The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-15
HOT DAY AT THE FAIR.
The Attendance OF Visitors Affected-Work
ct the Scene of the BIC Fire.

HOT DAY AT THE FAIR.
The Attendance OF Visitors Affected-Work
ct the Scene of the BIG Fire.
CHICAGO, July lit was intensely hot
at the worlds fair to-day. and the attend
ance was not SO large ms usual. The paid
admissions were only 7l,472. The visitors
did not linger Oh the streets and winding
ways of the fair grounds. but sonRht shell
ter In the great buildings. where it was
passably cool. Thousands collected In the
shade of the buildings along the lake shore.
where they drank in the refreshing winds
that blew cool and comforting from that
beautiful body of water.
Additional forces of men were put TO
work clearing away the rubbish and ruins
of the fatal cold-storsge warehouse this
morning. There were nearly two hundred
men at work. but SO great and difficult is
the task that even with so great force it
Will probsbly be a fortnight before they
will have it cleared away. No more bodies
have been found. though DR.. Robinson. of
the ambulance corps. aud the chief OF the
sanitary department. are OF the belief that
more Will be uncovered They base their
opinions On the odors that arise
quarter of the building no meats
were stored, and the offlcials believe
that the odors arise from the decayiDg of
human bodies. But above this point of the
ruin there Is piled mountain of tangled
stesmpipes and heavy machinery piled
around with hslf-burned timber& In or
der to lessen the stencil arising from the
rotting vegetables. decayed meats and bnt.
ter the sanitary officers have had the ruin
thoroughly saturated with disinfectants.
During the night gang OF men was kept
at word with sprinklers scattering the
disintectlng fluids in the places where it
will 90 the most good. This was done to
prevent disease of any kind from starting
In tho ruins. as we'll as to kill the odor
The funeral of the eight unidentified VIC
tims of the worlds fair fire took place this
afternoon.
At a banquet given this evening in the
grand hall of the New York State Build.
ing. by John A. Mccall. president of the
New York Life Insurance Company. to two
hundred general insurance agents. it was
voted to contribute 81 900 to the fund for
the families of the tiremen killed in the fire.
The worlds fair commissioner of France,
the consular representative ana the French
Americans In Chicago generally united
to-day in celebrating the anniversary of
the fall of the Bastile. The ceremonies
were quite interesting. though nothing of
@ very formal character was carried out
Addresses were brief and mostly of an i'm
promtu character. The Panorama of Pom
peli. under the management of Sgnor q.
PandOifelli. was formally opened at Mid
way Plaissnce tonight A large number
of invited guests were present and the
affair was very successful
On Saturday morning two hundred hon.
ing pigeons will be liberated. at 9:15 clock,
In front of the government plaza. This is
the first of the comp stitIve flights between
pigeons which will be one of the features
of the exposition. -
Amelia Berg. the German girl who puts
wild animals through their performances
In Hagenbeok's menagerie in Midway
Plaisance. was badly hurt last night by q
new tiger She was trying to make the
brute sit on q stool, and when he refused
she tried to drag him by the fore paws
He was too heavy, and the girl lipped and
fell. The tiger leaped upon her like flash,
and before the attendant conld drive him
away he had lacerated the girps right
thigh In fearful manner. Miss Berg was
carried away unconscious, and although
not fatally injured, will not be able to
walk for six weeks or two months.
Auditor Ackerman, of the worlds falr.
presented the financial statement of the
exposition to the board of directors to. day.
The statement covers the entire period of
the exposition up TO June 80. The re-
oeipts of the fair from the ticket sales and
other sources since July have
been over s1,0O0O0O, and large re-
duction in the floating debt has
been made. According to tho statement
the total gate reoeipts were 81. 121, 600 rs.
including S2s2 4495l received prior 10 May
1. The total ex xpenditures TO June 80 were
S20.6l0. .16O.40. OF this amount S16, 456 Co., SO
Is charged to construction. His estimates,
however, put the operating expenses
for May at 26O9. .SS3.S7 and re-
ceipts at $7l9 402.7l. During June the
estimated receipts were 81. 500 S2O21 and
expenses S642 921.27. leaving balance for
the two months of 81. 1877. .4l7.7s. The ratio
of receipts to expenses since July ], while
not given in detail. Is said to show very
material gain for the exposition, both in
the reduction Of operating expenses and
increased receipts.