The herald., 1893-07-15
ONLY ONE MORE OPEN SUNDAY,
Worlds Fair Directors Change
Their Action.
Sunday Opening Tried and Found to
Be a Failure.
romorrow's Receipts to Be Donated to
the Relief Fund for the Ill-Fated
Firemen-Funeral of Eight
of the Victims.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 14.--The worlds fair is
to be closed on Sunday after July 10th.
The admissions of next Sunday have al
ready been donated for the relief Of the
families of the fremen who lost their
lives in the recent fire on the grounds,
and but for this fact the fair would
probably have been closed next Sunday.
The vote of the local directory rescind-
ing its former action was overwhelm-
ingly in favor OF closing, standing "a
to4.
When the meeting of the directors was
called, late this afternoon, an address
strongly advocating Sunday closing. and
signed by most of the leading Chicago
speeches in favor OF closing, resolutions
were adopted setting forth the fact
that the action of opening the fair
was taken in response from earnest ap-
peals from persons and organizations
representing a large majority of the
public as we'll as from stockholders of
the corporation, and also in accord with
q resolution adopted by the city council
OF Chicago, etc. 1t now appearing by
actual admissions that the public does
not by its attendance manifest desire
that the exposition be kept open Sun
day, and if the exposition is
kept open on Sunday it
will require the attendance of
more than 10000 laboring men and
women, employees of the exposition and
others; and it further appearing that
the number of laboring men and women
whose services are required to keep the
exposition open on Sunday is dispro-
portionate to the number of visitors, all
previous resolutions of opening Sunday
are rescinded, to take effect after the
10Th inst.
The weather was still hot and steamy
at the worlds fair grounds this morning,
in spite of the storm last night. but
nevertheless it is estimated that $4,000
people were in the grounds before noon.
The total admissions for the day were
Ill, ,S06, of which II ,3l3 were paid.
Tomorrow morning homing pigeons
to the number Of 200 will be liberated
in front of the government plaza. The
birds have been selected from upward
of 1000, and come from many cities of
the United States.
Large quantities of disinfectants
have been sprinkled over the ruins of
the cold storage warehouse to keep
down the stencil. No more bodies have
been found yet, though the officials in
charge of the wreck believe from the
odors in the neighborhoed of the base of
the emokestack that more will be found
there when they succeed in getting the
tangled mass of pipes and machinery
cleared away. The funeral of eight of
the victims OF the FIRE took place this
afternoon. The funeral car was drawn
by eight black horses, escorted by a
body Of firemen, Columbian guards,
army officers, police and exposition OH
cials. Catholic services were held at
the Holy Gross church hnd Protestant
services at the cemetery.
The French section of the fair today
celebrated the anniversary of the fall of
the Bastile, with short speeches and
other appropriate exercises.
Immediately upon assembling today
the national commission went into ex-
ecutive session to take action in the
contest for the seat in the commission
from New Mexico, between White and
Webster.
Auditor Alderman of the worlds fair
presented financial statement of the
exposition to the directors today, cover
ing the period up to June 3oth. A note
accompanying the statement says the
receipts since June 1st were over ST.
100000, and large reduction was made
in the floating debt since that date.
According to the statement the total
gate receipts were $2,121, $50. The op-
Grating expenses for May were $609.SS3,
and the receipts $719. 9.402. Total ex-
penditures, $20,610, 100. During June
the estimated receipts were 81 $50, ,S20,
and the expenses s642,921. leaving
balance for the two months of 81 ,l27 All.