New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-30
GUESTS OF THE FAIR CITY.
MIR. CLEVELAND. The DUKE OF vERAGUA
AND LIBERTY'S BELL IN CHICAGO.
ALL THREE MET AND ESCORTED THROUGH TR1
STREETS WITH ELABORATE CEREMONIES
-wRETCHED WEATHER STILL DELAYS
THE PREPARATIONS FOR MONDAY.
fBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUYE

--wRETCHED WEATHER STILL DELAYS
THE PREPARATIONS FOR MONDAY.
TBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBuYE.l
Chicago, April 29--With the arrival Of Prest
dent Cleveland, the Duke Of Veragua and Phile.
delphias Liberty Bell, all OF the intrinsic attrac-
tions relied on by Chicago for the successful
openi.: of the Worlds Fair next Monday have
safely come to hand The Liberty Bell reached
the station of the Fort Wayne Railroad last night.
and the President and the Duke of vcragua ar
rived this morning, both under escort from the
State line of an imposing representation Of Chi
cago Aldermen. Worlds Fair, municipal and other
officials. The weather has still to be reckoned
with, however, and its continued severity gives
little promise of the fair skies and smiling sun.
shine which alone can give the touch Of appro.
priateness ard seasonableness necessary TO an
open-air ceremony planned to set in motion great
outdoor and summer-weather exhibition like that
at Jackson Park. The same lowering clouds and
raw northeast winds which have made April
here another February, continued to-day to try the
constitutions Of the committeeman who had 10
shivcr in open carriages escort duty in tho
parades. and 10 cast gloom the hopes and
spirits of all who seemed destined to face the
cold and wet and mud of q visit to jackson farK
on opening day
\
condition of the roads interfered with much OF
rho work 70 be done ont Of doors, though insldo
the buildings rapid and encouraging progress was
made toward complete installation OF eAhlonS'
II is plain that without a day or TWO OIL sun
shine the grounds themselves and the approache0
to the park can't be gotten into an entirety F'''
factory state nor can the smaller pulldlheS VI
tbc exhibits in the main buildings be made wholly
ready for inspection by Monday afternoon. leu
enough can be done with favorlng weatner anu
forced hours Of labor to give the FAIR ooth wi,h"
the buildings and without, credltaDle appearanoo
Of completencss-equa no doubt, TO that VIII"
which any other international exhibition was hrs'
formally thrown open TO slghtseers. Inc ions-
hidden sun struggled through the ciouus su"-
cientlv this afternoon to give for five or ten
minutes a CLEAN of hope and encouragement "
tbo workers at Jackson Park. But after brlet
and despairing struggle with the clouds the sun.
u,b, disanDeared and the skies were obscured
aoaip with a thickenng veil Of mist and ram.
Tho wind continues 10 blow tireateningly from
rho lake and the weather signals on the TOP Oh
tha Auditorium tower point 20 continuance oA
tho dishoartening conditions overhead ana uhuer-
foo, which. after running Inauguration Lay anu
the naval review in New-lork. seem 70 niehao7'
by a singular fatality, the success OF the eve"
greater National function Of next Monday-'ho
formal opening of the Columbian FAR.
I, would he hard to tell which Of the three I'M
rort,,t arrivals escorted from the railroad Sta
tion ont Michigan-ave to-day created the most
marked impression on the Chicago pubic whcn
lined the streets to applaud their triumph~
proarcss The Duke Of Neragna had the distinc-
tion of being escorted first from the station up
town. and his massage TO the Auditorium under the
guidance of Chicasos police. soldiery and other
representatives of municipal dignity and virtue
yos received with an enthusiasm which even ths
ricors Of ti, weather could not chill. The Alder
men and other officials in the escort column rouo
proudly in their carriages, top do"h' eA'
posing themselves without murniur 20
the pncumonia-laden gusts from the iak''
The Duke and his party haa '.o
GOOD sense to close themselves in tght anu 'aA'
no chances with the Chicago climate, more esIs'
cally as the Dukes brother had been taken III
Yesterday on the way from Ncw-lork, ana was
under doctors care. The carriage Tor the Du-e
suite had been filled with flowers. when ue
ladies Of the party carried in huge punches III
their arms or on their laps. Arriving al '"e
Auditorium the Duke was FORMALLY preSh'o"
with the freedom Of the city by Mayor hdrriSoi'
who could. no doubt. have spo'cn his presenta-
zion address in Spanish, hit made II In piai"
Encli,h out of Difference TO the Chicago puDlc.
Tho arrival of the descendant of Columbus WIS
made the OCCASION apparently of the publication IN
rho local newspapers of an account of an attempt 10
,eai the ashes of his lustrious ancestor from one
Of the WorlIs Fair buildinGs-the reproduction oi
thc Convent of Ia RIbida-wh"rc they were sup
nos,d to rest in a glass urn. lhe eh'etp'i'i's
thief was detected, however. according 10 'n" az
count and tile urn recovered uhpr"heh-" ""PPy
termination Of the incident in view oil I'll" arrival
.s thc citys guest OF Columbus's representative
and heir.
President Cleveland and his party reached the
city shortly after noon. about TWO hourS di'ef
thc Duke. and was escorted with somewhat similar
honors to the Lexington HOTEL on the oo"'o
Side The procession in honor OF the rresiueh'
WAS LONGER. and made up largely OF easy-gonS
locnl militia while the military escort OF tIio
Duke came in larger part from the regular troops
from Fort Sheridan, who more than cohipehsae~
fer their numbers by the genuine military char'
ao,or ., ,bir escort work The President was
NOT 70 be outdone by the Chicago Aldermen ana
o,h,r officials. and rode in open carriage,
hr,vinr the lake winds as they did with COM
rI,ccncy and courage. He did not lift his silk
ho, however. in response To the cheering which
erected him along the route. and nobody saw
cha r,,s,or if there was one. on the awkward
sc,n wound which he hal suffered in New-iark.
pr.sidept Cleveland has been in Chicago fire.
,ueptIv and his appearance was familiar Greater
aur;o,itv pcrhaps was manifested over the Can
;net discoveries Of the new Administration. OF
which Secretary IIoke Smith got. naturally.
,hc greater share. The revenue cutter
,rdrew johnson, which had anchored
on thc lake off the front of the Auditorium, fired
twent, -one guns as the Presidents procession
nosscd. it taking fifteen or twenty minutes 10
accomplish tho salute from the Johnsons anti
ouated battery. The Duke OF Yeragua had been
honorcd earlier with a salute Of fifteen guns, In
accordance with his Nice-Admirals rank. Tho
Presidential party will he over Sunday at tho
Lexington Hotel, returning to Washington after
the conclusion of the ceremonies at jackson
Park.
The Philadelphia Liberty Bell was drawn
through the streets with much the same civic
and military display that offered to the Presi-