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GIVEN TO THE WORLD,
Oolambian Exposition Build-
ings Dedicated.
GLORY AND HONOR.
ORATORY AND MUSIC, AMID SCENES OF GRANDEUR.
TWJ EXALTED OF EARTH WIT-
NESS THE CEREMONIES.
The day’s exeroices began with a salute of twenty-one guns on the Lake
Front.
At ti:15 o’clock the dedicatory parade was started. Gen. Miles and his staff came down the boulevard at the head of a glittering company of United States troops. The even lines of yellow plumes rising and falling in unison, the steady trot of the horses, the quietness and precision of every movement, was a revelation to spectators unused to
I military pageants.
The stuff of Gen. Miles was followed I by the mounted band. Then came troop i after troop of cavalry, presenting a solid I line twelve deep, extending from curb to curb. Three troops of white cavalry, with tanned and bearded faces; a troop ! of Indian cavalry, copper-colored and expressionless, and a troop of colored cavalry, black and smiling—that is the
| way they came.
» i^ v /"\to 4 /xto vri'i *11 \- After the cavalry was another mountil. \ JLiN I Uf A ULJN 1 Ultl. ed band, and then appeared artilleryI men, who rattled over the uneven cedar
blocks about 12th street at a smart trot. The regular artillery were followed by a battery of the National Guard. The volunteer boys were not so smart ns the regulars, but they looked very business-
like and full of powder.
The escort was not yet finished, for smoothly und silently came a troop mounted on wheels—the Toledo cadets. The people gave the sixty men a cheer as they passed, which seemed well deserved, for their soldierly appearance and the oven manner in which they handled their iron steeds were very
noticable.
The brilliant escort which had passed
was none too brilliant for the array of power, wealth, and intellect which was now to follow, when the Governors of the country and the men who have directed the affairs of the Exposition rode and drove in public parade to the
dedication of the World’s Fair. First in the line of carriages which
followed the troops was the highest representative of the Government of the United States, Vice President Morton, and escort. In company with the Vico President were President Palmer of the National World’s Fair Commission and ex-President llaker of the World’s Fair.
Then followed the Governors of the
different States and other notables, with their aids and attendants, the whole making a glittering and imposing spectacle that will be remembered ns long as the dedication ceremonies shall hold a place in history. The parade marched down the gayly decorated boulevard to
arches of Iron and surrounding the entire building was filled and blackened with humanity. Imagine ‘.10,000 human faces in a bunch in the center of a great field about whom are standing nearly as many more persons. See the stand filled with the singers and distinguished guests
dent were Mrs. Sarah Cowell LeMoyne. I with verses sung L the choru8 trom f lnR ^ In long pedestrian lines, whlli who was selected to read a portion of music eomponed by f w Chadwick of those who remained crowded closer to
the front to hear the beautiful closing
Miss Monroe’s dedication ode; Gen. Goshorn, who was Director General of tho Centennial Exposition; P. A. 15. Widener, chairman of tho Committee on Ceremonies of the National Commission; Mrs. Gillespie, who was President of
Dignitaries of the Killing Nations of the World Become the <inests of the Republic** Chief Citizens and Are Ksrorted to the Scene of the Day’s Ceremonies with All the Pomp and Pride of Military Forms J —Over One Hundred Thousand People Cheer the Kloquence of Depew and Wattorson and Hear the Vast Chorus of Five Thousand Voices Attune the Melodies of the Dedicatory Ode— Vn Elaborate Dis-
play of Pyrotechnic*.
i H I C A G O special; ' Tho World's Columbian Exposition bus been formally opened.
The series of celebrations consequent upon the dedicatory exercises was inaugurated in Chicago’s streets Thursday morning, when the gorgeous civic pageant marched before deiignted thousands. The command which put
■'MVLt Il ' i THE SPEAKER S STAND IN THE GREAT BUILDING.
and hear the preliminary blare of the brass instruments, which are being put through preliminary operation for the music which is to come. Diffuse over this entire scene the growing murmur, which at times mounts to a roar, and a faint idea of the scene may be pictured
on the mental vision.
To one who has never seen the behemoth buildings in Jackson Park, it may bo impossible to give an adequate idea of the colossal magnitude of the groat spectacle. National conventions have been aeeepted as great assemblages, yet several national conventions could have been held in the lobbies without interference with the peo-
ple in the main room.
This wonder of the engineering world does not seem a building. The dimensions are mountainous and not architectural. Standing against the rail of the inner balcony, sweeping the broad expanse of busy floor, the scene is a
. . . landscape and not an interior. The W ashington Park, where the military j R |jut an ,i sparkle of rich costumes and
jeweled decorations are the sprinkled flowers nestling against the darker color
the Woman's Board of the Centennial Exposition, and is tho granddaughter of Benjamin Erankliu; Mrs. Potter Palmer, President of the Board of La ly Managers, and Henry Wattorson, tho dedication orator. Across tho aisle in a corresponding semi-circle were Mayor Washburne, Miss Monroe, who wrote the ode of tho day; Ohauncey Depew ami Cardinal Gibbons. Director of Works Burnham had a plaeo
ite;
review occurred.
Sturting for th«» ItiiildiiiK*.
After this event was over the cavalry procession as an escort started from the Washington Park reviewing stand, marching up Palmer avenue and through Midway Plaisance to tho entrance of the grounds. The route along hob P • was rieli with decoraa ;v • v ' crij. !.>n, Ui colors of
of Chicago. This of laurel leaves b« terra cotta ribbon lowed this act
finished reading
Boston.
As Mrs. LeMey
Director General k v j 8 presented her with a wreath oa b^^ £ the womf . n
as a simple affair id with yellow and _ he cheers that fol-
,, .. .. ...ught Miss Harriet Monroe, the autha t « her f und Bho aiso was presented it j j ^ Uke ^ e(nento Wrejtoto! Wort ,. ur „ h , m r „ r „ ia ||,
pointers. .»J
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prayer by Cardinal Gibbons. Then came the chorus, “In Praise of God," the benediction by itev. H. C. McCook of Philadelphia, and, at 0 o’clock tho farewell words of Director General Davis, announcing the formal close of
tho exercises.
As the director general finished his speech a buttery on the shore announced the final completion of Chicago’s trust —tho erection and dedication of the great buildings that are to hold tho
. , . (j.ic.o, psiumo, World’s Columbian Exposition of 1890. sculptors or tne. , oglt j on w j t | 1 com . q'ho great Fair hud been formally
men.orative ...''•.It . Mr Burnham . 8 opt . ne d.
‘^V^l'ited to reach the gal- J SljcnlHranre of the Dedication.
From the first gun that boomed In
Jackson Park at daybreak to the last echo of the national salute that closed
SSg&?o£tf ^ the individuals ? h Texe™ses, It was a day of great dome. [girders well up to the significance, filled with historic features
and personalities.
The progress of humanity In four centuries was illustrated in tho great building where tho exercises were held. A Cardinal of Homo sat on the same
c f t t h h usia8ti rd ll 0f py Managers’’'was Deduced ^ ^fo^GelicraUJavi?and
whichThe dign.,
acknowledged H } r ^ el , tlon by a mo<i _ est bow and pro , ed ^ ‘ at onPe with hor of P handkerchlei >wn upon the Wttvin «
tint Uees 0 7 “ nd Bniilin «’
rv!- 1- Hv ln Ttham, President of tho
»h?^
of roi-nLreBldent T. W. Palmer i> . l ° i * Commission. Mr. Palmer lean./. hand tho dec _ orated s and D ( , ned to tho F 8hort> t „ r8e hA^^botham. and then. . I KA 1 tuqipothetlcally been tenthiaudlA ^ ,nent9 , ,urn, ‘‘ l and fa, ' ,d ineauaieAi k gi of WBter and delivered \pl addresg F Frequent aphis trained^* P^er. perhaps because
across the flo of the work
penetrated far
r space. A short history
OEM. M1I.ES.
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In motion tho mighty column of nearly a hundred thousand opened an event that will go ringing down the ages as the most brilliant page in the history of a great und prosperous nation. No such multitude as surged through the streets has Chicago ever before seen. Political conventions with their crowds and clamor were loft for behind, ahd the scene on the down-town thorough-
all nations being thrown to the breeze in great profusion, with the lings of America and Spain the most prominent. At the junction of Cottage Grove ave-
fares ns the great parade moved off will 11 u '' »»d the Plaisance a squad of police * - 1 < under Lieut. Powers was stationed: at
be lung remembered alike by Chicago-
ans and by the Heitors wht thronged | V.- Tl'T'Z Z? XC J 1 llehm with another squad of police,
the city.
It was close to the noon hour when the vanguard of stalwart policemen spurred their restless horses and wheeled into lino. General Miles and
while between the forces of Powers and llehm there was a space of about half a mile in which there were no police. Into this gap the crowd rushed without hindorance and soon became unmanage
his brilliantly uniformed military aids, ■ ...
and the more brilliantly attired civilians f^le. All was confusion and the e.owd of his staff, ean.e into view, and pros-, t H r eatened to I 111 ’ „ ’ ^ ently the advance guard of that vast with the progress of the procession array of 100,009 men was in motion. I But everything was later put to nghts
Everywhere along the line of march .he "L a l 1 ^ a ?rL.°. f
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 is, and the sky looked down with a lowering face upon the moving display of animation und colors, nothing could damp the ardor of the crowd, and nothing that wns worthy escaped their notice. From the grand stand on the Adams street front of tho Government Building. Vice President Levi P. Morton, tho members of tho Cabinet, the Supreme Court, and diplomates from all the nations of the earth witnessed the grand civic parade as it passed in review. In tho streets there was a mob; a lt cannot be called by any other name. jThis was essentially people’s day in
had been hold in reserve at the grounds to welcome the parade. Tho 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, ordered them back. In n few minutes the whole stretch of road unprotected by the police was picketed by the troops. After the procession had passed the soldiers fell in behind and forme I a rear-guard to the parade. When the military parade entered the grounds over the viaduct it made an almost entire circuit before dispersing at Ihe end of tho park. Then the dignitaries und invited guests began to enter the big Manufactures Building and the
great procession was over. Within the Manufacture* llulltllna.
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 murk un epoch in tho march of the nations of the earth. And when away on in the time that is lo c >me American , history shall be written, no man in the chill of calm thought will b s able to paint with words the dedicatory scene Docs one who was not present gain any notion of the meaning of fifty acres of packed humanity? Does he get an impression of vastness when he knows that St. Deters at Borne might bo put within the groat structure und with room left? What does it mean to say that 1(10,001) persons may be comfort ably seated and room left for 75,000
more?
The chief decorations in the great | building were at the rear of the grand stand and arched over tho broad, carpeted aisle through which the dlgnita-
the series of ceremonies. Wednesday , lies sought their places on the platform, night’s grand 1 all at the Auditorium ! From tho roof streamers of bunting ol was n notable event, but the portlcl-i yellow und red and white drooped down pants were confined to the upper ten in I from the iron girders to the sides or the official and social life, for Governors, great iron arches. There was a backlegislators and diplomats; Thursday ground of great flags with the stars and night’s military ball was for the same i stripes drawn smoothly at points and classes. Friday’s military parade was 1 tastefully draped in others, while in the ^ confined principally to the limits of the j center an eagle curved in stone formed i fairgrounds, to which admission could | tho nuclens of a glorious stands! d ot |
be had only by card of Invitation. But! colors.
THOMAS W. PALMER
of the uplift. When 100,000 people waved their handkerchiefs, tho prospect was that, of a thick cotton-field tossed j by a high wind. In the exciting mo- I ments when enthusiasm took a violent j turn, the demonstration was not that of i individuals, but of the undulating |
whole. A man in the thick of this scene I _ „ , , , . , •,v m i-, r. dhlnq. e black spot mixed and next to Mrs. LeMoyne, but was too busy ... .und law :be co or of the picture. »<• •"’nntr. c ft tor any length of time. —— — li I • , -a*. PihlM 1 t! ft 1X *•*«> l ;>!• r. mt si~l t watching tho
i» i .i hi t- • 1 ip terraces while
1 I li» >,iA£ ■ . , s.1 ■
The words of tiio Lyme r.re as fo
tows:
AH liall ami welcome, nations of the earth!
Columbia’s greeting comeg from every State; Proclaim to all mankind the world’s new birth
Of freedom, age on age shall consecrate. Let war ami enmity for ever cease;
Let glorious art and commerce banish wrong,
The universal brotherhood of peace Shall be Columbia's inspiring song.
Then came tho invocation of Bishop j Charles H. Fowler of California. It ! was the first test of a speaker’s voice ; b tore the multitude, and demonstrated I instantly the futility of any attempt to | roach more than a small section of tho great multitude. Ignorant of the religj ions nature of the address, the throng murmured and rustled until the swell-
difficult to tell one sperk from another. ! ing wave overwhelmed the speaker’s Then the natural eoiapreesiOB of a Voice and sent his words adrift on a sea
jostling crowd did the rest and they j of sounds.
iifff
were molded into that mighty solid block, filling to the outer limits the floor of the largest building on oart h.
Arrival of tin* ragt'ant.
It was just 1:45 p. m. when the impatient crowd caught sight of a glittering uniform at the back of the broad
Tho invocation over. Director General Davis adjusted his eye glasses, tossed back the gray locks on his forehead and advanced to the stand, manuscript in hand. His trumpet-like voice, his wellknown features and the commanding office ho represented commanded tho
Muaumires > ^ ln « in K th " antl earth was tei'® "'C™ 1 "* 1 ° r th °
Dedicated V „, x , ile GroundM to Humanity.
mal’ymake dent PaImftr to forma £ ,!! ,?>e presentation, which he (sidentof the United States,
Morton arose. At a signal
„ „ ..’\ivls the audience stood as
.longed cheers. Vice Presl-
Harrison !£• repref>»iitin/( President and speaklH ‘V* 1 ' ' he oudien f .. , and wns asked to dedicate
AcrZi, ' um » ni ty-
■n • i P . tho trust on behalf of tho
f the United States. Vi e
1 rt iA ^ I or ton road his speech with of e n , ‘PP ree ' Iltion t ho greatness periods ni “’ 4ion ’ pausing in effective .»i J* emphasising the national
b bltho Exposition. As he turned
tuw^! 1 chair at the conclusion, tho til hew** Corps rose and stood un-
of a' Hot Dep
manu
MRS. SARAH COWEt.L l,E MOTSE. platform and spoke from the same stand with a Protestant Bishop; Catholic Spain and Mohammedan Turkey joined in fraternal greetings; French representatives bowed cordially to German ambassadors, and all wished the American republic Godspeed in ita international undertaking. It was a jubilee congress of ail nations, rejoicing in the peaceful triumphs of science und art that had found expression in the buildings and grounds of the Ex-
position.
Bemembering that Columbus made his discovery at a time when war was tho rule of all kingdoms and religious tolerance unknown; remembering this, and gazing on tho good-fellowship of the congregated dignitaries, the lesson of human brotherhood itself seemed a worthy consecration of a World's Fair. The impressive view of foreign fraternity, however, was lost in the vast im-
^ port of the gathered thousands before
them. It seemed a republic of no
— itfWlt‘Bfti‘ >nH within those four y lt
”as'' fc fffWII#' 1 in n
r. Watterson abandoned his when Director General Da-
stairway leading to the speakers’ stand. I tumult about him and sent a ripple of Mil want Adams, manager of tho seating I silence far into tho crowd. His address arrangements, followed tho guard in | was a brief recital of national triumphs, uniform, who had cleared the way, and closing with a concise statement of the 1 . i *v„ i...»— purpose for which the exposition had
been inaugurated. Tho simplicity of the words und 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 introduced to deliver an address of welcome and tender the freedom of the city. His tones, while lacking in resonance, were enunciated so clearly and with such
proceeded down the stairway before Director General Davis, master of ceremonies. Then came Vice President Morton, Chauneey M. Depew, President Hlglnbotham, Mayor Washburne, Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop Ireland, Bishop Fowler, and Dr. McCook. By tho time the cheering and waving of handkerchiefs had ended tho speakers’ stand and seats behind wore embanked with tho most notable gathering of dignitaries and high officials ever
^P/TJ GEN. St noEIKMA
need his name, and walking to of the stand took his place bewildering tumult of applause dng hats and handkerchiefs throng that had risen to greet
•J j.Kithout hesitation, except when
mow Lapted by applanse plung..<j i B ( 0 j,i s subject.
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Thursday’s show was wide open to whoever" could get a point from which to see. The bootblack and roustabout, or tho laborer, was as free as tho millionaire or pet of roeiety. DEDICATORY KKEIi 1SES. ImprrggHivc Ceremonies In th* <*r<*at Man-
ufactures IluilfiinK.
Friday was the great Columbian dedication (iay proper, and on this day the
On one side of this setting,
hanging from away upon one of the iron j arches, depended tho banner of Spain, j There was also displayed for the first' time on n near-by arch tho official banner of tho World's Columbian Exposi-
tion.
Out upon the great, vast door, under tho arches and tho depending flags, a forest of chairs had been placed, and when the crowd had come in and tho people had gathered, a great, nervous,
vis a the q beto’
and
from,
him
* | /apted by applanse, the speaker
His earnest-
uv" the rich tones of his voice, G>e jmanding personality of tho man ' m I sed even those who could n,J * .Atoh his words. Rapidly he rev Jowed the “Columbian epic,” pursuin fi on to scan the progress of American fWliaation, closing with an invocation 0* the greatest solemnity. As he ut-letr-d the sentences “God bless the children and the mothers! God bless our country's flag!" a rift in the clouded 3 * i J(f‘8ent a flash of sunlight through tho cufved roof that centered on tho rugged Hqure of tho orator, as though a bene^•Hlon had been vouchsafed in answer bis plea. The ctowd caught the sugB ef dion and became as still ns waiting l' c tltionnrs before the heavenly throne— ml ito witnesses to tho orator’s power. Chauneey M. Depew** AddreHH. hen Mr. Watterson reached tho c l]mnx of his peroration and stepped tord his seat, there was an instant's *h, followed by deafening cheers that >ko out again when Chaucey Depew ‘s announced. Mr. Depew's style ,s in striking contrast to the Kentucky ilior’s, but his achievement was parWv Reading his speech, he was jmingly oblivious to tho printed T Tords. In moments of excitement ho 'raved tho manuscript in emphasis, 'lover losing a word or abating for an J»stnnt b i s perfect command of tho 'linking phrases. His voice, forced to the volume of a great organ, rolled out (over the crowd and held it as with a chord of steel. Occasionally some ab-
ternity. Listeners, at! HlVtffnational origin as tho ambassadors before them, forgot their prejudices of race and joined in demonstration of patriotic union under tho glory of flags that
spanned tho arches above them.
FIREWORKS DISPLAY.
Flaborato Programme In Washington#
Uncolii. and Car Held Parks.
As became the dignity of tho occasion, the fireworks display Friday night was a record breaker. It was probably the linest pyrotechnic display the world has
ever witnessed.
Properly speaking there were three displays, the exhibition having been arranged in that manner to avoid tho concentration of great masses of people at one point. At each place the fireworks were exactly alike. Twenty-five thousand dollars’ worth of rockets and flrepictures glowed and sizzled at Washington, Lincoln and Garfield parks. Tho programme in each park was the same and included about everything that could go up or go off, from the wellknown sky-rockets—which on this occasion soared in flocks of 5,000—to huge bombs, weighing 110 pounds, which were thrown 800 feet into the air and then exploded gorgeously. There were sot-pieces 40 feet high and 00 feet In length, which, when touched off showed
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‘•UESF.IIVKD SEATS'’ IN WASHINGTON PA UK.
THE CIVIC PARADE PASSING THE REVIEWING STAND.
^ryXs^n [nepnito? for Months | ^bbijhum^nd^uwt 0 u y al ^ n d g c0 ”;
seen in this country outside the na- | suprising strength that his thought tional capital. Chief of these, of course, I won the ear of the guests of- tho day to
was Vico* President Morton, who in his capacity a< representative of the President and of tho Government had the
whom he addressed himself. CitizenB| of Chicago, too, responded < nthusiastically when he declared the city’s great-
seat of honor, dlreetly in tho front of I ness and wealth of promise, tho center. Next to him on his right F'ollowing the Mayor came reading were Bishop Fowler and Dr. McCook, by Mrs. Surah < •*v\ ll Lo Moyne, q while Director General Davis, master ; New York, from Mi-s Monroe’s dedicaij <■ £ .. .. ... . ... 1,!,-. 1 I » T n «i : A t n f l'!wv ■•s-v •< rl ! /Wv rvt Va**! ami mi 14*4 1
porbud listeuer. wr< ught by the stirring : puejj devices as Ihe sailing of Columbus sentiment, spoke his approval and start- | n j\ ro< \ b ugo fiery balloon was another
ed ejaculations of assent, but tho orator (i 08 iMr n _
never wavered. | " ' ■' - 1 " - . In places the theme changed from Explorer Stanley says the AmerHomerio solemnity to a lighter vein, and lean newspaper comment on his moved the hearers to laughter, but it recent canvass was so offensive that was only to relievo the tension for an hp will nevc r visit this country again. Instant—light touch in a picture of , r . . , r J * , titanic linos. This cuts one otr the list of annual: When Mr. Depew had concluded, there farewell toura. 1 lie American press was no question as to his triumph. He W’as an angel unawares. had reached the hearts ol' his listeners — ami they responded with reverberating A Denver lawyer claims to have acclaim, a tribute suoh as even so great had communication with a gentleman an orator could but feel deeply. ’living on Mars. According to this By this time approaching night had Kent ieman’s authority, our planetary turned the great hall Into a cavern of 7. . , , - ’ . , . , / eerie shadows. Are lights suspended 1 nc ^ 1,ors ,ir ' ! 8c ' c ’ n f 1 -’ 0 ^ in height.
of ceremonies, was on his lelt. In a don ode. r lho reading comprised i a clusters warned the tired people of i rather tfill, 0YCU for a \N cstr somlclrcular row behind tho Vico PresD 1 a fragment of the poem, aUcrnatif * ttlc C | 0S<J 0 ( Some departed, tutor- era lawyer.
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