The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-03
, FOR FLOWER PARADE
Event VIII Take Place Today
at Eleven O'clock.
MANY HAVE ENTERED
And Beautiful Decorations
Characteristic of the Day,
w HAVE ENTERED

Form on North Main at Tenth, south
on Main to street Fair. traverses Fair.
exit on Market. to William west on
William to Main. north on Main TO
Douglas. East on Douglas to santa e
tracks, turn and retraee to Main,
north on Main TO starting point, and
disband
The above IS the line Of march for the
flower parade Of this morning. The
time Of parade as announced by the com
nlittee is Il o'clock. The entries for the
event are many and beautiful decorations
wiz be numerous.
Wichita's flower parade Of last year
was q success in every respect and the
one OF today was plannel in the added
light Of the experience Of last year, and
without doubt Will be superior TO any
: thing seen in the city.
Z Se formation Of the parade follows:
Chief cubbon and Mounted Police.
Pryor's Military Band.
Walter P lines, John L. Powell, Mar
shals.
Then viii follow entries as per official
program This program viii be on sale
at behring's drug store. Herman & Hess,
Tanners book store, George lines &
Co. and Dockum & Higginson's The will
also be for sale by boys on the street. and
at stand established at Pine and Main
streets, after O'Clock, and all particf-
pants in the parade are requested to pro-
cure one Of these programs and to fall
in line above Pine on Main in order
therein stated
Thirty-two entries comprise the first d.
vision.
The second division viii be made I'D as
follow:
Officer McMillen and Mounted Police.
Wichita Commercial Band.
orville A Boyle and Walter viuvent,
MarshaIs
Queens Float
Thirty-three Other Entries.
Halstead Band.
Fire Department
The reviewing stand will be located en-
Main street at the east side Of the Kan
sas National bank The Judges Of the
parade and other officials Will occupy this /
stand Judge H c. Sluss, Judge D. NJ /
D9le and Mayor Ross have been appoint
co committee TO select the judges who /
VII make the awards to those winning
tne various prizes. The names of this /
cimmtttee viii not be announced until af- /
te' the parade.
Prize ribbons will be given as follows:
led ribbon, first prize; yellow ribbon, Sec
cd prize; white ribbon, third prize.
Prizes viii be given on:
S3est entry for one, two and four-horse
Ahicles, having not over four occu-
pants.
Vehicles having more than four occu-
pants.
Prizes on horseback riders.
Prizes on bicycles
These prizes will be awarded as the pa
rade passes the reviewing stand. as they
counter march and go north on Main
street
Just how much mirth was loosed last
night is not measurable in terms OF con-
fett, for while the hilarity was still at
height the supply of the fragile but
effective ammunition ran out The sale
Of the article is in the hands of con-
cessionsries. who had laid IN a stock
expected to be sufficient for the entire
week. which, OF course. includes satur-
day night, the prankiest night of all.
And now after the second night, It is all
gtoae. However, a chance stock held by
s some local dealer has been discovered.
and the merry bombardment will be re-
stunned tonight, If the mood for 1t holds
mace, to be waged nerrily until this first
Deserve is in turn used Up, BY which
Kline. It is probadle further supplies
from outside. if needed. may have been
keep 10 the right That was the cry
at the turnings in the street fair last
evening and that must be the cry this
evening. In the long promenades there
was always comfortable room, great as
the crowd was, while the confetti battle
raggd, but at the corners on English
strict, where the streams of humanity
contested. there was a crush which kept
ne officers busy strengthening It out
last evening the battle Of the confetti ;
Fame off. It was disorganized, but a
more riotously happy time the younger
people OF southern Kansas and Oklahoma |
never had
II was the end Of a great day. There
were no chief features advertised for the e
5ay. The program was the fair itself, 4
BE wonderful electrical display. the daz- b
Ing Midway. the gorgeous lire Of a
eooths. the magic arches. the enhancing T
electrical fountain. ard the thousand and
me features which are displayed.
The regular trains came in yesterday L
OF usual length. The streets q
from the depots were lined with visitors Il
md by noon Wichita was busy taking 7
are Of the inponr. Eariy in the after
noon the fair was crowded ana from ID
hen until o'clock at night. the crowd z
inside the arches began growing.
AT s O'Clock the cars coming down >
avn were crowded 70 the guards and :
,vervb0dy got OF at the corner and
-,,shed 10 the arches and the street fair.
sv 8 o,elock the promenades were fun. :
rben the confetti throwing began IN :
another ho1r the pavement inside the 4
air were white and pink and green with e
hese small discs OF paper The ground
vas covered. The confetti was every
UAx and everybody and the best o. the (
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