The herald., 1893-05-28
THE FIRST OPEN SUNDAY
Great Crowds Will Visit the
Worlds Fair Today.
Six Hundred Thousand Tickets
Ready for Use.
A Bill Of Injunction Filed to Prevent
Sunday Opening.
Argum ents on 1t Not to Be Heard TIL
Wednesdav-Cbief Justice Fuller
to Be Present at the
Hearing.
Ru the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 27.-Tomorrow, the
fret open Sunday at the worlds fair,
promises to be great success. Every
body connected with the exposition was
busy all day preparing to handle the
largest crowd yet on the grounds, to-
morrow. Six hundred thousand tickets
of admission have been prepared for
use, and all the transportation routes
have their entire facilities ready for ser
vice tomorrow. Word has been received
from the general surrounding towns
that excursions will be run, and alto
gether, with fair weather, which is now
promised, there is evary prospect OF q
successful day.
SATURDAYS ATTENDANCE.
Notwithstanding the heavy clouds
which hung over the White City today,
thousands came out early and their
number increased until it is estimated
there are $4,000 on the grounds to-
night.
The italian section of the liberal arts
building was opened today. 1t is very
attractive, the exhibits of marble and
bronze statues, wood carving and jewelry
being particularly fine.
THE BILL OF INJUNCTION.
The expected bill for an injunction to
prevent Sunday opening of the world's
fair, was filed today by United States
District Attorney Milchristin the federal
circuit court. The district attorney does
not ask for temporary injunction, and
arguments on the bill will not be heard
till next week. There is nothing IN the
action to prevent the opening OF the
| gates tomorrow.
! The district attorney preferred to wait
| till the arrival of Chief Justice Fuller
before bringing the case to an actual
! hearing. Before the filing of the bill
| there was a brief consultation between
Milchrist and Edwin Walker, attorney
for the exposition. They then went be
fore Judges Jenkins and Groscup. and
! the hearing was set down for Wednes-
day in order that the echief justice might
sit with them. The bill was then taken
to the clerks Office and filed. The en-
tire proceeding took but few minutes,
and a mere handful of people was pres
ent when the matter was disposed Of
The bill declares that when the fair was
dedicated it WAS turned over to the ma
tional commission for the United States !;
that the act appropriating money for the
fair provided that it should not be
opened on Sundays; that the national
commission has the power to modify the
rules promulgated by the local directory !;
that the Sunday rule adopted by the
directory last October, after accepting
the donation from the government, was
modified by the national commission go
as to provide for closing the gates on
Sunday. This rule, the bill claims, is
still in force, and neither the commits
sion nor the directory, nor both togeth-
er, have the power to change it.
woULD-BE cLosERs.
Boston, May 27.-Revs. W. F. Crafts
and Joseph Cook, representing the ma
tional and state Sabbath organizations,
today telegraphed President Cleveland,
in view of the dilatory course of the
United States district attorney in Chi
cago, asking him to issue proclamation
closing the gates of the worlds fair, and
send troops to keep them closed till the
courts can act.
THE WAR DEPARTMENT ANNOYED.
WASHINGTON, May 27.-The war de-
partment is annoyed by the insinuation
from certain quarters that two troops Of
cavalry ordered from Fort Smelling,
Mimi, to Chicago intended to take
some part in enforcing the decree against
the opening of the fair on Sunday. Act
ing Secretary Grant SAYS they were sent
to Chicago simply to perform some me-
cessary guard duty, and points to the
fact that the troops will not arrive at
Chicago until after next Sunday, the date
which is expected to be critical in the
history of the exposition.