Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-02
CELTS AT THE FAIR
lreland's Day a Bad One at the
Exposition.
SOME TROUBLE ABOUT THE flag

Artist 1TiIIet Objects to Its FIonting over
the Electricity Building. but IL FIoatpa
All the superintendent Tucker. Of
the Admissions Department. Estimate.
an Attendance of 800. 900 This Week
Bandit Garza Takes In the Exposition
CHICAGO, Oct Irish day at the fair
of which great things were expected
seems to have missed connections with the
weather clerk, for 1t rained steadily all
day. consequently thousands who would
have Helped the lovers of the "old sod" TO
have made the day memorable in attend
ance stayed at home and the total paid ad-
missions were only lO1, SOB, most of whom
were lrishmen and women who were
bound TO be there If il trained pitchforks "
Considering the weather the day WAS a
grand success, and something for the
Cells 70 be proud of. Saturday wound up
September and the month itself was n
grand success The total paid admissions
during the month reached the splendid
total + 1855, 7l3 which is over 1905. goo
more than for August. With such a
showing for September and good weather
the total admissions TO the fair should
easily reach the coveted 100000 The
total admissions up To Saturday night
Were l+.eG',s'', leaving little over 300.
OOO TO reach the estimate Of 100000
The Green Flag Causes Trouble.
Early III the forenoon Captain John p
Barrett hOisted an Irish flag on one of the
poles on the Electricity building He
thought he hal permission u do so. but
the green emblem hadn't tapped in the
damp air many minutes before Frank Mil
llf fg.yr Of
master OF the exposition, had the Irish
banner hauied down. ConfsCated, and
carried over TO his private Office in the Ad-
ministration building. Then the trouble
began. Dr. Hornsby. Chief Barrett's as
sistant, rushed into Mr.. Mllet's office and
demanded the return of the flag rs the
private property of Chief Barrett He got
1t and within ten minutes had il
triumphantly fiuttering from the same
flag pole. Meanwhile all the patriotic
lrishmen in Jackson park seemed to have
heard OF Mr.. M!llet's Insult to the Irish
flag And still Mr. Millet wasn't
through. For the second time ne sent his
trusted lieutenant, Jimmie" Hunt. to
haul down the green cloth. Jimmie" is
an Irishman himself, and wore a biz sham
rock from the Irish village, but he obeved
orders and he cut the rope so that the
hosting on that flagstaff was at an end.
Looked Up the Records
Once more DR. Hornsby charged on the
Administration building, and he carried
with him this time and official communi-
cation from Director General Davis TO
Chief Barrett saying there was no obiec-
ton 10 raising an Irish flag Irish day. The
wrathy doctor appealed TO the council of
administration. Col. st. Clair looked IN
the records and found that neither the
council nor the director general interposed
an objection. Director of Works Burn
ham, rs the acting director general, was
called into the parley. and Mr.. Millet was
asked TO explain. He said there was no
objection 20 the Irish flag being used for
decorative purposes on any of the build
ings, but he objected to it being fioated
from tine regular dag poles. He said that
none but national flags, those recognized
and saluted 10y the United States navy,
Were hoisted on the exposition poles The
Irish Nag not being so recognized, it had
no more right on an official flagstaff than
the banners Of Bohemia. Poland, or Scot
land.
Under these circumstances you and
DIR. HOrnsby had better compromise - was
Mr. BU.nham's decision, and compro.
mise was reached whereby Dr.. Hornsby
was to extend the flag from Il window.
buJ ne uiu NJ 90 II. lie TOOK the much
neutrality-suspicious. banner and unfurled
1t from the tOpmost point of the grand
arch at the south end Of the building.
and there il wss still when evening came.
Thieves mt the Fair
Thieves have been working in the Rus
sian section in Manufactures building at
jackson park again. PAWN GreenwaIdt.
a fur dealer from St. Petersburg, made the
discovery that he had been robbed of one |
fine beaver, six black fox skins, aud sew.
enty sables, the loss being $4,000. They |
had been taken out of the chest, he said |
in which he placed them after closing his |
exhibit The chest had been carefully I'M |
locked and, after being pilfered, closed and |
left just as it was before. There was not A |
scratch or other sign of any kind to indi- |
cate that the lock had been tempered with |
This aroused Mr. Greenwaldt's suspicious, |
but he declined to make any accusations |
against whomsoever he may have thought |
committed the theft. lie says, however |
he thinks the circumstances point strongly |
10 some one who is well acquainted with |
the premises.