St. Paul daily globe., 1893-04-30

women's building this afternoon, but
much remains to be done in the way of
interior decoration and the installation
of exhibits.
The grand stand on the east front of
the administration building. from which
President Cleveland will deliver his adj
dress at the opening ceremonies, was
finished this morning, and the seats
Placed in Position
during the day. This stand will accom-
modate about 2,200 people. All arrange
ments have been made for the open-air
exercises, but. should Mondays weather
prove unfayorable, the ceremonies will
be held in Music ball, at the north end
OF the peristyle. 1t has been arranged
that salute OF twenty-one guns will be
hred from the revenue cutter Andrew
johnson at the moment when Pres
ident Cleveland touches the cleo
trio key which will start the
machinery, unfurl the flags and
give life to the mammoth electric fount-
aims in Administration plaza. Tonight
the last plank was torn from the casing
which surrounds the statue of the Re-
public, and the great gilded figure shines
in ali the splendor of $1,000 coat of
gold leaf. Then the last figure was
placed on the peristyle and the last
piece of scaffolding came down from the
Columbus Quadriga. With the Mac
monies fountain completed and ready
to spout water. the statuary around the
grand basin will be perfect on Monday.
The rain which has brought grief to
most departments has been welcome
guest to the men who are preparing the
gardens about the grand basin. The
grass is as green as possible, and plants
IN vases and along the walls of lagoons
and fountains are bursting with new
life. Everything
VIII Look Its Best
on Monday, if only the sun will shine.
All of the electric fountains, which were
tested today as to their capacity ,vomited
sprays of water perfectly satisfactory.
With the flags floating from tall poles,
and the grand stand and every available
spot black with people, the scene will
be grand one. When the president
touches the button 800 flags and banners
on the main building will be broken into
graceful folds. Jimmie Hunt, an
old sailor, will have his eye
on the president and his hand
on the lanyard of the center
building, and when the executive finger
touches the button. Jimmie will give
the halyard a quick pull. Then the
"Old Flag" will burst out at the top of
the pole, and the stars and stripes will
wave over the open fair. The flags on
the other buildings Will be Unfurled
simultaneously. About 700 men will be
necessary IO,calry out the designs of
the decoration department. There will
be man for each flag staff on the main
buildings and grounds. The method of
unfurling will be the same as employed
Oh board manof war. The flags will be
tied in a small compact bundle with a
peculiar knot which will loosen with
quick pull and spread the bunting to the
breeze.
Great Activity.
Tonight and for the few remaining
hours such struggling III order to be
ready at the opening as the worlds fair
before this has never seen. In the great
manufactures hall, particularly, every
possible effort is being made to get mat
ters IN shape tOr the reception of the
presidential party Monday. Chief Alli-
son has put up signs at all conspicuous
points about the place which read like
this:
Vim, vigOr, victory. Rush your eX-
hibits into place. Rush the work of in
stallation. This house must be in order
May for the grand opening. No such
word as fail"
Every one who can be found that is
able to push box or lift an exhibit has
been pressed into service. Everywhere
the construction department is round
ing up its work, not merely cleaning
up, as it did last October, but putting
finishing touches TO permanent work.
The landscape department is bending
putting the roads in good condition.
Hundreds of men and teams are making
good roads out of bad. dumping loads of
white Macadam in soft places and COW
ering the whole with a dressing OF
brown gravel. Second in Importance
to the roads is the clearing away of all
structures, and the leaving
of green grass on bare places, which
has proceeded with excellent results as
lar as the general effect is concerned.
Scatfolding, always blot Oh the land
scape, has fallen like magic.
An Important Clearance
today was the removal of all overhead
electric wires and the poles supporting
them. The handsome metal standards
for the permanent electric lighting of
the grounds are now all erected; the
grounds were lighted by them. The
of 600 men, finishing the exterior OF the
woman's building and the mining build
ing, and touching up the interior of the
building. Every build
ing on the ground cannot be painted
that soft marble white, which is the ad-
of all who have watched the
men applying it. but there will be no dis
colored surfaces, and if the sun consents
to shine, all the staff, painted and un-
painted, will be white as purest marble.
There will be no choral music at the
opening Monday, either OH account of
an oversight on the part of the con-
struction department or because of the
limited space of the platform. Secre-
tary George Ii. Wilson said this after
noon:
The music will consist of orchestral
pieces only. Until the last minute We
intended TO have a grand chorus on the
platform, but for some reason no pro-
vision has been made for it. Under the
there was but one thing
to do, and we decided TO eliminate the
choral music from the programme. We
arrived at the decision as soon as we
discovered that it would be impossible
to seat the singers on the platform as