Her Semi-centennial
Mii.wAi i-:i , Oct. semi-eenfcennial of Milwaukee as an Lncorporated city is beirig celebrated in ft Btyle beyond anything ever attempted here before The in-coming trains were loaded down with visitors and il is expected that iully C0,00( strangers will b;1 in the city ïlie city has been gayly deoox&ted Flags, bunting and evergreens festoon the business places on th principal streets. The pUblic buildings, city hall and chainbur of commeroe are almost hldden behind Btreamlng banners aad bunting. At sunrise a sálate of forty-ñve guns was fired by the First Light battery and the United States revenue cuttcr Andy Johnson. At 10 o'clock the civic parade moved. It was composed of the pólice, lire and health departamento, membera of the National guard and of the Grand Army of the Kepublic, Light Horse squadron, First Light battery, old settlers and pioneers, high school pupils and pupils of the seventh and eighth grades and various civic societies. Revieived by Visiting Governors. The parade was reviewed by the visiting governors and other notables present from the grand stand erectud on the corner of Grand avenue and Fourth street. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon there was a general reception at the Academy of Music, with addresses by Governor Upham and Mayor Kuch, an oration by General Frederick C. Winkler of Milwaukee, and brief addresses by Governors Altgeld, Jackson, Bich and Clough. There were bicycle races at National park and bo it races on the Milwaukee river. In the evening there was an illuniinate:! bicyelo parade of wheelmen of the city and state.
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