The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-25
ANOTHER FIRE AT THE FAIR.
1T VAS Nv THE TRINSPO TI0N
BUILDING AND IT SCARED THE CROWD.
That was A. ont All It hid Dr-ro.morrow |
VIII he ID, srr' bay at the Shcw-Ths |
NIuddicd Sunday Closing oucstion stu On. |

That was AZ out All tt hid Dr-ro.morrow
WIN Be ID, umu, ,rr' Day at the Shcw-.The
Muddied Sunday Ciosing oacstion stu On
CHICAGO July 24.-visitors at the Fair to-day
Rugged the shady sido OF the big buildings.
for the sun was blistering hot. A Iivoly breeze
blew through the park, but 1t was hot one.
and carried no comfort People went about the
grounds with parasol' and UNI rellas up. fans
going and hnndkorchlefs stuffed In their necks.
Once in awhile some one tonplcd over with
the heat and the ambulance dnsho over the
plazas driving ae close az they could to the
pedestrians without running Thorn down. But
with oil those disadvantages the attendance
was good. Crowds began to como early, and
kept It up during the day A great many came
on the boats. tho lake route being the favored
one nowadays for people who have time. The
Indiana editors came that way. and they
brought jolly lot Of peollo with them.
At 80 o'clock this afternoon fire started in
the north en- OF tho Transportation building.
1t was extinCushed before much damage was
done. but for o few minutes the crowd in the
building was panic stricken. They made a
rush for tho doors. evidently having In mind
tho horror OF the Cold Storage Warehouse nre
The rush OF engines and patrol wagons. and
the changing OF their gongs greatly alarmed
people on the grounds. and 1t was reported
that great fire had started
The alarm was occasioned by crossed cleo
trio wires in one OF the exhibits. which set fire
to some light material.
The members OF tho National Commission
made humble and AFFECT apology to-day for
the apparent slight Of the invitation OF the
Board Of Lady Managers to meet them in Joint
session on Saturday and afterwnrd to partake
Of banquet which the Indies had prepared.
Richard Mansfield White brought them to task
tlnir i'm, a Ia al hn
ing. Mr.. White was there. and half u dozen
other Commissioners. but the great majority,
through some inadvertencc. stayed away.
Commissioner Mercer of Wyoming declared
that there appeared to be conspiracy on the
part OF the Local Directory and the press to
force the Commission to adjourn. 1t Ind boen
Commission was com ~ cd of lot Of nobodies.
who were doing little tut drawing their sal-
aries and wasting the funds of tho Fair, In
fact. there was an n abundance OF money. Mem"
hers OF certa in staining committees OF the
Commission. he said, aided the press in scat
useless and expensive. He beloved this to be
outrageously wrong and should be stopped.,
report from the Auditing Committee, r:ado by
Commissioner Holiday OF Kansas. According
to the report. allowing the most liberal csti-
Oct. 81 there will be $500. 900 In the treasury at
the close Of the Fair. The report Of the Audit
Wednesday Is to be Commercial Travellers
Day at tho Fair. with ceremonies in honor Of
Il. Hutchinson. who first proposed such thing.
The idea was taken up by Chicago CouIc II No.
work By it, committeo, Director; General DAVIS
named July ~ TO be SGT apart Tor the drum
mers at tho Fair. This was the first desgna-
tion Of any day for any purpose.
Wednesday Will also BIO Turncrhund day.
and 5000 active Turner's from nll rnrts Of the
country have acceptcd invitation to be pres
ent and participate in exhibitions.
Charles W. Clingmnns Sunday closing in
junction against the Worlds Fair will he re-
vyed Tomorrow. when Attorney ". i. Mason
will appear before Judge Stein and call the at
tention OF tho Court to tho fact that the re-
straining order was violated yesterday. Mo-
tico WAS served on the defendants in the
case. the officials nf the Exposition. and
an order will be- demanded from the Court
why they should not he attached for contempt
OF court. Mr.. Mason lark demanded admit
tanee at the various gates o. the Fail. yester-
day. and obtained ample evidence that tho
park was closed to the general public. Edwin
Walker. counsel for the Fair directors. is away
Eddy. and Gen. j. W. st. Clair have charge OF
the case in his absence. Mr.. Eddy said to-,lay
that steps would be taken this week to settle
the sunday question for good and all.
commands OF tho State Court, said Mr. Eddy
but believed 1t better for all concerned to
close the gates on Sunday. Tho case is 80
muddled at present That 1t is hard to tell
whether the injunction Ia really in force
against TIE Exposition corporation, or the
! consulted regarding the matter on saturday
afternoon. and decided it would be safe to
close the gates yesterday. The way to get tho
question straightened out Is to bring the Gues-
To.day's paid admissions to the Fair were
10. 43S