St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-06-05
|RAlNED IN TORRENTS.
Jupiter Pluvius Prevents
Many People From Visit
ing the White City.
The Second Sabbath's Attend
ance Will Not Reach Sixty
Thousand.
Most of Those Present Poor
Families Of the City Of
Chicago.
Western People More Numer-
Gus Than fasteners at
the Fair.

CHICAGO, June 4.-What the attend
ance at the worlds fair might have been
today had it not rained, no one will ever
know. But it rained, and 1t rained hard
nearly all the afternoon, and the total
number Of paid admissions was less
than 10000. The second open Sunday
of the fair dawned bright and clear, and
and it was uncomfortably warm. The
railways, surface and elevated, and the
steamboat lines brought out their en-
tire service in anticipation of an i'm
mense business. But they were disap-
pointed. Up to O'Clock in the after
noon they did fair busin ess, and car
ried upwards of $4,000 people to the
white City," About that hour an
ugly, threatening black cloud arose in
the west, and in less than an hour later
the rain was falling in torrents. To
rake matters worse, the wind blew a
perfect gale, and it thundere and
The Lightning Flashed
in a most uncomfortable manner. 1t
was after o'clock when the rain ceased
and the sun came out again, but it was
so late that the people did not come out
In crowds, and late this evening the
bureau of admissions estimated the total
paid attendance would be less than CO.,
600 people. This much may be said of
the visitors who attended the fair today.
They were largely of the working class
and inhabitants of Chicago. There were
thousands of laboring men out with
their families, and nearly all of them
| brought their lunch with them, and at
noon the benches and seats scattered
throughout the grounds reminded one of
a basket picnic. An official connected
with the bureau of admissions, in
speaking of the local character Of the
crowd, said that the out-of-town people
had been coming to the fair all week
and were tired out today and were TAX
ing rest, so as to be able to make a
fresh start tomorrow. About the only
people who came out today were those
who could not attend during the week
Another thing that was noticeable, the
pay shows on the Midway Plalsance
were not we'll patroniZed and the roll.
ing chairs were scarcely used at all. II
was a crowd made up of people who
had to work for living and could af
ford few of the luxuries.
The Money Spenders
were at home resting. The machinery
hall was crowded pretty much all day:
so, too, was the fine arts building and
the manufactures building. The gOn-
doliers had little to do, and the electric
launches less.
Nearly all the Eastern states build
Ings were closed to the public, while
the majority of the buildings erecte &
by the Western and Middle states were
open. The open-air concerts in the pa
yilion on administration plaza were wei
patronized. especially towards noon
when the people thronged thither ane
ate their lunch and listened to the music
at the same time.
Krupps big guns were handled in the
pavilion on the lake front at 10 O'CLOCK
today exactly as they would be handled
| in service except that tney were no
fired. The steel monsters will be pu
through their PAGES tomorrow at l:
o'clock. and every forenoon and after
neon thereafter at an hour to be deter
mined later. The exhibition will occupy
| at least half an hour each forenoon ant
afternoon. The big gun is only mounted
for the proving ground, but the smaller
guns OH either side are mounted IL
| coast defense turrets, exactly as they
would be for service. The guns arr
handled entirely by compressed air
| Two1men can do the necessary work
though, of course, in service a mucl
| larger detail would be assigned to eacf
gun. The big gun is operated by hant
| on it's present mountings, but the Wis
itor can see just how it would b'
| handled by watching the operation O
| the smaller guns.
Mainly Westerners.
According to the registers found il
| nearly every state building Western
! people are coming to the worlds fair II
| much greater numbers as genera
| thing than those living IN the olde
/ Eastern commonwealth. The result O