Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-10-28
THE X DAY,
Dedication of the Worlds Columbian Ex-
position Buildings at Chicago.

THE GREAT DAY.
Dedication of the Worlds Columbian Ex-
position Buildings at Chicago.
CHICAGO, Oct. 22.-The empty struct-
ures Of the worlds Columbian EXPOSE
ton have been dedicated to the purposes
for which they have been designed, by
the people of the greatest and %grandest,
and noblest republic tnat has ever
existed on the face of Gods earth. It
was the nations day, a day set apart by
probation of the chief magistrate, a
proclamation as vigorously observed as
were the pronunciamentos of the magis-
tracy of ancient Europe, as a brief sea-
son of thanksgiving and of festivity in
commemoration of the man and the
discovery of four centuries since.
Chicago kept holiday, and not only
Chicago, but every nook and orner of
the big, busting, tearing, driving, striv-
ing republic.
Joy, Jubilation and Gladness
were %unconfned. 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 ma
ton as a mist, a joy and gladness un-
known to nations over which limited or
absolute monarchies exercise full sway.
1t is a day of liberty, day of fraternity,
a day of equality, a day upon which
rich and poor, young and old, native and
foreign born, from the ocean-washed
shores of Lands End to the extremity of
the Golden Gate, where the cliffs are
kissed by the gentle waves of the Pacific,
are singing with heart and voice, chant
ing in unison, n great pean ascending
to the skies, and penetrating the thin
veil that hides the continent from the
abiding place of the eternal. '"dod bless
our native land"
A Parade of State
inaugurated the exercises of the day.
Cannon doomed at daybreak-anational
salute on the. nations Misunderstanding
the tired million or two from their
slumbers, serving notice that the crown
ing event of the occasion vas at hand.
The very air was strongly tinted with
holiday ozone. One felt instinctively
that this was not a day for toll OF for
drudgery, that it was a 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, a distance Of
owe seven miles, commenced to be
fringed on either side with men and
ome Each moment added its quota
30 the early risers, up town and down
town. 1t was very much such a crowd
as that which parsed Judgment on the
civic procession, but reinforced with a
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 were 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.
Fortunate holders of invitations emit"
Ting them to a participation in the eE.
ercises of the day, began to move south
ward at an abnormally early hour,
apparently determined to take time by
the forelock, and to C a point of
vantage, and the trains on the suburban
branch Of the Illinois Central as well as
as the cable cars leading to the grounds
were crowded from their initial trip.
Soon after Z o'clock those intending to
participate in the procession began to
mass themselves at the Auditorium.
while the vehicles were massed in COL
umns Of four on the other side of the
hosiery 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 9 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 O.
cupied until the procession reachedithe
Hi%gginbotham mansion at Twenay-ninth
and Michigan avenue, at which point
the vice president, amid a salvo of
cheers from the crowds that banked the
four corners of the tt orougbfare, was
escorted to the vehicle
In the vice presidents carriage were
also President Palmer, Of the national
commission. and President II. W. Higs
ginbotham, of the worlds Columbian
exposition. Following the presidential
carriage came vehicles in the following
order:
Secretary Of State Foster and Secretary
OF the Treasury Foster, accompanied by
M. H. De Young, first vice preside at of
the national commission, and Vice Presi-
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