The Washington times., 1894-08-24
CITY WILL BE BEAUTIFIED
Business Men Decorating Their Houses
in Honor of the Pythian Host.
NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS PLEDGED
Tents on the Monument Grounds Will Be Up
To-day-Plan for Locating the Divisions
in Camp-DistributiOn of Reception Tick
ets-The Commercial Parade.

Streamers OF red. blue, and yellow, the
graceful folds Of many-hued bunting, and
scores of Old Glories cover the fronts OF many
of Washingtons business houses to-day in
honor OF the coming Pythian host. Within
the past two days every decorator in the city
has been busily engaged in making beautiful
with bright colors the buildings along Penn
sylvania avenue and other principal streets,
and the result is display pleasing to the
most critical eye.
Not only are the local Knights interested in
the coming encampment, but the citizens
generally are anxious TO make the affair
success. This is also evidenced from the fact
that the financial outlook is brighter than at
any time since the citizens committee was
organized. Within the past few days a num-
Der of new subscriptions have been pledged
and several thousand dollars collected on old
promises The finance committee received
the following additional subscriptions to the
encampment fund yesterday; II. B. Denbam
d Co., 50; G. Zimmerman So; Huyler's, SIS;
Wimsatt Uhler, So and Fl. S. Smith, So
The activity OF Wednesday in camp and
around headquarters continued yesterday
At Camp George Washington 100 men were at
work erecting tents, and when the days work
was over more than 500 of the snowy shelters
were in position. The private tents are I0x12
| feet and arranged in double rows on streets.
with thirty-five feet on n side. Mr.. Gardner
has formulated plan whereby the different
commands may locate the exact position Of
| their quarters in camp. At the end of each
row will be an imitation lamp post on which
Will be In large letters the names of the street
Big placards. on which numbers from 10 20
will be painted. are TO be tackled on the front
Of each tent. Thus commander NAV desig-
nate the quarters of his command as being
from tents 20 to 55, in street c, or wherever
they happen to be located.
EVERYTHING N READINESS To-SrGHT,
Gen. Carnahan will be furnished with blank
cards to assign the divisions and regiments
according to Mr.. Gardner's plan. Mr. NJ. A
Bridge OF the McAuley-Peters Company, who
is experimenting the erection of tents. told a
TIMES reporter last night that the work would
be completed to-day and everything will be
in readiness for occuUation tonight Secre-
tary james McNabb, ir. of the camp and
camp grounds committee, moved nto his
headquarters tent Yesterday afternoon and
was busiIy engaged in answering questions Of
number of Knights from Western States
who are here looking out for the interests Of
their brother Pythians. Those who called on
j H..
of Kansas City, and Col. J. d. Roper, OF Hi
nois, and a few members of Colorado
Division, No. Is, of Denver, Colo. Mr..
McNabb could not give them definite infor-
nation IS to their location IN camp because
Gen. Carnahan has the list of divisions who
have applied. and will assign them according
to their seniority of enlistment The general
is expected to return from Fortress Monroe
to-day, and has probably made the assign
ments during his absence. The information
post office,two telegraph and press tents were
also erected yesterday, adjoining Gen. Carna-
hans headquarters The water pipes have
all been laid. closets completed. and wires
stretched to supply electricity for fifteen arc
lights. The mess tents may be put up to-day
and few visiting knights are expected to
arrive this afternoon and tonight Quite a
number of tents are being loored at the ex-
pense OF the occupants, who send the neces-
sary funds in advance.
The camp grounds committee have hired
number OF watchmen, and no more applica-
tions are wanted
Beginning to-day Mr.. Gardner will devote
all his time and attention to the camp and
see that arrangements are completed. so that
the tents may be occupied tomorrow even
ing.
RECEPTION TICKETS GIVEN OUT.
At headquarters Secretary McClintock. of
the public comfort committee, was busiIv en-
gagged in preparing to wind up the commit
tees business previous TO establishing offices
in the depots. The names of Iandladies and
number of rooms and houses have been en-
tered on the assignment cards prepared for
the purpose. and those visitors who apply for
accommodations are quartercd as soon
as possible. Shortly after u o'clock
Mr.. McClintock began the distribution
OF tickets for the supreme lodge re-
ception, and in three hours had dis
posed of nearly 1000. Each invitation
entities a person to three tickets of admission
Three thousand invitations have been sent
out requiring 5000 seats, but there are only
tickets for 9.144 chairs to be disposed of. This
makes a rather complicated and embarrass-
ing state OF affairs, and the only way out of
the difficulty seems to be in the hope that not
more than a third of those holding invitations
will apply for tickets. III this is not done the
committee anticipate considerable troublean
annoyance on Monday night
AT meeting of the committee on ilIumina-
tion aud fireworks held yesterday evening.
it was stated that from the number of replies
received not less than 100 floats and teams
will participate in the commercial parade and
trades display. Among the features OF the
parade will. be two tally no coaches gaily
decorated and attended by coachmen and
trumpeters and a McShane bell foundry float
carrying an imraense bell which will be tolled
during the parade. Two bands will add TO
the attractiveness of the display. and the
Adams Express Company have donated two
OF their wagons to convey musicians in the
parade.
The committee requested President Dun
lop, OF the cable road. to decorate his cars
Wednesday night, but he declined to do this,
stating that il nails are driven into the cars
considerable damage will be done. He may,
however use Chinese lanterns for illumina-
ton. The commercial parade will assemble
at Washington Circle promptly at 7:30 O'Clock
and move down the avenue at O'Clock. The
committee has made this arrangement so that
the horses may be in their stables by $50
O'Clock. Chinese and Japanese lanterns will
be furnished by the committee at wholesale
rates, and all merchants who intend being
represented in line should notify Capt II. S.
Barbour, chief marshal GIG PENNSYLVANIA
avenue northwest, at an early date.
TO DECORATE CONVENTION HALL.
The committee on reception to the Supreme
L odge held what will probably be their last
meeting prior to the encampmenE yesterday
afternoon. Those present were Messrs
Goodhart, Kline. Goodwin. Medford, ThomD-
son, Johnson, Wagner. Foxwell. Davis. and
L. W. Noyes Mr.. Goodhart said he bad seen
the several speakers at the reception and each
OF them have expressed their willingness to
deliver addresses. A letter was read from
Commodore Ramsay, acting Secretary of the
Navy, stating that it is impossible for him to
officially detail seamen from the Navy
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