The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-30

Many other names are expected to be
added today and If more are secured
than are necessary to win the pennant,
a return match game will be played by
moonlight. ar
One of the first rules adopted by the
management was that but one umpire
could be killed at a time and II the
selections already made are not Sufh-
cient to complete the game, volunteers
will be accepted from the reserve corps.
so that there is nofdanger of the sup
ply being exhausted. The mascot is al
ready en- route to the city on his bicy-
Gle. He is coming in that way to first
test his powers as a. mascot on himself.
Undertakes will be present with bar
rels of chemical wash ito embalm the
remains of umpires, OF those who may
die on the foulnesss Off the atmosphere.
A police station will also be in full
operation on the grounds.
The football game will fill in the time
during the intermission in the base
ball exercises, while the embalming Is
in process. None Of the. participants in
the football gameliwi11. be allowed to
wear wigs except the. captains and their
wigs will be respectively black and
blue as emblematiefofs the condition of
the team when the game IS over.
Members of the club who go home
to lunch have challenged those who
lunch at the club for the tug of war,
and the club champions expect to drill
daily in the club dining room at the
noon hour until the event starts.
The tickets have been placed at fifty
cents, rooters being admitted at the
same price as ordinary people.
The programme in all its details is
vet crude but this outlines the progress
made in few hours since the plan
was devised for an entertainment
which will doubtless add several
thousand dollars to the G. A. r. fund.
The arrangements will be completed in
time to be announced in detail in Sum
days G 10 b e.
The invitation and reception commit
tee Of the G.. A r. met in the rooms
of the Commercial club last evening.
The meeting was presided over by Hon.
A. r.. McGill. and d. L.. Kingsbury was
appointed secretary. This was the first
meeting of this committee and about
20 members were present. The chair
man was directed TO invite the presi-
dent of the United States, members of
the cabinet, judges Of the supreme
court, distinguished officers of the U.
S. army and navy - officers of the
various army organizations, governor
of states, Gen. Beekner and Gen. Cor
don, and such other distinguished per-
sons as he saw fit, to attend the en-
campment. A subcommittee Is to be
appointed to see to- "details Of the work.
A accommodations % come in rapidly
each day at the headquarters of the
accommodation committee and while
not nearly enough accommodations
have been secured, there seems to be
little doubt but that ample provision
will be made for all the fall visitors.
The houses on the hill. which refused
to take any one at all at the beginning
of the summer have been thrown open
by their owners recently, unsolicited,
and it cannot be said of Dayton avenue,
as it was some time ago, that only one
house, within certain distance has
offered accommodations. For many of
the large houses on the street will be
filed during the encampment. An Iowa
post sent representative to st. Paul
yesterday to secure quarters for so men,
probably In zene of the apartment
houses. Orchard, Iowa, will send a post
Of 200 here, which viii be accommo-
dated with quarters in camp. and there