The Washington times., 1901-08-19
CADETS PLEASE BUFFALO.
The West Pointers an Attraction
at the FaH-American.
Unique Exhibit From the State of
Washington - Some of the Great
FIR Trees That Are Sent Around

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Washington - Some of the Grca
FIR Trees That Are Sent Around
Cape Horn to Shipynrds of Maine
| BUFFALO, N Y, Aug 1S-The appear.
ance of the West Point cadets upon the
streets of Buffalo yesterday-Arm.- Day
at the Pan-American observation-disclosures
delight to thousands of Buffalonians, as
well to the great ccncourse of visitors
here. The throng that Witnessed the
march OF the cadets as they escorted
| Lieutenant General Miles through the city
| numbered many thousands, and equaIed
| the crowd of Dedication Day. Business
was generally suspended when the parade
took place
| From the camp the cadets marched to
the station and took trains for the Ter
| race, where they formed at parade rest
| in double columns. For the first time citi-
zens of Buffalo had opportunity to COM
! pare the West Pointers with the crack
regiments from Canada, regulars and vol
unteers, and State and regular troops
| from the United States. The verdict was
! in favor of the cadets. They made an i'm
| posing sight in their dress coats of soft
grey and their white duck trousers The
climax was reached when General Miles
accompanied by Mayor Diehl and Director
General Buchanan, drove up in car
riage. The crowd roared and cheered it
self hoarse. Then there was a deathlike
stiffness as the command to march was
given, and the West Pointers, like one
man, swung into line and in close forma-
ton went up Main Street. The sight was
too much for the civilians, ana they cheer
ed the cadets to the echo 1t was the
,.e-t,
had ever witnessed.
AS the parade passed the Iroquois
Hotel generals salute was fired. but
the cadets dimmed the reception given to
General Miles, and the old soldier look ed
more pleased than If it had been all for
himself. Time and again he doffed his
hat. When the parade reached the ex-
position it was greeted with a roar of
guns, fired by the mounted mule battery.
under command Of Captain Anderson.
Fifteen guns, the commanding generals
salute, were fired 1t was the best en-
tertainment thus far provided a result
of the exposition, and it brought out the
biggest crowds. The weather, however.
was an important factor. the skies being
cloudy and the day cool, so everything
was at its best. A review In the Stadium
followed
Apparently the Midway showmen have
abandoned the idea of forcing the Expo
sition management TO let them open on
Sunday. This was a quiet day at the
exposition. although many thousands Wis
tied the camp of the West Point Cadets
at guard mount and dress parade. To-
morrow night the cadets will go to Nj
agara Falls by boat. General Miles has
been invited to accompany them.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee came over from
Chautauqua today to get his first look
at Buffalo and the exposition. From here
he will go to Newport for a couple of
weeks.
Gen. Daniel E. Sickles is stopping at |
the same hotel with General Miles and |
General Lee. With him are Mrs. Van |
Syckel Robertson, of philadelphia, and |
Miss Adams, of Baltimore. He will re-
main for the meeting of Spanish War |
Veterans.
Eleven Chinese laundrymen from Phila- |
delphia came today and are seeing the |
exposition together.
The Cuadrilla of Mexican bullfighters /
refused to go into the ring last night at
the Streets of Mexico, and two burlesque
were substituted. The torea-
doris have sweethearts among the senor-
and the girls have grievances. They OBJ
ject to appearing on the platform in front
of the theatre, and have protested against
fines levied on them for breaches of dis
cipiine They enlisted the cooperation
of the bulfghters.
Concessionaire McGarvie says the torea-
doris will go TO work tomorrow or he will
get men in their places. Four of the wo-
men who worked in the theatre have
started back to Mexico.
Entries have been received from eighty
for the firemen's tournament
this week. Prize drills and parades will
take place Thursday and Friday.
Situated somewhat out of the runways !
IF the sightseers at the exposition is an
Exhibit OF the State of Washington, which
s unique for the simple reason that It is
| product of nature. 1t may be found on
he north side of the Agricultural Build
rg, In the wide entrance opening on the
anal. The exhibit is designed to show
ZONE of this States resources in natural |
anything of the kind attempted by any
If the South American or foreign coun-
ries which lay so much stress on their
Natural wood resources.
Elmer E. Johnston, Washington's COM |
missioner to the Pan-Anerican, and a
member of the Legislature of his State.
, |
exhibit. Two items make up this one of
three displays. one is MIR.
office, and the other is natural |
evidence of the lasting qualities OF red
edar that grows profusely In Washing |
on. The office catches the eye first 1t is |
made of the followed trunk of huge fir |
rec, and is thirteen feet In diameter. 1t is
arge enough to accommodate a team of |
lorses or a dozen people. In it is con- ,
aimed every conceivable item pertaining
o the growth of forests in Washington, !
rom Photographic displays to articles |
from wood. The office, of |
curse, is circular in shape, and contains
large desk, circular bench, and |
oofed with canvas. The actual roof for
he Office is near by, but Is so heavy it |
ould not be placed where 1t was intend
d. 1t consists of circular section of the | !
runh. from which the office itself was
modelled, and is about thirteen feet in
iameter.
"Of what use is this fir?" asked an in |
uisitive woman. 1T seems so coarse"
Well, the shipyards of Maine get thou {
ands of feet of these trunks each year,
nd bring 1t away around Cape Horn to |
make masts for their boats" said John !
ton. 1T Is one Of the heaviest woods {
rown in this country, and as for its {
oarseness, there you are mistaken"
hen Mr.. Johnston pointed out some of | I
he interior finishing OF his office, where | |
God that looked like oiled piEe was said a
} be the coarse" fir in its finished state. |
has surface al.T,ost as hard and u
illy as smooth as marble. This office {
nd the roof for II were given by the citi- | l
Ems of Everett. The tree from which the c
nice was made contained about 5000 | !
Get of clear timber, which was worth 7
bout S9gO on>the ground The tree was /
bout $50 feet high. and was between 900 |
nd 1000 years old. 1t was secured in |
hat Mr.. Johnston characterized the |
reatest growth Of vegetation on the