The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-11-08
FAIR A FINANCIAL SUCCESS
TOTAL RECEIPTS WILL PROBABLY
REACH $I4,OOO,OOO.
After Paying All Debts There Remains
for Stockholders $4,000, OOO-The Mu-
seum-Midway Plaisance shows Co
ing to the Midwinter Fair.

CHICAGO, Nov. 1.-The official figures
of paid admissions to the fair up to
Monday, the closing day, are 21,469 461
Adding the number admitted on passes
the total is swelled to 27,5S9.O41 1t is
considered by exposition statisticians
that these figures beat the record made
at Paris, all things considered. Paris
showed total Of 2S,149,S53, but they
had practically no free admissions. while
here over 100000 were issued. Nobody
who had business of any kind on the
grounds was required to pay. The ex-
hibitors held monthly passes, and so
did all their employees.
The receipts of this exposition laid
Paris away in the shade. The total re-
ceipts of the Paris exposition were S.
300, 000 The returns are not all i'm yet
for the worlds Columbian exposition,
as the amount of salvage, etc, is to be
added. but the receipts will not fall
short of $14,0O00 900. Paris sold space to
her exhibitors, Chicago gave them room
free.
Chairman of the Finance Committee
Peck reports the treasury in a healthy
condition. All obligations have been met
and there is a cash balance on hand of
$500, 900. The gate receipts from now
on, and the salvage from now on, ii is
figured. will pay the current expenses
until the end, so that the stockholders
who have holdings representing s5,00O-
600 upon which they scarcely expected
to realize anything, will be paid so cents
on the dollar. Most of them, however,
are expected to be generous and con-
tribute their stock TO the Columbian
museum. 1t is believed that $l,0O0,000
of this stock will be so donated and this
with the S1,OO00O0 gift to the museum
by Marshall Field, the 100000 by George
NJ. Pullman and between 100000 and
100000 more that is expected from
others, will give the museum a work
ing capital of over $4,000, 900. The ex-
hibits are being carried out fast today.
The Midway is closed and the conces-
sionaires are getting out in a hurry.
Not many visitors are on the grounds.
The work of destroying the buildings
will not be commenced for some time.
Going To California.
California has captured all of the Mid
way Plaisance attractions worth having
They will be changed in form when set
on the West coast so that visitors who
have seen them here can look at them
there again and learn something. Old
Vienna, for instance. is to be a card at
the mid-winter exposition, but it will
not be Old Vienna there i'm name or APP
pearance. 1t will be a reproduction of
a pleasure garden of Vienna. The Ger
man village that has furnished good
dinners, good beer and luncheon with
he hest of gio In, will oh
its appointments in San Francisco, Hell
delberg castle taking the place of the
village. But the best effect of the mid
winter street of all nations will be the
streets Of all the eastern countries in
tersecting one another One admission
will allow a person to see Cairo-st as
ii was seen here and Turkish, Algerian,
Moorish Persian and other streets Of
different countries of that section of the
earth. The most popular of the naughty
dancing girls Of the Midway are going
to San Francisco, too. They will dance
at some of the foreign theaters there
and at the fair grounds.
Negotiations are now pending between
the managers of the California show
and the Libbey glass works. and if that
exhibit gets a concession California will
have all of the best attractions OF Mid
way, save Hagenbeck's animal show and
the Ferris wheel. AS a substitute for
the latter it is announced the mid-win-
ter fair is to have tower 266 feet high,
which will be Illuminated by 5000 in
candescent lights and eighty arc lights.
Col. John w. Clark, manager of the
Augusta exposition, and Hugh n. Mid
dleton of the Augusta Chronicle and
also a representative of the Augusta eX
position, are laboring successfully with
exhibitors here to bring them to their
enterprise. which opens Nov. IA and
closes Dec. A.
Ferris Wheel StiII Turns.
The Ferris wheel continued to revolve
today despite the order OF Director
General Davis closing all Midway at
fractions A company of Columbian
guards was sent to the wheel to enforce
the order. The manager of the big
wheel refused TO obey. and one guard
who attempted to take possession OF
one of the cars was elected. The man.
ager of the wheel applied for an Injunc-
ton restraining the fair officials from
interfering with his business.