Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-01
OPENED SUNDAY.
The Worlds Fair Attended by 1885,
900 Visitors.
GREAT SUCCESS CLAIMED
The Multitude Drink In Awe-Inspirinp
Strains, Etc Many States. the Gov
eminent and Great Britain
Protest.

CHICAGO, May 29.-One hundred and
twenty-five thousand people after
week of toll took in the fair grounds
Sunday, and with souls freed from
care drank in the inspiring music and
feasted their eyes upon the artistic and
natural beauties of the White city.
while their minds were improved by
studying the works of genius and IN
dustry. It was the first open Sunday
and it was success.
The Sabbath sun was but two hours
old when the people began to come into
the grounds All modes of transporta-
ton brought their quotas and from the
steamer piers and the railroad came
long lines of people. But the masses
did not begin to arrive until afternoon.
Beginning about o'clock the multi
tudes foclsed into the grounds at every
gate and by o'clock 10000 people
were inside the inclosure- The people
kept on coming the entire after
noon and overfowed the Mid
way plaisance, whose every show
was crowded, until the attendance
mark had been elevated to 100,0 900.
After dark the grounds were lighted
up dho OOStGliSi Will oC1lCl
features of the illumination attracted
still more, and when the crowds were
about ready to go home conservative
estimate placed their number for the
day and evening at $4,000
1t was an orderly, well dressed crowd,
which evidently was of the opinion
that it had already been kept away
from its property altogether too long.
nd fhoyr fo01- r,occoSSior ir, 1rp
of ''toilers' day"
The music during the day was of an
elevating character and the band
stands were surrounded by large
crowds, which grew enthusiastic over
Schubert's serenade, a selection from
''Lohengrin,'' Gounod's sacred song,
"There is Green Hill Far Away a
meditation on Bach's prelude by Gou
nod, ''Hallelujah Chorus Wagner's
"HaiE Bright Abode" the good old
hymn, Nearer My God to Thee" and
the coronation march from Mererbeer's
''Le Prophetic" The music, which was
continuous from half past l in the
afternoon until 10 at night, was fur
nished by Sousa's, the Chicago and Gin
cinnati bands
Sunday opening was f-owned upon,
however, in the north end of the park,
where the American state buildings are
grouped to suggest a happy and united
family. The multitude of visitors did
not throng the state circle, a nd the few
thousand who passed that way were
not disappointed, apparently, to find
many of the buildings closed. There
was SO much else to see that was more
attractive than the inside of the state
buildings, most of which are made up
IF SO many reception rooms, the eX-
hibits being in the big buildings that
were thrown open. 4 few of the state
commissioners were left no alternative
but to close the doors o. their buildings,
as the legislatures had SO ordered, but
the great ajority OF the state boards
acted on their own authority in refusing
admission to visitors.
The doors OF fifteen states and terri
torial buildings were locked for this
day only and visitors were generally
informed to that effect by cards. Ma
souri,, Delaware, New York. Virginia,
West Virginia, Pennsylvania, North
Dakota, New hampshire. Rhode Island,
New Jersey. Connecticut, Maryland
ind Massachusetts were among the
buildings which the people obtained
only an outside view of. Utah had the
closed sign on its door and North Da-
kota added to it's announcement the in
vitation: Come on Monday" On the
doors OF the Bay state house was the
following typewriter legend: by or
der of the great and general court of
Massachusetts this building is closed
on the Lords day. Signed. E. c.
Hovey, executive commissioner.
The Maine commissioners had Il sign
outside their building which read:
"Open to Maine visitors and their
friends only" but everybody who
pleased entered, ignoring the attempt
at exclusiveness without absolute clos
ing.
The influence of the Anglican church
was seen by the visitors who desired to
enter the buildings erected by Great
Britain and her ma jestys colonies. All
were closed tight and no person could
be seen inside, which was not the case
with the CLOSED" state buildings. The
great carved oak doors of Victoria
house were shut, although the union
jack fioated from the roof
The officials in charge of the govern
ment buildings and the battleship,
Illinois. did all in their power to show
the thousands of visitors who PASSED
DV CndI I Hc1S Scan1 OIUClstiiN not
approve of allowing American citizens
or foreigners to view on Sunday the
panorama Of art and genius or the in
dustria1 works of the nations. The big
painted signs Closed which we're used
originally when the government build
ing was not finished, were placed
in front of the doors and guards were
stationed there to keep people from
breaking in and disturbing Uncle Sans
peaceful observance of the Sabbath.
Even ''O1d Glory" was hauled down
from every fagpole on the big domed
building. The other structures which
form part of the United States govern
ment exhibit were also closed and Wis
itors were stopped at the entrance to
the north pier by the announcement
that the model batt1eship was closed.
The item stating that the Seaboard
National bank Of New York was in diff
ficulties was a mistake It was the
National Deposit bank that was in diff
6culties with the Seaboard National,