Show THE FAIR CLOSES ON SUNDAY 11 I 1 I 1 the funeral of the victims of the fire I 1 I 1 I 1 THE attendance IS TOO SMALL to justify opening on sundays ae as ie men and women have to work to keep it overt I 1 july worlds arlda fair Is to be closed on sundays after ibah the admissions 9 of next burday have already alread Y been donated for the relief of the families es of the firemen who lost their lives in the he t recent fire agn tile grounds all and d but for forthia this fact the tile lair would arb probably ably have been closed next sunday the vote of the local directors rescinding its former action was overwhelmingly in favor of the closing standing n g 21 to 4 han when the meeting of the dire tore asas we 3 called late this after noon an address strongly advocating bunday sunday bunda sunda da y closing and arid signed by most of the ae leasing aging chicago chicado clergymen was read after severa several speeches in tit favor of closing resolutions were adopted ad setting ct forth the fact t that aged the action in fit opening the fair air was taken in response rc to urgent appeals from front persona persons and organizations representing a large majority of the public as well as from stockholders stock hoders dem also in accord ft resolution adopted al opted by the city council of chicago etc it now nowa appears ppearl by actual admissions that he the general public does not by its attendance manifest a desire that the imposition be ie kept open each day and if the ekpo expo l tion lon Is kept open on oil sunday will wit I 1 require an all attendance of more than 10 laboring men and women employees of the ex 1 fit position 0 and arid others and it further appearing I 1 hat the number of laboring men and women whose services sen ices are required to keep keel the tile exposition open on oil bunday sunday is d dial to the number of visitors all previous resolutions of opening on still in are rec ended to take effect after the icah dinst the 1 he weather is still hot and steamy at the world worlds a fair grounds in spite of the storm of last night hut but nevertheless it is estimated that 60 people were on the grounds before noon large quantities of disinfectants were sprinkled over the ruins of the cold stora age a 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 odorth in the neighborhood of ID f the smokestack that more will be found there therow ben bon they succeed in getting the tangle I 1 mass less of pipes and machinery cleared away the funeral of el eight ht of the v odthe of the fire took place this after pon oon the funeral fu n eral car nes was drawn by e i ight gf bt black boric horses and escorted by a body bov ol 01 firemen i benien columbian guards army arm 0 er PC police olice and exposition U ceals catholic it services were held at ilo holy cross church and protestant prote tant services at if I 1 the ie cem eatery I 1 the I 1 rench french section of the fair today celebrated eleb rated the anniversary ot of the fall of I 1 the bastile with short speeches eche and services y iv i v i immediately umi upon assembling today the national cummia ion 0 went into executive session to take action in tile matter of tile scat seat in tit the of new mexico between white and webster teetotal the total admissions today were ill of which 71 paid auditor acherman Ac terman of the vorlee worlds lair fair presented tle the anoncial an tin ancial statement of the exposition to the directors today covering the tile perica perl d up to juno A note ac companying the statement saya says the r since july joly 1st are over ft 1110 and d a large reduction has been I 1 IM made I 1 ami in the floating debt since that date according cording At to the statement the total gate a 11 total expenditures 2003 20 IM the operating ope expenses for I 1 may and receipts during june the estimated receipts were 1 80 and the expenses fmc 11 t leaving a balance for the two month months of f 1127 |