The Sauk Centre herald., 1898-10-20
THECAPSHEAF
Crowning Glory Of the Chicago
Peace Jubilee Was the Great
h Parade.
Thirty Thousand Marchers Re-
viewed by the President and
Others.\
No Vehicles or Cars Allowed Oh
Streets Where the Parade
Passed.
Banquet in the Evening Attended
by Eight Hundred Persons
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CHICAGO, Oct. o0.-The spectacular
and crowning glory Of the week Of jubi-
lee, the great street parade. has passed
It started from the corner OF Michigan
avenue and Congress street, promptly at
the time scheduled and for four hours it
moved swiftly and with scarce single
halt through the principal streets in the
business portion of the city. The one
drawback was the weather. The i'll for
tune which attended the jubilee i'll this
respect since the commencement Of the
ceremonies, still confined. The drizzling
rain kept on. and the cold. damp wind
off Lake Michigan blew increasingly.
This made very little difference in the
column of the marchers and still less in
the number of the spectators who lined
the sidewalks. crowded the windows and
wedged themselves into every nook from
which an advantageous view of the
parade could be had.
All along the line of march numerous,
stands had been erected for spectators,
and fully an hour prior to the moving of
the pageant, every seat was occupied.
1t is estimated that fully $4,000 people
witnessed the parade from these stands
alone. The sidewalks were packed from
the walls of the buildings to the curb
with rows of people, some of whom saw
all of the parade, some of whom saw
most of it, some saw little and some
none at all.
No Vehicles Allowed on Streets.
The police arrangements were perfect
and were carried out to the letter. It
was decided that the streets through
out the entire business section of the
city from the river north to Van Buren
street, On the south, from the river on
the west to the lake on the east should
be swept clear of all vehicles of every
description. At o'clock, detachments
of police officers were sent to drive
every wagon, cart, street car and
banana stand outside the prescribed linn
it's After that hour all the vehicles at
tempting to enter the business portion
of the city were promptly turned back.
The street Car lines of the North Side
switched at Illinois street for the return
trip, all their passengers being COM
PEELED to cross the river on foot. Sight
seers from the West Side were COM
PEELED to walk from Clinton and West
Washington streets, and those coming
from the South Side were forced to
alight at Van Buren street and Wabash
avenue. The elevated roads We're the
only transportation lines that were able
b. ,,4o
tion and as a consequence their trains
were packed to suffocation throughout
the day.
Reviewed by the President
President Mckinley reviewed the pa
rade from the grand stand, erected in
front of the Union League club on Jack
son street. On the stand with him were
General Miles, General Shafter, Gen
eral Chaffee, Secretary Wilson, Judge
Emory Speer, the Chinese and Korean
ministers and host Of lesser dignitaries
The greatest enthusiasm was manifested
by the the crowds when the men of the
military division were marching by the
reviewing stand where the president and
the three generals stood. Many of the
men of the First infantry showed in
their faces and in their walk the traces
of the disease that has been with them
since leaving Santiago, but for
all that the regiment never
did itself more credit, and
it has done itself credit many times.
The Seventh Illinois infantry and the
members of the naval reserve, many of
whom were with Clark on the Oregon,
evoked cheer after cheer as their broad
collars and Tapping trousers came down
the center of jackson boulevard. The
soldiers and sailors were the last divi-
sion in the parade and despite the cold
rain and the colder wind, the crowd re-
mained until the last man of them had
gone before attempting to leave. About
$4,000 men were in line.
The Banquet.
While more exclusive the banquet in
the evening, with the president as guest
of honor, was hardly less important
function than the parade. Eight hun
dred guests were present, and scarcely
one who had not at least reputation
covering his own state, and the names
of most would be recognized the coun-
try over. Franklin MacVeagh was
toastmaster. Following is the list of
koasts:
.'Our Reunited Country-North and
South" Clark Howell; "Our Country" !"
the president of the United States; ''The
President, !" ex-Vice President Adlai E.
Stevenson; 1.-The Army" General Mel
son A. Miles and General William r.
Shafter; '.The Navy Admiral George
Brown and Captain Charles D. Sigsbee;
international Arbitration" James B.
Angel; ..Our Futures" ]" Lyman J. Gage,
Samuel Gompers, Cyrus Northrup.
Brisson Would Retire.
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