| Show THE OMAHA exposition omaha july 6 5 1898 yesterday was a great day at the Trans mississippi and international exposition and it would appear that every day of the time during which the exposition to Is to be open will be a great day for it is in plain that the exposition to is not to be the small insignificant affair some have thought it is great both in extent and content from the great government building and display representing an outlay of fully for erection and arrangement not counting the intrinsic value of the articles themselves down 0 fo o the most unpretentious feature there is manifested a liberality and judgment which argues well for the success of the fair when all displays are completed but yesterday was preeminently eminently pre the day of the exposition so far prom frota early morning until dark crowds were streaming into the grounds until the attendance must have gone far above and it was a crowd bubbling over with enthusiasm and patriotism in the morning a parade representing some of the features of the exposition and the midway occurred this was followed by a program the most prominent feature of which was the ringing speech of an able orator from philadelphia I 1 during the forenoon rumors of samp sons great victory over the spanish fleet had been coming in and they were confirmed early in the afternoon when extra editions of the papers were issued giving particulars of the victory en thu I 1 L is a word too mild to convey 0 vey an idesa of the condition of the crowd every boy outside the exposition grounds became a walking arsenal of firecrackers fire crackers and pistols with the loudest kind of caps and I 1 am not sure but some of the girls would have been happy if their face powder had gone off with a bang no pun intended in the evening a concert was given hy by the fourth regiment band iowa a fair 3 organization by the way and at every suggestion of a national air the vast crowd clapped and cheered I 1 think V t saw one old man begin clapping at old dan tusker thinking it was america but the demonstration was brief it to is a pleasing fact that dixie was applaud ed as freely and enthusiastically as an yankee doodle it was an inspiring sight when the closing number the star Span spangled banner was rendered and the thousands rose to their feet and almost drowned the music the enthusiasm was heightened when above the grand plaza the electric lights were arranged and turned on so BO as to form the legend ask mcginty tor for spanish fleet this that cerveris Cerve veras rals vessels had followed montijo 8 to the bottom of the sea was waa received with cheers and shouts of laughter the inevitable fireworks closed the celebration and then al southbound south bound cars and cartales car bel beings full we walked three miles to our notel an assurance to our anxious tat friends that we were not in the amft condition it top as aa the cars |
