Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-10-31
CLOSE OF The FAIR
Simple Services n Memory q
the Dead Mayor
BROUGHT IT IoArtRmISaIlos


the worlds fxir city's sorfow cane the
closing Il the worlds coinmhisn sxg,o.
sition. this day ~ directed BY the Uns-
ted States congress Al sunsf sst5
o'clock the coiors uf al nstinns which
have been flying Al half mast siuce sun.
rise on Sunday. sere ioeered tnrciher
~ they we're unfurlcd within sight a
President Cleveland sf noon MAY I.
Six months with the ekoeption q day
hsse passed. and the gles3 q the exl,o.
sition has teen woven INTO tue histngy
of the worid's progress AZ the word q
command FROM artilies onlcers the gpns
u battery. facing the blus 'satogs nf
Lake Michigan. leiched forth signal
in blank powder. telling tho world fhat
the worlds fair wazr dyiag with the set
ting sun. dying While dirses sere being
sung and tears shed and headF we're
bowed ia gricf over the bler ~ C'hica-
go's murdered mayor. Nhrn the sunset
hour arrived hundred ulfn. stationed
at every flagstaff II The nAtons coiora
on the departmental buildings stosd
ready 10 lower the tags Ena bare the
poscs which should tell 60 the visitors
tomorrow that the Columbian eaposi-
ton vas az al end forcser.
Impressive aad sad soene
IL xas an impressive and sad scene
when the cannon r0sred and TIE fiAgs q
the nations nere seen 10 more upon the
buildings q the white city. Ii seeased
like 3 dismantied feet AMI the thou
sand a visitors sho sieEed the ciassng
spectacle could n0t ixsfraiE from siehing
and regrefting that the exposition eas
nj an end. when they saw the bare fAg
stats. relieved ouly bs the banner which
bore the name a Illinois. which hoated
al bali mast from the doule - the state
building. The Only music which xSs
heard outside IL festival ball came frofa
the lnnes Thirteenfh regiment band of
New York city which plase ed In the court
of honor during the afternoon The
program which the band rendered wac
the same which ID wac intended o. have
beer given in Music hall after the closing
exercises beginning al q O'Clock. Seferai
thousand visitors assembled around ths
bana pavilion y hiie the band play ed the
closing selections AZ the sunset hour.
conductor =. Innes played CA the from
bone, The Sea Shell Waltz one q hls
comrositions While the noise q tbs
cannon was heard on the lake fron; and
the flags 90 the palaces 20 the ranishipg
city were being fusied. the New YORK
band waited 70 play the fareseE a. the
fair. Conductor Innis fillod the ct,ap by
playing sOh Dear Whist Can the Matter
Be- The hart fiaz 20 be pulled doEn
frou its sta6-was one o. The three fnclhg
the court OF honor from the afminIstrs.
tion buildings The hsnds ehich pulled
IL down we're those 20 the worlds fair
newspaper men and a. the starry tag
reached the ground q great cheer and
tiger arose. while the sun so slouly IN
the west While the last flag wss beiug
pulled To the groopd 10 the coUri y
honor the New York hznd playec tho
Star Spangied Banner and concluded
with Am srica~ A cheer went Up from
the thousands assenhi~'i xithin hearing
of the patriotic strains aud after ihe
sound ~ the bugie from administration
building. the worlds fair became part
Of history.
Memorial serrtc~
In Festival hall 40 o'clock the peo
pie invited 90 view the ceremony came
slowly The ball Was not heated and
the cold was uncoufortable for The
$1,000 who assembled there Thomas
". Palmer, president ~ TIE national
commission. invited those Wfo wore IA
the gallery 20 descend % The psrquctie
and dress circle. adding tbet ;hDee Ehe
held reserved sat tickets cOriJ 60 into
the gallery u they were iate. ileforr
commencing the men,orisi exercises.
President Palmer announced that ali
who desired could keep % their hats
and nearly everybody did sso Ia than
said. III vas intended that ne speeches
/ II to-day shouid be a JOYOUS charhe
I ter. that the closing cefen0hict q The
Worid's ColBulbsan ekpnsiron fof lstz
and 1919 should b. sficui~d vsth fes
tivities the firing ~ csnnpna. The mUsic
oi bands. the making n speeches snd
song. But a tcrrilils frarfcy Las
Interviewed 90 bring porfo~ - the city
- the fair and 20 The world 81 Fefra
sentative here The tnayof ~ that city.
which has done 80 much f0r tnis exEe
sition. has bcen shot down bs az aseaf
ain in The portals q his bone His
even heart. beat puientcd pith fhe .ore
Z for THE city and interest IN the exposi-
tion. Ia Yiew of the catastrophe a is
! deemed proper that the r0urfam q fss-
tiviiiez should he omitted a. J the eEef.
/ ciees consist only Of prayer. the fesding
i a resolufious - sotsdoiencs nud the
benedichou The EXERCISES val nos
open with prayer by the hss. Df. bar.
rove II Chicago
fge-olufisns Hend
The Rev Barrops prsyei President
! Palmer then nDnoonced that the resolu-
tioos. prspared ty The ioitf cotnmiftrs
q the national conmissi0b - the e1to
sition. wusid le presented ~ n. =.
Higiuboihsns. chsirmns ~ the sqint
coInmiiiee Nhj> Pferideut hiF
ini.otham vac resGinr the reroio-
tons and preceding stst~nieF,t. hs -
traved his I.egsonal IeehnK fof the deeth
81 GhicaRns mayor. Hss voscs hscHrB-
huaky IN reading his tgce vere tnsis-
tened rffh tears ss,1 ist sfrfT~5 IN hais
deiivery i1ng enough - frfrFef bis emo
ton The pressienf thru aeeiared
the worlds ColuHisian Exfsaeition
zas clo@ed TIE sllarp soauo - hiz
enwt3 rufshasix~d tbe fact The krs
~ barrops before lsoauuns1aE ths
i,eneicfien annpurcrt tat Presldeui
Hsg,ntxfhsm red IfsEarrd ~ ndufs~s,
which eeerlesi - he iuibf ctnHsaifi>s on
rss,ol efioss g. ~ epTf1prssts a. t'is
e,essasioss. although it Nes written f,fet3.
Gus to fbe rrreipt a tlie tragic news
Tie f.astof ssid that the usitIrss< unt {
srn - ifs KIDD The Res ~ fisfrow.
ftpt rrons4nced 81 ns.siiction oso,
tis seserfiiy sfsa Pfesiient Psiesef. -
,straxe a his Gnvei. d,<issrd fbe r,est.
inE ~ tie nn;ions 81 81 end
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