Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-17
WORLDS NOTES.
THE LIVESTOCK EXHIBIT TO 6E FINE
BEYOND PRECEDENT.
A Ball OF tho midway- riaissuce People.
which Attracts Tbousands-British
and Austrian Celebrations
IBr telegraph to tho pIspa.ch.l

CHICAGO. August l6--The strike OF the
college-bred roller-chair pushers has pc
tered out The company says 1t had
more men than it needed anyway, and
that the strike let it easily out OF ITS DIM
Guilty. IL VIII hire about two hundred
Of the 400 mon when they proclaim tnen-
selves ready 20 work for 10 cents daY
and 10 per cent. commission.
Horses and cattle for the livestock ex-
hIbit are beginning to arrive IN chicago.
Every STANDARD breed of horses and all the
breeds OF cattle IN the world Will DC mere.
Foreign nations are taking lively inter-
est IN TINS matter. and through their COM
misSlouers are stirring their people up 10
put their best oHgIbits forward. Inc ar
raugefncuts Tor stabiing the STOCK are DC,
yOnd precedent. The amphitheatre ana
pavilion eciipseS IN sIze ana beauty
everything Of the kind before attempted;
That portion assigned to the German an ~
Russian exhibits ~ particularly STRIKING,
for those nations have ADDED decorations
TO a great extent. II ~ deslgned TO make
this the growing feature OF the great eA-
position. and the great breeders OIL the
world are M anifosting great interest.
Tie poultry and the fat-stock exhibits
are set for the last half OF October.
MlDwAY-PLAIsANCE BALL.
Thousands OF people attended the ball
tonight. IL was arranged by the conces-
sIouaires OF the Midway Plaisancs. ana all
III. strange people from that quarter took
mart. iueTe were Chinese, Japanese,
Samoans, 1urks. SYrians. Pcrslans, and
peuplc OF many other nations, IN their ma
tive dress. The MOrld's-tar officials
We're all in attendance. Cltizen George
Frames Train led the march with dusky
woman from the far East.
IEe royal commissioners representing
Great Britain at the fair have decided 10
take part IN the celebration OF Britlsh-Day
August 18th.
The Aus;rians at the Worlds Fair and
those ia the city will Join IN the grand
celebration Oh Friday in honor of the G3d
birthday Of Emperor Francis Joseph L.
AUGUSTA EXPOSITION PROMOTERS
A distinguished party Of people from
Augusta. Ga, reached the city tins after
noon, and is now located at the Great
Northwest Hotel, at Sixty-elghth street
and the limos Central tracks The
party IS known as the Augusta
Exposition party, ana ~ composed OF
the leading social people OF Augusta
and a number OF Its prominent business
men, the whole in charge OF Patrick
Walsh, of the Augusta Chronicle. hr.
Walsh, who Is the proprietor OF the ChT0"t-
H., aud the other gentlemen OF the party
are here III the interest Of the Augusta TX
position, which opens October 18th tor one
month. 1t Is the object Of the com
mlttee TO collect certain articles at
the Worlds Fair and to interest
certain exhibitors III the Augusta EXposi-
ton. which will. this year. combine III o
mammoth State far with the Georgia
Agricultural Assoclatlon. Editor Walsh
and his associates will immediately carry
into execution their plan, and hope to re-
turn after n twO-weeks' stay ut the far
with certain number OF exhibits that
they have IN mind.