Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-07-01
PALMER STEP OUT
FOREIGN COMMISSIONERS MAD
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Presidens Thomas Palmer viii tender
his resignation - president u the ma
tioaai commission tomorrow. HE rea'
soa fos retiring y the serious illns~u II
his wife. iiis frisads and worlds fsir
otlicisls have urged him to reconsidsr
HE dissemination. but With little pros
peet Of success.
A number II the prominent foreign
commissioners 10 tho exposition left
Chicago on . special car on the Michi-
gan Centrai railroad 1T o'clock this
evening - thu guests of Mai. NJ r.
Handy. on trip n Niagara Falls. and
Tor = forty eight hours snjourn at that
place The party cona,sts of privy
councillor Adolf Wermuth. imperial COM
missioner fos Germany; the Hon. Anton
Won Palitschek Pxlmfopt. imperial Aus
TRAN commissioner general; Marqnis
ungaro. royal commissioners Tor Italy;
the Hon. I. ,. Megimi. imperial connie
sioner for Japan: Senior Juan Dupuy
Lerome:s royal commissioned tor Rome;
Arthur Le}iier, Swedish commissioner
general; Abraham Hakky Hey. Turkish
Commissioners general; n. &. Nsscartc.
chief Of installations for France; n.
Edourd Gorrstte, delegate Of the CON-
missioner general for Belgium; Cheva-
licr q. Grant, royal commissioner for
Italy; Count r Casselli. Hubert voss
Netherland fine sst commissioner. and
one or two other&
The party will spend Saturday and
Sunday at the Clifton house on tho
Canada aide Of the falls and return to
Chicago in time for business Monday
morning. The affair will be entirely in
formal. and without regard to any set
program, the main object being 10 give
the foreign officials an opportunity to
see the falls and to have = day or two
rest.
Independence Day Music
The new music pavilion on the lake
front 10 to be dedicated by the exposi-
ton orchestra July 4. The musical di-
rector has prepared for Independence
Day two interesting progrsms Tor the
orchestra. AZ noon In festival hall the
usual tree popular concert will be given.
In the afternoon 1T 30 o'clock the
orchestra viii play in the new music
pavilion On the lake front The pro-
grams Of the concnrt are to be Of popu-
lar character.
Tho program Tor tho Fourth In fcsti-
val hall is an follows:
columbian March and Hymn" J.
X. Paine.
Overture. Hail Columbia" Charles
G.. Converse.
advertisement. Henry III. saint
Saens Ave Marie" Schubert
I.ohengrcn. Act 3. Wagner.
Waltz. "Winc, Woman and Song"
Strauss
Suite. The Nations" Moskowski.
Star Spangled Banner.'
america"
Next Monday there will be . Wagner
concert by tho exposition orchestra. un-
der the direction Of Mr.. Thomas. with
Mr.. Lloyd and George F. Holmes as so
loists.
Wednesday one VI the most interest
ing concerts Of the exposition will be
given. The New York I.~.lerkranx, the
leading German singing society Of New
York and ono of the finest male orgsni-
zations in America. under the leader
ship III Heinrich Zoellner. a noted com
poser and musician. will be heard In a
fine program. The soloists will be Miss
Lillian Blauvelt, the soprano. and Con-
rad Bchrens.
Saturday Mr.. Thomas will bring out
his Columbian chorus % 100 voices To
sing tho principal selections from "Or-
pheus' and several part songs The ex-
position orchestra will assist.