The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-09
HEGIRA TO CHICAGO.
Fair Officials Expect Greater
Attendance.
California's Fine Display Bearing
Manufacturers Show In
terest in Our Resources.
Special to THE MORNING CALL

CHICAGO. July IS. - The equabIe
weather Of July is beginning TO tell per-
ceptibiy on the attendance at the fair. the
daily average showing gradual, but con-
slant increase and the officials expect this
to continue until the early autumn.
The estimates of the railroad seem to
justify the expectation Of the fair officials
hat the attendance during the later
months of the fair will show great in
crease. Again the period of selfish amity
among the railroad officials having passed
and the railroads having begun to cut
rates in their greed for patronage, the ap-
preaching era of cheap travel cannot fail
to show an enormous increase in the num-
Der OF visitors from a distance.
The completion Of the Lone Star State
building was celebrated to-day In way
likely to strike popular sentiment and will
be initiated by mary other State Commits
sioners. 1t was by the Inauguration of a
series of musical recitals, 10 be given By
amateur talent II the auditorium from
time TO time through the summer. The
first concert was a decided success. The
official dedication OF the building will
occur July %.
The popular orchestral concert this even
ing at the new music pavilion inaugurated
the new series of open-air concerts under
the direction of Theodore Thomas
The doors Of the building of the Repub-
lie OF Colombia were thrown open this
afternoon without formality. The formal
celebration has been reserved for July %,
which is the national Independence Day
OF Colombia.
California's fine display at the Colum-
bian Exposition is beginning to bear fruit.
All sorts of prominent people visit the
State building and come away with ma
terially modified views of the importance
OF the Golden State. To-day Albert Voll-
ner, large manuf acturer OF enamelware
of Porter. Ind, had an interview with DR..
Bird relative to the proposed establish
ment OF plant in California. He inquired
as to the price of labor, the metal resources.
commerce, etc. of the Pacific Coast Voll-
ner says that, in spite of all he had heard
OF California, lie did not fully realize what
field California offers for the establish
ment OF manufacturing industries The
California exhibit was an object lesson to
him. He said. further, that many other
manufacturers were talking the same way.
The exhibit Of relief map of California,
made by the United States Geological
Survey, has recently been suppl emen ted
by the addition of a model of Yosemite
Valley. which is extremely accurate and
perfect. No one leaves the building with
out examining the map and model. The
former being upright does not collect
dust, as does the unfortunate cyclorama
of San Francisco.
The shipment of apricots and peaches
from Orange County arrived safely and in
good condition to-day.
The Bohemian-A merican National com.
mittee to-day decided to hold a Slavonic
congress In the near future in which
Bohemians. Poles. South Slavonians, Hun.
garians and Russians will particl pate.
The congress will be held in Chicago.
The music congress was concluded to.
day. Miss Maynard Butler of Boston read
paper on ''The Place of Music in Educa.
tion." Calvin B. Cady explained the sys-
iem in vogue in the University of Michi-
gan. Papers were also read from Pro-
fessor Waldo S. Pratt of Hartford, Conn.,.
and T. II. Clarke.