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Show THE MIDWINTER PAIR. , Items from our regular Correspondent. Corres-pondent. It has.becn definitely decided thai the ofnclnl ceremonial opening of the California Cali-fornia Midwinter International Bpol-tlon Bpol-tlon stikll lake place on Saturday, Jan. 27. This decision has been reached after a careful consideration of all tho clrcum-stancesand clrcum-stancesand there U full nssurnnceon the partot thoBowhonrc in charge of the preparations that everything will bo In readiness nt that time. Tho great lire ntthcColumblaiiKxpo'iltlon on the night nfJan. H did not damage the exhibits Intended for transfer to San Franslco, except that n few casci In which they wcro iacki-d wero pretty Well drenched with water. Luckily however, the contents con-tents of the caso were not Injured, and, as ft matter of fact, such n very small proportion of the Midwinter display remained re-mained unshipped at the time of tlio lire that tho delay wilt not lie aggravated on Its nccount. Before this letter is read tho lust carload of exhibits will have left Chicago for San Franslco, and before time nlso, the scores of other carloads which aro now on (ho way to San Fran-bIco Fran-bIco will havo been unloaded lnth- Sunset Sun-set City and placed in position In the different buildings In which they have been unsigned n locntlon. Governor Markhnui will declare tli0 day n legal holiday. Mnvor Bllert will Issue n proclamation closing all lunnlcl-pal lunnlcl-pal ofllccs, ns far ns possible, ami calling upon tho business m'en of tho eily to closo their stores. The National (lunrd will turnout In fulf foiec, nnd every civic and fraternal society In the city will participate In the parade. There will bo moio bands of nuisie than bav.o ever been seen in a San Franslco street parade, and It there Is not a bigger turnout turn-out of ;illrens, in the city and at the Bxiwsltlon grounds; ns well, than has ever lieen called forth by any denionsta-lion denionsta-lion on tho Puclllc Coast, the expectations expecta-tions of thousands of thoso who have judged the temper of tho community will bo gileveottslr disappointed. The official opening certmouies will take plate on the grand stand which is now being erected for that purpose, ami for utilization afterward in connection with athletic sports on tho Becrentlnn Grounds. This stand will accommodate 7,000 pvoplo and thopojuhice ran lo nc-H nc-H it 16 ihtTuiiubef ottwur-"''---- Theiowlll ho chortadrefOCH by Governor Gov-ernor Markhain, Mayor Kllert and Director Dire-ctor General do Young. Mrs. do Young will press tho button that shall set the inachlnciy in motion, Tlio oration of the day will he read by General W. II. L. Barnes, the orator par excellence of the l'nclllc Const, nnd tlio exercises will coucludu with a rendition of "Aiuei lea," played by the unllid bandsof theF.xpo-sillon, theF.xpo-sillon, in which the voices of the entire nsscmblngs will join, nnd to which will hu n great gnu accompaniment from lb0 throats from n batlery of nrtlllery stall oned iiH)U tho Kxiosltlnn giouude. Theseare thogeneinl plaiu for tho official opening ceremonies. It is expected that tho crowd In attendance on that occasion willmoro thanoqual thntwhlch witnessed tlio ceremony of breaking grounds, when fully "fi.OOO people gathered gather-ed on tho bit of wilderness where, four short months, a veritnble city of palace has been milled. |