 The house arrived in the park at 3 pm along with the last relay team of children , a distance of four miles . In the evening , 1 @,@ 000 Japanese lanterns were placed about the park and the festivities included fireworks and a falls light show . The Tribune reported that some people complained about the children having a day out of school and " ... the park commissioners and the park policemen objected to the way in which the children took possession of the park and everything in it . There was no such thing as controlling them , and they ran over everything in sight . It would have taken a small regiment of policemen to have kept that throng in check . " 
