River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-05-11
NOT EVEN AJAR.

Gates CT jackson Park VIII b. Tightly
Closed on sunday The Present Rule
win BE characterization of 9he Ma
tionaI Commission - Extortion on the
Grounds Must Cease.
CHICAGO. May 6.-The gates of the
worlds fair win be closed next Sunday.
Much as the local board would like to
admit visitors seven days in the week.
IL cannot for the present do so. This
decision was reached Friday afternoon
at : conference of the leading Off
ci;tls. The reason is a legal one.
According To the terms of the
Origin act of congress which created
both the Chicago board OF directors and
national commission il was stipulated
that the local board should originate
rules and regulations and that be-
fore they became operative the ma
tional commission should approve or
modify them. Both these bodies have
adopted a rule closing the fair sun
days. and, according To good authority,
il will for the present stand. The III
rectory has taken no action toward
originating new regulation. and the
commission could not do so if it chose.
In the national commission the sub
iect came up over the adoption of re-
port submitted by the Judiciary com
mittee to the effect that the commits
sion had nothing to do with Sunday
opening until after the local directory
should have acted. A strong debate
was brought out which resulted in the
adoption Of the Judiciary committees
report.
Complaints come in daily to the coun
ell OF administration of extortion anG
robbing which some of the restaurants
in the gro lnds have indicated a ten
dency to indulge in. President llig-
inbotham and Director Schwab made
a tour of some OF these places, for the
purpose of securing evidence. They
found the complaints warranted and
told the council of their experiences.
The council at once passed a resolution
ordering all restaurant keepers to at
once formulate fun and complete
schedules of prices and submit them to
the executive committee Of the eXposi-
ton for approval, and every person pat
r0nizing an exposition restaurant shall
have bill of fare furnished with the
prices plainly marked. In case of an
pNCANtAeAi ~ w sh1 ffNAobAi otstNtiAttAAA
of such overcharge TO the fair Of
ficials will result in an immediate
examination and punishment of the
guilty party. it being the determination
Os the council that the pUhiie patroniz-
ing the fair shall not be subjected to
any eXtortiOn or unreasonable or unjust
demand.
SO far, although the most discourage
ing conditions have prevailed, the at
tendance at the Columbian exposition
has far exceeded that of any previous
American exposition. The great crowd
on opening day, particularly, was far
ahead in point of size of any similar
gathering. Since the opening the
weather has been almost uniformly
disagreeable, yet the returns show a
total attendance of 124.S61 persons.
Frances fine art exhibit at the expo
sition, which is admitted to be the best
ever made by that country outside of
Paris, was opened to the public Friday
afternoon. The walls Of the twelve
salons in the Fine Arts building allotted
to France are covered with 500 oil
paintings, $50 water colors and
pastels, $50 engravings aud etch-
ings, besides innumerable medal
lions, etc, whse 100 pieces of
French statuary will be seen in the
main court when the English commits
sioner is ready to arrange the grouping
with Roger Ballu, the French commits
sioncr general of fine arts. The con-
census of opinion among critics, artists
and visitors generally is that the French
exhibit is the gem of the whole collec-
ton. Only onc-fourth of the works
offered were chosen by the jury.