The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-06-01
NOW BEFORE THE COURT.
LF7ay Of Eminent Legal Talent Arguing
on the Sunday Question.
TIE OPENING OF AN ART ROOM.
A German Paper Denounces the Bureau
OF Awsrds-Free Concert siimiy At
tended = Vacant spaces I'm the Big
Machinery Hall show up Badly.

CHICAGO. June IAN immense crowd
Of spectators gathered In the United States
court Of appeals yesterday to listen to the
arguments in the injunction suit brought
by the United States government to re-
strain the opening of the fair on Sunday.
Soon Judges Woods, Jenkins and Gross
cup walked into the court room In process
sion, garbed in their silken gowns The
deputy marshal raped sharply three
times with his gavel and then Judge
Woods announced that Chief Justice Full
Ter had been expected. but that on account
of his daughters illness he would not be in
attendance for several days. Judge Woods
added that Judge Grosscup had decided
not to sit In the case as he was a stock
holder in the exposition. The attorneys
on both sides at once objected to Judge
Grosscup retiring and he finally consented
to serve
The Legal Talent
arrayed ON either side was something
formidable District Attorney Milchrist
was accompanied by his assistant, Judge
Hand, ex-Solicitor General Aldrich, At
torney James Il. High and Attorney David
Fales. On the opposite side were Attor-
neys Edwin Walker and st. Clair. Attor-
ney w. f. Mason was also In court, repre-
senring the interests Of c. w. Clingman,
who has secured an injunction In the state
court compelling the Worlds exposition
to open its gates on Sunday.
Lawyer j. Mckenzie Cleland, represent
ing the firm of Wanamaker q Brown, at
tempted to intervene In the case, but was
ruled out by Judge Woods. District At
torney Milchrist then began his argument
against Sunday opening.
Opening Of . ststuary Room.
The marble room of the German section
in the fine arts building was opened: for
inspection yesterday. The room is filled
with beautiful works of ART in italian mar
BILE. The works were much admired by
the invited guests and the public was ad-
Free Concerts.
The free orchestral concert was given In
Music hall yesterday. the change from
Festival hall being made without any no
tice whatever The crowd was small and
1t was given out by the Columbian guards
at the festival that the concert had been
postponed
Vacant Space.
uIC oiS ohiC bptCcs NuCDlucTy
hall which will never be filled with the
exhibits Austria was given $4,000 feet
and Belgium nearly 10000, but only an in
significant part Of these sections have been
filed. Some Of the other, untitled spaces
have been given up to sewing machines,
on which girls hem and embroider hand
kerchiefs for sale In gaudy colors, but
they can hardly be classed as exhibits, and
the appearance detracts from the represen-
tativs character of the surrounding dis
plays. An attempt was made to fill the
Austrian and Belgian spaces with sim
liar shop show, but Chief Robinson de-
cided that there was enough Of that In this
building already.
Germany Disseminated.
The Vossische Zeitung of Berlin fsays
that sullen discomfort has been created In
local industrial circles by the charge of
awards bureau, which in its formation is
only removed from tribunal The cita-
tion II despened by the reflection of the
fact that 1t was owing to Germany's favor
able attitude toward the Chicago exhibi-
tion that the project for German inter-
national exhibition was frustrated.