Show VEL SII H MllS1CA FE TIV ALi AL-i I First of the Kind Ever Given in This Country I THE BIG WHITE CITY Judge of Awards Eigbee Is Found Guilty and Will Be Let Out This Will Be Wisconsin Day and a Big Time Is Expected In Honor of the Badger State Governor Peck Present CHICAGO Sept 5The weather is fair with a cooling breeze The feature of tho day at the fair was a parade of the finest specimens of live stock reviewed by Governor Gov-ernor Flower New York and Hon Chauncey M Depew and the opening of a the great Welsh musical festival in Festival Festi-val hall with what is known as Gorsedn of Islae of Great Britain the first of the kind ever given beyond the shores of that country Prior to the session of the Welshmon at Festival hal a dozen numbers of the te Bardic order met on the green before the geen to government building Bwfa Mon Chief Bard of Corseda mounted an unhewn stone called MaenLlog and read a dispensation issued by the arch druid permitting the Fisteddifod at the Worlds fair and autborbing Hwfa Mon whoso other name is Rev Roland Williamson Presbyterian clergyman from Wales to establish a branch of the Druid organization organiza-tion in this country The proceedings were all in the Welsh tongue and designed de-signed to bo just as the ancient Druid priests conducted them centuries ago Interest in the festival hall session centers in the male chorus competition organizations in which contain the cream of Welsh singers from Wales and this country The national commission had another fruitless session today and unless a quorum can be got together tomorrow an adjournment for fifteen or thirty days may be declared The special committee appointed to investigate the charges against Frank Higbee judge of awards charged with having tried to extort money from a safe exhibitor in lieu of a prize submitted a report finding tho accused guilty and recommending his discharge Owing to the lack of a quorum no action was taken Governor Pattison accompanied by hia staff the famous city troop of Philadelphia Philadel-phia and first battalion of Pennsylvania naval reserves arrived today to take part in the Pennsylvania celebration Thursday Thurs-day Governor Peck of Wisconsin will ba the honored guest tomorrow at the fair It is Wisconsin day and a big time is expected ex-pected in honor of the badger state Saturday California day will be elaborately elab-orately celebrated great preparations having been made by representatives of the golden state Not the least of the features will be the distribution of fruit ten carloads of that acceptable commodity being on its way from California to be given away that day Total admissions today 169939 of which 140934 paid |