People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1893 — INDIANA’S HOME. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

INDIANA’S HOME.

Dedication of the State Building at the World’s Fair Grounds. Many DlatlngaUhed Men Present.— GoV. Matthews Receives the Keys—ExPresident Harrison and Others Make Addresses. INDIANA’S GREAT DAY. < Chicago, June 16.—Indiana came over to the world’s fair yesterday and dedicated her state building to the use of her citizens visiting the exposition. And it was a goodly company which came, both in point of numbers and the prominence of the individuals composing it. An ex-president of the United States, the governor and lieutenant governor of the state , and hosts of other prominent people of the sister state came to take part in the dedicatory ceremonies. Of the building itself, the board of managers have reason to be justly

proud. There is probably no state building on the grounds better adapted to the uses for which they are intended than the Indiana building. Its spacious reception hall, the comfortable readingroom, and cool, inviting verandas, all combine to give the building that air of hospitality with which the name of Indiana itself is always associated. The exercises were conducted on the south veranda. Executive Commissioner B. F. Havens presided, and, after a prayer by Rev. Dr. H. A. Gobin, in a short address turned over the keys of the building to President Studebaker, of the board of managers. In his address Mr. Havens told of the efforts which had been made to make the building a home in the fullest sense of the word to the visitors from his state. He alluded to the portraits of Indiana’s distinguished sons which grace the walls, and paid them all eloquent tributes of praise.

In accepting the keys Mr. Studebaker paid a handsome tribute to his countrymen who had given ungrudgingly of *heir time and means to erect a building of which the people of the state might be proud. He also alluded to the valuable aid which had been rendered by the lady members of the board, and closed by delivering the keys to Gov. Matthews, who spoke in part as follows: In response to the eloquent address of the president of this commission in turning over to me this splendid structure I can say you have builded in a manner only commensurate with the dignity and the grandeur of your state, and In the name of the people of Indiana I accept it | at your hands and dedicate it this day to a pub- i lie use with a wide-open welcome to a public hospitality that is but the mirror of a generous private hospitality extended in the homes throughout your state. Standing thirty-third In area In the list of states, her soil has .been so rich, her resources so wonderful and varied and their development by her people so wise and so rapid that she takes her proud position outstripped by none and the peer of any in all this broad union of states. Her childhood rocked in the cradle of war and bloodshed, she passed under three flags, the lily of France, the cross of St George of England to at last And settled peace and the magnificent development under the stars and stripes of our country. Her sons explore the new and untrodden fields in ingenuity and industry with the same great faith and unfaltering courage with which Columbus steered his ships into new and unknown waters four centuries ago. Mr. President, and members of the Indiana world's fair commission, I accept this building from your hands, only to return it to your keeping—to care for it and keep its doors open, offering a welcome and place of rest to the weary children of your state, even as your great state offers a welcome and a home to the worn and weary, the ambitious and deserving come from what land they may. In answer to mandatory appeals from the crowd ex-President Harrison spoke. He was compelled to wait several minutes before the enthusiasm calmed down, and then he paid a handsome tribute to his state, its people and resources, and pledged it to always remain a loyal and integral part of the union. Then turning to the subject of the world’s fair, he pointed out the benefits which must result from such a wonderful educational exhibit and, continuing, said: l am gratified at the fact that I was enabled to participate in the acts of legislation which resulted in the building of this great White City, which is so gloriously typical of our great people. This the greatest achievement of the age. I have conversed with the traveled and educated people who have come here from foreign lands, and it is the universal testimony of these men who have had the greatest opportunity for observation that our exposition eclipses everything of the kind ever held before. In this light I have no patience with those who are disposed to cavil and find fault with petty details. It is our duty to open our eyes and hearts to see and appreciate the wonderful lessons which are everywhere spread around us in such profusion. Those who have seen should encourage others to come and see, for, perhaps, never again will such an opportunity be afforded as we have here to-day to see the entire world as Jt were in one spot. It should be a matter of natiot al pride to vise this great exhibition, and to wish to see it become a great success. Our people from ocean to ocean should witl *ne acclaim use every endeavor to make it a triumph in financial as well as educational results. Mrs. Virginia C. Meredith, member of the Indiana board of managers, then delivered an eloquent address, in which she paid a high tribute to the work which the women of the country have done to make the world's fait a success, and in a general way paid glowing tributes to the work which women are doing in all paths of life. At the close of the dedicatory ceremonies Prof. P. D. Creager, efs-superin-tendent of the Kendallville schools, on behalf of the students, preset! led Gov, Matthews with a beautiful silk Han.

THE INDIANA BUILDING.