St. Paul daily globe., 1893-05-02
ON TO THE GROUNDS.
Multitudes Line the Route
Of the Procession to the
Park.
Prominent Participants Rem
devious at the LeXing-
ton Hotel.
An Almost Unbroken Diapas-
On Of Cheering Along
the Route.
Cosmopolitan Character Of
the Greeting at Midway
Plaisanee.


sleeping chambers on the second floor of
the Auditorium, the Duke of Veragua
and his party, even before they had
arisen, could hear the continuous rum
bic of wheels, the hoarse shouts of the
drivers, and the incesSant chatter of
the pedestrians. Even while the duke
was bidding hearty good morning to
the members of his suite, a local
band, animated by spirit of
courtesy and good cheer toward
the descendant of the ilustrious
diScoverer, had already arranged itself
under the porticO of the hotel and given
few toots preliminary to serenade of
Spanish airs. that served to whet the
appetiteS of the breakfasters. By the
time the meal was concluded commit
tee Of escort had put in an appearance.
and, after. greetings had been eX-
changed. the members of the ducal
party were shown to their carriages. 1t
had ORG lnally been intended that the
parade should form at the Auditorium,
and pick up the president and his cab
met when the Lexington hotel had been
reached, but questions of diplomatic
usage and etiquette were interposed,
and it was determined that the ducal
party should rendezvous at the LeXing-
ton, and that the parade should start
from that point.
Start From the Auditorium
1t was half-pastS s when the party left
the Auditorium, and ten minutes later
they were shaking hands with Presi-
dent Cleveland in the blue parlor of the
Lexington. While the shaking was in
progress Vice President Stevenson and
his party. which had been hurried
out of the Palmer house under condi-
tions similar to those experienced by
the guests of the Auditorium, put in an
appearance. On their heels came the
members of the national commission
and the fair directors and those who
were to act as hosts and escorts to the
distinguished guests on memorable
day. Meanwhile the procession was
in course of formation on the
avenue, north of its intersection with
Twenty-second street, and promptly at
O'Clock. right on the moment set in the
Off cal orders, Maj. t. A. Baldwin, Of
the Seventh United States cavalry, III
command of the eScOrtlng division, was
prepared to give the signal for the pro-
ceSSion to move.
At the head, to clear the way. mount
ed on handsome chargers, was platoon
of gray-coated South Park police; be-
hind them, III their brand new blue uni
forms, a detachment Of city police on
horseback. Next in line came Company
B of the Seventh United States cavalry,
under command of Capt. E. A. Varnum.
and Company K of the Seventh United
States cavalry, under command of Capt.
l.. X. Hare.
The Fourth Division
was the Chicago Hussars. headed by
Capt E. l.. Brand and Adjt. Thomas
S. Squincy, and who appeared for the
first time in their AmericaniZed Russian
uniform. Twenty trumpeterS heralded
The approach of the HuSsarS. and bring
ing up the rear of the military division
was mounted Troop A, of the Illinois
National guards. The procession of car
riages was led by a vehicle containing
national Commissioners P. A. B. Wide
ner, of Pennsylvania. and Bradley II.
Smallep, of Vermont, with Direc'ol
Thomas B. Bryan and James w. Els
worth for company. In the second car
rage were Commissioners Gordon W.
Allen and George II. Barbour, Directors
Charles Henrotin and William B. Ker-
foot. Next to that rode Commissioners
Gruner 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 of works, George r. Davis
and ID. Ii. Burnham, rode Wis avis 1t
was the seventh carriage, however, that
brought out the enthusiasm of the on
lockers. In it, his face lowered to the
South, was the president. and on the
opposite seat were Presidents Il. w.
Palmer, of the Worlds Columbian COM
mission, and Ii. n. Higinbotham, of the
Worlds Columbian exposition. Vice
President Stevenson rode with two
worlds fair ex-presidents, Lyman j.
Gage and William L. Baker. Secretary
sioner Davidson B. Penn; Secretary
Carlisle. with dIgnitied, Notwithstanding
George V. Massey, of Delaware; Secre-
tary Herbert. with Charles H. Schwab;
Secretary Hoke Smith, with the fire
brand of the national commission, j. w.
st. Clair, of West Virginia; and finally
Secretary Morton, with Director II. B.
Stone.
The American Contingent,
having thus led the way, an official
escort having been preserved, the third,
or foreign division, was inaugurated
with the fourteenth carriage. This was
occupied by the Duke of Veragua, the
first vice president of the commission:
eX-Gov. Waller, of Connecticut, the first
vice president of the exposition; Ferd.
w. Peck and Commander Dickens, of
the Omitted States army. The fair sex
loomed up 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. Commander Dickens. In the six
teenth carriage were Marquis de Bara-
boles, the brother of the duke; NJ II.
de Young, commissioner from Cali
fornia and second vice president
of the commission, and Robert A.
Waller, of the board of directors. In
the seventeeth Hons. Christobel Aguilera
and Marie del Pillar Colon Y Aguilera,
son and daughter of the duke. and
Spanish Commissioner Thomas g.
Guttires. In the eighteenth, Hon. Pc
dro Colon v Bertenado and Carlos
Aguilera, with the Marquis Villa la
Obor and Director Charles l.. Hutchin-
son. The ducal party was succeeded by
carriages occupied by Ambassador to
England Thomas f. Bayard, ex-Minister
to Belgium Lambert Tree, Maj. Gen.
Miles and aides, Admiral Gherardi and
aides and Gov. Altgeld. The carriage
of Mayor Harrison, who was accom-
panied by three members of the board
of aldermen, brought up in the extreme
rear.
AS the procession moved southwark
on Michigan avenue, thence along
Grand boulevard 10 Fifty-frst street,
thence through South park by way OF
Bayard avenue to Palmer avenue, en-
tering the Midway Plaisance
Through the Western Gateway,
making a short detour in order to avoid
the Ferris wheel, and then resuming
the broad nrnmenade at the entrance