Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-05-12
The Worlds Fair.

Sunday was a great occasion on the out
side of Jackson Park, as perhaps l0,OoV
people were denied admittance TO the
Worlds Fair grounds. In spite OF the or
der issued by President Higinbotham, that
the gates should be closed. the public seem
ed to think there was mistake and they
went Ont in good faith. The watchmen at
the gates had sorry time ef Il, a. me
Chicago people have not been denied any
thing in the way OF Sunday pleasure for
many ears II was with the greatest dill
feulty that reporter got IT, the
ground. where he found an unusually arge
number Of men at work setting the build
ings in better shape.
The validity Of the law of congress clos
| ing the gates is to be tested in the courts
| this week Charles ". Clingman, who Is
| a stockholder in the fair, has served notice
on Secretary Edmonds that he will appeal
to the courts to open the fair on Sunday.
| In his letter, he, in the interest OF the
| working people and as representative OF
| other stockholders. demanded that the peo-
| pie be admitted Sunday the same as every
other day in the week.
II demand this" continues he, mot on
| ly for my interest financially as stock
| holder, but more especially for the people
| who could not see the exposition on any
| other day except Sunday. Having made
| this demand on you in writing l have plac-
| ed the matter in the hands of my attorneys
who will commence legal proceedings at
once against the exposition II my demands
are not at once complied with"
President Higinbotham had not learned
of Mr.. CIngman's letter when reporter
| asked HIM what he intended TO do ABOUT IL.
He read the letter carefully.
/ "a obon La norrNDallGd To defend the
suit if one is brought" he finally SAID :.
"Resist Sunday opening, in other words,
the reporter remarked.
"Yes. that is the position in which we
would be placed, although nearly all tne
members are in favor Of seven-day fair.
However. do not think anything will
c,me of this notice believe Mr.. Cling
man can be convinced that his plan Is mol
the proper one and that II i not the proper
one and that IL il Detter 10 isi matters resi-
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Another bright day dawned upon the
Worlds Fair Monday morning and the
prospects, for greatly increasing the atten-
dance Of the week just begun, over that Of
last week, are exceedingly favorable. IL
was somewhat disappointing TO many Of
the visitors to note the contrast between
the external and internal appearances oi
the beautiful white palaces. Without al
seemed to be finished, but peep inside
the great doors disclosed a chaos of boxes,
works of art and excelsior packing. This
| was especially true Of the Manufacturers
and Liberal Arts buildings. Hundreds o.
men were unloading wagons and freight
cars, hundreds were bearing open boxes
and packages, and hundreds were arrang-
! ing exhibits. 1t was SO in the electrical
building, in the Machinery hall and II
three fourths of the structures on the
ground.
In the palace Of fine arts the depart
ments are all in the different stages of per
} fection. The French exhibit is complete
the German is almost so. The Holland ex
hibit ia far advanced, and 80 is the Cana
dian, but there are others which seem like
" to have some delay.
Invalids and cripples who are forced tc
use specially constructed chairs for purpos-
es of locomotion will in the future be allow
ed to wheel themsel in their own prop
erty, around the grounds of the World
} Fair at the price OF So. 10 day. The tariff
on the use Of wooden legs and crutches has
not vet been fixed. When it comes to get
ting something for absolutely nothing, the
J roller chair extortion easily leads them all.
The greatest event of the day, and one
which attracted the attention of visitors
from almost every state in the union, was
the opening Of the register in the lower
corridor Of the Penn'a State Building
This great event took place at 10 o'clock,
and more than q few people were waiting
for it. There was quite scramble for the
honor Of having ones name enrolled on
the first page of this book, and before
nightfall l2J names had been inscribed
Every visitor who could get near the book
put down his name, whether he was from
California, Mexico or any other place IN
the union. The first name inscribed was
that Of Mrs II. A. Roth of Butler county,
Pennsylvania.
few minutes after the book was opened
that tall, handsome Pennsylvania who
became 40 well known throughout the
country, pressed through the crowd and
in bold, running hand wrote his name,
"Hugh J. 0Donnel, Homestead, Pa. "
| Among the other Butler county people
who registered that day were DR.. j.. b.
Showalter Chicora; Pauline Showalter,
Chicora; Ella Showalter, Millerstown: Gen
evieye Ehowalter, Chicora
The committee on livestock made re
port which is not all encouraging The
committee found on investigation that the
prounds and buildings in this department
are not ready, though the CHIEF OF the dc,
partment thinks there is ample time and
that he will have them In readiness by the
time they are needed. According to the
report not single exhibitor Is yet in at
tendance, nor are there any exhibits. The
date Of entry for horses and cattle Ia, there
| fore, necessarily changed from June 10 to
July 10, and for sheep from July / to
August /.
The mines and mining exhibit is proba-
bly, the most advanced on the grounds.
The committee finds after inspecting the
display in the building that installation OF
the exhibits is almost complete.