The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-05-12


sAssis anying the innumerable engines and
@schanisms and the labyrinth OF betting
and gearing which make UP the ma
eAiuery OF the Worlds Columbian exposi-
t1on. At the same moment a national
salute belched forth from the guns OF the An
drew johnson. lying or the exposition grounds
- Lake Michigan: 200 flags. released from
sheir stops at concerted signal. swung loose
end streamed out under the sky in scarlet. yell
Low and blue. over in machinery hall q great
roar arose. and the turrcts OF tho building
nodded the wheels began 10 turn. and a
greater volume OF sound arose from the threats
Of the great concoursc OF people. who thus ac-
claimed the opening OF the Erandcst achieve
mcnt OF American pluck. enterprise aad sencr-
egity.
There was no hitch in the programme as
Anally arranged Sunday night The distin-
guished descendant of the great admiral In
whose honor the days spectacle was inaugu-
rated was escorted from the Auditorium hotel
to the Lexington. where President Cleveland
end his suite were IN waiting. and the two par
Ties combined were taken in procession through
niles OF streets lined with cheering thousands,
70 the grounds OF the exposition. There the
formal exercises were gone through with
The blind chaplain OF the national congress
Invoked the blessing OF God upon the under
taking about TO b. consummatcd poem cele-
brating the voyage Of Columbus was read in .
manner fitting the time and place. Director
Gouerai Davis. upon whose shoulders the atlas
Nike load OF the enterprise had rested for
months presented the completed work TO the
pgosident OF the United States and that officer.
representing the power and majesty Of 5000.
- citizens. after singularly happy speech.
1eciared the Worlds Columbian exposition
fully opened. Then the cannon doomed the
Aags 6uttered in mid air. the fountains spoutcd.
and the people shouted.
The greeting to the president was hearty. It
-.
tie beads OF the diplomats and commissioners
On the grand stand. It was repeated when he
stepped forward 10 make his modest address.
and for the third time IL rose when the signal
vas sent and the great achievement OF the cen
fury was inaugurated.
Hut only part OF this honor sas Clevelands.
che rest was in Acknowledgement OF the event
which that roar from machinery hall. that sud
den outflow OF flags. as IL a rainbow had been
splintered above the buildings. that brayiug Of
cannon and that triumphal chorus signaiized.
There was nothing inadequate about this The
head OF the nation received his due need OF
honor. but tho completed World : fair. the
triumph OF new world industry and genius. was
the object upon which the multitude expended
It's hcartest cheers and upon which 1t lavishcd
1ts loudest acclaim.
II was unfortunate that this part OF the days
proceedings should have been married by what
might have teen serious panic. but which
proved to be only monentary surge OF the
great sea OF humanity which beat against the
platform in front OF the administration build
ing Always anxious 10 see and hear. as all
crowds ace some ~ those in the rear began to
press forward IA hopes OF gaining advantageous
positions from which 70 witness the goings- on
1t the platform. The pressure was almost un-
noticed at first. but as those In front began to
feel IL they in turn swayed hack 70 resist IT.
Then began one OF those peculiar pulse-likc
, movements never seen except in great crowds
There was pendulum motion which attracted