St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-09-19

and anxiously awaited the appearance
of the military directors.
Down town preparations began early
for the parade to the grounds, and the
uniforms of United States regulars and
visiting and local military lent a mar
tial tone to the mulTitudes that con-
gregated in the neighborhood at the
corner of Broad and Marietta streets,
where the marching forces were mob
iliZed. The city Isl a mass of bunting,
and the waving decorations, flying
flags, bands of music and the general
atmosphere of gaiety and rejoicing,
offer the strongest possible contrast to
the dismantled Atlanta of "a, so fa-
miliar to many of the veterans of the
federal armies who today participated
in the celebration of the greatest vic
tory of peace the South has ever won.
ON THE MARCH.
At high noon every steam whistle
in the city broke forth into noisy
chorus, the crowds in the streets
cheered long and loud, and the fes-
tivities of opening day were fairly be-
gun. AT / o'clock the procession, un-
der command of Col. w. L. Kellogg,
of the U. S. A, as marshal, began
regiment of United States infantry;
the Washington artillery, New Or
leans crack company, commanded by
Col. John B. Richardson; the Fifth
regiment of Georgia volunteers, and
various visiting state troops, making
twenty-five companies ii ALL Five
bands, including Gilmore's famous or
ganization, headed by Victor Herbert,
a;,l. e.. ~
umn, which swept its brilliant length
out towards the exposition park be-
tween continuous lines of admiring
and cheering spectators. The parade
was one of the most notable ever seen
in the South. 1t included the follow
ing members of the government board
in carriages: DR.. w. c. DaDney; J.
M. Biddle, representing the state de-
partment; Commander c. G. Train,
Capt. T. H. Barry, Frank Strong, w.
Dec. Ravenel. Charles E. Kemper,
Prof. F. w. Clarke, E. G. Brown
good and Kerr Craig. In carriages
were also the following MEM
bers of the staff of the gov
ernor of Louisiana: Gen. E.
P. Cottreaux, Col c. L. Walker, Col.
J. c. Andrews, Col. George H. Var
nard, Maj. Maurice Generelli, Maj.
George S. Kouster and Col. Fred A
Ober. The following foreign represent
atives were in the line: Luis NJ. Jove,
representing Venezuela: A. Macchi,
the European commissioner; Grego-
rio E. Gonzales, representing Mexico;
DR.. Niederlin, representing Argentina;
Theodore H. Mangel, representing
Costa Rica; Consul General D'Aug-
lade, of France; M. Sanlay, of France;
Mr.. Hillman, of Great Britain; Prof.
Trentaeve, Italy, and Mr.. Seastagilli,
also from Italy.
Among the state commissioners who
rode in the line were: Messrs. Frank
Weeks and j. H. Vail, Mrs. d. Ward
Northrup and Mrs. Sarah T. Finney.
of the Connecticut board; Willis J..
Abbott, of the Illinois board; Will
lam Wilson and l.. F. Meade, commits
sioners from Iowa; Mrs. Helen NJ.
Winsley, from the Massachusetts
board; Hon. James Edwards Gray
bill, of the New York board j. E.
Vincenheller, commissioner from Ar
kansas. and a number of others. A
unique feature was the appearance
In the. line, Immediately following the
carriages containing the woman's
board, of a number of representa-
tives of the negro board, as follows:
j. Garland Penn, B. T. WASHINGTON.
Bishop w. K. Gaines, w. o. Emery.
Arkansas; w. c. Coleman, North Car
olina; G. V. Clark, Tennessee; Will
lam Brown, Virginia; T. B. Gibbs and
A. L. Levy, Florida.
AT THE GROUNDS.
AS the head of the column reached
the gate the companies were halted
and the exposition directors and their
guests in carriages passed in. Then
the military companies marched in,
stopped on the plaza, stacked arms
and were taken to the barbecue stand,
where they were the guests of the
exposition for a short while.
The guests and directors entered the
building, where the formal exercises
were Performed. The speakers were
seated on g. small stage. which was
profusely decorated. While the crowd
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