The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1893-05-06
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air. In front of the grand stand where
| lofty flagstaff, and at its peak in a bal
| loon-like bunch. the flag of the United
States was ready to be broken out when
| the electric signal should be given. AT
each corner of the grand stand were
other statfs of great height, and jus,
above the heads of the people, at thci,
bases, the cross-bars of great banner.
| give them forth to the air. Having ol.
served this, IL visitor gazed about al
| the buildings, and upon every flagstaff
at every gable and at the point of ever,
tower, smaller bnnncrrts might he dis
| cerncd, each waiting the same signal fol
| the same part in the great OutburS
which should attend
The Opening Signal.
Beneath the colonnade the revenue cut
| ter Andrew Johnston steamed through
| to n place in the basin. Ten o'clock had
prominent people WAS almost constant
| They We're deposited at the Northern Ell
trance of the administration building
and found their way TO seats, indicated by
their tickets, upon the grand stand
Rapidly then the spaces there filled up
Of Aberdeen. attended by two of the
+ British fail commissioners. A 1.-THE man
of nervous temperament, he viewed the
gathering of the people with quick and
lively interest. He hchelI the represent
atives of the press of the country hud-
either side of the Uniting circle Of plat.
form on which President Cleveland
would be seated. These quarters for the
press were protected against the crowds
that might come, only by light wooden
rail: Meantime the skies had again
thickcned. and while not obscuring ab,
solntcly, they dimmcd again the out
lines of all the structures round about
AT ten O'Clock several guards had placed
upon the presidents platform IL small
square table over which was draped an
American flag. Two electric wires were
uncoilcd from the floor and carried up to
the table, Upon the table, was placed
covered with gold and blue plush. Up
through this little pyramid the electric
wires were run. and were then adjusted
to q golden telegraph key, the button OF
which should be pressed by Mr. Cleve-
land us signal for the machinery to
start.
The diplomats of foreign powers had
not come to the opening in Il body, but
moro, in an individual capacity. Down
| the broad aisle of the grand stand Il
| tall whitc-haircd man sought IL place in
| front 1t was Baron Fava. Italys min
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next took place on the stand: Minister
Romero. of Mexico. followed closely, and
| then, without particular order or attend.
unce, the consular corps strolled down
the aisle to their places. Meanwhile
the Second regiment had been formed
obliquely from the south corner of the
grand stand across the plaza. and the
regulars of the Fifteenth regiment took
relative position from the north corner
of the stand. At the base of the center
iagstaff man in white shirt with yel-
low. sash and black trousers took position
and seized the ropes of the waiting flag
aloft. Two men similarly attired laid
hold of the ropes of the other two staffs,
and there waited their signal. Mean
while, rapidly arriving trains and street
| cars were
Pouring Forth Their Freight
at the gates of the grounds. Streams of
people were flowing towards the great
plaza before the grand stand. Short
time was required for such rapidly ar
and when II O'Clock had come the spec
tacle thus presented was Il notable one
Ten minutes later IL great cheer went
uD from those at the rear Of the grand
stand, and wtite-haircd director General
Davis came down the main aisle side by
side with President Cleveland. The rat
Ting shout near the great sounding board
had attracted every eye thitherward, and
as the familiar figure of the nations ex-
ecutive was discovered by the people
hats flew in the air, shouts shook the
clouds and echoed along the white facadcs
of the surrounding buildings. Behind the
president came Secretaries Gresham. Her
bert, Smith and Morton; scarcely had
the party been seated when Il brilliant
group of figures appeared in sight and
followed along the aisle. The duke Of
Neragua and his party We're recognized
instantly, and generous shouts of well
come greeted them as they seated them.
selves II little to the rear and side of
President Cleveland. The duchess and
Secretary Hcrhrrls daughter entertained
each other during the brief waiting. A
corps of photographers mounted on the
platform at IL little distance from the
plaza at this time became busy at their
| work
At twenty minutes past the hour the
orchestra, with Il grand burst. opened
the Columbian march and hymn which
had been written by John X. Paine.
Then prayed the blind chaplain of the
house of representatives. and while there
was something of hush. the crowd seemed
irrepressible. AT that time the great
space of the plaza had been filled. The
bases of the lamp posts and even the
bases of the great columns and towers
had been climbed upon by eager sight
>eers. Branching away to left and right
on either side of the basin crowds ex-
tended away to the manufactures build
ing and to the agricultural palace. filling