Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-10-10
1T WAS CHICAGO DAY
100000 Pe'sons Attended the
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CmcAeo. Oct. a. Seven hundred
thousand persons s-doubtless the greatest
croxd that ever congregatcd. visited the
worlds fair today. breaking the greatest
one-day record at Paris by an ovcf.
whelming majority. completely smother
ing the -big day" figure Of any other
exposition ever held. and establishing .
mark which. il Is sale to predict the
present generation will never zee al
tanned.
When the morning sun. looking
through light mist. peeped over the
white peristyle at o'clock many people
were nearing the different entrances
TO the ground. aud by the
time the gates opened. ESQ.
fully loo people besieged each
passage. eager for admission. From
that hour until late In the after
noon there was constant jam at every
gate. The departments OF admissions
had an extra force on duty and every
turnstyle was kepts registering at It's
highest speed. Yet these facilities were
inadequate. At I o'clock Superinten-
dIuA ANCnLI OAaI4I&4 8N&fAt 49,
opened and stationed q corps Of men at
each 10 take tickets. relieving the
pressure from without 10 marked de-
gree. About o'clock when IL was seen
that the crowds had diminished sulfici.
emily to permit of their successful
handling by the regular entrances. the
wagon gates were closed after
10000 people had been admitted. To
this vast army isi 900 were added in the
next three hours. The glorious October
weather and the grandness OF Chicago
day at the fair" kept the crowds coming
all afternoon and evening A conserva-
tive estimate at midnight places the at
tendance for the day az 10000 The
official figures will not be given out be
fore tomorrow. as the great massof tickets
has nearly swamped the department OF
admissions Previous 10 this memor-
able day. tho palm for large attendance
rested with Independence day, July 4,
when the attendance was 3l32I3 Other
days notable for great crowds are: Hi
nois day. 2i3,95l; Transportation day.
81 .5222: Polish day (last Saturday. 2s..
l76; Knights of Honor day, 2l5.6i3;
Pennsylvania day. 2r3. AGO and Railroad
day, 312.376. The total number OF paid
admissions since the opening OF the fair
is 16,i92.070. The greatest day AT Paris
was 397. $50 and at Philadelphia 2l7, ,526.
City Crowded With People.
Never in the history OF the fair were
80 many people together here as to-
day. At all the gates IL was next to
impossible 10 gain admission. 80 dense
was the crowd Thousands were com
pellcd 10 sleep in stairways. restau-
rants and hotel offices last night. as
the city was completely filed. Rooms
were impossible To secure. and cots
were at premium. Train loads of
people were deposited down town and
in the exposition district this morning
Luckily about half the visitors had Sc
cured entrance tickets beforehand. and
the crowd around the ticket Office was
not SO great as at the admission gates.
Michigan Indian Chiefs Honored.
The first event arranged by the COM
mittee Of the Chicago city council took
place at Q o'clock. The old Pottawamis
chief. Simon Pokagon. whose father
decided the land upoh which Chicago is
built, came from Hartford. Michigan. FOR
Chicago day and received the homage OF
thousands. and beside him was Chief
John Young who came from Niles. Mich
igan. The two chiefs madespeeches and
were received with enthusiasm.
On the terminal plaza chorus of
2000 voices. together with all the expo
sition bands rendered a fine program.
Ths Chicago iIussars then paraded. At
noon Mayor Harrison rang the liberty
bell and Miss Sickeis presented 90 him
the original deed for the site upon which
Chicago Is built