Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1893 — OFF COOK COUNTY’S COEST. [ARTICLE]

OFF COOK COUNTY’S COEST.

Arrival of the Columbus Caravals at Jack sou Park. The arrival of the Spanish caravals at the World’s Fair, Friday, was celebrated with appropriate ceremonies. Special exercises were conducted in honor of the event. Midway Plaisance turned forth Ite motley throng to swell the procession that greeted the strange vessels as they entered the lagoon. Director General Davis received Capt. Concas and the foreign crews in charge of the vessels at the Terminal Station, and presented them to the public. Senator John Sherman then delivered a lengthy address of welcome, to which Capt Concas responded briefly.