Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-08-08

WORLDS FAIR LETTER,
Bright, Newsy and Interesting
Events Of the Past Week
at the Fair,
w. ID. BoYCE CORRESPONDENTS BUREAU /
COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION, Aug. 1898. I

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Judge Stein, of the superior court,
Wednesday morning decided that the
Worlds Fair directors and officers
who had been directly responsible for
closing the exposition gates Sunday,
July 23, had violated the injunction
granted IN the Clingman petition and
were consequently guilty of contempt.
He ordered that Directors Gage,
Hutchinson, Henrotin, McNally and
Kerfoot should be fined $1,000 each
and stand committed to jail until the
fine was paid. In the case of Direct
or Victor f. Lawson, the court held
that officer had voted in belief that
the injunction had lapsed and was not
Intentionally guilty. In view of this
mitigating circumstance fine of
800 was imposed. Director-General
George r. Davis was held less direct
ly responsible, and was fined $3.50
with the same provision regarding
payment. Messrs. Massey, Forbes, st.
Clair and Higinbotham were regard
ed by Judge Stein as instruments for
the execution of the directors ruling
and were discharged. Director Ma
than was also discharged. Attorney
Eddy, representing the fair company,
moved for an appeal from the courts
ruling and at the conclusion of the ar
guments Judge Stein granted the
appeal.
Descended from line of Kings, the
maharajah of Kapurthala, who arriv-
ed in Chicago Thursday, is as demo-
cratic as an American citizen. He sat
in the main corridor of the Winder-
mere hotel Thursday night and chat
ted for all hour with the members of
his suite and newspaper men. He is
young, of commanding presence, and
speaks English fuently. 1t is the
English of native with no foreign
accent. The maharajah's name is Jat-
jat Jit Singh and his official title is
raja inrajgan, king of kings. He is
nearly six feet tall, his frame is muscu-
lar and his face of very intelligent
order. He wore gray frock coat
and trousers of gray. His color is
light, lighter than most of the Indian
princes His head was completely
covered with the large Hindoo turban.
In the particular of headgear only
does the garb of the royal Indian Wis
itor differ from the conventional
English dress. With the maharajah
came his favorite wife, who always ac-
companies him on his travels. Others
of his party are Lieut.-Col. G. f. Mas
sy, the political officer of the Indian
empire, who represents the Empress
Victoria: Milan Aziz Bakbsh, the min
of the revenue of Kapurthala; Lala
Dowlut Ram, the maharajah's private
secretary; Capt. Sundar Singh, of the
royal army and director Of the hospi-
tails; Major Nihal Singh, aid de-camp,
and the msharajah's physician, DR..
Sadig Ali. There is also in the party
the valet of the maharajah and his
Hindoo cook.
Citizen George Francis Train is
now at the fair. He came TO Chicago,
he says, to save the great exposition
from financial ruin. The citizen at
tracted much attention as he was
driven through the city in an open
cab. He wore white linen suit, q
white neglige shirt patent-leather
pumps and straw hat. Around his
waist he wore nine-inch-wide GRIM
son silk sash. The Sovereign of
Madison Square" never shakes hands
when introduced. lie is afraid that
some of his psychic force will leave
his body. Thursday, as is his usual
custom, he carried large bunch of
water lilies, ono of which he gave to
every one to whom he was introduced.
His face, though brown as that Of
sun-baked Bedouin, wore continual
smile, and the citizen was happy.
Hawkeye editors pinned ON red and
yellow badges at the Mecca hotel
Thursday morning and then came to
the fair. Two hundred of them, with
their wives, daughters and friends,
passed through the gates and made
for the Iowa building. The party was
one of the largest state associations Of
newspaper men that has visited
the exposition, for when they
took their seats in the special in-
tramural train which Paul Hull placed
at their disposal they filed six cars
and each car held 100. The Iowans
made the circuit of the road and then
held meeting in the assembly room
of their state building. Lafayette
Young, of The Iowa State Capital,
Des Moines, presided and introduced
State Commissioner j. W. Jarnagin,
who is editor Of the Montezuma Re
publican and president of the Iowa