The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-05-06
George r. Davis and B. D. u. Burn.


ham, rode vis-a-vis. y:
q was the seventh carriage, however,
that brought out the enthusiasm Of the
|onlookers. In II sat the president 81
the United States and on the opposite
seat, two other preside Tents, only Of en-.
tcrPrises instead of nation There
were Presidents 4. w. Palmer, Of the
World g Columbian commission, and I'll.
N. Higinbotham, OF the Worlds Colum.
bian exposition.
Vice President Stevenson rode with
two worlds fair ex-presidents, Lyman
j. Gage and William 7. Baker.
Secretary Gresham rode with Ma
tlonal Commissioner Davidson, oi
Pennsylvania Secretary Carlisle with
dign1iied, judicial looking George "
Massey, of Delaware. Secretary Her
bert with Charles III. Schwab, Secretary
Hoke Smith with the fire brand of the
national commission, j. w. st. Clair, Of
West Virginia. ind 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 inaug gurated with the four
teenth carriage. This was occupied by
the duke OF Veragua. the first vice pres
ident OF the commission, exc Goyerno,
Waller, of Connecticut; the first vice
president of the exposition, Ferd W.
Peck and Commander Dickens, OF the
United States army. The fair sex ap
peared 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 sixteenth
carriage We're Marquis de Baaaboles
son of the duke and duchess; NJ. II
De Young, commissioner from Cali.
forria, and second vice president of the
commission, nnd Robert A. Waller oi
the board Of directors. In the seven,
teenth honorables Christobel Aeuileru
and Marie Del Collar Colony Aguilera
son and daughter of the duke, and
Spanish Commissioner Thomas G. Gut.
tires. In the eighteenth the Hon.
Pedro Colony Bertenado and Carlos
AguilerYy the Marquis Villa la Obo,
and Director Charles T., Hutchinson.
The dncal party was succeeded by
carriages occupied by Ambassador te
England Thomas Il. Bayard and ex
Minister to Belgium Lambert Tree
Major General Miles and aides, Ad
miral Gherardi and aides and Governor
Aitgeld.
The earrings oil. Mayor Harrison, who
was accompanied by three members o
tho board of aldermen, brought up the
extreme rear
As the procession moved southwark
on Michigan avenue, thence along
Grand Boulevard to Fifty-frst street
thence to South park by way of Bayart
to Palmer nvenne, entering the midway
plaisance through the western gate
way, making Il short detour in order te
avoid the Ferris wheel, and then re
suming the broad promenade to the
entrances gate, it was attended by ar
almost unbrolen diapason of cheering
On sidewalks and steps, and lawns,
here in windows, there on roof-tops,
at the mansions of millionaires, and
the frame houses of wage workers, or
! the greensward of the parks and in the
mud OF the plaisanee the populacc hat
collected. Up to the boundaries O.
the plaisance the welcome haf
been distinctively American, but from
here on to the gates it partools of de
cided cosmopolitan flavor Arabs pros
trated themselves on the grIand, ant
cried aloud to Allah. Quingalesin Ions
white flowing robes described salaams
with their arms aud shoulders, while
eunichs stood in line with beauties O
| the haren, and the donkey boy of Cairo
knelt= beside his sleek-coatea compan
ion. The street in Cairo was emptiet
lof its residents, and the EsquimauS
colony turned out enlnasse. So the
procession slowly wound its way pas
groups of Algerians and Mongolians
land Africans, and Japanese, and Lap
ilanders, and NIoors and Persians
through a Dahomey village and a Jap
Ianese camp. past the blue grotto o
Capri, and the Moorish paiade, Tho
japanese settlement, under the captiv.
balloon and through q lane formed o
| two scere of female beauties of half a.
many nations Never before probably
had such u cosmopolitan greeting il
the same stretch Of territory been ac
corded to mortal man.