The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-06-06
NO PREACHING
Or Religious Exercises Inside
the Fair Grounds.
Bad Weather Kept Away the Antfo.
ipated Big Crowd
Not Over Sixty Thousand Visit
ors Admitted.

For Good-Narrow Escape From Drown
ing OF an Entire BoatIoad of Visitors.
Columbia Avenue Now Presents Fin
Ished Appearance-Have the Christian
Endeavorers Given Up the Fight a gainst
Sunday Openius9
CHICAGO, June 5.-There was no
great outpouring of the wage working
class at the exposition Sunday. The
oppressive heat and heavy storm of
lightning, thunder and rain, which
came in the middle of the afternoon,
account in part for the decreased at
teddance.
The railways. surface and elevated,
and the steamboat lines brought out
their entire service in anticipation of an
immense business, but they were disap-
pointed. Up to 1 o'clock in the after
noon they did fair business, and car
ried upward of $4,000 people to the
white city. About that hour an ugly,
threatening black cloud arose in the
west, and in less than an hour later the
rain was f; ling in torrents and the
crowd WIGS al once checked. About 5O,-
900 were present.
The New England state buildings
which were closed to the public on May
%. remained locked, cards on the doors
announcing the fact, much to the disap-
pointment IF visitors. Pennsylvania,
Missouri, North Dakota, Utah, Della
ware, Maryland and Virginia joined in
the Sunday closing movement, and it Is
now to be a permanent matter with
them if the gates of the fair remain
open the next five months.
eau For GrumbIIng.
There is another feature of Sunday
opening which calls forth complaining
from visitors. New York's fine exhibits
in machinery and other halls remained
hidden from view. either because the
exhibitors or their agents did not want
to show their goods on Sunday. The
exposition authorities have no right to
make any change without the permits
sion of exhib tors and no arrangements
have yet been made to open the exhibits
ON Sunday
No flags were seen on the buildings of
Great Britain. Canada or India and
visitors were denied admission to these
buildings. Machinery hall was silent.
1t was dull day for the guide and cata-
logue sellers. Nearly all the visitors
were Chicago people and they did not
have much use for printed matter to en-
tighten their minds as to the exposition,
because they knew where to go and
what to see.
WHO IdSSCu
way Plaisance stopped to strain their
eyes heavenward to see the intrepid
workmen removing the mass of scat
folding for the high and airy wheel and
tightening he spokes preparatory to
putting in the great cars which will go
round with the wheel on June 10 for the
first time.
No Preaching.
There was no preaching on religious
ha1, fIe f.,Sy 10
Sunday.
Visitors in Peril.
There was a narrow escape from
frightful disaster on the lake Sunday
afternoon. Only the presence of mind
Of a few people averted the loss of many
lives The Music, a small double.
I iecksd propeller IN the service of the
| Worlds Fair Steamship company, left
/ the Van Buren, street pier, down town,
for the white city with over 200 passen-
gers, nearly its full carrying capacity.
About midway between the city and
| Jackson park the electric storm broke
on the small steamer. The wind blew
sharply off shore. carrying the rain
among the passengers, who were not
/ protected by any awnings.
To escape from the rain the passen-
| gers on the port side rushed pellmell in
| n mass to the Starboard side. Imme-
| dlately the vessel lnrched ana there was
brief panic. Women and children
screamed, fearing the boat would cap
size. 4 few cool headed men, aided by
| the captain and crew, shouted to the
frightened passengers to go back and
get drenched with rain rather than get
drowned in the lake. There was gen
eral response which averted the dis
aster. The boat righted itself. the cap
| tain gave the command to turn stern to
| the shore, and the Music with its wet
passengers stood out in the lake until
for the Casino pier in safety.