The herald., 1893-05-12
THE COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION,
Music Director Thomas to Be
0usted.
The Method of Making Awards Cans
Ing Trouble.
Osrfnrnia wine Growers Ralse Kick
About tho High Prices Charged
by Restaurants for Native
Products.
ny Nc AssonIataa preas.l

by the Associated Press.l
CHICAGO, May l1.--After much hard
work the Committee Investigating the
Misunderstanding in the bureau OF
music late this evening made report
to the national commission. The report
in effect stated that Mr. Thomas useiul-
mess az musical director of the fair had
ended, and that harmony in that DEPART
ment required that DIS services be dis
pensed with. The report OF the com
mittoe reviewed the whole situation
from the Inception OF the engagements.
The fret action taken by the commits.
sion today was the adoption OF resolu-
tion OF coincidence with Chahncey M.
Depew on the loss Of his wife. The
recommendations OF the committee on
live stock we're then adopted, to the
effect that the director general shall APP
point chief for that department, re-
lieving Chief Rurnham 'of the agricul-
tural department from his duties in the
live stock department.
THE MATTER OF AWARDS.
Hon. I. A. Gcshorn. director.general
OF the Philadelphia centennial exposi-
ton, addressed the commission by re-
quest. upon the subject OF awards. He
said it was demonstrated at the centen-
NAL that the single Judge or examiner
system was the most successful that
could have been brought forward. He
urged the management to appoint judges
at the earliest possible date.
John Thatcher of New York, read q
long paper on the operation of the award
system as recently adopted by the com
mission. In this connection foreign ex,
hibitors have addressed letter to the
ehiefof the foreign department., in which
they protest against the individual or
single Judge system. They propose a
jury system for each exhibit, the decis-
ion of the jury being subject to revision
by the jury in each department. The
award matter promises to create consid-
cradle trouble.
THE CALIFORNIA WINE TROUBLE.
Commissioner Forsyth presented a
communication from the wine.growera
of California. It has been charged that
restaurant keepers at the fair placed
such high prices on California wines
that no one will call for them, az they
can obtain foreign wines at almost the
same price. The Californians ASSERT
that the restaurants at the grounds will
not place any wine upon their lists
unless bonus OF $4,000 to $4,000
is paid them. The Calfornians
say this would exclude their wines,
as they cannot afford to pay any such
sumo, They propose, therefore, to es.
tablish cafe at the California building
in which the wineH of California exhib-
itors will be listed. New York, Ohio
and other domestic wine makers will
also be given eshow on the same cards.
The council OF administration is asked
to reduce the usual % per cent turned
in to them as their share of the sales, to
&c pes. eant, So enable the vine &c be
sold at reduced prices.
THEODORE THOMAS 10 BE FIRED.
TIE report OF the music investigation
committee ia most severe arraignment
of Theodore Thomas and his methods Of
conducting the bureau of music. 1t
gives fearful rasping to Chief Harpist
Schenecke, who proposed to local firm
OF musical instrument makers that he
would play their hafps for bonus Of
$1,000 a year. Schenecke in his testi-
mony, It appears, admitted hav-
ing made the proposition. Before
btlO CUALulbbeC 4AOIuhS QCAlCU U6-
ing in any way connected with
any house engaged in selling or manu-
featuring musical Instruments. Thomas
declared that the authority of Director
General Davis over him was merely
nominal. The committee concludes by
the expression of the opinion that mo
piano not exhibited for award should be
used for performan that the useful
ness of Professor Thomas at the head Of
the bureau of music OF the worlds Co.
lumbar exposition is go impaired, in
our judgment, that his services should
be further dispensed with, and we
recommend that the director-genersl be
instructed to request his resignation. !"
Booths Condition.