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Show ADD1T10HALTELEGRAPH, Tin: Moni.irs iaiiu Tliu Vtotb el IlreuealhiK (lelnc ) lillrs lumliiK, Ciiicauo, Oct. IB. Notwithstanding Notwithstand-ing tbe Uiicourageinent of n drlzillng rain today nud k strong notth wlnJ, tliu work of dccoratluir for dodicatlon exercises went steadily on. Visitors by tens of thousands and including nil sorts and conditions of people have poured Into thu city all clay long. Militia oflloore aro to bo seen overy-wlieru overy-wlieru und Undo Barn's troops nru gathering rapidly. Uovrrnor Tuttle of New Hamhlre; Ooemor Heynolds of Delaware; Uovernor J-'lower of New York; Uuveruor JtUMell ot Alnwaobu-setts; Alnwaobu-setts; (Jovemor llrnwn of Maryland havu already arrived. Uovcrnor Drown of Kentucky was still another arrival. Governor llronu from Ithode Island, (lovcrnor Illicit-ley Illicit-ley of Connecticut and Uovcrnor Uov-crnor Peck nf Wliconsln and stall. Thu Milwaukee. famous light horsn squadron which marched from Mllwauki a to Chicago nru al-o here. Uovernor Markham of California, Califor-nia, and Governor Weir of Washington Washing-ton nre at the Urand l'acirie. Mayor Wathburnu today leued n proclamation proclama-tion declaring Friday a municipal holiday In honor of thn dedication, lliu Bunday closing provision of the Congressional appropriation was vigorously vigor-ously discussed at today's session of thu national commission and resultej lu a couipleto victory for thu ndvueatea of aslxdajs lair. Tho dedicators after a tedious delate, decided that In accepting accept-ing the government appropriation they formally agreed to the Bunday closing provlsluu and would present rules containing con-taining 11 Bunday closing clause. Blstecn hundred tickets to tho dedicatory dedica-tory ceremonlee, sent from tho ofllco of Brcrelnry Culp, nru lu thu hands of speculators. A largu number ot forge d tickets aru also out uud being sold at high prices. Thu feature of tho day's meeting of tho national commhslon of thu Columbian Col-umbian exposition was a fiery address by ex-governor Walker, ot Connecticut, Connecti-cut, demanding that tho military paradu on Friday lu held In thu heart of tho city where people generally could tee It. A reeolullou to that effect was prescntuj. Mr. Allou of the commlltoo on ceru-monies ceru-monies said thu drslro of the commission commis-sion would be considered and that a military paradu through thu stre-ets would bu 1 rcparcd If It waa pueslUc. THE 1IOAIIO OP I.AIIV MANACIEIIS altu held a meeting todsy. After somo prellmlnsrlcs Mrs. Putter Palmer read a leport decltrlng that thu work ot tho board was prcgnsblng satisfactorily. Mrs. Pnlmer said thu board en-counteied en-counteied groat difficulty In eullitlng the cc-o erntloii uf women lu foreign for-eign countries, especially In thu far cait, whera thu uuly remit cf clloits ruado was an Intimation that women wr not allow od louicudlo with tuch nflitlrr, nud, uven If allowed, hid not culllclent knowledge to undertake tho work with lutclllgvnce. Bbu announced that thoboirdhaj Invited pro4tltlon for the ubllca. tlon of a tiuwspapcr to be sold on thu fairgrounds to bu edited and prlntol by women and devoted to their Interests. Inter-ests. Ilesolullorsof condolcnco with Preside Pre-side nt Harrison wctn t auoJ, and after hearing a number ct Interesting and satisfactory reports tho hoard adjourned. adjourn-ed. I'.llllun (or I'ener. IIALTlMoitr, Oct. IS. In tho Epla-ropal Epla-ropal council this morning n resolution resolu-tion was adopted that a petition lu addressed to the various governments In favor of aiblliatlon of international dltTerencer. Tho petition Is to Lu distributed dis-tributed for signatures among tbn Chrlitlan societies assembled nt Chi-csgodur,lng Chi-csgodur,lng the World's Fair. Aildiri) tu e.oloira Vol.K. IniiiaNaimlis, Oct. 18. Thuexecu-tlvo Thuexecu-tlvo committee of thu national negro larlll reform assoolatlou, organised hero yesterday, was ungaged this morning preparing an address to the colored voters of thu UulloJ Btatej. They wilt urge the colored mun to vote thu Democratic ticket. operiMnt. llllir la Work. Als.U(JU)-.U()UK,N'. M., Oct. IB. The Atlantic and 1'aclllo railroad operators ctfered ts go to work last night, but wera refused by Superintendent (labul who says hu cau run 11 mouth without tho operators. All tho trains nru running on time, (label la supposod to bo In communication with heal-miartera heal-miartera lu Chlssgo. |
