The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-05-06
GREAT FAIR OPENED.
president Cleveland Touches
the Magic Key.
Thousands of People Witness the Inter-
esting Ceremonies,

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cago, whose day of history this
was, weather conditions counted for
naught and early the people were astir.
Ihe busting, eager, resistIcss spirit of
the great West is bounding today
through every artery of this, it's capital
city. The Consummation of an enter
prise, the location Of which was bitterly
contested with its older rival eastward
by the sea, took place to-day when the
myriad wheels began their turning in
response to the touch of the nations
chief executive upon a golden KEY
that reached out through an
electric train to the mighty engines,
which are to the Worlds Columbian
exhibition the vital, moving energy.
nam or SHINE, wet OF dry, the people of
TINS pTalrIe city were bound to be early
upon their feet, filled with one desire.
lmbued with one purposc-to witness
the practical Inauguration of their stu
PendouS undertaking, and to give il all
the prestige and interest that comes
with the endorsement by popular pres
ence at any function in which the peO-
pie at large are partners.
Soon after 9 O'Clock President CIeye-
land and his associates left their rooms
at the Lexington Hotel and were con-
Quoted to carriages, the Spanish guests
also adding 10 the notable company en-
barking Tor the ride to the great fair.
Standing like mounted figures in bronze,
a platoon Of mounted police waited be-
tween the curhs to lead the procession
Behind them were Cos. b and X,
Seventh United States Cavalry
under command of Capts. Var
mum and Hare. Next were the
Chicago Hussars with Troop A, Of the
Illinois National Guard. Worlds Fair
officials occupied the first six carriages
and in the seventh were President
Cleveland and the presidents Of the
Columbian Commission and of the
Worlds Columbian Exposition. Five
carriages containing the Presidents
cabinet and fair officials next drew up
in the line, and after them, fourteenth
in the procession, came the Duke of
Veragua, his party occupying the next
five carriages, while Minister Thomas
f. Bayard, Mai.-Gen. Scofield, Admiral
Gherardj, GOV. Altgeld and Mayor IIar-
rison brought up the rear.
The opening ceremonies were begun
soon after 10 O. clock with the perform
anCe of John X. Painc's Columbian
March, followed bv an invocation by
Chaplain AIiIburn, Of the United States
Congress. The prophesy," the poem
written for the occasion by W. A. CrOf-
| fut of Washington, was then presented.
After an orchestral overture, Director
General Davis aS master of ceremonies,
faced the multitude and made the open
ing speech which closed with the pres
entation of President Cleveland.
Mr.. Cleveland having arisen was kept
several minutes WAITING until the an
L. L L. J y, l.
borod baod he ha,r,n snaakinc He
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ne C"'iLidi'"dI'o Niu'I' pe'ig tHln olI,a- 81
doh. surrounded Nv ile 7liPt.'ouS Ie>Ii!Io
ot American enterprise ana acuf'tV. ana III
view OF luaghliiCeht evidences oi American
XII ana ill'llI.'i''' w I'',i ~ , r.al
mar thG1t coilGra'ulaIi"h> VIII ne eAd-SeI
ited. We stand tn-'iaN IN ne presence Oh
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nE no allowance on 'he >'|!e 81 YOUTH
me enthusiasm win "iiI'h W. C''ht.ILI
pia'e our "'' ~, iL,l,.l - ~
5reellng we t4lril l" '1S' ~ Ii"i ti'
rom IorelEi iai'i> I" al' IN "a nc nc
5roWth ana progress 'I nlillai No' III
me uiitIlI"h - =. 7'.i ,1+,,
we VINO heIItE' '"a' t"t'"."t ','''Y I -
aI1 'i!t 1I ''a roaiil,otio 0f
1 2,II 'l,tng,,S '''', ,atiorai d@stinv which
nIr f,ith promises gladly vel
,ome the 0pp6rtunitv here afforded US,
70 see the results accomplished by efforts
which have been exerted longer than ours
lnthe field OF man improvement Mnilt WI III
appreclat!ye return we eAIIplt llfe uLl-
paIa,ifl{,, p;,,,ntt" +t ', of y6nne nation, and
4oii'taINiIi.iI'l''0 ~ q" = . LJr0ro,,e
pLtSeI; .''' ,I inJorcnden+ neopIe,
W. ba%n huiIt these Splendid eaditices,
bnt We have also built the magnificent fab
ric of a popular government whose grand
proportions are seen throughout the WoTld.
e'haye made and here gathered together
objects Of use and beauty, me Pr1duciIS Isl 81
I,,,Io a., ,,ro,, who rIIc themselves.
aiIo xoltoG mission in which we and
~. e-,,al+s rom other lands are engaged rs
we cooperate in the Inauguration of an en-
terpri-e devoted 70 human enlIghtenlHenI
in the undertaking we mere eI.it1 !i ILoti m
eXempllfy IN the h"ple>' Sei'>o '''' ~
hood OF nati9n>. ,,,,,,,;,,r, tI,ot nm
Let us hold fast - the fneaIilS tlla' wa IN VA
GerIi'> l-ll> ,,, ~ -. moment As hy
tile that ives life to this
tt'irl. ny set IN motion. so at
the rI's' sonie instant let our hopes and a.pira
tions awaken forces which in all time 10
comcshall influence the welfare, the dignity
and the freedom Of mankind.
Amid the deafening cheers OF the
multitude, the scream Of whistles ana
the boom Of guns, PRESIDENT oleN1lailu
touched the magic key that started me
machinery ana the niSIH 'Helnft. w
the greatest 1dlr III tit lh7'ntS - -
| world were set IN notion 1ue So
at the moment that the great enter M RI
prise was officially j, lnangurattu ,}l5 nara
furnished the only thriii IN Ie tLle - 80
monies, save the reception TO '5'e A. s'I 5e