The record-union., 1893-05-04
THE WORLDS FAIR.
CONSTRUCTION WORK MUST BE
FINISHED BY MAY 18th.
Anything Necessary After That Date
Must be Done During Hours
the Fair is Closed.
Special to the REcoRD-US1oS.

| Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN
CHICAGO, May 3.-Director of Works
| Burnham to-day issued general order
that all installation and construction
work must be finished by May 18th, and
anything necessary to be done after that
| date must be done during hours when
the exposition is not open.
The piano muddle is at a standstill.
The Council of Administration still main
tains that it has jurisdiction, and the Ma
tional Commission has not Withdrawn its
order commanding Director-General
Davis to exclude pianos made by non
exhibiting firms. The Judiciary Com
mittee of the Commission wrestled with
the problem until late this afternoon, and
brought in majority and minority re-
port, the former signed by Massey, st.
Clair, Garvin and Allen, recommending
the rejection of Burton's resolution that
the council had no jurisdiction. The mi
nority was signed by Burton and Humid
ley, and held that the council had no
legal jurisdiction, as the matter was not
properly referred to it, and recommend
ing that the whole subject be referred to a
joint committee of the commission and
directory. The reports were made
special orders for tomorrow.
Then the Sunday-closing question came
up, in the shape of report from the Ju-
dietary Committee on a resolution offered
by Eobock of Iowa asking that the Sun
day-closing question be referred to the
local directory. The Judiciary Commit
tee reviewed all previous action on the
subject, and found that the question is
settled, unless the commission hereafter
lawfully makes an order modifying its
former rules. The committee therefore
reported against the adoption of the Iowa
mans resolution. The report will be
discussed tomorrow.
4 large number of the National Com
missioners do not favor opening the gates
on Sunday, and it is hardly probable an
effort will be made to amend the former
rule by striking out the Sunday-closing
clause. There is some talk to the effect
that the local directory may take the
matter out of the hands of the National
Commission and open the gates. It is
said tickets are ready for use on Sunday
next, and all preparations have been
made to open the gates without annouuc-
ing the fact until it is too late for legal
interference.
THE NAVAL VISITORS,
NEW YORK, May 3.-The Admirals and
senior officers of the visiting squadrons
will start for Chicago at 9:10 P. NJ. to-
morrow. The party will number about
eighty. There will be very few naval
officers, as the trip is intended for foreign
ers. The party will be guests of the New
York Central Railroad Company and
Wagner Palace Car Company from here
to the Worlds Fair city. They will be
entertained by the city of Chicago two
days, and will return to this city on
special train furnished by the PennsyI-
vania Railroad.
Four of the American ships sailed
away, according to programme. They
were the Charleston, Concord, San Fran
cisco and Yorktown. Afterward the
Reina Regente went to the BROOKLYN
Navy Yard to have her hull cleaned.
The caravels are still anchored off
Ninety-fourth street, and the business of
boatmen in that vicinity is quite
lucrative.