The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-05-01
GROVER IS THERE
President Cleveland Arrives 1t Chi.
cage and Chicago Does Herself
Proud
I'm the Greeting Which She Extended
to the Chief Executive Of the
Nation.
His Reception Outdees Even That Blk.
tended to the Descendant on
Columbus.

tended to the Descendant Of
Columbus.
CHICAGO, May Fresh from the
splsndors Of the naval display, Presi-
dent Cleveland was welcomed to
Chicago with the shouts Of q multitude,
the booming OF cannon, and The hearty
greetings Of tho official representatives
Of the State Of Illinois, and tho City Of
Chicago. ~
The welcome was inaugurkted sway
down In the sister Stats az Indiana,
whore the special train was boarded by
= composite delegation, comprising
Governor Altgeld and members Of his
staff. Mayor Harrison and Nj cabinet,
Director General Davis, Collector of
the Port John N. Clark. T~hssprssidsnt,
who was personally acquainted with a
majority Of his visitors, recAiysd them
cordially. /,
Snapped Compliments
First Governor Altgeld for the state,
and then Carter Harrison for the city,
told him how much they appreciated
his presence, and how the entire COM
monwealth was his to command, while
Mr.. Cleveland, in response, remarked
that he had a lively remembrance Of
Ehicago's hospitality. and extending
back some years. The scenes enacted
at the Union depot upon the arrival Of
the presidents party were in the main
q repetition of those that greeted the
Duke of Veragua and his suite, only
that the throng in waiting was larger,
and
Infinitely More Exuberant
1t packed the public portion Of the big
shed from one end to the other, massed
itself solidly on the steps, while outside
there was a sea of heads for a couple of
blocks in either direction. President
Palmer and Vice President Peck were
in waiting at the depot to express a
word of greeting in behalf Of the expo
sition. and this done the services of the
escorting police were called again into
requisition and a 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 heard, and they
Kept Up the Cheering
almost necessarily until the president
had entered his carriage. When one
knot of enthusiasts commences 10 get
hoarse another crowd relieved them,
and in this way the roar of welcome
was pretty well continuous. Mr.. Ceve.
humping in New York, and the only
evidence of the fact was a small bit oil
court plaster on the forehead above the
right ear and which SO well matched
the tinge of his flesh that it waa
scarcely discernible. except on close in
spection. He pleasantly responded to
the cheering by repeated doffings or his
tary Gresham came in for general
recognition, so much SO. in fact, that
Secretary Carlisle was prompted ia
laughingly suggest that he ~syiaspfly
was not one of the individuals
Who Have No Honor
in their own country. The preddential
procession was nearly three times y
long as that which had escorted thu
duke. and it seretched out over several
squares. The procession followed the
same route as that of the ducal party,
except that it continued on Michigan
avenue, q mile to the southwark, and
came to q full stop at the Lexington
hotel. As the presidents carriags
passed the harbor q presidential salute
was fired from the Andrew johnson.
Ten times N many spectators had
turned out as when the ducal c0ntin-
gent passed the same way, and the on.
thusiasm was, II anything, twenty
times as spontaneous and general II
was q strong reminder Of tho popular
welcome that was accorded to Mr..
Cleveland when he visited the city dur.
ing his first administration, q reception
which. m he remarked TO- Mayor Harri
son
He Never Could Forget
II he wanted 10. A still greater sur-
pT10o 8W1lC60 0lLn>Wu0u NO IU6Gu94 tMx
Lexington hotel. The hothouses uf TIL
worlds fair had bean next door Il
emptied. 90 that his pathway might b
lined with flowers. He passed into TIL
hotel between rows Of shrubs with nm.
pronounceable names, the elevator that
carried him TO tho second door was lit
orally EMPOWERED with cut flowers and
ferns, the ~wainscoting Of the corridor
into which he stepped was banked with
the gems Of the conservatory, while tn
suite OF rooms into which he wss O.
cortsd wsre filed with . fragrance thai
was overpowering. IL WA fowsfs
flowers, and nothing bnt ADwers. And
yet, even without them, the apartmentl
would have been regarded - samp.
tuous in the extreme.
Later in the afternoon the president
reviewed the procesaion ethst Nscertel
the liberty bell TO jackson parh
Store and Postofice Burned
RlcHLAND CENTER, Wis, May 81
The store Of N. b. B. Cunninghaln, y
Rockbridge. burned with the ontirI