The age-herald., 1898-12-14
PREPARING FOR
 PEACE JUBILEE Atlanta Will Have Two Days of Joy and
 R0VOlFy. CITY GAYLY DECORATED President Mckinley and Members of His Cabinet Wlll Attend.
CITY GAYLY DECORATED
GOV. JOHNSTON AND LEGISLATURE
Will Go on a Special Train-Alabama Lawmakers Will Sit With Geor- gia General Assembly and
 Receive the President.

Atlanta, December 13.-The peace jubilee, which opens here tomorrow and will con- tinue two days, is the first demonstration of its character held in the south for years. Then, now, the occasion signalized the termination of a war which resulted bene- ficially to the United States, the event a half century ago being in honor of the re- turn of the Mexican war veterans. Tomor- rows and Thursdays celebration, which will be participated in by President Mo- Kinley, members of his cabinet and the prominent figures of the Spanish-Ameri- can war; promises to be decided success The business portion of the city is hand somely decorated, the enormous "arch of peace" at the intersection of Peachtree and Edgewood avenue being finished tonight.
 Governor Joseph F. Johnston of Alabama and the Alabama legislature will arrive on a special train tomorrow. The Alabama legislature will sit with the general as sembly of Georgia and receive the presi- dent at o'clock. Miss Wheeler, Miss Julia Wheeler Miss Carrie Wheeler, and Major w. D. Beach and Mrs. Beach, are also among the arrivals The two days of the jubilee will be crowded with events from the time of the presidents arrival tomor- row morning until his departure Thursday night.
 Reception of President a
 First will come the reception of the pres ident by the executive and reception com mttees, followd by the breakfast at the Kimball House.
 After this, MT Mckinley and party will go to the capitol where he will be received by Governor Candler and escorted to the house of representatives, after which he will hold a public reception in the rotunda. When that is over the president will pro- ceed to the intersection of Ponce de Leon avenue and Peachtree street, where he will review the floral parade.
 reception at the Capital City club at 9 o'clock will conclude the events of the day.
 The great pageant of the jubilee will be the military and civic parade of Thursday. The Fifteenth Pennsylvania and the Third New Jersey regiments, which, are to come from Athens tomorrow morning; the Mo- Pherson battalion, the Fifth Georgia mill tia, the Atlanta artillery, the Governors s Horse Guard and number of local com panies will be in line. The Atlanta Legion, Confederate Veterans, will escort General Joe Wheeler in the parade. After review ing the parade the president and party will be the guests at luncheon of the Piedmont club, and at 3:30 the chief executive will address the public at Piedmont park.
 The Big Feature
 Undoubtedly the feature of the jubilee will be the banquet at the Kimball Thurs day night. Covers will be laid for 300. The list of speakers includes all the notable per- sonages of the government and those of prominence in the war.
 Admiral Schley late today wired Hon. Clark Howell that he was unable to be present. His place next to the president will be filled by Secretary Long. Hon. Jo- eaDh w. Railay of TaXaS DroVpptad from attending owing to the illness of his son, the response to his tosat, '"There Is No Mi- Jority In Patriotism" has been assigned to Congressman Evan Settle of Kentucky. F eneral Chaffee finds it impossible to come e Atlanta, and Hon. John M. Allen, who i'll in Washington, will also be absent from the banquet board. Colonel W. J. Lryan, who hoped to be present, has wired