Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-02
W. 81. Clair. Of West Virginia. and finally,
Secretary Morton with Director II. b.
THr FOREIGN coSTISoENr.


tho Marquis De Barboles. brother OF
tee Duke; VI. H. de Young, Com
missioner from California and second
NIc'-p president Of the commission. and
Robert a.. Waller, of the Board of
directors. In the seventeenth were the
lion. Christobel Agnllcra aud Marie del
Pillar Colon y Aguilcra. son and daughter
OF Tho Duke, and the Spanish comInis-
siOner, Thomas G.. GutcreH; aud in tho
eighteenth Hon. Pedro Colcn V BertunGdO
and Carlos Agullcra. with Director Charles
T. Hutchinson. HE ducN party was sue
C"cded by carriages occupied bv the Am
bassaIor % England. Thomas f. Bayari,
and cN-Minl>ter-tO-Bc Belgium Lambert Tree,
Major. General Miles and aids, Admiral
Guo!aIdl and aids, and Governor Altge!d.
The carriage OF Mayor Harrison, who was
accompanied by three members OK the
Board ot Aldermen, brought 40 the CA
trcme rear.
As the procession moved southwark on
Michigan avenue and thence along the
Grand Boulevard 20 tltty-drst street and
through south Park by way OF Gay8rd ave
uur o. Palmer avenue, entering the Md
way ii9IsanCe through the western gaie-
Wav ana making short dctOur IN order 10
avoid the lerrls wheel. and then TC~umlng
the broad promenade % tine entrance gate,
lt was attended rs au almost unbrokcn
cl9pa5ou of cheering. The Spanlards came
ln for % liberal share OF enthusiasm. The
Duchess o.; NcraUIa started with blg
bouquet ln her lap and uciOre she reached
thc ground, s0c was hall hidden ln choice
flowers tossed into her carriage 10y eutAu-
slast,c Chicago ladies.
ArGHE GROUNDS.
From tho centre of the platform proper
th0rc rndlAted special stand and upon
TINS were chairs tor President Cleveland,
Nce-Ira-Ilcut Stevenson, the DuEo OF
Neragua and L.9 paftr. and The higher un-
ti1unl and local oiucer5 of the far. In
mallAteiv in rear were sections assigned
10 members 81 the diplomatic corps, while
90 thclr right and left other officials and
uuasts OF the occasion were arranged.
Behind these were placed The orchestra.
In front a. aI. occupying two Wing, 10
the rlght and icit Of the speakers stand.
was PROVISION for some three hundred
1epr seut9tivcs Of the pTse whQ repre-
feutci nearly every civilized nation on the
face of the globe. 10 was an inspiring
scene that met the VISION Ot the Chlot LS-
equity. Of tIe nation as be- was escorted TO
lio scat y fore him was such thrOu. as
le bad never faced before prompting
cv,rr foot of space between tho platform
and tho edge of the basin, beyond the
covering walks and lawns 20 east and
west as far Os the eye could sweep.
an Wa HOW I'D lNi'Alll'H' A'|A NAA' iAttt p ~
r4tlou of the exercises proper. II had
been intended 10 preface the speech
maklue with grand chorus OF 1000 voices,
uut OWING to au oversight ~ drawing tne
pl.u> ot the platform tins feature was
eliminated and IN lts place was rendered
the C0iumulan march composed for the
occasion bv Professor John Is. PANE.
Theodore Thomas welded the baton an 4
COZ Instruments responded = the wand oi
.A e u. .r.t...
OF the multitude was -tll'el as the music
burst upon the sIr. Nota tenth # those
lu view ot the platform could have deter
mined what portion Of the exercises was
Iu progress without the ana OF opera
glasses bUt those az adIst2nc' malnilILei
as quiet and dignihed o deiucaEor es the
occupants OF the grand stand.
4, the music dlcd away the blind chap
, i4in OF the United states Senate. Rev.
Dr ". II. Muburu. was led FOR.
ward 10 tEe front OF the platform by
his adopted daughter, Miss cora Gems
ley. who Las hca "a his constant and iaitn-
fui attendant for many years. Many 81
those about han ioiued ~ the Anon with
winch the man ot Col concluded his IN
vocation.
TIE POEM.
AZ be retired To hi. sca; Mos Courthrie.
% Chicago reader aud elocuuonst Of na-
u7uu reputation, was esc"Itei 10 'No
speakers stand. ana ln GEAR, Impressive
tones tha' could DE Ae4id Ilslhc''y oy
the 1900 GuestS uuol the platform aui
winch ueuetratei tar ;nto the fhr"h@:
commenced 90 tcad the opening stanl"s ot
the poem of th" day.. ms "ao emitted
The Prophecy and - the production o1
W. \. Iro1ut, Ie.hu.I o' Ae l.uI i'''-'s-
llc profession "' 'H' u"ll. 'l'i, T't'"''
H'Ni'' LIi'""7' 80 Wv
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t.,', I,. s'ot and alfcr bowiug - mo
T.lrf Naol-trate and those surrounding
t,,, t...J ,Ie o..pmbl,gc Time and
go, - tbo opnlau-e renewed. and tho
r,-,'o ,'b L,4 1o,. ~, ,-r,ol toward bring
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80, ,-.s t,r a 1oor,,eut embarrassed bv
l..o',,.,.. r'r.li- u.rau rho chaeriu.,
I''9 '.' e., 49,, h.. turned aceIn
IN. |-N.i5.,- AMI commeucei his al.
a.. ,,t,.E ,vas cbi.av a statistical ac-
-, ,f ,ri5t 'rnJ G..r done TO produce
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as he slowly arose rom DE- sta- M ne 9"ei,' ,'
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