The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-30

rfom To number of different attractions
y ih4& ~ Accumuiating for the festival
Woek. December TO ii, Inclusive. In 40.
dltion tothe local attractions already ar
ranged. the occasion gives promise Of being
! very interesting one.
One Of the most important meetings Of
that week will be the gathering Of the
Toxas delegates appointed by the governor,
mayors OF cities and business and CONNER
cial organisations for the purpose Of de-
termining how Texas will be represented
1t the Transmissippl exposition to take
h place at Omaha next week.
The exposition is not an Omaha affair.
It is for the entire world. and President
Mckinley has sent an invitation to all for
eign countries to participate and send ex-
hibite.
The state Of Nebraska has appropriated
500, 900; Illinois. $4,000; Montana, $780,
600. and Colorado, Utah, Iowa, New Mexico
and other States have also appropriated
sums for exhibits, while the National con-
4 cress has set aside 100000 The park
commission Of Omaha has appropriated
$50 .0O0 and this, added to 100000 by the
exposition, will be used in identifying the
grounds.
The meeting OF Texas delegates was orig
inally called for Houston. but at meeting
OF the Business league 1t was transferred
to Galveston, to be held there November
6. but owing to the mldwinter festival ar
ranged to be held In this city December 6
to II, Galveston has kindly relinqulshed It's
claim to the meeting, and II has been called
again for this city
There will also be delegation from
Omaha at this meeting and arrangements
are being made to take these gentlemen on
q special train TO the leading cities OF Texas,
notably Galveston, Austin, Waco, San An
tonic. Fort Worth and Dallas.
Secretary Tom Richardson of the Hous-
ton Business League. speaking Of this pros
pective exposition at Omaha. says In his
opinion II will rival tho Worlds Fair.
Among other things he saye:
There are 80 many TEXTURES that II Is
difficult to cover them ALL The Indians
will be big attraction and so, too, Will
be scenes depicting Western life. past and
present. There's to be a National en-
campment OF militia and regular soldiers,
twenty three National conventions; Cripple
Creek in miniature: crystal wave by
Colorado: n submarine theater; CALIFORNIA;
Niagara OF wine and also Sherman's um-
brella. This will rival the Ferris wheel,
II will be massive mechanical invention
by which passengers ase elevated In cars
from each rib to height Of $50 feet and
whirled around, It is something decidedly
novel and certainly daredevil In Its con-
ception. OF course we VIII have street
similar to the Chicago Midway.
In addition to these meetings at Houston
Secretary George A. Hill OF the Austin
Commercial club Us arranging to bring to
this city during festival week members OF
tho National prison congress Of the United
States, which is TO meet in Austin on De-
cember /. the members to be brought here
while en- route to Mexico.
The Texas Commercial Secretaries asso-
citation, recently originated at Austin. Is
expected also to hold special session in
THE city during festival week.
All OF these different attractions COM
blned will make the week from December
6 to II one of the livelest of the winter
and the citizens OF Houston should make
special efforts TO sec that the visitors to
the citv are prOnerly entertained