The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1893-08-17
THE WORLDS FAIR.
w. d. Boyce's Correspondence bureau, !
Adm nistrstion Building, "o.ia
Fair Grounds, aug. Is 1850.

I
now AT the far He came to Chl-
cago, he says, to save the great ex :
nosi,Ios from financial ruin. The
citizen attracted much attention as
he was driven through the city IN
an omen cab. He wore white En-
Ell suit, a white neglige shirt, pat
ent-leatLer pumps and straw hat.
Around his waist he wore a nine
inchs wide crimson silk sash. Inc
.Soyerelgn of Madison Square"
never shakes hands when lntroo
duced. He is afraid that some OF
his psychic force will leaye his body.
Thursday, as is his usual custom,
he carried a large bunch OF water
lilies. one ofwhich he gave to every
! one to HON he was introduced.
His face, though brown as that of
sun baked BedouiD, wore con
tinual smile, and the citizen was
happy.
Hawkeye editors pinned on red
and yellow badges at the Mecca
hotel Thursday morning and then
came to the fair. Two hundred of
them, with their wives, daughters
and friends, passed through me
gates and made for the Iowa build
ing. The party was one OF the
largest state associations of news
paper men that has visited the ex-
position, for when they took their
seats in the special intramural train
which Paul Hall placed at their
disposal they filled six cars and
each car held 100. The Iowans
made the circuit of the road and
then held meeting in the assem-
bly room of their state building.
LAFAYETTE Young uf the Iowa State
Capital, Des Moines, presided and
introduced State Commissioner j.
w. Jarpagin, who is editor OF the
Montezuma Republican and presl-
dent OF the Iowa Press association.
He babe the editors welcome and
Mr.. Young responded. In the after
noon the Iowa state band gave
ecial concert for the visitors DUR
ing the reception, which began at 3
o'clock.
The exhibitors from Paraguay in
the Agricultural building claim
they have been tie victims OF pet
ty thieves and vandals ever since
the exhibit was opened, Dr.. Hass~
Ter, the commissioner for Paraguay.
has not been friendly to the Column
hian guards service since he was
victim of one himself, bat now
he is dis gusted and indignant to the
degree of revenge. He suspec cts
every visitor is thief, and he does
not spare the women. After steal
ing scores of wax match boxes,
small glass boxes filed with fancy
biscuits, bottles OF spurious liquors
AMI drinkahle exhibits, non-intuxi
eating, they almost broke the com
missioner's heart by carrying off
last night four exquisite lace hand
kerchiefs worth $40 and like those
made by the Jesuits in Paraguay
centuries ago. They had been stolen
after forcing the lids of the g lass
cases. Altogether the commission
er figures $4,000 worth of exhibits
stolen and 10 one arrested. tie
said: II feel tempted to put strich-
niue in these open buiscuit boxes
to poison these thieves. II is not
the intrinsic value of the stolen ar
ticles | grieye over, but our exhlbs
it's are spoiled. 1 called on a guard
to arrest man who was caught
taking box of wax matches, but he
laughed and said that is not enough
to arrest a man for"
Pleasing changes in the music
department will be the first fruits
of the economical spasm which has
come upon Worlds Fair managers.
There is to be cheaper music and
more of 1t. Theodore Thomas
high priced and unlntelligible or
chestra is pretty likely to go to
pieces. 1t is proposed to haze
IrOm ten ~ Slaletu Janus ~Soou
ones--playing in the open air every
day during the rest of the fair. The
change, aside from being vastly
popular, is going to cut down ex-
penses pretty penny. Good ors
binary bands are plentiful at $50
day each. The exposition can put in
ten of hem and still save $1,000 a
day, for the present expenses of
the music department Is $500
daily, What the visitors desire is
more "BoomSde-ay" music and less
symphonies.
According to Treasurer Seeber-
ger the f,ating debt Wednesday
was about $1,000, 900, with $500,
600 in ,he treasury, and for the
previous ten DAYS the average daily
receipts were S64, 900. The running
expenses will be cut down to
$4,000 day.