Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-09

MAIN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. B'L'D'G.
in charge has so many unique features
that 1t is dragnet to catch everybody; it
Is something to tell your grandchildren
about that you saw the old John Bull"
locomotive run. California day welcomed
everybody who belonged. or had any rela-
tive who belonged, to the state on the
Pacific coast, and Utah was not at all alb
sent on the day dedicated in part to her.
Then There Is the Liberty Bell.
California is making herself popular
by free distribution of baskets of fruit.
Then the new liberty bill was dedicated.
This took place at noon. f. r. Lewis, A.
J. Burbank, J. NJ. Longenecker, w. n.
Low, c. E. Sinclair, J. n Newburn COM
pose the Grand Army committee having
in charge the liberty bell. School child
ren covered it with flowers and sang songs
around 1t. A California child swung the
clapper for the first time. At II a. m. the
veterans formed before the Illinois build
ing and Joined the school children on the
plaza west of the Administration build
ing Director General Davis and the
of the Republic made appropriate ad-
dresses, and aen little Alice Scott, of Cal
ifornia, swung the iron tongue of the bell.
One Boom for Every State.
Three times was the voice of the bronze
herald heard and tie song of the new
liberty bell was sung. One by one young
women, representing the states and terri
tories will advance, and as their respec-
tive state flags are run up will sound the
bell. Fifty times will the bell ring-forty-
four strokes for the states, five for the
territories and one for universal freedom.
The Salt Lake City Tabernacle choir of
300 voices will sing America" and the
'Star Spangled Banner" and brass bands
will lend their music for the occasion
After the exercises the veterans will
march to the live stock pavilion and hold
a Grand Army campfire. The flag used
by Admiral Faragut on the ship Hart
ford was carried by the naval veterans.
In the transportation Building.
But it was in Transportation building
where the fun began early and vas kept
up all day. The building is gayly decor
ated, and there are six bands and four in
strumental quartettes to play there all
day. At 1896 a. IN. was the first parade of
the day. This was on the lagoon, and was
intended to show methods of water trans
portation. Lieutenant A c. Baker. U. s.
N, was in charge, and all sorts of boats
were in line. There was full turnout
from the government ships. The Turks
manned a number of boats, so did the
Cingalese, Norwegians, Alaskans, Japs.
Dahomans, and Brazilians. Then there
was display of the many types Of fine
American pleasure boats and English aud
German launches which are on exhibition
in the building. The parade circumnavi-
gated the wooded island.
At noon in the building there was
parade of the Machinery hall exhibitors.
who were received with high honors. At
o'clock fun on the lagoon will begin.
There will be all sorts of ridiculous capers
in the water, and collection of choice
specimens from Midway will take part.
There are prizes for the craziest antics.
The railway head is fun of resources and a
good many railway heads have been at
work getting up the fun for the day-in
fact they combined to show what they
could do. They should have succeeded in
making this Jubilee of the evolution and
development of transportation for they
had a wonderful storehouse in the building
itself to draw their apparatus from. And
they have succeeded.