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DEDICATED.
Imposing Dedicatory Ceremonies
at tho Lake City.
Hm World's Fair Hoildliirs Now Ueloog
to ths Country A Ureat Event far
Chicago Programme of the
May A reat Crowd.
Cnicxoo, Oct 21. Tliis was the great
day of tho week, in which the build
lags of the Columbian world's fair ex
position were dedicated to the arts and
sciences. As might have been expected.
It caused an immeuse concentration of
people in the vicinity of Jackson park,
apparently unsatiated with the enor
rinous demonstration of Thursday. The
national salute at nnnri.se inaugurated
the ceremonies. The procession of in-
THE MONSTER PARADE XX CHICAGO.
Tited guests was formed near the Audi
torium hotel on Michigan avenue and
proceeded southward to Jackson park
In the following order:
L Joint committee on oeremonles ot the
world's Columbian commission aud the world's
Columbian exposition. -&
The director-general of the world's Co
lumblan exposition and the president of the
centennial commission of 1870, at Philadelphia,
and the director-general thoroof.
t. The president of the world's Columbian
eommUsloa aud the president of the world's
Columbian exposition.
4. Tho vice president of the United States,
tho vice president of the world's Columbian
commission and the vice president of the
-world's Columbian exposition.
6. The secretary of state and the socrctary
-of the treasury.
t The secretary ot war and tho attorney -sen--rai
of the United States.
T. The postmaster -general and the secretary
f the nsvy.
I The secretary of the Interior and the secro--tary
of agriculture.
a The diplomatic corps,
la The supreme court of the United States
1L The speaker of the house of represents--fives
and the mayor of Chicago.
II Ex-President Hayes; escort Hon. John
'Sherman, Lyman J. Gage, ex-president of the
-world's Columbian exposition.
131 Ex-Secretary Thomas F. Bayard and W.
T. Baker, ex-president of the world's Colum
bian exposition.
14. The senate of the United States, headed
by the president pro tern.
da. The house of representatives.
'14 The army of tho United States.
07. The navy of the United Suites.
Us. Tho governors nod their stalls of the
wtates and territories of the United States.
IB. Ex-oubinet officers.
SO. The orators and chaplains.
IL Commissioners of foreign governments to
the world's Columbian exposition.
St Consuls from foreign governments.
fl Tho world's Columbian commissioners,
beaded by the second, third, fourth and fifth
Was presidents thereof.
4. The board ot lady managers, headed by
the presldont thorcof.
tS. One woman representing each one of the
thirteen original states
to. Board of directors or the world's Colum
Iblan exposition, headed by the second vice
iprasldeui thereof, and the dlreotor ot works.
B. Board of management United States gov
ernment exhibit
t& The department chiefs.
is. The staff officers of tho director of works.
4a The city council of Chicago.
This procession, escorted by United
States cavalry and light artillery, pro
ceeded south on Michigan avenne to
. Thirty-fifth street, thence east on
'Thirty-fifth street to Grand boulevard,
-thence to Washington park, where it
formed in partial lines on the west aide
of the parade grounds of the park.
The troops having passed in review
tocame the escort of honor for the en
tlre procession and continued the inarch
Tia Fifty-seventh street to the exposi
tion grounds, thence to the manufact
ures and liberal arts building, where
the troops took positions assigned them,
the officials occupying the platform
prepared for them.
When Director-General Davis rose
opon the platform to open the ceremo
tties there was spread before him such
vast sea of human faces as has prob
svbly never before been seen under a
inglerool In front of him, massed
3efore the great bulk of the audience,
13,000 distinguished guests occupied re
erred seats. To his left on a special
ottand &V&00 singers were seated and a
large orchestra helped to make the
ureses ring again, while behind the
speaker sat in state many of the great
est dignitaries of which a republican
government can boast,
- raoeiAMint ur thx b cm) ess.
At 12:80 o'clock the following pro
gramme of exercises took place under
the director-general as master of cere
monies: L -Colombian March, " composed by Prof.
hB Pals of Camhrldga
t Prsyer by Bishop Obsrles H. Fowler, D. IX
liU D., ot California.
a Introductory address by the dlreotor-gea
eraL
4. Addroas of weloome and tender of the free
dom of the City of Chicago by Hem pi lead
wasnmirne, mayor.
&. seleoted reolutlon from the dedloatory
ode, written by Miss Harriet Monroe, of Chi
cago: muslo by O. W. Chadwlok, ot Boston;
reading by Mrs. Sarah C Le Morns.
& Presentation by the director of works of
the master artists of the exposition of tat
world's Columbian exposition and award te
them of special oommemorativo medals.
7. Chorai -"The HcsYons Are Telling
uayda
R, Address-'TVork of the Doftrd of Lsdy
Managers" Mrs r otter raimor, president.
9. Tender of the buildings on behalf of tho
world.' Columbian exposition by the president
thereof to the president of the world's Colum
blan commission.
If. Presentation of the buildings by the presl
drat of the world's Columbian commission to
the vloe president of the United States fordedl-
cation.
II. Dedication of the buildings.
IS. 'Hallelujah Chorus" from the "Messiah"
-Handol
11 Dedicatory oration Henry Walturson, of
Kentucky.
14. "Star Spangled Banner" and "Hall Colum
bia," with full chorus and orchestral accom
paniment 15. Columbian oration Chauncey M. Depew,
of New York.
Id Prayer by his Eminence, Cardinal James
Gibbons, nrchbUhnp of Baltimore.
17. Chorus-' In Praise of God" Beethoven.
18 Benediction by the Ror. H. C. MuCook, of
Philadelphia.
10. National salute.
Closing Ceremonies.
CniCAGO, Oct 22. The last of the
Columbian fete days in Chicago has
closed. The buildings in which the
world's fair of 181)3 is to be housed have
been dedicated to the progress of art,
manufacture and science; and so, to the
progress and elevation of humanity.
The formal transfer of tho great
structures in Washington park has been
consummated and Uncle Sam is the pos
sessor of a new piece of property. Vice
President Morton, upon the platform in
the great hall where the dedication
ceremonies took place, acted in behalf
of the federal authorities in receiving
from the hands of the men who had
pushed their construction the practical
ly completed piles in which the nations
of the earth shall contend for friendly
rivalry.
It was just half past 12, when a burst
of cheerintr that swelled into a vast
volume of sound announced the arrival
of the vice-president The hall at this
moment wns a wonderful 6ight The
nucKoeveu expression
'a sea of up
turned faces" was in this case literal
ly correct, for forty-four acres were
covered with expectant countenances,
turned toward the northern entrance,
over which a band was playing "Hail
Columbia." Tho music came but faint
ly, however, to those in the center of
the hall, being drowned by the cheering
and the booming of guns from the
United States steamer Michigan, lying
off the exposition grounds, and the vol
ley firing of a light battery stationed at
the north inlet
"The Work of the Board of Lady
Managers" was the subject of and ad
dress by Mrs. Totter Palmer, and al
though the lady's feeble voice was not
heard by those farther than fifty feet
away, man's chivalrous tribute of ap
plause to woman was not wanting at
the close.
President Hlgglnbotham, of the
world's Columbian commission now for
mally tendered the exposition building
to President Palmer, of the world's Co
lumbian exposition. To the address of
the president of the local directory Pres
ident Palmer, of the national commis
sion, responded in fitting words.
As toe president of the commission
turned to Vice President Morton at the
close and asked the representative of
the nation to dedicate the building and
grounds to humanity, the sentiment of
the occasion reached its climax, and
cheers from 100,000 throats welcomed
the venerable vice president of the
United States.
At the close cf the ovation Vice Presi
dent Morton spoke. .
At the conclusion of the last sentence
of the vice president's address and as he
pronounced the dedicatory words, the
members of the foreign diplomatic
corps arose simultaneously to their feet
in graceful approval of the sentiment,
and the example so delicately set by
the representatives of foreign nations
was instantly followed by all the thou
sands assembled beneath the vast roof.
Hon. E. H. Stiles is la Washington oa
law business before the supreme court
COLUMBIAN ORATION.
Address of Hon. Chauaoey M. De
pew at Chicago.
Great Tribute to tho Discoverer
America From ths Nw York Or,
tor Tho Address or Weloome
By Mayor Washburn.
of
Mr. Depew's Address.
Chicago, uct sl vnen ao. 15 on
the order of exercises was reached at
the world's fair dedication to-day
Chauncey M. Depew, of Acw York, ad
vanced to the front and delivered the
oration on Columbus, essentially as
follows:
This day belongs not
to America, but to the
world. The results of
the event it commemo
rates aro the heritage of
the peoples of every
race and clime. We
celebrate tho emancipa
tion of man. The prep
aration was the work of
almost countless cen
turies the rollzatlon
was the revelation of
one. The cross on Cal
vary was bono; tho
croxs raised on San Sal-
c M. DF.prw. vador was opportunity.
But for the first. Colnmbus would never have
sailed, but for the secoud, there would have
been no place for the planting, the nurture and
the expansion of civil and religious liberty.
The anarchy and chaos which followed the
breaking up of tho Koman emntre necessarily
produced the feudal system. The people pre
ferring slavery to annihilation by robber chiefs,
became the vuals of territorial lords. The
reign of physical force Is one of perpetual
struggle for the mastery. Power which rests
upon tho sword neither shares nor limits its
suthorlty. The king destroyed the lords, and
the monarch; succeeded feudalism. Neither of
these institutions considered or consulted the
people. They had no part, but to sudor or dts
In this mighty strifo of masters for the ma
tcry. Ilut tbe throne, by its broader view and
greater resources, made possible the construc
tion of the highways of freedom. Under its
banner races could unite, and petty principali
ties be merged, law substituted for brute force,
snd right for might It founded and endowed
universities, and encouraged commerce. It
conceded no political privileges, but uncon
sciously prepared Its subjects to demand them.
Absolutism In the state, and bigoted intoler-
snco in the church, shackled popular unrest,
snd imprisoned thought and enterprise In the
fifteenth century. The divine right of kintrs
tamped out the faintest glimmer of revolt
sgalnst tyranny: and the problems of science,
whether of the skies or of the earth, whether of
astronomy or geography, were solved or sub
merged by ecclesiastical decrees. The dungeon
was ready tor the philosopher who proclaimed
the truths of the solar system, or the navigator
who would prove the sphericity of the earth.
An English Gladstone, or a French Gambctta,
or a German Bismarck, or an Italian Garibaldi,
or a Spanish Custelar. would have been thought
monsters, and their deatlis at the stako. or on
the scaffold, and under the anathemas of the
church, would hare received the praise and ap
proval of kings and nobles, of priests and peo
pics. Reason had no seat in spiritual or tem
poral realms. Punishment was the incentive
to patriotism, and piety was held possible by
torture. Confessions of faith extorted from
the writhing victim on the rack, were believed
efficacious In saving his soul from fires eternal
bevond tho grave. For all that humanity to
day cherishes as its best heritage and choicest
gifts, there was neither thought nor hope
,
Neither realism nor romance furnishes a
more striking aud picturesque ilgure than that
of Christopher Columbus. Tbe mystery about
bis origin heightens the rhnrm ot his story.
That he came from among the tollers of bis
time Is In harmony with the struggles of our
period.
Tho perils of the sea In his youth upon the
rich argosies of Genoa, or in the service of the
licensed rovers who made them their prey, bad
developed a skillful navigator and intrepid
mariner. They bad given him a glimpse of tbe
possibilities of the unknown, beyond tbe high
ways of travel, which roused an unquenchable
thirst for adventure and research. Tbe study
of the narratives ot previous explorers, and
diligent Questionings ot tbe daring pplrlts who
had ventured far toward the fabled west, grad
ually evolved a theory, which became in his
mind so fixed a fact, that he could inspire
others with his passionate beliefs. Tbe words,
'that is a lie," written by bun on the margin ot
nearly every pago of a volume of the travels of
Marco Polo, which is still to bo found in a
Genoese library, Illustrate the skepticism of
bis beginning, and the first vision of the new
world the fulUlment of his faith.
To secure the means to test the truth of bis
speculations, this poor unknown dreamer, must
win tbe support of kings and overcome the hos
tility of the church. He never doubted his
ability to do both, though be knew ot no man
living who was so great in power, or lineage, or
learning that be could usvroplinh either. After
ten years ot disappointment nd poverty, sub
sisting most of the time upon the charity of the
enlightened monk of tbe convent of Rlblda. who
was bis unfaltering friend, he stooJ Deiore tne
throne of Ferdinand and Isabella. His unshak
able faith, that Christopher Columbus was
commissioned from Heaven, both bv bis name
and by Divine command to carry Christ across
the sea" to new continents and pagan peoples,
lifted him so far above tbe dlsoouragements of
an empty purse and a contemptuous court that
be was proof against tbe rebuffs of fortune or
of friends. To conquer the prejudices of tbe
clergy, to win tbe approval and financial sup
port of the state, to venture upon that unknown
ocean, which, according to the beliefs of the
age, was peopled with demons and savage
beasts of frightful shape, and from which there
was no possibility of return, required tbe seal
of Peter tbe Hermit, the chtvalrlo courage of
the Cid and the imagination of Dante i Colum
bus belonged to that high order of cranks, who
confidently walk whore ' angels fear to tread,"
and often become tbe benefactors of their coun
try, or their kind.
The mighty soul of the great Columbus was
undaunted by the ingratitude of princes, and
the hostility of tbe people, by imprisonment
and neglect He died as be was securing means
and preparing a campaign for the rescue of tbe
holy sepulchre at Jorusalem from the Infidel
He did not know what time has revealed, that
while the mission of the crusades of Godfrey
ot Bouillon and Kichard of the Lion Heart was
a bloody and fruitless romance, tbe dlsrovery
of America was the salvation of tbe world. The
one was the symbol, the other tbe spirit: the
one death, the other lite. Tbe towa of tbe
Saviour was a narrow snd empty vault. precious
only for Its memories of the supreme tragedy
ot the centuries, bat the new continent was to
be tbe borne and temple ot the living God.
The development of tbe eolonlaljexperlmMt
In English domain makes this day memorable.
It is due to the wisdom and courage, the faith
and virtue of tbe Inhabitant of this territory
that government ot the people,! or tbe people and
by the people was Inaugurated. and has become a
triumphant success. The Puritan settled in
New England and the Cavalier in the south
They represented the opposltea at spiritual and
temporal life and opinion. The processes of i
liberty liberalised the ens sad sievatod tta
mm
ether. Washington and Adams were the rw
types. Their union In a oommon eanse gave
the world a republlo both stable and free. It
possessed eonservatlsm without bigotry, and
liberty without license. It founded Institutions
strong enough to resist revolution, and elastic
enough for Indefinite extension to meet the re
quirements la governments of ever enlarging
arras of population, and the needs of progress
and growth.
The Mayflower, with th! Pilgrims, and a
Dutch ship laden with African slaves, worooa
the ocean at the same-time, the one sailing for
Massachusetts and the other for Virginia' This
company of saints, and first cargo of slaves,
represented the forces which were to peril and
resoue free government Tbe slaver was the
product of the commercial spirit of Great Brit
ain, and the greed ot the times to stimulate
production in tho colonies The men who wrote
In the cabin of tbe Mayflower the first charter
of freedom, a government ot Just nd equal
laws, were a lltUo hand of Protestants against
every form of Injustice and tyranny. The
leaven of tholr principles made possible ths
declaration of Independence, liberated the
slaves, and founded the free commonwealths
which form the ropubllo of tbe United States
Tbe time has arrived for both a eloser union.
and a greater distance, between the old world
and the new. The former indiscriminate wel
come to our prairies, and the .present Invitation
io mono paiaoes oi art ana tnausiry, marie tne
passing period. Unwatched and unhealthy im
migration can no longet be permitted to our
shores. We must have a national quarantine
against Alscase. pauperism and crime We do
not want candidates for our hospitals, our poor
bouses or our Jails We cannot admit those
who come to undermine our institutions, and
subvert our laws But we will gladly throw
wide our gates for, and receive with open arms,
those who by Intelligence and virtue, br thrift
and loyalty, aro worthy ot receiving tbe equal
advantages of the priceless gift of American
citizenship. Tho spirit and object of this exhi
bition are peace and kinship.
Tho grandeur and beauty of this speotaole
are the eloquent witnesses of peace and prog
ress. The United States welcome the sister
republics of tho southern and northern conti
nents, and the nations and peoples of Europe
and Asia, of Africa and Australia, with the
products ot their lunds, ot tholr skIU sad of
their Industry to this city of yesterday, yet
olothed with royal splendor ai the queen ot the
great lakes The artists and architects of the
country have been bidden to design and
erect tho buildings which shall fit
ly illustrate the height ot . our civi
lisation and the breadth of our hospi
tality. Tbe peaoo of the world permits and
protects their efforts in utilizing their powers
for man's temporal welfare. Tho result is this
park ot palaces The originality and boldness
of their conceptions and the magnitude and
harmony of their creations are tho contribu
tions of America to tho oldest of the arts and
tbe cordial bidding of Amorlca to tbe peoples
of the earth to come and bring the fruitage of
their age to the boundless opportunities ot this
unparalleled exhibition.
All hail! Columbus, discoverer, dreamer,
hero and apostle. We here, of every race and
country, recognize the horizon which bounded
his vision and the infinite scope ot his gonlus.
The voice of gratitude and praise tor all the
blessings which have been showered upon man
kind by his adventure Is limited to no language,
but is uttered In every tongue. Neither mar
ble nor brass can fitly form his statue. Conti
nents are bis monument, and unnumbered mil
lions, past present and to come, who enjoy In
tholr liberties and their happiness the fruits of
his faith, will reverently guard and preserve,
from century to century, bis name and fame.
Address of Weloome.
Following is Mayor Hempstead Wash-
burne's address of welcome:
Mr. President Representatives of Foreign
Governments, Ladies and Gontlemen:
This day Is dedicated by tbe American people
to one whose name is lndlssolubly linked with
that of our continent This day shall add new
glories to him whose prophetic viblon behold In
the sturs which guided bis audacious voyage a
new world and a new hope for the peoples of
the earth.
The four centuries passing in review have
witnessed tbe settlement of a newly discovered
continent the foundiug of many nations, and
tbe establishment in this country ot more thai
sixty millions of people whose wonderful ma
terial prosperity, hlirh intelligence, political in
stitutions and glorious history have excited tbe
Interest and compelled the admiration ot the
civilized world
These centuries have evolved the liberty-lov
ing American people who are gathered here to
day. Wo have with us the pioneer bearing la
his person the freedom of bis western home j
the ageing veteran, whom all nations honor,
without whose valor, government, liberty and
patriotism would be bnt Idle words. We hav
with us builders of cities, founders of states,
dwellers in the forests, tillers of tbe soil, the
mechnnlo and the artisan, and noble women,
daughters of the republic not less In patriotism
and deserved esteem than those who seem to
play the larger part in building up a state.
Those foreign nations which have contributed !
so much to our growth will here learn wherein
our strength lies -that It is not in standing
armies not in heredity or birth not even is
our fertile valleys not In our commerce or our
wealth but that we have built and are build
ing upon tbe everlasting rock of individual
character and Intelligence, seeking to secure
an education for every man, woman and child
over whom floats the stars and stripes, that
emblem which signifies our government and
our people.
That flag gnards to-day sl.XX) (MO school chil
dren of a country not yet four centuries old and
who outnumber nearly four times tbe popula
tion ot Spain in H9i
This Is our hope in the f store the anchor ot
tbe republlo and a rainbow of promise for tbe
centuries yet to come.
As a mark of publlo gratitude It was decided
to carry down into history through this cele
bration tbe appreciation of this people for ana
before wbose name we all bow to-day.
You, sirs, who are tbe chosen representatives
of our people you Into wbose keeping we en
trust our property and our rights you wnose
every act becomes a una in that long cnam or
history which spans 400 years without a break
and whose every link slgncaee a struggle and
victory for man you who represent that last
and most perfect experiment ot human govern
ment have by your official acts honored this'
young city with your cboloe as tbe most titling
place to mark this country's dawn.
Over tbe very spot whereon we atano, witnis
tbe memory of men still young, tbe wild fowl
winged their migratory flight
Less than a century ago the site of this yonnf
city was unknown: to-day a million and a halt
people support her honor, enterprise and thrift
Her annual commerce of one billion aad a half
tells the eloquent story of her material great
ness. Her liberality to all nations and an
creeds Is boundless, broad as humanity aad
high as the dome ot heaven.
This, sirs, is the American city of your choice;
her gates are open, her people at your service
To yon and those you represent ws offer greet
ing, hospitality and love.
To the old world, wbose representatives graos
this occasion, whose irovernmenw are in foil
accord with this enterprise so full of meaning
to them and to us, to taat old world whose ohU-
dren bravod unruly seas and treacherous
storms to found a new state la an ud It bow a
land, we give greeting too, as children greet a
parent in some new home.
welcome to jvu mem u otuer nTuiuumi m
this vounjr city wbose most ancient lnJmr
was built within the span of a prw.ro t hit. Our
borHmUtit"s and our weloome ws now eicad
wl.boui reMrre, without reira to ouo&ij,
creed or raos
SHE IS DEAD.
Death of the President's Wife at
the White House.
Her Strength Declines as the Hoars m4
. Minutes Fly By and Nnrrooadsd By
Her Family She Peacefully
raaeae'Away.
Washington, Oct 23. Mrs. Harrison
is no more. At 1:40 o'clock this morn
ing came the end, and for a second time
in the history of the White house a
I president's wife died within its walla
, Mr Harrison met death with tho na.
tience and resignation of a devout
Christian.
About 13:30 o'clock, while Dr. Gardner
sat by Mrs. Harrison's side with his
fingers lightly pressed to her pulse, the
practiced hand discerned a noticeable
weakness of the heart's action followed
almost immediately by a slight decrease
in respiration. He notified the grief-
' stricked family and it gathered around
the couch. The end appeared to be very
near and unless she soon rallied from
the stupor into which sho then was
drifting she could scarcely live half an
, hour longer.
I This intelligence hnd a most depress
' lug effect upon the president who had
been in constant attendance upon his
i afflicted wife for over nine hours and
! he sustained himself with tbe greatest
; difficulty. If it were possible to add to
the gravity of tho situation and to
HARBISON.
stimulate the agonized apprehension of
the sorrowing family, gathered about
the scarcely animate form of the be
loved wife and mother, those results
were attained when Dr. Gardner, after
carefully examining tho countenance
and feeling the pulse of the dying
woman, said that tbe indications were
that she could not last more than half
an hour. This was fifteen minutes to 1.
The minutes flew post, at 1:30 the help
less form, however, still retained the
6acred spark.
All of the family in Washington were
present at the death bed except the
three little grandchildren and the ven
erable Dr. Scott, the father of Mrs.
Harrison. They were: President Har
rison, Mr. and Mrs. McKce, Mr. and
Mrs Russell Harrison. Lieut and
Mrs. Parker, Mrs. Dimmick and Mrs.
Newcomer. In addition Mrs. Harri
son's faithful maid, Josephine, and Miss
Datis, the trained nurse, were in the
room.
The members of the family spent a
few minutes around the lifeless clay.
When they emerged wish sorrowful
faces the president retired immediately
to his own room ana eiosea tne aoor,
the other members of the family re
specting his evident wish to be allowed
to remain unmolested to contemplate
his great bereavement and commune
with bis Maker.
Telegrams conveying the sad Intelli-
gence were also at once dispatched to
all members of the cabinet and Mrs.
Harrison's brother, who was in the
hope of seeing her before the end came.
He was at Port Townsend yesterday.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
Mrs. Harrison was born at Oxford, O., fifty
eight years ago October 1 last of Scotch ances
try. The first of her paternal ancestors la
America was John Scott the laird ot Arras,
who, after the disastrous battle ot Bosworth
bridge in 1079, left Scotland for the north of
Ireland with tbe earl of Belhaven, owing to
dissatisfaction with tbe Scotch and English
crowns. After the death of the earl Joba
Scott came to America and settled in tbe val
ley of the Neshaminy, Bucks county, Pa.,
where the village of Hartsvule now stands, N
miles north ot Philadelphia. He purchased a
tract ot land from the proprietary government
on part of which tbe first Presbyterian church
In America was sooa afterward erected. Oa
this land, also. Be v. William Tra
nant founded in ' ITS ' the hitorlo
! "li
lor oollre.H ont of which pmmurs in
stitution Princeton college was la time
evolved. Both ber father aad grandfather
were Presbyterian ministers Mrs. Harrlsoa
enjoyed superior educational advantages and '
was graduated from the Oxford seminary la
18 ths same year that President Harrison re
ceived his degree. She Uugbt school ts Car
roll ton, Ky., one year, and oa October JO,
thlrtv-nlne years a?o last Thursday, was mar
ried to Benjamin Harrison, tbe student
Krs. Harrison bad two children RusseH.
who is now engaged In Journalism, and Mary,
the wife of Robert S. MoKee, ot Boston. Tbe
latter has two children. Benjamin Harrlsoa
McKee, known te fame tbe world over as
"Baby" McKee, and Mary McKee.
One ot Mrs. Harrison's most sensible Inno
vations at tbe Whits bouse was the a ban (Jon- .
meet of handshaking at receptions, a custom
that made the evening one of torture to all her
predecessors. She managed this br carry In g a
tan in one band and a bouo.net la tbe other, so
1 that persons seetng her bands full were spared
' the awkwardness of offering a handshake which
i she would not accept
' lira. Harrison was not wed known beyond
' Indianapolis sad Washington, but In both p
aba was extremely popular. She solved wl'.a
the Presbyterian cherch when the was fouriw-a
years old and had ever linos been an ardent
worker ta behalf of Chrat!anlty aad education.
Mr Harrison's father has been living at U
White bouse wtih bis daughter and the cil
mn's sorrow is dis'jeablcf to behUl ls it
in riri ell
UBS.