Decatur Democrat, Volume 36, Number 32, Decatur, Adams County, 28 October 1892 — Page 2

®he 'Democrat DECATUH, IND. ' y, pr.*cotmN, • - * phw.i«w«*. A _> uk / X\ / V W For Freni dent. GROVER CLEVELAND, or NEW YORK. For Vice Provident. ADLAI E. STEVENSON, OF ILLINOIS. ' -K ■

Harrison, in his letter, discharged a load of birdshot; Cleveland a rillebaH. ___________ Tim only consolation in the baseball outlook is that Mr. Harrison will be in the left field next year. Tiie political campaign is so quiet that one can fairly hear the price of pearl buttons and American tin drop. A book agent like Carter may get subscriptions to the campaign fund, but nothing but a lightning-rod man could get the lightning to strike Ben Harrison this year. The refusal of the Indiana Supreme Court to advance the suit of Republicans against the Australian ballot law is in the line of tariff reform. It will nut the election in that State on the free list The Hon. George W. Delamater, late candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, is one prominent Republican who has not followed Gresham, McVeagh and Cooley and gone over to the Democrats. He has gone over to the penitentiary. The practical certainty of Democratic success ois already having a healthy effect upon business. According to Bradstreet's report, there has been a large reduction of the number of business failures during the last quarter.

Mr. R T. McDonald, of Fort Wayne, Ind., delegate to the Minneapolis convention, estimates the Democratic plurality in Indiana at 10,000. This is a Republican estimate and is entirely too low. If the Republicans keep the Democratic plurality below 20,000 in Indiana this year they will do well. Brother Wanamaker is going to have the postage stamps made twice the present size, but the prices won’t be increased. The fact that we shall be able to buy for the same money a stamp twice as big as those we bought before the passage of the McKinley bill is another reason why Mr. Harrison should be re-elected. The Chicago Luxemburger Unabhangiges Wochenblatt, a Republican journal, recently forsook the G. O. P., and came out for Cleveland. Whereupon members of the Tin-God-and-Morality-lligh-TarifT - Hook-Everything-That-Ain’t-Nailed-Down party broke into the office of the Luxemburger Unahhangiges Wochenblatt. and carried oil everything, including its name, which they probably propose to fight “wild cats” and “red dogs” with. This is certainly a “campaign of education” on the part of the G. O. P. One piece of the literature which they are .sending out is entitled “Reasons Why I Am Not a Democrat.” The first reason given is “Because the man who shot Lincoln was a Democrat.” This will probably set? tie the election unless the dazed Democrats—can get themselves together and stem the tide by sending out a similar tract, explaining that they are not Republicans because the man who shot Garfield was a Republican. Ute wM President must be a Democrat. . A’o perpetual war taxes. Dudley and the President of the United States have resumed hostilities after a brief armistice. The two precious and ambidextrous wire manipulators enjoyed a peaceful reconciliation of Ibrjef duration. Dudley, in the zeal #-of renowned friendship, wrote his letter indorsing IJarrison. The lattei pronounced it an indiscreet procedure that. Would do more harm than good. He wanted Dudley for a friend, but it mu|t be on the quiet, lie must hold iiis tongue, ‘ call after night anc come in, by the back door. Dudlej saw the. polpt and is now on the President’s trail with blood in his eye. The. next President must be a Democrat .No more Million-Dollar ism. The Georgia election has given tin Republicans some light on the.con dition of the solid South. Recentl, one of their organs remarked that th Democratic Campaign Committee o Illinois has been ’promised $500,00' With which to carry that State, am

that it would bo much better for them to use it to carry Alabama, and if anything wore left over from that to put it into North Carolina. After the Georgia election, however, this same Journal denied that it had ever had much hope of Republican success in the South, and advised the party to roly wholly on Northern States. The next President must be a Democrat. No more minority rule. The Chicago Tribune takes a column to argue that “there is manifest at present an unmistakable drift of popular sentiment against any change.” It is nothing like as convincing, however, as the unmistakable drift of popular sentiment in favor of a change, as demonstrated by the actual elections in Vermont, Maine, Arkansas, Florida, and Georgia. 77ic next President must be a Democrat. No more force bills. There is nothing that the Republicans cannot prove by their elastic and strictly original campaign logic. ■ They are now demonstrating that the farmers get advanced prices for their products since the McKinley law became operative, and that the consumers pay less for these products. Only such experts as Eli Perkins and Maj. McKinley are capable of establishing such a paradox, but their well-paid understudies soon learn the trick. The next President must be a Democrat. No more bunfptious diplomacy. Nothing is more sad to an old Republican than the cynical indifference ’ with which the latter-day leaders of that party comment on the use Os money in the elections. A vicious practice which was unknown in Lincoln’s time seems now to be accepted in the normal way of winning. The explanation is only too simple. The prize fought for is practically, for the Republicans, a money prize, and the end determines the means. 'The monopolists seek to buy a v.ctory at the polls as they would buy machinery, as cheaply as they can, but without compunction. It is the inevitable consequence of a policy that favors the rich few in legislation.

The next President must be a Democrat. No everlasting tariff for monopolies only. Detroit Free Press: Business, pleasure and politics were strangely combined at the national G. A. R. encampment at Washington. Nearly all of the 200,000 G. A. R. men present were induced to registef their names and addresses in books provided .for that purpose, the pretense being that thejjWere to be filed away in the national archives as a “roll of honor.” It will surprise very few people that these books are missing and that their preservation as proposed is made impossible. Could search warrants, faithfully served reach Lemon and the other big sha ks in the pension attorney gang, it is safe to say that the missing “roll of honor” would be recaptured. The next President must be a Democrat. No more bounties or subsidies to favored classes. New York Times: The observations of our correspondent in Indiana convince him that the Democrats will carry that State by a larger majority than it gave Tilden in 1876. There seems to be an absence of the “State pride” in the Republican candidate—that is to say, of pride in a candidate from the State—out of. which so much more or less genuine i enthusiasm was wrought four years ' ago., There are evidences that many j Republicans will not only withhold their support from Harrison, but will vote for Cleveland, while it would be hard to find a Democrat who is disposed to forsake his party at this time. Moreover, there is a modification of the Australian ballot in Indiana which gocures secrecy in voting and makes the “blocks-of-flve” method of securing “floaters” impossible. The next President must be a Democrat. No more Wanamakerism in the Cabinet or Woodses on the bench. Mr. Harrison’s Civil Service Re- ■ form Administration is turning on the screws eyeijywhere. The New York World publishes the following letter: “Postiffi.ee, Now York, N. Y., Third Division. Cltr Delivery.—l urn a clerk in the New York Postoffice, and live in the-Elghth (Postmaster Van Cott's) Assembly District. I have receive 1 notice from the Republican district leader that all employes have 11 pay 2'/ 2 per cent of their salaries to defray the expenses of the campaign or get Out Now, as' my salary Is only! 50 yer i month, an 1 outof It I have to pay monthly I dues, I oiides other (contributions,, ,1 have j but with which to suppbrt my mother, my wife and three children. I can’t do all this without stealin?, and I won’t do that f.r twenty Ben Harrl.ons, although I am now up to my no ;k in debt I wl-h you would adt 1o me and others Though they are driving us to the wa.l wo will vo o the Democratic ticket this year. One clerk employed in the Registry Division (and dis.riot captain) has already been forced to resign. ” ' Mr. Harrison’s affected solicitude t for the welfare of the workingman • j-does noj seem to extend to the GovI j employes.

__ i . — ~ Colombian Exposition Buildings Dedicated. GLORY AND HONOR. ORATORY AND MUSIC, AMID SCENES OF GRANDEUR. EVENT OF A CENTURY. THE EXALTED OF EARTH WITNESS THE CEREMONIES. Dignitaries of the Ruling Nations of the World Become the <4wests of the Republic’s Chief Citizens and Are Escorted to the Scene of the Day’s Ceremonies with All the Pomp and Pride of Military Fofrnu —Over One Hundred Thousand People Cheer the Eloquence of Depew and Watterson and Hear the Vast Chorus of Five Thousand Voices Attune the Melodies of the Dedicatory Ode—An Elaborate Display of Pyrotechnic*. ’ LS) -/It® I $' HIC AG O special: Th,, World’s Colutnbian Exposition has been formally opened. The series of celebrations consequent upon the dedicatory exercises was inaugurated in Chicago’s stie.-ts Thursday morning, when the gorgeous civic pageant mar hed before delignted thousands. The command which put

in motion the mighty column of nearly a hundred thcu-and opened an event that will go ring.ng down tl e ages as th? most brilliant page in the histo y of a great and prosperous nation. No such nultiitde as surged thiough the streets has Chicago ever belore seen. Polit cal conventions.with their crowds and clamor were left far behind, and the scene on the down-town thoroughfares as the great parade moved off will be 1 ng remembered alike by Chicagoans and by the visitors who th. onged the city. \. It was close to the noon hour when the vanguard of stalwart policemen spurred their restless horses and wheeled into line. General Mlles and his brilliantly uniformed military aids, and the more, bril.iantly attired civhians of h : s staff, came into v.ew, and presently the advance .guard of that vast army of 100,00 • men was! in motion. Everywhere along the line of march the distinguished men as well as the organizations making the most striking displays were greeted with enthusiastic cheering. Though the sun had hid himself behind a bank of clou Island the sky looked down with a lowerin’ face upon the moving display of animation and colors, nothing could damp the ardor of the crowd, an I nothing that was worthy escaped their notice. From the grand stand on the Adams street front of the Govern-, ment Build ng. Vice President Levi P. Morton, the members,.of the Cab net. the Supreme Court, and diplomales from all the nations of the earth witnessed the grand civic parade as it passed in revie w. In the streets there was a mob; it cannot he c-i led bvany other name. This was essen'ially people’s day in the series of cerer.onies. Wednesday n ght’s grand 1 all at the Auditorium wis a notable event, but thepa'tieipants were confined to the upper ten in official and social life, for Governors, legislators and diploma s; Thursday n ght’s military ball was for the same c asses. Friday’s m litary para le was confined principally to the limits of the fairgrounds, to which admission could

THOMAS W. FALMEB be had en’y by bard of invitation. But Thursday’s slo-v was wkle open to whoever could get a point from which to see. The bootblack and loustal.out, i r the lalorer, was as fiec as the millionaire or pet of society. DEDICATORY EXERCISES. Impresssive Ccrcmonias In the Groat Monu far tare* Building'. Friday was the great Columbian dfedica ion day proper, and oath s day the big programme for which the whole < ountry has been preparing for months was.given. The ('ay’s exerckes began with a salute of twenty-one guns on the Lake Front. At 9:15 o’clock the dedicatory parade was started. ’ Gen. Mlles and Ns staff ca t.e down the boulevard at the head of a glittering < ompany of United States troops. The even lines of yellow p utnes rising and 'all ng in unison, the steady tiot. of the horses, the qu etncss and precision of every movement, was a revelation to spectators unused to military pageants. The sta t of G. n. Miles was followed by the mounted band. Then cametroop after troop o cavalry, present.ng a solid line twelve deep extending from cu b to (curb. Three troops of white cavalry,

with tunned and boarded faces; a troop of Indian cavalry, cop'or-co:ovsd and <i>presßioaiess, ant a tro>i> of colored cavalry, black and eunutag-that is the Alter the cavalry wn« another mowntod band, and then np od ariillorymen, wh<s r,.ttled over the uno.in cedar blocks about luth street at a smart trot. The regular artillery wo o followed by a butte y of the National ..uard, The volunteer boy. we e not so snm t aa the regulars, Lu the- looked very businesslike and full of powder. The o-tcor was not yet finished, for smoothly in I alien ly cu no a troop mounted on wheels-the Toledo cadets. Tho i>eople gave the sixty men a cheer a i they passed. which seemed well doeorv.d, for their soldierly appearam • and the even manner n which they handle I their lr.,u s oods we.o very uoticable. The brilliant escort which had passed was none too brilliant for the array of p wer, wealth, a d intellect which was now to follow, when tho t o.oino s of the country and tho men who have directed the attars of the Exposition r de and diove in publ c parade to tho dedication of tho World's Fair. First in the line of carr ages which followed the troops was tho highest representative of t. e Government of the Vnitod States, Vice Prost 'cut Morton, an 1 escort. In company with the Vice President were Presl ten Palmer of the National World’s Fair Commission and ex-1 resident Baker of tho World's Fair. Then followed the Govorno a of the ditto cut States and other notables, with their aids and atien lants, the whole making a glittering and linpos ng fd otacle that will be remembered as long as the ded cation cere.i on es shall ho d n place in history. The parade marched down the gayly decorated boulevard to Washington Park, where tho military review Recurred. Starting for the Buildings. After this event was over tho cavalry procession at an e eort started from tho Washington i'ark reviewing sta id, n arch ng up Palmer avenue and though Midway Plaisance to the enhance of the grounds. The route along the whole line was rich with deco ations of every description, tho <olors of all nat ons being thrown to the breeze in great ] rofusion, with the Bags of America and Bp ain the most prominent. Al the unction of Cottage Gro e avenue and the Plaisance a squad of policy under Lieut. Powers was stationed: at the Woodlawn intersection was Lieut. Kehm with anoth r s]uad of police, ■while between the forces of Powers and Behm there was a space of about half a mile in which there w re no police. Into this gap the crowd rushed without h nderance and so:>u became unmanageable. All was con f us o i and the crowd threatened to inter ere cons.derubly with the progress of the procession. hut everything was later put to rights by tho appearance of the troops, which

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had been held in reserve at the grounds to welcome the parade. The coming of the troops soon restored order among the crowd. The people obeyed with great good humor when the soldiers, who had been formed in line down each side of the road, ord< red them back. In a few minutes the whole stretch of road unprotected by the ] olice was picketed by the troops. After the procession had passed the soldiers fell in behind and fonne i a rear-guard to the parade. When the military parade entered the grounds o. er the viaduet It made an almost entire circuit before d’spersing at the end of the park. Then the dignitaries and invited guests began to enter the big Manufactuies Building and the great procession was over. Within the Manu ■ actures Hnildlnr. The scene In the great hall, as viewed from the platform at 10 o’clock, was thrilling. It was a spectacle that in coming years will mark an e]och in , the march of the nations of the earth. And when away on in the time that is to come American history shall be wntt n, no man in the chijl of calm thought will b able to jaintwithwo ds the dedicatory scene. Loes one who was not present gain any notion o ' th ? meaning of fifty acres of pa -ked humanity? Does he get an impression of vastnoss when ho knows that St. Peters at Rome might be put within the gieat st ucture and with room left? What does it mean to say that 100,1'00 persons may be comfortably seated and room left for 75,00 u more? The chief decorations in the great build ng were at the rear of the grand stapid and ar< hed over the broad, ear- ' pe ed aisle through which the dignltar.es sought their places on the platform. From the roof streamers of bunting of yellow and red and white drooped down from the iron girders to the sides of the great iion arches. There was a background oi g eat flags with the stars and stripes drawn smoothly at po.nts and tastefully draped in others, while in the center an ea ie carved in stone formed the nucleus o a glorious standard of colois. On one sjde of this setting, hang.ng from away up on one of the iron arehes, depended the banner of Spain, 't here was a so displace 1 for the first time on a near-by arch the official banner of the World’s Columbian Exposlt.on.

Out upon the great, vast foot, under’ the arches and iho depending flays, a forest of chairs had been placed, an 1 when the crowd had come in and the people ha 1 gathered, a great, nervous, mov ng sea of hum nity moaned with ebbing hum and buzz of talk and commenl. The gallery up among the arches of iron and surrounding the entire builduig was filled and blackened with humanity. Imagine (>,OOO human in a bunch in the center of a great field about Whom nre standing nearly as many more persons. tec the stand filled rylth the singers and distingu shed gudsts and hear (he prel minaiy blare of the brass in-tiumoots which are being put •Xftrough i relimiuarv operation for the music whi. his td dome. Diffuse ov r this entire scene the growing murmur, wh ch at times mounts to a roar, an I a faint i lea of the »cene may lie pictured on the mental vision. ''" * To one who has never seen the behemoth bui d ngs in Jacks, n I’ark, it may bo iinpossth e to give on adequate idea of the colossal magnitude of the great spectacle. National convont'ons have been accepted as great assemblages, yet several national conventions < ould have been held in the lobbies without interference with the people In th • main room. This wonder of the engineering world does not seem a bu Iding. The dimenriotis are mountainous and not architectural. Standing against the rail of I the inner balcony, sweeping the broad ' expanse of busy floor, the scene is a landscape and not an interior. The glint and sparkle of rich costumes and jeweled decorations are the sprin led | flowers nestling against the darker color

waved their handkerchiefs, the prospect known features and tho commanding was that o’ a thick co ton-field toned ottloe he represented commanded tho •by a high w nd. In tho exciting mo- tumult about him and sent ft ripple of menta when enthuaia im took a Violent isllence far into tho crowd. His address turn, the demonstration was not that of was n brief recital of national triumphs, in’tlviduals, but of tho undulating dos ng with a concise statement of the whole. A man in the thick of this scene purpose for which ths cxposlt.on had

THE SPEAKER’S STAND IN THE GREAT BUILDING.

was as nothing, a black spot mixed and gro nd into the color of the pi :ture. When the multitude assembled the people camo drifting in granular curr nts a'ong the narrow avenues. Further along they closed upon each other in tho steady push forward until it was difficult to tell one speck from another. Then the natural a impression of a jostling crowd did the rest and they were molded into that mighty solid block, tilling to the outer limits the floor of the largest building on ear h. Arrival of the Pageant. It was just 1:45 p. m. when the impatient crowd caught sight of a glittering uniform at the back of the broad stairway leading to the speakers' stand. Miiward Adams, manager of the seating arrangements, followed the guard in uniform, who had cleared the way, and proceeded down the stairway before Director General Davis, master of ceremonies. Then camo Vice President Morton, Chauncey M. Depew, President H.ginbothatn, Mayor Washburne. Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop Ireland. Bishop Fowler, and Dr. McCook. By the time the cheer ng and waving of handkerchiefs bad ended the speakers’ stand and seats behind were embanked with the most notable gathering of dignitaries and high officials ever seen in this country outside the national capital. Chief of these, of course, was Vice" President Morton, who in his capacity a, representative of the President and of the Government had the seat of honor, directly in tho front of the center. Next to him on his right were Bishop Fowler and Dr. McCook, while Director General Davis, master of ceremonies, was on his leit. In a

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semicircular row behind the Vice President were Mrs. Sarah Cowell LeMoyne, who was selected to read a portion of M ss Monroe’s dedication ode; Gen. Goshorn, who was Director General of the Centmhial Exposition; P. A. B. Widener, chairman of the *Committee on Ceremonies of the National Commission; Mrs. Gillespie, who war President of the Woman’s Board of the Centennial Exposition, and is the grand laughter of Beniamin Franklin; Mrs. Potter Palmer, President of the Board of Lady Managers, and Henry Watterson, the dedication orator. Across the aisle in a corresponding semi-circle were Mayor Washburne, M.ss Monroe, who wrote the Ode cf the day; Chauncey Depew and Cardinal Gibbons. Director of Works Burnham had a place next to Mrs. LeMoyne, but was too busy to maintain it for any length of time. It was a pleasant sight watching the great men banked in terraces while they waited for the tumult to subside and the programme to begin.

I 1 1 L JLA. Ji WMlai Js i THE CIVIC PARADE PASSING THE REVIEWING STAND.

Opened the Dedicatory Exorclw,. The dedication exercises wore cotnm< need by the great chorus sing.ng the Columbian hymn. The words of the hymn are as follows: All hall and welcome, nations of the earthl Columbia's ttnebngcomes from every State: Proclaim to all mankind the world's new birth Os freedom, ago on age shall consecrate. Let war and enmity for ever cease; Let glorious arc and commerce banish wrong, The universal b.o herhood of peace Khali be Columbia’s Inspiring song. Then came the invocation of Bishop Charles H. Fowler of California It was the first test of a speaker’s voice b lore the multitude, and demonstrated instantly the futility of any attempt to reach more than a sn all section of the great multitude. Igno ant of the religious nature of the address, the thn ng murm red and rustle I until the swelling wave overwhelmed the speaker’s vol. e and st nt his words adrift on a sea . of sounds. ‘, I The invocation over, Director G eneral Davis ad u<tad his eye glasses, tossed back the gray looks on his lorehead and advanced to ~the stand, manuscript in

been inaugurated. The slmillcity of the words and the exalted thought they conveyed found a quick response in his hearers, bringing interruptions of applause and a volley of vocal approval at { the close. Mayor Washburne was then Intro- I duced to deliver an ad Iress of welcome and tender tho freedom of the city His tones, while lacking in resonance, were enunciated so clearly uni with such i Mr CCS. MILlf. suprising strength that his thought' won the ear ot the guests of tho day to whom he addressed himself. Citizens of Chicago, too, responded enthusiastically win n he declared the city’s greatness and wealth of promise. Following the Mayor came readings by Mrs. Sarah Cowi 11 Le Moyne, of New York, from Miss Monroe’s dedication ode. The reading comprised only a fragment of the poem, alternating with verses sung by the chorus from music composed by G. W. Chadwick, of Boston.

As Mrs. LeMoyne finished reading Dire tor General Davis presented her with a wreath on behalf of the women of Chicago. This was a simple affair of laurel leaves bound with yellow and terracotta ribbon. The eheers that followed this act brought Miss Harriet Monroe, the author, to her feet, and she also was presented with a like memento, which she acknowledged by a graceful bow and smile. Directorof Works Burnham formally presented the designers, painters, and sculptors of the Exposition with commemorative medals. Mr. Burnham's voice is not calculated to reach the galleries, an Ihe made no attempt in that direction. As ho took his seat he was met by the usual cheer, taken up in the galleries and echoed by the individuals hanging from the girders well up to the dome. Mrs. Potter Fulmer’s address, “Work of the Board of Lady Managers" was enthusiastically recehed. fshe was introduced by Director General Davis and received with a standing salute, in which the dignltar.es joined. The President of the Board of Lady Managers acknowledged this reception by a modest bow and proceeded at once with her report, looking down up n the waving of handkerchiefs and smiling, expectant faces. H. iN. Higfnbotham, President of the Chicago Directory, made the presentation of the buildings of the Columbian Exposition to President T. W. Palmer of the Columbian Co emission. Mr. Palmer, lean ng his hand upon the decorated stand, listened to the short, terse

talk of Mr. Hignbotbam, and then, when he had hypo he ically been t< nderid the documents, turned and faced the audience, took a sip of wa er and delivered his address, rrequent applau e met this spin er, p Thap • because his trained vo.ee penetrated farther across the floor sj a e. A short history of the work in br.nging the san's and quagmires of Jacksun 1 ark to the olid and mas.lve build,ngs and beautiful gardens was reviewed, and in it tire siory of how the comnfs'ion had reached to the utt rmost parts of the , earth was told. The General was greatly applauded fur his eloquence. Dedicated the Grounu ,«» Hunrinltv. When President Palmer turned to formal y make the pie-tntalton which he did to th ' President o the United States, Vice Pi eßident Morton arose. Atasignal torn Col. Davis the audience stood as one, a i.id prolonged cheers. Vice President Morton, representing President I Harrison, stood hul fa ing the add enoo and speaker, atid wag as.ied to dedicate the ground to humanity. Accepting the trust on behalf of the Pres.dent of the, Lnlted States, Vke rM-A' »• \

an evident approo atlon of the great ness of the occasion, pausing In effeotvo periods and emphasising the national sanction of tho Exp sltion. As ho turned to take his cha’r at the conclusion, tho Diplomatic Corps rose and do<d until he was seated. That was ths siunal \ , for more enthusiastic cheering, which continued until tho majestic “Halle.Utah Chorus” silenced it. Watterson Deliver, the Oration. Thon camo tho two greatest features of u great programme —the ovations by Henry Watterson and Chauncey M. Depew. Mr. Watterson aban loned his manuscript when Director General Da- I vie announced his nan o, and walking to J tho front of tho stand took his place 1 before a bewildering tumult of applauso and waving hats nnd hundkerchisls from tho throng that had risen to greet him. W ithout hositat on, except when interrupted by applan e, the ipeaker plunged into his subject. His earnestness, the rich tones ot his voice, the commanding personality of the man impressed even those who could not catch his words. Rap diy he reviewed tho “Columb an epic,” pursuing on to scan the progress of American civilization, clou ng w.th an invocation of the great*st solemnity. As he uttered the sentences “God blase the children nnd tho mothers! God bless our country sflag!” a rift in tho clouded sky si nt a flash of sun Ight through tho curved roof that centered on ihe rugged figure of the orator, as though a benediction had been vouchsafed in answer to his plea. Tho c owd caught the suggestion and became as still ns waiting petitioners lie I ore the heavenly throne — mute witnesses to tho orator's power. C'liuuneey M. Di'pew', AiidroM. When Mr. Watterson reached the climax of his pero aticrti and stepped toward his seat, there was an instant's hush, followed by deafening ch ers that broke out age n when Chauei y Depew was announced. Mr. Depew a style was in striking contrast to th > Kentucky editor’s, but his achievement was parallel. Reading his speech, he was seemingly oblivious to the printed words, in- moments ot excitement he waved the manuscript in emphasis, ue.’er losing a word or abating for an Instant his perfect command of the striking phrases. His voce, forced to tho volume ot n great organ, rolled out over tho crowd and hel I it as w.th a chord of steel. Occas’oually some absorbed listener, wr< ught by the stirring sentiment, spoke ids ai proval and started ejaculations of asqent, tut the orator never wavered. In places the theme changed from Homeric solemnity to a lighter vein, and moved tho hearers to laughter, but it was only to relieve tho teusion for an instant—light touch in u picture of titan c lines. When Mr. Depew had concluded, there was no question us to his triumph. Ho had reached ihe .hearts of hi, listeners and they responded with n verbcrating ( acclaim, a tribute such os ov< n so great an orator could hut leel deeply. By this time approat h ng night had turned the great ball into a cavern of eerie shadows. Are lights suspended in clusters warned V o tired people of the close of day. Some de) arted, filtering out in ion.’ pedestrian lines, while those who remained crowded do er to

I W ii I' “RESERVED SEATS’’ IX WAShItTITOH PARR. the front to hoar the beau’iful clodng prayer by Cardinal Gibbons. Then camo the chorus, “In Praise of God,* the benediction by Rev. H. C. Mi C. ok of Philadelphia, and, a’ 6 o’, lock the fa ewell words of Director General Davis, announcing the formal close of the exerc tej. As the director general fin shed his speech a bi.ttery on the sho-e announced the final con p.et.on of Chlca o s trust —the erection and dedication of the great build ngs that are Io hold the World's Columbian Exposition of 1890. The great lair had been formally opined. firewßT ”splay. Elaborate Programme in Washington, Lincoln, and Garfield Parks. As became th? dignity of the occasion, the fireworks display Friday night was a record breaker. It was probatfy the finest pyrotechnic display the world has over witnessed. Proper y speaking there were three displays, the e. h bit.on having been arranged in that manner to avo d he concentration o great mas<o3 Os people at one poinq At each place the I reworks were exactly alike. Twenty-five thousand dollars’ worth of rockets and firepictures g owed and sizzled at Washington, Limoln and Garfield parks. ’J he program me in each park, was the same . and include! about e?ory;hing that could go up or po off from the wellk own sky-rockets—which on th s 00. a--Bon toured In flocks of 00—to huge bombs, weighing llu pounds, which w<re thrown Hhi feet in o the a r and then exploded gorgeously, there were sot-pie. es 40 leet high and (Oleetin

tj 3 J V v ' xk r/WHV \ Y 'vk 'vAjkfl InJ MRS SARAH COWSLL LI MOTS* ° • - ? — ' —— - — , 1 length, which, when touched off showed tu h devices as me sailing of Columbus in fire. A huge fiery baboon was another design. ' i J