Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-01
DAY OF DEDICATION.
PROUDEST PERIOD OF CHICA-
COS EXISTENCE.
On October FL the Worlds Fair Buildings
viii Be Dedicated with Imposing Cere-
monies-A Festival of Three Days to
Mark the Occal ION.
Floats and Fireworks.

When dawn breaks over Lake Michi-
gan the morning of Oct. II it will herald
the coming of IL proud day in the history
of Chicago, writes a correspondent
Perhaps it will be the proudest, for then
will be dedicated the great Worlds Fair
buildings which have stirred the adj
miration of men Of two hemispheres. 1t
will be the natal day of the enterprise
in which every nation on earth will par
ticipate, and for which SIG 100000 will
have been expended. Then Chief of Con-
struction Burnham will turn over the
completed work for dedication by the
President of the United States.
The near approach of this time is be-
ginning to awaken interest throughout
the country. Work on buildings is be-
ing rushed in order to have them ready
and the hundreds of thousands of Wis
itors who crowd into Jackson Park that
day will witness a grand spectacle-a
city of marble palaces.
Great preparation has been made for
these dedicatory ceremonies. 1t has
been the work of many months of citi-
zens of Chicago and representatives of
the National Worlds Fair Commission
The plans are almost completed, and a
festival of three days is the result. Dur
ing that time Chicago's citizens will
enjoy a continuous holiday. The streets
will be thronged with thousands and the
great men of the nation as we'll as
humber patriotic citizens, will be here
to honor the day which marks the four
hundredth anniversary of the discovery
of America by Columbus.
This celebration will be national and
International, for the Congress of the
United States has so designated it, and
all nations of the earth will participate.
No such gathering of distinguished peo-
pie as will then meet has probably ever
assembled before in this country.
s Twenty thousand invitations have been
issued for the occasion, and acceptances
] are almost unanimous.
The first to accept was Presid ent
Harrison; then followed members of
the Supreme Court, Senators, Congress-
q men, and Governors of the States. All
these have said they will be here, and
from Washing on will come the repre-
sentatives of every foreign country.
When the Congress of the United
States authorized the commemoration of
the four hundredth anniversary of the
discovery Of America it also provided
that the Exposition buildings should be
dedicated Oct. ~, 1892. Owing to the
discovery that the real anniversary day
should be celebrated on the 21st, Con-
grcss so amended the bill.
Aside from the International interests
in this fitting prelude to the magnificent
picture Of the worlds progress that will
be presented in 1898, the dedicatory
services will furnish an opportunity to
behold the extent of the preparations
which are being made for the EXPOSE
ton
There will be three days carnival,
beginning Wednesday, Oct. 10, when a
civic parade will be held and which
promises to bring nearly 100. 900 people
INTO line. The second day, Thursday,
Oct. 20, will be devoted to a military re-
view and military maneuvers. Presi-
dent Harrison, with members of the
Caoinet, will review the parade. Fri
day, Oct. 81, will be the dedicatory day
proper Elaborate preparations have
neen made for this occasion. when Pres
Ment Harrison will, in the name of the
united States, dedicate the buildings to
the use Of the Worlds Columbian Ex-
position. Each of the three nights there
VIII be display Of fireworks on a grand
scale The second and third nights will
witness procession of centuries, con-
S'SunS of twenty-four floats propelled
Wy electricity through the waters of the
lagoons.