Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-07-07

October as North Dakota day. This
date was chosen because it was be.
lieved at that time-after the harvest
it would be convenient for farmers
to get away-besides they will have by
that time what they are just now short
of-cash-a very convenient as we'll as
necessary adjunct to a successful
Worlds Fair trip. 1 find that most
people remain here tell they are broke.
l shall leave for home soon, and Per
kius tells me he will go 1901 also.
went out to Lincoln park Sunday
a lovely spot-one Of the largest and
most magnificent parks in the United
States. Notwithstanding the Worlds
Fair was open on that day it was esti-
mated that fully 10000 people visited
Lincoln park on the same day; and the
lake drive was thronged with thousands
Of nobby turn.outs-with a liberal
sprinkling OF tallyhos. In q former
letter | mentioned the fact OF meeting
North Dakotans everywhere. Last Sun
day and Lincoln park was no exception.
Int dense crowd surrounding:.the den of
baby lions l met Mr.. E. E. Morris and
his little sons. He, too, said the longer
he remained here the better he liked it.
Mrs. Morris is also here, but 1 didn't see
her. Ed. Hughes of Bismarck and Rep
resentative Veeder of Mandan, spent
the week here. They stopped at the
Grand Central station, down town-the
Northern Pacific depot hotel-and pro.
nounce it an excellent place.
Burke Corbett and family of Grand
Forks, were among last weeks arrivals,
as were also Mr.. E. P. Wells and family
of Jamestown. Sam Trenary also regis
tered from jamestown, but I didn't see
him.
Governor Shortridge and his charm
ing and accomplished daughter, Miss
Lulu, are here and making their head
quarters at the North Dakota building
where they are greeted by scores of
North Dakotans and others. The gov
ernor's health has improved down here
and he tells me he will 60 to Waukesha,
Wis, in a few days for a more extended
rest. The governor expresses himself as
highly pleased with the North Dakota
exhibit here and seems to think Mana
ger Dickey has done pretty we'll, Editor
Bierly to the contrary Notwithstanding.
Others registering from Bismarck
during the past few days are Alex.
Hughes with his three little ones-Helen
and Willie and Frank-here only two
days; w. D. McClelland, John R. Nc.
Kinney. Andrew Johnson. Chas. and
Glen Morris, and Andrew Sherwood, w.
ID. Bratton of Sterling, is here, also
John Swanson of the same place. From
Mandan [ notice r. H. Smith and wife,
Clint Slater, Mrs. H. B. Nixon, A. l..
Nichols and wife, and Chas. Barrett and
wife. H. G. Hibbs of Menoken, was
here last week, as was also Fred Yater
of Fort Yates.
Manager Wickham of the Sitting Bull
cabin syndicate, has finally succeeded in
getting concession on Midway Plat
sance and the rustic home of the recent
MIR. Bull will henceforth compete with
the Algerian and Turkish dancing girls,
the Ferris wheel, the streets of Cairo,
and other attractions for the stray quar-
tiers of the sightseers. The curio sales
and log shack will now make some
money for the owners.
BY the way I had the pleasure of
being one of the 1000 guests invited to
dedicate the great Ferris wheel and take
aride ~heavenward in n of the palace
coaches attached thereto. The wheel is
a great engineering feat and is to the
Chicago exposition what the Eifel tower
was to the Paris exposition. This mon
strous revolving body carries 1000
people up 264 feet from the ground and
back again with a perfect safety as a
cable car carries it's load of human
freight from one place to another on the
surface of the ground. The view of the
grounds, the lake and the city gained
from the top Of this wheel is grand and
no one coming to the fair should miss
the trip.
I forgot to mention Miss Bessie Wap.
goner in my last letter. Through the
kindness of Senator Bidlake she was on.
abled to secure the position of stenog.
rapher for the Concessionaires club, an
organization composed of the gentlemen
OF various nationalities having con-
cessions or exhibits on the famous Mid.
way Plaisance. She has a good position
and is quite q favorite Of the foreigners.
All are go courteous and polite they
make life pleasant for the little Bismarck
lady and she is really infatuated with
her surroundings. Nearly all the
foreigners, no matter from what part of
the old world, speak French, and Miss
Bessie is herself learning to speak the
language quite fuently.