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q detachment OF the Columbian tuard. accom-.
panied by Col. Rice and his staff, who from
| this point took the right of line. Slowly the
procession moved around the womans build
| ing and the lagoon encompassing the wooded
| island. on past the choral hall and the beauti-
| ful structure devoted to mines and mining.
Here it veered to the east, crossed the in
| stallation track. and descr ibed a zigzag
course to the west door Of the administra-
| ton building Two platoons of cavalry mad
meanwhile drawn up between this structure
and the terminal station, and between these
| passed the guests as fast rs they alighted from
| their carriages. Time was flying however,
| and they fingered but for q few moments under
the magnificent dome Of the fairs executive
mansion.
Again the procession was reformed, and now
| emerging from the eastern entrance moved
toward the platform from which the formal
ceremonies were to be conducted. Here the
master Of ceremonies and a score of assistants
were standing at attention. ready to direct the
guests to the proper sections in the order Of
priority.
From the center Of the platform proper there
radiated special stand, and upon this were
chairs for President Cleveland, Vice President
Stevenson. the Duke Of Veragua and his party,
and the higher national and local officers of the
ialr Immediately In the rear were the sections
assigned to the members of the diplomatic
corps, while to their right and left the other
officials and guests Of the occasion were ar
ranged. Behind these were placed the orches-
ira In front Of ALL occupying two wings of the
| the right and left Of the speakers stands, was
provision for some 800 representatives Of the
press, who represented nearly every civilized
| nation on the face of the globe.
1t was an inspiring scene that met the vision
OF the chief executive OF the nation as he WAS
escorted TO his seat. Before him was such q
throng as he had never faced before. pre-
emptlng every foot of space between the plat
form and the edge Of the basin beyond, cover
| lngs walks and lawns to the east and west as
/ far as the eye could sweep.
Looking over the heads of those before him
/ he could see the whole length of the grand
/ basin, Its surface almost hidden from view by
/ gondolas and steam launches. loaded down to
J the waters edge with spectators. In the fore
| ground was the imposing McMonnies fountain.
fypIfyins old Father Time steering his craft
WITH scythe- Far in the distance doomed up
/ the colossal gold statue of the Republic. and
beyond 1t. again, the inspiring perlstyle crowned
by the Columbian arch and the heroic figures
| OF the Quadriga, and near them the imposing
facades of the Casino and music hall I'M
medlateiy on his right were the buildings de-
voted to agriculture and machinery; on his left
the colossal structures dedicated to manu-
-actures and electricity.
GUESTS ON THE PRESIDENTIAL PLATFORM.
This was the order in which the guests we're
seated on the presidential platform:
In the center President Cleveland. To his
| right Vice President Stevenson, Secretary Of
State Gresham, Secretary of the Treasury Car
| Isle. Secretary of the Navy Herbert, Secretary
OF the Interior Smith, Secretary of Agriculture
Morton. the Duke Of Veragua. the Duchess OF
| Neragua, Marquis De Barboles. Christobel
| Colon OF Augilera. Pedro Colon Y. Bartenado.
| On the left Ambassador Thomas F. Bayard,
Lambert Tree, Maj. Gen. Miles. Admired
Gherardi, Gov. Altgeld, Mayor Harrison, Di-
rector General Davis, Director Of Works Burn
ham, President Palmer, President Higin-
botham. LYMAN ]. Gage. VIM. 7. Baker, Vice
| President Waller of the commission Vice Presi-
dent Peck Of the directory and Mrs. Potter
Palmer, president of the board Of lady man.
ayers.
Elbowing the ducal party on the right were
the members Of the board OF directors and the
chiefs of the departments, and beyond these
again the representatives of state boards and
the auxiliary congresses Keeping company on
the left with the generals and admirals were
the governors of the states and members of
| the United States Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives, beyond these again the national
| commissioner and the board Of lady managers
| The Chicago aldermen occupied the space
| that would have been reserved for the justices
| OF the Supreme Court had the members of that
| tribunal been present, while back of all was
motley sssemblage of county commissioners.
members Of educational and park boards and
| finally, as a fringe to all the senate and as
sembly of the legislature Of Illinois.
| REMARKABLE GROUP OF FOREIGNERS.
| III the space dsslSneu 10 celeDr1tleS from
foreign countries a remarkable group attracted
general attention. One was a medium sized
man with swarthy complexion, piercing black
/ eyes and high cheek bones. This WAS o genuine
| east India rajah. Dado Su Anna. who occupies
| the distinguished position of secretary of state
for the Sultan Of Jobore on the Malay penin-
| sula- Near by. clad in long black robes. their
heads surmounted by curiously shaped black
hats. were Ye Chayum, Jeung Kiung Won and
vi Shing Su, the royal commissioners from
Corea.
Talking earnestly with one of these was Cesar
| Gondra, envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary of the republic of Paraguay
| and towering over the slight form of the latter
his excellency, Prince De Gloukhovskoy, cham
/ berlain to his majesty, the car, and general
imperial commissioner of Russia Baron Fava
ltaly's minister plenipotentiary, sat little dis
| lance away with the Marquis Di Rudini.
Representing the dominion of Canada was
noble group, comprising the acting premier
Mackenzie Bowel. Minister of Public Works
Quinet and Minister of Agriculture A. r.
Angeans. In the center Of the group of lady
managers were the Princess Maria Shach
Oskay, maid of honor at the court of the car,
| and Nine. Sonnet Sepkin. also representative of
| the Russian court and of the imperial institu-
tions OF the Empress Marie. Conspicuous also
in the forefront of the throng below the plat
form were such distinguished foreigners as the
Duchess Of Buckingham the Earl and Countess
| OF Craven and the Counts Bella, Zichv and
Honckhein. Between the platform and the
audience before it every nation and every
tongue seemed to be represented to the honor
and glory Of the Columbian exposition.
At 10 o'clock the foreign commissioner and
members of the diplomatic corps respondent
| in gold lace jewels and decorations were es-
corted to the east front of the platform amid
rousing cheers.
| .r-f THE sun APPEARS.
Fifty minutes later the head Of the main pro-
cession emerged from under the big avenues of
the administration building and slowly de-
scended to the center extension of the grand
stand. Just as the President ap peared in view
of the audience the sun broke fully and sauarely
through the clouds and quickened the torrent
of enthusiasm that welcomed the chief execu-
tive of the United States.
| While awaiting the arrival OF the presidential
party number Of women in the crowd. who
had been on their feet for hours, swooned or
tainted, and the services of several Red Cross
| ambulance chairs were in constant reauisition
for over half an hour.
| OPENING THE EXERCISES.
All was now in readiness for the Inauguration
Of the exercises proper. 1t had been intended
to preface the speech making with a grand
chorus of 1000 voices, but owing to an over
sight In drawing the plans of the platform this
feature was eliminated and in Its place was
rendered Columbian march, composed for
| fba hy- I'll d,