The National tribune., 1900-08-09

Executive Director GAR. Encampment.
to arrange programs that for numbers
and spectacular affects will surpass any
thing ever heard or seen in this city. For
example: There will be children's chorus
of 5000 voices. This chorus will be
formed in the shape of an immense Amer
lean flag, the clothes of the participants
carrying out the color design.
The first concert in the great Coliseum
will be Saturday night, Aug. %. The 9th
ers will be Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday of tie following week. The
new Coliseum is in Wabash avenue, be-
tween 10Th and 10th streets. During
these concerts it will be magnifcently dec
GRATED, and a special program is being ar
ranged for the opening night. The EXecu-
tive Committee also made an appropria-
ton for the Committee on Religious Exer-
cises, which will hold a big children's
mass meeting in the afternoon and patri-
at night on Sunday, Aug. 26. President
Mckinley and other distinguished guests
will attend these services. Prof. Katzen-
berger will furnish chorus of 500 young
women for the afternoon, and the Apollo
Club will be asked to sing at night. Among
speak at these meetings are Commander
in-Chief Shaw, Chaplain McCabe, Bishop
of the NJ. Z. Church; Bishop Moore,
Bishop Thomas O'Gorman, of Sioux Falls;
Bishop John Stanley, Of Fargo, n. D.;
e1-Gov. Beaver, Of Pennsylvania, and 9th
ers. The complete program is in the
hands Of Bishop Fallows and Charles Il.
Macloon, Chairman and Secretary of the
Religious Exercises Committee. A double
force of men is now employed upon the
completion of the Coliseum; and Stewart
Spalding, Secretary of the Coliseum Com
pany, says that the structure will be fin
tshed by the middle Of August. Plans
were approved and appropriations made
for the big sham battle to be held In
Washington Park on Thursday afternoon,
Aug. 80, in which 1,200 men Of the 1st
and I'd Regiments, 100 members of the 1st
III. Cav, complete mounted battery and
several bands will participate. 1t Is eI-
pected that $4,000 rounds of ammunition
Will be used. The committee in charge
Of this affair consists Of Coils. Ganborn,
Stuart and Young.
AVENUE OF FAME.
Plans were also approved for the Ave
nue. of Fame, which will stretch the entire |
length of the line of march, exclusive of
the Court of Honor. This will consist of
large portraits of the heroes of the civil |
war stretched across the streets. The list |
as now arranged includes:
Lincoln, Sheridan, Logan, Gen. w. s.
Rosecrans, Gen. Joe Hooker, Gen. w. S. |
Hancock, Gen. j. B. Mcpherson, Gen. |
Godfrey WeitZel, Gen. Franz Siegel, Gen. |
T. Z. G. Ransom, Gen. Lyon, Gen. Slo- |
cum, Gen. Scott, Admiral Farragut, Ad- |
miral Foote, Grant, Sherman, Gen. Geo. |
G. Meade, Gen. A. E. Burnsides, Gen.
Gen. Irwin Mcdowell, Gen. Geo. B. Nc
Clellan, Gen. r. ]. Oglesby, Gen. r. B. |
Hayes, Gen. Garfield, Gen. Curtis, Gen. |
Fremont, Admiral Porter, Admiral Dahl |
gren.
The Duchess dArcos Is coming to Chi |
cnnciai of bn nd
Army Encampment Committee. When the
Duke d'Arcos, Minister of Spain, was
invited, he Immediately sent his accept |
snce to Gen. John G. Black, Chairman
OF the Committee on Invitations, stating
that the Duchess d'Arcos would probably
come in a private capacity. The invita-
ton committee, by return mail, officially
extended an invitation for the Duchess
d.aroos, and yesterday her acceptance was
received. A suite OF rooms has been Sc
cured for this party at the Auditorium
Annex. This party will arrive on Sat
urday, Aug. p.
Col. William Jennings Bryan and party
have also been assigned to the Auditorium
Annex. Gov. G. NJ. Barnes of Oklahoma
was heard from yesterday. He is com
ing. An acceptance was also received
from Congressman Marsh.
In anticipation Of the big crowds ex-
pected here and the demand for accom-
modations every G. a. r. Post In the city
has organized q committee to canvass the
city by wards for rooms and board for vet
srans and their friends.
LIvING-FLAa.
Prof. Gabriel Katzenberger Is now or
ganizing his big living flag choruses to par
ticipate In the war song concerts at the
Coliseum, the childrens patriotic religious
exercises in the same building Sunday af-
ternoor, and for the living-fag, which will
sing on the grandstand at the southeast
corner Of the new postofiice site during
the parade of Tuesday. The latter will
consist of more than 1000 young women
and children. The Sunday afternoon cho
rus will consist Of 500 picked voices for
his chorus of young women, and the
chorus for the war song concerts will num-
Der 1000 picked voices. In each of these
places the choruses will be dressed In red,
white and blue and arranged in tho form
Of an immense flag. The work of re-
henrsal began Monday. 1t is TO be no easy
task to handle these big rehearsals and to
facilitate matters the singers will be di
vided into about 20 classes, conducted by
q teacher, pianist and leading singer. The
ehoruses are to be organized from volun-
teers.
RAILROAD RATES.
At the general headquarters of the
Grand Army Encampment hundreds Of in
Quiries are being received daily as to the
railway rates to be in force during this
affair. A. matter OF general informa-