St. Paul daily globe., 1893-10-17

October 80 Designated as CO.
lumbus Day = Fair will Be
Closed on That Day in a Blaze
Of Glory.
CHICAGO, Oct 16.-The schools of the
city were all closed. and will be for The
rest of the week. Several philanthrop-
zeal gentlemen and business firms pro-
vided special trains and wagon trans
portation for the pupils to the fair. A
good many thousand tickets were given
them by others, and the school teachers
presented the tickets TO those OF their
classes who behaved most admirably the
past week. KohlSaat, the big baker,
provided any amount of sandwiches and
pies free for the children, so they had
about everything they needed to make
their day happy without expense. Some
Of the teachers came in charge of their
classes, and great IN any of the chill
dron had the protection of their parents.
The school exhibits of different states
and institutions were made central viS-
iting points The children were shown
what other pupils less fortunate than
they had accomplished, and they were
told what children i'll some of the far
away schools were doing and what kind
of schools they had.
The 1O-cent rate has been made eff
fectiVe for those under eighteen years
of aye, so those of the higher grades
and high schools will be able to put in
a full week at the White City at cost
trifle above that OF one days admis-
Sion at the ordinary fair rate.
THE LIBEBTY BELL
was rung at noon, the school children
and their teachers taking part in the
exercises. The plaza west of the adj
ministratiOn building was covered with
thrOng OF irrepreSSible youngsters.
The exercises were under the direction
of Miss Lutte Gordon. of Atlanta. Ga. A
number of worlds fair officials made
short addresses to the boys and girls.
Then the big bell tolled out i'll honor of
PistoIoZZi. of Zurich, Switzerland. the
man who first advanced the theory of
education for the masses. Masters
Hendrick and Maynard, of New York,
manfully tugged at the heavy clapper.
| The ringing was also in honor Of Froe-
| bel, founder of the kindergarten syS-
TEN, and Horace Mann, founder of the
| American common school system.
AS soon as the exercises were COM
| pieted, the children began tour of the
! grounds. During the week many events
| of interest and amusement will be ar
ranged for the children who take adj
vantage of the cheap admission fee.
There will be several concerts for them
at Festival hall, and besides these. a
! grand concert to be participated in by
| the tOm-tOm beaters and musicians of
| the Midway. The officers of the expo
| SitlOn, to aid the educa tlOnal benefits de-
rived by the children, will give them
free access to every place of interest
and instruction. The stock pavilion has
| been given over to the boys, and games
of all descriptions will be indulged in
for the next seven days. Gymnasium
classes from different institutions will
| give exhibitions there.
CONCLUDING FESTIVITIES
will be held at the worlds fair Oct. 80.
The council of administration at its
meeting todey decided to designate this
day as Columbus day, and exercises
| Will be held accordingly. Director Gen.
eral Davis. E. S. Milette and Col. Culp
will formulate plan for the final en-
tertainment, and will present report
of the approximate amount necessary to
be used in the observance of the eXer-
eSes. This is only the first step taken
looking toward the exercises on the last
| day of the exposition, but from now on
preparations will be made for the glori-
Gus event. 1t is the intention to close
the fair as it opened, in blaze of glory.
The poultry and pigeon show opened
today and finer or better bred lot OF
| fowls were probably never before gath
cred together.
TIE Sheep and swine show has closed,
and gave way to the poultry and pigeons.
Every aisle in the big stock pavilion is
lined with wire coops filled with birds
entered from all points of the United
States and Canada.
Several of the exhibitors in the Manu-
facturers' building, particularly in the
American section, are complaining of
the electric light service furnished by
the exposition. Considerable bitter cor
respondence has passed between the eX-
hibitors and the authorities, and it is
not altogether improbable that some OF
the former may pack up and &c
home before the exposition is ever.
The complaint is that the light
furnished is weak, and not
more than half what was promised.
Thr exposition officials offer rebate,
but that is not what the exhibitors
want. They want the light, such light
as they contracted for. and they say
they will not pay for anything else.
MIR. Graham responds to this by saying
that unless exhibitors pay the lights
will be shut off altogether. If that is
done, the exhibitors declare that they
will shut up their sections and go home
The Mexican band is to be given a
complimentary benefit concert at Festi-
val hall Wednesday. Secretary Dick
inson, of the national commission, sug.
gested the idea, and the commission
and directory gave it their sanction.
They all feel under obligations, they
say, to these Mexicans, who came here
only to help celebrate Mexico day, and
have stayed at the request of the expo
sition and permission OF Pofirio Diaz
the president of Mexico, until the fan
closes.
Paid admissions today, 234, 4O5; passes
30.645; total, 265,040.
The city council tonight passed ;
resolution setting apart Oct. % at the
fair for special exercises to be known a:
the reunion of American cities for the
purpose of expressing the gratitude Of
Chicago to the other cities OF the cOun
try which have contributed so largely
toward making the fair a success.