St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-04
pAN-AMERlCAN JUNKErERs
From the Sister Cont
nent Begin Their Forty Days

nent Begin Their Forty Days
Trip.
New YORK, Oct. S.-The Pan-Ameri
can excursion train reached Jersey City
at 3:l5 O'Clock this afternoon, having
been delayed by hot boxes. The rnn
as far as Baltimore was unmarked by
any notable event. One Of the attaches
of the Congress had been assigned to-
each of the cars composing the train,
and these gentlemen used their best
efforts to make the statesmen gathered
together from the confines OF the two,
continents acquainted with one another
Their efforts were attended with great
success, and by the time Balti-
more was reached the dele
gates were chatting together in
groups. expressing their hopes and
anticipations for the trip, and comment
ing upon the appearance of the country
through which the train was running.
The day was clear and cool, a tinge of
frost fingered in the air from over
night, the naples had begun to turn
scarlet, and altogether the scene, famil-
lar enough to American eyes, presented
a charmingly novel effect to the great
mass of the delegates who come from
tropical and semi-trOpical climates, and
are accustomed to the sight OF the
spring cactus, and the dark, but ever
green foliage of the South American
Jungles. Soon after the start 1t was
discovered that Mr.. Henderson, the
chairman of the United States delega-
ton. was not Oh the train. He had
been left at the station, but by taking
an express train managed to catch
his colleagues at Baltimore, where
DIR. Sternberg was also taken
on the special train. This would not
have been possible had not delay &C.
Cured through the necessity for cutting
off the sleeping car Russia. As the
party was somewhat smaller in number
than had been expected it was possible
to cut off one car and render the train
lighter without disseminating the eX-
cursionists. At this point it was also
discovered that the new engine which
had been provided to haul the train
over the entire route had heated bear
ing. A short time was spent in an inef-
fectual effort to get this in order, when
another engine was substituted and the
train proceeded on its way. The new
engine win pick up the train later in
| the day. Secretary Proctor oc-
cupied seat in the car Columbus,
| having decided at the last moment to &C
! company the party as far as West Point,
where he will view the military parades.
TheIe have been some changes in the
! list Of eXcursiOnists. The delegates
from the Argentine Republic were alb
| sent. MesSIs. EStee and Hanson. Amer
lean delegates, who had intended to
| join the party later OH, concluded to
| embark at Washington. Delegates
| Pereira, of Brazil; Navarro and Liman-
tour. of Mexico; Guzman, OF Nicaragua,
| and Adrade, of Venezuela, who are
set down as of the party, declined to
| 90 at the last moment. 1t appears that
MANY of the delegates to the congress.
presu mably unacquainted with the lux
urious surroundings and cOnveniences
of the modern American palace car,
were fearful of the fatigues in store for
| them during tour of forty days.
A PRESENTATION AT WEST POINT.
There was stop of half an hour at
Jersey City. where Mr.. Estee, one of
| the United States delegates, left the
party to 90 to California. He will
rejoin the company later at
| Omaha. Adjt. Gen. Hastings, of
Pennsylvania, was taken aboard and
the train pulled out for West
Point at 4:10 O'clock. The train drew
| up at West Point station at 5 o'clock,
having made the run of fOrty-Seven
miles in fifty minutes. The party, after
| arrival at the station, were driven at
once to point of advantage for ObSer-
walton of the parade ground, where the
cadets were at parade rest, and ready
for battalion drill. A salute was
fired in honor of Secretary of War
Proctor, who. with Supt. Wilson and
the entire party of eXcursiOnists. were
grouped on the turf at the edge of the
field. The perfect autumn day was.
closing as the evOlutiOns were finished,
and the visitors took their way
to Grant hall, where the paint
ings Of Gems. Grant, Sherman
and Sheridan were to be presented to
the post by Gen. Horace Porter in be-
half of George W. Childs, of Philadel-
phia. Inside the hall the cadets were
placed standing in the rear. and the
platform was occupied by the secretary
Commander Chadwick, of the York
town, the post commandment, Col. Viii
son and the academic and military stats.
Within the three great embraSures of
the wall behind the platform hung the
PORTRAITS TO BE PRESENTED,
yelled with silken flags. Post Chaplain
Rev. DR.. w. M. Posthethwaite opened
the ceremonies with prayer. at the close
of which, at the tap of a drum, the
Silken flags fell from the three llfe-Slze
| portraits, and the military band played
Hail Columbia" Inc portrait of Gen.
/ Gran. is in the center of the trio. that
of Gen. Sheridan hanging on the iels
and that of Gen. Sherman on the right.
Gen. Horace Porter, being presented,
delivered eulogy of Grant, Sheridan
and Sherman and formally presented
their portraits. Col. John NJ. Wilson,
the superintendent at West Point. then,
in graceful speech, accepted the por-
traits in behalf of the academy. In
closing, Col. Wilson thanked the donor
of the paintings, George W. Childs
Brief addresses were made by Secretary
of War Proctor and Gen. Sherman, and
the Rev. DIR. Brown, of New York,
closed the ceremonies with the bene-
diction. The gunbOat, Yorktown, lies
in the river, and will convey the visit
ing party to New York tomorrow. A
reception was held tonight by the SUI
nerinte ndent of the post. Col, Wilson.