Show Worlds Fair Finances CHICAGO Sept IThe national board of commissioners of the Worlds fair and also the lady managers will meet tomorrow One matter to come before the commission will be the question of how to avoid a de licit of about 23000 in the appropriation for this year Probably this will be accomplished by cutting down salaries President Palmer already has agreed to give up his 5000 salary and Director General Davis voluntarily submIts to acutelY acut-elY 3000 Twelve thousand more will be saved by dispensing with the April meeting meet-ing ingA local paper says the finance committee is considering a proposition to ask Congress Con-gress to make the fair management a loan of 5000000 taking a mortgage on the receipts re-ceipts In any event as the government has provided for giving medals and juries of award Congress will be asked to appropriate ap-propriate enough money for medals and awards 300000 to 700000 i I Traffic Manager Jaycox has been advised ad-vised by the Pacific Coast Steamship company com-pany that all the lines which they represent repre-sent will grant half rates on exhibits to and from the exposition The Southern Pacific railway has made the same announcement an-nouncement Elliott F Shepard Dr Patton of Princeton Elott ton college General Howard and other widely known representatives of the Sab bath union arrived in the city tonight They will present to the national commission I commis-sion a request that the Worlds fair bo kept closed on Sunday |