St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-19
HALF A MILLION PEOPLE
EXPECTED At TIE FAIR 0V MANHAT-
TAN DAY.
GREAT PREPARATIONS MADE.

Ter, CnaunCeE DepeW, SeCh
Low and Bourke Cochran-Ih he
Night Pageant to Be Glorious
Sight.
CHICAGO, Oct. 1S.-AS Saturday ap-
proaches interest in the Manhattan day
exercises increases. The complete plans
for the days festivities have not yet
been finished, but are rapidly assuming
shape. Thousands of New Workers are
now OH the way to swell the ate enhance
on Manhattan day, and in the mean
time the local organization known as
the Society of the Sons of New York,
of which eXMayor Crieger is president,
is preparing to entertain the Gotham
ties. If the present beautiful Indian
summer weather continues there is
every indication that the attendance on
Manhattan day will reach well up to-
wards half a million. The immense
crowds coming from New York will be
reinforced by thousands OF people from
all parts of the country who are taking
advantage of the cteap railroad rates TO
see the White city before it is closed.
Then the usual Chicago crowd will
be added TO by the thousands
who will take advantage of the usual
Saturday half-holiday to go out to the
Dream City. Capt. E. l.. Brand, of the
Chicago HusSarS, has the arrangement
OF the afternoon parade in hand, and he
has succeeded in mapping out an inter-
esting display of the military forces.
When the Ola Guard arrives from New
FORK 1t Will be met by the First regi-
ment Illinois national guard, and
escorted to stopping place. Immedi-
atey after the speechmaking, about 3
O'Clock, the military and civic parade
will move. The Old Guard will have
the post of honor, and at the New York
state building Mayor Gilroy and other
officials will review the parade.
The night pageant will be a glorious
sight. The floats used on Chicago day
will be completely renovated and will
appear in the parade. Besides these.
other floats typical of New York will
be in the procession. Every building
on the grounds has been ordered to be
kept open and illuminated during the
evening. Wooded island will glow with
sOft-colOred lights, and the thousands of
incandeScent lights which cover the
principal buildings will be lit. This,
together with the fireworks and electric
fountains, will transform the White
City into a perfect blaze of glory.
The New York state building is now
being pGufusely decorated with plants
and flowers of brilliant colors. Lromi-
nent citizens will be entertained at the
building, and here the speakers will
cOngregate before they go to Festival
hall, where the exercises will take
place.
The speakers of the day will be Mayor
Harrison, of Chicago, who Will make
the address of welcome, to be responded
to by Mayor Gllroy: Gen. Horace Por-
ter, Chauncey NJ. Depew, Charles S.
Smith, Seth Low, and probably Leader
BO&rkt Cochran.
Company B, Fourth regiment Michi-
gan national guards. of Detroit. Mich,
MARCHED INTO THE GROUNDS
this morning, headed by the famous
Newsboy band of Detroit. The visit
ors went up to President Palmer'S office.
and he addressed them in his usual
happy style.
The Canadian pavilion was closed to
the general public this afternoon, being
fully Occur by Canadians and Cana
dianAmeIlcanS gathered to pay their
respects to the Earl and Countess of
Aberdeen. The building itself was
p9cked with invited guests, and out
side the approaches were jammed tor
hundreds of feet. The chairman of the
committee of arrangements presented
to the earl Oh behalf of Canadians now
i'll Chicago an address conveying to him
tine that hjc nj
governor general is regarded with the
highest satisfaction by the people of
Canada, and adding:
I'VE Canadians are proud of our
country, and are determined more than
ever to maintain our distinctive nation
ality. We feel that we have destiny
Of our own that will be a glorious one,
Ond we are prepared at all times to
give cordial support to her majesty's
representative i'll Canada. You may
rest assured of our loyalty to the crown
and or our firm adherence to the free
Institutions which enable us to face
all the responsibilities of the present
and 50 prepare us for the enlarged re-
spOnsibillties of the future"
George r. COckburn, NJ. P, and Hon.
Joseph TasSe, OF Quebec, also spoke, the
latter in French. The earl responded at
some length, expressing his thanks for
the warm greeting and extending
cordial invitation TO the guests to meet
himself and Lady Aberdeen at the
Irish village tomorrow afternoon at
O'Clock, when an informal reception
will be held. Three cheers were given
for the queen and three for the governor
general, and the aSSemblage slowly dis
persed. Many prominent Englishmen
and Canadians were present, including
{ Canadian and colonial icc
headed by j .S.laTke. Among the COM
pany were several members of parlia-
mtnt.
StaniSlas II. Haine. vice president of
the Antwerp exposition, has returned
to Chicago. He reports great progress
i'll the work of securing exhibits for the
exposition next summer, and says that
the
BELGIAN PEOPLE,
who have heard so much of the great
Chicago exposition, are looking forward
to remarkable display in the American
section at Antwerp.
Within the past week the American
propaganda has issued Invitations to
prominent citizens of the United States
TO act as members of the honorary com
mission, which will represent this
country at Antwerp. This commission
will include gentlemen who have been
closely identified with the Chicago ex-
position, either as executive officers of
the administration, executive commits
SiOnerS representing states or prominent
exhibitors. The purpose of creating
this commission is to encourage large
representation of American mauufact-
ures and pro1ucts at Antwerp.
MIS-. Potter Palmer ana the board of
lady managers have engaged Agnes
Thomson and James T. Thomson, The
celebrated singers, to repeat their series
of song recitals in aid OF the permanent
Woman's building fund.
Some weeks ago the exhibit of
watches by the New York firm of Rob-
ert Ii. lngerSOll d Bro. in the manu-
facturers' building was closed on ac-
count of alleged sale and delivery of
goods from the exhibit The firm at
the time denied the charges preferred,
but an erroneous impression gained
ground that the firm had violated the
rules and it was expelled. The matter
was taken into the courts with the re-
shit that the firm has hppO pnrmittad m