Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-10-20
Delayed Correspondence Telling All
About the Great Chicago and
North Dakota Days.
Interesting Exercises North Dakota
in Which All Governors Since
Statehood Participated.
Over 1000 Dakotans Since July LIST
"A Word of Praise For the
Michigan Central.

day, LIE greatest Gay OF ne Ialr, With
the greatest attendance ever known in
the history of the world at any fair, en-
,ertainment or public doinge, has come
and gone. The attendance wa over
100000 which Q over 1000 people
to every square acre, or about 16 to
every square rod when the space occu-
pied by buildings and the exhibits and
the lagoons is taken into consideration.
AS they we're not equally distributed it
goes without saying that every square
foot of space was crowded in Midway
Plaisance and in all other places where
crowds are attracted. People simply
gave up seeing the exhibits and we're
lost in admiration and wonder of and at
the crowds. Some rode for hours on
the intramural or the moving sidewalk
as the best means of securing an oppor-
tunity to sit undisturbed, and some
jostled and we're jostled in the crowded
places just for the fun of it. Street cars
and railway trains were crowded from
early in the morning till late at night
and many people living comparatively
near the grounds were compelled to go
down town on the empties and keep
their seats on the return, in order to get
to the grounds, women and children
hung to the foot rails and men rode on
the top Of coaches. Every available
thing for passengers to stand on or
cling to was used. Some of the more
timid we're two hours crossing the via
duct leading to the Illinois Central from
Michigan avenue and oven the most
pushing young fellow found it took half
au hour to get through. A man from a
brewery wa five hours engaged in fruit
ess efforts to roll a half barrel of beer
across this same space. And yet during
all this crowd and jam there we're less
than a score of accidents and but four
fatal ones-one fatality on the grounds
proper. There we're but forty ar
rests on the fair grounds and not one
man was seen intoxicated. The utmost
good nature prevailed on every hand
and if any met with mishaps they &C.
copied it as a matter of course and laugh
ing over their mlsfortunes, excepting, of
course, the few serious difficulties, cata-
logued under the head of accidents.
Following Chicago day a North
Dakota day when the attendance was
much larger than the greatest day at the
Centennial at Philadelphia, nearly equal
to the greatest day in Paris, and greater
than any other day excepting Chicago
day. But then we caught the overflow
from Chicago day. Still the attendance
of North Dakota people was large
Over 800 registered on Monday and
about the same on Tuesday, but owing
to the jam fully as many more failed to
register. The register shows over 1900
names since July LIST.
Governor Shortridge and wife, Auditor
Porter and wife, Public Examiner
Peabody and wife, Mrs. Eisenhuth, super
intendent of public instruction, were
present. The first regiment band from
Lisbon furnished music for the day and
North Dakota day exercises were opened
by them. Executive Manager Dickey
made a good preliminary in which he as
sumed that providence had smiled or
the fair because it was North Dakots
day, sending a specimen of just suct
weather as we have at home, the first o.
the kind had for weeks for our benefit
It was cool and bright. Martin Hector
who was present with his wife, intro
duced Governor Shortridge who spoke
%eloquently and loyalty of North Dakots
and her and people. He de-
clared we we're free from almost every
thing which could annoy from cyclones
and malaria down to dudes. He spoke
of our climate, and public domain, o.
our vast school fund; and of our wheat
fields.
Ex-G Governor Burke followed and hi
remarks were full of heart, soul and ap
probation of North Dakota and hel
people.
Ex-Governor Miller followed in
splendid impromptu, not lacking eitheI
in loyalty or power.
Alice Olemmer of Grand Forks, VOL
the admiration of all by a recitation-a1
apostrophe to America.
Miss Minnie Benham and her class o
Devils Lake girls, gave an exhibition
Delsarte drill.
The band played and the people TO
three hours came and we're received b.
the governor and staff and the STATE
officers, while the ladies of the part.
looked on as it enjoying immensely tn
continuous round of hand shaking which
was imposed upon their lords as a pen
atty for their greatness. On ordinar!
days the visitors at the state building
number 600 an hour, but here they wer'
doubled and trebbled and many of TIN
merely curious callers were carried alon'
and found themselves shaking hand'
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