Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-09-28
DENVER is CROWDED:
eAFNlvAt PkAWs FaousANps.
Firth Annual Festival Of Mountain and
Plain Formally InaugurAtsd = Fine
Weather-Miss symes for Oueen.l

swing. The crowd IL SO great tllat II Is
difficult to get about the streets aii,l
the sidewalks are not wide. enough 10
hold tho throngs of people. -
The railroads. have found IL difficult
10 Accommodate the visitors from out
Of town, and the Influx IL not yat over.
II Ii estimated by railroad men that
nearly 5o,Otp people have been ,bruugh,
into, Denver during the last two DAYS.
Every train that arrived In Denver
yesterday was crowded. Men. women
AMI children We're standing up In the
aIslcs OF the coaches. On some OF the
trains Il would have been diiiicult TO
find room for another passenger. Ii Is
estimated thai 1900 arrived ycster-
day. ,,.g - sts
The formal opening OF the Carnival
consisted .of the crownins. OF Queen
Ihiuia Nanday evening. Miss Rather
lne Symes, daughter OF The late Cor
gresham Symes. was honorcd by sclec,
tion for the proud position this year.
IND nmtd great display and ppmp she
was .nthroncd nj the grand siand. The
queen Is lcauiif,L girl and WIS gor-
scvusly coStnmcd. lsedcckc,i with lew
els aud costly roi,c.s. she formed nm ef-
fcrfiv. center Tor II dazzling array OF
brilllnncy. Her blonde hair, adorned
with Veil and III. crown OF silver and
diamonds set on II handsome ypc Of
American beauty.
The attractive sr6nii ~ youri.. ladies'
who ,lcrved as niai.is 6f a,Sasr cam. In
Tor large shnrc OF attention and
praise. Following the coronation yion.
day night came the hall and ruccptIon
IN honor OF I'll. maids. which !was a
great success. gft
Yesterday afternoon there wes. two
f1Fid.s- The iir,t was tn. irtumphal
nnrch Of the queen OF the carhIsni.
The crowd packed every street from
curb 10 I'll. bnii.ilnrs. aud rose tier
upon tier In the windows Of the bust
ns,si blocks Far. up. even TO thc
cave. u rose. aud In some places dang.
Nns legs showed whvfr hardy sprcta.
tors had taScn ,lIcir pcriious Positions
Oh the roofrsps. 90.
II was q ;ritinfphai march through q
.oiia wall Of closely packed humanity.
1ter- wns no, a street crossing open.
aud vehicles steod a dgsva d~vp. wait,
ms for the parade To pass. Oevt,s
pants nf rufs. that piled M In line
10 or ~ long stamped their f.-t In
vain while the mu'iitudv, ch-crSi the
passing tas~ant. ''T'f "'i
The whole parade was gorgeous bc.
ynni woFsis II was q riot 81 rpior--
bia-s. Errrns. yriiows. whites. pur.
Piles. pInks. rrimsans. rrr-n.. y-iiews,
whites ani iarrnd.rs-i.a.sri before
tl- b~wiidrrrd eye. Of the aaiookiHs
multitude until IL almost made the
BEAD swim. The color. af the p-a.
cprk's feather. or TITO tnricsa,-d plum
sEc VI tropical bini.. STRETCHED out
srcs hsif mile .f .sac.. woaId give
hut faint iira Of the coisrins.
The grr-n's tioat was a splendid zf.
fsir. Decorated viii. ealunbincs while
the horS-s all wrrU cpVcrri with thu
same flowers The queen al, oh hs-
'hTpn~ on n iais. under n Cau,ps ~
rich silks. II rUi AMI yellow.
Following her Camr lsrlutifui foais
lscarias the maids of honor. Follow
ins the Hoa;s b-arinE the maids "f
hrnor came the Eiiiss Kansas. faut
IN fatigue uniform. The next iisisin7
~ the Tasai" was devoted to tlir dip
iptnaiic cons. IN r.
Following the Diplomats came tho
dSrurpi.si s1rrias- taradr. which wns
very h--autiftl. Al Sorts Of vehicles
wrrr aTtistiraliy dCcuTairi In all sorts
Of cp,"ss ani n variety af designs.
Tis. fiEr Department, made its b~s,
showing. There Npru thirtrrn CON.
I3EllES AH w" IatHlEs anu rsgn WIS
En'icu up in, Original aud artistic
inantUr. 9Th.
~ lssn tho arriui -,rIss aunaunr,-,
the military fraturs Of the afternoon.
The rcgimeu'ai hand was given an
ovation. iut u was not so hearty ne
that accur,ls,i the first Colorado Rand
which was with the Fcturnr1i ,sltin.
tevrs. These two t-osiisss Of mrn vCr,,
dcluzCj with applause. Han.iksr.
chiefs waved fFutn gtery foot Of tbs.
m1us;rots structure. ani many of the
fair scx stus-l ur-n their feet and
Wildly Ch~-gr.iy GsHsrai Hale wu<
furcr.i 20 ride larrhca,lCtl. s., cuntinu.
d1Ss was the applause. As the Colo
faio volunteers marched by ,hc throne.
they uncovered. while ,Lc rt~-n arose.
After tho parade had passed. the M.
tinfal guard. cadets. artillery and vol.
uniecrs returned The Gusris cam.
10 a single frunt. brinr an unl,rpk~u
line uf military several huttirc-i feet in
length. Ahead 80 them stn-pi In like
I position the cadets. whils The Colorado
| volunteers. intending the Cuban vet.
/ Grams AMI The engineers. made NJ, the
I third tier. grttcrai Hrovuinr then
7 rutie 20 the front. whil. itiir han.
J plnyr-i "tfct Time and r,mtiiat.ti =
military settling Of nus, delightful 81.
feet ~ f..a O..
"Mcai-r. pf ,itc National Guard, :
shouted the spberai II ak ypu 10 inin
NJ. IN ,hrcc cheers for Che VETERANS of
/ the Spanish war...,f. F.l-. .ii
They were given wi,iia n will the tnul.
I titndr joining. fi. aHlt1
u also hss for tire. cheers Tor tho
Z veieTans 81 the Civil War r..H
They wvrr also sbuutrtl with !,rpn'
l vim. the volunteers throwing their
hats around their heads sET
] In the evening the Slaves Of the Sii.
I yer Serpent came wv; uf their lair an,l
/ IaTahcd through miles ~ strrcts Iint-l
| With enthusiastic spectators. Tile cm.
blenaiical fUsiis wcrc ms gorgeous rs
! usual aud Erpiily picas,i the st,crtn
| tors. Following 'lie parade came III,
l,aI ~ the Slaves at the Broadway
I ts"aters o.. ...trI ff...I r
(. The street. fair Is gradually getinc
mt" slap hni will sooii II. vtea, at
traction. .fTErE EFfTuftU " .