The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-10-28
GRAND BALL.
The Worlds Fair Dedication Inaugurated
With a Grand Ball-Ths Children Cele-



ball, Malice Miles, Mayor Wash
burne, ii. X. Fair5anlx. George NJ Pull.
man and Marshall Field had invited
1900 prominent citizens of various
states to participate in reception ten
dered to the president, vice-president
and ex-presidents of the United States,
the representatives of foreign govern
ments, the governors of the states and
territories and other distinguished
guests. While in its inception and con-
duct the function of last night was I'M
official, it opened the baptismal jubila-
ton of the worlds fair of 1928.
So it was that there were billiant
scenes in and about the Auditorium
building early last evening. Thou.
sands of electric lamps glowed brightly
from the facade of the towering build
ings on the lake front. Along the
broad pavements of Michigan avenue
dense crowds of people were content to
stand closely packed for hours viewing
the notable folks as they arrived to at
tend the reception. About 9 o'clock the
rumble and flash of glistening equip
ages began. The lady managers and
patronesses of the affair were com
ing to the rendezvous which had
been fixed at $50. The gener-
ally invited guests followed in rapid
succession. Once within the great Audi
torium the first impression was that re-
sulting from flood of light, almost
dazzling to the unaccustomed eyes, and
yet it was the soft, aggregated glowing
of incandescent lamps-1nyriads of
them. There seemed no stress of light
in any quarter of the great hollow, so
equally were the lamps distributed.
The great steel fire curtain of the stage
had teen lifted and the stage flooring
had been extended over the entire
orchestra pit. Smooth and tempting
to the dancers did it appear
At the conclusion of the reception,
and which continued until nearly IL
. O'Clock, the vice president was escorted
/ to the lodge on the immediate right of
/ the stage, and the remainder of the
/ distinguished guests followed in this
order:
The members of President Harrison's
cabinet, headed by Secretary Foster
/ and Postmaster-General Wanamaker,
Speaker Charles f. Crisp and party,
| Chief Justice Melville w. Fuller and
party, the associate justices of the SUI
preme court Boxes Ii to NJ were occu-
pied by Cows Reynolds, of Delaware;
Pattison, of Pennsylvania; Albeit, of
New Jersey; BullSeley, of Connecticut,
Russell, of Massachusetts,, and Brown, of
| Maryland The reception committee held
n l. 4 IL
Gov. Flower, of New York; Holt, of
North Carolina, and Brown, of Rhode
Island. Box S had been assigned to
that eminent philanthropist and advo-
cate of prison reform, ex-President
Rutherford 3. Hayes. but up to late
hour, this distinguished guest had
failed to put in an appearance.
There were some dazzling toilets in
the adjoining box, which had been al
and in which Mrs. Potter Palmer,
president of the board, was at times
conspicuous. The visiting members of
the diplomatic corps, the local directors
and the members of the national COM
mission were nearby neigh bors of the
ladies and beyond these twenty-five
consecutively numbered boxes were
occupied by the executives of states
previously unprovided for, commence
ing with Gov. Page, of Yer
ment, and concluding with Gov. Mark
ham, of California. All of the chief ex-
ecutives were accompanied either by
their stats or members of their respect
i've families. Conspicuous in the tier of
boxes We're Cows. Mckinley, of Ohio;
Boies, of Iowa; Peck, of Wisconsin, and
Boyd, of Nebraska, conspicuous in so
far that they seemed to be the target
for the hundreds of lorgnettes that were
called into requisition at intervals by
the grand aux danes on the dancing
floor.
THE SCHOOL CHILDREN.
CHICAGO, Oct 90 Yesterday witnessed
two important events in connection
with the dedication of the worlds fair
and these were followed at night by
the Inauguration, reception and BAN
quet at the Auditorium.
The first event was the celebration of
columbus day" by the school children
of the city and youthful enthusiasm
W do given Vic NAuCob pay. L ne COlu-
mittee of state and city superintend-
ents had arranged programme for the
celebration in the public schools and
the children executed the order of ex-
ercises with vim simultaneously in
the scores of school buildings,
which were all decorated First
came the reading of President Har-
rison' proclamation. This was fol-
lowed by a flag raising and the pupils +
saluted the colors, pledged their allegi- /
ance to the flag and in concert sang ,
America" The next feature was
reading OF the scriptures or some ac-
acknowledgements of the Divine Being. |
Each school then joined in singing 1
Columbus Day" In the primary
grades the little ones recited patriotic I
verses and sang little songs, while in I
the grammar and high schools histori- |
cal essays were read and declamations !
delivered and Joaquin Miller's song, |
Columbus" as arranged by O. Black ,
man, was sung. Singing of THE Flag |
of the Free" by each school closed the !
exercises.
Dividing attention during the day
with the school celebration was the ar {
rival from Washington of the cabinet
officers, members of the diplomatic I
corps and Justices of the supreme court
Stevenson Not Yet Ready. |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Oct 2O.-Gen-