition gives
them the money due ON their contract,
II is expected that the contractor will
not be paid until he has finished the
job.
The livestock department OF the ex-
position has made the following import
ant changes in the rules governing
entries and the ownership of animals
for the kennel exhibit which begins
June II, holding six days, the entries
will close June |, instead OF MAY %; for
the exhibit OF cattle and horses, begin
ming August 81, holding thirty days,
the entries will close July l6 instead of
June 10; for the exhibit of sheep and
swine, beginning September %, holding
twenty days, the entries will close
August |, instead OF July for the ex-
hihit OF farm stock and poultry, begin.
ming October Is, holding twelve days,
the entries will close August Is. instead
ot AUGUST /. The rule governing owner
ship has been modified to rcOuirc eN-
hihitors TO have been owners OF animals
ior sixty days preceding the date fixed
Tor the close OF the entries instead OF
sixty days from tho date OF applications,
The ladies OF the congress came near
having n serious now on account Of the
alleged slight put upon Helen NJ. Gou.
gar, IL seems the lady's name was omit.
ted from the official programme. Her
friends resented this as an insult, but
when Il was reported that Mrs. Nav
Wright SeWall, President Ut the National
Council oi Women, had issued verbal
opler To the Presidents OF the various
department meetings to exclude Mrs.
Cougar from participation in the speech.
making things became decidedly warm.
Mrs. Cougar started on y still hunt, and
President c. &. Bonney had To step in as
peacemaker. The upshot Of the whole
affair is that Mrs. Sewall, while declm-
ing To talk TO reporters ON the subject,
intimated that She had issued no such
order. Mrs. Henro,in, the Nice-prcSi.
dent, wrote q letter 10 Mrs Cougar, say.
ing shc knew nothing OF such order, and
President B0nncy poured oil on the
troubled waters 50 that all was serene
again,