Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-05-26
THE FAIR.
The Great Exposition Did Not
Open on Sunday.
NEARLY 100000 PERSONS BE.
SIEGED THE GATES.


TIC LAY aui evening exhibitions at the
.-,a, 'u.m ian Exposition are now per.
:tt ..I e. - anything ever before at.
t.Mr',.i o. either hemisphere. The crowds
are IU.y nUGm-utlus. aud ON SATURDAYS the
.-aut admission Zee attracts thousands OF
: BOO. children.
On sunday last il was generally understood
that Oh. gates wouli b open. and nearly
r4,,t, Nug hiu-mon and their FAM les took
,r...t.5rq O. Visit 'hc mark. The. b m eel
,A,rtrr. t,- admission To the eNunsitinn
grounds. hG' We're denied that privilege BY
'lr -uari' nj extra police sent in antiCiI a
'..U uf trouble.
hUtteut rows were numerous. Twenty
;.g,, during the afternoon men were pulled
down from lmpruNl>cd pcTrhtS whittier thew
rlmHti 90 hyrauZuc the crowds upon the
method, OF those VIVA sought to keep the
N4LrWorhrr from ruloviug the fair on the
.ar lay that offered itself to them. At
eat hall 70 dozen Of these speakers grew
yaAem u, and made inrenlipry speeches of
such character thar the police iuterfered.
ard several times il looked ~ though serious
-ut, would follow. one Of the speakers
who refused to SubSide was yanked down
IA tremendously and carried ~ the station
nal lt-p. wagon. He was released later.
uuH N'r of national commissioners were
q, t4r grounds, Watching the crowd, and
tA,y were taught lesson that may cause
them Ga more readily grease the Sunday
gates. when the matter comes up for action
this Week.
The fair was not closed AS tightly a. on
}-,1!0u- Sundays. for all holders OF photo
-r4plip passes were admitted, and quite
-..tu persons passed through, most Of these
o., " from Workmen and newspaper men,
beng exhibitors several OF the villages in
Midway Pai>ancc ran As usual. and did well.
Willie Attorucy-Gcneral O!ncy saws the
sunday closing stipulation must be rigdly
enforced il i thought the law can be de.
tgtel toy an appeal 10 the illinois legislature
nov IN session. 1t Is suggested that that body
D.. grlI,> ted to railroad "a bill through ~.
curling the managers of any international
exposition held in lllinoi, TO keep the same
open uu sunday. The siguiticar ce OF a law
:. tat effect IT,, in the fact that The act OF
Congress creating the Worlds Fair provides
'.aa, nothing in this act shall be so con-
-'-Iei - TO override or interfere with the
law. II any state. The sunday closing law,
i i ran aiuuI Of an Illinois statute compell-
.u- managers II the fair 10 keep It open on
sandy would, according to the suggestions
= Nr. Bryan, b, come imperative.
Inc crowd inside largely ! atroniZed the
Midway shows that were running. In the
lrrulu village the TWO BIZ lands dished up
music day. AMI many kegs of beer were
drawn INTO glasses for sac 10 the thirsty.
TIL. hhJr> rrrpcd a harvest, aud
must have turned thousands of dollars into
their rl.h boxes. }utf,lo BilrS camp was
naked with human beings, and the Wild
West show was given to at least 10000
SIZE 'ItUr,.
Shorty after q o'clock saturday morning
n. thousands Of women assembled in the
Ar Institute for the closing DAYS session OF
'a' Noman's OugrcSs were thrown into a
panic y the sudden collapse OF section OF
Hyu-.u- ~ the entrance to the Hall OF Wash
E-t.a. >rN,ntl.liNc women were precipi-
,ayrd into the hole left by the broken floor.
>'ycrA. women tainted in the crowd, and
'h,r- we're thrown INTO Mysteries.
The section Of floor which gave way was
-gND feet in extent. Mny ladies were
,InIr. upon il on their way into WASH.
G,ton II ID, They fell twelve feet. ami the
mo-, cN ~ rated Reports Of the accident
w,rr started. The men in tie building
rushed 10 the rescue. and when the women
were eN'rnat't It WIS found that about nine
ten 3D., iarm had been more or less injured,
Di A'tr fatally.
NOTES.
,u, work Of installation is progressing
~ $, although 10 department Is yet COM
pete
Arrangement, are nearly completed for
Observing Massachusetts, day June l.,
Most 30. To-, thu state paNiIions in the Asri-
J.t,rA. uuNIIug have been completed, and
II q marYr't, of tA,m tue exhibits are in
sa',t, Russia. spain. Brazil and the
ArleA,Uo Republic are considerably be-
Lat.
Great progress hA, been made in the Fec.
u.l,' nU3.ng. The cnti-c floor is covered
wa m,ta exhibits in various stages OF