The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-10-10
1T WAS A GREAT
DAY FOR CHICAGO.
Three-Quarters OF Million Peo-
pie Present.
MANY BADLY INJURED.
The Greatest Celebration Ever Wit.
messed There.
at Midnight Thousands Were Awaiting
a Chance to Escape From the
Grounds and Get Home
Once Again.
IANY BADLY INJURED.

dsy ana Gne largest crowd that ever con-
gregated at a like gathering in the
worlds history, combined with all other
features to make Chicago day at the
Worlds fair an unprecedented success.
Everything on the programme went off
with perfect success, and the only thing
TO mar the day or evening was a number
OF little accidents inseparable from the
crushing aud jamming of such mass OF
people as congested the Worlds fair
district. Happily, there were but few
very serious accidents, although a great
many people were painfully bruised in
the different brushes. The crowd was
larger than at the banner day of the Paris
exposition. Every part of the grounds
was crowded and the Midway Plaisance
was almost impossible. Never before
has holiday been so generally observed
in Chicago. Every business house.
of any consequence closed and
the small stores of all descriptions fol-
lowed suit. In all sections of the city
these stores were closed and even the
thousands of milkmen caught the infec-
ton and notified their patrons several
days ago that they would make but one de-
livery today. Many large firms, in addition
to closing their places of business fur
nished their employees with tickets of adj
| mission to the fair. With all these people
turned loose, and added to oy the tremen-
dous influx of outsiders during the past
| forty-eight hours, it is not to be wondered
at that such a crowd was never seen be-
| fore.
| Among the more noticeable features of
the day were memorial editions of the
Inter Ocean, Record and Times, news
papers of this city. These papers, which
were profusely illustrated, contained elab-
crate reviews of Chicago and especially
descriptions of the great fire. So unpre-
cedented was the demand Tor these papers,
that from an early hour in the morn
| ing they were sold on the streets
at premium, and by afternoon the
people were paying as high as
so cents per copy for tnem- At the down
town terminals all morning the crush
was appalling. At the steamboat land
ing, the Illinois Central and elevated sta
tIons there was a jam the like of which
was never before seen here, while along
the line of the cable roads people were
packed in black mass for blocks.
At the grounds the steady stream
seemed to increase rather than diminish,
towards dark, as thousands of additional
people began to make their way in to see
the light display.
The exposition was transferred INTO
fairyland tonight. Bright lights flashed
from every nook and crevice in the build
ings. A search light cut wide swaths in
the sky, multi-colored rockets Shot
heavenward, showers OF fire rained about
the grand basin and on the lake front.
Through it all the floats representing
Chicago's progress were hauled. 1t was
grand climax OF the chief festal day of
the fair. The floats were marveis of
beauty.
The first was the ''Genius of Music. -
At her feet clustered a chorus of fifty
whose song rang out on the night air.
The second was Chicago" repre-
scented by Miss Elizabeth Flynn, who ap-
peared as the typical Chicago figure. On
the same float were the following repre-
sentative characters: Glove, - lib
erty,'' "Music," art" s'science, -
Literature. -
Chicago as a trading post in 1912, was
represented on the third float by repro
duction of an incident in the Fort Dear
born massacre.
Sheridan IS famous ride, with the figures
OF Grant, Logan, Douglas and Richard
Yates, and Chicago Offering her sons to
Lincoln were on the fourth float
The fifth was ''The Angel of Peace -
Chicago PROSTATE, typical of the effect
of the big fire, was represented by the
seen rising from the ashes.
The seventh float was emblematic OF
| Commerce
The handsomest float in the procession,
representing Columbus at the court
Isabella, brought up the rear.
The genius of electricity was demon
strated by Electra IL was in the form
of an immense dragon. illuminated by
over two thousand incandescent lights
which were constantly changing color.
At the head of the brilliant pageant
rode the Chicago Hussars, followed by q
band of a thousand pieces.
The procession wendell it's way through
all the principal avenues of the White
City, and the people occu pied every inch :
of ground and all the available space on
the buildings.
The fireworks which followed were
probably the finest ever sent off. No ex-
pense was spared, and the magnitude of
the display was appalling. Rockets shot
from every corner of the White City, and
a continual shower OF colored fire fell on
every side of The Set pieces, which were
brilliant in the extreme
sold Fort Dearborn, sold City Hall, !"
ssChicago Triumphant, was a feature
in the front. The largest piece of the
evening was the Burning of Chicago
which covered an area of Il. 900 square
feet. 1t was produced in four scenes.
The first illustrated 'sMrs. O'Leary's
Cow;' second, "Kicking Over the
Lamp The fire starting thence was
|
was depicted by the display, which closed
with picture of Chicago IN ruins.
Never IN the history of Chicago was
there such a demand for transportation
facilities as today. The crowd was hans
died we'll, but no human means, no sys-
tenn of transportation, however fast, was
capable Of handling such a vast crowd
without great difficulty. The accidents
were few and only a small proportion OF
them fatal. The majority of those hurt
were from outside points and troubles
arose from their not being as cautious as
native Chicagoan is in navigating the
streets and getting on the cars.
Those killed were: Charles A Clark,
Buffalo, N. Y, struck by a cable car;
Jaraes Malcolm, resid ence unknown,
died from stroke OF apoplexy at the
fair.
Among those injured on the cable
trains, in the rush at the Illinois Central
and Elevated station, etc., were: Mrs.
Louisa Rhode, Gilman, ILL.,; andrews
Wells, Laupace, Wis; William J Burr,
Hopk in s, Ky; o. F. Reynolds, Matoon.
Ills.; Miss Nettie Rogers, Columbus, o.;
Mrs. Matilda Stewart, Fon Du Lac, Wis;
Charles Long, Cincinnati; Toby Lansen,
Chicago; Policeman Patrick Clifford
None OF those are thought to be fatally