The herald., 1893-09-10
A RED LETTER DAY.
California Hospitality Dispensed at th
Worlds Fair.

California Hospitality Dispensed at the
Worlds Fair.
CHICAGO, Sept. 9.-Thie was one O. Il
red letter days at the worlds fair. t
weather was perfect, with skies
and bracing breeze. It was &
big features. To begin with i
Grand Army day and the veteran
right-of-way. Thousands of them
present on the way home from thu
tional encamprnent at Indianapolis, ~
cluding the new commander-in ci, iei,
Adams. In addition to this 1t was Cali
fornia day, Utah day, Civil Engineers'
day, Transportation day, the day to ded-
icate the new liberty bell and transfer
the Columbus, caravela from Spain to
the United States.
California kept open house in honor
OF the anniversary OF her admission to
the union, giving away q trainload Of
fruit. Utah, with its magnificent Nor
mon choir of 300 voices, assisted at the
dedication of the Liberty bell, along with
the Grand Army and thousands of school
children who strewed flowers and set its
great metal sides resounding with q
stroke for each state and territory.
THE UTAH CELEBRATION.
Governor West and the Utah commits
sioners had their hands full receiving
the guests who called at the territory
building during the day. It had been
decided by the commission to give q re-
ception to the general public instead of
having parade in view of the fact that
several other psrades had been planned.
The pretty little building was decorated
extensively, and here in the main parlor
Governor West, his staff and the COM
missionerH received citizens OF Utah and
the public. The Mormon choir rendered
music during the reception.
During the past week western people
have been coming to the fair in vast
numbers. In all this rush Utah
today they invaded their state building,
shook hands with their governor and
viewed the beauties OF the exposition.
The exercises which had been prepared
in honor of the day were carried out in
the festival hall, that building being
better adapted to hold the crowd than
the state building.
Governor West made an address in
which he praised the exposition man
agement for what it had prepared for
the people of the world, and compli-
mented his own people for having come
so far to do honor to themselves and
the fair.
Presidents Smith, Cannon and Wood
ruff, the heads of the Mormon church,
made speeches. If anybody attended
with the expectation of hearing the
Mormon faith expounded, they were
disappointed, as the great exponents of
Mormonism were full of other subjects,
relating to what they had seen since
their arrival in Chicago.
DEDICATION OF THE LIBERTY BELL.
The Grand Army hosts, returned
from indianapolis, paraded through the
grounds fully 1000 strong and, with
thousands of school children, dedicated
the new Liberty bell in front of tho
west entrance of the administration
building. Alice Scott, daughter OF
President Scott of the California COM
swung the iron tongue of the
bell for the first time, and the other
filed around, showering the
bell with flowers. Director General
Davis and the commander-in-chief of
the Grand Army stirred up enthusiasm
with patriotic speeches, and Alice S.
Mitchell sang her new song, The New
Liberty Bell.
One by one the young women repre-
senting Che states and territories, as
their respective state flags were run up,
the bell, Fifty times the bell
rang, A strokes fer the states, five for
the territories and one for freedom. The
Salt Lake City tabernacle choir sang
America and The Star Spsngled Banner,
and brass band lent music for the
Two big camp fires assembled,