The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-10-27
4 Chicago Fsle Described By
a Slaf Correspondent.
Mxlnlty the PEOPLES lOol
The Show Places OF the Windy CT I,
AND q Visit to lite Y. N. G.
A. tlsadausrters,
(Staff Correspondence

(Staff Correspondence
After Jas. Creelman-As I glanc,
from the window of my hotel Presiden
Mckinley rises in his carriage ans
salutes. He is to have an interview
with me, after which there will be .
banquet, and then an informal meet
Ing of the cabinet. l shall be at tht
Presidents table at the dinner ant
will attend the gathering of the min
istry In an advisory capacity. II h
rumored that l am to return to the
Philippines on special mission for tn,
government at Washington.
After Richard Harding Davis-I hav,
arrived in Chicago. Professions ar,
Art Institute. There Is to be a CRANE
celebration. ! of course must remain
to the close of the festivities.
After Douglas White-The air quiv
ers with music and cheering and tn,
booming OF artillery as move in the
direction of the Presidential party. Mr.
Mckinley has went to bed and now
am able to uninterruptedly chronicle
my emotions.
Being snowbound at Cheyenne ! sub
nit some correspondence from Chi.
cago. There attended the Fall Festi
val. the President and every member
of his cabinet. Premier Laurier of Ca.
NADIA, the Vice-President and Minister
OF Foreign Affairs of Mexico, with theii
national band of seventy artists. 9
score OF Senators. Representatives and
Governors of States were ordinary al
brakesmen at a conductors ball. May.
Ors and aldermen ranked only about
as enlisted men. Many an individual
at home a shining light in all lists OF
nOtables did not get into the land
others" class on Chicago day.
In the day procession there were 22..
900 men. At night Inc column making
up the parade OF all nations had 15.OOt
men. One night there was a show OF
5000 wheelmen and 125 automobiles
This was merely an incidental preli.
minary spectacle. There was also a
trade display of 1900 floats and 5000
men that was not considered much Of
an event.
The Fall Festival is a Chicago fete
or observance carried on by corpora.
ton organized some three or four years
ago. October . Is Chicago Day. mark
ing the anniversary OF the destruction
OF the city by fire in 1871. This year
on October 8 they laid the cornerstone
of the new Federal Building. The
structure now Is a steel skeleton
President Mckinley. who had been
made a member of the Stonecutters
Union for the occasion, set the stone
Secretary Gage and Senator Mason
made the speeches. The scene was the
corner of. Dearborn street and Jack
son boulevard. For the afternoon and
evening there were 100000 people
down town." The crowds were many
times greater than on any day during
the Worlds Fair In 1893. On Chicago
Day" In 1893 there were 100000 ad.
missions to the Fair. This was the
largest gathering OF modern times bu,
on that occasion the town proper wal
deserted.
On the 9th there were the $4,000 and
$1,000 PROFESSIONS noted above. The
line of march, the same for each, wal
five miles. There were 5000 uniformed
police to preserve order. Every big
man had platoon of detectives abou,
him. while hundreds OF sleuths In plaiI
clothes mingled with the crowds Il
seize ck-pockets. There were 200 am.
balances and 600 men In the city Red
Cross service, while the fire department
was OF course unusually alert.
Amongst the atoms of the masses
there was no distinction of sex
Women jostled and were jostled But
that Is about the same every day In
Chicago. Gable trains there have foul
cars. The train stops with jerk after
getting clear of the far" crossing
Before II Is at a standstill all the men
are aboard and seated The women
stand at best and are frequently left
behind. On the elevated they receive
no more courtesy than on the surface
lines.
The day parade on the 9th was to
move at ] p. m. The first section OF 4
moved of after Gen. Merritt little
later than 2 y. m. Many OF the organ
izatiOns had been at their posts al
noon. This parade was not finished
till after 7 p. m. Sometimes 1t was al
q standstill for as much as half an
hour, Traffic Of the surface car linei
was simply paralyxed. In the eveninl
the parade OF all nations. scheduled te
move at 7. started bit after 8 and tn,
last OF the marchers were dismissed
about II, One element was the Chimes,
Dragon 800 feet long. There We're 4
lot u joss House furnishings, sedar
chairs, rich banners and dozen tom
tom and hagelette orchestras, Aftel
the Chinese oriental brigade there wer,
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