St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 18, Number 15, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 29 October 1892 — Page 2

tIVEHTOTHEWORLD, Columbian 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 tlio Ruling Nations of the World Become the Guests 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 Forms —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 Pyrotechnics. H I C A G 0 special: The World’s Columbian Exposition has been formally opened. The series of celebrations consequent upon the dedicatory exercises was inaugurated in Chicago’s stioets Thursday morning, when the gorgeous civic pageant inarched before delignted thousands. The command which put

40®^ ^=—4 tl^J^ •< -'- _.„^ ■,.., *a . — -—s.^s..; tn f^ion th© mighty oolumu of nearly i u ‘nn-ii ri-^nrd nn event that will go ringing down the agesTßr the most brilliant page in the history of a great and prosperous nation. No such multitude as surged through the streets has Chicago ever before seen. Political 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 l?ng remembered alike by Chicagoans and by the visitors vzho thronged the city. It was close io the noon hour when the vanguard of stalwart policemen spurred their restless horses and wheeled into line. General Miles and his brilliantly uniformed military aids, and the more brilliantly attired civilians of his staff, came into view, and presently the advance guard of that vast army of 100,OOJ 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 clouds, and the sky looked down with a lowering face upon the moving display of animation and colors, nothing could damp the ardor of the crowd, and nothing that was worthy escaped their notice. From the grand stand on the Adams street front of the Government Building, Vice President Levi P. Morton, the members of the Cabinet, the Supreme Court, and diplomates from all the nations of the earth witnessed the grand civic parade as it passed in’ review. In the streets there was a mob; it cannot be called by any other name. This was essentially people’s day in [A THOMAS W. PALMER the series of ceremonies. Wednesday night’s grand tall at the Auditorium was a notable event, but the participants were confined to the upper ten in official and social life, for Governors, legislators and diplomats; Thursday night’s military ball was for the same classes. Friday’s military parade was confined principally to the limits of the fair grounds, to which admission could be had only by card of invitation. But Thursday’s show was wide open to whoever could get a point from which to see. The bootblack and roustabout, or the laborer, was as fiee as the millionaire or pet of society. DEDICATORY EXER JISE3. Impresssive Ceremonies in th? Great Manufactures Building. Friday was the great Columbian dedication day proper, and on this day the big programme for which the whole country has been preparing for months was given.

The day’s exercises began with a salute oa twenty-one guns on the Lake Front. At 9:15 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 piumes rising and Jailing in unison, the steady trot of the horses, the quietness and precision of every movement, was a revelation to spectators unused to military pageants.* The staff of Gtn. Miles was followed by the mounted band. Then came troop after troop oi cavalry, presenting a solid 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 th# way they camo. After the cavalry was another mounted band, and then appeared artillerymen, who rattled over the uneven cedar blocks about 12th street at a smart trot. The regular artillery were followed by a batte y of the National Guard. The volunteer boys were not so smart as the regulars, but they looked very businesslike and full of powder. The escort was not yet finished, for smoothly and 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 even 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, aid intellect which was now to follow, when the Governors of the country and the men who have directed the affairs of the Exposition rede and drove in public parade to the dedication of the World’s Fair. First in the line of can- ages which followed the troops was the highest representative of the Government of the United States, Vice President Morton, and escort. In company with the Vice President were President Palmer of the National World’s Fair Commission and ex-President Baker 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 as long as the dedication ceremonies shall hold a place in history. The parade marched down the gayly decorated boulevard to

Washington Park, where the military review occurred. Starting for the Buildings. 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 the entrance of the grounds. The route along the whole Hue was rich with decorations of every description, the colors of all nations being thrown to the breeze in great profusion, with the flags of America and Spain the most prominent. At tho junction of Cottage Grove avenue and the Plaisance a squad of police undei’ Lieut. Powers was stationed; at the Woodlawn intersection was Lieut. Rehm with anoth r squad of police, while between the forces of Powers and Rehm 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 unmanageable. All was confusion and the crowd threatened to inter ere considerably with the progress of the procession. But everything was later put to rights by the appearance of the troops, which 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 tho soldiers, who had been formed in lino down each side of the road, ordered them back. In a few minutes tho whole stretch of road unprotected by the police was picketed by the troops. After tho procession had passed the soldiers fell in behind and forme 1 a roar-guard to tho parade. When the military parade entered the grounds over the viaduct it made an almost entire circuit before dispersing at the end of the park. Then tho dignitaries and invited guests began to enter the big Manufactures Building and tho great procession was over. Within tho Manufactures Building. 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 epoch in the march of the nations of the earth. And when away on in the time that is to come American history shall bo written, no man in the chill of calm thought will bo able to paint with words the dedicatory scene. Does 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. Peters at Rome might be put within tho great structure and with room left? What does it mean to say that 100,009 persons may be comfortably seated and room left for 75,000 more?

The cb’ef decorations in the great build ng ere at the rear of the grand stand an 1 arched over the broad, carpeted aisle through which the dignitaries 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 iron arches. There was a background of great flags with the stars and stripes drawn smoothly at points and tastefully draped in others, while in the center an eagle carved in stone formed the nucleus of a glorious standard of colois. On one side of this setting, hanging from away up on one of the iron arches, depended the banner of Spain. There was also display© I for the first time on a near-by arch the official banner of the World’s Columbian Exposition. Out upon the great, vast floor, under the arches and the depending flags, a forest of chairs had been placed, and when the crowd had come in and the people had gathered, a great, nervous, moving sea of humanity moaned with ebbing hum and buzz of talk and eomjeent. The gallery up among the

arches of Iron and surrounding the entire building was filled and blackened with humanity. Imagine 90,000 human faces in a bunch in the center of a great field about whom are standing nearly is many more persons. See the stand i<led with the singers and distinguished guests

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. Diffuses over this entire scene the growing murmur, which at times mounts to a roar, an I 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 be impossible to give an adequate idea of the colossal magnitude of the great spectacle. National conventions have been accepted as great assemblages, yet several national conventions could have been held in the lobbies without interference with the people 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 glint and sparkle of rich costumes and jeweled decorations are the sprinkled flowers nestling against the darker coior of the uplift. When 100,900 people waved their handkerchiefs, the prospect was that of a thick cotton-field tossed by a high w nd. In the exciting moments when enthusiasnj, took a violent turn, the demonstration was not that of individuals, but of the undulating whole. A man in the thick of this scene was as nothing, a black spot mixed and ground into the color of the pi dure.

When tho multitude assembled the people camo drifting in granular currents along tho narrow avenues. Further along they closed upon each other in the steady push forward until it was ' ' \y difficult to tell one speck from another. Then the natural compression of a jostling crowd did the rest and they were molded into Uiat mighty solid block, filling to tho outer limits the floor of the largest building on ear h. Arrival of the Pageant. It was just 1:45 p. m. when tho impatient crowd caught sight of a glittering uniform at Iho back of the broad stairway leading to tho speakers’ stand. Milward Adams, manager of tho 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 Higinbotham, Mayor Washburne, Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop Ireland, Bishop Fowler, and Dr. McCook. By the timo tho cheering and waving of handkerchiefs had ended tho speakers’ stand and seats behind were embanked with tho most notable gathering of dignitaries and high officials ever

WOM k. ■ THE CIVIC PARADE PASSING THE REVIEWING STAND.

seen in this country outside the national capital. Chief of these, of course, was Vice President Morton, who in his capacity as representative of the President and of the Government had tho seat of honor, directly in the front of the center. Next to him on his right were Bishop Fowler and D". McCook, while Director General Davis, master of ceremonies, was on his ielt. In a semicircular row behind the Vice Presi-

dent were Mrs. Sarah Cowell LeMoyne, who was selected to read a portion of M : ss Monroe’s dedication ode; Gen. Goshorn, who wa Director General of the Centennial Exposition; P. A. B. Widener, chairman of the Committee on Ceremonies of the National Commission; Mrs. Gillespie, who wai President of

the V Oman's Board of the Centennial Exposition, and is the granddaughter of Benjamin Franklin; Mrs. Potter Palmer, President of the Board of Laly 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 of the day; Chauncey Dopewand Cardinal Gibbons. Director of Works Burnham had a place GEN. MILES. next to Mrs. LeMoyne, but was too busy i to maintain it for any length of time. It was a pleasant sight watching the I great mon banked in terraces while I they waited for tho tumult to subside and the programme to begin. Opened the Dedicatory Exercises. The dedication exercises were commenced by the great chorus singing the Columbian hymn. The words of the hymn are as follows : All hull and welcome, nations of the earth! Columbia’s imetinz comes from every State: Proclaim to all mankind the world’s new birth njc shall consecrate. Det war and enmity for ever cease; glorious art and c< mnierce banish WHr rhe universal biotherb >kl of pence Shall be Columbia’s inspiring song. Then camo the invocation of Bishop Charles 11. Fowler of California. It was tho first test of a speaker’s voice b fore tho multitude, an 1 demonstrated instantly the futility of any attempt to reach more than a small section of the great multitude. Ignorant of Ilic religious nature of the address, the throng murmured and rustled until the swoli- ; ing wave overwhelmed tho speaker’s ' voice and sent his words adrift on a sea ; of sounds. i The invocation over, Director General I Davis adjusted his eye glasses, tossed i back the gray locks on his forehead and advanced to the stand, manuscript in | hand. His trumpet-like voice, his well- । known features and the commanding I office he represente I commanded the tumult about him and sent a ripple of I silence far into the crowd. His address । was a brief recital of national triumphs, I closing with a concise statement of the ; purpose for which the exposition had been inaugurated. The simplicity 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 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

suprising strength that his thought won tho ear of the guests of the day to whom he addressed himself. Citizens of Chicago, too, responded enthusiastically when he declared tho city’s greatness and wealth of promise. Following the Mayor came readings by Airs. Sarah Cowell Le Moyne, of New York, from A s Alonroe’s dedication ode. The reading comprised only a fragment of the poem, alternating

with verses sung by the chorus from musio composed by G. W. Chadwick, of Boston. As Mrs. LeMoyne finished reading Director 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 cheers 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. Director of 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, and he made no attempt in that direction. As he 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 Palmer’s address, “Work of the Board of Lady Managers” was enthusiastically received. She was introduced by Director General Davis and ' received with a standing salute, in I which the dignitaries joined. The Pres- i ident of ihe Board of Lady Managers ! acknowledged this reception by a mod- 1 est bow and proceeded at once with her I report, looking down upon the waving of handkerchiefs and smiling, expectant faces. H. N. Higinbotham, President of the Chicago Directory, made the presentation of the buildings of the Columbian Exposition to President T. W. Palmer of the Columbian Commission. Mr. Palmer, leaning his hand upon the decorated stand, listened -to the short, terse talk of Mr. Higinbotham, and then, when he had hypothetically been tendered the documents, turned and faced the audience, took a sip of water and delivered his address. Frequent ap-plau-e met this speaker, perhaps because his trained voice penetrated farther across the floor space. A short history of tho work in bringing the sands and quagmires of Jackson Park to the solid and massive buildings and beautiful gardens was reviewed, and in it the story of how the commission had reached to the uttermost parts of tho earth was told. The General was greatly applauded for his eloquence. Dedicated the Grounds to Humanity. When President Palmer turned to formal'y make the presentation, which he j did to the President of the United States, : Vice President Morton arose. Ata signal from Col. Davis tho audience stood as one, amid prolonged cheers. Vice President Morton, representing President ! Harrison, stood half facing the audience ! and speaker, and was asked to dedicate the ground to humanity. Accepting the trust on behalf of the : President of the United States, Vi e j President Morton read his speech with an evident appreciation of the greatness of the occasion, pausing in effective periods and emphasizing tho national sanction of tho Exp sition. As he turned to take his cha'rat the conclusion, the Diplomatie Corps rose and stood until he was seated. That was the signal for more enthusiastic cheering, which continued until the majestic “Hallelujah Chorus" silenced it. Watterson Delivers the Oration. Then came tho two greatest features of a groat programme—the orations by Henry Watterson and Chauncey M. Depew. Mr. Watterson abandoned his manuscript when Director General D^ i A,. > iw . J GEN. SCHOFIELD. vis announced his nan e, and walking to ■ the front of the stand took his place j before a bewildering tumult of applause j and waving hats and handkerchiefs : from tho throng that had risen to greet ' him. Without hesitation, except when I interrupte l by applan-e, the speaker ■ plunged into his subject. His earnest- j ness, the rich tones of his voice, | the commanding personality of the man impressed even those who could not catch his words. Rapidly he reviewed the “Columbian epic,” pursuing on to scan the progress of American civilization, closing with an invocation of the greatest solemnity. As he uttered the sentences “Gol bless the children and the mothers! God bless our country's flag!” a rift in the clouded sky sent a flash of sunight through the curved roof that centered on the rugged figure of the orator, as though a benediction had been vouchsafed in answer to his plea. The e: owd caught the suggestion and became as still as waiting petitioners before the heavenly throne — mute witnesses to the orator’s power. Chauncey M. Depew’s Address. When Mr. Watterson reached the climax of his peroration and stepped toward his seat, there was an instant’s hush, followed by deafening cheers that broke out aga'n when Chaucey Depew was announced. Mr. Depew's style was in striking contrast to the Kentucky editor’s, but his achievement was parallel. Reading his speech, he was seemingly oblivious to the printed words. In moments of excitement he waved tho manuscript in emphasis, never losing a word or abating for an instant his perfect command of the striking phrases. His voice, forced to i the volume of a great organ, rolled out | over the crowd and held it as with a > chord of steel. Occasionally some ab- ; sorbed listener, wr< ught by the stirring sentiment, spoke his approval and start- ' cd ejaculations of assent, but the orator , never wavered. In places the theme changed from ; Homeric solemnity to a lighter vein, and moved the hearers to laughter, but it was only to relieve the tension for an j instant —light touch in a picture of j titanic lines. When Mr. Depew had concluded, there was no question as t > his triumph. He | had reached the hearts of his listeners j and they responded with reverberating । acclaim, a tribute such as even so great i an orator could but feel deeply. By this time approaching night had 1 turned th§ great hall into a cavern of ! eerie shadows. Are lights suspended ! in clusters warned the tired people of ; the close of day. Some departed, filter- j

ing out In long pedestrian those who remained crowd! the front to hear the beau prayer by Cardinal Gibt. came the chorus, “In Prais&««^ the benediction by Rev. H. of Philadelphia, and, at (5 o’clock farewell words of Director General^® Davis, announcing the formal close of the exercises. As the director general fin’shed his speech a battery on the shore announced the final completion of Chicago’s trust • —the erection and dedication of the great buildmgs that are to hold the World's Columbian Exposition of 1890, The great Fair had been formally opened. Significance of the Dedication. From the first gun that boomed In Jackson Park at daybreak to the last echo of the national salute that closed the exercises, it was a day of great significance, tilled with historic features and personalities. The progress of humanity in four centuries was illustrated in the great building where the exercises w< re held. A Cardinal of Rome sat on the same r lz i i MfiS. SARAH COWELL LE MOYSX platform and spoke from the same stand witli a Protestant BLhop; Catholic Spain and Mohammedan Turkey joined in fraternal greetings; French representatives bowed cordially to German ambassadors, and all wished the American republic Godspeed in its international undertaking. It was a jubilee congress of all nations, rejoicing in the peaceful triumphs of science and art that ha 1 found expression in the buildings and grounds of the Exposition. Remembering that Columbus made his discovery at a time when war was the rule of all kingdoms and religious tolerance unknown; remembering this, and gazing on the 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 lest in the vast import of the gathered thousands before them. It seemed a republic of no small dimensions within those four walls. Banker and artisan, laborer and manufacturer touched elbows in the democracy of a common interest. The speeches, the prayers, the songs ..nd ceremonies all caught the spirit of national pride and international fraternity. Listeners, as diverse in national origin as the ambassadors before them, forgot their prejudices of race and joined in demonstration of patriotio MSBLIL ^gteM|M|^^^^agstha6 JXLS^^^he' Elaborate Programme in Washington, Lincoln, and Garfield Parks. As became the dignity of the occasion, the fireworks display Friday night was a record breaker. It was probably the finest pyrotechnic display the world has ever witnessed. Properly speaking 1b e were three displays, the exhibition -ving been arranged in that manner avoid the 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 firepictures glowed and sizzled at Washington, Lincoln and Garfield parks. The 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 roared in flocks of 5,C0O —to huge bombs, weighing 110 pounds, which were thrown 800 feet into the air and then exploded gorgeously. There were set-pieces 40 feet high and (0 feet in length, which, when touched off showed

“RESERVED SEATS” IX WASHINJTOX PARK. such devices as the sailing of Columbus in fire. A huge fiery balloon was another design. Explorer Stanley says the American newspaper comment on his, recent canvass was so offensive thabi he will never visit this country again. This cuts one off the list of annual; farewell tours. The American press’ was an angel unawares. । A Denver lawyer claims to have । had communication with a gentleman living on Mars. According to this। gentleman's authority, our planetary . neighbors are seven feet in height* This is rather tall, even for a Westr j ern lawyer.