Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-06-11
ST. LOUIS GETTING READY
Details Of The Arrangements to Regulate
The Admission.
HUNDREDS OF OFFICIALS TO SERVE
Complete Fire Service for the
Convention Hall.
THE DECORATIONS WILL Be ELABORATE

visiting Thou'ands WIN be Accommo.
dated--A bout'tho Negro Delegates.
st. Louis, No., June o. Sergeant.
alarms Byrnes and his first assistant,
q. N. Wiswell Of Milwaukee, visited
the convention hall to-day and decided
upon a number Of details, such as the
stationing Of inside doorkeepers and
assistant sefIeantg.at-arms, and dis
tributiug thelforce of ushers and pages.
Four doorkeobers will be stationed at
every door, two outside to INSPECT the
tickets as tho crowd passes through,
and two inside to tour Off tho coupons.
In this way, the crowd can be handled
promptly. Each division will have
four ushers and they are to seat all
corners, or at least inspect their tickets.
There arc 40 divisions in tho dress
circles and gallery, making force
there of l60 ushers. The space for the
delegates, altornates, national commit
teemen. newspaper writer's and promi-
nent guests comprise IL divisions, and
each will be provided with Tour ushers.
Then there will be sinai army OF
pages and several hundred se.geants- at
arms
Chief Harrigan has promised Col.
Byrnes a couple OF hundred nnlicemen,
who will be ready to lend assistance if
called upon. They are to take no part
IN disputes until requested Nv one or
moro of the colonels assistants. A
good many of this policemen wall PROS
ably ho atiired AZ private citiz9ls, and
known only to the convention rficials
and employees.
The work Of the decorator DF the
auditorium in about finished, Tho
portraits Of Gen. Giant and Admiral
FArragut were put up yesterdnyi The
great naval commander will loAlsllown
on the meluhere OF the conveniionifrom
tho gallery rafting at tho east cid OF
the hail. Directs opncsiin is n lpor
trait OF Cirn. Phi. Sheridan. rrpres,nt-
lag the army. intoln AID Grant are
on the tWu sides, the first ALMOST
directly over the Fprahpr'R stand Ind
Grant ut ti'c ccGlte o. the south gali,ry
opposite. lIi.hcf tiGa all, jast above
hincoln ia washing on Each IL shr.
mounted by AWr, gHn flags.
tire cnmpqil Is on duty in tho
Auditorium and WIZ bo until after IN,
convention. 'lhcir fire apparatus ia
clilles Il chemical enqinc, with ca,
pacity OF 10 aal0ns nf water. y shoull
der Bahcoebs. 40 feet OF hnse attached
TO water plug at each Of the four cor,
nrrs Of the building ana number Of
ladders. hooks. axes, wire cutters.
ropes and buckets. Tho building has
also a fire alarm box connected with
the central Office OF the fire alarm de
partment
The American Telegraph and 1'ele-
phone Co. will have two long distance
telephones in service ut the convention.
Thirteen telephone wires in all will be
run into the building
Gen. Coleman of tho bureau Of in
formation is preparing complete list
OF all the houses and rooms that have
been registered with him for tho ac-
commodation Of strangers This list
be will submit to Chief of Police Har-
rigan, in order that the police may
make Il personal inspection of each
place. Gen. Coleman has takon this
action to assure himself that no one
coming to ST. Louis during the con
vention will be thrown into bad com
pany.
There are more than 200 houses regis
tered at the bureau, besides hotels and
halls. Daily others are registered,
while requests for accommodations Of
small parties Of visitors also continue
to come in.
ACCOMMODATIONS FOR CoLoRED DELE
GATES.
George Hill, national committeeman
from Tennessee, said last night that if
hotel accommodations of respectable
character were not procured for the col
ored delegates from his State. he would
telegraph them not TO como to the con-
vention.
Some of the members of the local
committee said that the whole matter
would be settled to the satisfaction Of
all the colored delegates All, of
them, they said, would be respectfully
cared for and comfortably housed and
fed
National Committeeman james Hill
OF Mississippi, who is negro, thought
he had secured rooms at Hurst's 10.
tel, but when he returned there last
evening from the headquarters of the
Merchants Republican League Club, he
found the doors barred against him, as
it were. lie was informed that the
clerk had made IA mistake in assigning
him room, every room in the hotel
having been previously engaged. Mr.
Hill took in the situation at once He
quietly paid his bill and took street
car for the home of William II. Dyo,
whore ne will make his home.
MKGNLEY KANSAS BOOMERS.
Wichita, Kan, June a-Amid the
booming of cannon tho Mckinley doc
Grated convention train, with its 40
orators, started for St. Louis last even.
ing, The day was mado Republican
loyefcast and more than 10, 900 visitors
we're in the city. Tho four candidates
for United States Senator John j. In
gals, j. II. Burton, w. b. Sutton and
Saul Vandervort--were present and
made speeches. Three of them were
for SILVER, second to Republcanism,
and one, Mr.. Burton, came out strongly
for the gold standard.
LOOKING TOWARDS CHICAGO.
Chicago, ILL.,, June 8. The various
State delegations TO the National Dem
ocratic Convention arc already select
ing their quarters. The New York
delegates will be lodged at tho Palmer
House. The headquarters will be in
Parlur f. The national committee will
also have rooms at the Palmer. Tam.
many will be located at the Auditor.
ium. 1t will have as companions the
delegations from Mississippi, Ken
lucky, Maryland and South Carolina.
ONer III lHo dnntA, west Virginia,
Washington, Missouri and Rhode
Island representatives will hold forth.
\ number of eastern newspaper cor
respondents will also be located at the
Auditorium annex. The Great North.
ern will house representatives of sew
eral Of tho Now York and Philadelphia
papers. Men who shout for Kansas
have engaged % rooms at the Leland.
Disastrous Iuoendiary Fire,