The San Francisco call., 1898-10-20


 of sunshine, and only one, has been thrown upon the ceremonies of the Peace Jubilee. It was fleeting. short lived burst off third class sunshine, but 1t fell upon the Presidents 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 Justify, 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. fig uratively and literally, the jubilee fes- tiYities, was on again in full force.
 Chicago has seen many parades greater than that of to-day, but she has never seen one that pleased her people better, nor has there ever been a 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 pa rade at the time of the dedication of the Worlds Fair buildings, almost ex- actly six years ago. There were more stands-the larger stands erected for sightseers-th have ever been seen here before. All were filled to the ut most, and the number of people that filled the streets was such as has never been seen in this city before. Notwithstanding the most elaborate ar arrangements of the Police Department the banishing of every street car and vehicle of every description from the downtown streets, in order that the crowd might have an unobstructed way, there were times to-day when the oxr-6 IA tc, handle, and at many places the crush at times was dangerous This was not the fault of the Police Department or of anybody. It was simply that the throng was greater than anybody had expected, and simply the geometrical proposition that larger body cannot be crowded into smaller space.
 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 ma rines while attempting to arrest the Hlassingof the crowd were pushed back, hudd1ed together and finally broken~up and scattered by the sheer weight of the thFOng. Long after the parade was over the boulevard was mass of surging, struggling humanity, which would not move and which could not be moved until 1t pleased.
 The greetings extended to the Presi-
 
 as were the plaudits showered upon General Miles and General Shafter as they passed through the streets. The President in his carriage was surround ed by members of the Chicago Illus sars, formed in a square, and detach- ments of the Grand Army and of Con- federate veterans acted as an escort. He led the parade from the starting point at Congress street and Michigan avenue to the Union League Club house, where, in company with all other distinguished guests, he alighted and reviewed the parade. Throughout the entire march past the stand, which lasted a trif1e over three hours, the President remained standing. nor did he take a seat until after the platoon of police which formed the protecting line for the rear of the parade had passed down the boulevard.
 The Presidential party arrived at o'clock. As the distinguished guests hiighted from their carriages they were 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 President Mckinley took his place on the stand, escorted by Alex H. Re yell. The following were among those on the Presidents stand: Secretary and Mrs. Gage, Secretary Bliss, Secre- tary and Miss Wilson, Postmaster Gen eral Smith, General Miles, General Shafter, General Dufffeld, General Cor bin, Samuel E. Morse, Governor Mount of Indiana, Mayor Malster of Balti- more, Mayor Maybury of Detroit, Ad miral George Brown, the Chinese and Korean Ministers, Samuel Gompers, Judge Emory Speer, Assistant Secre- tary Meikel1ohn. Libert E. Holden, gart, General A. w. Greedy and wife, Governor Barnes of Oklahoma, Clark Howell, Governor Scofield of Wiscon- sin, Archbishop Ireland, ex-Vice Presi- dent Adlai E. Stevenson and wife, Booker T. Washington and Dr. and Mrs. w. R. Harper and Captain Mo- Calla.
 In the reviewing stand proper there were the President, General Miles, Gen. eral Shafter, both in full uniform; Gov ernor Tanner, Mayor Harrison and Chairman Truax of the jubilee com mittee.
 The advance of the parade after the Presidential escorts had wheeled out of tha line of march was given to the yete- rans of the Grand Army, who were present in great numbers. Several of the posts carried gauzy old banners that had waved in battle thirty five years ago, and to every one of the tat tered flags the President called the at tention of those about him. and every head was bare until the flag had gone by. Behind the veterans Of former war came numerous civil societies, rank after rank, until 1t seemed as though they would never end. Their gay uni forms, bright with warm colors, and their many hues. stripes and sizes, made a brilliant and glowing pano- rama. Among them were the Clan Ma Gael Guards of Chicago in full force, 800 strong, without weapons. Not a man carried a rifle, not an officer a sword. AS the ranks of the regiment went past the reviewing stand white gloyed hand was at every cap to salute the President, and in protest, 1t was said, against the action taken by Gov hrnor Tanner last spring regarding the Eleventh Infantry itself, an Irish regi- tnent, for marching on St. Patrick's s day in the same parade as the Clan Ma Gaels, the latter not being State or Eanization, and having, according to the statutes of Illinois, no right to pa- tade under arms without the special permission of the State government.
 After these came the Fourth regular infantry from Fort Sheridan and then such of the fighting men of Chicago who have returned from the war. AS tl,a military division commanded by