| 158 Chicago Times
June 9th/93
NEBRASKA'S DAY OF JOY
HER SONS AND DAUGHTERS DEDICATE
THE STATE BUILDING.
Gov. Crounse Marches to the Building, Escorted
by a Detachment of the Seventh
Cavalry-Buffalo Bill and His Cowboys
and Cossacks Interesting Features-No
Such Enthusiastic Crowds at Any Previous
State Dedication-Speeches by Ex-Gov.
Furnas, Mrs. Cleary, and Others.
The Nebraskans said that they were dedicating
their state-building yesterday morning,
but the vast majority of the crowd
wavered between the belief that they were
dedicating Buffalo Bill and the idea that the
Spanish princess was going to honor the
Nebraska building with her presence. Anyway,
it was a howling success and the petty
so-called dedicating of other state buildings
sank by comparison into absolute insignificance.
The exercises commenced at 11 o'clock
with the appearance of a detachment of the
Seventh United States cavalry escorting
Gov. Crounse. The governor entered the
building and the cavalry drew up in line before
it. Then a cowboy band appeared and
sat down in the front yard. The crowd began
to thicken under the influence of these
[IMAGE]
COL. CODY AND SOME OF THE NATIVES
attractions and indulged in various surmises
as to what was going on. The portico of the
Nebraska building and the greensward in
front were soon black with people.
There were 1,500 Nebraskans alone,
and the crowd steadily increased, absorbing
each detachment of sightseers
that came down the avenue. But when
Buffalo Bill, at the head of a glittering array
of Indians, Cossacks, uhlans, and cowboys,
appeared it seemed as if the last possible particle
of gorgeousness had been added to the
Nebraskans' celebration. But it hadn't, for
when the motley army had been dispersed in
long files stretching away down the avenue
for hundreds of feet and the crowd had
looked their fill at the rich costumes and sunburnt
faces and was just drawing a long,
happy breath at the splendor of it all
the grade du corps band, glittering in
white and gold and blowing for all its capacious
lungs were worth, appeared. Then
Secretary Carton, who had been so busy
about the preliminary arrangements that
he hadn't time to think before, told Commissioner
Garneau that he thought at last they
were all there, and Commissioner Garneau
told Gov. Crounse, and the governor looked
out at the acres of people and said he guessed
they were and they might as well begin.
And then Nebraska, after a complacent
look on the tens of thousands assembled to
do her honor and see Buffalo Bill's Indians,
really began to dedicate. The exercises were
very short, each speaker being limited to
four minutes. Commissioner Garneau presented
the building to the exposition and
Gov. Crounse followed with a clever impromptu
speech of welcome to the assembled
guests. The cowboy band rendered some
stirring numbers and ex-Gov. Furnas and
Congressman Bryan made congratulatory
speeches. Then Mrs. H. S. Fisk read a poem
written for the occasion by Kate M. Cleary
of Hubbel, Neb., and the dedicatory part of
the program was over.
Through all the speeches and music Gen.
Cody sat in front of the building on the great
sorrel horse which Gen. Miles presented to
him and looked a very gallant figure. Over
in the Wild West inclosure he is Buffalo Bill,
the prince of scouts and rough riders, but
when it comes to the dedication of the building
of his state he is W. F. Cody, ex-senator
of Platte, Neb., colonel by courtesy, and
brigadier general on the governor's staff.
And all the assembled throng who saw him
yesterday in his big sombrero and silver
fringed buckskin shirt didn't doubt for a
minute that he was all these things and more.
Salute Liberty Bell.
By special request at the close of the dedicatory
exercises the cavalcade moved down
past the New York and Pennsylvania buildings.
The Pennsylvania people rang the
liberty bell and waved the state ensign from
the windows and the New Yorkers had their
building handsomely decorated. At the
head of the procession came the Cowboy
band, then carriages containing the distinguished
Nebraskans, the list of which did
not stop with the governor and commissioner
and Congressman Bryan, but also included
Rain in the Face and the little No Neck
boy, who was found at Wounded Knee after
the battle. Then came the Indians and
rough riders bringing up the rear, They
marched down the lake front, crossing over
to the lagoon north of the manufactures
building, and followed it down to the electricity
building and past that to the administration
building, where a halt was called.
The crowd, who then saw the Princess Eulalia
and Buffalo Bill at the same time
will probably never see two bigger people in
the same day again. After a halt for the
princess to see the Indians the cavalcade
moved òver to the agricultural building,
where the governor's party inspected the
state exhibit. This wound up the day, and
the Indians, and Uhlans, and Cossacks went
back to their tents with the conviction that
if Nebraska did not find herself properly and t
horoughly dedicated they had lived in vain.
| 158NEBRASKA'S DAY OF JOY
HER SONS AND DAUGHTERS DEDICATE
THE STATE BUILDING.
Gov. Crounse Marches to the Building, Escorted
by a Detachment of the Seventh
Cavalry-Buffalo Bill and His Cowboys
and Cossacks Interesting Features-No
Such Enthusiastic Crowds at Any Previous
State Dedication-Speeches by Ex-Gov.
Furnas, Mrs. Cleary, and Others.
The Nebraskans said that they were dedicating
their state-building yesterday morning,
but the vast majority of the crowd
wavered between the belief that they were
dedicating Buffalo Bill and the idea that the
Spanish princess was going to honor the
Nebraska building with her presence. Anyway,
it was a howling success and the petty
so-called dedicating of other state buildings
sank by comparison into absolute insignificance.
The exercises commenced at 11 o'clock
with the appearance of a detachment of the
Seventh United States cavalry escorting
Gov. Crounse. The governor entered the
building and the cavalry drew up in line before
it. Then a cowboy band appeared and
sat down in the front yard. The crowd began
to thicken under the influence of these
[IMAGE]
COL. CODY AND SOME OF THE NATIVES
attractions and indulged in various surmises
as to what was going on. The portico of the
Nebraska building and the greensward in
front were soon black with people.
There were 1,500 Nebraskans alone,
and the crowd steadily increased, absorbing
each detachment of sightseers
that came down the avenue. But when
Buffalo Bill, at the head of a glittering array
of Indians, Cossacks, uhlans, and cowboys,
appeared it seemed as if the last possible particle
of gorgeousness had been added to the
Nebraskans' celebration. But it hadn't, for
when the motley army had been dispersed in
long files stretching away down the avenue
for hundreds of feet and the crowd had
looked their fill at the rich costumes and sunburnt
faces and was just drawing a long,
happy breath at the splendor of it all
the grade du corps band, glittering in
white and gold and blowing for all its capacious
lungs were worth, appeared. Then
Secretary Carton, who had been so busy about the preliminary arrangements that he hadn't time to think before, told Commissioner Garneau that he thought at last they
were all there, and Commissioner Garneau
told Gov. Crounse, and the governor looked
out at the acres of people and said he guessed
they were and they might as well begin.
And then Nebraska, after a complacent
look on the tens of thousands assembled to
do her honor and see Buffalo Bill's Indians,
really began to dedicate. The exercises were
very short, each speaker being limited to
four minutes. Commissioner Garneau presented
the building to the exposition and
Gov. Crounse followed with a clever impromptu
speech of welcome to the assembled
guests. The cowboy band rendered some
stirring numbers and ex-Gov. Furnas and
Congressman Bryan made congratulatory
speeches. Then Mrs. H. S. Fisk read a poem
written for the occasion by Kate M. Cleary
of Hubbel, Neb., and the dedicatory part of
the progranı was over.
Through all the speeches and music Gen.
Cody sat in front of the building on the great
sorrel horse which Gen. Miles presented to
him and looked a very gallant figure. Over
in the Wild West inclosure he is Buffalo Bill,
the prince of scouts and rough riders, but
when it comes to the dedication of the building
of his state he is W. F. Cody, ex-senator
of Platte, Neb., colonel by courtesy, and
brigadier general on the governor's staff.
And all the assembled throng who saw him
yesterday in his big sombrero and silver
fringed buckskin shirt didn't doubt for a
minute that he was all these things and more.
Salute Liberty Bell.
By special request at the close of the dedicatory
exercises the cavalcade moved down
past the New York and Pennsylvania buildings.
The Pennsylvania people rang the
liberty bell and waved the state ensign from
the windows and the New Yorkers had their
building handsomely decorated. At the
head of the procession came the Cowboy
band, then carriages containing the distinguished
Nebraskans, the list of which did
not stop with the governor and commissioner
and Congressman Bryan, but also included
Rain in the Face and the little No Neck
boy, who was found at Wounded Knee after
the battle. Then came the Indians and
rough riders bringing up the rear, They
marched down the lake front, crossing over
to the lagoon north of the manufactures
building, and followed it down to the electricity
building and past that to the administration
building, where a halt was called.
The crowd, who then saw the Princess Eulalia
and Buffalo Bill at the same time
will probably never see two bigger people in
the same day again. After a halt for the
princess to see the Indians the cavalcade
moved òver to the agricultural building,
where the governor's party inspected the
state exhibit. This wound up the day, and
the Indians, and Uhlans, and Cossacks went
back to their tents with the conviction that
if Nebraska did not find herself properly and t
horoughly dedicated they had lived in vain.
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