St. Paul daily globe., 1893-08-27

DR.. Carlos Martinez Silva
Keponds-Other News of the
Flour City.
a bright. genial day greeted the.
foreign visitors yesterday on the occa-
sion of their visit to the Flour City. At
10 O'Clock two special ears were placed
at the disposal of the party by the Twin
, City Transit company to convey them
| to Minneapolis.
The mayor and committeeman reached
i the Ryan from Minneapolis short time
| in advance of the hotf set, and the few
minutes were spent in introductioHs.
| Commissioner W. E.. Curtis present
ing to the committeeInen The mere
prominent of his purFy, aud
the mayor introducins-2h.s COM
! mitteemen individually. Anung Tue
| latter, beside the mayor We're Capt. j.
c. Reno. president of the board OF
| trade; Frank II. Forbes. secretary or
f, the Business union: Col. C.. Nee. Reeve,
secretary of the worlds fair cominis-
sion: John Washburn, of the Washburn
| Mill company, and Z. w. Wildt, chair
man OF the Scandinavian committee of
reception. Citizens of St. Paul aided in
/ the presentation. and on the part of the
| state officials Secretary Tams BixDy and
w. Ii. Angel, of Gov. Nelson's staff.
I The ride to Minneapolis was like the
many to which visitors to the metropo-
/ lis OF the Northwest have been treated.
but was full of interest and incident.
The committeeman and Mayor Eustis
! mingled with the party and pointed ont
objects of interest. In half of the time
OF the whole trip his honor had shown
! to his guests that he had a personal in
terest in each and every country, repre-
senting the whole civilized world.
Long before the hour set for the ar
rival of the distinguished party people
| began assembling at the chamber of
commerce, which was the scene of the
reception, and when Mayor Eusts,
! President Reno. of the board OF trade,
and T. l.. Greenleaf, eX-president of the
chamber, entered the building in escort
, of the party, the hail and gal
| lery were filled with an expect
ant and awaiting throng. The
reception was decidedly Informal. The
Va tiiC CliuluOCl was tCfilO
rarilv suspended, but trading in the pit
! was Resumed as soon as the speaking
was ever ami almost before the visitors
had left the room. With Tie exception II
OF the walls, the barrenness of which
/ was relieved by decorations Of the stars
, and stripes. the national coat OF arms
! and the flags of seventeen different
nations represented in the party, the
chamber presented its usual sombre and
buSineSS-like appearance. :.
The party arrived at tho chamber at
10:45 a. ILL.,, aud were at once conveyed
TO the wheat pit, where. without need
| less ceremony, Z. A. :PiliSbury, presi-
dent of the chamber of commerce, pro.
ceeded to deliver a afelicitOas address OF
welcome. He spoke first of The growth
and greatness OF Minueapolis-of its
-four, grain and lumber interests-de.
ciaring that he had Travelled great deal,
bu: had never seen q city whose people,
rich and poor, were better housed. "Ou
your visit" said he, 80 the country
lying yonder to the. west of US. you viii
iiud a soil SO fertile that it needs only t.
be tickled to produce a b0untiful crop,
and climate that is simply perfect
with occasional exceptions. Laughter
and applause. Itgives me great pleas.
lure to welcome you, the more SO be
| S"uoO VIC olo d EpSliOpOlItdH peOpi6
Ihe blood of ali.EurQpe-is in our veins
and if the theories of Scientists are true
we. will soon produce race whose feats
Will excel those OF all other peoples"
The response on behalf of the com
mlSSlonerS was made by DR.. Carlos Mar.
tipeZ Silva, commissioner general and
president ot the Columbian commission
When the applause that greeted DIR
Silva's effort had died away. Mayor
EustiS called for Capt. Magnus Ander-
son, the sllnburn6d commander of the
viking, whose journey to America wa:
IN every ones mouth few weeks ago
The captain stepped forward, receiving
all ovation as he did so, and made
brief response In good Ehglish.
This concluded the programme at tht
chamber. The foreigners devoted
few minutes to inspecting tue various
samples Of wheat on exhibition, the fin,
color of the plump, hard berries bringln;
forth many eXciamationS of surprise
, and then the sightseeing part of TIL
days entertainment was iIaugurated
Carriages were taken at the chamber
and the guests were driven to the Wash
burn "a" mill. There the latest i'm
proved methods of flour making wer
J, / inspected. The Shevlin-Carpehle say
mill was next visited, to give the visit
Olo lHbU tilt lulllUGT
and .he inspection of the PillSbury "A
mill. which makes more flour than an
other mill Ill the world, was completed
. before lunch, which was taken at tn
| Minneapolis club.
Ihe visitors were royalty entertaina
! at the handsome and. spacious club, a
though no especially elaborate sprea
had been made, and las Mayor Eustis apt
| Iy expressed t,they were invited to tax
pot luck with the committee of enter
tainment in the regular style of tn
D members. For all that, there could
no fault found with the luncheon serve
q to the distinguished visitors from th
n many foreign lands, served in styl
! for which the chief of the club has bee
! famous.
p The committee of the chamber G
. commerce who had the entertainer
n in charge. bad ordered tables set for l0l
2 which taxed the seating capacity of tn
Q dining room to the utmost. Ever,
thing was informal. and as it wa
necessary that no precious time
wasted, there was no speaking of an
sort. The first course appeared at pr
( cisely 2 O'Clock, and the luncheon W.
n over at 8 o'clock. Then it was decide
Il to change the programme. holding r
~ ception there instead of at the West
- y the evening.
9 Mayor Eustis cleared the decks for
a a fusiiade of short speeches from the re-
Z, resentative men of the party He sa
= it was deemed that foreigners migl
g prefer to be loose IN the city at nigh
% rather than have any set entertainment
If the same as Americans do when the
10 are abroad. and rendered the freedo
~ ~ of the city and the promise of assistant
- if any of them got into trouble. II
hint was greatly enjoyed.
Senior Don Enrique Dupuy de LON
l. for Spain, who is royal commissions
h spoke of the Improvement that the CT
u ator had made in framing the ne
II world, after the experience He had hi
e in the old. For Italy, Count Detaln
,e Braza Di Savorgnan spoke eloquent
ID presented by the mayor as a. foreign
n- vino had had the good horse sen
le to marry an American. The Itali;
d, royal commissioner speaks English We
le fiuentiy, and closed with toast to mi
rt neapolis and America" which was e
as Enthusiastically drunk standing. follow