The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-12

The brilliancy of these legendary pic.
lures, fully brought out by the aid of the
many colored torches of the attendants,
the gay trappings of the horses and their
grooms, the mounted esquires, and the
whole moving to inspiring strains of many
that will live long in the memories
of those who witnessed it, especially
those of the little folks who saw
so wildly portrayed scenes in what had
been heretofore to them but NEUROLOGICAL
stories. The passage of the cavalcade
through the streets was accomplished sue
cessfully and without any misbap worthy
1t was received with demonstrations of
pleasurable appreciation, and at many
points was greeted with salvos of rockets
and other brilliant pyrotechnic displays.
In many places where the pageant passed
the crowds gathered so close to it that the
horsemen brushed those in front in passing
and an outstretched arm would have touch
ed the floats as they passed by, and yet in
all this bedlam of prancing horses and Wig
orous torch-bearers not a single instance of
O serious accident could be found.
The grand cavalcade finally arrived at
the Chamber of Commerce, where the re-
ception of the Prophet took place, which
was filled with an immense throng of the
elite of this and other States. Suddenly
the orchestra struck up march, the recep-
ton committee, which had come together
in some mysterious manner, crowded
closely about the entrance, and the steady
stream ofpeople which had been pouring in
ceased. The hall was now well filed, there
being probably twenty-five hundred peo-
pie in its confines. The members of the re-
ception committee stepped to either side of
the door, and an old gray-haired and beard.
ed Prophet, wearing a long robe of
red satin richly embroidered walked
in. Immediately after him follow
ed two gorgeously attired attendants,
and then they continued to walk slowly in
pairs till about twenty had passed the door.
Members of the reception committee had
taken charge of each man as he arrived.
After about twenty had passed the door
they separated, half going to either side of
the entrance and forming a passageway
which extended from the fountain to the
door. They carried pixies, axes, banners,
ETC., and these implements they now held
aloft. Their numbers were soon augmented
by others who did not enter the hall, but
dropped in at the end of the line until it ex
tended down to the corridor of the Elk.
change building. There was lull in the
proceedings. Everything in the vast hall
was quiet and looked expectant. Mr.. E. c.
Simmons, President of the reception COM
mittee, and MIR. Henry Benecke walked
down the passageway formed by the double
line of gorgeously costumed men. Then the
royal party of the Yelled Prophet APP
preached. The old Prophet him
self, clad in his richly embroid.
cred robe of white, came first. He
was escorted with all due ceremony through
a grand promenade of the hall, and finally
drew up in front of the rostrum, when at
signal the imposing line was broken, and
the royal retinue of his Imperial Highness
were left to wander at their own sweet will.
They all Immediately hied themselves to
the seats, where they picked their partners
for the dance, and the welcome to the
Yelled Prophets was continued in merry
festivities till the morning hours had wei
advanced.