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Tribune August 5"
Arizona John on Buffalo Bill.
"Buffalo Bill from Prairie to Palace" is the name of the book that contains in detail the many notable incidents that have marked the life of the scout and showman, Col. W. F. Cody. Maj. John M. Burke compiled the book, and as his heart has been for many years with his subject he has told his story well. Col. Cody's boyhood days form the subject of a chapter and then in rapid succession are told the stories of his pony express riding, his first encounter with the Indians and his services to the government as guide, scout, and interpreter. The book is especially interesting in showing the progress of the Western country and the part borne by the army and the plainsmen in its development. The experience of the Wild West Show in foreign lands is told, and the last Sioux war makes a chapter. The book has many illustrations.
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Post August 5''
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and Congress of Rough Riders of the World continues to attract immense crowds to the big arena at Sixty-third street and Stony Island avenue, and the unique entertainments are given at 3 and 8:30 p. m., "rain or shine." The interesting camp of the cowboys and soldiers always attracts the attention of visitors before and after the performances. All lines of roads running south go directly to the big "arena and the accommodations for spectators are ample.
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Daily News
Aug 5
The general attractiveness of the superb entertainment given by Buffalo Bill's Wild West is made more susceptible of universal appreciation by the fact that it does not require familiarity with every special language ot the customers of every special nation to be able to thoroughly understand and enjoy the many and varied features of its long programme. Each scene depicted is so fully and thoroughly represented that the visitor immediately grasps its purport and enters heartily into the subject. The daring riding of the cowboys, the Indians, Cossacks and the Arabs attracts while it excites awe and wonder.
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[image] HON. W. F. CODY, "BUFFALO BILL."
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[image] BUFFALO BILL SHOOTING GLASS BALLS.
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[........?] August 9th
CITIZEN TRAIN WEDDED TO CHICAGO. ________ He Notifies New York of Her Divorcement in a Telegram.
Citizen George Francis Train is wedded to Chicago. The ceremony was solemnized at midnight Saturday around to coffin table of the Whitechapel club. The citizen sent New York her divorcement yesterday morning. The telegram read:
E. L. MERIFIELD, CONTINENTAL HOTEL, NEW YORK: Chicago discounts cosmos. World's fair eclipses Aladdin's wildest dream. Give up my room with you; Chicago keeps my grip.
When this message had been sent George Francis started on a little jaunt to celebrate his first day as a citizen of Chicago. A small party accompanied him on an Illinois Central train to Buffalo Bill's show. Here special boxes were reserved, and Manager Small was present to see to the citizen's comfort. Buffalo Bill invited the citizen to occupy the Deadwood coach during Indian raid upon it. He did so, to the delight of the large audience. Subsequently the maharajah of Kapurthala, who was also solemnizing Sunday in a neighboring box, sent a request to see George Francis. George attended on the maharajah, Col. Cody, George p. Bemis, mayor of Omaha, Charley Perkins, president of Whitechapel club, and other merry monarchs, foreign and domestic, should assemble for a banquet at the White Horse inn the first day that they could get off from work. Visiting the tents after the performance the citizen made a speech to the cowboys. Being of hardy constitution they seemed to enjoy it and immediately followed the advice of the citizen, who had placed on their table an old talismanic coin, for the possession of which he told the members to play poker. Escorted by Chief Manager Burke, with Managers Suyder and Smail, Citizen Train paid his respects to the Indians. When the interpreter had told them their visitor's name they gave their war whoop. It made the citizen rather envious, for wherever he goes he prefers to make the biggest noise himself.
"My removal to Chicago," said Citizen Train, sitting in his room at the Revere house, "means great success for Chicago and for New York disaster. I undertake to double the population of the former in fifteen years by the use of my psychic power. With it I have already knocked Theodore Thomas out of his job, and I'm going to regulate the Columbian guards next. But if Anthony Comstock dares interfere with shows of prudity d---n me if I don't break the church. And if church people don't cease striving to close the fair Sundays I'll have taxes levied on their millions of property, and ministers shall no longer travel deadhead on the railroads. This psychic power is a great thing I have only to think a thing and it happens. I elected Mayor Harrison, as well as President Cleveland, and you can see how I have already changed the atmosphere of people's thoughts concerning the fair's financial success. New York, with her $35,000,000 issued by the exchange, a wildcat, red-dog, shin-plaster system of lifting themselves by the seat of their pants and pretending they're solvent, needn't talk of world's fair insolvency."
The citizen preserves, pasted on large sheets of paper, newspaper articles concerning himself. He labels this sheet, "Comparative Enterprise of Chicago Papers," for he says those which give him little space are excluding news demanded by the people and will accordingly miss the increase of circulation which would come from giving long accounts of G. F. Train. "Why," he said, "if THE TIMES will give me one column a day to describe the fair in my own way I'll double its circulation in three weeks. The descriptions of the fair are ready--all written before I had seen it. Oh, I'm the whole circus wherever I go. You can see the infanta isn't in it."
Herald August 9
CITIZEN TRAIN IMPARTS PSYCHO. _______ Maharajah of Kapurthala Receives a Full Charge of the Mystic Power.
And now the Maharajah of Kapurthala is possessed of Psycho. At least George Francis Train says so, and as the citizen is the quartermaster in charge of the supply of the power he ought to know. The maharajah and Citizen Train sat in adjacent boxes at the performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West yesterday and while the rough riders of the world were giving their exhibitions the Madison Square adept, simultaneously with watching and enjoying the performance, imparted the power to the king of kings.
Of course the latter did not know this. If he had known he would have objected, for, according to Train's logic, the maharajah's individuality is gone. He is no longer a king, much less a king of kings. As the citizen expressed it he is "like a blade of grass in the prairie, a branch in the forest, a grain of sand in the mountain or a drop of water in the billow." The maharajah does not yet know all this and Train is by far too kind to tell him.
Citizen Train appeared in a fresh white suit and a still larger bouquet yesterday. The white clothes he is using to keep tab on the dirt in the atmosphere of Chicago. He puts on a clean suit every morning and at night it is souled much. He is going to stay in Chicago until he can show a suit at night nearly as clean as it was in the morning. He had telegraphed his New York hotel surrendering his room and says he is going to stay in Chicago to see the fair through all right. He will not think of staying in New York while the great exposition is in Chicago. Where the big things are there is Train, and consequently he is here.
The programme for yesterday included a visit to Buffalo Bill's show. While the turbaned rajah clapped his hands in applause of the acts of the rough riders the white-haired Train swung his hat and hurrahed. He took a ride in the stage coach and when the Indians attacked it he told how at one time while riding in the west his coach was in the same way fired upon and the man sitting opposite to him was killed.
After the performance Major Burke introduced the maharajah and the citizen. The latter saluted the man from India in Hindostan and then conversed with him in French. He invited the "king of kings" to take dinner with him at the White Horse inn some day this week and the latter accepted. Train promises to give the maharajah a jolly party.
Leaving the Indian prince, the citizen went to the camp of the cowboys and Indians. He made a speech to them and the Indians cheered him. Major Burke said it was the first time he had seen an Indian applaud anyone. Then there was a long chat between Cody and Train about old times in Nebraska. They knew each other well there and had much to talk about.
Train asked yesterday about the park in which the children of the city play. This morning he is going out to Lincoln Park to play with the little ones.
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Daily News
August 7"
A DANCE OF ALL NATIONS.
Programmes Out for the Remarkable Entertainment Projected on the Midway Plaisance.
ABOUT ALL THE TRIBES PRESENTED.
Lecture in the Woman's Building This Morning - Other News from the Fair.
By Special Private Wire from the Daily News World's Fair Bureau.
They say strange things and they do strange things on the Midway, but of all the wonderful sights on that thoroughfare of the world the great international ball to be given on Aug. 16 will be the most brilliant in its kaleidoscopic mingling of foreign nations.
The programmes for the ball have just been received from the printer by Gen. George F. Morgan, chairman of the committee on arrangements, and the invitations will be sent out. As everybody knows, Director-General Davis, with the fairest of Midway's damsels on his arm, will lead the grand march. Mayor Carter Harrison will, of course, be there and perform his greatest feat- that of belonging to every nation inside the walls of the building at one and the same time. Gov. Altgeld will be invited and Buffalo Bill and Nate Salsbury will be asked to bring a detachment of their sturdy cow-punchers to the revels. The military uniform will be very much there and the feminine heart will be gladdened by the music of clanking swords and jingling spurs. A select number of outsiders- that is, people not belonging to the plaisance- will be allowed to participate.
The intention of the Concessionaires' club is that everybody shall have a good time, regardless of expense. An international menu, which will appeal to every one present, has been concocted by Gen. Morgan. Each number in the long programme of dances has been dedicated to some well-known official or sentiment.
The entire Natatorium building- concert hall, cafe, lunch-room, dressing-rooms and offices- has been engaged and no one save the guests will be allowed to enter the building. Bands from a score of nations will furnish music. The programme of dances is as follows:
1. Grand march, "President of the United States." 2. Waltz, "Our Foreign Guests." 3. Polka, "United States Commission." 4. Schottische, "United States Lady Commissioners." 5. Waltz, "World's Columbian Exposition." 6. Quadrille, "Director - General." 7. Berlin, "Director of Works." 8. Waltz, "Governor of Illinois." 9. Polka, "Mayor of Chicago." 10. Yorke, "The Press." 11. Waltz, "United States Army." 12. Schottische, "United States Navy." 13. Dance of all nations, "Midway Plaisance."
Intermission.
1. Waltz, "Christopher Columbus." 2. Gavotte, "The Duke of Veragus." 3. Schottische, "The Viking." 4. Virginia reel, "The Caravels.'' 5. Waltz, "The Infanta Eulalia." 6. Polka, "The Ladies." 7. Berlin, "Our World's- Fair Visitors." 8. Quadrille, "Liberty Bell." 9. Waltz, "Brother Jonathan." 10. Polka, "Goddess of Liberty." 11. Lancers, "Yankee Doodle." 12. Waltz, "The Concessionaires' Club." 13. "Home Sweet Home."
The intermission will be devoted to an inspection of the cafe, where the following menu will be provided:
Fricassee of reindeer, a la Lapland. Roast missionary, west coast of Africe style. Fried snowballs, ice railway. Wind doughnuts, captive balloon. Jerked buffalo, Indian village. Stuffed ostrich, ostrich farm. Boiled camel humos, Cairo street. Hard boiled potatoes, Irish village. Monkey stew, Hagenbeck's. International has, Midway plaisance. Sandwiches, specially prepared by the leather exhibit. Crystallized frappe, Libby glass works. Lure water, Chicago river.
Dessert, 25 per cent of the gross receipts. No extra charge for toothpicks.
Guests are respectfully requested not to stick their fingers in the butterine.
Carriages (patrol wagons) call at 4:30 a. m.
The committee of arrangements which has charge of the preparations is composed of George. F. Morgan, H. Sling, Henry A. Fleischman, L. A. Thurston, Sol Bloom.