The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-10-10
BANNER DAY AT THE FAIR.
Chicago Day Brings Out the Biggest
Crowd Ever Gathered in
4 the Country.
Visitors Crowd the City Beyond
the Limits OF It's Tremen-
dous Capacity.
The Special Festures Peculiarly Adapted
to lh.cayo DNy-Fireworks Mover
N before Equaled.


IN before Equaled.
CnrcAao. Oct. ga perfect autumn day
and the largest owd shat ever conRre-
gated At q like gathering in the worlds
history. combined with all other features
to make Chicago day at ths Worlds fair an
unprecedented success. Everything on tho
programme went OF with perfect success
and the only thing to mar the day or evs-
ming was . number of little accidents in
separable from the crushing and jamminR
of such mass OF people as conRsstsd the
Worlds fair district. Happily there were
but few serious accidents. although . great
many people were painfully bruised in the
different crusheA
The crowd was larger than that at the
banner day of the Paris exposition. Every
pnrt Of the grounds was crowded aad Mid
way plsisnncs was almost impasssble.
Never before has holiday been so aener-
ally observed In Chicago. Every business
house Of any oonse qnence was closed and
small stores Of oil descriptions followed
suit. In all sections of the city these
storsa were closed and even she thousands
Of mllkmen caught the infection and noti-
iod their patrons several days ago that
they would make bat one delivery to. Gay.
Many large firms. In addition to closing
their places of business. furnished their
employes with tickets OF admission TO tho
fair. With all these people turned loose.
and added " by the Tremendous influx OF
outsiders during the past forty-siaht hours.
- T. A. ~
crowd WAS never seen bsfo's.
Among the more notable features of the
day veTs memorial editions of the Inter
Ocean. Record and Times newspapers of
this city. Those papers. which were pro-
fusely illustrated. contained elaborate re-
views Of Chicago. and especially dssczir-
tioas of the great FIRE. So unpreosden ted
vaa the demand for shsse papers that from
an early hour in the morning they sold on
the streets q premium and by afternoon
people weYe saying 40 high - 80 cents q
cspy for them.
~ the down town terminals all morning
the crush was appalling. At the steam
boat landing. Illinois Central. and elevated
stations there was : jam the like OF whick
was never before seen here. while along the
line OF the cable roads people were packed
in a blsrE mass for blocks. Az the grounds
tho steady stream seenlsd to increase rather
than diminish towards da /. A. thousands
of additional people began TO make their
way In to SEQ the night display.
ltwss emphaticaily a '.show" day. with
something in the way OF exhibition every
| hour. The day opened with the ringing Of
| the liberty bell by Simon. the Pottawatonie
chief who sold,the site on which Chicago
ia situated. and John Young. the son of
the Indian who named Chicago. Following
this in apid suocsssion came u parade Of
the Chicago hussars; q fanfare OF universal
peace by he,alds stationed on the top of
buildings q, ound she osurt Of honor; an
overture Of all nations. BY the united bands;
ohio, as Of tho 'stsH SpanRled Banner"
by 2. 900 voices. followed by other patriotic
airs by bands and voices, including the
national airs Of foreign nations; the ring
Harrison, the reunion and review of the
| states In the court Of honor. making a
beautiful pageant.
The exposition was transferred into fairy
land Tonight. Bright lights flashed from
every nook and oreviee In tho buildina'.
| ulti-oolored rockets shot heavsnwarl.
showers Of ne rained about the grand
| basin and on the lake front. Through 1t
all floats representing OhicaRo's progress
were hauled. II was the grand climax OF
the chief fsstal day of the fair. The
WUs'' Wss tho I' Genius % Of i Music" At her feet
clustered . chorus Of hfty whose songs
rung out ON the night air. The second,
''Chioaao." was represented BY Miss Eliza
beth Flynn. who ap, cared % the typical
Chicago figure. On the Same float were the
love- "LiS.ss'." Music" Art"
| ''Scienoe." Literature.
| Chicago a. a trading. rost In 1912 was
represented on the third feat by the repro
duction Of an incident OF the Fort Dear
| born massacre. Sberidan's famous ride.
figures Of Grant, Logan. Douglass and
Richard Yates. and Chicago Offering her
sons TO Lincoln were on the fourth float.
| The fifth was the Angel Of Peace
| Chicago prostrate. typ cal of the effect of
the big he. was represented bv the sixth
float. Al the roar OF the car Chicago WIS
seen rising from the ashes. The seventh
float. emblematio Of Commerce" the
hantsomest float in the procession. rsrre.
ssntinR Columbus Al the court of Isabella,
brought up the car. The genius of cleo
tricity was appropriately dem onstrated by
ELECT T." II was in the form OF an i'm
menss dragon. illuminated by over 1900
inoandsscent lights which were constantly
changing colors
Al The head Of the brilliant pageant rode
the Chicago Hussats, followed by band of
| 1000 pieces. The procession wended its
way through all the principal avenues Of
the White city. and people occupied every
inch of ground and all available space on
tho buildings.
The fireworks which followed were prob
ably the finest ever sent off. No expense
was spared and the magnitude of the dis
play was appalling. Rockets shot from
every corner of the White city and con-
tinual shower OF colorsl fire fell on every
side, the set pieces Of which were b'illiant
in this extreme. ''Old Fort Dearborn"
"Old City HAIL." Chicago Triumphant"
ws Q features in front of the peristyIa.
Tho largest pieoe of tho evening was the
"ButDing of Chicago" which covered al
rea OF IA 600 square feet. It Was produced
in fou. acsnes, this fret illustrating "MEs.
ULeary's oow;" the second. "kioking over
the lamp" Tho fire starting thence was
realistio and correct view Of the burning Of
the city and the display closed with VIC
turO OF Chicago in rnins.
| Tho crowd wins handled well, but no
human mcana, NO system OF sTanspo' thtion
however fast. was capable OF handling such
. crowd without Rroat difficulty. Aeci-
dents were few. and only small
proportion Of them fatal. A majority
OF those hurt were from outside
points and their trouble lose from their
not being NJ cautious as the native Chioa-
goan II IN navigating streets and getting
| on cara.
Total admissions sl.o2s. Of which 7ls.-
636 paid.
| Cardinal Gibbons will hold the services
Of his silver jubilee on October II. This
date Was decided On In order NOT to inter
faro with th0 PAoniAp an = a Az aaP vioea Of tha