Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-09

export, the gift being secured through
the suggestion and solicitation of the
park commissioners and the attorneys
for the Misses Davenport, Connolly &
Connolly. The fountain was installed
last year, and while it is to be for
mally unveiled tomorrow evening, the
majority of the people of Rock Island
have already had an opportunity to
see and admire its beauty.
Exercises Of the Day.
Tomorrow afternoon and evening
will be observed as a holiday in the
city, and it is expected that thousands
will attend the exercises to be held
both afternoon and evening at the park.
The exercises in the afternoon will be
| held at 8 o'clock, and the assembly
will be called to order by Hon. Will
| liam Jackson, president of the park
board. President Jackson will intro
duce as the chairman of the afternoon,
Hon. William H. Gest, judge of the
circuit court. The program to be car
ried out is as follows:
Selection-Orchestra
Invocation : Rev R. B. Williams,
pastor First Methodist church.
| Address-Judge w. H. Gest.
Address-Mayor H. c. Achaffer.
Selection-Lades chorus.
| Address-Hon William Jackson.
| observation-disclosures
Fireworks in Evening.
| The features of the evening eXer
| cises will be the unwilling and formal
presentation to the city of the memo
rial fountain, and the fireworks dis
play, which will conclude the festivi
ties of the day. John w. Parker, chair
man of the joint committee on ar
arrangements, will act as chairman O.
he evening exercises, which will be
gin at s o'clock Mr. Parker will in
ltroduce B. d. Connolly, who will pre-
sent the fountain to the city. The pro
gram will be as follows:
| observation-disclosures
| Assembly called to order by ]. w
Parker.
| Selection-Ladies' chorus.
| Presentation of memorial fountain
to city by B. d. Connolly.
| dwelling of fountain by the Mise
Cora GAZETTEER and Cora McKown.
II Display of fireworks in charge O
F. G. Young.
II An Original Anthem.
y During the unwilling of the fountai
the ladies' chorus will sing the word
Iof an original anthem written for tn
Occasion by Robert Rexdale at the r,
iquest of the musical director. TIL
little OF the anthem is, Eye Hills an
Bright Wales" and the poem is in tn
mature of an apostrophe to the bea,
ties of Long View. The music of 9Th
IStar Spangled Banner" has been ST
ilected by Professor Philbrook as
proper setting for Mr.. Rexdales verses
Committees in Charge.
The arrangements for the park ded
cation We're made by a joint commit
tee, composed of the members of tn
park board, the mayor and members @
1.-THE city council, and representatives O
the Industrial commission, the Roc
Island Club, and the Booster club
John w. Parker acted as chairman 0
this committee and E. B. McKown O
the park board as secretary. The pre-
gram committee was composed of Hor
William Jackson, B. D. Connolly, Dl
g. l.. Eyster, and Carl Hellpenstell.
The members from the industrial
commission were William M. Reck, {
j. Larkin, l. s. White, Carl HELPER
stell, HI. E. Casteel, c. S. Mechanic
land II. H. Cleaveland; from the Roc
Island Club, J. w. Welch, ]. w. Parl
Ter, c. R. Nourse. Phil Mitchell, and L
II. Guyer; and the Booster club wa
represented by Hon. t. ]. Medill, Ricl
ard Champion, Mayer Levi, DIR, G. /
Eyster, B. d. Connolly, L. Simon, an
jB. c. Hartz
The park commission is composed {
Hon. William Jackson. president; l