New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-09
SECOND WEEK OF THE FAIR.
GOOD WEATHER BRINGS TIE PEOPLE ID
JACKSON PARK.
A NEW AND WORSE PHASE or EXroKIloN IN
THE GROUNDS DEVELOPS Piiibh
CoUzINs's SIDE OF TIE DIsrUTE-A
BOOK TuAr WEEDS KENISIDN.

BOOK THAT NEEDS KEVlsioN'
fDr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRInuNEI
Chicago, May s.-Thc second week OF the great
Fair opened auspciously to-day. as Tar d ."'
weather is concerned 4 golden food OF suns'i'h-
poured over everything warming the COOKIES VI '"'
conccssionairc's7 heart and raising bright Wis
ions of plumber within him. The attcnudh", W
judge from appearances, was greater tlan on any
previous day. Opening DAY excepted Inc "Ii-
fcrent transportation companies all did ialriy we''
though the Illinois Central has thought II prudent
TO reduce the number of its daily trains an" 10
make them up OF five ears each instead oil 'eh' a.
heretofore wild lament over the iallhr" OF TIC
Directors to open the Fair grounds to the puoilc
yesterday finds room to-day in almost every local
paper Some estimate the number of people turned
away from the gates high 3OO,0oO, loss
to the Directory of some $4,000. One journal
argues with great elaboration that four murders
and one suicide, which occurred yesterday, are
directly traccabc to the action of the Directors
This may be IN exaggerated view TO take oil the
matter. but it leads other writer's to declare with
much warmth that if the Fair continues to he
closed on Sunday the city will become "a seth
ing mass of crime"
President lilginbotham. the other Land. says
that he is perfectly satisfied with the results of
morning and believe they were carried out.
do not think there were any sightsccrs on the
ground yesterday. If 50. they must have lied to
work their way in. The gates were ordered
closed, and they were closed" Mr.. II.inbotham
declined TO discuss the question of Sunday clos
ing in its moral relations. would liz answer
the question as TO whether the masses who cam"
70 enter jackson Park yesterday had been more
benefited by attending the sdeshows and saloons
than by entering the Park. As TO what he may
do ncAt Sunday and whether order opening
the gates will be promulgated he would not say
II is generally understood al the Park that the
question will surely mp AT the meeting of
the directors next Friday. liy that time the con
struction work will have been practically com
plctcd. and definite action, one way or the other.
may be expected. That action will be final, and
will rule during the Exposition period.
INvALIDs vICIIM- OF GXTcRTioN.
Invalid- and crpplrs who are forced 10 Use
specially constructed chairs for purposes of loco
notion will in the future be- allowed To wheel
themselves in their own property around the
Worlds Fair ground, Mt the uniform rate Of - 20
Il day The tariff on the us'. of wooden legs and
crutclicS has not Vet brr'. fixed Il has tak'n
the people here Il day TO get the full mean
ing o! this latest cNtor;ion through their heads.
There j. such a sublime nerve" about this thne
of charging a man for the of his own property
that il passed for Il DAY or without protest, hui
now that il has got to J." thoroughly UNDERSTOOD
the irdigndtion of the pcopl" II ahccts - la-i
getting to a white heat There are. unfortunate
~, "a number of people whom accident or di-'as"
has deprived Of the lI>, of THEN lower limbs. ana
who, 10 get around al all. are forced 10 wheel
themselves in specially constructed cllaif-. u J.
not y very satisfactory means oi lp'";i"il"l' hn'
it, j. the best aNalabl" for these Hl"'"
people, AMI without thr-' chairs they ar" pr"'"
caly helpless Connected with the N"r'ls raw
n employees or exhibitors are several oil th''' Nh
foitunacs and mp 10 the mlddl" o' last "e"N inv
were accustomed 10 wheel themselves arouhi the
grounds Since the Fair haJ been opened lev
visitors who are in the same unfortunate phS'-
cal condition have also pres 'nt"d themselves ~
the gates Iut 10 all OF thc-" unluckN ciipp"~
the guards have refused admission IHcN nav
kindly said that TIA" crippl" would ID Howell III
s;dc lint he mus, leave his chair behind him. AMI
~ il is beyond even Columbian "iarh 10 ~
,l,iu bov these visitors wcr, TO get inside with
out their chairs. having II" legs To GET ar"nh'
an they were. pcrforce. obliged 10 remain OUTSIDE"
with their vehicles
The Roller Chair Company ha- the concession
,roun l..~ said the guards. and that was all there
, was 20 ii.
Then the cxtof,ioni-t> who hav" the roller
,.ir coucos,,ou vcr.. appealed to. and they at
ouc. rrcAcntcd what they called a mca>uI" Of r'~
lief They would suggest. they taid. that th''
criunlc. and invalid- havc their armchaiIs AZ
thc catcs and hire those of In" company, "hlch
could he done for So day. wifi an extra - lett
=. deposit for their return hut II these sam"
cripplcs and inyalids were attached 10 th"ir arm
chains. or for any physical reason were nnabl" TO
usc any Others, then the company W""ll all""
them 10 bring their own vehicles insid" the gales
and ,.hcnI Themselves around AZ their own pl as
,.,e ,royidinp Of coir-r, they would pay the
companv - 20 "a day for III" privilege II they
do not want t. stay all day. ia" company Was SIM
WILLING 10 accommodate them AZ the comparatively
,rinins cost Of forty cents an hour. IN "'h'i
words these invalds and cripple must pay toll
IN these "cNtoriionairc, for the use oil tH'ir
own property. the only means Of locomotion when
,ho;r unfortunate PLY ,ical condition has left to
,hcu If they did not care 10 pay this farm
whv. they must leave their chairs outside. though
how tiny were gpin. f. get around Inside without
Them the ext,ltonair,s" did not take trouble
to explain
WAX AMONG Tlir WOMEN.
The wOmcn's war has brokrn out once ni"ir.
Aeain il is Miss Couzn> who hnrls the iiirbrin'
She appeared this morning in tn rooms of the
National Commission and, setting mp ia" ola cIiim
/ IL Icing an cX-onicio member Of It, offered S"'
Of resolutions, which President Palmer dplo'n 'l-
cally but firmly refused to accept. Then There
was great crashing Of teeth which ultimately
| dissolved into tears and -undrv other mrnii'>ta-
tlons Of feminine disappointment. Mise 'o"zihS
grew sarcastic, but President Palmer rrmnin'd OBJ
durate and Mis- COnzns attack failed OF us pur-
nose The rcspluti' MS finally were received ny the
! National Commission in deep silence" ana oth"r
| unuttciablc expressions Of general l"'1ing Oh
trcdncss. in the form Of "A petition. No one
/ knows what will cone nest
/ Mis- Cou2ins ans Ter grievances t"hiiht III
two columns of moro or less intelligent views
which The Dispatch" rrints Inasmuch H. the