Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-29
ARRIVAL OF THE PRESIDENT.
Gov. Altgeld and Mayor Harrison 20 to In
diana TO Meet Him.

Gov. AltReld and Mayor Harrison 20 to In.
diana TO Meet Him.
CHICAGO, April 29.-Fresh from the splen-
doris of the naval display, President Cleveland
was welcomed TO Chicago with the shouts Of a
multitude. the booming Of cannon and the
hearty greetings Of official representa-
tives Of the state Of Illinois and the
city of Chicago. The welcome was inaugu-
rated away down in the sister state of Indiana,
where the special train was boarded by COM
posite delegation. comprising Gov. Aitgeid and
the members Of his staff, Mayor Harrison and
his cabinet, Director General Davis and Col
iector of the Port John NJ. Clark. The Presi-
dent, who was personally acquainted with a
majority Of his visitors, received them
cordially.
First Gov. Altgeld for the state and then Car
ter Harrison for the city told him how much
they appreciated his presence and how the ell
tire commonwealth was at his command, while
Mr.. Cleveland in response remarked that he had
a lively remembrance of Chicagos hospitality.
The scenes enacted at the Union depot on
arrival of the Presidents party were in the
main repetition of those that greeted the
Duke Of Veragua and his suite, only that the
throng in waiting was larger and IN
initely more eXuberant. 1t packed the public
portion OF the big she'd from one end to .he
other and massed itself solidly on the steps,
while outside there was sea of heads for
couple of blocks in either direction.
President Palmer and Vice President Peck
were in waiting at the depot to express a word
OF greeting on behalf of the exposition marriage
ment. and. this done, the services of the escort
ing police were called again into requisition
and pathway was found for the visitors from
the depot to the street.
The crowd had commenced to let itself loose
when the first rumble OF the train was neard
and they kept up the cheering almost in
cessantly until the President had entered his
carriage.
When one knot of enthusiasts commenced to
scatter, another crowd relieved them, and in
! this way the roar of welcome was pretty well
continuous.
NONE THE WORSE FoR HIS HEAD DUMPING.
Cleveland locked none the worse for his
head humping of yesterday, and the only
evidence of the fact was a small bit of court
plaster on the forehead above the right ear,
which SO well matched the tinSe Of his flesh
tlia: it scarcely discernable except on close
insLec.iOn.
He pleasantly responded to the cheering
by repeated dofln>s of his hat. 1t
was notable also that Secretary Gresham
came in for generous recognition. SO much
SO. in fact. tina; Secretary Carlisle was prompted
to lau-hingtv suggest that he evidently was
not one OF the individuals who have no honor
in their own country. The presidential process
sion nearly three times long as that
oul over several squares.
THE PROCESSION.
This was the order in which it moved:
detachment Of twenty-seven mounted police
led the way.
Then came company B of the U. S. cavalry,
commanded by Capt. E. A. Varnum. The
Illinois National Guard was represented by its
first and second regiments. commanded re-
spectively by Coils. kock and Judd, as we'll as
by cavalry troop. A light battery OF the
United States artillery brought up
the rear Of the military contin-
gent, and cleared the way for a string of
forty carriages. The procession followed the
same route that OF the ducal party, except
that it on.inued on Michigan avenue mile to
the southwark and came to a tul stop at the
Lexington hotel.