Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-05-28
Worlds Fair Officials Prepared for
An Immense Crowd.
HALF A MILLION ARE EXPECTED
By the More Enthusiastic, and
Tickets for 600, 1000 Have Been
Prepared - Excursions From
Towns About Chicago Will
Bring Thousands - Working
People Preparing to Attend
Arrangements for Feeding the
Multitude.
A.,o.ia..a Pres, Worlds Fair Special.


CHICAGO, May 27,-The sun went
down in a beautiful red sky thls even
Ing, and. according to the old heoralc
rule, tomorrow, the first open Sunday
at the Worlds Columbian Exposition,
will be bright and clear.
Every body in connection with the
Fair hat been busy all to-day perfectlng
arrangements for handling the largest
crowd that has yet attended.
This morning the Bureau OF Admis-
sions ordered three hundred thousand
tickets to be distributed among the dif-
ferent booths and Offices tomorrow, but
late this afternoon, when the prospects
for a clear, warm day tomorrow became
bright the number was doubled.
The railroads, surface and elevated,
cable, steam and electric. are preparing
to put on their entire service OF engines
and cars.
Word has been received from the sur
rounding towns that large numbers will
attend from each OF them. The work
ingmen, the pleasure seekers and the
tourists from abroad are preparing to
visit the greatest educational exhibition
this continent, il not the whole world,
has ever seen.
Director General Davis believes a
quarter Of a million of people will at
tend, while others Of the Worlds Fair
officials estimate that the crowd will
number from 200, 900 to 100000 people.
Every one of the fifteen entrances to
Jackson Park will be open from s
o'clock in the morning until 10 o'clock
in the evening. There will be no SYM
phony or orchestral concerts tomorrow,
but the music on the grounds will be
THE SAME AS ON WEEK DAYS.
Secretary Wilson, OF the Bureau Of
Music, said that Sousa's marine band
and the Chicago and Cincinnati bands
would give concerts in the pavillions
and on the wooden island as usual.
The restaurants about the grounds
are making great preparations to sur
nish feod for the crowds that are eX-
pected. They do not intend that the
inconveniences of the opening day shall
be repeated If it is possible to prevent
them. EStrs stoctS Of provisions. are
being put in all the 'storehouses and all
the employees are ordered to be on duty.
Midway Pleasance is also making ar
rangements 10 entertain the people who
are expected to flow in on them. Every
village and restaurant and private CEN
cesson is getting in readiness and build
ing additions to the treasury boxes in
anticipation of great days business.
provided the railroads will do the
fair thing, one Of the biggest days at
the fair will come between July Of and
90" said representative OF the Amer
lean Commercial Travellers Association
to-day when talking of Drummers' Day.
"There are 200, 900 Of u.s." he continued,
land we are all Worlds Fair enthusi-
asts. We recognize that this Fair is
the finest thing that ever was held,
from a traeeling mans standpoint 1t
will give US all an opportunity TO see
what the other fellows are doing, and
thereby give US the points In argument
which can be best used on the prospect
i've customer"
THE SCHOOL CHILDREN.
In force came to see the Worlds Fair
to-day. The action OF the officials in
reducing the price of admission for the
young folks to % cents has been pro-
ductive Of big increase, and Saturday
has beon put down as weekly "Chil-
dren's Day" The attendance for the
day was about IS, 600.
The fourth week has been handicapped
by bad weather, and while not reducing
the average attendance for the month,
IT. will not tend to make the increase
material. The railroads continue TO
stand out for high fares, and this no
doubt is keeping people away from the
Fair, and they will remain absent until
there is material reduction and excur-
sion trains are inaugurated. Strong
pressure is being brought to bear upon
the railroads by thu Fair officials. The
action of the State Commissioners in
declaring the Fair now fully open will
have a good effect, and big Increase
in the attendance may be reasonably
EXPECTED TO BEGIN JUNE l.
Pedro Almido, Worlds Fair Commits
sIcner in charge OF the Portuguese ex-
hibit. was found wandering about Lake
avenue this morning, with his mind
completely unhinged. The unfortunate
stranger had SO, 500 in his pockets and
wore over 1000 worth OF diamonds.
He has been stopping at the Lake Front
Hotel. The police took charge OF him
and notified his friends.