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EoG& ISL AND Da II II A r Ar VOL. XL. NO. 298. ROCK ISLAND. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22. . 1892. I Single Copies S Orate 1 Per Week ISM Orate BOYS' and CHILDREN'S READY TO "WEAR The greatest desire of every parent is to get the best made, stylish and original clothing for their children at as Little Cost as Possible. We are prepared to show you by LARGE ODDS a more complete line of boys and chil dren's clothing than you have heretofore seen in this city, and at much less cost. Why Pay $6 and $6.50 for a Child's Suit elsewhere when you can get a first-class suit at The London for $5, equally as well made if not better and much more stylish. We have made a special effort this season in our children's department to be leaders in price, style, quality and workmanship. Don't buy your boys and children's clothing until you have looked through our beautiful line. THE LONDON GORGEOUS FINALE. A Fiery Crown Caps Chicago's World's Fair Fete. GRAND DISPLAY OF PYROTECHNICS The. Three Great Parks Made Simul taneously Brilliant With Rockets, Bombs and Set Pieces. Five Thousand Rockets at a Flight "Old Glory" Glows In Trl-Colored Fire 8,000 Feet in the Air World's Fair Buildings, Columbus Departure from. IaIos and Landing at Sail Salvador Limned In Lines of Lustre Bombs Five Feet in Circumference Meeting of the World's Congress Auxiliary Archbishop Ire land's Address Celebrations Elsewhere. Chicago, Oct. 22. I-ist night the dedi catory exercises closed with the most brill iunt and gorgeous display of fireworks ever given in the world. To avoid the concen tration of a mass of people this display was divided into three parts, and given in as many parts of the World's fair city. A dis play was given at Washington park on the south, Lincoln park onthe north, and Gar field park on the west side. The largest SIX & RIOE, lew Props,, The only Cash Clothing House. Don't forget we have the largest line of Mens dress and busi ness suits, under- . wear, hats, caps, neckwear and gloves. ; The best Unlaundried Shirts in town for 48 cents, worth 75 cents. tedlcation in the afternoon or mat part, ox the exposition to be devoted to the commer cial and mechanical progress of the world was followed in the evening by the inau guration of another the intellectual branch whose achievements are expected to be grand and hitting. The enterprise has enlisted in its support the most brill iant minds in the? intellectual world; has been recognized by the national govern ment as the proper agency to conduct great international conventionsto be held during the World's fair; to provide places wher the leaders of thought may consider the living questions of their various depart ments; for popular meetings and to Recurs was almost wild, piece ever burned As a comr.nn- nome or me cui fcej e mxii ' The Ohio 'state building was also dedi cated in the presence of a distinguished as- ' semblage. The state delegation assembled , at the Victoria and Auditorium tat lO o'clock, where carriages were provid for all invited gut ts. The exercises at the grounds liegan at 2 o'clock at the east front of the building. President Pea body made the address of presentation and Governor McKinley accepted the building on behalf -of the state. Addresses were also made by Senators Sherman and Brice. . ; Three Other Club Houses. . Governor Loies and other Iowans took possession of their building over on the lake shore with appropriate exercises and 1 T J T 1 1 1 V. 1 the publication of the proceedings of such lue , .V? t,u""uus ' j. were also dedicated, the former at 10 a. m. No Parade To-I)y. After all there will be no parade of the military in the city to-day. When Gov ernor Fifer ordered out the Illinois troops FIREWORKS AT LIXOOLX PARK, crowd congregated at Washington park, which was the most accessible from the heart of the city but it is estimated that no less than WX),000 people saw each of these displays. At 8 o'clock the heavens com menced to assume the fiery canopy that crowned the city with the most magnificent blaze of glory that the world ever saw. The display opened with a salute of 100 fifteen inch a'riel maroons which exploded at an altitude of 800 feet, and sent a shower of fire back to the earth. Fifteen Thousand Rockets at a Time. As this died away each park suddenly blazed forth in a magical illumination from 500 prismatic lights fired by electricity, changing colors five times and throwing oyer the trees the tints of the national colors and the newly adopted muncipal terre cotta. Then 500 five-pound rockets rushed into the skiesfrom from each of the three parks, mending with their various tints in the heavens. From time to time the parks were brilliant ly illuminated with colored fires m generous quantities. One 1 of the crowning . featnres of the marvelous display was the magnificant "Columbian bouquet," made by the flight of 15,000 rock' s 5,000 at the same moment from each of the three parks. This is the largest fight of rockets known in the his tory of the world and its beauty cannot be fully described in words. Everything Va Superlative. For two minutes the effect was seen in every part of the city and for miles around it. The heavens were turned into n sea of fire in every color of the rainbow and form' ing tlie most gorgeous canopy that ever clothed anycityoneithercontinent. In each of the parks five bombshells, sixty inches in circumference and weighing 110 pounds were thrown from mortars to an altitude of Ti0 feet whore they exploded, forming a picture of marvelous grandeur. These were the largest bombshells ever made of this kind. One of the most novel and new of the many features on the programme was the star spangled banner in fireworks floating in the sky at an altitude of ,000 feet. Was a Pyrotechnic Phenomenon, The flag was :i00 feet in length and pre sented a design never before attempted in (.vial work. They were attached to bal ons under the direction of Baldwin, of Juincy, 111., the famous aeronaut, who took tic of them into the heavens himself. When at the proper altitude the flash fuse 'sns Ignited from the balloon, and upon breaching the suspended flag. "Old Glory" spread forth in nil its radiance, a wonder 'in pyrotechnics without a precedent. The 'Hag burned for five minutes, and it is safe to say that the American Hag never ap-pc:m-d before in a position of such exalted grandeur. The set pieces were of a charac ter i hut. brought out a wealth of enthusi asm from the great ass'-nibbc. I'pon these the best pyrotechnical artists in the woi .d have K.'i'ii working for six months and their efforts were rewarded in the magnifi cent display they math'. Nome IU-lunrknhlc Set Pieces. The first of these occupied 2,000 square feet of spaca and bore the inscription in lire: "(': ieagn Wi leonns the Nations of the K'ir-.li ! l'.e-ls'.IJ," supported by two Amc; ieao eagles, r.tiove hieh were brought o;:l the outlines oi' the various World's fair buildings. Then a set piece with an ana rf ii.a'jn square feet represented in lire the sidl ing ot Columbus from I'.ilos, and illustrat ed his Meet, the I'inta. Santa Maria and Nina. Kvery few minutes the colors of tue fire changed and us it burned the enthusi asm of tiie onlookers This was the largest se in the history of fireworks, ion piece tlie tanning ot t lie great discoverer on San Salvador was given. Niagara falls was also given in fire, presenting a cataract GOO feet in lengt h of golden spray and forming an effect never In fore equaled. There were ulso many other devices and designs, and when 10 o'clock had passed the most elaborate fireworks display that was ever burned closed with the great Co lumbian bouquet of ln.MM rockets. WORLD'S CONGRESS AUXILIARY. longresses as a vaiuaoie ana enaunna memorial of the fair. Mrs. Palmer's Model Welcome. - T-l . ... l.nll i . , a .1 . , r. . . . . . , Vi. . commodation of those who desired to take j part in the proceedings, popular interest in j the occasion being heightened by the an nouncement that Archbishop Ireland, o! St. Paul, would deliver the principal ad dress of the evening. The opening invoca tion was delivered by the Rev. Dr. J. H. Barrows, chairman of the general commit tee of the auxiliary on religious congresses. After the welcome on behalf of the world's congress auxiliary by the president, Charles C. Bonney, the woman's branch greeting was extended by Mrs. Potter Palmer, presi dent, as follows: "The woman's branch ol the world's congress auxiliary, representing the marvelous progress of woman during the last four centuries, unites most cor dially in this greeting, and sends congratu lations to the leaders of that progress in all enlightened lands." Spoke in Honor of Queen Isabella. Mrs. Chas. Henrotin, vice president of the woman's auxiliary, followed with a salutation in honor of Queen Isabella, in the course of which Tshe said: "The assist ance which Columbus received from Qneen Isabella enabled him to discover and reveal the American continents. The aid which enlightened womanhood, the queen of this new age, now offers to all men, will enable them, especially the toiling millions, to find in their own countries new worlds of intellectual and moral enjoyment; enhanced material prosperity; improved social condi tions and the rich fruitage of resulting peace." The Archolshop Introduced General ritz Simons sent an invitation to the commanders of the militia in the othei states to join in a parade, and requested General Schofield to allow the regulars te remain over and take part. It was found that many of the visiting state organizations had made contracts with the railways which necessitated their return today, and that it was impossible to cancel them. The few ih at were not under such obligation con sented to take part. General Schofield, however, declined to prolong the stay ol the regulars, and as it was not deemed ex pedient to have a parade of only a part ol the troops the idea was abandoned altogether. MADE THE OBSERVANCE GENERAL. AU Orel Celebrations of the Day Held the Country. The president of the United States had made yesterday a national holiday by his proclamation issued some time ago, advis ing the people to devote the day to th honor of the discovery of their country and the man who discovered the" same. And the people took his advice, so the telegraph informs us. Following are some of the most notable of the celebritious: At Pittsburg The streets here were packed with jx-ople by 10 a. m., and every body it seemed was holiday making. A parade of 25,000 people occupied five hours passing the reviewing stamL It was com posed of military and civic organizations . ,...... At Cincinnati The day here and purposes of the Worlds congress aux- brat11 in granU style. T1fe lliary, the progress made and success as- orat.,v .ijrated nd thousands T. . 1....S .1 . , .1 J 1 l-"--c , , i i . . . . . . . i turn si, no, iniii'i .v, 1 1 1 v u , , n i 1 11 u iiv. . , Archbishop Ireland, President Boimey said:, ; fc h- was a monster meeting ad "1 he dedication ceremonies of the W or d g f djsed b dislinKuished speakers. Columbian ex,H,s.t.on would be incomplete , Typical and Elaborate, without a pmper presentation of the plans r ntiThtx Aitxr was elab orately decorated and thousands of visitors helped the residents pack the streets. Th ceremonies were as follows: Devotional ex ercises at noon in St. Peter's cathedral by Columbus and his crew before departure from Palos for the Western world. Kast End park was Palos and Covington was the Western world. Over the Ohio they sailed in models of the caravels of Colum bus. At Covington there were ceremonies representing the "discovery." From Cov ington they came back to Spain Cincin nati where a parade was formed of 30,000 people. The river was crowded with gaily decorated water craft. Last night a roy;d entertainment was given by Ferdinand and Isabella to Columbus and his crew. At the National Capital. The District school children celebrated in the school yards, a part of the exercises be ing the raising of the United States flag by sured. The auxiliary therefore sotight for such presentation an orator equal to the occasion and whose name would command attention in the old world as well as in the new- Snefi n rtrjitor it foimil in the Afost Rev. John Ireland, archbishop of St. PauL I who will row deliver the oration on the' World's congress of 1 MOST REV. JOHN IRELAND SPEAKS. The Koted PrIatc .!rifles the I'nited States of Amerira. Archbishop Ireland was accorded a most cordial reception as he rose to respond Beginning his address with an apostrophe to mind as the greatest of all things. Arch bishop Ireland proceeded to discourse of Columbus and his unfolding to the eyes ol civilized races the American continent. He said that it was the right and duty of the first nation of the continent to charge itself j the veterans of the G. A. R. Special church with the gracious task of celebrating the discovery of America, as she, and none services were held in all the churches ex cept the Church of the Covenant, which was other, is the giant daughter of the progress closed in respect to the sorrow in the presi- of tlie age, and as she none othei' has the dent's family, that church being the one power to command the splendors which the White House family attends. The should mark the celebration. District militia had a review and sham Made No Mistake Over the Site. I battle. Proceeding, the archbishop said: "Proper J Au gt Ixuis All the public schools cele too, was it that among the cities of the. brated with appropriate exercises and later United States Chicago should W the chosen there was an imposing procession. In the evening there was a grand ball. At Milwaukee A parade of civic and re ligious societies was held in the afternoon with 10,000 in line. The school children had exercises in the school houses. At night a labor mass meeting: was held. At Ilaltimore Special services were held in the morning in all the churches. At there was a torchlight procession ' j with 30,000 men in the ranks. t j t.a.v Day at Atchison. ;i one within whose portals the World's Col umbian exposition should be enthroned. Chicago, fifty years ago the prairie village. the stupendous city of the present time, is the world's object lesson of progress. The monarch of our inland seas, t he central city of the nation, she exhibits to the visitor the fullness of growth with which the United I States has Decn West. Almost hair way j nj i-iit . i . : i r . 1 , : ! across itie coi.uiiciu. coiiiiuaiiuiiiu uic uigu- wavs of nations, the mart in which mee for mutual exchange the offerings of Ku ropeand Asia. Chicago forel Hides the mighty destinv of -the United States to sit among I At .Atchison. Kas. It was a gala day. j The various schools and colleges held their i VfiY'iw in tho for-noon At 1 rittl n m all earth's nations the admired qneen. the ( tbe firalld i,Kii;e A. F. and A.M. laid the Hi uiivr in nit rtu ci it iw (tiiii i iiiis.,iiioti of their destinies, the magnet in resistless attraction knitting all peoples into one harmonious and indestructible brother-' hood." I Pnrposps of ttip Aiixiliiirr. ' i corner stone to the new government build ing with impressive ceremonies. At 3:30 the procession paraded the principal streets in the c ity. Then- were twenty-two floats in line, representing events of the ast four The archbishop descrilied the purposes of i centuries. After t lie parade a literary pro- the world's auxilary congri-ss of t lie Colum be to organize r.nd cause the time allotted to the ion infernal ior.al conventions of tlie s and workers of the world along all bi.iii cxpoy.ii:.n t to be held during exp isi In n .1 t tie biles of but-ia: departments i.:' i thai most ii.ipoi achieved from tlie this pnrixise. lie ' 1- i!i". taut SIICO spel.t the various .-. m-;; s that st i! u ted in t I'.is lined s Hue of t '. dertakeu. C'rmvr.i-i lie closed V- .'. Ami rican tint !o-a egress in the various 1 life, lie hclievi-d results would -!':tl carrying out f s-.me length of n Id lif; i:i ode bv Professor D. A. oration by T. Ik Gerow. i gramme w:is carried out consisting of sing- ! ins. an original Kllsworth and nr Klorl.la AVaj-n't lii liin.l. In Florida Fully 4'0 places in Florida held appropriate exercises in honor of Co lumbus. In Jacksonville there was a mili tary jKiradi; and exercises by the school children. At Charltsvon, S. C. Columbus day was observed bore as a national holidav. Hanks i i,,.;t,i:.... .w.,.... ;u:.i!i.ir-ci.u rr.-ss Uiid on. - "'""..- would be u;s- ift to llr.manity. s by spe-iking of tlu I lie queen, the con chaiiijes were closed and celebrations held l a Co-illlleO on ll U:l p ge.l (pieror, the te.'ie!.-r of tlie i-ouiiiig ages, lie said: "V,e coiv.meiiioiate the discovery of America -a0;i years ago. liehold the crowning gift to humanity fi-cm Cidumlu-.s, whose c:: rave's jiloughtsl uclu'i uneevtaia billows iu sa.i v.i in u t-.VHt Li :nl. and froi't the all-ruoi:g Provld-mv i and mercy inspired aud gi.Idx .'. . ; ttil tJen.ie-e u'.rtrlnvr the U:::. . :-'::tes i.f Aineriea." The meet in;' 1 -el with n invc.-ation bv Dr. Willh.-.n K. ! 5rr;.e'-. ;-ies-i-i:t F tlie University oi ChiiM-,o. STATE EUILDINGS DEDICATED. The Intellertnal Itraneh of the Great Show Objects of the Conres. By no means the least interesting or im portant of the inaugural ceremonies con nected with the great Columbian exposi tion were those of the world's congress aux iliary at the Auditorium last evening. The New lurk, llfno, Iowa, Knesas ml I'emi- fcvivania in the List. A number of slate buildings at Jackson park were ducicatud to-day with pro;-r pomp. Xew York's building was dedicated at 2 o'clock. Governor Flower and C!:::::ii cey M. Dt'pcr mads? speeches. Theope-.-in. prayer was orfered by llev. S. J. icPher son, of this city, a native of the Hate ! New York. The gavel used by Jlr. Depi w is composed of fifty varieties of wood grown in the state of New York, Ijoing the same number as the states and territories in the union. The reading desk manufac tured for use on this occasion was made from New York state wood. 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