New-York tribune., 1901-05-20
READY AT BUFFALO.
FORMAL OPENING OF EXPOSITION TO.
DAY.
FULLY TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PERSONS
EXPEcTED-Two PROFESSIONS
PLANNED
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can Exposition grounds that tomorrow was TO
he such a great day. There is a pleasant air q,
life about the place, but that is about all that
can be said so Tar. Tomorrow they say there
viii be two hundred thousand people on the ex-
postion grounds. else there will be disan
pointment. That there is no sign Of these
crowds yet visible TO the eye is admitted The
early forenoon is expected to tell the story. All
pains have been taken to impress upon all the
inhabitants of all the cities and all the towns
and all the villages and all the hamlets within
three hours ride of Buffalo that tomorrow
will be the official opening day OF the big fair
and that for those who come there will be sights
10 see.
The sights promise to be quite worth seeing IL
only the weather is right, and the prospect now
is that IL will be entirely right. The part OF the
exercises which will form the backbone. so TO
speak. of the celebration will be the main
parade and the oratorical and musical pro-
gramme IN the Temple of Music. The parade
VIII include United States and foreign troops.
the Fourth Brigade. n. G. y. Y commanded
by Brigadier-Generai s. NJ. WEIGH; the list
Regiment band and many carriages, containing
officials and guests. The line will start from
the City Hall at 10 o'clock, and is expected TO
reach the exposition grounds at noon. There
the troops will be drawn up in line. forming
lane 10 the entrance of the Temple OF Music. and
building. Three thousand persons are expected
10 form the audience.
John c. Milburn. president Of the Pan-Amer-
;can Exposition will preside, and the exercises
will be opened with music by the list Regiment
hand and prayer b. Bishop c. H. Fowler,
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church. There will
be addresses by Conrad Diehl Mayor of Buffalo;
Vice President Roosevelt Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge and Lieutenant-Governor Timothy l..
Woodruff; music by the band. orchestra and
chorus. and poems by Robert Cameron Rogers
and Frederic Almy The benedicton will be
pronounced by the Right Rev. William d.
walker Protestant Episcopal Bishop Of West
ern New-YOrk.
THE MIDWAY PARADE.
Before the main procession has gone far from
the City Hall. another procession, which prom
ises to be almost as interesting. and much more
amusing. will be on its way. This is the Mid
way parade 1t will consist Of all the people OF
the Midway. marshalled by Frederick T. Cum
Minis of The Indian Congress- assisted by
II F. McGarvie Of THE State of Mexico q.
A Koun Of The Beautiful Orient; Frederick
W Thompson. of "A Trip to the Moon Frank
c. Bostock and other ethnologists, inventors
and shownen. The feeling between the man
ayers OF the two parades has not been altogether
harmonious and cordial and the Midway people
attractive TO the public than the official one
That II will be far more varied and picturesque
there is no room for doubt. At certain points
II may not equal the other parade in dignity.
but the inhabitants of the Midway hope that
what their display lacks in dignity it will make
up in length. They say that it will be two miles
long, and that is a good deal longer than the
Midway itself. 1t viii be sort of combination
Of parade Of the Wild West and the grand
an
tirely original features added. This parade also
will move from the City Hall 10 the exposition
grounds and will thus proceed 10 its own many
homes in the Midway After the officials ana
guests have arrived at the grounds. and before
they go into the Temple Of Music there VIII De
fight Of ten thousand homng pigeons Which
will bear the official news Of the opening an AL
directions through the heavens.
While the exercises in the Temple Of Music
are going on there will be an elaborate eKni-
bition OF kite flying Flags. banners, streamers'
American eagles and shields will be sent INTO
the sky and will float high over the electric
tower unless the wind is the wrong way; IN
that case they will float something else
A grand tandem of box kites and war kites VIII
soar aw-ay at the end OF two miles OF piano
Wire bearing aloft American nag hsher'
Il is hoped and believed. than any flag has ever
before hoated over the State of New-York- The
exercises In the Temple OF Music will be fol-
lowed by display of day fireworks. There VIII
be rockets which go off like cannon, aerial guns
big gas balloons and bombs which VIII burst
high in air and scatter Thousands OF souvenirs
Of The opening day. In the evening there VIII
be the iIlurninations of the bundings ana
grounds one of the most beautiful sights ever
seen anywhere. and display OF fireworks near near
the mark lake by the Pain company, whlch mas
given so many exhibitions at Manhattan beaoh
NO LARGE ATTENDANCE YET.
II is not expected that the great mass of the
attendance at the exposition will begin before
June l. There has been nothing like large
attendance vet and after tomorrow no enor-
n.ous crowds will be expected again until Me-
mortal DAY. Yet these who wish to see the
fair easily and comfortably might DO mueh
worse than to come at once. IL is true that
signs Of fncompleteness are still TO be seen all
around hut on the other hand the grounds
and the buildings now look perfectly bright and
fresh and gay. and all the people i'lniesttc
II those who come now fail TO see ali OF the iaii
they will least see the best part OF ~, WIN
the possible exception OF the art e2hlpitioh'
The grounds open to-day, thoush the
buildings were not Such Is the nature OF the
compromise which has been MADE DetMeeI. @ tiie
cashing forces the Sunday question: MANY
persons came and wicked about 10 see the pullu-
ings and the garden beds and the canais anu
the statuary But there was nothihS hhe a
dense crowd. Great progress mas besi hi'ide
since the unofficial opening or May l. lhere ate ar,
good roads now where then there were rocky
passes. There gardens now where tiieli @
there were desert wastes. There are lagoohs H." H.
Were then there were noisome trehches; in
gardeners have labored 10 especially soou puI :
pose, and great beds Df brilliant color set among
fresh green lawns, delight the eye on every SIDE.
II is announced that the Mines Bulidlng Is now nov
absolutely completed. being the first 10 gam
that distinction. But there are others whlch
want only few more touches. RAPID work