Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-06-09

CHICAGO, May S1.-Many well-known
professional men were n the Federal
court-roomS in the Government Build
ing awaiting the hearing of the suit
brought against the Worlds Fair to
effect the closing of the gates on Sun
day. Interest IN the proceedings was
heightened when it became known
that District Attorney Milchrist had
caused to be issued subpenas for
Messrs, Burnham, Culp and Dickinson,
OF the Fair management, whom the
State desired to use as witnesses.
At 10 o'clock Judges Woods, Jenkins
and Grosscua, of the court of appeals,
arrayed IN their silk gowns, filed in
and took their places on the bench.
After Deputy Marshal Jones had OBJ
tanned order. Judge Woods announced
that Chief Justice Fuller of the United
States Supreme Court had been eX-
pected, but could not be pr esent owing
to daughters illness; that the Chief
Justice might attend the Court of APP
peals a few days later The court
then set the appeal cases on the call
Tor Tuesday of next week, and the
Circuit Court of Appeals was formally
dissolved.
Circuit Court was then declared
open, and Judge Woods stated that
Judge Grosscup beng a stakeholder
In the Fair, had declined to sit on the
case.
Meanwhile attorneys for the con-
tending parties had come into court.
District Attorney Milchrist was &C.
companied by Messrs Hand, Aldrich,
High and Fales. On the opposite
side were Attorneys Walker and st.
Clair Attorney w. Il. Mason was
also in court, representing G. w.
Cllngman, who had secured the in
junction in the State court restrain
ing the Worlds Fair Directors from
closing the Exposition gates on Sun
days. lie had not felt called upon, he
said, to file an intervening petition,
but during the hearing of the case ne
would like to call the attention of the
court to the suit pending in the State
court.
At this juncture, Attorney Milchrist,
addressing Judges Wood and Jenkins,
who remained on the bench said that
he and the counsel on the opposite side
would like to have Judge Grosscup sit
in the hearing. He had no idea that
Judge Grosscup would be influenced in
the slightest degree by the fact that he
owned stock. When this was COM
inundated to Judge Grosscup he again
took his seat on the bench, Judge
Woods remarking that the amount of
the donation was toe small to create
any prejudice, even if suspicion of
pre- judice were possible.
Attorney Cleland, representing the
Sabbatarian party, presented the bill
in which Wanamaker Il Brown and
Pratt are compliments against the
Worlds Colum bian Exposition. This
he had filed in the Clerks Office few
minutes previously, and he asked the
court for an order restraining the
Worlds Columbian Exposition from
opening its gates on Sunday and from
returning to the Treasury the appro-
priation of souvenir coins lie in
formed the court that notice had been
served on Attorney Edw Walker.
The latter, replying, said that no
tice had been served on him Monday
night, when he was informed that the
bill had already been filed, and he was
served with what purported to be a
copy of the bill. This service was not
proper, as he was not the defendant
nor the attorney for the defendant
He oh jected to the court hearing the
motion in this case in injunction
with the case of the United States be-
fore the court.
The Court sustained the objection,
ruling that it would only hear one bill
at time. This settled the matter,
and Attorney Cleland retired from any
active participation in the proceed
ings.
District Attorney Milchrist asked
leave to file an amendment to the
original bill. This set out that the
Worlds Fair directory had accepted
two Instruments of the government
appropriation after the passage of the
act setting aside $4,000 for awards,
and that these acceptances were made
with full knowledge of the setting
aside of the fund for awards
Attorney Walker at once objected to
the amendment on the ground that it
raised new and serious issues which he
was not then prepared to meet.
Considering this objection, tho court
allowed the amendment to the original
bill, but gave leave to defendant coun-
sci to take time to file an amendment
to their answer, which would meet the
points raised to the amendment to the
bill. A decision will not be reached
before Tomorrow