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Show .mpeitio!i : rimer??. sp:d-h nreed tor dower l a - u ; t n v. ,v to ihs V,ira: for enlightinn ct:!, -,o the c.tr-ire fur w.;' us! f.Ud illttllf-.-CUltl dtrVet. p-liellt. Up Or.1 w-jihl is lui loiter iu,.;!iri,t of the pr;. gress of the new. . while bow., I isiiidJ, diplomatic representatives re-presentatives of tlie crowned rnlers of the old world to-day gave attentive audience to the ceremonies and voiced no dissent when the orators of the hour reviewed the glory of republican institution insti-tution and indicated that the greater progress lay in a government by many, But a more eloquent event than in the silver tougued orators of the day in attesting at-testing the grandeur of the repnplic was the modest spectacles of the greatest International In-ternational exposition of the age us-shered us-shered Into beings not by command of crowned hoads of hereditary authority, but by the acclaim of a huuditi. thousand;, freemen, each man the p i of his fellow and each a sovere gn u the invested rights of the republic. The scense presented by the last gathering in the dedication cf the building Is one never to be forgottou I In many respects it was without prcet-dence. prcet-dence. Everything was on the order ol the superlative, The dedication hell is the largest structure ever erected at a n it gathered the largest crowd- ever assembled as-sembled beneath a single rodf. Id the audsence were probably more distli'-auished distli'-auished visitors than were ever seen together to-gether on a commemoration occasion in the history of the republic. Learned jaiistsfrom the bench, cabinet officers, governors of state, senators, congressmen, congress-men, admirals and generals with all. the regalia of authority ; caminals with their insignia of apostolic faith, tcien" tiats who are fast wresting from caiure problems of the as;e all these galbi-i ed here to-day to do honor fo the gieat silent student of 409 years ego who, in his way, was the pioneer of them uli; who led the van of haman thought and manly daring and gave the world a new continent and to history an imperceptible imper-ceptible reverence for Christopher Colambus. This was the name on every lip, in every ode and song, that crowned every peroration, that found utterance in opening praises and was softly breathed in the closing benediction. All did him honor and time tbat ripens and mellows the gratitude of natlo; s, after four hundred years, has given the greatest homage to his memory aud name, as seven Grecian Ullages claimed the birth place of Homer, after he had begged his bread throughont their ttreets and meldered nnhonored into dust, so art and science and invention inven-tion and religion all vied to-day in claiming Columbus as their own, Celebration at Chicago. In the presence of a hundred thousand people amid echoes of the largest cnorus assembled in the history of modern times, nnder archies the largest ever constructed in the history of architecture architec-ture the World's Colombian exposition was formally dedicated Friday in the great hall of manufacturers and liberal arts by dignUaries of the nation. The event was one well designed to inspire locally the Ameilcan heart, marking as it did the first international exposition to be participated iu by every civilized i nation of the globe. The occasion was I equally significant in being devoid of that pomp and pageantry which have characterised the world's fairs of monarchal mo-narchal Europe. The inaugural ceremonies Friday were a triumph to Republican Institutions; Institu-tions; a triumph greater than all the glories of war. To the paOent republic of the western hemesphere bad been reserved re-served the distinctron of so winning the good will and admiration of ail the world that kings, emperors, czars, saltans, mikados, khans and shahs have each extended the hand of international fellowship to the American people, and crown with their benediction and approval ap-proval the exposition to be held nnder the patronage of tue republic. As the discovery ot Columbus marks an epoch in the world's knowledge, the occasion of to-day marks an epoch in the world'a civilization. It means that the petty jealousies of the past have been pat . away by the enlightened nations of the dearth and religated to ages that have gone; that upon neutral ground nations, like man, can assemble in fratornal greeting and recognize that the bond of humanity tbat makes brothers of ns all- The fierce rivalry of inis bal given place to the friendly |