The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-10-01
FOR PGNHSYLVANIA'S DAY
Preparations Are Being Made for
Celebration ut Atlanta.
STATE BUILDING is COMPLETED
Arrangements Arc Perfected at Meeting
ing Held at Harrisburg Speeches,
Paradcs, Fire Orks, etc. Feat.
ures of the Occasion.

Harrisburg. Pn., Sept. 30,-.At the
meeting of the executive committee or
the state commission To the Atlanta
exposition, held here this afternoon,
Governor Hastings presided. Secre-
tary Keeran repe:Led that the Pennsy.-
vania building Is completed. furnished
and occupied. the first state building on
the grounds TO throw open its doors.
Great arrangements are being made
for the observance of pennsylvania
day. on Nov. IA. on the 1lth the state
oSmm!sston with 1.-THE governor, MS
cabinet and s',aff, and no others. Will
leave Harrisburg and reach Chatta-
nooSa the next day. on the 18th the
Pennsylvania monuments at Chicka-
mauga will be dedicated, and that same
day the party Will go to atlanta. on
the 1ith. Pennsylvania day, at IL a.
m. the WGmen's auxiliary will have
meeting in the women's building, which
viii be addressed by Miss Harding,
Miss Mercur and Miss Mary Garrett.
the latter to show the methods of oral
teaching of deaf children. Mrs, Hast
ngs win be in charge of this meeting.
At noon the Zig meeting viii be held
in fror,t Of the Pennsylvania building.
There will be an address Of welcome
from the governor of Georgia, and re-
sponses from Governor Hastings, Lieu
tenant Governor Lyon and justice
of the supreme court, not yet fixed
upon.
Fireworks will BE Exploded.
In the evening there will be a grand
display of fireworks, which will include
pictures of the liberty bell. William
Penn and Governor Hastings. A re-
ception will follow in the Pennsylvania
I III. Il ta-
cabinet and the commission will form
the receiving party.
All Psnnsylvan:ars in Atlanta at
that time will be expected TO be pres
ent. The governors party will leave
Atlanta on Saturday. 1t was intended
al first to take a company of the Ma
t,1nal Guard as a military escort. but
that idea has been abandoned because
of the cost. The governor and party
will occupy two Pullman cars all the
time they are away, both for sleeping
and dining purposes, and 1t is said
that the train will be the finest ever
sent out by the Pennsylvania Railroad
company.
The irtention was to place the lib
erty bell in the logsia of the state
building, but this mas been changed,
and it WI be placed inside .of the
building surrounded by an iron fence.
The hoadquarteis <of the state COM
mission will be transferred from Har-
rlsburS to Atlanta tomorrow.
Womcns' Building Orcncd,
Atlanta, Ca. Sept. S0.--The woman's
building was formally opened AZ Expo
sitiun park today. There was a great
gathering in the auditorium a. o'clock
when the exercises began. Mrs. Albert
II. Cox. leader of Atlanta society.
presided. Dr. /. S. Fopkins opened the
exercises with prayer, and Miss Julia
Morgan Hard,nH the representative
of Miss Elise Mercur, the architect OF
the wCman's building. delivered the adj
dress. Mrs. Joseph Thompson. presi-
dent of the woman's board, received the
building on behalf of the board.
The question of Sunday opening was
settled by an overwhelming vote at the
directors meeting on the exposition
grounds this afternoon. There was a
very full meeting of the board. Cap
tain j. w. English, chairman of the
executive committee. moved that the
whole matter of Sunday opening or
closing be laid on the table. This was
adopted by an overwhelming vote.
1t is not believed that any further at
tempt will be made to open the exposi-
ton grounds on Sunday