The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-06-19
Sun Had Long Passed the Meridian Before the
Sunday Crowd Began TO Pour in to View
the Beauties Of the White City.
The Bankers Congress This Week Will
Be an important Gathering.
First of the Cowboy Racers to Chicago Ex-
pected TO Reseh Sioux City To-Day
Nearly 10000 at ike Fair Yesterday.
NINETY DEGREES IN THE SHADE.
Great Heat Kept the Crowd from the White
City Until Late In the Day.


Great Heat Kept the Crowd from the White
City Until Late In the Day.
sceciaI to the Indianapolis Journal
CHICAGO. June lS.-With the mercury In
the thermometer sticking st 800 in the
shade. it was hardly reasonable to expect
a great crowd of people at the expositioa
to-day. Excepting ON the wooded island.
the White City was hot. and In some of the
giass-roofed buildings. especially Ma
chinery Hall, the heat was felt more than
In the open air. The PiaIsance is absolute~
IL barren of shade trees. but that part Of
the park was a favorite resort for thousands
of people sll day. because of the inviting
liquid and iced refreshments which could
be obtained In the villages and cafes.
Even the Fine Arts Building was not
crowded as much as usuai. and there
was plenty of room IN the
asiles of every building which
was open to the public. 10
was an amusement-loving crowd which
blocked the Plaisancs and one which
usually is bent on worldly enioyment on
Sunday, fair or no fair. A woman and heI
little son had @ close shave from being
seriously, if not fatally. injured by falling
gisss in the Illinois building. The mother
was W heellng a chair IN which the boy sat
along the main sIsle of the east end when
whole pane of roof glass came crashing 60
the 1iooI, part OF II striking the boy and
woman. Both were badly frightened and
the boys hand was slightly cut Several
other visitors were touched by the falling
glass, but not hurt
The uncertainty as 20 whether the gates
would be open to-day kept the crowd down,
as il gave the people no time TO prepare Jog
q visit There was no time TO arrange tor
religious servlces as proposed by the expo
sition directors, but the usual musical pro-
gramme was carried out on the band stands.
Toward evening the thermometer dropped
a few pegs and the people came out TO swell
the days attendance as well as TO see the
Sunday illumination OF the buildings and
grounds Many people patronized the lake
boats, but did not enter the grounds, pre-.
ferrinR to wait for a cooler day.
The inhabitants of darkest Africa. Asia
and the isles OF the sea, temporarily quar-.
tered on Midway Plaissnce. had crowds or
people to witness their Wild, antastlc dane
ing ana hear their strange songs and their
still stranger music. The fortune tellers.
magicians. camel drivers and dancers OF tho
CAIRO street. the south Sea islanders. the
Al2erlans and tho Chinese, all entertained
thousands, and thousands thronged about
the wonderful Ferris wheel. All day long.
too. the captive balloon carried visito SIX y.
ward and let them see the fair and Chicago
and the surrounding towns from the 8lti-
tude of thousand feet And so another
Sunday at the Worlds Columbian Exp0si-
tion passed.
The great Ferris wheel. the Eiffel tower
OF the worlds fair. Is to be formally
opened TO the public next Wednesday aft
ernoon. Extensive preparations ere being
made for the event. Over ten thousand in
vitations have been issued and included in
the list are about ell the prominent en-
gineers In the country. Excursion trains
are to be run from Pittsburg. Cleveland.
Cincinnati. Milwaukee and other large
cities. Speeches will be made by promi-
nent engineers and by Mr.. Ferris. the in-
ventor of the great wheel. Mayor Harri.
son will make the address of welcome. and
Director general Davis will speak In be-
half of the W orld's fair.
Admissions TO the worlds fair to-day
were: Adults. 5i.5S2: children. 1904: em-
ployes. exhibitors and other free admis-
sions. l6,S S36; total. 74.5l2.