The sun., 1893-06-02
RUBBER BOOTS AT THE FAIR.
YEsrERDxY WAS AN OFF DAT AT
THE BI0 SNOW

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| There we. n Good Deal OF Fun. Thoush. Tor
Those who Went s,piendors Of the
| Electrical lsui!d,n r-Tho Sunday Cios'ns.
CHICAGO. Juno I.--Rubber boots wore In de-
mand at the Worlds Fair to-day. so much
| rain having fallen since last night that many
| OF tho roadways were almost impassabie. Inc
| grounds were almost deserted In the morning.
| Toward noon the weather cleared. and the
| visitors spent tho time under the roofa AS
| the sky soon clouded again and more rain
| followed the attendance for the day was one OF
| the smallest Of the season. The concert In the
Music Hall was fairly we'll attended. but the
outdoor music had to be abandoned.
Tonight the Electricity building. the palace
OF the marvellous. wes Informally opened. For
the first timo the entire building was lighted
by the 456 arc and $4,000 incandescent
lights. and the exhibits wero lighted up and
In working order as far as practicable.
Two bands were In attendance throughout the
evening. and the unique feature OF the enter
tainmcnt was tho attempt to forcc light to
dance in attendance on sound. Tho visitors
interest in to nights display centred in tho
big Columbian pillar. which is 81 feet high.
and contains 5000 red. white. and blue incan-
descent globes which run sprally from plinth
to cap. Surmonnting all is a nam N 9th Edison
lamp, which has q shade OF 5000 pieces OF col
ored glass. whose facets reflect and refract the
rays.
Tho Bell Telephone Company has arran ged
to give visitors several hours each day to talk
to friends in New York and Boston and to
listen to the big concerts on tho grounds and
in town through their transmittera Tho big
search lights were turned on. including the
opening flash from the Jumbo OF ali. which is
OF 1881 600 candle power.
The Minnes ota building was formally opened
to-day by Gov. Knute Nelson and stan. and
Kentucky celebrated by dedicatinE its State
building and unveiling. its Daniel Boone
statue. Gov; Brown and many blue grass
Preiminary to to the formal opening Of the
DAY ae seDn Sstoq
were received by the State Commissioners and
shSwn about The building and then attended
The German section in Machinery Hall was
Wormnth. tho imperial German Commission
or. Mr.. Wormuth made an address in German.
English. The cavalry band from the German
village played. and the guests marched over to
the village for the banquet.
the Chidren's building. led by Mrs. George L.
Dunlap The youngsters spoke. sang. and
Gov. boswell r. Flower Of New York came in
shif ~, in his reSa cnr end took
visit to the Exposi;ion; His party Is COM
Eos;sS S himself MI Mrs MFloTeE Mss Emma
neil oCllley. ren Nnu hTS. l.. II. massey. ana
7. s. Williams. The Governor went to the
Fair in the rain during the afternoon.
Another big crowd was present during the
second days hearing Of the Sunday closing
suit before tho United States Court to-day.
Among the stern-faced Sabbatarians was the
Rev. Lauchin Mclean OF the Columbian Sab
bath Association and Phpbe CouzinR To
District Attorney Milchrist's amendment that
the directors had accepted money from the
Government after agreeing that tho Fair
should not be open on Sunday. thereby recog-
nizinE the obligation and assuming to carry
out the conditions attached. Attorney Walker
no such knowledge OF the act OF Congress. and
received 40 instructions rs to the Withholding
Of 100000 by the Secretary OF the Treasury,
Ex-Solicitor-Gen. Charles AldrIch for the
United States then addressed the court in be-
half Of the prayer for the Injunction. limit
OF the courts opinion was given by Judge
Woods. who remarked that the United States
might have no relief in court until It had per-
formed its part OF the contract entirely. There
were many questions ired at Mr.. AIdrch by
all OF the Judges concerning the souvenir coin
agreement between the court and the counsel |
for the Government regarding the matter.
. David Fales. m associate Of the District At |
toruey'e. then got the floor and travelled over
the came old ground-that the Fair was ma. |
tional. not a local enterprise.
At noon Edwin Walker began his argument |
for Sunday opening. and after recess Jane L. |
High began the closing address for the United |
States. In the mean time. Justice Brewer OF |
filling the place Of Chief Justice Fuller. At ad- |
iournm ent Lawyer High had not finished. but |
he will do SO tomorrow morning. That will |
close the argument.