The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-06-20
TO BE OPEN EVERY NIGHT
Worlds Fair officials Finally Heed the
Clamor of The People of Chicago.
Physicians Kept Busy Yesterday Attending to
Visitors Frustrated by Heat-Sunday Adj
mission Price TO Remain at 90 Cents.

exposition to-day. the paid admissions De-
ing 50. LAG. A score of people had to be re-
moved to the emergency hospital on &C
count of exhaustion caused by the heat OF
the sun. Physicians and nurses at the hos
pitsl on the grounds were busily engaged
ministering to the sick. There were. for
tunately, no cases of sunstroke, and all the
patients as the hospital were able to pro-
ceed to their hotels, homes or boarding
houses before the gates closed. Many
thousands of seats have been provided
for visitors In convenient places.
sion from the sun. While the band con.
certs were being given on tho plaza in
front of Administration Building, thou
sands of persons filled the semi-circle Of
benches to enjoy the shade and listen to
the music. The picture presented by the
array of summer dresses and bright-colored
psrasols was pretty In the extreme.
The council of admins ratlon decided
to-day to keep the fair open every night
unyil IL O'Clock. Heretofore the gates have
been open 20 visitors only on Sunday. Tues
day. Thursday and Saturday nights.
which have been known IS special nights
1t the fair. some SPECIAL feature being pre-
pared for each evening. There has been such
clamor. especially among Chicago people.
that the council Of administration, re-
spending to the force brought to bear. held
q special session to consider this matter.
Ii was the general sense OF the council that
this concession be made to the public, and
q resolution to this effect was adopted.
Sunday, Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday
nights, however. will continue to DO known
features Will be devised for the
crowds who attend on these even
expect to profit most by this new depart
ure, as aside from Sunday and she nights
on which the fair has heretofore been open.
business men, clerks and working people
ing the sights a. jackson PARK. The rail-
road, car lines and boat lines will make
special effort TO get the people 20 and from
the fair In the shortest possible time, so as
to make the trip as easy and pleasant as
possible. -
The committee on ceremonies has pre-
pared programme for the Observance of
the Fourth Of July at the White City. The
military and civic examinations of the
city will be invited to parade through the
grounds and take part in the cere-
monies. Gen. Nelson A. Miles will
be requested to furnish q battery of
artillery to ire the salutes at sun
thcre will be an international parade. In
which all the foreign nations having
exhibits at the tair will be re-
q1essed to parholpste. Inc denisens
of the Mid%sy pisss1ss vii, ,a also
pendenoe will be read at 2 o'clock In the
afternoon at half dozen different points
in the grounds. In the evening there Will
be grand electric display and the grand:
had. During the day the chimes of bells In
the towers of Machinery Hall and in the
German government building will be ruug
at frequent intervals.
August st. Gsudens's statue of Colum bus
east front of the Administration Building.
All that remains to be done is to patch q
few breaks in She plaster that were made
In the transportation.
The Methodist and other church societies
which threaten TO remove their exhibits
from the liberal arts section because the
exposition is to be kept open Sundays will
find themselves baked. The director-g gen.
eral will inform them, as he has other OK.
hibitors who wanted to take out their dis
plays, that the goods were entered for the
period of the fair. and that they must re-
main till the fair is over.
Prof. Hiram A. GooOh. principal of the
intercollegiate Prepare tory School of the
Chicago University. will on Wednesday
open q summer school for the practical
study of tho exposition. The enterprise
has received the sanction of the officials
and Prof. Gooch will be assisted by q COM
petent corps Of assistants One-h hour lee
lures Will be given the class, after which
fnr n
practical observation Of tho exhibits. The
study of electricity will be taken up first
The officials of the fair do not favor re-
duclpg the price of admission on Sunday
to rs cents. 1t has been urged by many
that. inasmuch as quite q number of OK
hibits are closed or covered on Sunday, the
admission price should be reduced. A num-
Der of the commissioners favor this plan,
but the officials are very violently opposed
to il. President Higin botham said to-day
he did not think the price should be re-
duced, as Is would have q tendency to at.
tract great noisy crowd on the Sabbath
and this the officials desired to avoid. He
stated that the exposition is worth so cents
to any person on any day. There will be re-
ligi0us exercises. sacred music and all else
that is calculated TO make Sunday what 1t
should be e.
The California building was formally
opened to-day. Governor Markham 40
cepted the keys and declared tho building
open. This was followed by an address
from Hon. NJ. II. De Young and others
Tribute to Architect Hunt
LONDON, Juno 19.-Richsrd NJ. Hunt, OF
New York. received at the Royal Institute
of British Architects to-day the Queens
gold medal. This distinction was con-
ferred upon him in view of his work at the
worlds fair in Chicago. In presen ting the
medal. President Anderson, of the insti-
tute, said that Mr.. Hunt was the first
American whose name had been inscribed
| on the institutes illusrrious ROLL of honor
After abiding 10 the pleasure he felt in
hon0ring the designer of the buildings at
the worlds fair, President Anderson con-
tinued thus:
These buildings are the ost ond erful develop
ment TO which international exhibitions have at
tanned or are likely TO attain in the future. We
rejoice IN the opportunity which this fact affords
In America there are boundless resources and
illimitablo wealth. These are the conditions
favorable to the progress OF architecture. Other
conditions In America are less favorable 30 this
pleased that the development American
architecture Is now inspired by q man OF Mr.
Hunts cosmopolitan experience and refined
taste
Another Sunday Closing Suit
CHICAGO. June 19.-Hon. Green B. Raum
and attorney Cleland, representing the
firm of Wanamaker * Brown. which has
filed n bill Making that the World's fair he