Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-18

d. m.-Bellstedts Concert band at the
Auditorium
Olympia running over submarine mines at
Cavite." at the Lagoon.
p m.-Indian sham battle and wild west
a. 80 T" p. m.NBelstedt's Concert band at the
Auditorium.
The board of directors OF the Greater
America Exposition Tuesday afternoon de-
cided that the gates of the White City
should not close until october 81 and that
the closing day and night should witness
one of the greatest demonstrations ever seen
in the west. The meeting was called to
order by President Miller there being
eighteen members present, exactly quo
rum. Immediately after the call TO order
was observed, Mr. Nash moved that the
board go into executive session and the mo-
tion prevailed.
The first thing done was to discuss the
situation and the matter was thoroughly
covered by several speakers who were op-
posed to closing the show, no matter what
happened. They all were of the opinion
that the best plan was to see the Exposition
to its close, hoping by judicious advertising
and the placing of proper attractions to
pay off most of the outstanding obligations.
The idea of closing, it was stated, would
never 40, LOT lnp moment IL WAS DIodCuSu,
it would bring all the concessionaires and
creditors down on the management like a
pack of hungry wolves and there would be
all sorts of trouble. After listening to the
sentiment Of the speakers motion was
made to keep the exposition open until Oc-
tober 81, naming that day as Omaha Day.
This met with unanimous favor and then
it was decided to make one grand effort for
| the last day. With this end in view COM
mittee, consisting of the following, is to con-
fer with a committee from the Commercial
| club as to the best methods: Messrs Kill
| patrick, chairman; Emil Brandes, Rome
! Miller n. A. Kuhn and Fred Paffenrath.
! This committee will meet at 10 o'clock this
| morning at the Commercial club rooms to
talk over the proposition 1t was stated in
! the meeting that the stores of Omaha would
| all close on that night and that other or
ganzations would interest themselves in
seeing that the closing day and night would
outshine in numbers and enthusiasm any
! that had been witnessed at the Transmits
| sissippi Exposition Of last year.
During the meeting large crowd of en-
| ployes and other interested parties congre-
gated about the building, anxiously await
| ing word from the closed doors. The con-
cessionaires were especially eager to hear
| the result of the meeting. There was di
vision of sentiment among them, however,
| some being anxious to close and others
swearing vengeance if an attempt were made
| to terminate the show. One man said he
would bring suit the minute an attempt was
made to close. He said he had been COM
PEELED to keep his show open by a contract,
while he had been losing money all summer
and now he proposed to see that the Ex-
position kept its side of the contract. Still
another Midway man said he would like to
get away, being perfectly satisfied with the
amount of money he had already lost The
employees, to whom there are due yet bal
| ances of greater or less proportions, were
also on the anxious seat to see what turn
affairs were taking.
The outcome of the conference met with
favor generally, however and the conf
dence expressed by the members OF the
board that they would be able to raise sufi-
| cient cash to liqudate the greater part Of
| the obligations reassured everybody and
| the prospects for the next week Immediately
! took on rosy hue. The surprises promised
| by President Miller did not materlalize,
| they being held in store for more definite
| knowledge.