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Show A TEMPERANCE TEMPLE Celebration of National Importance at Chicago The Melody of a Thousand Children's Voioei PEOMINENT LADIES -PEESEST. Mrs. Judge Thompson, the Mother of the Crusaders, Eepeatsthe Orusade Psalm Now Saloons Must go. Chicago, Nov. 1. Special.-The corner stone of the Chicago Woman's Temperance Temple was laid today with great pomp and ceremony. The occasion is of national significance, and hundreds whose names aro familiar to temperance reform circles in all parts of the country are attending the exercises. exer-cises. The preliminary exercises were conducted in the Second regiment armory. All the principal religious denominations of the city were well represented by ministers, who took part in the proceedings. The exercises began with the singing of the national anthem by a thousand children, after which Mrs. Judge Thompson of Ohio, who is styled -"Mother of the Crusaders," Cru-saders," assisted by Miss Florence Kal lock, repeated the crusado psalm. Then the Rev. E. P. Goodwin of the First Congregational church offered prayer, and Bishop Fallows led the responsive scripture reading. The children next sung the battle hymn of the republic, and this was followed by short addresses ad-dresses by Hon. Thomas W. Palmer, president of the World's Columbian Exposition, by Neal Dow, the well known Maine temperance veteran, the Rev. Dr. A. H. Delano, a leading Baptist minister, by Miss Frances h. Willard, and by Mrs. Katilda B. Carse, president presi-dent of the association that io building the temple. At the conclusion of Mrs. Carse's address ad-dress the great audience, headed by the children, marcbod to the foundation walls of the temple at the corner of Monroe and La Salle streets where the children opened the corner-stone ceremony cere-mony by Binging "Saloons Must Go." Dr. Herrick Johnson, one of the professors pro-fessors of the Presbyterian Theological seminary, then offered the dedicatory prayer and Mrs. Carse gave the signal to Dlit the hure mass of New Hamnshire granite in place, while the children sang "Rise, Temple, Rise." Two copper cop-per boxes were placed in the corner stone, containing the various temperance temper-ance publications, the names of the contributors to the buildibg fund, and a set of silver coins. The ceremony was concluded by the Rev. Frank. Bristol Bris-tol pronouncing the benediction. |