The herald., 1893-05-16
FAIR MATTERS.
Large Crowds Continue to
Visit the Big Show.
The Sunday Question Still a
Bone Of Contention.
Gate-Keepers Arrested for Refusing
to Pass Federal officials.
Opening of the Worlds women's Com
gress-The National Editorial As
ISOLATION on Deck for
Its Session.

BY the Associated Press.l
CHICAGO, May 15.--The third week Of
the worlds fair opened under more fa-
vorable circumstances than the first.
Only few clouds were in the sky in the
morning, and though eharp wind blew
out of the north the temperature rose
with the sun, and before noon the sight
seers were willing to throw off their
wraps.
A crowd of visitors was waiting at each
gate before the gates were opened this
morning at 10 O'Clock.
Itwas given out this morning that the
crown prince of Austria and suite are ex-
pected to visit the fair in October. He
is now on trip arouud the world and
expects to reach San Francisco in Sep
tember. After viewing the sights of the
far west he will proceed to Chicago.
THE SUNDAY QUESTION.
There was not quorum at the meet
ing of the national commission today
and IN adjournment was taken until to-
day when the Sunday closing question
will be taken up.
Late this afternoon there was an in
formal meeting of the members OF the
local directory and the national commits
sion, at which the question was thor
oughly discussed. It was announced at
the conclusion of the meeting that a
resolution revoking the Sunday opening
rule recently adopted by the local di-
rectory will be submitted for the con-
currence of the commissioners. This
will be done for the purpose of testing
the powers of the commission.
First Vice-President Peck of the local
directory said today the management of
the fair was determined to open the
gates on Sunday. The people demanded
1t, and the people were all powerful
aATE-KEEPERs ARRESTED.
AS the result of the attempt Of the
worlds fair executive officials to exclude
Trnitad States government officials from
the grounds except on the payment Of
admission fee, Captain De Reymer, chief
of the gate inspectors and Gate-keeper
Schueneman were arrested this after
noon by deputy United States marshal,
and held in bonds for hearing.
woMEE's CONGRESS OPENED.
In the memorial art palace on the
lake front this morning, President O. @.
Bonney of the worlds congress auxiliary
of the worlds fair delivered an address
formally opening the great series OF
gatherings that will continue until the
worlds fair is at an end, and will deal
with nearly every question of general
interest to humanity. The first week
has bean allotted to the women, and their
work opened this morning with an ad-
dress OF welcome by Mrs. Potter Palmer,
president of the women's branch of the
auxiliary.
Mrs. Palmer received great ovation,
and in a clear voice welcomed the first
great congress of women known to his
tory.
Mrs. Henrotin, first vice-president,
made a graceful address in the course of
which che said women are wearing of
bearing sons to be shot down, and the
wars of old will soon give way to arbi.
tration and peace. Women have a
broader field, greater chance, and
know bow to improve them.
Mrs. Henrotin enumerated the parts
to be played by women in the coming
congress and expected her hearers to be
awake to their opportunity and not
shrink from the opening possibilities or
cling to the shadows of the past.
Mrs. May Wright Sewall, chairman of
the committee on arrangements, spoke
of the vast scope of the congress, saying
notable indeed was the fact that on the
list of the advisory committee were the
names of representatives Of tbs Indian
and Negro. Glad also were they to meet
the representatives of that still old
iaith-the Jewish-who would tell how
the women of that faith think and feel.
At the conclusion 81 Mrs. Sewall'e
speech, Clara Burton, president OF the
Red Gross society, was invited to the
Ladr Aberdeen was then introduced
and made a brief, felicitious speech
abaut woman and her work.
Then Mrs. Albert Barker Of England
recited with splendid elocutionary effect
Edna Dean Proctor's ode to Columbia's
Emblem.
A recess was then taken until evening.
at which session addresses were bv Mrs
Florence Fenwick Miller of England.
Baroness Thorberg of Sweden, Mrs. Gal
lirboe Parren of Greece, Mrs. Josefa
Zeman of Bohemia, Mrs. Katherine Shir-
maker of Germany, Mrs. John Hsrvie of
Canada, Nine. Isabel Bogalot of France.
and several others.
All the speakers confined their re-
marks to the condition of women in the
different countries represented.
EDITORS ON DECK.
Five hundred delegates to the National
Editorial association are here but no
business has been transacted, today be-
ing devoted to handshaking and visiting |
points of interest. Twenty thousand |
tickets to the worlds fair have been |
placed at the disposal Of the editors and |
their families.
CALIFORNIA PRESS VISITORS.
Eighty representatives of the Oalifor-
mia Press association arrived rt the fair
in body this morning. The association
is made up of California newspaper men
and women outside OF San Francipco.
They will remain in Chicago two weeks,
most Of the time to be spent in taking in |