The morning call., 1893-10-20
HAVE CAPTURED THE FAIR
And Proceeded to Make Them.
selves at Home.
ALL GIVE PLACE TO THEM
Thousands of Little Ones Come
Thronging to the White City
Day After Day.

CHICAGO, Oct 19-The school children
overran the fair grounds again to-day.
Their numbers were increased by aGdi-
tions from the schools Of the neighboring
cities, and by two trainloads Of Dewsboys
and bootblacks from the city. At noon
the children rang the new Liberty bell in
honor of the anniversary of the surrender
of Lord CORVALLIS, giving the grand
signal of fifty-one strokes. one for each
State and Territory and one of welcome to
the Hawaiian Islands.
1t seemed tonight, after walk through
the principal hotels, as if every other man
in the city was from New York prepared
to celebrate Manhattan day on Saturday
Everybody is talking about that day. and
it is expected to be second only to Chicago
day itself. All railroads report tonight
that they are breaking records for excur-
sions between this city and Gotham.
Mayor Gilroy of New York, Richard
Croker. Joseph j. O'Don oghue and many
other prominent New Yorkers are already
here and more are coming,
Chairman Mcdowell Of the Colum-
bian liberty bell committee is actively
engaged in an endeavor to have the new
liberty and peace bell take prominent
part in the celebration in Jerusalem IN the
opening OF the twentieth century.
The national bankers convention con-
tinued its sessions to-day and listened to a
large number of papers on financial ques-
tons. Among those who read papers
we're: Horace White. New York; II. o.
Leech. Director United States Mint;
Joserh C. Hendricks, New York; Sidney
Sherwood OF Johns Hopkins University !;
George E. Leighton, st. Louis; James 81.
Trip, Marathon. n. Y; Joseph johnson,
Birmingham. Ala; Frank c. Hillard,
Sherman, Tex, on various phases of the
money question. The preponderatiDg
opinion expressed in the papers was in
favor of the gold standard.
A resolution offered by E. n. Pullen,
vice. president of the National Bank of the
Republic of New York, condemning Con-
gress for failing to pass the repeaI of the
Sherman law, was adopted by unan-
imous vote.
NJ. M. White of Cincinnati, president of
the Fourth National Bank of that city.
was elected president of the ass ocaton
for the ensuing term, and vice-president
was selected from each State and Terri
tory.
The associated exhibitors in Machinery
Hall at the Worlds Fair gave at Kinsley's
tonight a banquet in honor of Chief Of
Machinery L. W. Robinson, chief engineer
of the United States navy. The floral
decorations were beautiful, the principal
piece being model of the United States
cruiser San Francisco, set In the center of
the main table in sea of forest violets.
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New York. A magnificent silver dinner
service was presented to Robinson by the
assoca' ed exhibitors as a token of appre-
citation Of his work at the head Of the de-
partment.
The South Park Commissioners and the
Worlds Fair Council OF Administration
held prolonged conference tonight. Two
things were positively and irrevocably de-
cided. There will be nc fair next summer,
and the Park Commissioners will hold the
Worlds Fair directory strictly to the re-
quirements of their 100000 bond for re-
storing the grounds.
The report of Mrs. Matilda B. Carse on
the financial status of the woman's temple
was the topic of interest at the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union convention
to-day. 1t was finally adopted unani-
mously with slight alteration. The dis
cnssion developed much heat aud unmis-
taxable signs of hostility to the temple
scheme. Many questions were asked. but
all were apparently satisfied in the end.
Memorial services and miscellaneous ad-
dresees occupied the remainder Of the ses-
sion.
EThe total of admissions to-day was
1856, 7O5, of which 307,4 paid.