The morning call., 1893-05-30
Broken Turnstiles at the
Fair.
NO CHECK ON GATEMEN
And 1t Is Utterly Impossible to Tell
How Many Visit the White
City.
Special to The MORNING CALL

CHICAGO, May 29-Over half of the lao
turnstiles at the Worlds Fair are out OF
order and do not record the number OF
visitors who pass into the grounds. AS a
consequence there is no means OF keeping
an accurate account of the attendance.
This also gives the seventy odd gate
keepers at the faulty turnstiles an excel
lent opportunity TO hold out admission
tickets. The bureau Of admission has
been on the lookout for this. and already
number Of gatemen have been dis
charged and several are under arrest.
The turnstiles are being replaced as rap
idly as possible, but ON account of them it
would be impossible to tell the exact mum =
bpr of visitors at the fair on Sunday until
the tickets taken are all counted. 1t is
known that over 10000 tickets were sold
at the booths on the grounds, and to these
must be added those sold by the various
transportation companies carrying Dassen-
gers to the fair, and the large number of
admissions on passes issued to workmen
and employees of coDcessionaires. The
officials are confident that the crowd at the
fair yesterday will be found, when all
footed up. to have exceeded 100000.
There was little ostentation in the open
ing of the French section in the manufac-
lures building this afternoon. There was
large crowd of Frenchmen there, and the
orchestra rem ,fered the "Marseillaise" and
other stirring airs, after which the Com
missioner. General of France, Kranz made
brief speech inviting all to visit the Sec
ton and see for themselves the beautiful
things there displayed.
On the pnIina tim of Stook N nIdor Clipo
man, Judge Stein of the Superior Court
ton restraining the directors of the
Worlds Fair from closing the gates On
Sunday.
The suit on which the Injunction is
granted was filed by Clingman several
weeks ago as stakeholder in the EXPOSE
ton and as a citizen. This proceeding is
in the State court and entirely distinct
from the action begun Saturday by the
United States District Attorney in the
Federal court.
Judge Stein held that Congress FAD
made no law compelling Sunday closing
The point ON which the Injunction is
granted was Clingman's claim as citizen
and taxpayer.
The court held, as the parks were set
apart for the recreation of the public for
ever. the Park Commissioners had no
power to grant the privilege, nor the ex-
position management to grant it. of clos
ing the gates on Sunday.
The court said: I'm the act of Congress
creating the exposition it was expressly
provided that no rule or regulation con-
flicting with the State law of Illinois
should be enforced. Under this law the
whole of Jackson Park should be thrown
open to the public on all days of the week.
Later the fair management accepted the
appropriat ion providing for Sunday clos
ing"
This constituted lineal contract and
the gates could be kept closed under it.
But later Congress withdrew from the
agreement by withholding part of the
appropriation. The fair authorities did
not accept this additional condition, and
it relieved them from the Sunday-closing
contract.
In opposition to the petition. it had been
urged that this was Christian Govern.
ment aud Christianity was a part of the
law of the country. This" said the
court, sis clearly not so. The position is
untenable in country of religious
freedom"
Judge Stein. who rendered the decision,
is Hebrew.
To-day the doctors of the homeopath ic
school assembled at the art institute and
began the third Of the great congresses OF
the Worlds Fair series. Less popular in
terest attaches to this than to the two pre-
ceding gatherings, but the attendance was
unexpectedly large. The homeopathic
headquarters, hospital and pharmacy
upon the grounds of the exposition opened
to-day.
The National Association of Eclectic
Physicians and Surgeons also began q
series of meetings. D. r. Milton Jay pre-
siding and number of addresses being
made. Tonight the congress on medico-
climatology held its initial meeting