Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-10

The number of paid admissions TO the eN-
position grounds on June s was 1852.
Bookkeeper Dan Anthem of the Nebraska
commission is on the sick list and is confined
TO his room.
A matinee concert by the Thomas orches-
ira will be given in the Auditorium building
Saturday of this week at 3 o'clock.
The fence Of the ostrich farm on West
Midway was bulged out by the wind. but
was propped up before any damage resulted.
A twenty-foot board walk has been laid
from Twenty-fourth street TO the entrance
to the Main court Just west of fourth
street.
The iron bridges across the lagoon at
Twentieth street have been completed at last
and the work of finishing the approaches VIII
be pushed as soon as the ground Is urE
enough for working.
A force of diapers is at work in the Audi
forum hanging flags and bunting from the
roof trusses for the purpose of improving
the acoustics of the building as well as to
add to the appearance of the interior,
The electric light dynamos were shut down
and covered during the storm. as it was
feared that some damage might result from
the electrical display from the heavens. The
power for the machinery in the Machinery
hall was continued without any mishap.
The Irish American Exposition club is
now established in its permanent quarters
in the Barker block. The rooms will be open
daily from S a. III. to II p. IN. for members
and their friends. The business meetings
in future will be held on Friday evening OF
each week.
The arrangements for concerts on the eX-
position grounds next Sunday Viii be the
same as for last Sunday, including a concert
by The Marine band in front OF the Gov
eminent building at $50 p. m. and on the
Bluff tract at S o'clock. a concert in the
Auditorium by the Thomas orchestra at
/ p. m.
The ~soloists who will sing with the eXposi-
tion chorus in the presentation OF the
Daughter of Jairus' next Monday evening
in the Auditorium are Miss Sophia Markee,
| soprano: Mr.. Holmes CowpeT, tenor. and Nj.
| Henry Kuss, basso. A full rehearsal of the
chorus, soloists and orchestra, viii be neid
| in the Auditorium Saturday evening.
June % has been designated as Montana
dav'' and arrangements are being made by
President Sutherlin of the Montana commits
sion and General Manager ClarksoE for a
| celebration appropriate to the occasion. The
! Montana building will be formally dedicated
| and il is expected that a large number of
people from that state will be present TO take
| part in the exercise.
The water which drained from the East
Midway flowed along the Missouri Pacific
switch until it reached the power house,
| where it carried away a part of the embank-
ment in its journey. which it continued over
! the main track OF the railroad. A section
crew soon arrived, however. and made a
drainage sufficient TO carry 1t away before
any damage to the track had occurred.
The greatest trouble in the leakage of
buildings seems to be occasioned by the clog
ging of drainage pipes on the roofs of the
/ buildings, as we'll as the pipes not being
sufficiently large to carry the large quantity
of water away as 1t falls. Especially was
this so in the Transportation building. A
number of carriages and wagons were wet
considerable, but no serious damage was
done.
Chief Clerk Templeton of the Buildings
and Grounds department has a vivid recol-
lection of the storm. He was using the
telephone in the cottage on the blutf tract
when one of the forks of lightning that were
circulating through the atmosphere at that
time collided with the telephone wire. The
fash was not severe enough TO inflict any
permanent injury, but ii caused him TO drop
the receiver rather more hastily than usual
His ear was slightly burned, but aside from
this and a lingering numbness in his arm
and side he escaped injury.