The herald., 1893-06-18
A STRANGE PROCESSION.
Novel Sights Witnessed in
Jackson Park.
A Medley of All the Nations of
The Earth.
Denizens of the Midway Plaisance
on Dress Parade.
Nearly Two Hundred Thousand Visitors
at the Fair on Massachusetts
Day-Gladstoue's AK on
Exhibition.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June IL 1T was a strange |
procession, probably unparalleled in |
history, which wound through the ave- |
nues of Jackson park among the palaces |
of the great White city today. In front
of these. evidences of the flower of civiliz-
alton walked the representatives of the
most uututored savages, gathered from
the four corners OF the earth and the
islands of the sea, intermingled with
representatives of the Oldest civiliza-
tions and other queer outlandish people.
The denizens of that motley place, the
Midway plaisance. turned out in full
force. Warriors from every cline, from
United States regulars, who headed the
procession to Dehomeyan amazons, filed
BY, intermingled with oriental dancing
girls, South Sea islanders, Agierines,
Bedowins, Turks, Egyptians, Esquimax,
camels, balloons, donkeys and trained
wild beasts, making such turnout as
never graced even the triumph of vic
torious Roman general returning from
conquest.
OPENING OF THE RUSSIAN EXHIBIT.
Unusual religious rites were observed
in the opening OF the Russian exhibit in
the manufacturers building today.
Strangely robed priests held services ac-
cording to the ritual of the Greek church
in the Asiaticspavilion. Commissioner
General P. E. Glauckhovsky and other
members of the commission, q number
of exhibitors and others attended the
services. The ceremonies were conducted
by the bishop of the Russisn-Greek
church in Alaska, assisted by local
priests. Tine blessing of God was asked
upon the czar and the president of the
United States. The bishop, dipping his
hands in holy water, sprinkled the en-
tire section and dedicated il to the glory
of tho church and the advancement OF
the human race. During the services
the Russian bells were rung. After the
ceremoniea the gnaata WARE. .tanderAd a
| reception and were received at the en-
trance of the main pavilion by Commits
sioner Glauckhovsky, Admiral Kosno-
koff and members of the com mission.
The famous Ivanhoff chorus sang dur
ing the reception and luncheon was
served,
MASSACHUSETTS DAY.
This was the ann iversary of the battle
of Bunker Hill, and appropriately set
apart by the management of the fair as
Massachusetts day for dedicating the
Massachusetts, building, reproduction
of the famous and beautiful John Han
cock mansion, in which dwelt the man
whose signature is such An ornament of
the declaration of independence. The
weather was perfect and the house was
gay with flowers, plants and bunting
The sons of the old bay state gathered
in force and were received from IL till 2
by Governor Russell and ex-Governors
Rics and Long, with the presiding Of.
fcers of the state senate and house and
other members of those bodies. Among
those received were ex-Preeident Har-
rieon and Vice-President Stevenson.
CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION.
The Sons and Daughters OF the Ameri-
can Revolution also celebrated the an
niverssry of the battle of Bunker Hill
in Music hall at ths White City. Gem
eral Horace Porter, presidenty of the
society, presided. After prayer John
W. Hutchinson sang 1.-The Sword of
Bunker HILL" Then Judge Henry M.
Shepard, president of the Illinois go
ciety, welcomed the visitors. General
Porter responded, and in closing pre-
sented Chauncey NJ. Depew, who de-
livered the Grafton of the day.
SUCCESSFUL DAY.
Besides the stated attractions, which
in themselves drew large crowd, il
was the regular Saturday holiday, and
the pablic schools were closed, as we'll
as the public buildings, and many bust
ness houses suspended operations at
noon. Thus it was that, taken as a
whole, today was one of the most sue
cessfu the worlds fair has seen, and
nearly 200, ,000S people were on the
grounds. School children were out by
thousands, swarming everywhere.
There was q grand pyrotechnic dis
play this evening, the feature being
Bunker Hill monument.
THE BLARNEY STONE INSTALLED.
This afternoon portion of the cele-
brsted Blarney stone was placed in the
battlemente of the reproduced Blarney
castle at the Irish village. Mayor Har-
rieon performed the ceremony, and in
augursted the proceeding by Loyalty a.
luting the stone.
GLADsToNE's FAMOUS AK.
The ak used by Hon. William r.
Gladstone in telling trees at Hawarden
will be on exhibition in the forestry
building in q few days.
GATEKEEPERs' RETURNS.
The official returns show that yester-
day's attendance at the fair was III POI.
The total attenesnce at the fair today
was 179,524.
The worlds fair will cause a rush.
Order early. Full stock, good fit, mod
crate prices. Getz, fine tailoring, liz