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Chicago Mail May 22,

FORTY THOUSAND ARE KEPT OUT

Result of Closing the World's Exposition Gates on Sunday.

CLAMOR TO GET INSIDE

Queer Action of Heat in the Horticultural Building - Children Half Price.

Another big crowd beat up against the closeed gates at the world's fair yesterday and vainly clamored for admission. There were, at the least computation, 40,000 people outside the grounds, all anxious to get it and angry enough because they could not.

"If they keep this up very much longer we will break down the gates and go in in spite of them," was a remark that was often heard in the crowd, and other mutterings were equally significant of the temper of the people thus barred out of the fair on the only day it is possible for them to visit it.

But all talk was useless, so the crowds around the grounds amused themselves as best they could. They packed "Buffalo

[IMAGE.]
THE FOUR SEASONS AND GROUP ON ONE OF THE MAIN PIERS OF AGRICULTURE BUILDING.

Bill's" Wild West show until there was no more room there, drank up the contents of all the lemonade stands in the neighborhood, and feel victims to the fakirs who throng the vicinage. Those who always become hilariously inclined when there is nothing else to do tramped up to Fifty-third street and expended for beer and harder liquors the money they would otherwise have spent in viewing the sights of the fair, and altogether the day was spent in a manner satisfactory to the fakirs, saloon-keepers, and Sabbatarians, but not beneficial to the people or pleasing to those who believe in temperance and innocent enjoyments.

At the same time a protest against Sunday closing was made at the meeting of the Trade and Labor assembly. Speakers de-

News May 27

When Buffalo Bill's Wild West began its World's-Fair season here it did so with the unpleasant accompaniment of the most inclement weather. Day after day it rained and the nights were often uncomfortably cold. Despite these facts every promise as to the interesting programme was faithfully adhered to and no matter if the rain fell inhibition did his or her full duty and not a single feature was either omitted or slighted. The public soon learned this and have shown their appreciation of it and the merit of the exhibition by visiting it in crowds. On Sundays the capacity and the daily attendance have been steadily increasing. The Wild West is remarkably easy of access from the city. Beginning on Tuesday last, every World's Fair train on the Illinois Central runs direct to the camp, so also do the alley "L" the electric and the grip. The coaches of the Columbian Coach company also take passengers to the gates. The public would do well to remember that there are two entrances to the Wild West, one on 62d and one on 63d street. A cozy restaurant has been established in the grounds, where a very enjoyable meal can be had for the modest price of 50 cents, and, indeed, in every way the management has endeavored to contribute to the comfort and enjoyment of its patrons.

Newton. Chicago Mail May 24 / 93.

The public is now awakened to the fact that there is no more interesting or appropriate attraction offered in connection with the great Columbian exposition that Buffalo Bill's Wild West just opposit the world's fair. Day after day the attendance has been increasing and on Sunday the seating capacity of the great covered grand stand is always tested to its limit.

Ready for the Cowyboy Race.

CHADRON, Neb., May 24. - Joe Lisick and Bill Campbell, who are to represent the central part of Colorado in the cowboy race, arrived here to-day. They rode their horses back from Denver, and they,k as well as their horses, are in fine shape. Miss Emma Hutchinson, of Denver, who is to go in the race, is on her way here with her two fine horses. She will arrive day after to-morrow.

Chicago Herald.
May 25 / 93

Herald May 27,

IT WAS A JOLLY TIME.

PUBLISHERS MEET AT A BANQUET.

Men Who Induve Advertisers to Part With Hard Cash Enjoy a Feast-Major Handy Creates a Sensation by Being Serious on the Fair.

Publishers of most papers have differed about big and little things during the week - about the size of the Sunday paper and kindred subjects. They agreed last night to one thing - that the banquet closing the convention was the jolliest affair of the kind held under the auspices of the Publishers' association.

The banquet at Kinsley's was well attended. No one doubted that it would be otherwise. There is generally fun at a banquet, and publishers love fun almost as much as they dote on advertisers.

Last night's banquet was sensational in one respect - Moses P. Handy was serious. Of course, at time he was jocose, too, for " 'tis the nature of the baste," as he says himself. But for the most part of he was serious. This innovation had a startling effect on the assembly. The diners looked keenly at Major Handy. No, there was nothing wrong with him and he was in earnest. He was serious, and it was all because of his devotedness to the world's fair.

The time had come, declared the major, when adverse criticism of the attendance at the world's fair should be squelnched. Then he proceeded to do the squelching himself in sledge-hammer fashion. He knew, he said, that he was speaking, through the editors, to the hundreds of thousands whom they represented. On the principle that if you give a dog a bad name it is likely to stick to him, the story about the apathy of the people toward the fair would be hurtful beyond measure if not nailed in time.

Rap at Carping Critics.

He begged to remind carping critics that the Chicago fair differed from all others ever hold in this, that in the case of the Paris, London, Melbourne, Glasgow and Dublin expositions and all others the people were not allowed as much as a peep at the buildings until the formal opening day. In the case of the fair at Jackson park the experience was just the reverse. Long before the opening day he people began visiting the park.

"As a matter of fact, nothing of surmise about it, mind you," continued Mr. Handy, "$500,000 was taken in for admission to the grounds before the opening day. Facts and figures speak for themselves, and anyone who doubts what I have said can easily satisfy himself as to the accuracy of my statement on this head.

"Just relect for a moment, gentlemen, and consider what the contrast between our exposition and the others I have spoken of in this respect means. Why, in the case of these the curiosity of the people was worked up the highest pitch, with the result that a perfect human flood swept into them the first few weeks after they opened. Now there is another consideration. What I have said must not be taken as an admission that our admissions suffer by comparison with those of any exposition ever held on earth. Our attendance under more favorable conditions of weather would have been larger. Our attendnace if the gates had been sealed tight until the opening day would have been immensely larger; but take the facts as they stand and what do they show? That the attendance since May 1 has been greater than the attendnace at any of the previous world's fairs helf." [Loud cheering.]

From Grave to Gay.

Those who had been delighted to see Major Handy serious were disappointed. They concluded that they were safe from the sarcasm which the sight of him always reasonably suggested. With the major last night, though, it was from grave to gay. He boyishly toyed with the auburn locks of John B. Barrett, of the Scranton T uth, and bubbed him "red-headed Johine." He accused Allan Foreman, of New York, of being a journalist. For some reason or another he dealt sympathetically with "Brother Ambrose," of the Buffalo News. To. W. C. Bryant, of the Brooklyn Times, he paid his respects as the Apollo of the association, and wound up by patting Eugene Field lovingly on the bald pate.

J. W. Scott presided at the feast. The explanations which he seemed to give seriously of the absence of some few of the publishers were heartily enjoyed. They appeared to think somehow that the explanations did not explain.

Frederick Villiers, the famous English war correspondent, was a jolly participator in the night's festivities. He related pathetic and tragic incidents in his career as correspondent. Although he talked a long while everyone wished he would keep talking all night. So interested were his hearers that htere was not a ripple of applause until he sat down.

Eugene Field Tells Stories.

Eugene Field told some choice stories and recited a few of his prettiest poems. The Weber quartet sang some glorious songs.

Valisi's Mandolin orchestra was screened off in the balcony and sent floating down delicious music during the courses. Of all the airs they played, though, the one that was cheered to the echo was "The Bowery," where "they say such things and do such things."

Aside from the "Bowery" air this programme was tuned by the orchestra:

March - "Dudes" .......................................................... Wagner
Intermezzo - "Cavalleria Rusticana" ............................ Mascagni
Waltz - "Kaister and Kaiserin" .................................... Eilenberg
Serenade - "Mandoline" ............................................. Eilenberg
"After the Ball" ............................................................... Harris
Waltz - "Artisit's Life" .................................................... Strauss
"My Sweetheart's the Man in the Moon ......................................
Selection - "One Night in Havana" ...................................... Liszt
Barcarolle - "Non Senti Amore" ......................................... Carpi
Bolero - "Light Invisible" ................................................... Ardit
Hungarian dance .......................................................... Brahms
Selection from Faust ..................................................... Gounod

The menu card tells its own story. Here it is:

"Don't be a clam - use Smirk's Soap." - [Philadelphia Record.

Radishes. Cress.

Notice to subscribers: "No more vegetables taken in exchange for subscriptions." - [The Sedalia Bazoo.

Consomme Sevigne.

" 'In the soup' is not sland and it's

May 27

WILD WEST

There is no more interesting attraction offered in connection with the great Columbian exposition than Buffalo Bill's Wild West. located just opposite the world's fair. Day after day the attendance has been increasing and on Sundays the seating capacity of the great covered grand stand is always loaded to its limit. It is a wonderfully novel, instructive and interesting exhibitoin, in which the participants live over before the public the scenes and incidents of their home lives and duties. Every feature of the "Wild West" is full of interest and is entertaining. All lines of cars going south take passengers to the very gates. On the grounds can be found a comfortable restaurant, where a very enjoyable meal can be had for 50 cents and the management has done everything posible for comfort and pleasure of its patrons.

The cowboy race will start from Chadron June 13. It is to end at the ground occupied by Buffalo Bill in Chicago. A handsome revolver has been offered as a special prize by the Colts firearms company, and Mr. Cody, who will distribute the prizes, gives $500, divided into three moneys. The list of racers stands at present as follows: Doc Middleton, Emmett Albright, Chadron; Dynamite Jack, Crawford; Ira Demmon, Rawhide Butte, Wyoming; Nick Janis (half breed), Pine Ridge agency; Jim Murrary, Eagle Pass, Tex.; Harry Gillespie, Flag Butte, Neb.; Pete Shangraw (half breed), Pine Ridge S. D.; Sam Tyler, Kingfisher, O. T.; Harry Rutter, Miles City, Mont.; He Dog (Indian), Wounded Knee, S. D.; Sam Bell, Buffalo Gap, S. D.; Sam Bell, Buffalo Gap, S. D.; Jack Flagg,, Big Horn Basin; Snake Creek Tom, Snake Creek, Wyo.; Spotted Wolf [Indian], Rose Bud agency; Joe Gifford, Pierre, S. D.; Rattle Snake Pete, Creede, Col., Jim Sampson, Warbonnet. Nebr. Miss Emma Hutchinson, Denver, Col.; Sam Irwin, Deadwood, S. D.; Cockeyed Bill, Manville, Wyo.; Gray Wilson, Paris, Ill.;

May 28/93.

The general public interest which has been manifested in the exhibitions given by Buffalo Bill's "Wild West" is due to their peculiarly instructive character in connection with the world's fair, the genuineness of the representations, and the general merit of the show. The visitor knows that the Indians he sees are the real article and that the illustrations they give of the red man's mode of life in time of peace and his customs when on the warpath are faithful reproductions. The cowboys are not trained circus riders, but are real dwellers on the plains who are away from their homes for this visit only. THe detachments from the cavalry regiments of France, Germany, England and the United States are actually enlisted men now on special service, and Colonel W. F. Cody is really the famous scout and quide who has done so much to open up the western frontier to modern civilization. There is nothing about this great exhibitiobn that is not strictly as represented and every promise made by the management has been faithfully kept. Means of reaching the "Wild West" are ample. The world's fair trains of the Illinois Central take passengers to the very gates; the Alley "L", the electric, the cable and the Columbian Coach Company do the same. For the better accomodation of the large crowds that visit the exhibition two entrances have been provided; one on Sixty-second street and one on Sixty-second street and one on Sixty-third street.

Chicago Herald May 28 / 93.

PREPARING FOR THE COWBOY RACE.

Will Leave June 13 According to the Programme Already Laid Out.

CHADRON, Ned., May 27. - Riders in the cowboy race are coming in and beginning to make preparations for the start by teaching horses to lead and excercising them. The management have requested the local branch of the humane society to appoint a representative to accompany the riders. Every rider will be required to give a written agreement to use no cruelty to his interest and place in the race. A number will drive through in carriages and two men, Robert Zuver and James Boyd, will go ahead on bicycles. The race will start on June 13 according to programme. The report from Denver stating that the race had been declared off is without any foundation whatever.

May 28 / 93.

The Carleton club will give an entertainment tuesday at which the comic opera "The Doctor of Alcantara" will be produced for the benefit of the improvement fund. The following announcements are made for June; June 3, Buffal Bill; June 10, lunch to members; June 13 card party informal dance, six-handed euchre; June 17, lunch to members and reception to new members; June 21, lawn party and dance; June 24, lunch to members; June 28, regular monthly entertainment.

May 27

THE WILD WEST.

When Buffalo Bill's Wild West began its World's Fair season here it did so with the inpleasant accompainment of the most inclament weather. Day after day it rained and