The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-08-13
CRUSH AT THE WHITE CITY
Nearly 10000 Paid TO See the Beauties
of the Great Fair Yesterday.
Commissioner Ravens Says He will Have Half
Of Hoosierdom There on Indiana Day-Bo-
hemian Celebra,ion-"Lsdies" Adjourn.

ance up tc the largest figure for some time,
q total of 179 .S19. of which 14S. 327 were
paid. The gates will be open tomorrow.
but the %ttendanc will probably not reach
90. Oo0. The buildings will be open. but che ex-
hibits will be covered in q majority of cases.
The date of Indiana day" has been
changed. 1t was to been Aug.
%. but as those who were to take part
could not be present or that day. it was
thought advisable to postpone the date.
Commissions Havens. of the executive COM
mittee. who has been given charge of
theSpreliminary arrangements, said to-
day: "WeeXpect to have an unprecedented
turnout on Indiana day. which will be
some time early in Septem Der. Elk. Presi-
dent Harrison, Gen. Lew Wallace. Senator
Voorhees, and James Whito0mb Riley. the
in the ceremonies and | Am now .communi.
eating With them to learn the day when all
can be herc. We expect that this quartet
of representative lndianians will have the
effect of attracting half tho population of
the Hoosier State to she White City,"
Bohemlans and the Independent Order
of Foresters swelled the attendance at the
fai: to-day to mammoth proportions. This
was the inauguration by the Bohemians OF
. fete week, and from appearances the
number exceeded any previous efforts on
tho part of q national day at the fair.
Blue and red. the national colors of Bohe-
mia, adorned the breasts of more than ten
Thousand people. and they are BOhemians,
too. giving themselves over BODY and soul
TO che enjoyment Of the day. Austria. of
which Bohemia is q province. encouraged
the efforts of tho celebrsnts by decorating
n h~4k ~ all rAa N ~ n nv finna ann
bunting. Bohemia has no national exhibit.
but scattered through the vari-
Gus buildings are the booths OF
private exhibitors, and these were
profusely decorated with natronsl colors.
The fret thing On the programme was
sp~eech-makIng as Festival Hall. The ad-
dress of the day was made by Charles
Jones. Lieutenant Governor OF Wlsconsln.
Antonio Dvorak. the famous Bohemian
composer. who recently arrived In shis coun-
try, was presented and conducted his own
compositions. The other numbers were
gwen under the leadership of conductor
Hlavao. of Sc. Petersburg. The hall was
completely filled. and the audience joined
In singing the national airs. Following
these exercises the Sokol Societies gave an
athletic exhibition in the stock pavilion.
participated in By five hundred athletes.
Second in magnitude in the events of the
day was the exercises of the Independents
OTucE u L L OIcotoTo tucy. tOO n tAo DO-
hemisns. gave q parade down town. They
came to the fair principally by way of lake
steamers. and as soon as they arrived they
took possession of Festival Hall, where the
cele bration Was continued. Speeches wero
made by Hon. John Flnerty and Frank
Walker. After the speech-msking the Chi
csgo Band gave a short concert.
The board of lady managers adjourned
to-day to meet at the call of the president
2 - 49, ananaa IN Va IN nRuntari1aH Tim aac-
sions of the board during the past two
weeks, and no business of importance has
been transacted. The majority of the
members have been in favor OF adjOuTning
for some time, but opposition was sncOun-
tered in the persons of Phoebe C~ouzins.
Mrs. Hooker and DR.. Dickinson. This trio
endeavored to keep the board In
session, and To-day they fought
bitter end. only to be beaten at tho last
by practically q unanimous vote. Mrs.
Palmer will likely cali q meeting of the
board the latter part of September or the
first of October. In speaking of the matter
of calling the board together. to-day. she
said that the arbitrary spirit shown by
some of the members In the recent sessions
would influence her In calling another
meeting At the latest practicable date.
The Chicago local dental societies ten
dered u reception at Kinsley's tonight to
IL " ~ V IA " ~ ~ q
Columbian Dental Congress. the American
Dental Association. the Southern Dental
Association. the National Association OF
Dental Faculties, the National Associa-
tlon of Dental Examiners. and the
Sigma Delta fraternity. Everything
points TOW srd a most successful congress of
the dentists. nearly q score of foreign oper.
ators being already in the oity and rs many
more being now on their way from New
York. From the registr alton of visitors at
the club rooms. It is belle veu that ut least
ak hundred dentists from outside Chicago
will be here during the week. and it would
not surprise any of the members of the re.
ception committee If one Thousand were
present.
Up to Aug. 10 the Worlds Columbian Ex.
position has taken In. all told. S23. 60. AIT;
has spent s23. Oh. s21. These are the most
interesting figures in Treasurer Seeburger's
monthly report. As for the big debts of
the exposition there is nothing made
public. There has been a disparity
all along concerning the income on con-
cessions between the estimates of tho
concessions department and the tignres of
the treasurer. The concession department.
has been estimating it's receipts at about
So. 900. 900. Treasurer ~Seeburger's figures
show that just el.037, i05 hive been received
as percentages from concession aries. The
total gate receipts have been SIS. So The
balance In, the general fund is now s527. 254.
Fatal Injury.