New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-25
ILLINoIsANs CELEBRATE.
THE PRAIRIE STATE HAS HER DAY AT Ihn
FAIR
ENORMOUS CROWDS POUR THROUGH THE Ia
POSITION GATrs-pARADE or ALL NATIONS
AND COUNTRIES IN HONOR OF
THE OCCASION

THE OCCASION
Chicago. Aug. 2i.-Mars, the god OF war Wa -
the ascendant at the White City In Jackson fa1N
to-day 1t was Illinois Day, and warriors iI ..x
almost every nation the earth, equipped WI"
instruments Of death and destruction, were tne,'
and they paraded through the beautiful tnoroue"'
fares to patriotic tunes played by scores OF mo-.
tial bands Hundreds OF thousands OF peop'e
we're assembled here from every cline 10 "itneS'
the parade and other wonderful sights OF the day.
The sun had scarcely risen like pail Oh "ie
through the morning mists of Lake Michigan 1he"
tho soldiers began to muster for the days (aoe.
Az they marched past the Lake Front farh :"
take the trains for the Worlds Fair grouhos ."e
hundreds OF unemployed men who were sieep'ns
,hore nm the soft but rather damp earth rousec
IN and looked wonderlngiy on. The laporers ano
clerks and shopgirs and business men going 70
nsrform their days duties stopped and iookes'
and 80 did the weary night toilers. who were On
their way home.
The grand White City never looked more oeau-
t,f,I than II did to-day All night long workmeh
nero busily employed in decorating and preparing
tho palaces of art and science and trade Tor the
recention OF the mutitudes who came mere to-oay
IN take part In or to witness the scenes so'.e"
nm IN honor Of the day OF the proud fran'e
state" Bright colored banners noated from '"e
70, tbousand peaks and pinnacles, ana wa'eu
ra,,v in the refreshing winds that blew from on
the lake From each of the gates the mui'ieu'es
poured into the grounds ike mish'y
through a breach in a dam, ana scat'ereu 80
the broad expanse until the grounds were olacA
with people. The visitors began u eoN'e a.
as the gates were opened. The excursion ooa's'
the steam cars the elevated roau anu '"'
cars were packed with people -.
The davis entertainment began with paraue Vi
the Illinois National Guard 5OU suohe' ie"s
The way for the savages and barbarians Oh inc M
way Plaisance. The State Militia marched INTO ."s
Midway Plaisance from the west entrance anu
th thOrOugnIdrt
many front order to the main grounds OF the "h.e
civ and as they moved by the natives ol eaS"
village fell in behind. First came the beuou'"s
riding cameIs and high-sprited ARABIAN hoises'
They were allowed nearly thousand iee' oi spas
and as the parade moved along those mounted On
ho,ses rode hack and forth at full gallop VIII
their snow-whte robes futtering in the plee%e'
whirIing their long spears about ana uispidy"'e
wonderful feats of horsemanship. Ai'ei .'e ~
ou;ns came the Laplanders. from the iris'o ~o"ss'
with their reindeer. and then came the caiiiiDa
Of Dahomey They the most vicious anu
rsroc,ous- looking warriors in the parade. They
vare alfred as II going out TO battle. me Hhs' q
huge black fellow In fantastic attire was III 'ho
lead On his head sort OF hemet' sur
mounted with pair Of rams horns ne cairieu
great war club, which he fourished as ne prahceu
about shouting in a frenzy while MS ioi-
lowers sang a wild war song and beat tom-toms
and ac.ed like demons. Hanging down the IRON.
of the cannibal kings breast was pecuiar-ooki"s
nrotector made OF polished human bones, ana
around his neck was an ornament of human teetn'
The Chinese with an awful looking dragon sixty
feet long came next. IT was made OF rice paper
on a bamboo frame ard carried by twenty Mon
eolians Nothing but their feet could be SEEM anu
the thing moved along in wonderfully life-like
manner Strangely attired musicians, playing on
Instruments no less strange, accompanied the
DRAGON and the music. If such it can be called
was ear-spIitting in the extreme
hand of savage Sioux from the villas
Of the West in war paint and feathers. followed the
Chinese and after them came the South sea ISL
anders Then In turn, the Hawaians, the
Persians the Egyptians with their camels ana
donkeys: the Turks the Moors, the SWISS norm
blowers Hagenbeck's lions the AIgerans ana the
inhabitants of the Irish and German villages. In
the main grounds they were joined by the Italian
marines the British soldiers and the West Point
cadets It was a wonderful sight. At the con-
cusion of the parade Governor Atgeld and MS
staff held a reception in the Illinois State Building.
The exhibition of live stock and judging Tor
awards went on at the Stock Pavilion this morning
in the presence of a large crowd many of them
Illinois farmers. Hereford cattle and Clydesdale
horses were shown. the Judging beginning about
10 o'clock The judge of Herefords is j. A. Funk
hauser of Plattsburg, Mo-. the Clydesdale Judge
is Alexander Wer. OF Sandelman's Lanark, Scot.
land, with consulting judges John C.. Hustons
Blandsve. and T.. w. Charlton Duncref, mt.
FOREIGN AGRICULTURISTS SURPRISED.