Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1892-10-28
HE GREAT DAY.

Worlds Columbian Exposition Buildings
Formally Dc.l;cntetl.
CHICAGO. Oct. 2l.-rhe empty struct-
ures of the worlds Columbian exposi-
tion have been dedicated to the purposes
for which they have been designed, by
the people of the greatest and grandest,
and noblest republic that has ever
existed on the face of Gods earth. 1t
was the nations day. day set apart by
probation of the chief magistrate, a
proclamation as vigorously observed as
were the pronnncialnentos of the magis-
tracy of ancient Europe, as brief sea-
son of thanksgiving and of festivity in
commemoration of the man and the
discovery of four centuries since.
Chicago kept holiday, AMI not only
Chicago, but every nook and corner of
the big, bustling, tearing, driving, striv-
ing republic.
Joy, Jubilation and Glatlncss
were uncontined. Patriotism, the safety
valve of a people enlightened and deter
mined to be free, had full vent. In city
and town, in village and hamlet the
people, to quote the proclamation Of
President Harrison, devoted them
selves to such exercises as may best ex-
press honor to the discoverer and appre-
citation Of the great achievements of the
four complete centuries Of American
life" Joy and gladness envelop the na.
tion as mist, Il joy and gladness un-
known to nations over which limited cr
absolute monarchies exercise full sway.
a Parade of Slate
inaugurated the exercises Of the day.
Cannon doomed at aybreak-anational
salute on the nations holiday starting
the tired million OF two from their
slumbers, serving notice that the crown
ing event of the occasion was at hand.
The very air was strongly tinted with
holiday ozone. One felt instinctively
that this was not IL day for toll or for
drudgery, that it was day dedicated
to the people and for the country. The
day had barely dawned when Michigan
boulevard from the Auditorium south
ward to jackson park, Il distance of
over seven miles, commenced to be
fringed on either side with men and
women. Each moment added its quota
to the early risers, up town and down
town. 1t was very much such IL crowd
as that which passed Judgment on the
civic procession, but reinforced with 4.
decidedly large scattering Of members
of local "polite society,"" between whose
imposing mansions and tasteful villas
the line of march had been mapped out.
There We're times when it seemed as
though the entire population of the
Windy City, reinforced by its quarter
million or more of visitors from far and
near, were on the streets between the
lake front and Jackson park.
Took Time by the Forelock.
Fortunate holders of invitations enti-
tling them to a participation in the ex-
ercises of the day, began to move south
ward at an abnormally early hour,
apparently determined to take time by
the forelook, and to secure point of
vantage, and the trains on the suburban
branch of the Illinois Central as well as
IS the cable cars leading to the grounds
were crowded from their initial trip.
Soon after 2 o'clock those intending to
participate in the procession began to
mass themselves at the Auditorium,
while tho vehicles We're massed in COL
umns Of four on the other side of the
hostlery on Wabash avenue. Little
time was occupied in assigning the dis
tinguished visitors to their respective
places in the parade. and a few minutes
after 8 o'clock the order was given for
the head of the column to move. The
escorting military comprised three bat
teries of artillery from Fort Ripley,
Major Randolph commanding, one from
Fort Sheridan, four companies of the
Fifth and Sixth cavalry, U. S. A. After
the military the procession of carriages
with their occupants moved with the
following order, save that the carriage
allotted to the vice president was not oc-