The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-02
TICKETS run out.
Four Thousand Will Hear Address
.
of President at Armory Sat
urday Night.
Occupants Of Building Along the
Line of March Requested
to Decorate.

Tickets Of admission to President
Roosevelts address at the university
armory, Saturday night, have been ex-
hausted. Four thousand have been dis
tributed as widely as possible. The 500
Grand Army tickets were intrusted to
Adjutant General Orton s. Clark for allot-
ment to the post commanders, the 900
labor tickets were given to Harry Dix
of the Trades and Labor Council, mem
bers Of the Commercial club received one
ticket EACH. others were distributed
among the members Of the Loyal Legion
and Sons Of Veterans the city and county,
officials, and the regents Of the university.
The remaining tickets were dealt out one
by one to each conner until the supply
gave out yesterday afternoon. -...
The ticket arrangement is very simple:
Only 800 seats have been reserved, SO for
the press, 100 for the Roosevelt Marching
club, $50 for the members of the dinner
party who could not secure seats other
wise The press tickets are blue, the
other reserved tickets red. The ticket
takers are instructed to pass red and
blue tickets at the door and they will
be used to claim reserved seats.
AS no. opportunity will be given to see
the president enter the armory, and posi-
lively no outdoor address will be given it
is not expected that there will be any
crush at the door. ~
Decorate Route of March. .:
The entertainment committee has sent
requests to the occupants of buildings
along the line of march to decorate as far
as possible. The committee is enthus-
lastlc over the plan suggested for Uni
versity aVenue-the illuminate of all win
doWs along the route. The fraternity
| chapter houses will be Illuminated. The
Southeast Improvement association has
| taken the matter up and President F. B:
Chute is looking after this plan. The
East Side high school will be brightly
lighted also
Mayors Secretary Frank Mcdonald to-
day made arrangements with a big Mic
ollet avenue store to furnish a liberal
supply of bunting with which to decorate
the old city hall for the, presidents visit
Saturday. AS the president will not pass
IT the historic structure until after dark
Saturday evening, and consequently will
! not get a glimpse of it's classic outlines.
the necessity of bunting in that quarter
| is not exactly apparent. It is explained,
In this connection, however, that it will
cover up some of the vacant windows and
present a pleasing sight to the thousands
OF visitors who will come to Minneapolis
Saturday just to see the president
The entertainment committee has com
pleted the carriage list for fourteen We.
h1cles and mailed it to Secretary w. H
! Loeb at Milwaukee, -.
At the Hotel Nicollet the dining-roon
decoration will be elaborate and chief,
floral in it's nature William Donaldson
! & Co. have charge of this work. *s'>"
T. Noted Guests at the Dinner.
Acceptances for the dinner are comins
fast. Among the prominent personages
who will sit down with the president are
! Governor Samuel r. Van Sant,roLieuten.
ant Governor Ray w. Jones, Senators Nel.
son and Clapp; Congressman John Line
and Loren Fletcher Of Min1feapolis, J. T
IMcCleary of Mankato, Halvor Steenersor
of Crookston, J: A. Tawney of Winona, G
B. Buckn1an Of Little Falls A. J.. Volstac
OF Granite Falls and G.. r. Davis of St
Peter, Archbishop Ireland, c.. W. Bun1
and G. S. Mellen Of st. Paul; Rev George
III. Bridgman Of HaInline, L.2,W. Bah.
cock of Wadena,s speaker Of the house
Mayor J: c.. Haynes, President .of the
Council David P. Jones and Judge Ell
Torrance of Minneapolis. = @.~
The presidents party will include TWEEN.
ty-four guests. There will be present also
the seven members Of the st. Paul recep.
tion committee and seven. from Mime.
apolis. -. . -.-
The first railroad excursion rate ticket
Tor the Roosevelt visit to the twin cities
was presented this morning to Secretary
r. w. Thompson of the Twin City Pas.
senger association. The ticket was sole
in Eau Claire.
1 Varsity Cadets as Body Guard.
The university corps of cadets has been
asked to act as body guard to Presi
dent Roosevelt at the armory. Owing tc
the limited number of tickets, however
no provision has been made for the
students to hear the address,, but
President Northrop has announced his in.
tentlon OF asking the president to speak tc
the students in the chapel. If any such
arrangement can possibly be made the
student body will meet in the chape
shortly before the close of the regular
program and President Roosevelt will
drive there as soon as he is through
at the armory. He will not be asked tt
make long speech, for the students
will be glad Of the opportunity to hear him
at all. At o'clock the university battery
will fire a salute Of twenty-one guns ir
honor Of the presidents visit. =.