The herald., 1898-10-21
JUBILEE DAY AT OMAHA
Mrs. Virgins Description Of Presi
dent McKinley's Message

1t is little worth while to tell anything OF
the presidents visit to the Transmississippl
exposition, for the papers all over the land
have heralded the news OF the grand oration
and of the thousands his coming brought ints
the grounds; but we know many are inter
ested in what his coming meant to your own
exhibit. While he did not visit it person
ally, his coming brought into the exhibit 4
crowd comparable with none but that OF the
great Chicago day at the worlds fair. The
exhibit was one great jam FROM early morn
ing until night. All attendants were kept
busy entertaining the guests and present.
ing each with an olive branch as Los Ange-
les County, California, peace offering on this.
the peace jubilee day" So pleased were
all with the appropriateness of the offering.
and SO. glad were they to wear IT, and SO
many thousands were given away that by the
middle of the afternoon one-fitth of the one
hundred thousand guests were wearing olive
branches, The President introduced the
style, for he and his associates were present
ed with the branches in the early morning,
hence were decorated with them, when
first presented to the public.
The attendants were amused at the an
nouncement in the evening paper that the
lady who presented the olive branch to the
president had come all the way from Los An
geles for this selfsame purpose, and for this
reason alone, was admitted into the privacy
of the Omaha club rooms, the President s
headquarters. Every hour SINCE has brought
to the Los Angeles county exhibit request
for olive branches and the little card bear.
ing the beautiful sentiment. The crowd Of
the Presidents day completed the much GOV.
eted two million mark of gate receipts; and
now the exposition financial condition is a
pronounced success. Before this surging
crowd Los Angeles literature melted away
like paper before a swift fire driven by a
Nebraska wind.
The greatest preparations of the season
were made for the president. All trees.
avenues and walk ways of the bluff tract
were literally ablaze with thousands of in
candescent lights; strings of them were sus-
pended from the tall bandstand to the tops
of other buildings; and above all flashed
out the head and shoulders of the head of
the nation in incandescent lamps. Twas
equaled only by the most wonderful elec
trical parade that greeted the president on
his arrival here. Among the few special
things the president had time to visit was the
Indian camp, where the government repre-
sents every tribe of the nation. All had been
anxiously waiting to see the Great Father,
and as he passed among them the spectacle
surpassed the pathetic and became dramatic.
While the Ak-Sar-B Ben parade, the one
which greeted the president. was a marvel
ors undertaking, it surpassed the Fiesta
floats only in electric lighting. Here the
floats follow the trolley and are lighted in
most elaborate way The Los Angeles
county great register, holding $4,000 names
is closed, greatly to the distress of many Wis
itors, who have called since to enroll their
names. The jury of awards was completed
This Jury is composed of some of the best ex-
perts of the United States. Special pains
was taken in the selection of this jury by
the administration.