St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-31
I'M ENDING THE GREAT FAIR.
Affecting Speeches by Palmer
and Higinbotham.
GREAT FESTIVAL NOW OVER.
The Assassin's Cranky Letters
and His Last Interview.
FUNERAL OF THE LATE MAYOR.

ing was to have been one of gaiety and
dazzling brilllaDcy, but the death of
Mayor Harrison changed all that. The
meeting at Festival hall during the aft
ernoon was brief. The audience was
detained just long enough to hear an
earnest prayer by Rev. Mr.. BarrOws,
feW explanatory remarks regarding the
change of programme by President
Palmer, the reading of an appropriate
speech by President Higinbothan and
the resolutions of sympathy concerning
Carter Harrison's untimely end. These
resolutions were read by II. N. Higin-
botham, president of the Worlds Co
lumblan exposition, who began in a
clear. firm voice, which grew husky and
trembled for moment with emotion
when certain passage in the resolu-
tionS was reached. Mr.. Harrison and
MIR. Higinbotham had long been asso-
ciated.
The fair was declared closed by
Thomas w. Palmer, president OF the
national commission, in the following
words:
ut was intended to close this fair
simultaneously with the sound of this
gayel.the firing of artillery and the low
ering of the flag. All that has been
changed by the sad circumstances
which bring US together now. l an
nounce that when the sun sets the clos
ing will be marked only by salute and
the hauling down of the flag. When
that takes place L declare, in obedience
to the act of congress, the exposition is
officially closed"
Before giving the benediction Rev.
Mr.. Barrows announced that he had
been requested by the committee to read
the speech President Higinbotham had
written for this day prior to
2 MIR. HARRIsoN's DEMISE.
The speech was as follows:
This is not the time for oratory. A
duty calls us together which we must
perform, though it fills US with sadness.
The hour Is at hand when our festival
must close, and when the material
things of which 1t is composed must turn
back TO the four quarters of the globe,
and the structures which sheltered them
to the elements out of which they were
created.
''This is not the time for exultation
over our victory, except in so far as to
recognize that without the favor of the
God that guided the frail craft of the
voyager 400 years ago to this land it
could not have been achieved. Exnlta-
ton would be undignified. Gratitude
to the Almighty is the only feeling
that [ can harbor in my breast, except
the sorrow which this closing hour
evokes. We are turning our backs
upon the fairest dream of civilization,
and we are~-about to conSign it to the
dust. 1t is like the death of n dear
friend. 1t is like bidding farewell to
ones youth. 1t is like ali those times
in the life of man when the thoughts
of the present are choked with the emo
tions of the past. At such times the
call of duty alone can uplift the heart
and arouse it to meet the things that
are yet to come. That call is upon each
one of US now. 1t echoes i'll the hearts
of all who have been touched by these
wonders which God has brought to pass.
1t bids us learn the lessons of the past
season to the everlasting benefit of our
selves and our children. 1t bids US ap-
propriate to ourselves the imperishable
parts Of this high feast of the arts, in
dustries and sciences, and so embalm
them in memory's tIeasurehouse that
they may be best preserved and produce
the largest fruits in the generations to
come.
LET US go forward to meet the duties
of the future with out fear, sustained by
the faith that what we have wrought
will indure and forever stand as
BEACON LIGHT,
guiding others to loftier heights and
greater achievements"
Following are the resolutions that
were adopted:
A deep and heartfelt sorrow has fallen
upon the closing hours of the Worlds
Columbian exposition. Death, come as
it may, leaves as heritage to the living
mental pain and suffering, immeasura-
bly, intensified when its agency is cow
ardly and infamous assassin.
Nothing has ever occurred In our
midst that has so disturbed and dis
tressed our citizens as the very wicked
and wanton termination of the life of
Hon. Carter II. Harrison. The tran
guilty OF the city has been shaken as
if by an earthquake. The officials of
the Worlds Columbian exposition, the
commissioners and represen tatives of
ali foreign countries. and the commits
sioners of the several states, mourn the
loss of an honored official, and lay upon
the altar preserved and kept sacred to his
memory in the hearts of all his friends
this humble tribute of res pect and ad-
miration.
Speaking for all here assembled, rep
resentativeS of the various interests that
have made this exposition so grandly
successful, both in its national and in
ternational character, we claim that
Carter 81. Harrison was something more
than chief magistrate of this metropolis
tan city. Asa director of the Worlds
Columbian exposition he at all times
SOUGHT TO IMPRESS
upon the exposition its true national
and international character, and to en-
phasize the fact that it was promoted
oy and in the interest Of the people of
all the world.
To all our friends. without distinction
of race or nationality, his welcome has
been cordial, generous and unstinted,
and none in his representative capacity