St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-21
MAHhATTAYS GREAT DAY.
PREPARATIONS f09 The EASTERN
STaTE'S CELEBRATION.
OLD GUARD ON TaE GROUND.
Every Chicago Hotel Filled With
New Yorkers-Gen. Miles, Ac-
companied by His Brilliant
staff, VIII Review the Various
Military Companies - Unsur-
p assabie Di play of Fireworks

=, CHICAGO, Oct. 20. New York people
sighed and bewailed their fate this
5morning when they beheld the lowering
clouds and scattered rain drops, for the
outlook for good Manhattan day weather
was truly dismal. But as the day wore
on the rain drops ceased to fall, the
clouds rolled on. and the signal service
bureau kindly announced that tomorrow
will be fair in Chicago. ~
The preparations for the celebration of
the grt at Eastern states day are about
, complete. The committee on arrange
ments met at the Auditorium this after
noon and put the last finishing touches
on the arrangements. Badges by the
hundred were dealt out to enthusiastic
fasteners, and upon the streets, about
the hotel corridors-everywhe
to be seen the futtering white ribbons
bearing in bold lettering the legend:
Manhattan Day."
The Pennsylvania, Michigan Central.
Lake Shore and ether roads are bring
ing in train loads of eXcurSionists. 1t
is expected that fully $4,000 New York
eTS will be on the grounds tomorrow.
The Old Guard arrived here at q O'Clock
this evening. 1t was met by the First
regiment Illinois national guard and eS-
corted to headquarters. Capt. w. Ii
White, of the Old Guard, was chief
marshal of the day.
In addition to the programme already
announced, there will be dromsdary,
camel and horse races at the west end
OF Midway Plaisance during the after
noon.
At every hotel in the city New York
erS were registered in numbers today.
Each train arriving from the East
brought delegation of business men,
politicians, or plain pleaSure-SeCkerS.
Cards proclaiming the features of the
day at the fair were hung over every
hotel register in the city. Chauncey NJ.
Depew and John r. Fellows are looked
for at the Auditorium tonight. All the
other people who are to take part In the
programme are already i'll the city.
Bourke Cochran. who has been stop
ping at the Windermere and who was
expected to participate in tomOrrOW'S
exercises, was called East OH important
business and was compelled to leave
Chicago tGnight.
Gen Miles and his staff will lend their
aid towards making Manhattan day at
the fair success. The general, accom-
panied by his brilliantly attired staff,
will ride down to the grounds during the
day, and hold grand review Of the va
riouS military companies which will
take part i'll the proceedings. The Old
guard from New York, reSplendent in
its colonial uniform, will be i'll line, and
also the First regiment, Illinois Ma
tional guards. and the Chicago Illus
sars, mounted and fully caparisOned.
Naturally the New York contingent
would not let Manhattan day pass with
out an indispensable display of fire.
works, and the programme will fairly
equal that of Chicago day and the
Fourth of July. The entire display,
however, will be given on the lake
front. Special attention has bean
given to set pieces and such devices
and in some OF these the genius and art
of modern pyrotechnics will be well
demonstrated One of these great
features will be "Old Glory" floating in
mid air and others will be New York"
attached to balloon and sailing over
the lake in the clouds. Another feat
ure will be portrait of Mayor Gilroy.
colossal figure of Bartholdrs statue
OF Liberty and fire statue of Father
Knickerbocker. The aerial effects will
be of unusual attractiveness,a and aquatic
novelties will be better than ever. Jean
Weitzman, the high rope walker, will
walk from the top of Music hail to the
Casino. and on his return trip wall carry
two big burning fire wheels which he
Will fire while standing i'll the center of
a huge basket of fire.