The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1904-04-30

Representatives Of all nations elbowed
one another today. Tall d. and gaunt
Patagonians from the southernmost
regions Of America walked side by side
with the Esquin1aux-children of the
frozen North. Subjects of the Mika-
do sauntered along the roadway cast
ing furtive glances at fierce Cossacks
of the Don't sooty Nubians jostled yel-
low Mongols and picturesque Turks,
.Moors and Soudanese added rich color
to the picture. 1t was a veritable CON
gress Of nations. OF course all Eu-
rope was represented. Foreigners
Of dignihed appearance and resplendent
in uniforms covered with gold lace
were encountered at every turn. There
were Germans, Austrians, Englishmen,
Swiss, Italians and Spaniards. France,
the original possessor of ., the great
Louisiana territory was much in evil
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Above the heads OF the throng float
ed the flags of all nations. The Brit
ish Union Jack fluttered in the breeze
side With the sun ST tapdard sof
3yaPoh J. thSt tLl-SOlOI "a TfdllCG Was
everywhere, and the Austrian eagles
flew in the air, along with those Of Ger
many The white and blue of the Fiji
Islands, the crescent and sun of Ara
bia, the lion of Persia, China's yellow
dragon pennant, the snake aid eagle
OF Mexico, all these were tnere; and
floating above them all the standard
of the great republic, the stars and
stripes, snapped in the breeze, SYM
boil of liberty and asylum to the op-
pressed Of the whole earth. -
The wisdom of the committee on
ceremonies in making the opening ex-
ercises as brief as possible was evil
dent. No one was in humor to listen
to long speeches or flowery disserta-
tions.
Il All the arrangements for handling
the crowd were excellent The gates
were at no time choked and the throng
passed into the grounds with less
trouble than is often experienced at a
theatre or other place of amusement.
The crowd itself was a good-natured
one. Aside from the foreigners, who
after all formed but a small fraction
of the great throng, the bulk Of the
multitude was made up of st. Louis
people. This was to be expected, con-
sidering the fact that most Of the pros
pective visitors from other states had
long ago made their arrangements to
reach St. Louis after the exposition
shall be fully under way. st. Louis,
however, had evidently resolved to
take a day off in honor of the event,
and the attendance was highly crafty
ing. Neighboring cities and states
were not by any means unrepresented,
however Special trains brought into
the city thousands Of sightseers from
Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Indiana, Ken
lucky, Arkansas and states even more
distant and these visitors helped to
swell the throng that had gathered
from all parts Of the Mound City and
its suburbs to join iii the opening Of
the big show.
All day long the crowds ebbed and
flowed in and about the great white
palaces, ascended the ridge to get a
better view of the marvellous panorama
or sauntering leisufely along. the en-
ticing waterways. With most people
the great difficulty was to determine
where to commence, and once fairly
started on the tour of sightseeing
there came feeling Of helplessness and
despair Of ever accomplishing the task
Of inspecting the whole exposition.