Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-12
is STILL BOOMING.
That Greatest Show on Earth
at Chicago.
MORE THAN 100000 THIS WEEK.

Over 100000 Already Recorded-An-
other Day on Which Attendance Exceeds
800, ,OOO-Status of the Stockholders and
City of Chicago-TroubIe With Musicians
Italy Celebrates Columbus-Brilliant
Reception and Banquet.
CHICAGO, Oct. 12.-Another big day at
the fair. Last night the turnstiles showed
that 30s, rs persons paid their way into the
wonderlandof tie White'City. Such at
tendance as this makes the stockholders
feel better still 1t does not look as though
anything could prevent the attendance
this week running to over 2,0p0,OOO. When
all the debts of the corporation had been
| paid Tuesday there was about 100000 in
the treasury. The stockholders, who are
| all Chicagoaus, have s., $50, ,067 invested
| in the exposition, and the city of Chicago
has 81, 900, 900 more. The situation, so far
as the city bond issue is concerned, is just
this: The city of Chicago foated an issue
of 100000 in bonds and the money
raised in this way was practically used in
| paying for s. 000, 900 of stock in the expo
sition. The bonds will be paid when they
mature by the tax payers OF the city, and
are not lien in any way on the fair.
| City and Others on Same Basis.
The receipts of the expedition viii have
to be divided pro rata between the city and
the ordinary stockholders, and the amount
| that the city may receive will lessen the
sum that the taxpayers will have to pay to
retire the bonds. In other words the re-
ceipts of the exposition from now on, after
h. of no fair
and making a sinking fund for the removal
of the buildings, etc, Will be used in the
payment of dividends on Sl0,5S9,067 OF
stock. With reference to the removal OF
buildings it is hardly possible that they
will not sell for sufficient to pay that ex
pense and the cleaning up Of the grounds
so that whatever is cleared above expenses
from now on will 20 To stockholders.
More Trouble with Music.
The Liesegang band, which was gener
ally known as the Chicago band, at the
exposition is not playing there any more
The band was summarily discharged from
further engagements last Saturday by thu
secretary of the bureau of music and tht
council of administration afterward en-
dorsed the action. Contracts were made
at the beginning of the fair for the engage
ment of the Chicago band at s. 800 a week
and for the Cincinnati, OF Brands band o
the same number Of musicians at savins
OF 800 n week. This led to trouble be
tween the two bands, although CCnducto
Liesegang claims that his action was base
upon the refusal of the Cincinnati
musicians to comply with certain rules o
the National Musical league.
Why Liesegang Was Discharged.
When the bureau of music called upo
: the several exposition bands to join in
, scheme for "A union orchestra in place Q
the brass instruments Conductor Leise
gang refused TO have anything to do wit
it and his band was discharged on th
spot The only explanation he gave was
"The Musical union told Us not to pla
with Brands band" The Innese ban
from New York has been engaged to tax
the place of the Chicago band, which wa
composed principally of eastern mu, ician
| of an unusually high order.