New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-11-01
CLOSED HE FAIR.
On Account Of the Assassination Of
Mayor Harrison the Exercises
We're Brief,
And Instead Of Rousing Speeches Only
Memorial services Were Held ut
Festival Hall.
Simple Announcement that the Great
Exposition Would Close with a
Sunset Salute.

WORLDS FAIR GROUNDS, Oct 81
The fair closed in mourning and with
its flags at half mast. Instead. of the
festival Of soratory and song which was
to have filled in the afternoon there
were services of a memorial character.
Instead of the scene of dazzling
splendor that was to have crowned q
day of brilliancy in speech and music,
only necessary lights burned and the
White City was shrouded in darkness
at an earlier hour than since
its opening. So with the death
of Mayor Harrison the life and
gaiety of the exposition went
out forever. The somber appearance
that the buildings wore and the solemn
tiles that were observed here in
memoriam of the departure of Chi
cago's chief magistrate, who was also
one of the life sinews of the fair, was a
singuaarly appropriate way to close the
greatest exposition of history, whose
distinctive beauty will in a few more
days be changed into mass of con-
glomerated ruins.
On Sunday there was a conference
between exposition officials, who issued
a bulletin declaring all the formal clos
ing exercises of, except that memorial
services be held in Festival hall and ap-
proprlate resolutions adopted, salute
fired and the United States flag lowered
at sunset.
1t was further ordered that the fiags
upon all buildings within the grounds
remain at half mast until the closing
of the exposition.
The reception to Mrs Potter Palmer.
president OF the board of lady man
ayers, which was to have been given in
her honor by the national commission
at the New York building, was de-
clared off at her request.
At Festival Hall.
The scene in Festival hall at noon
was impressive. There was no levity.
The great audience filing every seat,
and occupying every foot of standing
room were hushed. Some had come
from distant states to take part in what
was intended to be an hour of rejoicing
over the success of the fair, and found
that the festal plans had been
Sss"6o~' = A0A0 "CA0 ~ 5p00Cu0S TO
emphasize the greatness of the ex-
position now closing. no words of
regret that the work of demolishing
the beautiful white buildings would
soon be commenced. The ceremonies,
according to programme, were made
commemorative of Chicago's departed
mayor. The speech which President
Higginbotham had prepared, prior to
Mr.. Harrison's death, was considered
so consonant with the spirit of the
meeting that it was deemed fitting to
have it read by the Rev. DR.. Barrows,
who made the opening prayer.
The committee of directors and ma
tional commissioners who were re-
quested to draft set of suitable resolu-
tons, reported through President Hig.
glnbotham. The national commissions
ers, the foreign commissioners, the
state commissioners and all the execu-
tive officers OF the expositl.. ware
seated on the platform. Presi.--
Palmer of the national commission
presided and after the preliminaries
and reading of the resolutions, be de-
clared the Worlds Columbia exposi-
ton officially closed after the national
salute was fired at sunset.