St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-09-26
OLD KING CORN'S FETE
Sioux Citizens Dedicate Their
Wonderful Palace Built Of
Food Products.
An Unique Edifiee Designed to
Illustrate the Fertility Of
Iowa.
North Dakota Alliance Farm
epS and ProhibS Fuse Ona
State Ticket.
Huron Executes a Clever
Flank Movement in the
Capital CONTEST.

Sioux CITY. To-, Sept. 25.-The corn
palace exposition was opened to the
public at o'clock this evening. The
hour previously set was noon, but it
was found impossible to complete the
interior decorations and arrange the eX-
hlbits at that hour. A large crowd is
already in the city, ana the indications
are that the attendance will far excel
that of any previous palace. The music
for the occasion will be furnished by
the Elgin band, the first concert being
given at s o'clock tonight. The city
is gaily decorated, and everything gives
promise of an entertaining festival.
The present corn palace is not to be
compared with either of the three pre-
viouS ones, for it is larger and more
beautiful, and presents manifold at
fractions that neither Of the others pos
sessed. 1t occupies the full quarter
block on the corner of Sixth and
Pierce streets. where the two previous
palaces have stood. 1t has frontage of
264 feet on Pierce street and the same
on Sixth street. The general design is
Arabic. and in general it resembles the
old Turkish mosques, surmounted by
an immense dome, slightly f1attened at
the top, and this in turn SurmOunted by
another dome from which rises grace
full tower to the height of 172 feet from
the ground. On each corner are large
towers, and at intervals along the front
and on the roof are smaller towers and
turretS. The main entrance is on
the corner of Sixth and Pierce,
and there are two other large
that can be used in case Of fire. The
interior is arranged SO as to give the
best effects. and at the same time afford
ample accommodations. There is a wide
gallery around the entire interior, eX-
cept a portion of the east side, where
the band stand is placed, extencing
from the wall thirty feet toward the
center of the building. This stand has
an arched sounding board, erected
under the direction of Prof. Hecker,
director of the Elgin band, that will
furnish the music for the festival, as
sisted by a score of bands from various
points in this locality. Diagonally op-
posite the main entrance, and 272 feet
from it, is a waterfall 20 feet wide and
50 feet high. The water comes rushing
down an incline broken by rocks, and
Dashes Over the Brink
in graceful sheet, which is illumined
by incandescent lights in many-hued
globes. On the main floor, in front of
the band stand, and to the right of
seated with 1000 chairs. On
like previous palaces, there are
only openings enough for ventilation
and the building will be lighted by
myriads of arc and incandescent
lamps. The effect is novel and beauti-
full, both by day and night. The great
gallery, which is thirty feet wide, is
strongly built, and will support all the
people who can crowd upon it. In fact
it divides the interior of the palace into
two stories with a great open court in
the center. This gallery and the space
beneath it is given up to exhibits, the
the art exhibits and less bulky articles
occupying places in the alcoves and
angles of the second floor. The county
exhibits of the adjoining counties in
iowa, South Dakota and Nebraska are
particularly fine. The various railroads
centering here have prepared handsome
eXpositionS of the products of the sec
tiOnS through which they run, and a
number ef Southern states, particularly
Tennessee, Louisiana and Mississippi,
make splendid showingS. Taken al
together, the exhibits excel by far those
of any of the former corn palaces.
The exterior decorations are made of
corn, grain and grasses, woven into
many fantastic and pleasing designs.
The great domes and nearly all of the
towers are covered with corn, the ears
being sawed in two lengthwise of the
cob, and nailed fiat side down. About
the gables and along the verandas and
projecting parts are worked panels in
vari-colored corn and grasses. On the
larger surfaces are flags, ships, huge
ears of corn on pedeStalS, crowns,
shields, and in one place huge coro-
net, on either side of which is
A Rampant POrker,
after the style Of the English crown.
lion and unicorn. The interior is a
veritable bower of beauty, which pen is
powerless to describe. Those who have
seen the interior of the palaces of pre-
vious years can imagine place where
all of the best ideas and hundreds of
better new ones have been worked out,
and then they can form. some sort
of an idea of what this palace
is. One thing is noticeable
and that is the large number of panels.
or pictures, worked in corn and other
cereals, and framed with the coarser
products that have been put in place.
There are farm scenes, pictures illus
trating the stories of mythology, nine
teenth century scenes, reproductions OF
famous paintings and landscape views,
and hundreds of pieces that only the
artists mind can suggest. All this has
been the voluntary contribution of the
ladies of Sioux City. as it has been in
former years. A very attractive pro-
gramme in the way of street parades
and pageants has been arranged, to ex-
tend thrOuph the whole carnival season