Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-01
a cable car Of street railway is, being
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Soldiery win Take Part.
| The military feature of the cere-
monies will be most interesting. Gen
| Nelson A. Miles has been made mar
shall OF the day for the direction of the
military maneuvers and also the civic
and industrial parade. He will be as
sisted in this by Gen. Joseph Stockton.
| Five regiments of United States in
fantry and cavalry will, by order Of
J President Harrison, take part in the
ceremonies. Then there will be 10000
members of the National Guard. All
will be quartered in the Mines. Elec-
tricity and Transportation Buildings
while here. Just what will be the
nature Of the military operations has
not been determined. The Committee
of Ceremonies has yet to outline plan,
but there will be a review by President
Harrison, mem bers of the Cabinet and
foreign representatives. This, at the
present time, it is intended, shall take
place Thursday.
Dcdicatory Exercises to he Free.
No charge will be made for admission
to the park while the dedicatory cere-
monies are taking place Friday. The
remaining days and Friday after 5
o'clock an admission fee Of so cents
will be charged.
The fireworks and floats will be Of
such magnitude and brilliancy, as we'll
as so costly, that the Exposition man
agement decided to charge for the en-
joyment of these entertainments.
Schools Will Observe the Day.
By act of Congress and the proclama-
| ton of the President Friday, Oct. II,
will be a national holiday, in honor Of
the anniversary of the discovery Of
America by Columbus.
By this the schools of the United
States will be closed. In Chicago and
| Cook County special exercises will be
held in every school, and there are 10
in Chicago, Thursday. The children
will be taught what the anniversary
means The exercises will not refer so
much to the present as to the past
The programme to be observed by tho
ITO, 900 children in the city will be SINH
lar to that carried out Oh Washington s
birthday.
Pope Leo XIII. has enjoined upon all
Catholics the observance of Oct IL
with fitting religious services. Leo's
communication to the Bishops was is
sued before Congress changed the date
of the ceremonies. 1t is presumed he
intended to have the day recognized
which should be set apart in the United
States.
Forty Acres Under One Roof.
President Harrison will dedicate the
Worlds Fair in the largest building in
the world. 1t is capable of seating
800 900 people, In the center OF the
building is an enormous hall without
columns, 1856 feet wide by 1925 feet
long, covered with a roof formed by
great iron arches sprinsing from all
sides and rising to a height OF 2lO 1eet
above the floor This magnificent space
will be lighted by continuous clear
story windows and by an enormous
spread of glass in the roof covering.
Around this enormous hall is run sys-
tenn Ct continuous naves 1O7 feet WIDE
and 115 feet high, which are also lighted
| by clear story windows and glazed
roofs, and aisles on either side of these
naves, % and AS feet wide, respectively,
covered by galleries of the same dimen-
sions. The building, including it's gall
leries, has forty acres OF 1loor space
Grand Display of Fireworks.
James Pain & Sons. of New York
and London, have exhausted their in
genuity in the preparation of the plan
! of fireworks. They have evolved an
elaborate and brilliant programme. 1t
will be aquatic and aerial and embrace
set pieces, some of which are the largest
| ever manufactured. One piece is to pc
| 1000 feet long and 100 feet high. 1t
will represent Niagara in flames. Inc
display will take place along the LAKE
! shore, east of the Manufactures Build
ing. The set pieces will be at the north
!