The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-02
and escorts to the distinguished guests


way, and mounted on handsome chargers,
was q platoon OF gray-coated South Park
police. Behind them came a detachment
OF the city police on horseback, fifty OF
them and five abreast. Next In line was
Company B. OF the Seventh United States
cavalry, under command OF Captain u. A.
Narnum; Company X. OF the Seventh
United States cavalry. under command
OF Captain j. r. Hare. NsNt followed
the Chicago Hussars, headed by Captain
j.. l. Brand and Adiutant Thomas S.
Quincy. They appeared for the first time
in their Arnericanized Russian uniform.
There were six score OF them, mounted
on magnificent black chargers. and every
man q giant. Twenty trump eters her
aided the approach Of the fIussars, and
bringing up the rear OF the military dvi-
sion was mounted Troop a, Of the Illinois
National Guards. The procession Of car
riagos was led by vehicles containing the
National Commissioners, =. A. y. Widen
er. OF Pennsylvania. and Bradley p.
Smalley, OF Vermont, with Directors
Thomas 3. Bryan and James W Ellis
worth for the company. In the second car
riege were Commissioners GOrton w.
Allen and George H. Barbour, Directors
Charles Henrotin and William y. Ker-
foot. Next 10 them rode Commissioners
Groner and Hodges, Directors Ketcham
and Lawrence. The fourth and fifth car
riages were also Jointly occupied by the
commissioners and local dir sctOrs, while
in the sixth Director-General and Direc-
tor OF Works George r. Davis and -. II.
Burnham rode vis-a-vis. IL was the
seventh carriage however, that brought
out the enthusiasm Of the onlookers In
| il. his face toward the south. sat the
/ President Of the United States and on
/ the opposite seat President 7. W. Palmer,
| OF the Worlds Columbian Commission,
/ and II. NJ. Higginbotham, OF the Worlds
| Columbian Exposition. Nice-Presldent
! Stevenson rode with two Worlds Fair
( presidents. Lyman i. Gage and William
| r. Baker. Secretary Gresham rode with
/ National Commissioner Davidson b.
| Penn; Secretary Carlisle with the dig
nifed, judicial looking George V. Mas
sev, Of Delaware; Secretary Herbert with
! Charles H. Schwab; Secretary Hoke
| Smith with the fire brand Of tho National
| Commission. J. W. ST. Clair Of West
! Virginia. and finally Secretary Morton
! with Director II. g. stone The Ameri-
| can contingent having thus led the way,
| the foreign division was inaugurated with
! the fourteenth carriage. This was occu-
| pied by the Duke oi Veragua, the first
] vice-president OF the Commission, eN-
| Governor Waller. OF Connecticut the first
vice-president Of the Exposition Ferd.
] W Peck and Commander Dickens, OF the
! United States army
The fair sex appeared for the first time
| in the vehicle that followed the Duchess
! OF Neragua, being escorted by Mrs Pot
! ter Palmer, who did the hon0rs. as presi-
| dent OF the Board OF Lady Managers,
| and by Mrs Commander Dickens. In the
sixteenth carriage were the Marquis De
| Barboles son Of the Duke and Duchess;
! NJ n. De Young, commissioner from CAL
! ifornia, and the second vice-presldont of
| the commission, and Robert y. waller,
OF the board Of directors. In the seven
! tecnth were Hons. Christobel A. Gull
| lara and Marie Del Pillar, Colon Aguu-
| era. son and daughter OF the Duke, and
| Spanish Commissioner Thomas G. Gut
| tires. i'm the eighteenth Hon PEDRO
| Colon Bertenado and Carlos Aguilera'
| with Marquis Villa Ia Obor and Director
! Charles J.. Hutchinson. The ducal party
! rras suctee5ed by carriages occupied Dy
! the Ambassador To England, Thomas e.
+ Bayard, and eX-Minster TO Belgium Lam
bert Tree Major-General Miles and aides
Admiral Gherardi and aides, and Gov
| ernor Alteed. Tho carriages Of Mayor
! Harrison, who was accompanied by three
members Of the board Of aldermen,
brought up the extreme rear
AS the procession moved sOuthWard on
| the Michigan avenue, thence along the
/ Grand Boulevard TO Fifty-hrst street.
thence through the South Park, by
! way Of Bayard avenue 10 Palmer ave
! nue.. entering a midway plaisance through
| the western gateway. making a snort
/ detour i'm order so avoid the ferris wheel,
and then resuming the broad promenade
to the entrance gate, II was attended
by am almost unbroken diapason Of
cheering. The Spaniards came in for a
liberal share Of enthusiasm. The
| Duchess of Neragua started with a big
bouquet in her lap; before she reached
the grounds she was half hidden in choice
flowers. tossed In her carriage by the
enthusiastic Chicago ladies. From the
/ centre of the platform proper there was
radiated special stand, and upon TINS
We're chairs for President Cleveland,
/ Vice-p President Stevenson. the Duke of
Neragua and his party and higher ma
| uonal and local officers of the Fair.
Immediately an the rear were sections
assigned TO the members of the diplo-
| matte corps. while 10 their right and
| left other officials and guests of the oc-
! casion were arranged. Behind these We're
| placed the orchestra, in front OF an, oc-
| cupying two wings on the right and left
Of the speakers In stands were pro-
vision for some three hundred representa-
/ uves Of the press, who represented
/ nearly very civilized nation on the face
OF the globe.
II was am inspiring scene that met the
! vision Of the Chief Executive Of the
! nation as he was escorted TO his seat.
Before him was such a throng as he had
| never faced before, pre-empting every
foot Of space between the platform and
| the edge Of the basin beyond. covering
walks and lawns 10 the east and west
| as far as the eye could sweep. All was
! now I'm readiness for the inauguration
! of the exercises proper. IL had been in
tended 20 preface speech-maling with a
grand chorus of one thousand voices,
but. owing 10 an oversight in drawing
the plans of the platform. this feature
was eliminated, and in It's place was rem
| dered the Columbian March, composed
for the occasion by Professor John X.
| Paine Theodore Thomas welded the
baton. and six hundred instruments re-
spOnded % The wand Of authority. The
dun roar OF voices Of the multitude was
stillcd as the music burst upon the
air. Not Oue-tenth OF those in view of
the platoon could have determined what
portion Of the exercises was in progress
without the aid OF opera glasses, but
those at a distance maintained as quiet
and diguincd a demcanor as the Occu-
pants of the grand stand. AS the music
died away tie bind chaplain OF the
/ United States Senate, DR.. W =. Miiburn.
was led forward 90 the front of the
platform by his adopted daughter, Miss
Sora Gcmey who has been his con-
| stant and faithful attendant for many