St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-26

i1Vered himSelf IN an eloquent manner.
He spoke in highly complimentary
manner of A Merica and of the intelli-
gence, beauty and brightness of the
women of this country. who ne
declared surpassed those of his cOnn-
try. lie said he had attended every
exposition in Europe for years. He had
heard that Chicago was TO have the
greatest show on earth. He came like
the queen of SheDa to Solomon, and
now can say with her that the half had
not been told. England hai been in
the habit of turning to the East for
comparison, but IN the future she wonEd
turn to the West when it is desired to
express grandeur. especially in build
ings, because the temple Of Solomon
was not equal to the buildings of Chi
cagO. Mr.. Atkinson was several times
greeted with great applause.
Mr.. Footner, president of the club.
was asked to respond in concluding
speech to the complimentary things said
by the visitors. He assured them that
the obligations were on the part OF the
citizens, who were only too glad to have
the distinguished gentlemen visit the
city. BY midnight the final good-byes
| were said. and the guests repaired 10
! the Ryan hotel to- rest until the morn-
! ing. when they will go to Minneapolis
for days sightseeing. Sunday morn
ing they will proceed to the famous Red
river valley.
Individual Mention.
| E. j. Kildare. the consul of Guate-
mala to Chicago, was one of the most de-
lighted of the visitors to the city. He
was born in Boston, and when quite
young went TO California before the rail-
road days. After living on the slope for
| thirteen years he went to the isthnus
country, where he has lived for thirteen
years. Standing on the porch of the
Hill residence and overlooking the city,
| he quoted the temptation by Satan of
the Savior, ana wandered if such "a
landscape as was presented to his view
haa ever been shown any man without
covetlng wealth.
Col. j. F. Hobbs, of Australia, spe-
cial commissioner and correspondent of
the Sydney Herald, is one of the widest
travelled men in the party. He has
travelled four times around the earth as
a Sight-seer and correspondent, and ON
two of the trips traversed parts of the
United States. On one trip of three
years and six months he travelled 125.-
600 miles, and was in almost constant
motion. 1t is nearly two years since he
has been home. He is a native Of South
Carolina, is handsome and a brilliant
converSationalisl.
T. G. Wyman, the commissioner from
Rhode Island, and weH-known news
paper correspondent, has taken great
liking to our own p. Ii. Kelly, and they
were together a great deal yesterday.
Mr.. Wyman wears long white hair, but
has youngish face. He last no time.
at sightseeing yesterday, and moved
around more vigorously than any of the
party.
w. Ogilvle Campbell, the commits
of New South Wales. seemed TO take in
Che sights with keen perception. He is
a newspaper man. He seems like a
progressive, hustling American in man.
ner.
One of the great wonders of some OF
the Europeans, after seeing the magnFh.
cent home of Mr.. Hill and being told OF
his wealth and history, was thata single
man could accomplish so much in Sc
short time. ''How could he create so
much wealth?" is the way a distih.
guished Englishman put it.
The French, German and Italian dele
cations did the Hill gallery in punches
yesterday, and each forgot that others
were present in their interested inspec-
tion of the pictures. They resorted to
their native tongues to give expression
to their pleasure at recognizing the
names of familiar paintings, while their
faces beamed with pleasure.
Leon Anatale Jouque, of Paris, showed
the enthusiasm of genuine French art
connoisseur while doing the Hill gal
lery.
Count Detalmo Brazza di Savorgnau,
of Italy, chatted with Mrs. Hill after
looking at the art collection, and ex-
pressed wonder that many paintings
familiar to him had found place in
Mr.. Hill's collection.
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