The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-29
Nearly 100000 Working People Admit
ted to jackson Park Yesterday.
An Orderly Crowd That Spent the Sabbath In
Listening to Sacred Music. Inspecting the
Art Treasures and Other Exhibits.
Government and Many State Buildings
and the British Display Closed.
Most ofthe Downtown Saloons and Hotel Bars
Forced 10 Temporarily Suspend for Lack
OfPatronage-0rder Issued to 'Cyclera
OPEN ON SUNDAY.

OPEN ON SUNDAY.
Worlds Fair Visited Yesterday by an Enor-
mous Crowd of Well Behaved People.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
CHICAGO, May 2s.-Neariy 100 600 people.
after week of toll. came to the worlds
fair grounds to-day and. with souls freed
from care, drank in inspiring music and
feasted their eyes on the wonders. It was
the first open Sunday and it was Q grand
success.
The Sabbath sun was but two hours old
when tho people began to come into the
grounds. All modes OF transportation
brought their quotas. and from the steamer
piers and the railroads came long lines OF
people. But the masues did not all get
there until afternoon. The people kept on
coming the entire afternoon and over
flowed into Midway Plaisance. whose
every show was crowded. After dark the
grounds were lighted up and this. together
with other features of the helllumination. at
traoted still more. and when the crowds
were about ready to go homo . conserve
tive estimste placed their number for the
day and evening at between $1,000 and
crowd, which evidently was of the opinion
that 1t had already been kept away from
it's property altogether too long. and they
took possession In the name OF "toiierS
day."
The music during the day was of an ele-
waiting character. and the band stands
were surrounded by large crowds which
grew ..enthusiastlo over Schuberts 'Sere-
Dade." o selection from "Lohengrin." Gou.
mods sacred song The Sea Green Hill far
Away" the "HalleIujsh Chorus" Wagner's
Hall Bright Abode tho good old hymn.
Nearer. My God, to Thee" and the corona
Pfophese f,Cn The @u.c Sh,cS was con
tinuous from half past in the afternoon
until 10 O'Clock at night. was furnished bv
Sousa's. Cincinnati and the Chicago bands.
FIFTEEN STATE BUILDINGS CLOSED.
Sunday opening. however. was frowned
upon IN the north end of the park. where
the American State buildings are grouped
to suggest o happy and united family.
The multitude of visitors did not throng
the State circle and the few thousandI who
passed that way were not disappointed. ap-
closed. There was SO mVch else to see that
was more attractive than the inside of the
State buildings. most of which are made
up.oalv of 30 many reception rooms. the
doors of fifteen State and Territorial build
ings were locked ''for this day only"
and visitors were generally informed to
that effect by cards. Missouri. Delaware.
New York Virginia. West virginia. Penn
Rhode Island. New Jersey. Connecticut.
Mary land and Massachusetts were among
the buildings which the people had only an
outside view of. Utah had the close sign
on it's door, and North Dakota added to Its
N z,
Monday"
On the doors of the Bay State house was
the following type~ritten legend: by
order of the Great and General Court of
Massachusetts this Is closed on the Lords
day" On the elevated lawn in front of
this building q gardener worked all day.
planting beds of beautiful pausies. When
asked TX he was employed by the world Q
Sunday at the State building the old man
sa,d he was working for q Massachusetts
florist who was exhibiting the pansy beds,
and that Commissioner HOvey bad not told
him TO stop. He added the information
that there was work going on inside the
building, and he exclaimed: This Sunday.
closing business is ell wrong; it's all
wrong" The Maine commissioners had q
sign outside their building which read:
open to Maine visitors and their friends
ignoring the sign.
The State buildings which were open
were those of Illinois. California. Wiscon-
sin., Colorado. MiehiRan; Maine. Iowa.
Ington. Minnesota. Florida, Arizona, New
Mexico. Ohio and Wyoming. The build
ings closed because they are yet unfinished
were those of Indiana. Vermont, West Viz
ginia. Utah. Kentucky. Texas. Arkansas
and Oklahoma.
BRITISH EXHIBITS NOT VISIBLE.
The great carved oak doors of the Vic-
toria House in the British exhibit were
shut. although the union jack fioated from
the roof. Csnada's flag was flying also.
but the doors were closed. and not oven q
sign was put out for visitors to read. New
South Wales supplemented the "closed to-
day" sign with the following unnecessary
words: Keep ont. This means you" "
Even at the India building, which is
chiefly O private commercial enterprise.
tho closed sign was hung ont.
Machinery Hail. under whose domes the
Sabbatarians think the acme Of Sabbath
breaking Is sheltered. was remarkably
quiet place. Two or three high speed and
but one big engine-a buckeye-were oil
that ran during tue day to furnish power
necessary to run the fair and their hum
could scarcely be heard one hundred feet
away. The crowd in this building was not
large. but every other departmental struc-
ture wes jammed. Columbia avenue In
the TRANSPORTATION and Fisheries Build
ings were crowded all day, and It was with
much difficulty o spectator could force q
passage As indicative of the character of
the crowd 1t may be stated that the Fine
Arts Building held the greatest multitude.
Every salon was packed and the foyere
were jammed by quiet and orderly crowd
of picture lovers.
The officials in charge of the government
buildings and the battleship Illinois did
all In their power to show the thousands nj
visitors Who passed by that Uncle Sam
| officially did not approve of allowing Amer.
day the panorama of art and genius or the
| industrial works of the nations. The bic
| painted signs CLOSED" which were used
| originally when the government buildinG
was not finished were placed In front OF
| the doors. and guards were stationed there
! TO prevent people breaking in and disturb b.
| ing Uncle Same peaceful observance of the
| Sabbath. Even "0ld Glory" was down
| from every flag pole. The other structurei
which form part of the United states gov.
| ernment exhibit were closed. and visitor.
were stopped at the entrance TO the nortf
pier by the announcement that the mode
battleship was closed. Marines patrollef
| the decks and few tars were seen cieanins
and burnishing, but no favored civilians
were seen on this ship.
DOWNTOWN SALOONS CLOSED.
The saloons and hotel bars down towr
were practically deserted to-day. Sine,
the opening of the fair the business will
them has been so rushing on Sundays thai
extra bar keepers were employed In man,
| of them in order 10 attend the extra bnsi