The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-29
UNDER OUR FLAG.
4 Grand Banquet Given in
London.
Worlds Fair Commissioners 10 Europe
Return British HOSpitalitieS.
Eble Address by Minister Lincoln YiSGOunt
Cross Assures the Cordial CO-OpeTa-
tiOl Of Great Britain.


LONDON, July 2S.-The Foreign Commits
sioners Of the Columbia Fair ended their
stay in England to-day in a blaze of glory
with luncheon at the Savoy Hotel. The
banquet was attended by company of dis
tinguished guests seldom collected beneath
the roof. The whole hotel was devoted to
the use of the Americans and their friends.
From the summit of the building waved an
enormous American flag. The reception
and dining rooms were festooned with
British and American colors and beautifully
decorated with flowers, plants and flags.
Over eighty guests assembled at the
luncheon, including United States Minister
Robert Lincoln. Viscount Cross, Sir Richard
Webster, Sir Edwin Arnold, Calvin S. Brce,
Sir John Fender, Sir Charles Tupper,
Robert S. Mccormick and Sir Henry Wood.
Ex-Congressman Butterworth presided.
The toasts ''The President of the United
States" and ''The Queen" were drunk with
great enthusiasm. The Commissioners.
Messrs. ButteIwOrth, Peck and Handy,
made the most automatically Worded
speeches, returning thanks for the hospi-
tality accorded them and clearly explaining
the objects and intentions of the fair.
Minister Lincoln made a lengthy speech,
assuring foreign exhibitors that the United
States would use every endeavor to faeiH-
tate their exhibits, concluding with the re-
mark: Chicago has never vet failed in any
puhllc undertaking and never will"
Nlscount Cross, Secretary of State for
India, in happy speech said England was
heartily and entirely with the United States
in This matter aud would do everything pos
si6le to insure the best representation not
only OF herself but oil her colonies. As Wis
count Cross is a great friend of the Queen,
his utteTances it Is said beyond doubt have
been authorized by the Government. Many
other prominent personages were among
the speakers, and letters OF regret were read
from Chauncey NJ. Depew and Hon. w. E.
Gladstone. The latter expressed the hope
In his letter that the fair would tend TO ma
terially advance commercial intercourse be-
tween the nations.
The committee starts for Paris tomorrow.
During their stay in France they will be
received by the Chamber of Commerce.
Will be banqueted in the Elffel Tower by
the Franco American Society, and will at
tend several other receptions given in their
honor.
The banquet was in reciprocation of En-
gilSh hospitality. as the banquet was ten
uered by the American Foreign Committee
to the British Worlds Fair Commissioners
and others.
WASHINGTON, July 2s-In the State of
Mlnas-Geraes, Brazil, the American Com
missioner for the Worlds Fair has been
everywhere favOraOy and enthusiastically
received. IN the city of San jose del Rey it
Was proposed to construct n cascade of
Brazilian crystals which are so abundant in
that region, to form part of the exhibition
OF the Brazilian section at the Columbian
Exposition.
CHICAGO, July 2S.-The Worlds Fair Di-
rectorS to-day leased a right of way that
will enable every railroad in Chicago 10
enter the exposition grounds This kills
the Illinois Central monopoly of exposition
traffic and puts the Directors ou a footing
where they can afford to dictate terms for
traffic,