The record-union., 1893-04-29
Village.
Special to the REcoRD-UNIoS.

CHICAGO, April 2S.-The storm in its
effect upon the general work at the expo
sition ground was overcome by the de-
termination to have the great fair in the
most complete condition possible on the
opening day. Not man stopped work
indoors or out, and the preparation OF the
grounds, buildings and exhibits is as far
advanced as would have been the case
if the day was the fairest of the fair. The
button which the President will touch on
Monday to start the machinery arrived
to-day. 1t is in the shape of a modern
telegraph key, of solid gold, with an
ivory button on the handle. 1t sits on a
pyramid of blue-and-gold plush, on the
base of which are the figures l492-1S93,
III silver.
Unusual activity was exhibited in the
west wing of the horticultural building
this morning. where large force was
busily engaged in placing in position the
monster fruit exhibit of Oregon. This
exhibit will be one of the finest State dis
plays on the grounds. In the center of
the space allotted TO Oregon is built a
great pyramid, fifty feet long and forty
five feet high. This pyramid is composed
OF thirty-two different kinds of woods
grown in Oregon and Is built in spiral
shape, with projecting lodges, upon
which are to be placed large and fine
variety of preserved fruits. The men
had just started the pyramid when dray
pulled up at the door containing picture
TO be the background of the Oregon BOOTH
This picture was painted by Stanley and
portrays Mount Hood, Or.
The woman's building will be formally
completed tomorrow afternoon by the
driving of gold nail by Mrs. Potter
Palmer in the arch of the assembly-room.
1t will be driven by a gold and silver
hammer, and the later forms part of a
breastpin to be presented to Mrs. Palmer
The Massachusetts State building, re-
production of the old John Hancock
house, was opened this afternoon infor-
mally in the presence of a few guests in
vited by Commissioner E. c. Hovey. The
dedicatory ceremony was had last fall.
Seventeen Coreans arrived to-day from
San Francisco, among them the Minister
to Washington and the Royal Commits
sioner to the Worlds Fair.
After long contest in secret, the piano
trouble was settled this afternoon by the
committee appointed by the National
Committee. At to-day's meeting the
committee heard number of gentlemen,
headed by Ferd. w. Peck, who repre-
sented the Theodore Thomas side of the
question. The hearing and argument
was secret, long and earnest, and at the
conclusion the committee decided that no
ha oll
within the grounds. AS a result, Pad
erewski was obliged to select one of the
makes in the piano exhibit, or refuse to
play.
At the meeting of the National Com
missoners this afternoon the Sunday
closing question was dug up and buried
again. Commissioner o. Y. Tousley of
Minnesota moved to withdraw from the
Judiciary Committee the resolution OF
Eiboeck of Iowa, referring the matter
of Sunday closing to the local directors.
Tousley said the matter of opening the
gates had been settled once, and he saw
no reason for bringing it up again.
Eiboeck opposed its withdrawal, be-
lieving the gates should be open if it
could be shown that the Act of Congress
was contrary TO the laws of Illinois.
After considerable discussion Tousley
withdrew his resolution, and so the mat
ter disappeared from view once more.
Amid a blaze of rockets and roman
candles, and welcomed by the shouts of
thousands of people, the westward jour
ney of the old liberty bell came to an end
tonight. The reception at the depot was
S,,fo o1 fIa nr,lx- nfinial da1nrotiav, h.
ing q squad of police. 4 reception
had already been accorded the famous
relic and distinguished escort by the spe-
cial committees from the City Council
and the Worlds Fair Committee on Ger
emonies. who met the train bearing the
bell at the State line.
TURKISH VILLAGE DEDICATED.
CHICAGO, April 2S.-Members of that
mysterious adjunct to the Masonic
Order known as the Ancient Arabic
Order of the Mobiles of the Mystic
Shrine, gathered together from many
parts of the country, bowed their heads
Today aud listened with reverence to the
6rst Mohammedan prayer uttered in the
irst Mohammedan Mosque of America.
The occasion was the dedication of the
mosque attached to the village, and il
vas one of the most solemn, and at the
same time picturesque, religious services
ever held in this country. Shortly after
10 O'Clock over two thousand Bedouins
and Turks, turbaned. robed and panta-
Iooned in all the colors of the rainbow.
wended their way 10 the mosque, before
the closed door of which they salaamed.
About the same hour the Shriuers as
sembled at the Medinah Temple on Mon
roe street and moved in procession TO the
railroad station. A platoon of police led
the way, followed by detachment OF
Turkish soldiers in full uniform, carry
ing the Turkish and American flags.
Behind these came Turkish uniformed
Zouave band, escorting the uniformed
Shriners. and several thousand of the
main Masonic fraternity. When the
train reached the Worlds Fair grounds
the party was met by 400 Turks, q
horses, 10 camels and dromedaries, al
accoutred in gay trappings and mounted
by smiling Mohammedans. The Worlds
Fair representatives of the Sultan. Hakk
Bsy and Fahrey Bey. mounted on mag
nificent horses from the Sultan's stable
briefly welcomed the visitors.
Then the procession TO the Turkish vii
lage was formed, while band Of forty
pieces filled the air with the strains of the