The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-19


Day at Which Important Subjects Arc
Discussed-Sone Of the Leading Carl
osi.iss of the Worlds Columbian Expo
sition and Where Taey Hay Be Found.
WORLDS FAIR, Aug. IL Especial =
The various reunions and class gatherings
OF one sort or another deserve much ,aors
attention than they have yet received, bat
suppose the main reason why the papers
in the interested sections 90 not announce
those IN the future IS that many OF those
in the past Iniscarried. Since the first OF
this month, however, every such event
has come off as advertised and now the ar
rangelnents for those 10 come are so com
plete that nothing short OF cataclysm
can postpone or prevent.
Some of the reunions have been remark
ably pleasant affairs, though very few
were present, and none more so than that
OF the '49-ers, or Argonauts of California.
OF course bat few are now alive OF the So
600 Americans who weat to California
forty-four years ago, and but few of these
could get here, but their gathering in the
state building was 4 sight To bring laugh
ter and tears. All form was laid aside
They shook hands, they Rugged each
other, sometimes they roared with laugh
ter and sometimes they sighed deeply and
wiped their eyes Pretty soon they broke
up into little groups, each representing
some noted camp aud composed of its old
residents, and then they told stories of
finding big nuggets and 'panning out"
big yields, Of lynchings ard fghtings and
chasing of highwaymen, which made
Bret Harte's productions seem like Sun
day school book. At ? p. N. began the
merely formal exercises such as singing
and speech-nai1ing
Various college classes have also ar
ranged Tor quiet reunions here, and most
OF these were done with early in July as
commencement day rarely comes after the
Fourth. A week ago to-day the Knights
OF Pythias made the main avenue gay
with their display, and the next day
Louisiana dedicated her building with
some pomp and official ceremony. On
Monday, the It'll, Gilmore's band made its
first appearance. All this time the IA
nous congresses of every sort are running,
either in the great hall down town or in
some fair building, and discussing all
poetical things from the alleged unwhole-
someness Of pork to the various systems Of
sewerage, and all scientific subjects con-
ceivable, with law, religion and woman's
dress for themes On the side. These are
but a few of the specialties, and those in
the future will no doubt increase in in
terest.
1t has been suggested that the landlords
of South Chicago hold a grand reunion
few years hence, after they get well, and
may add that it might appropriately
open with the irst of Aeneas' address to
Dido, ''InfaEdum jules, regina, renovare
doloren." 1t Will indeed be ito renew
monstrous grief for here are the figures
to date: Capacity Of the White City to en-
terrain without crowding, 400, 600 people;
normal daily requirement., go, 600; average
to date, away below 100000. Chicago de-
clares with profane emphasis that one
third Of these are residents OF the city and
another third live SO near that they ride
in mornings and cut home evenings This
is an exaggeration, of course, but it is GER
tain that the daily demand for rooms is
not now more than Al, 900 above the sum-
mer average and thatreally elegant rooms
can be had at IS cents or 81 day. II it
were a laughing matter we might enjoy
reading those magnificent assurances pub
ished so widely last year; how committees
would meet women exeurs;opiStS at trains