The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-06-21
RAIN KEPT VISITORS AWAY
Attendance at the Worlds Fair Yester.
day Not Up to Expectations.
Plenty Of Seats for the weary-West Virginia
Building Dedicated-The Big Ferris Wheel
to Be Started To-Day.

CHICAGO. June 2o.-For time to-day 1t
looked as if the atten dance at the worlds
fair would equal thatOf German day. PeO-
pie poured in at the turnstiles by the thou
ssnds and they kept pouring in until after
tho noon hour, when it was estimated there
were about $1,000 people on the grounds.
About this time big black cloud appeared
aud the rain came down In q perfect Hood,
SO that the prospects for q 100000 crowd
were ruined. According to the Their
morneter the weather was decidedly
hot, but Q stiff breeze was blow
ing from tho lake. 90 that the
visitors did not suffer to any great extent.
Thecomplaint that benches were lacking
in-she fair grounds, especially in the vicin-
ity of the music pavilions on the Admins
tration plaza and around tho grand basin,
where the fireworks are usually set OF. in
duced the management to take action, and
to-day comfortable settees. with q total
seating capacity of about forty thousand,
were placed conveniently about. This will
ensble visitors TO sit aud take in the daily
concerts and to watch the pyrotechnic dis
plays in the evening.
Tonight the attendance at the fair was
given as follows: Adults. &C., Sl; children,
O9l. making Q total OF l2S.5iS.
Canada has outsiripped It's competitors
In the June exhibit of cheese. The big
eleyen-ton cheese manufactured at the
Dominion Experiment Station, at Perth,
Ont, under the supervision of Professor
Robertson. has been tested by the judges.
In their report they say that the flavor is
remarkably good and the body extra fine.
In the june competition there were 67
cheese exhibits mostly In Glass l. which
Includes all factory cheese. Out OF this
number 1S5 exhibits scored sufi ciently
high TO entitle them TO medals and d.
pl0mae, 126 of these being Canadian cheese
exhibits. Thirty-one lots from Canada
scored higher than United States. and
ranged in excellence from IS per cent
down. -
The United States SiRnal-service Bureau
has made srrang ements with the officials
In charge of the captive balloon to make
three or four ascensiOns each week for the
purpose OF making scientific observations
BY means of the balloon the weather OFF,
GERS can attain height of over o quarter
OF mile, and they hope TO make observa-
tiOns and discoveries that will be of great
advantage TO the service.
The West Virginia State building WAS
dedicated to-day. Governor McCorkle was
down for u speech, but be found 1t imposs.
bic to be present. However. q number Of
prominent citizens OF the State were pres
ent and participated in the exercise. The
building was not decorated, and the exer-
clses were simple.
All the arrangements have been CON-
pleted for the dedication, tomorrow after
noon. Of the big Ferris wheel. in Midway
Plaisance. Over five thousand Invitations
have been issued. aud in addition to promi.
nent residents of this city and visitors from
outside points there will be delegations
from engineering societies East and West.
The exercises Will open at 3 o'clock, with
the stars span gled Banner" by the Iowa
State Band. At the conclusion of tho
speech the band Will play Yankee Doodle"
Mr.. Ferris will blow q signal on gold
whistle. and the big wheel it's thirty-six
cars having in the meantime been Tiled
with two thousand invited guests. will
start Oh its first regular trip.
There will be q big reunion of war vet
Grams. both confederate and Union. at the
fair. Got. % to "a. inclusive. Those days
have been designated by the exposition
authorities. The Grand Army posts
throughout the land will enter heartily
into the plan TO bring ell the old soldiers
they can TO Chicago.
Another big celebration will soon be
given at the fair over the arrival in this
port of the Spanish caravels from their
long and circuitous voyage via Halifax
and the cham of lakes. The historic ships
weighed anchor at Montreal tonight for
direct run To Chicago. The caravels wall
be the star attraction OF the exposition on
water. =.
Mexico's EXHIBIT in the Forestry Build
ing was opened to the public to-day with
out ceremony. The display occupies q
prominent position in the wooden pegged
building. situated In the southern portion
of the grounds. -.
Turkeys fire department at the worlds
fair mace its frat run to-day. Incident
ally the Ottoman fire extinguishers were
Taught q lesson of the art of quenching
flames In his haste to fill order coox
in the kitchen of the German village
spilled q pan of grease into the lire.
Instantly IL blazed up at q furious
rate. guard seeing the smoke turned in