Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-02
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RlHUlGE or TIlE DAY.
How The Cscaa Asseescan CsU~d Acsro
- she OpcassG
II was 10 o'ciork tonight whsa
the Columbian Guards chsnsd the
last seragxies oat a the xorid's fair
srounds .nd the White City,
which all day had l~en the scspc Il
busy activity. haunted by myriads q
people and honorrd by the prc~ence u
% silence and solitude. II wss q great
hopes and nspirstio0e which trexen un-
opening Il the exposition by the prc~i-
dent oi the United Stsies and cndeL in
the erintillsting giare Il my rissls u cleo
mighty buildings asnong the ,axuosss
finally arranged lset night The
distinxuiabcd DESCENDANT Il the
great admiral. In whose honor todayu
spcctacle was inaugursted. vas e~corted
from the Auditorium hotel "a the Lex
inet0n. where President Cleveland and
his suite wesv in waiting. and the too
parties combined were taken in procns-
sion through miIes q strcets lined with
cheering thousands % the grouods a
the exposition. Theee the formal eHse-
cisss were gone through With. Tha
blind chnplain q the natiunal cua9rU0
invoked tie h}euBing q God upua tho
undertAking atout 90 b conGumuasSe<i;
. poem cclcbrating the voyage a Coluu-
bus was read In . mannee fitting the o.
casion. Director Gcnsrn1 DsviA upuu
who's shoulder the atiae like lnAd a
the onterprise has reu2ed fur nonthaL
prsUeatsd the completed buildlngp % tko
president u the United 6eatsA aad that
o(Scse repressutiug The puWse and
majesty os 0O.Oo00O0 a Anssicsn ciu-
sens. after brief but singularly sppso-
pirate and happy spspch. deciascd ~
Worlds Columbiaa eKpositioa fully
opened.
Wteh sAe Cannau's Dsoas.
How the cannon bouucd. hoe The
flags fluttercd In mid-air. how the foun-
tains spputcd and h0w the pscple
chcered has already hen trld In The
story a the day's proceedings in detail
The greeting 20 the president wss hearty
and vocifcrOuA IL came first when his
genial fscs Was secn above the heads q
the diplomsts snd commissioners IN the
grand stand II was repeated whee Ne
stepped forward 81 make his modest al
drcss. and fos the third time Il soss
when the signal vas mt snd the great
achievement Cf the century was inau-
gursaed- But only part of this honor Sss
Clevcland's; the rcsl wss In scknoxi-
edgmcnt of the event which that roar
from machinery hah. that sudden cut
fiow of fixga. ~ Il raintDw had trca
splint-rcd. that hrsying II cannon and
that triumphal chorus eigna!iksd There
wae nothing petty or Inadequate ssuut
this The head of the nation rseived
his due mced cs honor. but the c,m-
plcsed worlds fair. the triumph II new
world industry and eeniss wse the ob
jcct upon which the multitude espen1cd
in hcaFtiest cheers and uron Which e
lavished its loudcst acclaim.
The 1,raAslsm Sasn-
10 was unfortunate that thp part o6
the days prvcee1ings should have been
msrred By what might have beer
serious panic. but which proved "a tse
only q mcmentasy sarge = The great -
A humanity. Which brat against the
platform in front ~ the admiussfvstsou
building. AlwsyS aaxscse "a - and
hear. - American crowds are. souss a
those In the rcsr tegDn " push In hopes
a gaining more advantageous pnstsoos
from which % witness ths' gusnes 40 81
the platform. The psesrure wss alsnsnt
unnotics,d At hrst. but "a shoss In front
hogan % feel u they In turn s0ayed
back 10 resasf H. Then lsxan one of
those peculiar palp> like movements
never sc~n except In Rsvsf cscsda.
Thess wss . pendulum motion which AZ
sracted the ATTENTION a thoee on shs
platform. snd orders ves~ given " ths
police 30 clear away the isns tfsat tssesn
10 fhrestcn It. Ofbccrs sprssg into the
crowd. tyut IL wAs e,spe minutes t~fose
their efforts vers sucs~rsfui. and when
the ds.nee map u pe-psae had fsen Ia
sp@e degvee spsssled. twenty per~oss
had heeo taken cot In . sninSsne sondi-
tioa. Fcrtunsaely. h0uc~ss. ~ cue vns
sesscueiy hurt ssd eresa cslasits vss
svested
aaayOU0 eepvus 9Aesc.
O. cxurpe q 90 . ~ evcrd " han
die. f1 Direc4m - Weske BvYnhAu, d..
cared that 4s4grD rrrroDs had passed.
The turnsaiiss sipce daylight. number
fas VA excen ~ tlse Bapt snn0niBe ca
sertssSoos To tehe coss a sutb . mpl-
f5ssde. Vifk osiy one scc3<ient Whif.h
could he c~i,ed ssrivus afsr eli the .thss
carnsIttee ~ the dsy we're TRIVIA ese
therefore fosftss fm grssiscstion
smsne rho osss~rs a tIse ssyrsstscn
Wber the crowd shst had esysked sse
the s-nsxancs> - tbe s<iss,nietrzskss
yasss hsd dsa~rp>d sFt~s tine cefsss<s
pse@. fherr sas soosr ryson fo srese
sts,ut with fr~s~t,<m T'be ysrs-esiies,s esd
sshes distinguished rtre~ts enssfei tie
sdmirserstson srusssifnr The yssx,asnt
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