St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-17
BALL OF ALL NATIONS.
GRAND FETE OF ALL THE PLAiSANcE
MAIDERS.
GREAT NIGHT AT THE FAIR.
Natatorium Building the Scene Of
the Festival-Stars and Stripes
Waved by the Vast Assembly
at ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Ma
tions representative Live
Stock Show

SJOck snow.
CHICAGO. Aug. 16.-This was a great
night at the worlds fair. The nations
of the world intermingled at ball
Every class of all peoples were there.
The Natatorium building, where the
grand fete was held. containe thou
sands of peop lie who gladly paid s. to
participate. The hall was decorated
according to the ideas and tastes of the
different countries. 1t was curious
commingllng art ana colOrs.
The ball was arranged by the conces-
sionaires of the Midway Plaisance, and
all the strange people from that strange
quarter took part. There were Chi
nese, Javanese, Japanese. Samoans.
DahOmeyans. Turks, Bedouins, Syrians,
Persians and many other nations i'll
native dress. The worlds fair officials
were all III attendance. Citizen George
Francis Train led the march with a
dusky woman from the Far East.
The whole assembly of oddly attired
people waved the stars and stripes at
the midnight hour, lending decidedly
American appearance to the picturesque
scene. The galleries and pillars of the
ball room were gorgeOusly decorated
with tapestries. embroidery and rugs
from all parts of
The Orient.
The music was furnished by Gill
more's Twenty-second Regiment band,
conducted by DIV. Reeves. and foreign
bands from the Plaisance villages.
After the banquet the foreign denizens
of the Plaisance entertained the Amer
| lean people with their native dances.
Thirty-five nations were represented at
| the ball, all in native costume.
| For three weeks after next Monday
| the stock pavilion at the fair will be the
center of attraction. The prize show of
| horses, cattle and other fat stock COM
mences on that day and ends Sept. 8.
All fancy breeds of cattle will be seen
| on exhibition from the United States
and Canada, but no cattle have been re-
ceived from Europe. Beginning Aug.
! % 1000 head of the finest cattle on the
continent Will be seen on exhibition,
and in competition for the money prizes
offered by the exposition. by the breed
! ing associations and by the states of
| America represented in the show. The
sum of $4,000 was appropriated by act
of congress for premiums in the live
stock department of the exposition and
S10S,000 for the stables and barns. Of
| this sum 40 per cent is to be paid out in
awards for horses, 30 per cent for cattle,
Is for hogs, II for sheep and for poul-
try.
| In Addition
to the appropriation of $4,000 for
| premiums the various associations of
| fancy stock breeders have offered S40,-
600 in special premiums and the stock
| raising states have given as much for
/ horses 1000 head will be seen from the
United States. Canada and Europe.
Illinois leads with 220-head and Iowa
with 1877 head of cattle. Many head of
horses and cattle are from Canada and
! the far states of the American union.
The premiums offered by the exposi-
ton for live stock are six times larger
than those offered by an exposition in
any country. The Judging will not
+, commence until Tuesday morning. In
| connection with the matter OF live
| stock jurors Commissioner Lafayette
Funk of Illinois, at the meeting of the
! national commission today secured the
! adoption of a resolution to the effect
| that the executive committee on awards
| report to the commission at once when
| the names of live stock jurors will be
! presented to the commission for con-
trmatioD. So far no names have been
! presented.
| The strike of the college bred roller
chair pushers has petered out. The
company say they had more men than
they needed anyway, and that the strike
let them easily out of their difficulty.
They will hire about 200 of the 400 men
when they proclaim themselves ready to
work for IS cents day and 10 per cent
| commission.
i Theroyal commissioners representing
| Great Britain at the fair have decided
to take part in the celebration of British
day, Aug. 10.
Austrians at the worlds fair, and
those in the city, will join In grand
! celebration on Friday, in honor of the
sixty-third birthday of Emperor Fran
els Joseph l.