The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-05-09
OPENED.
The White City the Mag
net of the World.
All Chicago and Thousands
From Elsewhere Do Honor
to the Occasion
President Cleveland Delivers
the Form al Address and
Touches the Magic
Button.
A Dedicatory Poem and Ad-
dresses Made by Oistin-
guished Men and
Women.
The Missouri Building Up Witt,
the Procession and its DeGi.
catory Exercises Ex-
trem ely Interesting.

WORLDS FAIR GROUNDS, CHICAGO.
Ills, MAY Jupiter Pluviu> held
an uplifted fist over Chicago this
morning. The skies were >odden,
black and chilled. mist filled the at
mosphere.
The weathe"conditions seem not to
have yielded, at an early hour, al
least to Cleveland luck. But to Chi
cago, whose day OF history this was.
weather conditions counted for naught
and early the people were astir. The
bustling, eager, restless spirit Of the
great west is bounding to-day through
every artery OF this. its capital city.
Rain or shine, wet or dry. the people
of this prairie city were bound to be
early upon their feet, filled with the one
desire, to witness the practical inau-
guration Of their stupendous under
taking and to give it the prestige that
comes with the endorsement by popu-
lar presence.
Early as half past eight. thousands
were about the auditorium waiting
there for a glimpse of Naragua, the de
scendant of Columbus, who at that
hour emerged with his encourage
from the hotel and having entered
carriages. were driven rapidly to the
Lexington hotel. Crowds were col
lected there in dense throngs, as they
entered the hotel and during a brief
season of waiting Tor the President,
held an informal reception. Mean
time the city at large seemed heading
toward the ''White CITY by the lake.
Nine big steamers from early morning
had been plying from the Van Buren,
street wharf to the fair grounds, each
loaded with hundreds.
Every cable car was thronged to
the tail board, elevated cars groaned
with humanity. tram cars, new Y con-
structed after the pattern of COney
Island excursion cars reaped harvest.
Thousands of others drove out in car
riages. Soon after 8 o'clock Presi-
dent Cleveland and associates were
conducted to carriages, the Spanish
guests being added 10 the notable COM
panv and embarked for the lile to the
great fair.
THE BIG PARADE.
The various organizations and carri-
ages which were assigned TO positions
in the parade to escort President
Cleveland and cabinet and other
guests, gathered ip the vicinity Of
the Lexington hotel and The presidents
quarters at Michigan Avenue and
Twenty Second street.
Dense throngs of people lined the
sidewalks as far As the eye could
reach.
After hastv breakfast the presi-
dent and party with Duke De Vera
qua and other distinguished people
entered carriages and the procession
proceeded on its way TO Jackson Park
in this order:
Mounted Police
Conn an;es B ard X seventh United
States cavalry.
Chicago Hussars and Troop a, of
the Illinois national guard.
First, five carriages containing COM
missioners and their escort.
Sixth. carriages of the director gen
eral and director of works.
Seventh, carriage of the president
of the United States and president
of the Worlds Columbian commits
sion and president of the Worlds
Columbian exposition.
Eighth, vice-presidentIof the United
States and ex-President Gage of the
exposition.
Ninth, secretary of state and escort
Tenth, Secretary of the Treasury
and escort.
Eleventh, Secretary of the Navy
and escort.
Twelfth, Secretary of the Interior
and escort.
Thirteenth, Secretary of Agricul-
ture and escort.
Fourteenth, Duke De Veragua,
First Vice-President of the Commits
sion, First Vice-President of the Ex-
position and Commander Dickens of
the United States Navy.
Fifteenth, Duchess Veragua and
Mrs. Potter Palmer.