The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-19
CH1CAGo's NEW COLISEUM.
Big Building VIII Be Dedicated
Grand Army Week.

CHICAGO, Aug. 1S.-(Special.)- 1.-THE
new Coliseum, one of the largest build
mgs in the United States, will be dedi-
Gated Grand Army week. The inaugural
feature VIII be monster military
and war song concert Saturday night
Aug. %, under the direction of the Coli
scum company, at which President Nc
Kinley and other distinguished guests
will be present, including the Duke and
Duchess of ARGOS and others who will
be in the city to attend the encampment
1t will be thrown open to the public
on Sunday afternoon and evening for the
patriotic religious exercises now being
arranged by Bishop Samuel Fallows.
chairman, and Charles R. Macloon. sec
rotary of the religious exercise commit
tee. These programmes will include pa
trlotic addresses by notable men, music
by military bands and monster chorus
under the direction of Prof Gabriel Kat
zenperger. The services for afternoon
VIII De for children, and the programme
Tor the evening will be for older folks
President Mckinley will be present at
each Of these services. The president
Will also attend the reunion of ex-pris-
oners of war to be held in this big build
ing on Monday night. Every night dur
Ing the remainder of the week will be
devoted to the monster military con-
certs by Phinneys United States band
notable soloists every night All of these
concerts are under the auspices and en-
dorsement of the local G. A. R. commit
tee.
The new Coliseum will be 300 feet long
lou rect wide and have seating capacitv
OF 1V'oOO people. 1t is located on Wabash
avenue, between Fourteenth and Sixtaan-
IN streets Its construction is absolutely
Ate-proor. 1t has self-supporting roof
Ordered with immense arches giving the
interior full sweep from wall to wall
without pillar or post. 1t has one great
balcony arranged around the four walls
OF the structure. The main floor seats
are to be arranged so that they can be
removed in short time and stored below,
giving an immense cleared area larger
than that of any other building in the
West. The structure will have twenty
exits, five of the largest ones being on
WABASH avenue side. The interior decora-
lions are to be bright and cheerful; and
at night the structure will be blaze of
light from above, the contract calling for
nearly 1000 incandescent lamps strung
along the arches, with $50 arc lamps sus-
pended In and about the building From
the above description it will be seen that
the new Coliseum has been erected along
mammoth lines. 1t is large enough for the
largest Of conventions and is marvellous
ly constructed along the lines of safety.
1t Is more than big enough for national
political conventions, is ideally construct
ed for horticultural shows, flower, horse
and dog shows, or for industrial EXPOSE
lions, or cattle and agricultural shows,
such as Chicago has been without for
several years The structure has been
supplied with the most modern of ma
chinery in the way of heating, lighting
and ventilating-in fact, no expense has
been spared in making it a modern build
Ing In every respect When it is formal
iy opened Saturday night, Aug. Is, Frank
0. Lowden, representing the stockholders,
will make the presentation speech deGi-
eating the building to public usages, and
Mayor Harrison will formally welcome
the opening of the structure in behalf of
Chicago and her citizens.
The new building is owned by the
Coliseum company, corporation organ
lied by Chicago and Iowa capitalists,
viz, Charles F. Gunther, is president;
Congressman ]. A. T. Hull, of Iowa, is
vice president; Stewart Spaulding, of CHI
cago, is secretary, and John Gibson,
president Iowa State Savings bank, Cres-
ton, To-, is treasurer.