The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-10-02
Tuesday Record Beat
For Past Five
Years
Many Motorists Are In
Visitors Come From All Over
State For Mitchell
Festival

Midst maze of color and the
blare of bands, tnitchell today well
coined a throng of visitors to her
fifteenth annual Corn Palace that bid
fair to surpass previous records for
Wednesday attendance figures.
Figures given out this morning by
the Com Palace committee showed
that close to 5000 people passed
through the doors of the mammoth
auditorium at . matinee and evc~
ming performances. This is the larg-
Palace week in 1908, when William
Howard Taft, then a candidate for
the presidency, was the guest Of
honor.
The loads of human freight
brought into Mitchell by the morning
trains and motor cars this morning
were easily in excess of the throng
of visitors in the city yesterday. 1t
was prophesied that the day would
be one of the largest of the week,
and the packed streets by the middle
of the forenoon indicated that the
Corn Palace management and the
owners of concessions would be tax
ed to accommodate the visitors.
Palace Program PleaseS.
The diversified nature of the en-
bining the colorful programs of the
Banda Roma under the directorship
OF Signor Giuseppe Sirignano and the
seven big acts of the circus royal,
has spread the success of this years
festival to all corners of South Da-
kota. In addition to the hundreds
brought In by regular and special
trains, all parking space in the city
was filled by noon with automobiles
from all over the territory in the
radius of hundred miles Of Mitchell.
With an audience that completely
filled the first floor and balconies OF
the Corn Palace, Director Sirignano
yesterday repeated the success he
ATTAINED the opening day. The in
stantaneous response to his program
of music, his Willingness to acknowl-
edge applause and the versatility OF
the bands repertoire have all served
TO rank Signor sirignano and his
musicians with the famous organiza-
tions that have visited Mitchell in
seasons past.
The seven acts of the circus royal
yesterday were staged with smooth
ness not apparent Monday, and every
effort OF the performers met with
appreciation. The street acts con-
tinued to be the chief source of en-
streets, both in the afternoon ane
evening.
Trains are Crowded.
Today the city is witnessing the
largest crowd of the week so far a!
is evidenced by the large crowds
which arrived on the trains this NOR
ming. The regular train from the wes'
OF the Milwaukee which connected
with the special from Murdo at Cham
berlain had ten coaches, all of which
were packed to capacity. The specia
from Sioux City was monster in SIZE
and even the steps were packed wher
it rolled into Mitchell. The regula
train on the Omaha carried eXtr:
cars all of which were filled and th'
special from Yankton and Alceste
on the Omaha was jammed. 1t is es
timated today that there are owe
1900 automobiles in the city from
the country and surrounding towns
Add to this throng the residents o
Mitchell who are down town this af
ternoon and some idea may be obtain
ed of the throng which is on Mai
street to-day. All afternoon train
into the city were also loaded wit
sightseers coming to the big expo