Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-10-21
THE DEDICATION
Of the Worlds Fair Build.
ings.
Great Parade of National and
State Troops.

Il
The quadricentennial anniversary
day of Americas discovery is ush'
cred In with the booming of cannons,
with the raising of flags aud with all
the ceremony due the great day. II
is the second of Chicago's public
holidays and the climax of its weeks
festivities. Never in the history OF
the Garden City has SO great a
throng been within its boundaries,
and never has 1t sheltered 80 vast q
host of prominent men, represent
ing every state In the Union, the
nation aud every civilized country
on the face of the globe. The civic
parade of yesterday pales into insig-
nificance beside the great pageant
which is moving through the great
thoroughfares Of the worlds fair
buildings.
The one effort of the director
general and his aides has been d.
rected to lessening the crowd which
will throng into the Manufacturers
Building to listen to the services. II
two thirds of the invitations are ac-
cepted, there will be over hundred
thousand there. To avoid this aw-
full crush, all those not using their
Invitations will be given free admis-
sion on the opening day, in May.
The crowd has, however, been
streaming to the ground since an
early hour this morning and as the
train facilities are announced to be
but 1900 an hour at present, 1t will
be seen that the visitors will not all
get there till very late In the day.
The troops taking part In the pa
rade today were quartered during
the night In the Electricity Build
ing and in the annex to the Trans
portation Building.
This procession, escorted by United
States cavalry and light artillery,
proceeded south on Michigan av-
enue to Twenty-ninth street, where
it received the President Of the
United States, after which 1t pro-
ceeded south on Michigan avenue to
Thirty-flfth street, thence east on
Thirty-fifth street to Grand Boule-
yard, thence TO Washington Park,
where II formed In parallel lines on
the west side of the parade grounds
of the park.
When forming at the Auditorium,
the troops acting rs escorts to gov
ernors of states and territories, ac-
companied them from the Auditor
ium to Washington Park, and took
their position in rear Of the staff of
the Governor whom they escorted,
and when the line Of march had
been taken up, proceeded In their
proper position.
The national and state troops had
formed In the meantime by brlgades
Ia line of masses on the east side of
the field at Washington Park. AS
the Vice President approached the
ground, the Presidents salute was
fired, and on taking his position OPP
posite the centre OF the line, the
commands changed direction by
the left flank, forming columns and
passed in review In the usual order,
except that the distance Ia column
was Ia mass. The 'present" by
the command and the ride around
the Hue was dispensed with, owing
TO the limited time. The troops
having passed In review, were
then the escort Of honor for the
entire procession. aud continued the
march via Finy-seventh street, to
the exposition grounds; thence TO
the manufactures aud liberal arts
building, where the troops took
position assigned them, the officials
occupying the platform prepared for
them.
AZ the vIce-president's carriage
passed through the exposition
grounds battery on the lake front
Was fired and carried out the Ma
tional salute.
The following programme took