Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-01


the Duke de vera=ua spent sunday.
CHICAGO, May AT 10 o'clock this
moru;ng the proceedings began whicl
fora .aily opened the great Columbian Elk
position 70 the public. President Cieve
land maiie his speech and pressed th'
golden telegraph key which started some @
the machinery AMI the electrical fountains.
The pro..rannle Of the opening was carried
out as fo:iows:
1. Music, ''Co;psnhian March," (orches-
tra), by j, X. l,yy.:e.
2. Prayer, by E,.y w. II. 1Filburn, D.
D.. cha:'ian nosssa Of Representatives
Washiii ,;on.
8. os., THE Prophecy" w. A. Gro
int Was ,i,s;ton, rad by Miss Josie
Goutilo; OF nicA.o,
4. n,,,:, orchestral, overture from
"E:e,.z.." >,'H,,..er.
3. Adtr'-S By director General.
q. fd,!r'-- by the PRESIDENT of the
United Estas,
:. star,ing the machinery. amid apPrc-
pria;e muse rendered by the orchestra.
Official reception by the Presid At o!
the Unitel States AMI officers OF the
Worljs Exposition to the foreign com
missioncrS. etc, at the Liberal Arts
| BuiitliI@.
The Exposition grounds presented a gala
sppe tr"I3ce. For Il week past big red flag
Stats had been springing up in the open
spaccs a:oInd the big buildings. These
sixty foot s.atfs fly the American flag and
make the sky apparently mass of red,
white AID blue. Color. in fact, is every
where. At intervals of about twenty five
feet, all the buildings are flag
stats. From these fly national flags of
various eolors and designs. alternated
with brilliant bannerets and streamers.
The buildings themselves, except Trans
portation. are either white or cream color,
and furnish I'm artistic background for the
mass OF gorgeous coloring.
The smoothly sodded lawns contrast
their vivid greens with the billiant coloring
of the spring flowers that have been scat
tered over the grounds with a lavish hanGi
by the gardeners from the Department of
Horticulture.
This magnificent blaze of color is the
one thing which will most impress the
visitor with the outside glories of the Fair.
When President Cleveland pressed the
electric button to signal the formal opening
of the Worlds Columbian Exposition this
morning the public found the Fair in a
somewhat incomplete condition still, but
this regretful condition is due more to the
hardness of exhibitors than to any lack of
zeal on the rart OF tie management of the
Fair.
Nearly every building constructed by the
Exposition proper in the great white city
is practically complete, and, while general
confusion still rel sns in most of the struc-
lures, it is i'll the matter of the installa-
ton OF exhibits and not a delay which can
be attributed to any failure of the con-
| structiCn department. Indeed, to Chief
Burnham and President Higginbotham
must be given most of the credit for the
phenomenal labors which have converted a
barren park into an artistic city in the
brief space of 10 months.
The difficulties encountered have been
l exceptional and harassing, the most severe
winter known Tor many years to the build
| ing trades coming just at time when ia
| vorable weather seemed Indispensable to
| the success of the international exp, =. ton.
| For weeks it was almost impos :iDie u
| work on the outside of the Worlds Far
| structure and the heavy snow storms OF
the winter did much damage to the roofs
] of several of these architectural triumphs
( on more than one occasion.
In the brief r,spites afforded by the
/ weather from time to time, however,
| every resource of capital and executive
ability was brought to bear to hasten the
| work, and although the unfavorable ele-
| ments have Waged almost constant warfare
| like revengeful heings of intelligence, up
to the opening day, the only significant
effect has been to delay the installation of
exhibits and retard the completion of sav-
| eral structures which were rather the ar
tistic trimmings of afterthought than a
| component part of the Worlds Fair.
The great buildings which constitute the
| vital conception of the International expo
sition and which are a monument to the
| indomitable executive ability of Chief
Durham and his associates have been
completed for weeks and ready for the in
stallation of exhibits. They are the Manu-
| facturers and Liberal Arts building, Ma
chinery hall, Electricity hail. Fisheries
building, Art building Women's building,
Forestry building, Mines and Mining, Hor-
ticultural, Agricultural, Transportation,
Administration, the q. 3. Government and
the scores of State buildings, nearly all are
completed or nearing completion, and the
midway plaisance shows a dozen of Japa-
nese, Turkish, Soudanese and other typical
villages which have sprung up like mush
rooms in a few weeks or days
How Sunday was Spent.
President Cleveland and the members
of his cabinet attended divine service yes
4 terday morning at the Second Presbyterian
l church which is two squares north of the
| Lexington hotel, where the president is
stopping Word had been sent that the
party would attend the services, and ar
engagements had been made so that the
entire party could be seated together
The entry into church was made i'll the
most quiet manner possible, the President
and Secretary of State Gresham enterin.
side by side, followed closely by the other
members of the cabinet.
There had been no formal announcement
of the Presidents intention to attend thu
church, save to the nshers who had pre-
| pared the seats for them, and his walking
| up tie isle created something of a censation
After the pastor, the Rev. Simon j. Nc
Pherson, had concluded the services during
which he invoked the divine blessing upor
the exposition and it's mission of good will
| among men, the President entered Mr.
Gresham's carriage and was quickly driver
| to the home of the Secretary Of State
where he dined. A pleasant feature D
this visit was the christening of the grand
daughter of the Secretary, the child OF Ar
and Mrs Andrews. None but Mr.. Cleve
land and the immediate members of tn
Gresham family were present at th'
| christening. Otto Gresham, the uncle o
| the infant, was the godfather.
After the christening Mr.. Cleveland wa
driven back to the Lexington hotel wher
he remained quietly during the evening.
The Duke of Veragua and his iarty III