The age-herald., 1898-10-20
GRAND PARADE
 OF THE JUBILEE Disagreeable Weather Has HaFred the
 Festivities at Chicago. GREAT JAM IN THE STREETS Police Were Unable to Handle the -. Tremendous Crowds. MARINES AND REGULAR TROOPS Were Called Upon to Prevent the Vast Throngs From Crushing to Death
 the Helpless Women and
 Small Children.
MARINES AND REGULAR TROOPS

upon the ceremonies of the peace jubilee It was a fieeting, short-Iived burst of third class sunshine, but it fell upon the presi- dents reviewing stand just as the head of the great jubilee parade was approaching and the dense crowd which lined the streets accepted it as an augury of better things and cheered lustily; but before they were half through with their shouts the little shudder of light was gone, and the cold, dark, dismal weather that from the first has dampened, f1gurativey and literally, the jubilee. festivities, was on again in full force.
 Chicago has seen many parades greater than that of today, but she has never seen one that pleased people better, nor has there ever been parade in this city which has been witnessed by so many people. The crowds in the streets were larger than those which witnessed the great parade at the time of the dedication of the Worlds Fair buildings, almost exactly six years ago. There were more stands and larger stands erected for sight-seers than have ever been here before. All were filled to the utmost, and the number of people that filled the streets was such as has never been seen in the city before. Notwith- standing the most elaborate arrangements of the police department, the banishing of every street car and vehicle of every de- scription from the down town streets, in order that the crowd might have an unob- structed way, there were times today when the crowd was too great for the police to handle, and at many places the crush at times was dangerous. This was not the nfa body It was simply that the throng was greater than anybody expected, and sim ply the geometrical proportions of larger body cannot be crowded into a smaller space After the parade the jam in Jack son boulevard in front of the Union League club house was frightful. strong detach- ments of police, soldiers and marines, while attempting to arrest the massing of the crowd were pushed back, nuddled togeth- CT, but were finally scattered and broken up by the sheer weight of the crowd.
 In the Reviewing Stand
 In the reviewing stand there were with the president General Miles, General Shaf- ter, both in full uniform; Governor Tan ner, Mayor Harrison and Chairman Truax, of the jubilee committee. The advance of the parade after the presidential escorts had wheeled out of the line of march was given to the veterans of the Grand Army, who were present in great numbers. Sev- eral of the posts carried gauzy old banners that had waved in battle thirty-fve years ago. and to every one of the tattered flags the president called the attention of those about him, and every head was bare until tIie flag had gone by. Behind the veterans of a former war came numerous civil so- cieties, rank after rank, until it seemed as though they would never end. Their gay uniforms bright with warm colors and their many banners of many hues, stripes and sizes made a brilliant and glowing panorama Among them were the Clan Na-Gael, of Chicago, in full force, but without weapons. Not man carried ri- fe not an officer a sword. As the ranks of the regiment went past the reviewing stand a white goved hand was at every cap to salute the president, and in protest. it was said, against the action taken by Governor Tanner last spring regarding the Seventh Illinois infantry, itself an Irish regiment for marching on St. Patrick's day in the same parade as the Clan-Na- Gael, the lattetr not being state organi- zaton and having. according to the statutes of Illinois, no right to parade un- der arms without the special permission Of the state executive. After these came the Fourth regulars, from Fort Sheridan and
  returned from the war. As the military di- vision commanded by Brigadier General Fitzsimmons of the Illinois national guard, approached the reviewing stand the enthu- siasm of the crowd knew no bounds. Rightly or wrongly, the people of Illinois believe with all their heart and all their soul that no state in the union sent bet ter soldiers to the front than she.
 The Fourth Regulars
 Bright in new uniforms the Fourth regu- lars came in sight. The ranks of the reg- ment. which were sadly thinned in Cuba, were up again to nearly full strength, and notwithstanding the many recruits in the ranks, the regiment marched in superb style. The First Illinois, which gave more lives during the war than any Illinois body of enlisted men, set the people fran tic the combination of local pride and pa- triotism being too much for a crowd not conservative but frantic, and today on edge with patriotism and excitement. The Seventh infantry closed the parade and it's solid. well filled ranks were long time in passing.
 Long after the parade was over the bou- leyard was a mass of surging, struggling humanity, which could not be moved until 1t pleased.
 The greetings extended President McKin- lev were enthusiastic to the extreme, as
 
 Miles and General Shafter as they passed through the streets. The president in his carriage was surrounded by members of the Chicago Hussars formed in squads, and attachments of the Grand Army of the Republic and Confederate Veterans acted as an escort. He led the parade from the starting point at Congress street and Mich igan avenue to he Union League club house, where, in company with all other distinguished guests, he alighted and re- viewed the parade. Throughout the entire march past the stand which lasted trife over three hours, the president remained standing, nor did he take a seat until the platoon of police which had formed the pa rading line had passed down the boulevard.
 Mrs. Mckinley arrived at the Union League club somewhat in advance of the presidential party, escorted by Captain Mo- Williams. Two or three hundred people waiting in the club rooms for the begin ming of the parade crowded about the en-