, 1893-06-03

Monday morning. The weather was dull
aud ungenial, but enormous crowds assem-.
bled both inside and outside the exhibition.
A procession, headed by the carriage occupied
by the President and Vice fesidentgproceed'
ed through the streets to the exhibition
buildings. After q ceremonial, which III.
Cluded performances by an orchestra of 500
instrumentalists the recitation of a poem on
the incidents of Columbus's voyage, and all
address by tho director-general of the
Exhibition, the President delivered a brief
speech, referring to the magnitude of the
enterprise and its significance as exemrlify-
ing the brotherhood of nations. He then
touched a button which set in motion all
the machinery of the Exhibition. A grand
luncheon followed the inaugural CEREMONY,
and the President subsequently proceeded to
the foreign section of the manufacturers hall.
where he was received by the foreign COM
missioners. Before quitting the grounds the
President received the Earl and Countess Of
Aberdeen, and y drputation of Irish lace
makers and dairymaids. Lady Aberdeen
presented Mr.. Cleveland with a bunch Of
shamrocks and a black thorn stick, and also
gave him an Irish lace handkerchief for Mrs.
Cleveland. At night the Fair buildings were
lnagnifcently Illuminated by electricity. The
Duke of Veragua formally opened the Press
Club at the Worlds Fair in the evening, and
also inaugurated the (hicago-New York
telephone.
Sir Julian Paunosfote, the British Am.
bassador, was suffering from an attack
of eout, and consequently did not go to
Chicago
The Worlds Fair opened in an incomplete
condition. The exhibitors themselves and
the outrageous weather were mainly respon-
sible. The floors and galleries Of I40 out of
200 buildings on the Fair grounds were
snoumbered with unopened packing cases,
and the streets were muddy as Chicago
streets can be. Some British and German
exhibitors attribute their failure TO be ready
on tho appointed day to the fact that certain
railway officials refused to take their goods
from the trucks unlcs~ they were bribed to
do their duty. Mr.. Holcomb, manager Of
the transportation department, admitted to
q Press representative the truth of this
statement, adding that complaints were only
made to him on Sunday regarding this
abuse, when it WAS too late to Iectify it. An
army Of workmen under the direction of
the chiefs of the various departments
is constantly at work fastening on the
completion of the exhibits and tn" build
ings; but they are considerably Inconvenience
by the throngs of visitors, of whom there
were 800, 900 on the opening day. Most of the
foreign exhibits are nearly completed present
ing in this important respect a marked con-
trast to the American Displays which are
generally backward, except in Agriculture,
where the state exhibits are very fine.
The English, who have had a larg amount
of space allowed to them are hard at work in
order to get their paviljons ready for the
opening day. and they have succeeded. Seen
from the lake front the British buildings are
the frat to meet the eye. They make no claim
to architectural distinction, but are pla.n
substantial and 0usinrBslike. The Victoria
house, VIII ch is of the country mansion type,
is the headquarters of the British Commits
sionsrs, and will be used for the social enter
tainments given in honour Of distinguishedEng-
fish visitors. 1t is already completed and occu-
pied by the Commission. Surrounding it are
the houses of the colonies, Canada, New
South Wales and Ceylon.
The first occupied jointly by the PrOvin-
ces of Quebec, Nova Scotia, Ontario, the
North West Territory, and British Columbia,
is made Of various Canadian woods, bIrdseys
maple, butternut and cedar. It will be used
for social cater tainments, and the Canadian
COMMISSIONER will transact business here.
The New South Wales building is a wooden
structure and an exact reproduction of the
first post office in Sydney. WOOL, woods, and
minerals are the three chief products which
Nou,it Coofh WoIns Will ayhihit THE Gem