Evening star., 1899-04-14
System and Activity Apparent at
Peace Jubilee Headquarters.
PROGRESS MADE IN ALL THE PLANS
Evidences Of Increasing Interest in
the Celebration.
WORK OF COMMITTEES

Peace jubilee affairs continue to move
along with harmony and activity that more
and more assures complete success for the
great celebration May %, "a and 25 and
another week is expected to see all the
plans completed, The contracts for the
rious features awarded and actual work
upon the substantial part of the celebration
being pushed to completion. To an expert
enced observer the hustle and energy dis
played at headquarters of the jubilee are
very similar to that which charac terized
the inaugural celebration headquarters a
couple of years ago, and the excellent sys-
tenn then apparent is equally noticeable
now. Business methods characterize every
thlng done at headquarters and Vice Chair
man Thayer and Secretary Bulkley have
become so familiar with everything in con-
necfion with the jubilee celebration that
they have the details virtually at their
hngers' ends. Every letter is answered i'm
medlately upon receipt; each communica,
ton Is at once acknowledged, and there is
no deiay permitted in any direction.
Interest Growing.
Evidences of the great interest the gen
eral public here and elsewhere is taking in
the celebration are manifested every day.
ALREADY Chairman l.. p. Wright of the
committee on accommodations has received
apphcatlons from persons desiring to Sc
cure windows from which to view the
jubilee parades, and Vice Chairman Thayer
was asked today to reserve seats on the
stand for parties who wish to see the fire.
works display.
The various organizations in the District
also CONTINUE to show their interest in the
celebration. This morning Adiutant w H.
Peck of John A. Logan Post, G. A. R.,
notified the secretary that A B. Frisbie
W. II. Peck, A. Getman, A. Dawson and
E. ii. Grant had been appointed to serve
on the general committee and j. E. Snow
designated as member of the executive
committee.
Committee Meetings of Importance.
The finance committee will meet tonight,
and Chairman Nailor desires every member
to be present and submit a report of the
contributions received by him. He also
urges all subscribers to favor the celebra-
ton by sending in the amounts promised
as soon as they conveniently can to Secre-
tary G. A. Whitaker at headquarters.
The committee on civic parade, of which
VIM. Dickson is chairman, will also meet
tonight, and many important matters will
come up for consideration. The question of
securing a harmonious effect in the decora-
tive features of the parade, it is believed,
will be settled, as a report is expected from
the subcommittee having this in charge,
which is presided over by Augustus Davis.
Reduced Railroad Rates.
The railroad committee, at its meeting
yesterday afternoon, decided to use every
effort to secure further concessions from
the railroads beyond their present agree
ment to give a one-fare rate for towns
within a radius of 250 miles, and to secure
also an extension of the time in which such
reduced-rate tickets will be valid.
Chairman L. NJ. Saunders presided, with
Leo Simmons vice chairman, and J. y.
Cauldwell secretary, and additional mem
hars w IN u-a a cd to INIT tta. ar,l
have accepted were announced. They ware
Henry e. Davis, A. A. Birney, Corcoran
Thorn, Alexander H. Bell, D. w. Baker,
Leon Tobriner and B. F. Leighton.
The committee on decorations and iHumi-
nation also held a meeting last night.
Chairman NJ. Dyrenforth presided, with
Arthur D. Marks, secretary. Maj. NJ EN-
met Urell was chosen vice chairman Bids
from four parties, and the lowest will be
recommended for acceptance to the execu-
tive committee tomorrow night.
A subcommittee, consisting of c. T. Ru-
dolph, Chas. Goldsmith, R. P. Andrews, A.
C. Steinbrenner. Charles Hebron P II.
Hieskell, Phiander Belts and j. L. Ergood,
was created to consider the placing of
searchlights ON high buildings during the
jubilee nights.
Meetings Today.
The committee on music will meet at
headquarters at 80 o'clock today.
The executive committee of the commit
tee on historical pageant has been called to
meet by Chairman V. Baldwin Johnson at
s o'clock tonight at the Hotel Fredonia.
The purpose of the meeting is to select sub
committees to take charge of the several
divisions Of the pageant, these subcommit-
tees to select the individuals who will as
sumo the parts of the historical characters
in the respective divisions, and attend to
other important details.
Gen. COrbin Cannot Serve.
Gen. H. c. Corbin, adjutant general of
the army, has sent letter to Mr.. Knox,
president of the executive committee of
the peace jubilee, in which he says
Il find it absolutely impossible for me
to give my duties chairman of the mill
itary committee the attention necessary to
make the undertaking a success-the sue
cess l, with all others, so much desire.
The work here is of a character requiring
constant attention and will not admit of
my longer entertaining the thought of
being Of use to you. So / beg that you re-
lease me, designating some who has
the time to give to the work in hand"