The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-20
A W E'T DAY
For the Jubilee
Parade.
EVENING BANQUET.
A Notable Speech By the
President.

Chicago, Oct. 19.-One brief CLEAN OF
sunshine and only one has been thrown
upon the ceremonies of the peace ju-
bilee.
1t was a fleeting burst of third-class
sunshine, and it fell upon the presi-
dents reviewing stand just as the
head of the great parade was approach
ing.
Chicago has seen many parades
greater than that of today, but she
never has seen one that pleased her
people better. Notwithstanding the
most elaborate arrangements of the po-
lice department and the banshing of
every street car and all vehicles Of
every description from the down town
streets, there We're times today when
the crowd was too great for the police
to handle and at many places the crush
at times was dangerous.
After the parade, the jam in jackson
boulevard in front of the Union League
Club house was frightful. Strong de-
tachments of police, soldiers and mar
ines, while attempting to arrest the
mass of the crowd We're pushed back
and scattered by the sheer weight of
the throng. Long after the parade was
over the boulevard was a mass of
surging, struggling humanity, which
would not move and which could not
be moved until it pleased.
The greetings extended to President
Mckinley were enthusiastic in the ex-
IRENE, as We're the plaudits showered
upon Gen. Miles and Gen. Shafter as
they passed through the streets. The
president in his carriage was surroun-
ded by members Of the Chicago hus-
sars formed in a square, and detach-
ments of the Grand Army and of the
confederate veterans acted as an es-
eort. He led the parade from the start
ing point at the foot of Congress street
and Michigan avenue to the Union
League Club house. where. in company
with all the other distinguished guests
he alighted and reviewed the parade
Throughout the entire march past the
stand, which lasted trif1e over three
hours, the president remained standing,
Mrs. Mckinley arrived at the Union
League Club house somewhat in adj
vance of the presidential party, escor-
ted by Capt. McWilliams. During the
passage of the procession, Mrs Nc
knley remained at an upstairs window
of the club house.
The presidential party arrived at IL
O'Clock. As the distinguished guests
alighted from their carriages they We're
welcomed by Secretary Clark of the
Union League Club, and Immediately
taken to the reviewing stand. A mighty
cheer went up from the Crowd as Pres
ident Mckinley took his place on the
stand, escorted by Alexander H. Rev
ell
The following were among those on
the presidents stand: Secretary and
Mrs. Gage, Secretary Bliss, Secretary
and Miss Wilson, Postmaster General
Smith, Gen.s Miles, Gen. Shafter, Gen
Duffield, Gen. Corbin, Samuel f, Moore,
Gov. Mount of Indiana, Mayor Malster
of Baltimore, Mayor Maybury of De- |
troit, Mayor Rose of Milwaukee, Admit |
raj George Brown, the Chinese and Cor |
can ministers, Samuel Gompers Judge
Emory Speer, Assistant Secretary Nile |
klejohn, Liberty E. Holden, Senior Que |
sada, Gen. Greedy and wife, Gov |
Barnes of Oklahoma. Clark Howell |
Ireland, ex-Vice President Adlai E. |
Stevenson and wife, Booker +. Wash |
ington. and DR.. and Mrs. William r. |
Harper and Capt. McCalla
All those forming the presidential |
party We're greeted with cheers as they |
alighted at the door of the club house, |
the favorites with the crowd, after the |
Ii
being Gov. Mount, Gov. Scofield and |
Capt McCalla.
In the reviewing stand proper there |
were, with the president, Gen. Miles, |
Gen. Shafter. both in full uniform Gov |
Tanner, Mayor Harrison and Chairman /
TruaX of the jubilee commission.
The advance of the parade after the !
presidential escorts had wheeled out of
the line of march was given to the vet |
Grams of the Grand Army. Several of |
the posts carried gauzy old banners
that had waved in battle 35 years ago |
and to every one of the tattered flags |
the president called attention of those
about him, and every head was bare |
until the flag had gone by. Behind the !
veterans of a former war. came numer-
GUS civil societies. Among them were |
the Clan-Na-Gael guards of Chicago,
500 strong, but without weapons. Not |
a man carried a rifle, nor an officer al
sword After these came the 4th regi-
ment, infantry, from Fort Sheridan |
and then such of the fighting men of |
Chicago as have returned from the war. |
AS the military division, commanded !
by Brig. Gen. Fitzsimmons of the Him
dis national guard. approached the re- I
viewing stand the enthusiasm of the
crowd knew no bounds. The It'll in
fantry closed the parade.
Directly after the 18th antry had /
passed, the president lef reviewing
stand, going into the lD Three
cheers We're given ira as eft, ana
the three cheers w nea being the
death signal for sang pie. All day
long the press, oi crowd on the
police lines III the NO ends of the
in II ea which the Union
League Cliia 9og ; situated had been
enormor yleV 5ened their lines just
as the 81 'front.' Of the club house
was the president, and then
CROWD ing some new excitement
was ened from both ends of the
squa1 I'd the center. Seeing the
awful that mus inevitably en-
sue, I'll be made desperate efforts to
push 'owd back tbward the ends
of thl are but without avail. De-
tachrh of soldiers ana marines We're
hurrif their assistance, but in a