Show FAIR exposition I 1 chicago made a city of rainbow tint I 1 discussing SUNDAY CLOSING first legal steps have been T taken aken in 1 this important hatter the crowds outnumber the centennial I 1 CHICAGO may f A 1 13 3 despite 0 the chilly df it w wind and le leaden a d e n 9 sky k y visitors si jt r s were veto no not t frightened e tied from the fair grounds this morning or ri 1 n g but came in such hordes till at noon when the wind died away and the he sun ann camo carne out it was estimated that some soine visitors were on the grounds A noticeable feature was the till number r aber of school children who were taking advantage of the tile weekly holiday anda and paid aid a visit to the pair fair the curiosity aroused as to the comparative attendance at the of the tile centennial and the tile present exposition was gratified tody today by the publication publication of 0 official fieres figures wh ell C show t the e attendance of the worlds fair during the first eleven d days ays to be nearly greater than at abe t brij be centennial e nten nial at a corresponding the white city was transformed tonight into a city of rainbow ir tint the plans for the first complete illumination were perfected and the spectacle far surpassed anything thin of the sort ever attempted nearl nearly all who 0 came a me out during the day remained forthe for the nights display so many more came in the evening anat the attendance of the day was nearly doubled at 8 the electric electr e lights were turned on oil and lightning flashes siept swept along the eaves of the gran grand buildings that line the beautiful main basin the tile Fount fountains alris threw faint ribbons of spray ray through the inist of rainbow tint all and T a cascade from the main fountain was transformed into a restless stairway of arnet amethyst hyst and gold viewed from the he west front of the the whole ewas was e as an oriental dreama avora the lie n national a ous tonal commissioners had lively disca discussion oil today over the action of the local directors in lit ordering the fair 0 opened ened on sundays when the admitted the tile report of the action 0 of f the tile local directors report A after ter a dozen or more commissioners had ex expressed pressed their vi views aws the matter was referred fer r ed to the committee fiu oil judiciary charles AV Cling clingman nian attorney and at stockholder iolder in the columbian exposition O 0 sitton took the first finst legal steps in af the sunday closing this tills afternoon jie he filed a bi ball 11 in ill the tile superior court pra ing for an nil injunction cioll resi training the tile YI directory and park commissioners from front closing tho gates of the tile fair on oil sundays 1 hearing 1 e arl ng on the tile a application foran injunction t is expect expected ox the early part of next we ek the alarm for the fire department on the grou ground nd turned in this morning or the sake of practice created considerable consider uble excitement cit ement among the spectator who did not know the nature of the calf call within one minute after the alarm was sounded the last engine to reach the spot was ras throwing water throwing wini cammi commissioner white of now mexico eald said today that the committee on buildings and grounds of which he lie is a member has been making the rounds of the bu buildings ald ings lateef la lately telf and that so far the ech exhibit in the united states government buildings is nearest completion of any on oil the grounds and the tile whole committee was pleased with the display the fisheries dit display play too is far advanced but when we looked into some of the buildings it looked discouraging it looked as if the work had just begun |