The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-07-15
Will BCLOSEDON SUNDAY.
Worlds Fair Directors Decide to
Shut the Gates.
THE REASON WHY GIVEN
Employees Required Disproportionate
to the Number Of Visitors.
Vote of tho Local Directors on the Cues
ton Was Overwhelming in Its
Fayor-The Order VIII Go In
to Effect on July IS.

CHICAGO, July 14.-The Worlds fair
is to be closed on Sunday after July 10.
The admissions of next Sunday have al
ready been donated for the relief of the
families of the firemen who lost their
lives in the recent fire on the grounds,
and but for this fact the fair would prob
ably have been closed next Sunday. The
vote OF the local directors resembling its
former action was overwhelmingly in
favor of closing, standing 24to 4. When
the meeting of directors was called late
this afternoon, addresses strongly advo-
eating Sunday closing and signed by
most of the leading Chicago clergymen,
were read.
After several speeches in favor OF clos
| ing, resolutions were adopted setting
| forth the fact that the action in opening
| the fair was taken in response to urgent
appeals from persons and organizations
representing large majority of the pub
\ lie as we'll as from stockholders Of the
corporation, and also in accord with reso-
iutions adopted by the city council OF
Chicago, etc., and it now appearing by
actual admissions that the general public
does not by its attendance manifest a de-
| sire that the exposition be kept open each
day, and if the exposition is kept open
Sunday, will require the attendance of
more than sixteen thousand laboring
men and women, employees of the expo
sition and others.
And it further appearing that the num-
Der OF laboring men and women whose
services are required to keep the EXPOSE
ton open on Sunday is disproportionate
to the number of visitors, all previous
resolutions of opening on Sunday are
rescinded to take effect after the 10th in
slant.
Large quantities of disinfectants were
sprinkled over the ruins of the cold stor-
age warehouse to keep down the stencil.
No more bodies have been found yet,
though the officials in charge of the work
believe from the odor in the neighbor-
hood of the smokestack, that more will
be found there when they succeed IN get
ting the tangled mass Of pipes and ma
chinery 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, and escorted by body of firemen,
Columbian guards, army officers, police
and exposition officials. Catholic services
were held at Holy Cross church and Prot
estant services at the cemetery.
The French section of the fair today cell
tebrated the anniversary of the fall of the
tDaSblie Will SICTb SpeeCueS dili JULIET Il p-
propriate exercises.
Immediately upon assembling today the
national commission went into executive
session to take action in the matter OF the
seat in the commission of New Mexico
between White and Webster.
Tomorrow morning Homing pigeons to
the number of 200 will be liberated in
front of the government plaza. The birds
are selected from upwards of 1000 offered
and come from many cities of the United
States.
Total admissions today were III ,SO6, OF
; which 1913 paid.
Andrew Alderman of the Worlds fair
presented financial statement of the ex-
position to the directors today, covering
period to June 80. A note accompany
ing the statement says the receipts since
July are over million dollars, and 6
large reduction has been made in the
floating debt since that date. According
to the statement the total gate receipts
were g, 121, $50; total expenditures
500. $40, $50; operating expenses for May
$6O9, 1888, and receipts, S719, 402. During
!. June the estimated receipts were
81 ESQ, $50, and expenses, S642, 921, leav
ing balance for the two months o
81, 271 Al.