The state capital., 1892-10-29

cheeFs from The crowds that banked the iotii
corners Of tha thoroughfare. was carted ID
the vehicle.
Vice President Mqrtor. was. aeesnpsrisd bs
Presidcht r r. Palmer OF the national COM
mission, and President H. n. Higgfnbotham of
the directory. Tho vice. presidential carriage
was drawn BIZ four whit, horses. ridden by pos.
til:ions in scarlet. Over the dorrs ot. the Ger;
riags wsrs despea two of tie Finest flags that
Wefs ever made, and which came. a few dayt
ago from the mandatory of a Phila:
qspnt TaI liz r aatioaai 8 a hast s n o osl
stars sad The other an infantry stand OF
colors, a blue ground with the coat Of arms of
the United States in the center. The coat OF
arms was embroidered in the natural colors OF
the eagle. with the shield on his breast and the
e Plur.bns Tnum" pendant II hts -teaK The
silk III The Rags Was 81 Weight and texture
rarely se9f, While each was framed in heavy
god fringe and with rich cords and tassels.
Following the vice presidential carriages cari6
vehicles ia tie following order: Secretary OF
State Foster and Secretary Of the Treasury
Foster, accompanied by NJ. Fl. DsYoung f1rst
vice president OF the national commission. and
Fice-Presidant Ford W PesKof tbs ditestory.
hon steven g. Elkins, secretary OF war, arld
Hon. W; Il. Il. Miller, attorney general Hon.
john WanaIfsaEef, Postmaster generals Hon.
Hon John W Noble, secretary Of tn, interior;
Hon. jeremiah Rusk, secretary ot agriculture,
AL hcctpyirg One cartilage Melville w Full.
Ter, chisf justice of the United States supreme
court; Chief justices Blacirori and Shiras;
Supreme Justices Brown. Harlan and Bradley;
ex- Secretary of State Bayard. accompanied by
eS-Prasiaent Bsser sf the Worlds columbian
exposition; ex- President Hayes, accompanied
bv exPresident Gage of the exposition; car
vic ,+a5r he Iix1yo, H. H.
Charles f. Crisp, speaker of the house Of rep'
resentatives, atcomparled BY Mayer Wash
burhe of Chicago; members Of the senate
Of the United States; members OF the house
Of Representatives; Representatives. of the
army ard navy OF the. United States;
the governors aud their stats of all the states
and territories: Bishop Charles Fl. Fowler, D.
D. of California; his eIpinence Cardinal Glib
bops; Rev. Fl. g, ,McCook, of the First Presbyy:
teran church Of Philadelphia, Hon. Chauncey
NJ. Depew. of New York. and Henry Waiter
son, of Kentucky; Miss Harriet Monroe. Chica-
go; Mrs. Sarah c. LeMoyne, reader of the ode;
commissioners OF foreign governments to the
Worlds Columbian exposition; the consus of
foreign powers; the Worlds Columbian COM
missiopars. board Of lady managers, headed by
Mrs. Potter Palmer; presiient boardof direc-
tors of the Worlds fair: tho chiefs Of depart.
Ipents; staff offers Of the DIRECTOR Of works
the city council Of Chicago.
AT Washington park brief halt was made
while the United States troops and the visiting
militia deployed before the vice presidential
carriage. The United States soldiers. number
ing some 1900, were commanded by Brig, GEN.
Carr: In the front rank was the Seventh cav
airy, Gen. Custer's regiment. A vice presi-
Dental salute was fired upon the approach Of
the carriage occupied BY the vice. press
ident, and after the review, which
was considerably curtailed from the orig
inal programme, the troops took up
position at the head of the line and the pro-
cesson moved again to the exposition grounds,
entering in the rear Of tho women's building
Here the military. of whom there were some
Is, ,000 left the main line proper and the guests
Proceeded to the transportation buildings where
q hurried lunch was served: Two hundred thou-
sand ham and cheese sandwiches, almost as
many buttered rolls. to say nothing of tens
of thousands of plates Of salad and coffee
to total of some 1000 gallons disappeared
like chaff before a winters wind When the
inner man had thus been appeased the line of
march was resumed to the building of manu-
factures ani liberal arts Here seats had been
provided upon tho floor for 100000 participants
Every chair had it's occupant and an i'm.
mense crowd, variously estimated at from
10,O00 to 15,OC0 was fafn to be content
with standing room. The guests that had
participated in the procession were escorted to
their seats upon the platform with the utmost
dispatch, Vice President Morton being seated
directly in front with President T. W. Paine I
on his right, President Higginbotham on his
left and Cardinal Gibbons, Bishop Ireland,
Bishop Fowler, Mayor Washburne, Henry
Watterson and Chauncey M. Dapew occupyin 6
seats on either side. To the east and west
upon the same platform were seated
the members of the cabinet, the
diplomatic corps the 5Hges OF the 9hg spnFeces aeco