The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-10-20
on THE cnIoAao RIVER.


bridges over the Chicago river and the
ships in the stream are resplendent with
decorations. Of all the downtown streets
State street is the gayest. There most
of the merchant princes have their
stores, and the display is scorrespondingly
fine.
The Banquet mt the Auditorium.
Chicagos Auditorium, the greatest
assembly hall on the continent discovered
by Christopher Columbus, was anlaZe
with light and beauty last night Lovely
women were there, in toilets that would
put to shame the greatest creations of
Worth, And there were men who have
made their imprint on the history of
this and other nations-statesmen dip
1omats and warriors, merchant princes,
men OF letters and of law, of science and
of art Patriotism was the animatiye
motive of the occasion and the event,
for the assemblage was essentially
private affair. So far as the official pro-
gramme of dedication week was CON
cerned it had no recognition beyond the
formal endorsement of the committee on
ceremonies of the Worlds Columbian
exposition, an endorsement that carried
with it neither financial liability or re-
sponsibility. thousand or more of tho
leading citizens of Chicago were the
hosts, two thousand or more Of dis
tinguished women and men of the civil
ICED nations of the earth the guests.
II was a scene Of almost indeseribable
brilliancy that presented itself to the
vision of the vice president Of the United
States, when, at half past o'clock, lean
ing upon the arm Of President H. N.
Higinbotham, of the Worlds fair d.
rectory, he appeared on the floor of the
MI ha ,NfA AT,
ton was recognized by flutter of fem
inlne apparel, but decorum initiated
against any demonstration of joy and
eladness on the part of the men. The
vice president was escorted to position
In the eastern corner of the hall and the
reception was at once organized The
guests passed over the floor in pro-
cession, being first introduced to this
managers, then TO the committee of ar
Tangements, next to the patronesses and
finally to the vice president and distin-
guished guests.
A Distinguished AssembIage.
At the conclusion of tho reception.
which continued until nearly II 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 this order; The mem.
bers of President Harrison's cabinet,
headed by Secretary Foster and Post
Charles f. Crisp and party, Chief JUS
tice Melville E. Fuller and party, the as
sociats justices of the supreme court.
Boxes II to NJ were occupied by Gov
ernors Reynolds of Delaware, Pattison
of Pennsylvania, Abbott of New Jersey,
Bulkeley of Connecticut, Russell of
Massachusetts,, and Brown of Maryland.
The reception committee held the fort in
box N and had as neighbors Governors
Flower of New York, Holt of North
Carolina, and Brown Of Rhode Island.
Box has been assigned to Ex-President
Rutherford B. Hayes, but the ex-presi-
dent failed to put III an appearance,
There were some dazzling toilets in
the adjoining box, which had been al
Soted to the board Of lady managers, and
II which Mrs. Potter Palmer, president
of the board, was at times conspicuous.
The visiting members of the diplomatic
corps, the local directors and the MEM
bers OF the national commission were
nearby neighbors of the ladies, and be-
yond these twenty-five consecutive num-
berea boxes were occupied by the execu-
tives of states previously unprovlded for,
commencing with Governor Page of
Vermont, and concluding with Governor
Markham of California. All of the chief
executives were accompanied either by
their stats or members of their respec-
tive families. Conspicuous in the tier of
boxes were Governors Mckinley of Ohio,
Boies OF Iowa. Peck of Wisconsin, and
Boyd of Nebraska.
After the reception considerable time
was occupied by the managers in arrang.
ing the floor for the opening quadrills,
and 1t was after II O'clock when the
strains of the eornet, violin and harp
summoned the devotees of the terpsk,
chorean art to the center Of tho floor to
inaugurate a tripping of the light fan
tastic toe. The festivities terminated at