St. Paul daily globe., 1893-08-28
REUNION OF STATES.
UNIQUE WORLDS FAIR PROGRAMME
FOR OCT. 8.
ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRE.
Great Parade Of States, in Which
Each Is to Be Represented by
as Many Children as Each Has
Counties-The Finances of the
Fair Have Decidedly Bright
er Look

CuIeAGo. Aug. 27.-The following
letter has been sent by the city author
lties to the worlds fair commissioners
of every state and territory.
The city authorities having decided
to celebrate Chicago day at the fair
Oct. (the anniversary of the great
fire. it devolves upon them to arrange
"oSramme commensurate with the
d,-nity of the occasion and our great
metropolis. To this end, special
feature entitled The Reunion of the
States has been projected, for the pur-
pose of exhibiting to the world the mag
nitude of our reunited country. To
carry out this plan, the pa
triotic and Immediate cooperation
of the citIZenS of all the states is neces-
sary. 1t has been suggested that each
state board undertake the management
of group to represent its particular
state. Should it be necessary to call in
additional assistance, OR to appoint a
committee of ladies and gentlemen, this
might be done by our board. In view
of the slight
Expense for Costumes,
it is expected that the persons partici-
pating will furnish their own dress. In
the great parade OF states each state
will be represented by as many youths
as there are counties in each state and
bearing the shield Of the state, each
group to be preceded by eight Or twelve
young school girls representing the
chief cities, some bearing floral broken
hoops above the head, some olive
branches and other devices, the stand
ard of the state represented to be borne
in front of each group"
The three judges having unde 7 con-
Sideration the prayer of the exposition
management for dissolution of the
Clingman injunction being prevented
from handing down their opinion in
the case owing to press of emergency
business, the gates were open today.
The attendance was little larger than
that of last Sunday, but the total only
served TO reduce the daily average for
the week, as it has done on every other
Sunday but one. Buffalo Bill and his
men came in during the morning and
paid visit TO the West Point camp.
This, together with
The Dress Parade
of the cadets at o'clock in the evening,
was the only feature which relieved the
monoiony of a quiet. sultry day. The
total paid admissions for the week Just
closed were 1,007. 166, making the week
ending Aug. 26 the banner week of
the fair. This total exceeded that of
last week, which previous to this time
held the first place, by 2lo.4l0. Includ-
ing Sunday. which now cannot be coll
sidered regular day, the attendance
the last week has averaged 63.7l9.
There are Sixty-siX more days till Oct.
81. Based on the daily average of 49,
252, the total for the remaining SiXty-SiX
days would be 9, ,454 ,632 paid admissions.
At so cents this would give total of
S4,727,3i6 in receipts. Adding TO this
80 per cent for the profits on conces-
sions, the total is Sc. .209,2G4. Deducting
the operating expenses of $4,000 day
for the siXty-Six days, the net receipts
for the remaining period will be S5.4l7,-
2G2. This amount will not only suffice
to pay the $4,000. 900 worth of bonds, but.
after paying S50).000 of floating indebt-
edness, will still leave balance on
hand.
Missouri is to have her day at the fair
next Wednesday. The exercises will
take place at the state building, begin
ming at 9 p. III.
As on the past three Sundays there
was no special feature at the fair. and
the attendance was small. The all
missions were 1885. of which 20,551
were paid.
The japanese village on Midway
Plaisance will close tomorrow. The
| Japanese say that they are unable to
| meet the % per cent of gross receipts
demanded by the worlds fair directors
and must quit. Their village has been
one of the most attractive shows on the
! PlaiSance.