The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-10-18
EVERY RECORD
WAS BROKEN
In Canton Yesterday by the 800 Car
Loads Of People Who Vls-
tied Mckinley.
MILES OF PEOPLE IN LINE
Magnificent Pyrotechnic Display-Two
Carloads Of old People and ThouS-
anda of students and workmen
Take Part IN the Parade.

Canton October iE-Iohlkhh N''"''N
electric lights from the public buildings
and beautiful additions TO the hand-
.om. Mckinley arch make the city,
main thoroughfares. rcsplendent WIN
Illumination. Added TO this the I'M
mense Maryland delegation Is parAh-
,,y ,he streets. and Baltimore seems To
have lc, herself loose TO show ONO Inc
greatest pyrotcchnical display ever
brought west
Every record was broken today The
number OF delegations for any one day
WAS surpassed The number OF speeeh's
,ya. Increased. The long distance dele
cations exceeded all former pilgrimages
IN extent Maryland sent 1900 people
West virginia 900, Kentucky 1000 ana
according 10 the reports Of the rail-
road pcopie nearly 600 carloads OF peo-
pie have come In parties large ana
small, from nearly half the states OF
the Union. and score OF them nave
been formally addressed. Al times dur
ing the afternoon the lines Of incoming
uniformed delegations were packed IN
ON Market and Tuscarawas and Cherry
streets In solid lines for over mile
As the drum majors fought their way
toward the Mckinley house STEADY
stream of organized callers retired
down the wide thoroughfares. Twenty
eight organized parties had sent word
Of their coming and were regularly
scheduled but half as many more call
ed The crush OF the crowd that carried
away the fences and the posts OF the
porch made some women faint Major
Mckinley made his speeches from the
reviewing platform near the sidewalk.
IL required several trains ~ ten coaches
each to transport the crowd constituting
the delegation representing the em-
plnyes of the oliver Iron and Steel Co,
the Hainrsworth Steel Co. the Baker
Chain and Wagon Iron Manufacturing
Co, the Mouongahela Tlnplate Co, OF
Pittsburg. and the oliver Coke and Fur
mace Co. Of Uniontown. Pa.
A delegation composed Of two car
loads Of people. the youngest OF whom
was 50 years OF age. and among them
n number who had passed the four-score
mark. came as the old peoples McKin-
ley club OF westerville. Ohio, In the
same crowd. and listening to the tenth
speech Of the day. were the students
OF the Ohio Wesleyan University, and
the citizens in general OF Delaware,
Ohio: the students Of the Ohio Medical
University. at Columbus; and the stu
dents from other colleges at Columbus
and the farmers and citizens OF Becks-
Vile and vicinity In northern Ohio.
Delegations from the Blue Grass state
came In five or six trains, aggregOting
.nfty-eight coaches, They were ad-
dressed in two sections.
The central, eastern and western
counties OF West Virginia filled to the
platforms forty coaches, coming in a
train OF Ave sections,
The shopmen. railroad men, street
railway men and Maryland delegation
occupied five trains of ten coaches each,
the first OF which covered the distance
OF 500 miles and reached Canton early
In the day, but when the last came
and the demonstration was held, 1t was
necessary to turn on the electric lights,