Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-20

nOOr. The appearance of Mr. Morton was
recognized by fiutter of feminine ap
parel, but decornm initiated against any
denomination of joy and gladness on the
part of the sterner sex. The vice presi-
dent was escorted to position in the east
ern corner of the hall, and the reception
was at once inaugurated. The guests
passed over the floor in procession, being
first introduced to the managers, then to
the committee of arrangements. next to the
patronesses and finally, after running this
gauntlet, to the vice president and distin-
guished guests.
Seating the Distinguished Guests.
At the conclusion of the reception and
which continued until nearly IL o'clock
the vice president was escorted to the loge
on the immediate right of the stage. and
the remainder of the distinguished guests
followed in thisI order: The members of
President Harrison's cabinet headed by
Secretary Foster and Postmaster General
Wanamaker: Speaker Charles F. Crisp and
party, Chief Justice Melville E Fuller and
party, the associate justices of the supreme
court. Boxes III to VI We're occupied by
Governors Reynolds, of Delaware Patti
son of Pennsylvania, Bulkeley of Connecti-
cul, Russell of Massachusetts, and Brown
of Maryland. The reception committee
held the fort in box n and had as neigh
bors Governors Flower, of New York, Holt
of North Carolina, and Brown of Rhode
Island Box s had been assigned to ex-
President Rutherford b. Hayes, but up to
late hour this distinguished guest had
failed to put in an appearance.
In the Lady Managers Box.
There were some dazzling toilets in the
adjoining box which had been allotted to
the board of lady managers, and in which
Mrs. Potter Palmer, president of the board,
was at times conspicuous. The visiting
members of the diplomatic corps, the local
directors and the members of the national
commission was nearby neighbors of the
ladies, and beyond these, twenty-five con-
secutively numbered boxes were occupied
by the executives of states previously un-
provided for, commencing with Governor
Page, of Verment, and concluding with
Governor Markham, of California. All of
the chief executives were accompanied either
by their staffs or members of their re-
spective families.
On with the Dance.
After the reception considerable time was
occupied by the managers in arranging the
floor for the opening quadrille, and it was
after II O'Clock when the strains of the cor
net, violin, and harp summoned the devo-
tees of the Terpsichorean art to the center
of the floor to inaugutate tripping of the
light fantastic toe. The dancing programme
was long, and the sentiment of the gather
ing was evidently
Let joy be unconfued.
10 sleep till morn when youth and pleasure
meet
And it was well along in the Wee sma'
hours ayont the twa" before the jewellers
sought their homes and the rest necessary
for continuance of the festival in other
directions. An elaborate supper was a
feature of the nights entertainment
Some of the NotabIes Present.
The list of distinguished guests included
the secretaI of state, Assistant Secretary
a. b. Nettl on, Assistant Secretary Oil
yer n. SpaulIing, the secretary of war,
Major General John VI. Schofield, the sec
retary of the interior. Superintendent of
the Census II. p. Porter, Attorney General
William HI. II. Miller. Chief Justice Full
Ter, Justices Field, Harlan, Gray, Blatch-
ford, Lamar and Brown; Mr.. Layley, attor-
ney general of Nova Scotia; Arnold Scnei-
der, consular agent of Belgium; James III.
Pierce, director of the Toronto exhibition;
n. Awrey, NJ. p; Henry Wade, sec
retary Worlds Columbian exposi-
ton for Ontario; Mr.. and Mrs.
Wiener, wife and niece of the commissioner
from Cape of Good Hope; United States
Consul Estes: Commissioner Ward. of
Jamaica; Mexican Minister Romero; Senior
Don Miguel Sabarradias. secretary of the
Mexican legation: Hon, Tsunejiro Multe-
do, of Japan: General Zaltahhi, consul gen
eral of Turkey; Don Manuel Muntedo sec
Leitch, Chelsea, South Wales; Baron Won
Budenfest, of Germany: Hon. Zeislor Vein
schenk, and many others of national and
reputation.
Sensation in the Ball Room.
One of the incidents of the ball that
considerable excitement early in the
evening was report that Senator John
Sherman hau suffered a stroke of apoplexy,
and that he had been carried from the ball
room in a dying condition. The report so
far as Senator Sherman was concerned was
untrue, and arose from the fact that Hoyt
brother of the senator from Des
Moines, Ia, did suffer slight attack of
apoplcxy while seated in the gallery of the
ball room. He almost fell from his chair
He was carried from the ball room to the
room of one of the guests on the lower floor
and medical aid summoned, and it was soon
learned that the attack was not of a serious
nature. Mr.. Sherman recovered in half an
hour and returned to the ball room.
THE GREAT CIVIC PARADE.