The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-22
EXTENSIVE PREPARATIONS
FOR ILLINOIS STATE FAIR.
Presence of President Roosevelt and
Dan Patch Expected to Draw
Immense Crowds.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Springfield. Ill, Sept. 21--Residents Of tht
State capital are at work. preparing for the
entertainment of the largest crowd OF visit
ors ever assembled in the city; for unless
all indications are meaningless. the golden
jubilee of the Illinois State Fair Will break
all records In point OF attendance at any
exposition of the sort
In keeping with the significance OF the
event. the Illinois State Board of Agricul-
ture has arranged a programme presenting
features SO varied as to appeal to every
OF President Roosevelt upon the grounds.
Not only Will the executive lend his pres
ence to the exposition. but he will make an
extended address TO the people from a
platform erected on the grounds. An
other feature that will attract thousands
to the city win be the appearance OF Dan
Patch, the king OF PAGERS. who viii en-
deavor to establish a new record for har-
ness travel In the course Of the week
In addition to the foregoing features.
various attractions Of special interest to
the people OF Illinois have been provided
Under the direction OF the Springfield Mer-
chants Association. a carnival has been
Probably the most beautiful feature will
be the Nominations Throughout the
downtown district strings OF incandescent
bulbs will unite the space with ropes of
fire. Towering steel arches studded with
hundreds OF lights. will enblazon the street
intersections. while at close intervals the
highways will be sPanned by festoons Of
incandescents.
Monday Will be "Children's Day." when
every child attending a public, parochial
mitted TO the grounds free.
Tuesday is designated as Exhibitors
Day." when all the exhibits will be in
place and can be seen while fresh and
observation-disclosures Day''-win nnd
thousands of the nations defenders upon
the grounds. All soldiers of the Mexican.
Civil. Spanish and Philippine wars will be
provided with admission tickets to the
grounds and a parade OF the veterans will
THURSDAY viii be Roosevelt Day." when
the President will visit the grounds and
deliver an address to. the people. The
pres pGes'denta1 & party & & VII resSh S me city az
be conveyed to the home of Mr.. B. H Fer
guson. where luncheon will be spread for
tire naTfy 1na tsa with in the s
Der. Following the efregalement the Presi-
dent and his companions will proceed TO the
eSp1S,uOn eS 3Ss ,,s grounds Mhere h the remainder
Friday. as usual. II designated as Spring
field Day." and evJfy business house In the
city yIodi VII be eiosef In ord order to "a allow % the
that this is the dE upon which Dan Patch
will make his attempt TO establish a new
record. II was fPon the same track that
great rival. STAT Pointer. TO make a new
harness race req6rd five years ago.
saturday wiuloe ray Day ana every
premiums in c(sh. More money will be
paid out in prfmiuns this year than ever
In practically every department the num-
Der OF entries has been so great as to fair
ly oyerwhelmIthe officials in charge De-
mands for jace for exhibiting purposes
have been sd great that the management |
has been taxtd to the limit Of resourceful- |
ness. Week. ago it was seen that In order |
to accommodate all. the beautiful flower |
plots that 5ere laid out last spring must |
be sacrificed and Secretary Garrard reiuct-
antly gave mis- consent to their destruction /,
None Of t5 big exposition buildings is suf-
hciently Itge 10 accommodate the demands
made upg} il and overflow displays will be
tents erected convenient to
the mali t1buidings.
ssTfe Paragon Timekeeper,7
rhe mot reliable watch made.
sl9 to/s160. See them at
MERMOD & JACCARDS
BROADWAY and Locust.