The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-27

through which the police rad to
fight right Of way for the parade,
was the human interest. The street
railway management abandoned all its
schedules between z and $50 o'clock.
All the available rolling stock was
pressed INTO service to bring people
from North Salt LaLs and Sugar ward,
from up Popperton way and from the
western limits Of the city.
Mothers came with babies in their
arms. OLD men and Old women, young
men ana young women, children of all
a[es. were in the restless, turbulent.
pushing. but goOd-natured mObs that
lin q up TO see the Purple day parade.
Fully $4,000 citizens Of salt Lake and
nearby towns turned out. It was inn
possible to preserve anything like
St aiGht lines or order, for as fast
lane was opened in one direc-
ton il was closed in another.
a not unusual feature was the fact
that nearly everybody tried to see the
parade at the same time. The route
from Third South TO South Temple
street on Main held as many people
as could crowd into the thoroughfare.
while other sectors of the line Of
march were comparatively deserted In
the business section the congestion
was so tremendous that the absence
OF accidents was remarkable.
Keeping Back the Crowds.
Mounted officer Sperry on one hana
and Mounted officer Brown on the
other bucked their way through with
the greatest of difficulty. and after
they had passed the walls of humanity
surged together again and Sergeants
Burbidge and Brown, at either end of
the police squad, had to battle hard
TO open another way Prancing horses, /
their nerves at high tension from the
music and the lights, reared and /
plunged 20 the imminent peril Of the !
front rank Of Onlookers. but they could /
not get back because those in the rear
were crowding them forward.
The parade rs d whole was a dlSap- 1
pointment to most people because they I
had been led to expect the biggest .
thing OF its Kind ever given in Salt /
Lake It lacked a good deal OF that. !
but there = ere many features out of /
the ordinary. One OF these was the |
illumination. The carriage Of Queen /
Maheile was brilliant with electric [
: lights. The great crown surmounting 7
re seat was studded with white and /
purple incandescents. which cleaned I
brightly along the route and caused /
many admiring comments
Another feature was the Salt Lake |
lodge, 240 strong, each man carrying /
an electric torch. White and purple |
bulbs aiternated and the showing made /
was a very handsome one The cleo |
ticitv for the lights WIS obtained /
frcus the trolley wire. man with |
trolley 0ole about the size OF fShinz, /
rod walked b ythe queens carriage. On !
the end OF the pole was wheel. which I
carried the current to wire running +
through the rcd ana VI TO the lamps !
on the carriage. The wire terminated !
in another pole which was held against /
a street car rail ~ another man, who I
thus completed the circuit The Elk /
torches were fed IN the same fashion. |
The electric lights OF. the queens car 4
riage and those carried by the Ell<s
were the only electrical features OF the
parade. The rest consisted OF men on
foot and mounted. maids of honor AMI
others in carriages, midway attrGc-
tions and bands. Except for the num-
her Of visitors it did not differ ma
terially from other parades held dur
ing the carnival
Order of Para ie.
The mounted policemen were frst.
then Grand Marshal Beer and his staff
and a big police squad commanded by
Chief Hilton. He'd's band was just
ahead Of Lord 5SiKinton the big live
elk owned by the local lodge, who re-
Ccived lame last night at the hands
of Queen Me5elle. Hts lordship shifted
the air AID tossed his antlers threat ,
eningly from time 10 time. but made (
no effort to break away from the men /
wr1 led him.
Mrs. George WooIrich. winner OF the 4
equestrienue costume prize. was T7xt, /.
escorted by w. F. snyder. both + nd I.
somely mounted. Then came Queen /
Mabelle in her sunptuOus carriage. /
The Rawlius lodge Of Elks was the /
first branch of that order in line It's /
members were out To the NUMBER OF 4
fifty Queen Mabelle's court followed I
and in order came the visiting lodges. ]
There were nfty from Ogden. sew .
enty-five from Eureka and forty from /
Rock Springs. The Eureka delegation /
had live goat which ins.9ted on /
chewing Representative Ho zheimer's 7
linen 0Cster. to the great amusement .
Of tire multitude. The sat Palace /
land headed the second division. which /
vas made up Of tie Salt Lake lodge T
Indians. midway attractions and the T
floats Of the Mcdonald Candy company
and the Cooperative blacksmith shop. .
II he line Of march was north on Main /.
10 South Temple, east l. state south 20 4
First South, west TO West Temple anJ /
soJth to the carnival enclosure.
Bg arriving there the horses were !
unlocked from Queen Mabelle's car. /
TiaEe ard the vehicle was lifted to a .
platform with tho queen anu Der black I
attendants ia 1T. Then the l-.aids Of I
honor grouped themselves about heI
and Director General Ston introduced .
the sovereign TO the people. who crowd
ed up to witness the ceremony Of chris 8
q ming the elk.
For once the midway bands were !
srnpped and something ike order was /
maintained while the queen. I'm clear /
tenes. gave the elk his marie Lord Elk /
fntou- Not long afterwarJ Queen Ma [
belle and her maids .were driven away |
10 the Kenyon. where her majesty en- /
tertaiued the court and friends at AL
banquet.
The attendance last night was ire
uendous u was estimated that more
than 5000 people were in the enclosure
st one time. and the looks of the
streets justified the belief. for il world
almost have been possible TO walk
from one end Of the grounds to the
ctfer on the heads OF the multitude.
The Kangaroo court vas again a fea-
ture yesterday afternoon and evening
with "A full bench sitting the fines
poured in at a lively rate. although
the aggregate was not so large as on
previous days.
STAMPEDE AT THE GATES.