The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-28
Six Bundred Thousand Admission Tickets
Placed on Sale and Arrangements Made for
aQusrter of Million Sight-Seers
Nearly One Hundred Thousand on the
Grounds Yesterday and Last Night
Another Electrical Display and Concert On
the Grand Basin-Brisish Efforts to Keep
Visitors Away from the Fair.
WORLDS FAIR WIDE OPEN.

Two or Three Hundred Thousand People
Expected mt jackson Park To-Day.
CHICAGO. May 2T-The sun went down
according to the old proverb. tomorrow
the first open Sunday at the Worlds Co
lumbian Exposition. will be . bright and
clear one. Every body In connection with
the fair was busy all day perfecting CT.
rangements for handling the largest crowd
that has yet attended. Tins morning the
bureau Of admissions ordered three hun.
dred thousand tickets to De distributed
among the different booths and Offices for
use tomorrow, but late this afternoon.
when the prospect for clear, warm day TO.
morrow became bright the number was
doubled. The railroads. surface and ele.
vated. cable. eteam and electric, are pre-
pairing to put on their entire service of en-
gines and cars. Word has been received
from surrounding towns that large mum.
bers will attend from each of them. The
workmen. the pleasure seekers and the
tourists from abroad are preparing TO visit
the greatest educational exhibition this
continent. if not the whole world. has ever
seen. Director general Davis believes q
quarter of q million OF people will attend.
while others of the worlds fair officials
estimate that the crowd will number from
2O0OoO TO 100000 people. Every one OF the
hfteen entrances 10 Jackson Park will be
open from o'clock in she morning TO 10
o'clock in the evening.
There will be no symphony or orchestral
concerts to- morrow, but tho music on the
grounds will be the same as on week days.
Secretary Wilson, of the Bureau of Music.
said that Sousa's Marine Band and the
Chicago and Cincinnati bands would give
concerts in the pavilions and on the wooded
islands as usual. The restaurants about
the grounds are making great preparations
to prepare food for tho crowds that are ex.
pected. They do not intend that the in
conveniences of the opening day shall be
repeated IL it Is possible to prevent them.
Extra stocks Of provisions are being put In
all the storehouses. and all the employees
are ordered to be on duty. Midway Plai.
eance 10 also making arrangements to en-.
tertain the people who are expected to
flow in on them. Every village. and
ting In readiness and building additions on
the treasury boxes in anticipation Of O
great days business
The expected bill for an injunction to
prevent Suncsy opening was filed to-day
on behalf of the NATIONAL governments by
United States District Attorney Milohrist
In the federal Circuit Court The District
Attorney does not ask for q temporary IN
Junction auu, consequently. the case VIII
not be argued until next week. MIR. Mil.
christ has preferred to wait until Chief
Justice Fuller arrives in the city. The
Chief Justice will probably hear the case
with two judges of the Circuit Court.
The legal representative of the
exposition directory. Edwin Walker. had a
short interview with Mr.. Milchrist before
the bill WAS filed. The two attorneys. then.
together went TO the chambers or Judge
jenkins. who. with Judge Groscup. was In
waiting. After a brief stay attorneys Mil
christ and Walker came out aud announced
that the matter had been set for hearing
Wednesday. at 10 A. NJ. that Chief
Justice Fuller. who is expected here on
that day. could occupy q seat on the bench.
The bill was then filed.
Tho bill says the Chicago worlds falr
corporation. at the dedication. Oct II
1892. delivered the site ana buildings into
the possession and control of the national
commission for the United States. 1t re-
cites the condition of Sunday closing in
the act making an appropriation. The bill
adds that the Sunday rule made
by the directory in October
was modified By the commission
and provided explicitly for "tbe closing OF
the exposition and the gates thereof on
Sundays. This rule, it is claimed in the
bill. is still in force. and neither the CON-
mission nor the directory. together OF sew
orally. have power 70 abrogate it. The bill
says the con TEN plated opening of the gates
will be of great injury and a grievous
prejudice 10 the common public good aud
TO the welfare of tine people OF the United
States"