Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-05-05

boles, second vice-prcsident of the com
mission, second vice-president of the
exposition.
seventeenth carIiage-hOn. Christie
| bel Colon Y Aguilcra, Hon. Maria del
| Pillar Colon Y Aguilera, Commissioner
| Thomas G.. Guticrres.
Eighteenth carTiage-IIon. Pedro Co
lon V Bcrtondao, Hon. Carlos Aguil'
era, Marquis NillalObar, Director Chas.
! L. Hutchinson.
Nineteenth carriage-Thomas +. Bay
ard, ambassador To England; Lambert
| Tree.
Twentieth -Major-General
Nelson A. Miles and aides.
Twcnty-hrSt carriage-Admiral Cher
ardi and aides.
Twenty-sCcond carriage-GovernOr
Altgcld, Of the State Of Illinois.
| Twenty-third carriage-MayOr Har-
rison, of the City of Chicago.
The column moved along Michigan
avenue and the grand boulevard to
Fifty-first street. thence to South Park,
| 10y way of Bayard avenue to Palmer
avenue, thence to the westerly en-
| trance to Midway Plaisance. At this
| point Col. Rice, commanding the Co
| lumbar Guard, met the column and
directed its march to Jackson Park,
thence TO the Administration building,
where the column dispersed
In front of the administration build
| ing a large platform had been erected
for the guests and participants in the
program. Extending from the front
of the platform there was a special
stand for President Cleveland. Vice
| President Stevenson, the Duke de Yer
aqua and party, and Il number Of the
more important national and local of
| ficers of the fair. Immediately in the
rear were the sections assigned to the
| members of the diplomatic corps. while
to the right and left the other officers
ana guests of the occasion were ar
ranged. Behind these We're placed the
| orchestra. In front of all, occupying
| the two wings on the right and left
of the speakers stand. was provision
| for some 800 representatives of the
press. Between the platform and the
audience before it, every nation and
every tongue seemed to be represented
to the honor and glory Of the Column
bian exposition.
At 10 o'clock the foreign commission
ers and members of the diplomatic
corps, Respondent in gold lace, jewels
and decorations, were escorted to the
east end front Of the platform amid
rousing cheers Fifty minutes later the
head of the main procession emerged
from under the big avenues of the adj
ministration building and slowly de-
scended to the center extension of the
ground and grand stand. Just as the
President appeared al view Of the au-
n,
through the clouds and Quickened the
torrent of enthusiasm that welcomed
the executive of the United States.
All was now in readiness for the in
auguration of the exercises proper 1t
been intended to preface the speech
making with a grand chorus of 1000
voices, but, owing to an oversight in
drawing the plans Of the platform,
this feature was eliminated ana in its
place was rendered q Columbian march
composed for the occasion by Prof.
John Il. Paine. Theodore Thomas
welded the baton, and 600 instruments
responded to the wand of authority
AS the music died away, the blind
chaplain of the United States Senate,
Rev. DIR. w. II. Milburn, was led for
ward. Facing the throng with clasped
the blessing Of the Almighty upon the
proceedings Of the day, and the enter
prise about to be inaugurated. Many
Of those about him joined in the
amen with which the man of God
concluded his invocation.
Miss Jennie Coutthoui. n Chicago
reader and elocutiOnist of national rep
utation, was escorted TO the SPEAKERS
stand and in clear, impressive tones
read the poem of the day. This was
entitled "'rhe Prophecy" and is the
production of w. a. Croffur, n mem
Der Of the journalistic profession at
the national capital Hearty applause
rewarded the reader as she retired,
and it was renewed when, after the
orchestra had rendered the "RienZi'
overture by Wagner Director-GeneralI
Davis arose from his seat, and, |
after bowling to the chief magistrate
and those surrounding him, addressed
the assemblage. In closing he said: |
ut is our hope that this great expo
sition may inaugurate n new era of
moral and material progress, and our
fervent aspirations that an association
of the nations here may secure not only |
warmer and stronger friendships, but
lasting peace throughout the world. |
The grand concerted illustration of
modern progress which is here pre-
scented for the encouragement of art,
science, Of industry, of commerce, has
necessitated an expenditure, including