The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-04
WESTW Ard HO!
President Arthur Off On His Trip to
the Yellowstone Country.
Reception at Chicago A Quiet Night
With some Hand Shaking
in the Morning.


rived at the Polk street depot, on special
train from Louisville, at Z p. m, accompa-
MED by Secretaries Folger and Lincoln, Post
master General Gresham, and Surrogate |
Rawlins, of New York He was met at the |
depot by a small delegation of leading citi-
zens, and Immediately on his arrival was |
bundled into a carriage with Mayor Harrison |
and John B. Drake, and driven rapidly to the |
Grand Pacific hotel. The rest of the |
party followed, except Secretary Lincoln, |
who had gone ahead, and was at the hote to |
receive his chief when he arrived A large |
crowd had gathered at the Grand Pacific, |
anxious to look upon live president, but the
party entered the hotel by the ladies entrance,
and escaped the eyes of the gaping sight
seers. They went direct to parlor 5, which,
with suite of rooms adjoining, had been re- |
served for the presidents use, and were soon
Joined by few acquaintance, when an in
formal reception and talk took place.
President Arthur stood near the mantel |
piece, an erect figure, tall, broad shouldered,
and rotund dressed in a close fitting suit of
dark cheviot cloth, the sack coat buttoned
closely, and his only jewelTy small diamond
searf-pin On either side of him stood Mayor
Harrison aud Secretary Linconl, acting as
masters of ceremony while Secretary Folger
and Postmaster General Gresham were in the
rear Judge Doane, George Pullman, Frank
Palmer, c. Studebaker of South Bend, Con
gresham Murphy of Davenport, Iowa, Judge
Blodgett and Clerk Bradley of the United
States court, constituted the rest of the
group, but new arrivals, anxious to see
President Arthur, kept constantly coming
in until the room was crowded. The talk
was entirely personal, no politics entering in
to it. Dinuer was served in an auto room for
the presidential party, and afterward gen
eral reception took place Editor MedIli
came in and snapped fish stories with the
President, and Senators Logan, Dawes and
JONES' and Assistant Postmaster HattOn paid
their respects A committee from central
Illinois came in to invite the President to at
tend the Peoria fair in September, and
number of other gentlemen came in during
the evening. AT Il o'clock President Arthur
babe the company good night and returned.
The members Of the presidential party ex-
cept the president, came down from their
rooms a $50 a m, and devoted the follow
ing hour to hreakfasting, in the ladies' ordi
nary They discussed Mr.. brakes viands
with very elegant leisure, seeming more i'll
tent on killing time than anything else. Cas-
ual calls for the president were numerous, but
one seemed to know where be was. No one
had seen him since late the night before
! About O'Clock Senator Logan walked out of
the breakfast room, arm in arm with Judge
| Gresham. Other members of the party soon
| followed Secretary Lincoln, Phil and
| Michael Sheridan, and MeSsrs. Packard
and lshnm entered the secretary's room
/ l,ry1r-
Assistant Postmaster General Hatton, Sena-
tor Logan aud Mr, Stewart smoked their af-
| ter breakfast cigars IN parloT u. Collector
Jesse Spalding hunted out Secretary FOlger,
and the two cioSeted themselves in the lat
| ters room, wheFo they remained nearly an
| hour. At 10 o'clock the announcement was
made that the president had just sat down to
breakfast in parlnr l. Secretary Lincoln aud
Judge Gresham dropped in on him during
the progress Of the meal None others we're
admitted. The president devoted the best
portion IF an hour to his breakfast and the
morning papers. The usual crowd of sight
seers lounged around the halls waiting for
glimpse OF the chief magistrate,
RECEPTION.
/ The president finished breakfast shortly be-
fore II O'Clock, and Immediately began hold
Ing an informal reception. Among the first
to pay their respects was delegation Of fed
eral office holders, composed Of Judges
| DrIlmmond and Blodgett, Clerk Bradley,
| Phil Hoyne Postmaster Palmer, A NJ
Jones, Collector Harvey, Gen. Mcdowell, and
Adit-Gen Drum. These gentlemen passed
in and out of parlor 3, and were followed al
most Immediately by many other prominent
citizens. In the parlor with the presi-
dent were Secretary Folger, Judge
Gresham and others OF the presidrE-
tial party. At the start cards
were required, but this formality was soon
dispensed with, and every one. who wished
to shake the presidents hand had access to
the room, provided he could squeeze himself
in.
At II % Mr.. Drake headed procession
which wendell its way through the halls and
down stairs to the LaSalle street entrance
At Mr. brakes side walked President Ar
thur, bowling now and then to an acquaint-
ance Four carriages were driven to the
curb and filled by the party. They
drove az once to the Chicago & North
western depot, departing from the no
| tel amid the fainteSt suspicion of cheer
There was large, but, if anything less en-
thusiastic crowd awaiting their arrival at the
depot The train backed into the depot
shortly after the travellers had arrived The
passengers entered the coaches at once, the
president taking a seat in the rear coach
which is furnished for his special occupancy
He was greeted on his entrance 10y
large and beautiful boquet, sent in
by Collector SpaIding. Newspaper men were
emphatically denied admission to even the
, baggage car by Mike Sheridan, who ordered
even the platform cleared of their objection
, able presence. The train, as seen from a dis
lance, appeared to be a handsome one
i When it left the depot at II IS it contained
the president, Secretary Lincoln, Judge
Rawlins, Arson Stager, Surgeon Forwood
, Senator Vest and son, Gen. Phil and Mike
t Sheridan, General Superintendent j. d
Laying, and Division Superintendent Charlie.
1 Murray. Responding to faint calls Of
; Arthur" the president stepped to the real
platform of his private car as the trail
moved out, and bowed to the people present