The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-10-10
Three-Quarters of a Million
People at the Fair.
CHICAGO oAYA GREAT SUCCESS.
Never Before Such Host of Visitors
in the City's History.
of Mrs owings and Mrs. GriEgs-The
Iambermen and the state building
The Disgracefsi Forestry ExhIoit.

CHICAGO. Oct. a-lSpecial. IA perfect
autumn dsy and the largest crowd that
| ever congregated in like gathering in the
| worlds history combined with all the
other features to make Chicago day at the
| Worlds fair an unprecedented success.
EVERYTHING on the programme went of
| with perfect success. and the only thing
| to mar the day or evening was a number
OF little accidents inseparable from the
crushing ana iamming OF such a mass of
/ people as congested the Worlds fair dis
| trict. Happily there were but few acci-
dents. although great many people were
| painfully bruised in the different crushes
| The crowd was larger than that at the
banner day of the Paris exposition. Every
part OF the grounds Was crowded, and the
| Midway Piai.ance was almost impossible.
| Never before has holiday been so gen.
orally observed in Chicago. Every busi-
| ness house OF any consequences was closed,
and small stores of all descriptions fol-
| lowed suit. In all sections of the city the
stores We're closed, and even the thousands
/ OF milkmen caught the infection and no.
| titled their patrons several days ago that
they would make bat one delivery today
| Many large firms, IN addition to closing
| their places of business. furnished their
employees with tickets of admission to the
| fair. With all these people turned loose
and added to- by the tremendous influx of
outsiders during the past forty-eight
| hours, IL is not to be wondered that such a
| crowd was never seen before. Among the
| notable features of the day were
memorial editions of the Inter Ocean and
| Record newspapers of this city. These
| papers, which were profusely illustrated.
| contain ID elaborate reviews OF Chicago,
and especially descriptions OF the great
| fire. So unprecedented was the demand
| for these papers that from an early hour in
the morning they sold on the streets at a
| premium, and by afternoon people were
paying as high as 80 cents per copy for
them.
At the down town terminals all morn
ing the crush was appalling. At the
steamboat landings and the Illinois Gem
trail and elevated stations there was jam
the like of which was never before seen
here, while along the line of the cable
roads The people were packed In a black
mass for blocks. At the grounds the
steady stream seemed TO increase rather
than diminish toward dark as thousands
of additional people began to make their
way in to see the night display.
To-Day Chicago was. barring London,
the most popaious city in the world
Within forty-eight hours the railroads
had brought in halt a million strangers.
In spite of all the extra aecommoda-
tons provided for the Worlds fair
every public house was taxed TO its utmost
capacity and thousands were compelled TO
sleep In stores. restaurants and hotel
Offices. Rooms were impossible 10 secure
aud cots were at a premium.
The Worlds fair gates opened Mt 6:30
O'Clock this morning with crowds already
waiting for admission. and from that time
| on there was no let up. At every entrance
| gate hundreds 10 thousands lined up The
| turnstiles were worked as fast rs possible,
letting streams of people into the grounds,
| but they came faster than they could get
| in, and as the hours wore on the multi
| tudes outside seeking admission increased
A more delightful day for this crowning
| celebration could not have been manu-
| factured 20 order. There was not a cloud
| in the SKY, and a cool. bracing breeze from
| the north made outdoor exercise de-
| lightfui. II was emphatically show day,
| with something in the way of exhibition
| every hour.
The day opened with ringing OF the
| Liberty bell by Simon Pokagon, the
Pottasaiamfe chief who sold the site on
| which Chicago Is situated, and John
| Young, son Of the Indian who named
| Chicago. Following this In rapid sue
| cession came the parade of the Chicago
| HuSsars. fanfare Of universal peace by
| heralds stationed on the tops OF the build
/ ings around the court OF honor, an over
| turc to all nations by the united bands /:
| the chorus, Star Spangled Banner" by
| 2. 900 voices. followed by other patriotic
| exercise by bands and voices, including
national airs OF foreign nations; the ring
| ing of the Liberty bell At noon by Mayor
/ Harrison, reunion and review of the
states in the court of honor. making a
| beautiful pageant
The expos ition was transformed into
| fairyland tonight Bright lights flashed
| from every nook and ereyice in the build
| ings. Searchlights cut wide swaths in the
| sky, multicolored rockets shot heaven.
ward and showers of FIRE rained about the
/ grand basin aud on the lake front.
| Through it all floats representing Chi.
/ cago's progress were hauled. This was
/ tue grand climax of the chief fessal day OF
| the fair. The floats were magvels OF
beauty. The first was the Genius of Music.
At her fee, were clustered a chorus Of
| fifty, whoss songs rang out on the night
| air. The second was Chicago, represented
| BY MISS Elizabeth Flynn. who appeared as
the typical Chicago ngnre. Ga the same
float were the following representative
| characters: Love. Liberty, Music, Art,
Science, Ltteratnrs. Chicago a. trading
post in 1912 Was represented on the third
| isoas by a reproduction Of the incident OF
| the Fort Dearborn massacre. sheridan 8
famous ride, figures Of Grant. Logan,
Douglass and Richard Yates. and Chicago
| offering her sons TO Lincoln were on the
fonFth aoat. The fifth vas Angels oi
| Peace" "Chicago Prostraie. typical oi
| the effect of the bag FIRE, was represented
| bx the sixth iioat. A. the rear Of the car
Chicago Was seen rising from the
| ashes. The seventh float vas embismatsC
| of Commerce. The handsomegt h1at IA
The procession, representing Columbus Al
the court of Isabella. brought up she rear
The Genius OF Electricity was apprDpri
ntegv demonstrated by Electra" Ii was
in she form Of an immense dragon iilami
ated by over 700 incasdescent iighEs
which we're constantly changing eoiora
Al the head OF the brilliant pageant rode
the Chicago hasssrs. followed By band oi
| 100 pieces. The procession wended III
way through all The principal avenue. o.
The White City, and people occupied eyery
inch OF ground and ali the available s.acs