The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-08-02
DRUMMERS AT THE FAIR.
MUCH ATTENTION PAID THEM AT
THE WHITE CITY.
Addresses by DirectOr-GeneraI Davis
and President Higin bOtham-Dedi-
cation of Liberals Exhibit - Pro-
ceedings Of the National Education
al Association.

WORLDS FAIR GROUNDS. July 20
Commercial travellers day at the fair
was we'll observed today. The American
exhibitors association made special ar
rangements for the entertainment of the
travelling men and received the visitors
at the headquarters of the association at
the Terminal station building. Later
the commercial travellers assembled at
Festival hall. where the Cincinnati band
under the direction of Michael Brand
gave a special concert and at the formal
reception addresses were made by Di-
rectOr-General Davis and President Hig-
inbotham, and responses by o. J. Dowd,
of Chicago, Worlds Fair Commissioner
Mitchell of Des Moines and John Feni-
more of Columbus. A military concert
was given by the Iowa state band of
fifty pieces upon the balcony of the term
inal station at 4 o'clock.
The display of fire works this even
ing was something exceptionally fine.
The program Of pyrOtechnic features was
| arranged especially in honor of the Com
merciaI travellers association. Another
reason. recognized by the exposition au-
thorities as jusufying an especially at
tractive program of public entertain
ment for the night of fireworks. illumina-
tions of the grounds and buildings and
special musical programs was the pres
ence upon the grounds of thousands of
members of the German-American tur-
ner societies. this being "turnerbund
| day"
The black republic OF Liberia formally
dedicated its pavilion in the Agricultural
hl1f1 tod al ta
hibit of the Africans has been open to
the public for some time A large num-
Der of people attended the reception and
| the guests were received by President
| King of the Liberian commission, as
sisted by William e. Rotherby, ex-Liber-
ian consul at Philadelphia, and John
| Enoch Thompson, consul general for
| Liberia in Canada. The Liberian exhibit
is unique and characteristic of African
| life. The fence is made of wild ropes and
| native tree trunks and the decorations
| are great cones of rare ivory or groups of
| handsomely notified skins, with every
| where slashes of red, white and emblems
| of the same with blue corner and the
big white star. In the center are stacks
| of coffee the staple production of the
land, and almost endless collections of
| implements of war and domestic
| appliances. So complete is it
that already the Armour insti-
tute and the Chicago university have
talked with the commission about secur-
| ing the collection intact when the expo
! sition is finished.
Four special trains were required to
| convey the turner's who arrived in the
| city today after their annual tourna-
| ment in Milwaukee. Thousands of Ger
| man-American citizens of Chicago and
vicinity participated in the program of
| the day.
When completed the Yerkes telescope
| which has been donated to the Universi-
| ty of Chicago will be the largest in the
/ world. The mounting of the telescope is
| now being put together in the Manufac-
| lures building. The square iron piece
| supporting the tube was put in place
in the north end of Columbia-ave. last
| May. 1t was about thirty feet high and
in four sections. The tube is made in
| five sections. which altogether are sixty
/ four feet in length and weigh six tons.
| The head and axis weigh thirty tons.
! They will be. put together within week.
! The great lenses will not be ready for a
! year, and the mounting was prepared in
| advance only that 1t might be exhibited
| at the fair