Show 1ftJfil CLO ED nN UND A Y Worlds Fair Directors Decide to Words Deciqe Shut the Gates TH REASON WHY GIVEN E Employes Required Disproportionate to the Number of Visitors Vote of the Local Directors on tho Question Ques-tion Was Overwhelming in Its rnior Tho Order Will Go Into In-to Effect on July 23 CHICAGO July 14TIie Worlds fair is to be closed on Sunday after July 16 Th i admissions of next Sunday have already al-ready been donated for the relief of the families of the firemen who lost their lives in the recent fire on the grounds and but for this fact the fair would probably prob-ably have been closed next Sunday The voteof the local directors rescinding its former action was overwhelmingly in favor of closing standing 24 to 4 When the meeting of directors was called late this afternoon addresses strongly advocating advo-cating Sunday closing and signed by most of the leading Chicago clergymen were read After several speeches in favor of closing clos-ing resolutions were adojpted setting nwtVt 4Vtl U l 1 41 fnnt 41 41 orui wiu IUUG mat Lit action in opening the fair was taken in response to urgent appeals from persons and organizations representing a large majority of the pubic pub-ic as well as from stockholder of the corporation and also in accord with resolutions utions adopted by the city council of Chicago etc audit now appearing by actual admissions that the general public does not by its attendance manifest a desire de-sire that the exposition be kept open each I day and i the exposition is kept open I Sunday will require the attendance of more than sixteen thousand laboring men and women employees of the exposition expo-sition and others Ana it further appearing that the number num-ber of laboring men and women whose services are required to keep the exposi ton open on Sunday is disproportionate to the number of visitors all previous resolutions of opening on Sunday are rescinded to take effect after the 16th instant II in-stant Large quantities of disinfectants were I cold stor sprinkled over the ruins of the I age warehouse to keep down the stench No more bodies have been found yet though the officials in charge of the work believe from the odor in the neighborhood neighbor-hood of the smokestack that more will be found there when theysucceed In getting get-ting the tangled mass of pipes and machinery ma-chinery cleared away The funeral of eight of the victims of the fire took place this afternoon The funeral car was drawn by eight black horses and escorted by a body of firemen Columbian guards army officers police and exposition officials Catholic services were held at Holy Cross church and Protestant Prot-estant services at the cemetery Thd French section of the fair today celebrated cel-ebrated the anniversary of the fall of the Baqtile with horfc speeches and other appropriate ap-propriate exercises Immediately upon assembling today the national commission went into executive session to take action in tho matter of theft flpnhin the-ft nnmmiBalin nf Ntn ATovinrt between White and Webster w Tomorrow morning Homing pigeons to the number morning be liberated in front of the government plaza The birds aro selected from upwards of 2000 offered and come from many cities of the United States Total admissions today were 111806 of which 71 313 paid Andrew Ackerman of the Worlds fair presented a financial statement of the exposition ex-position to the directors today covering a period to June 30 A note accompanying I accompany-ing the statement says the receipts since i July 1 are over a million dollars and a I large reduction has been made in the floating debt since that date According to the statement the total gate receipts were 2121360 total expenditures 520610160 operating expenses for May f609883 and receipts 719402 During June the estimated receipts were 1G60820 and expenses 5642921 leaving leav-ing a balance for the two months of 1271471 |