Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-07

MIN vigorously for the first time.
Waller Is working up the audience into a
state of ugliness. He threatens that the
eastern democrats will fight the silver men
hereafter if they turn down Senator Hill.
Kisses and cries of expostulation come
from every side. HIS defiance meets prompt
response, and murmur of sullenness
s"ells an accompaniment to his words
WHERE THE DELEGATES MEET.
description of the Building Erected
for the Convention.
Special From a Staff Correspondent.
CHICAGO, July 7.-visftors to the worlds
fair will remember the location of Buffalo
EMS wild west show. near jackson Park
Inis Is now in the neighborhood of Esd
street, and is the site upon which has been
erected the Coliseum the building that Is
to accommodate the democratic national
convention. The structure has reeently
been rebuilt, and many features added to
IL 10 make 1t available for the purpose for
Which II Is TO be used. The hall will seat
nearly twenty thousand persons and Is
salo 10 possess excellent acoustic proper
TIES. II can be reached from the city by
the trains OF the Illinois Central Suburban
lines, running every few minutes from the
lake front.
When the delegates assembled In the
coliseum today they found themselves in
the most deliberately decorated conven-
tion nall In which a national political gath
ering was ever held. More than twenty
thousand yards of red, white and blue
bunting have been used. Work upon the
nall has been rushed in the past few
weeks. and everything would have been
ready last Friday if it had not been for a
mistake in the selection of the chairs to
accommodate the delegates When these
chairs began to arrive the architect stopped
the men who We're bringing them and told
them to take them away. The chairs were
OF frail make, with folding seats
Inc architect said tkey would never do,
Tor when the silver delegates began to
eh'huse ana dance about on the chairs
they wouldn't last minute He said
ne wanted heavy, solid oak bottom chairs,
that observation-disclosures man could
jump on ali day without breaking
The principal piece of decoration in the
nail Is an American flag one hundred feet
long and sixty feet wide. 1t hangs in the
great vestibule, facing the main entrance.
suspended from, the roof in the hall are
SIX flags eighty feet long, fifty flags forty
feet in length, and large number rang
lns In dimensions from twelve to twenty
nve feet 1t is said that the big flag is the
7 largest ever made. The coat of arms of
every state aud territory are displayed on
the walls A number Of portraits of dead
PRESIDENTS VIII be placed in conspicuous
places in the building. Wagon loads of
ported plants and flowers will be scattered
throughout the hall to put the finishing
touch to the decorations
Inc arrangements for the press are much
better than those that were furnished at
81. Louis. There was universal complaint
among the newspaper workers at the lat
ter convention about the treatment they
received. There were not two dozen seats
out of the four hundred set apart for the
press that were located in advantageous
positions. In this case, however the news
paper workers will be provided for in
much more satisfactory manner and will
be enabled to do their work more readily
The Western Union Telegraph Company
and the Postal Telegraph Company are
making ready to surpass the record of
handling the press matter at the ST. Louis
convention, IL 1t is necessary
Ample police protection has been ar
ranged by the local chief of police, and
large force of detectives from other cities
in the country will be on hand to look out
The tiers of chairs for visitors are so
arranged so that every one is able to see
and hear all that takes place on the dele
gates floor or the chairman's platform.
By day the great hall, the dimensions Of
which four hur dred and fifty by two
hundred feet will be amply lighted by
numerous windows and skyhghts, and by
night more than one hundred arc electric
lamps will furnish Illumination. There is
so much air space in the hall and the ar
engagements for ventilation are 50 vast
and perfect that it is hoped the hot wealth
er. if any should prevail at that time, will
not seriously Inconvenience the spectators.
Accommodations for the various commit
tees have been provided in one corner of
the building, where eommodious rooms have
been partitioned off. 1t is said to be the
most complete convention hail in the United
states.
Appeal for Daniel.
Judge Thomas of Colorado follows in an
appeal for Senator Daniel.
Hill Whitney, Bissell and Fellows are
sitting together. and as Thomas proceeds
this quartet laugh among themselves at
his pleadings.
Another man named Waller takes the
floor and opposes his namesake from Con-
necticut. This fellow is from Alabama,
and is an orator of the fiery order. He
starts of to boom Daniel at a 20 gait.
and rapidly works his audience up into
state of excitement
Jno. r. Fellows of New York mounts the
stage to support Hill. The old-time demo-
crat is but coldly received. He has talked
very bitterly about the silver men in the
last few days. and they resent it.
the part of the gold men toward their sill
yer brethren. The audience listens silently
for a while and not sound of recognition
comes from the people in the vast congre-
CATION. N. o. NJ.
FAMOUS TOOTH CASE.
1t Was Returned and the Affair Dis
missed.
Ezekiel Taminosian, the Armenian lee