The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-07-04
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AS the procession passed this rnornino
as many people missed seeing II as saw
IL II not more. The people who dsd IN,
see the procession evidently dtdr,. o,,o
10 = fcreot that it was on the orr,,,
an curing its progress the streeas ,el,sch
did Eos reach were crowded wi4b -
Tie who were enjoying themselves ~ IN
:, ways ard had no thought If 49,.
near tnem A big procession IN Ne,v
VIII empty adjoining streets. It
Giun tooay IN Oklahoma City. This in
~''i"ua4 selection of methods of pleas
even extended to people who were
OooAed 10 lake part, for while the parade
vas passing on the adjoining streets
Mounted men in uniform and Others for
"honl places were waiting in the line OF
"iafeh' meandered about through the
crowd ''i9
he parade passed through the fair
grounds, where Governor Roosevelt made
speech. While thousands followed hin,
the diminution of the crowds on the
streets was not marked The fact Is
mat enough celebrities are lost On tho
streets Of Oklahoma City TODAY to sfoclr
the local papers with leading news stor-
les for year If the celebrities had coma
on separate days. Men like Edward Mar
snail, the famous war correspondent are
here, having a good time as somebody
or others guest, but the crowd has seen
Them. has, in fact, forgotten them. Mrs.
Allyn Capron IS here, has had a recep-
ton. brilliant affair. Thousands who
were eager for a look at General Met
calf Of the Twentieth Kansas have no
way Of identifying him when they see
him. Newspaper correspondents are here
some Of them. Ike w E. Curtis Of the
Chicago Record. famous. They haven't
bad line in the local papers. when Of
course they could get columns had they
come on any other occasion. Railroad
men are here by the score. officials who
on ordinary occasions would have TO sub
nit TO column interviews. but who are
now mixing with the crowd, undesignat-
ed. and glad Of it.
The truth is that the crowd has come to
see the crowd. There is no reliable esti-
mate Of the size of the crowd. All the
sidetracks here are full of empty coaches.
Every train which comes in is loaded TO
the steps. The Santa Fe regular trains
nave brought in as high as 1,C00 passen-
gers at time from the north. The
chances are that there are 10000 people
in the city today.
Oklahoma City still has wooden avn
ings and narrow sidewalks, and its bust
ness center lies concentrated in point
which is not small, but not large. In this
the great crowd has been grinding today.
The centers Of the streets have in some
instances been taken up with temporary
street-fair-like booths used for manufac-
turing exhibits refreshment stands and
restaurants These have added to the |
congestion. The street noises are some |
thing fearful. That peculiarly western |
atrocity, the street voilin, is apparently
On every corner and occasionally tangles |
its awful strains with those OF a stray !
bagpipe. Added to this ta-ra-ra-boom of /
several brass bands playing in one an
others acoustic bailiwick. and the hawk
ers OF soft drinks, and an occasional OBJ
streperous saloon calliope, and the audi
Die confusion Of the occasion, is some
thing beyond anything of its kind hither-
to attained anywhere.
Under these low awnings and through
this bedlam, the crowd, which is the
show, has wandered today In spots it Is
heavily laden with badges Enid citizens
here have large red affairs. the legend on
which booms both Teddy and Enid The
Shawnee people have badges telling of
the population Of Shawnee. The press
badges, very numerously worn. are brill
liant red affairs. The reception committee
badges are Of leather with a pendant.
engraving of the battle of San !
Juan. Other badges are a metallic star
with Roosevelt's head in the center. The
Arrest is that given to the elect the | {
cough Riders, and distinguished guests. ;
I IS golden key, that is, the freedom | {
II the city, highly ornate and bearing the I
Rough Riders insignia. Another badge
aas little Khaki hat pendant
Ihe crowd can only be identified. as to
Is particular locality by some little sign
u manner of dress. The high Mexican
hats covered with tinsel no doubt indi-
ate the borders Of Texas, Arizona and
New Mexico. The brck-red neck and
hands betoken an Oklahoman or Kansan
-resh from the harvest fields. The stalkv
'itizen with his hair chopped off behind D.,
md his draggled necktie pulled through
l perforated poker chip IS half-breed ,
rom the Chickasaw country probably.
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plated hair high boots and absent sus~
oenders is probably from the kingdom of =
cheyenne and Arapahoe, while the man !,
who follows him in leather stockings.
noecasins and shawl hot enough to
latch chickens IS from the land Of the 4.
-iowas or the Osages or the Wichitas.
The khaki uniforms are numerous and :
prominent. Regular military blue is fire. =,
iuent The impossible cowboy" from .
New York is a feature, a fran. white
k'nned young man in high boots with {
white hat. the ike of =
which no one in the west or east ever
wore before him. or viii ever wear in the
uture. The real cowboy IS here, the real d.
western Rough Rider, the prototype who :
las not been followed closely by Buffalo
BIZ, Roosevelt, or anybody e]se-the cow
10y with the leather-bound, sweat-discol-
red, dust-woven SLOUGH hat. a necktie =.
'anked into a string that would thread
needle. boots with high heels that tear :