The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-02
Incidents Of the Parale and the
Evening.
Nobody Killed and Very Few
We're Hurt.

KANSAS CITY. Oct "a throng of
80o.OgO people filed the streets of Kan
sas City last evening to SEQ the Priesis OF
Panas parade The crowd on the down
town streets was one Of the densest ever
packed together For fortv-cight hours
every train into Kansas City had been
loaded with people from ali parts OF the
west.
The jam at the Union depot
all Yesterday and last night was
terrific. The Santa Fe led the
list. with all the regular trains and
125 extra coaches made up in a dozen
extras. They came in from every branch
and main line and brought in thousands
of people, many from distances as great
as 200 miles. Pleasure parties from west
ern Kansas, Okl4homa, Indian Territory,
even Arkansas and Nebraska, were nu-
merous and most OF them came pre-
pared to stay several davs.
On tine main line and branches the Mis-
souri, P.ciGc used 100 extra coaches in
eight ezra trains.
The ,. emphts nad great success with
It's cheap rates from the south. aud
brought in over eighty extra coaches.
The Burlington brought in large
crowds on It's regular treins yesterday
morning, and also last evening. In ad-
dition there were sixty extra coaches in
tae five extra trains used THESE came
from St. Joseph and two from the main
line one from Quincy and the other
from Brook feid.
On one Of the trains was a party of
fifty ladies and gentlemen from Quinc~
The Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific
from both east and west came in with
two extra trains il addition to numerous
extra coaches attached to the regular
trains. On the other roads extra coaches
aud special trains we're used, there being
from ten to forty extra coaches used by
each road.
The parade represented scenes from
mythology, opera and romance. 1t was as
brilliant as usual. There were nineteen
floats
There were d number of accidents in
the immense crowd, but no very serious
ones
a horse attached to wagon owned by
the Fuller Coal company cOilided with Il
vehicle, in whish MAS seated Miss Z la
Nyberg, on Independence avenue. She,
with her driver, E,han Young, were
thrown to the pavement and painfully IN
jured.
Carl Marshall. boy living at Sixth
and Washington streets, fell in IA tit IN
front of the American bank building
during the movement Of the parade. He
was taken 10 Central police station and
treated by the police surgeon.
Bob Hackett came from Warbury,
Kan, to take in the sights aud
have good time He got in the
way of cab train at Six
teenth and Bell streets, and received a
bruise on the left side, which was
dressed by the police surgeon at central
DOlics station
Ex- Policemen Mike Conway attempted
to cross in front of float \ o. u at Eighth
and Walnut streets while the Pries's OF
Pallas parade was On he move. An attend
ant of the float pushed him and he fell
over,striking his head on a curbstone. Con
way received a bad scalp wound and for
d while was rendered unconscious He
was moved 10 central police station,
where his wound was dressed by the
police surgeon.
Many and interesting were the Incl
dents of the great parade
The Holton, Kansas, band, which fol-
lowed the "Trnby" float aud played
strain after strain of "Ben Bolt" came
in for q targe anodnt Of praise from the
spectators. who admired that remarxa-
bly, beautiful strain.
AS the parade rounded into Walnut
street from Seventh, a series of coloreG
lights thrown onto the different floats
from the balcony of the Grand opera
house, served to add beauty to the al
ready splendid appearance Of the floats.
just prior to the parade's appearance
on Walnut street, an alarm of fire called
the hose wagon from No. station down
the street. There she comes" came
from galaxy of faces in the crowd, and
slev parted, only to witness q series of
tparks from the wheels of the hose
wagon as it rounded the corner of Fifth
and Walnut streets.
j. ]. Niece of Florence. Col. stood at
the corner OF Tenth and Walnut streets
and watched the parade go By last night.
He became so interested in the floats that
he did not feel the hand of thief when
1t was slipped in his pocket and with
drew his purse, containing S25. railroad
ticket to his home and two railroad tick
cts to Trenton, Mo.
At the Coates hotel. where colored
man burned colnred lights during
the progress of the parade. \
slight deviation was noted when.
by his carelessness, the flag dram
cries caught fire and burned for several
minutes. A thoughtful man cut them
from the balcony where they hung and
they fell into the crowd underneath.
causing considerable commotion. There
was no damage.
a search light of $500 candle power