St. Paul daily globe., 1886-10-29
Frances Magnificent Gift to America
Formally Presented and Received
With Imposing Forms.
Speeches by President Cleveland,
Count De Lesseps, Senator Evarts
and Chauncey DepeW.
The street Procession and the Cere-
monies at the Island Viewed
by Million People.


anu iuiOh bdShCJS, WcIt tOruQy CuilI of'oiht
but with the difference that they wore their
holiday attire and their faces had expect
ancy in every feature. From boundary
line east and west at the river fronts the
drift of people moved until when nearing
the line of march there grew to be tide
OF humanity that jammed up against the
police lines and sent back its constantly
flowing stream to nearby avenues. Mean
time the favored dwellerS IN houses on
Fifth avenue arose at leisure and servants
hung out bunting on the wet fronts OF the
brown stone dwellings, where it fluttered In
occasional and bitter gusts of wind. On
nearly every street car uniformed troops
and members of societies were early on
their way to their places of rendezvous.
GoRGEOUSLY ATTIRRD MUSICIANS
trailed the streets in silence, seeking their
detachments, and drum corps beat the step
for Grand Army posts. upon sodden drum
heads. The drapery of the flags and bunt-
ing upon the city buildings and upon the
federal building tapped htfully in the moist
air, while the banners on thousands OF tall
staffs trailed idly or streamed Justify out III
vagrant puffs of wind that supplied intensity
for steadineSs in their courses. The pro-
cesson was to have started at 9 o'clock. but
at that hour it had only begun to form. The
II iltu OHlJcu DGcttGS COiiHdhbOu
by Col. John Hamilton, and the engineer
corps took their position in front of Secre-
tary Whitney's, at Fifty-eighth street and
Fifth avenue, few minutes after 9,oclock.
Then came the Old Guard who stood near
the carriages in waiting for
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND
and the members of his cabinet to leave
Secretary Whitney's residence, where they
had spent the night. Promptly at 10
o'clock the president, accompanied by Sec
retary of State Bayard, descended the steps
and entered an open carriage They were
followed by Secretary of the Navy Whit
ney. Postmaster General Villas. Secretary
of the Interior Lamar, Private Secretary
Col Lamont, Rear Admiral Luce and staff,
and Maj. Whipple. The Old Guard pro-
ceeded to the carriages, and at 1915
o'clock commenced the march down Fifth
avenue. Both sides of the avenue were
crowded with people. who waved their
hats and applauded loudly as the pres dents
carriage passed. On all side streets from
Central park down to the reviewing stand
on TWenty-fOurth street the different III .li-
tary companies and civic organizations
were formed. The carriages containing the
president and cabinet were followed by
battalion of $50 police. The United States
naval brigade came next with the engineer
corps, which consisted of $50 men. The
Second regiment, N. Y. S. N. G., then fell
into line. together with a detachment OF
Massachusetts volunteer militia. These
were followed by the Seventh, Eighth.
Twelfth, Eleventh and First regiments.
and the French societies., numbering 2,500
men.
THE GOVERNORS
of MASSACHUSETTS, Maine. Vermont, Con-
necticut Rhode Island. New Jersey, New
York, Maryland, and their statfs. together
with the United States judges, entered car
riages at the Windsor hotel and fell into
line behind the French associations. After
these followed divisions. made up of
mayors and officials from the various cities.
visiting policemen and tremen, veterans
of 1912, the Grand Army posts. the Volun-
teer FIremen's association, knights OF
Pythias. of Indiana, numbering $50 men,
Odd Fellows, and other organizations.
The president reached the reviewing stand
at Madison square at 10:40 O'Clock. He
was greeted with hearty cheers as he drove
down the avenue and drew up in front of
the stand. Secretary Bayard rode in the
carriage with him. After the president
had taken his place on the reviewing
stand the members of
THE FRENCH DELEGATION
were presented to him. Most of the space
in the stand was reserved for the French
guests. They were headed by M. Bar
tholdl, Count De Lesseps. Admiral Jaures,
Gen. Peliscer, Col. Depusy, NJ. Bagol, Col.
d. Eusedat and Lieut.. Villegert. The
French delegation was in charge OF Capt.
Ferdinand Levy, Capt. Schillinger, Lieut..
Waltze and Col Collins. Among other
distinguished guests on the reviewing stand
were Gen. Sheridan and his staff, Col.
Sheridan, Col Kellogg and Col. Blunt,
Gov. Hill, accompanied by Lieut.. Gov.
Jones and his staff. Judges Brown and
Benedict, of the supreme court, and Gen.
Rnfus Ingalls,. The crowd on Madison
square when the president reached the
reviewing stand was vast, and the side
streets were choked with humanity, and
Broadway was clogged with vehicles and
street cars above and below the intersec-
ton of the line of march. When Gov.
Hill mounted the platform there were
cheers, but when
BARTHOLDI, THE SCULPTOR, APPEARED,
and was easily recognized by the mass.
who had seen his portrait on the pro-
gra,nmes and in the illustrated papers,
shout went up from those nearest the stand.
The cry of ''BartholdiP' was then caught
up on both the reviewing and grand stands;
the crowds on the avenue curbings. up and
down, heard the name and passed it to the
people in the park and side streets. until
the heavy air was shaken with roar OF
cheering that must have gladdened the
heart of the AlSatian, who bowed and
bowed his acknowledgements. And then
in carriages, drawn to the rear OF the stand
came President Cleveland and his party.
Instantly he was recognized, and again the
crowds shook the welkin with their shouts,
and from the housetOps and the windows OF
the nearby hotels came shouts and the
sounds of clapping hands to swell the roar
Of sound that like wave broke over the
park, and foated down the streets and
along the avenue where, in the misty dis
tance north, the trappings OF the column
was seen just moving on It's course. Inc
signal service operator OF tne twenty
eighth street station made known the
facts TO the throngs by waving hag, anu
THE PRESSURE INCREASED
toward the avenue and the people became
packed more closely. if it were possible.
The formation of the marine part of the
parade began on the Hudson river opposite
West Forty fifth street at an early hour,
but owing to the foggy weather it was
nearly o'clock before the signal gun was
fired. At this time there were probably 100
vessels drawn up in two divisions, the first
composed of large steamers, and the second
of tugs and smaller vessels. Some OF these
were beautifully decorated with flags and
bunting. 1t was after o'clock when the
signal gun TO start was fired. On the re-
viewing stand President Cleveland was
presented with three handsome baskets of
flowers, the gift of young ladies in the city.
AS the various military and civic organlza-
tions passed they saluted by dropping their
colors, and the president responded by lift
ing his hat. Nearly every band in passing
played the ''Marsellaise, the French
national hymn. AS soon as the procession
had passed President Cleveland and party
were driven to the North river and were
taken on board the Dispatch:
The music that was played while the Off
cials and guests were assembling on Bedloe's
island this afternoon was followed by sig
nal gun that announced the