Evening journal., 1889-05-02
DELAWARE nome.
The Prominent Part Taken in
the Great Event.
GOV. BIGGs A PROMINENT FIGURE
The Delaware Boys March weII-Those
who Were There from this state-A
Brilliant DispIay-TwO Accidents.
Home again.

Home again
That is what the band played as the
special train carrying Delaware's contin
gent to the New York Centennial pulled
into the Pennsylvania railroad station at
gao this morning The train carried the
Delaware troops, members Of the Legis-
lature and Governors staff. The Will
mington boys dismounted and passed be-
fore Colonel Marshall that officer tipping
his hat as they passed by which the boys
responded to by hearty cheer The
down state troops went on their way
home with cheers from the Wilmington
boys.
When the train arrived at Jersey City
on Monday, last it was nearly o'clock.
The ferry was crossed, the troops going
directly TO the armory, and the Legisla-
ture and Governors staff to the Grand
Central Hotel, where rooms had already
been assigned the party on the second
foor of that magnificent hotel. The
soldier boys were warmly welcomed by
the gallant Sixty ninth Regiment at the
armory and the attention received by the
boys was lavish. There was not regi-
ment in New York that was treated bet
ter than the Delaware boys and great
many Jared worse.
4 ne Rftdb DaUQutl III bnb EQulIdDAH
building on Monday afternoon was at
tended by Governor Biggs, Senator Hig
gins and Judge Grubb. The Governor
was not down on the list for speech,
but he finally made one and when he had
completed it he was the star Of the occa
sion. About dozen had spoken and all
the speeches were full Of humor and sew
eral witty remarks had been made about
Tof ~ t1o,s Il Hry
Depew at the suggestion of Judge
Grubb, Governor Biggs was called for
and his flashes of wit and humor caught
| the banqueters before he had uttere
half-a-dozen sentences and when he had
concluded it was universally aclznowl-
edged that he had made the best speech
of the afternoon, even knocking out that
prince of after-dinner speakers, Depew.
At the conclusion the banqueters crowded
around the Governor to shake him by the
| hand.
| Delaware was represented at the grand
ball in the evening by Governor Biggs and
wife, General kenney. Judge Ball, Mayor
| Harrington, Colonel Hickman, and the
EVENING JOURNAL representative The
crowd was simply tremendous and it can
only be described as a gigantic failure.
Judge Ball and Mayor Harrington were
introduced to Mrs. William w. Astor one
of the ladies who danced IL the opening
quadrille.
A great many Of the legislative party
went to see "Eadiy while others did
the town.
General Kenney had made excellent
arrangements for the party at the Grand
Central but the bedrooms were full tc
overlooking, owing to the fact that the
hotel became the headquarters for nearly
everybody from Delaware, and they piled
in regardless When the JOURNAL mar
struck his room about a. m, Tuesday
morning, he found eight persons already
in it, occupying two beds and three cots
Everybody went to see the military
parade Tuesday. Delaware's party wer,
eligibly located on section M Of th
grand reviewing stand Early in tn
morning the Governors staff was arount
and with their snowy uniforms made
decidly good appearance.
The hotel was alive with uniforms
Among the other organizations stopping
there were the First Cleveland CITY
Troop, the Ancient and Honorable Artil
lery of Massachusetts, and the officers
of the Ohio regiments The Massa-
chusetts organization had the mos
varied uniforms of any organization
The company was organized in 1888 and
every man in it is commissioned officer
and to become member one must present
his family tree in order to prove that his
ancestors come over on the Mayfiower
These men and the Delaware boys soo1
became friends and General Kenney wa:
presented with a handsome gold badg,
by the members A number of the mem
bers of the Old Guard of New York alsC
called on the Delaware boys, and on
visit to their armOry General Kenne,
was presented with the handsome golC
badge of that organization.
There is one thing that was bound to
make the heart of every Delawareal
proud who viewed the part Delawar,
took in the grand military parade OF
Tuesday, and that was the grand display
made by this state, the position of tn,
troops in line, the attention they received
and the continuous ovation given from
one end of the route to the other. All the
New York papers had some good word tC
say for the Governor, the troops and
for Hyatt band. After the regulars haC
passed the reviewing stand Their
was a space between them and tn
National Guard. From point near tn,
presidential reviewing stand one coul,
see wild fiutter OF handkerchiefs greet
ing Delaware's Governor As he ap
preached President Harrison his long
white locks, beaming countenance, white
horse and robust figure, all combined t
make him striking figure. Senator Hig
gins was one of the first on the re
viewing stand to salute the Governor. TIL,
President for once during the day brok
from his usual stolid cast of feature
into broad smile and every man of tn
party raised his hat in acknowledge
ment of Governor Biggs's sweeping bow
The crowd on the reviewing stand STOOD
up and broke out into cheer after cheer
Following the Governor on white horse
came Adiutant General Kenney looking
} every inch the soldier and probably
the proudest man in the lot fo
1t was TO him more than to any other on
man that Delaware had scored such
brilliant triumph, General Armstrong
Colonels Cooper, Newell Layfeld. HicB
man, McCabe, Records, Hart and Stevens
Sergeants Quinn and Kinney. Colone
Whteley was on the staff of Geners
Schoheld, the cOmmander-in-c chief for th
day. Following the staff came Hyatt
band in their deep blue uniforms. tina
attracted attention to them and won ar
plause from one end of the line TO til
other. The band held up its end we
and discoursed frst-class music. At tb
hotel in the evening they played for tw
hours and won much applause.
) Colonel Marshall led the troops and hi
handsome and soldierly appearance al
tracteo the attention of the reviewers
Then came the nine companies of ii