St. Paul daily globe., 1893-04-30
ONLY NEEDS The sun
Chicago, Despite the Bleak
Wind, Warmly Welcomes
Her Guests.
Thousands Of Men Employed
in Preparing for the
Opening,
Which Will Compare Favor
ably With That Of Other
1Expositions.
Only Fair Weather Needed to
Make Mondays Cepemo-
nies Historic.

MES HISTORIC.
CHICAGO, April 29.-Tbe day has
been chill and dreary in the worlds
fair city, but it has not been bleak
enough to chill the generous welcome
that the people of Chicago extended to
President Cleveland and the Duke de
Veragua, the lIneal descendant of the
great Columbus. Despite the north
west winds that swept through the
streets. laden at times with binding
rain, thousands of people assembled at
the various points OF interest to do hon.
age to the distinguished arrivals of the
day. But an hour or two separated
the time of reception Of the Duke
and President Cleveland and eacn was
he visited throughout the day. The
president sought all the seclusiOn pOssi-
BILE, and departed somewhat from the
programme by taking hurried visit
with his cabinet to the worlds fair
grounds, instead of viewing the parade
that had been arranged in honor of the
distinguished visitors OF the day. The
duke, from the time of his arrival,
placed himself entirely at the disposal
of his hosts, and was the recipient of
Great Attention All Day.
responding invariably with the uniform
courtesy and inetfahle grace that dis
tinguish the mobiles of the Castilian
race. The president and his cabinet
seemed inclined to reserve their forces
for the ordeal which Monday must in
evltably bring, while the duke seemed
ANXIOUS to repay the hospitality Of his
hosts by responding to every suggestion
made for his entertainment. When the
day closed the visitors. as we'll as the
reception committees, must have been
heavy with fatigue, but Sunday will
give all an opportunity to to recuperate
for the opening exercises of the 1st of
May.
Equally impressive among the events
of the day were the ceremonies attend
ing the installation of the historic old
Liberty bell of Philadelphia, in the tower
OF the Pennsylvania building at the
worlds fair. Thousands of people wit
messed the ceremonies as the huge bell
was placed in the rotunda under the big
tower, which is an exact reproduction
of that historical old tower of Independ-
ence hall at Philadelphia. where the
bell tolled out the declaration of free
dom and defiance III years ago. To-
morrow will be marked by no significant
events. The president and his cabinet
WIFI Rest During the Day.
and will drive throughout the parks in
the afternoon. The Duke de Veragua
and his party will attend mass at the
Holy Family church, May and West
Twelfth streets, at 10:30 o'clock tomor-
row forenoon. Mgr. SatOlli is expected
to be here and celebrate poDtifcal mass.
Elaborate preparations have been made
by the priests of the parish for the re-
caption of the DISTINGUISHED worship
erS. The interior of the edifice about
the altar has been festoOned with sweet
smelling flowers, and the whole will
be brilliantly Illuminated. The iucal
party will occupy space reserved for
them Immediately in front OF the altar
railing. Many clergymen from the other
III lIC City VIII
participate in the services if Mgr. Sa-
TOLL consents to officiate.
A general review of the existing con-
dition of affairs at the worlds fair thir-
ty-siX houIS before it shall have been
declared to the public. warrants the as
serti0n that by the hour of noon Mon
day the exposition will compare very
favorably with the centennial and the
Paris exposition on their opening days,
when the magnitude of this enterprise
is considered. The snow, rain, and
Cyclonic winds
of the past two weeks have greatly re-
tarded outside work of all kinds. The
landscape gardeners, painters and those
employed in the development of the
grounds have worked for day now
and have accomplished wonders. Their
efforts have been directed mainly to-
wards the improvement of the plaza
surrounding the administration build
ing. The lawns have been planted,
potted plants have been placed on ped
estals, and the flower gardens have
been improved in many ways. The
fountains, bridges and fences along the
walks have been painted white. Over
provements of roads. Hundreds of
teams were spreading crushed stone or
carrying away debris, with another
force of men with rales and hoes level
ing and smoothing the roads.
For the proper setting forth of the
exhibits much remains to be done. OF
all the big buildings it can be said,
however, that the deficiencies will not
be sufficiently great or serious to de-
tract from the general appearance of
the displays. The work of preparation
went forward today with a rush. Hun
dreds of car loads and wagon loads ar
rived at the different buildings and
were disposed of i'll surprisingly rapid
manner. The only building to be Wis
tied by President Cleveland on Monday
is manufacturers hall, and as the
officials are desirous of putting it in
The Best Possible shape.
they gave it entire attention during the
day. Tomorrow evening the work of
installation will be discontinued until
after the opening exercises, and the ex-
hlbltOrs will devote their time to clear
ing up. All exhibits not ready for in
spection will be covered. With few eX-
ceptions Columbia aisle, the main pass.
sage of the great building, will be ready
for show. Order has come out of the
chaos which existed in the building ten
days ago, and the elaborate paviIions
over the forms of ponderous mechanism
areTn proper condition for Monday. The
mine and transportation buildings will
be in better condition to receive visitors
Monday than any others on the groud.
The government building is in excellent
shape. The painting on the exterior
has been completed, and the scaffolding
was taken down today. The lnstalla-
ton of exhibits will be completed to-