Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-05-12

vehicle containing National Commissioners
P A. B. Widener, of Pennsylvania, and
Bradley R. Smalley, of Vermont, with
Directors Thomas B. Bryan and James W.
riage were Commissioners Corton W. Allen
and George H. Barbour. Directors
Charles Henrotin and William B.
Kerfoot. Next to them rode Commissioners
Groner and Hodges, Directors Ketcham
and Lawrence. The fourth and fifth
carriages were also jointly occupied by
commissioners and local directors while in
the sixth the Director General and Director
o Works, George R. Davis and d. II. Burn
lam, rode vis-a-vis. 1t was the seventh car
riage, however. that brought out the enthu-
siasm of the onIookers. In it, his face toward
the south, sat the President Of tie United
States, and on the opposite seat Presidents
T. W. Palmer, of the Worlds Columbian
Commission. and H. n. Higinbotham, of the
Worlds Columbian Exposition. Vice-Presi-
dent Stevenson rode with two Worlds Fair
ex-Presidents, Lyman J. Gage and William
I. Parker, Secretary Gresham rode with Ma
tiOnal Commissioner Davidson B. Penn, Sec
rotary Carlisle with George V. Massey, Of
Delaware, Secretary Herbert with Charles
II. Schwab, Secretary HOke Smith with J. ".
St. Clair, of West Virginia, and finally Secre-
tary Morton with Director Fl. B. Stone.
The American contingent having thus led
the way. the third or foreign division was
inaug urated with the fourteenth carriage
the First Vice-President of the Commission,
Ex-Governor Waller of Connecticut, the First
Vice-President of the Exposition, Ferd. W.
Peck, and Commander Dickins of the United
States Army The fair sex appeared for the
first time in the vehicle that followed, the
Duchess of veragua being escorted by
Mrs. Potter Palmer, who did the honors as
President of the Board of Lady Managers, and
by Mrs. Dickins, wife of the Commander. In
the sixteenth carriage were the Marquis de
BarboleS, son of the Duke and Duchess, NJ.
H. De Young, Commissioner from California,
and Second ce-President ofthe Commission,
and Robert A. Waller, Ofthe Board of Directors
In the seventeenth were the Honorables Chris
tobel Aguilera and Marie Del Pillar Colon v
Aguilera, son and daughter of the Duke and
Spanish Commissioner Thomas G. Guttfres
In the eighteenth the Hon Pedro Colon v
Bertenado and Carlos Aguilera. with the Mar
quis Villa la Obor, and Director Charles L.
Hutchinson. The ducal party was succeeded
by carriages occupied by Ambassador to Eng
land Thomas F. Bayard and ex-Minister to
Belgium Lambert Tree, Major General Miles
and aides. Admiral Gherardi and aides. and
Governor AltgeId. The carriage of Mayor
Harrison, who was accompanied bv three
members of the Board Of Aldermen, brou light
up the extreme rear.
As the procession moved southwark on
Michigan avenue, thence along Grand Boule-
ward to Ftfty-first street, thence through
South Park by way of Bayard avenue TO
Palmer avenue, entering the Midway
Plaisance through the western gateway,
making short detour in order to avoid the
Ferris wheel. and then resuming the broad
promenade to the entrance gate, it was
attended by an almost unbroken diapason OF
cheering.
Less than On hour had been occupied in
the journey from the starting point, and the
triumphant entree within the great white city
was now in order. As the head of the column