St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-28
Worlds Fair Officials Busy
Arranging to Handle To-
days Attendance.
All Available Means Of Tran
sit to the Park Will Be
in Use.
Estimated the Crowd Will
Number From 100000 to
100000.
Fourth Week Of the Great
Fair Closes in a Blaze Of
Glory.

CHICAGO, May 27.-The sun Went
down in a beautiful red sky this even
ing, and, according to the old Hebraic
rule, tomorrow, the first open Sunday at
the fair, VIII be bright and clear. Every
body in connection with the fair has
been busy all day today perfect
Ing arrangements for handling the
largest crowd that has yet attended.
This morning the bureau of admissions
ordered 100000 tickets to be distributed
among the different booths and offices
for use tomorrow, but late this after
noon, when the prospects for clear,
warm day tomorrow became bright, the
number was doubled. The rail
roads, surface and elevated, cable,
steam and electric, are preparing ito
put on their entire service of engines
and cars. Word has been received
from the sourroundiDg towns that large
numbers will attend from each Of them.
The wOrkingmen. the pleasure-seek-
els and the tourists from abroad
are preparing to visit the great
est educational exhibition this conti-
nent. if not the whole world, has ever
seen. Director General Davis believes
quarter of million Of people will at
tend, while others of the worlds fair
officials estimate that the crowd will
number from 100000 to 100000. The
gates will be open from s a. m. to 10p. IN,
There will be no symphony Or Or
Chestral concerts tomorrow, but the
music on the grounds will be the same
rs on week days. Secretary Wilson, of
The bureau of music, said that Sousa's
Marine band and the Chicago and Gin
cinnati bands would give concerts in
the pavilions and on the wooded island
as usual.
Great Preparations.
The restaurants about the grounds are
making treat preparations for the
crowds thai are expected. They do not
intend that the Inconvenience of the
opening day shall be repeated if it is
possible to prevent them. Extra stocks
of provisions are being put in all the
storehouses, and all the employees are
ordered to be Oh duty.
Midway Pla1Sance is also making ar
rangements to entertain the people who
are expected to flow i'll on them. Every
village and restaurant and private con-
cession is getting i'll readiness and build
ing additions on the treasury boxes in
anticipation Of great days business.
A trip through the state and foreign
government section of the grounds
shows that most of the buildings there
will be opened for the reception of
visitors. The state buildings that will
be open are: Wisconsin, Illinois, Col
OradO, California, Ohio, Michigan,
Washington, Nebraska, Missouri,
South Dakota, Montana, Utah, Kansas,
Iowa, West Virginia, Delaware Gun
certain), Texas and Arkansas. These
states will close the doors of their
buildings tomorrow. some of them for
this Sunday alone: Pennsylvania, Mary
land, New York, Maine. Rhode Island,
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vir-
ginia, Indiana, North Dakota, Vermont,
Idaho and Louisiana. Most of the TEL
ritories' houses will be open, and about
all the foreign buildings which are now
completed will be opened, except the
English, New South Wales and Cana
dian houses and exhibitions.