Omaha daily bee., 1898-10-11
BLESSED BY NATURE
Great Peace Festival Opens Under the Most
Favorable Auspices.
WEATHER DELIGHTFUL AND CROWDS LARGE
Monday Sees More People on the Grounds
Than Ever on that Day.
MlSS0URIANS MAKE A GREAT SHOWING
Thousands from the Transmississippi Empire
State Flock to Omaha.
MAKE A GREAT SHOWING
MAYORS CELEBRATE AT THE AUDITORIUM
Representatives of Transmississippi
Cities Give Modest Accounts of the
Municipal Greatness of the
Region They Represent.
Total Admissions Yesterday 20,O3
Total to Date .............. 1,016,4O

No event in which the interests of great
people were involved had more auspicous
beginning than the grand Peace Jubilee,
which was inaugurated yesterday All
things combined to cheer the hearts of
those whose expectations were merged in
the enterprise and to predicate a measure
of success commensurate with it's impor-
tance. Although the ceremonies of the day
were unimportant as compared with those
which will follow, the crowd far exceeded
that of any Monday since the exposition
opened and seemed to promise that the
hopes Of the management for the remaining
days would be amply satisfied.
The unexampled beauty of the day was in
Itself enough to inspire the people and
emphasize the confidence Of the manage
ment. The rain that poured almost inces-
sanity through the preceding night left the
landscapes of the White City as fresh and
bright as when they delighted the senses Of
the first visitors in June. Having performed
this kindly office it ceased entirely, the
clouds broke and disappeared, the sun shone
out in the full glory of it's October beauty
and Nature was all smiles and sunshine
and gladness to greet the great jubilee Of
peace. Autumn never offered more beau
tful scene than the bright panorama which
was unfoded before the first visitors of the
morning. The flowers and foliage were still
dripping with reluctant raindrops which
glittered like myriad diamonds in the
morning sunlight. The green of the grass
and the gorgeous cororings of the Gamma and
geraniums and dahias were aglow with all
the magnificent beauty of June. The air was
full of inspiration to happiness and as the
first troops of admiring visitors were multi
piled to hundreds and these to thousands
the merry animation Of the scene added all
that was lacking to make spectacle Of
transcendent splendor.
Most Rare Combinations.
Asis fror1 the sc sentiment OF the week the
beauty of the day was alone enough to
make 1t notable 1t was composite repro
nuction OF all that the hopes of all who
were Interested in Its success had pictured
The most pessimistic critic could hardly
have suggested flaw in the ideal beauty
of natures tribute to the day of peace.
To the bg> crowd that swarmed over the
broad landscapes and along the aisles of the
great buildings 1t was added material for
enjoyment. 1t lent added beauty to every
architectural triumph and impaired a sense
OF oriental splendor to every stretch Of lux
uriant landscape. 1t inspired a spirit Of
admiration and renewed the capacity fol
enjoyment and the people reveled in its de-
lights and declared that the great exposi'
tion had never seemed so beautiful.
Aside from the celebration of Mayor!
day the striking feature was the presence o.
several thousand Missourians, who came
early in the morning and were visible IL
the last remnants of the departing crowd a
night. Most OF them were seeing the ex
position for the first time and they could
not find words to express their wonder a
its unprecedented gradeur. With few ex-
ceptions they will remain until the las
of the week and make the most OF thei
trip. Thousands of other visitors came II
yesterday with the same intention and
every trainload that Is brought In during
the next two days will add SO many to thu
crowd. Every one has come to stay unit
after PRESIDENTS day at least and few will
go away until they have also had an oppor.
tunity to see and hear the heroes OF tn
army and navy a day later. Nothing tina
can be foreseen can prevent the Jubilee from
being a tremendous and inspiring success
and its promoters are almost in sight o
the fulflment of their brightest anticipa
tions.
Today Is Governors day and the execu
tives OF the transmlssissippi states will oc
cupy the rostrum that the mayors filled S
comfortably yesterday The afternoon vii
be occupied by the concert in the Audito
rum, the life saving exhibition. organ re
cital. balloon ascension and the sham battl
and In the evening there will be the usua
Plaza concert and an elaborate display G
fireworks.
The New Mexico day exercises will be hel
at the New Mexico exhibit in the Mine
and Mining building this morning at /
o'clock. The speakers win be Colonel Al
bright of Albuquerque. Major Lesson c
Santa Fe and Roger Dent of Las Vegas
The meeting will be Of short duration, a
the visitors desire to spend most of the da
In viewing the exposition.