Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-08-13
TO OPEN THE FAIR.


The Dedlcntory Ceremonies VIII Begin
October 19-A Gorgeous Festival Last
Ing Three Days VIII Mark the Occasion.
CHICAGO, Aug. 8-When dawn breaks
over Lake Michigan the morning of
October 21 it will herald the coming OF
a proud day in the history of Chicago.
Perhaps it will be the proudest, for
then will be dedicated the great worlds
fair buildings which have stirred the
admiration of men of two hemispheres.
1t will be the natal day of the enterprise
in which every nation on earth will par
ticipate, and for which SIG, 900, 900 will
have been expended. Then Chief of
Construction Burnham will turn over
the completed work for dedication by
the president of the United States. The
near approach of this time is beginning
to awaken interest throughout the
country. Work on buildings is being
rushed in order to have them ready.
Great preparation has been made for
these dedicatory ceremonies. 1t has
been the work of many months of citi-
zens OF Chicago and representatives of
the national worlds fair commission.
The plans are almost completed and q
festival of three days is the result.
This celebration will be national and
international, for the congress of the
United States has so designated it, and
all the nations of the earth will par
ticipate. No such gathering of dis
tinguished people as will meet here has
probably ever assembled before in this
country.
There will be three-days' carnival,
beginning Wednesday, October 10,
when civic parade will be held and
which promises to bring nearly 100, 900
people into line. The second day,
Thursd y, October 90, will be de-
voted to military review and
military maneuvers. President Har-
rison, with members of the cabinet,
will review the parade. Friday, Octo-
ber 21, will be the dedicatory day
proper. Elaborate preparations have
been made for this occasion, when
President Harrison will in the name of
the United States dedicate the build
ings to the uses of the Worlds
Columbian exposition. Each of
the three nights there will
be display of fireworks on grand
scale. The second and third nights
will witness procession of centuries,
consisting of twentyfour floats pro-
PEELED by electricity through the waters
of the lagoons. With the exception of
the civic parade, all of the exercises
will be held in jackson park. The
ceremonies of dedication day proper
will be held in manufactures building
Friday, October u, will be the great
est day of the three. When the sun
rises that morning it will be greeted
with the national salute. The fire Will
be by battery A little later on
in the day President Harrison and
members of his cabinet, men,
bers of the supreme court, mem
bers of the senate and house of repre-
sentatives, distinguished foreign guests,
and governors of the different states
and territories, with their staffs, will be
escorted by guard of honor, composed
of troops of the United States, dctach-
ments from the United States naval
force, and regiments of the national
guards, to the manufactures building,
where the dedicatcry ceremonies Will
here he will find an audience hall capa-
BILE of seating several hundred thou
sand people. He will be taken to the
grand stand and promptly at l o'clock
the exercises will be started. .
The opening will be march for or
chestra written for the occasion by
Prof. John X. Payne, conducted by
Theodore Thomas, the musical director
of the exposition. This prelude over
Bishop Charles IL. Flower, of California,
will offer a prayer. Then will come
the dedicatory ode, q notable produc.
tion written by Miss Harriet Monroe,
of Chicago The ode has been kept
from the public and will not be made
public until read on this occasion. A
part of the ode has been set to music
by George w. Chadwick, of Boston.
Next will follow the presentation OF
the master artists of the exposition and
their completed works. Director Gen,
eral Davis will follow with report to
the Worlds Columbian commission
Col. Davis will review the successful
progress of the undertaking. and when
he has finished the president of the
hoI4u NOluill DIbl GApOSlLlOn WILL
turn over the buildings to Presiden,
Palmer, of the national commission
Following this will be Haydn's chorus
THE Heavens Are Telling"
Then President Palmer will presen,
the buildings for dedication to Presi
dent Harrison, and he, in turn, vii
place upon them the seal of the United
States government. While he is doing
this the international character of the
enterprise will be itly shown by tn,
presence about him of the representa-
tives of nearly every government or
earth, us well as the cabinet, suprem,
court, senate, house of Representatives
and the governors of all states.
When this impressive ceremony il
ended the building will ring with the
"Halleluiuh" chorus from The Mes
siah." The next number of the pro
gramme will be the dedicatory Grafton
Then will follow the 'Star Spanglet
Banner" and "Hail Columbia" sym
phony with the full chorus an,
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