The Indianapolis journal., 1893-07-24
THE WHITE CITY DESERTED
Quietest Day at the Worlds Fair Since
the Exposition Opened.
Hereafter No More Freworks-Aug. 90 Will
Be Poets Day-The Kaiser May Not Come
Excursion of Colored People.
,,.c,a, to the 1ns,an.no,i. Journal.

CHICAGO. July 22-The White City was
deserted to-day. and the warm sun shone
on desolste thoroug ghfsres, lonely Colum-
bian Guards and few Inhabitants of Mid
way Piaissnce who had left that cosmo-
politan quarter early in the day to view
the big buildings in the park. The Sunday
closing order was rigidly enforced. and any
person who entered the exposition grounds
had to prove that his presence there was
absolutely necessary. ALI buildings were
closed, and the sign CLOSED to-day" placed
on the doors of few State buildings. was
entirely unnecessary. as there were no per-
sons In the park who cared 10 do any visit
ing or sightseeing. All the electric and
steam launches and gondolas were tied up.
no fountain was playing. the thousands Of
booths were barren of wares and deserted
by the handsome sales W omen. and alto
gether it WAS the most complete
"cIosed Sunday" the worlds fair has
known. No gates were open except
for pass holders. The estinghouse keepers
eudesyored to avail themselves OF the Op.
portunity To clean up their restaurants aud
put everything III condition Tor the crowds
OF the coming week, but She gatekeeperS
were of the opinion that IL was not neces-
one or two exceptions refused TO allow the
workmen to pass In.
There was no trouble of any kind from
persons wishing TO enter the grounds. The
nearest approach 20 disturbance was
at O'Clock, when drunken individual
mounted box across the street from the
Fifty en th- street entrance and called
vociferously for LOCO volunteers TO aid
him In tearing down the section OF the
fence. In order to allow poor Ia boring men
N a fair frAA
man stopped the harangue. however. and
took the old man away IN patrol wagon.
The crowds outside the gates. along Stony
Island avenue. were small during the en-
tire day. and the numerous side sho VS. did
no business.
Toward noon man appeared at the Six
~ y-fOurth-street gate and offered tlckee
Tor adm issiOn. and was refused. he then
took the numbers of the gatemen who re-
fused to let him in. 1t Is supposed he was
securing evidence for prosecuting the OK
position officials for contempt of court,
Judge Philip Stein having granted an In.
junction TO restrain the officials from clos
ing the fair Snn ndays.
From this on fireworks will not be per-
mitted on the fair grounds. or they will
have to be set Oft away from the buildings.
Last night a bomb was cent mp. and before
it had reached q great height it exploded.
and the shell, falling on the Manufactures
Building. crashed through the skylight and
set fire to the curtain stretched below.
Had II not been for the prompt work OF the
fire department. the building, and perhaps
others. w0nld have been consumed. Two
firenen climbed one hundred feet upon the
big beams and tore down the burning
cloth. extin gushing the flames. which had
obtained considerable headwAy.
That ends the tireworks." said Chief
Allison. OF the Msnufactures Building.
Either the fireworks must be stopped
altogether or no more must be near the big
buildings. After the hre Thursday night
sent a letter TO the council of administra-
tIon protesting against the trihg of rock
cts from Music Hall wharf. Tonight they
were tired successfully from float 200
feet from the shore. | shall forward
other protest against the firing of bombs
from the beach, Marshal Murphy said
that no fireworks should be allowed within
as Marshal Murphy and Chief Allison sug-
gest will probably be- adopted before the
next display.
Mr. Henry Lee has conceived plan which
has been under consideration by tho coun-
Gil OF administration of the Worlds Co.
lumbian Exposition for some time. and
which has been finally accepted. 1t prom
Ises to supply q want and tend to the fair
interest, in q. social and artistic way, that
will be appreciated by the majority of the
ytsitors to the fairy city at Jackson Park.
By All arrangement just concluded, Tues
DAY. Aux. q has been set apart as poets
day. and will be inaugurated with appro-
pirate ceremonies, including O. process
sion Of bards and troubadOurs, With
Tyre, harp and lute; matinee at
Festival Hall. during which there will be
T ecited selections from the various poets
by prominent players and in the evening,
with ideal surroundings, there will be
performance of Shakspeare's midsummer
NighL's Dream" In the open air. The var
ions parts in the bard's work will Dc in-
terpreted by q cast of players and singers
that has perhaps never been equaled. Ex-
traOrdinary preparations aro being mado
for this unique event. which Will include
the building of an ideal scene, in which the
best art Will 0s SO blended with nature as
90 appear nature itself. Beautiful trees.
splendid foliage and u natural fall of water
down a hillside will form part of these
surroundings and there is every promise
that tue performance will be memorable
and take an honorable place in the history
of the fair. Among the many novel things
prepared for this day Will be the appear
anee OF Shakespeare In the astral body, who
Will recite o poem written for the occasion
by Frederick Lystler. Messrs. Miller and
Graham, whose artistic work has done 80
much for the big fair. are enthusiastically
labOring over the many details of Drepsra-
tion. MIR. Duncan b. Harrison wili'leave
for New \ 0rk at once TO concludo the negO-
tiatIons that have been pending for the on.
gagement OF players.
The New York Times's London CORE.
spondent has this to gay regarding Emper-
or Williams visit to tho worlds fair: Tho
fact of such worldwide complications sud-
denly looming on the international horizon
should be enough In itself TO brand as non
sensIcal the report that the German EN-
peror dreams of putting the Atlantic be-
tween him and his empire. Two or three
years ago fancy to see Chicago caught
what may be called the tourist lobe of his
energetic brain, and he talked half jesting-
ly about il for q eek or SO. That Is all.
An official friend. at my request, asked
member of the German diplomatic staff
here about il last night, and the answer
was that the rumor must be absurd bun.
eombe. One of the reasons CIV
en- for this may strike
man's curiosity. This German attache
pointed out that the Infanta EulalIa was
actually at present in England on a visit To
somebody or other In the royal circle: yet
her coming was so unim mportsnt that not
single English paper. TO his knowledge,
mentioned her arrival. The American peo-
pie. however. had hesped on this insiR-
niiicant Princess such repieticn of the
highest possible hOnors and established for
her such formulas of royal reception that
reienIDg sovereign, who would md it quite
impossible TO handle himself, much less his
accompanying suite. on the basis of these
precedents. Anybody VINO knows the
Prussian court al all will understand how
vital this consideration would beveven If