The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-21
An Attendance I'm Excess of $4,000
People To-day Would Al
most Wipe 1t Out
BOARD HOLDS SECRET SESSION
FINANCIAL MATTERS DISCUSSED
AND RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
The Death of Hiram b. Rowland De-
plored-Further Awards Made
by the Judges.

To-day is the last of the state fair and,
contrary to general custom, 1t will be the
biggest of the week All of the races which
were postponed from yesterday and the
day before on account of the rain will be
run, If time permits. President Jones an
nounced, last night. that the races to-day
would begin at noon and an effort would
be made to give the full list, including the
big event between Searchlight and Ana
conda. If the programme is carried out rs
expected, people who attend the fair to-
day will certainly get their moneys
worth and the grandstand will. in all
probability, contain the largest crowd of
it's history.
The plain fact is that unless there is q
monster crowd out at the fair grounds to-
day the State Board of Agriculture will be
'in the hole several thousand dollars. 1t
costs $4,000 TO get up and conduct a fair
such as the present one. AT noon yesterday
the treasurer declared that the receipts
just about equaled one-half of that amount.
and he and his associates were looking
rather glum over the prospect of facing
such big deficit as s12.50o
However, the bright. pleasant weather Of
the afternoon brought out several thou
sand more people and cut down the short
age. Close to fifteen thousand spectators
passed through the various entrance gates
during the day yesterday. Very little rain
fell through the day and the sunshine and
wind combined to put the grounds into
fairly good condition for walking about
and viewing the thousands of interesting
exhibits. The track was hardly in shape
for good racing yesterday afternoon. so
the events were postponed to to-day. by
which time the course is expected to be in
almost as good condition as it was Tues
day.
BAND CONCERTS.
In addition to the displays in the various
buildings the exhibits of live stock of all
kinds and the exciting races, there will be
a number of band concerts to-day in vari-
Gus parts of the grounds. The Indianapolis
Military Band will furnish the melody for
patrons of the grand stand. There will also
be good music in the fine arts hall through
out the day. The Indianapolis Ladies'
Band played to delighted crowds yesterday
in the machinery hall and will be present
again to-day. This organization has been
making frequent appearances of only a
semi-public nature during the past summer.
but its first actual public appearance has
been at the state fair The young women
handle their musical instruments with
great skill and are the recipients of many
compliments for their excellent playing.
The large corn exhibit of l.. b. Clore &
Son, Franklin, Ind, which has been visited
by thousands In the agricultural building
the past two days, was yesterday awarded
first premium on account of its striking
| originality and beauty. 1t is said to be the
most unique display of the kind ever shown
| at state fair in Indiana.
Mrs. Rorer lectured in the room on the
second floor of the fine arts hall yesterday
morning at 10 o'clock on the subject OF
Bread" discussing the different varieties
white whole wheat and corn bread and
| baking samples of each by way of demon
| stration. At 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon
| the lecturer on culinary topics took for her
subject white Bread" and In addition
! gave a further talk about Frying, which
was the subject of her Wednesday after
noon lecture