St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-20

CHICAGO, Oct. LIT seemed tonight,
after walk through the corridors OF
the leading hotels of Chicago, as if
every other man was from New York
Even along the streets might be heard
word from passer Shy which told they
were recent arrivals from Gotham. In
short, there are so many Manhattan
Islanders about town that a stone could
not be thrown through any principal
street of the city without hitting one.
Everybody is talking about Manhattan
day at the fair Saturday, and if it is not
a rouser others besides New Workers
will be disappointed.
Mayor GilrOy arrived this afternoon
and is at the Auditorium. Private Sec
rotary McDonough is with him. The
mayor was too tired and too busy to talk
much, but he had this to say: "We are
going to break the record for travel be-
tween New York and Chicago. The
railroads are putting forth every effort
to carry the people comfortably, and
they are coming In great crowds for
Manhattan day. think our programme
plCdoC IliCuls uOll |Ou!
Richard Croker, John d. Crimmins
and j. w Beekman, political lights of
the metropolis, also arrived today and
tied up at the Windermere. Chauncey
M. Depew, Gen. Horace Porter, Joseph
j. O'DonOghue and eX-Mayor Grace are
among the prominent New Workers
who will arrive tomorrow. PrOtfers of
hospitality to the visiting New Workers
are now the regular order at the fair.
The Columbia Pickwick club at the
White Horse inn today invited the Old
Guard, the mayor and citizens of New
York to avail themselves of the privi-
leges of the club all day or any time
Saturday. The students of st. Francis
Xavies College, New York. will some
what swell the Manhattan day throng.
They came on today in some numbers
to encourage their dramatic troupe in
giving performance of The Captives
of Plantas," at Music hall, on the fair
grounds. No boomers were needed, for
the announcement of the college boys
play caught on. The hall was crowded.
The national commission had a long
| and active session today. Nearly every
member made speech. and, when
Commissioner Williams, of Tennessee,
called for the ayes and nays to defeat
a resolution by the usual easy method,
the announcement of no quorum. the
result of the vote showed there was
actually more than quorum present.
This does not happen very often. The
| dellberation was regarding the final re-
port of the tair which congress requires
| the commission to make TO the presi-
dent of the United States. The COM
mission wants to make it an elaborate
| history that will be useful to posterity.
The question was how to do it, and
| finally President Palmer was appointed
chairman of committee of eight, with
power to name the other members of
the committee. These gentlemen are
to prepare the work in the rough and
| report to the national commission for
approval.
Gen. William o. Mcdowell, chairman
of the Columbian liberty bell committee.
| is figuring on having the new liberty
| and peace bell take prominent part
in the celebration in Jerusalem at the
opening of the twentieth century. He
wrote letter to Thomas Shaw, chair
man of the Jerusalem celebration, to-
day from which these extracts are
made.
How grand it would be if this bell,
bearing upon it the text "A new COM
mandment l give unto you, that ye
love one another and particularly
GLORY to God in the highest. on earth
peace and good will to men, could par
ticipate in the Jerusalem celebration on
Christmas eve, 1899.
Il have discussed the idea with friends
connected with the great Geographic
service of the world, and they have
said that it would be possible to so ar
range wire connection with the bell
that at the first stroke made upon it on
Christmas eve, 1899, the clapper of the
bell coming down would signal every
telegraphic Office in the world, and that
by means of this universal signal the
bells everywhere would take up the
song and unitedly send up their sweet
notes to heaven. How the world would
stand still in expectancy waiting, and
what grand occasion it would be.''