GATES ARE OPEN. Th® Pan-American Exposition Is Ready for Business. Opening Hay Ceremonies Were Post poned In til .tlay ZV, !>ut tlie Show ■ • Open Now-First Ticket Is sued Mold for «3,00t) -The (•overnmeut Fx bib It. Ruffalo, X. V., May 2.—The beauti ful electrical display last night was a culminating event of the opening day of the Pan-American exposition. The attendance in the morning was small, owing to the threatening weather, which kept away many from nearby towns. Later in the day, when the sun broke through the clouds, the crowd began to assume the propor tions of an exposition throng and last night thousands passed through the turnstiles. The gates were opened without ceremony, the opening day cere monies having been postponed until May 20, when they will lie combined with dedication day exercises. William Hamlin was permitted by agreement to purchase the first ticket, lie having offered some time ago to pay $5,000 for the privilege. At noon the paid admissions only ag grgated about 1,000, the majority of the visitors being employes or others entering on passes. At noon the government buildings were thrown open and Chairman Rrigliam, of the government board, made a brief ad dress. In this building the Smith sonian's exhibit, as well as those of the national museum, the interior de partment, navy department, treasury department, post office department, fish commission and Philippine ex hibit were practically complete. The naval exhibit includes models of all the types of warships now in the navy, among them the battleships lowa and Texas, the cruiser Rrook lyn, the ram Katahdin, the monitor Miantonomah, the training ship An napolis and the ill-fated Maine. Much of interest was to be seen in the building devoted to manufactures and liberal arts. Exhibits in the agri cultural building were also assuming shape. In the Midway Rostock's animals, the Indian congress, the Hawaiian village and other features were ready for business and attract ed many visitors. At 2 p. m. a salute of 4.") aerial bombs was fired, and hundreds of flags were raised on the buildings. At 8 o'clock in the morning a num ber of pigeons were released. Thirty five went to Oil City, 25 to Cleveland and five each to Toledo and Pitts burg. Attached to their legs was this message: "To the People of All the Americas: This message of greeting, borne to you by carrier pigeons announces the opening of the Pan-American exposi tion and extends to every one an in vitation to participate in the pleasure and benefifs of this six ninths' fes tival. "WILLIAM I. M'CHANAX. Director General. OVATIONS FOR CONGER. lowans Welcome 4>u r .tl in later to < liiua on III* 11 r turn Home. Des Moines, la„ May 2.—The spe cial train bearing United States Min ister E. 11. Conger and party arrived in Des Moines at 10 o'clock last night. An immense crowd of people was at the station to greet the distinguished lowan. With his party he was quick ly transferred from the train to a carriages amid the cheers of a multi tude and, escorted by a drum corps of veterans, passed up Fourth street to liis home, just outside of the busi ness district. There were no cere monies. the party having had such a busy day at Council Hluffs and across the state that they were glad of an opportunity to rest. The formal welcome will be held Friday after noon at the Auditorium, followed by a brilliant reception at the state house in the evening. On the trip across the state from Council Hluffs the train stopped at Avoen, where a thousand persons greeted Maj. Conger; at Atlantic, where 3,000 were at the station; at Htuart, where another thousand wait ed and at Dexter, Maj. Conger's old home, where the entire population turned out to affect ionately greet him as "Gov." Conger. GERMAN ENTERPRISE. It Cuts u Wide Swath in Central and South American Trade. Washington, May 2. —A report ot timely interest concerning the re remarkable growth of German com mercial enterprises in South and Central America has been received at the state department from Vice Con sul General Murphy, at Frankfort, Germany. Mr. Murphy enclosed extracts from articles recently published in a Her lin journal showing German's re markable foothold in South and Cen tral America. Among the state ments made are that the German steamship lines occupy such a strong position in the South Amer ican traffic that the North American commercial fleet is entirely unable to enter into competition with them. Five large German steamship com panies are engaged in trade with South America and especially with Rrazil. v Furthermore it is stated that in the southern portions of the continent there already are over 240,000 Ger man colonists and the German com mercial spirit has completely driven out the English in the central and southern provinces. Say* Kngland is Heady for War. London, May 2.—At a banquet in liis honor at (iuilford last night Mr. Hroderick, the secretary of state for war, challenged the opponents of his army scheme and declared that if Great ISritain is to maintain her com mercial and imperial position, she is quite ready to fight on the Nile, on The Yang-Tse, the Orange river or the Indus. Mr. Hroderick further de clared that his scheme had received the endorsement of the greatest liv ing military authority and that as a government they would stand or fall in their determination to improve th* •rmy. FIGHTERS VS. PREACHERS 1 Lively Argument at Fort «lierld«« lu I lie Kll'rrtii »l Abolishing lh« Army (mucru System. Chicago. May I.—The committee of clergymen appointed by the Minis ters' association of Chicago to inves tigate tin- effect of the abolishment of the army canteen at Fort Sheri dan, paid a visit to the post yester day and ran into a hornet's nest. The reports of the people living near the post have been to the effect that the number of intoxicated sol diers in the vicinity of tie post has increased since the abolishment of the canteen and the ministers went to the post to investigate for them selves. The members of *he commit tee were: . Rev. I'arkhurst, of the Anti-Saloon league; Itev. 'J'hain, of Oak Park, rep resenting the Con'regationalists; Rev. Dexter, representing the Bap tists; Rev. Hughes, representing the Christian churches. Resides these gentlemen ex-< hief of Police liar tram, of Evanston, and Rev. \\ right, 1 Presbyterian preacher, 'vere in the party. Col. Van llorne greeted the visitors affably and ordered the call to be sounded, summoning the officers of the fort to the place. Th • following officers reported: Capt. lily, ( apt. Madden, Capt. Morrow, Muj. Thorpe, Lieut, Ross, Chaplain Vattman. Dr. Parkhurst stated the causes that had brought the party to the fort. He said the committee repre sented a quarter of a mill'on church people who were glad the canteen feature of the army had been done away with. Col. Van Ilcrne took from his pocket a newspaper clip ping, in which it \'7as said that Dr. Parkhurst had accused army officers of receiving champagne and other liquors without any bills attached. "First of all." said the colonel, "I mean to ask Dr. Parkhurst whether he made those charges against the army officers." "1 did not." replied Dr. Pnrkhurst. "Will you deny it over your signa ture in the paper that published it?" "Xo," said Dr. I'arKiiurst, "I will not do that. 1 never write to the newspapers. I always get the worst of it." "Hut it is due us that you deny it, if you did not say it." "I deny it here before you gentle men," said Dr. Parkhurst, " nit 1 will not go further." Dr. Parkhurst then made a request that the report of court-martial eases be furnished the committee, in order to show whether the abolition of the canteen on February 2 had Increased the amount of drunkenness. Col. Van Home agreed to this, but on account of the time required to get the fig ures it was agreed that the report should be forwarded to the commit tee in Chicago. "Rut you cannot use the report as a criterion," said Col. Van llorne, "for several hundred of the men now at Fori Sheridan are brand new soldiers who come from farms mostly, and who cannot be ex pected to know the rules of the army and obey them as well as the older men. Then, too, the majority of these men received little or no pay at the last pay day. consequently they could not buy much liquor. A large proportion of the men who vio lated the rules were not court-mar tialed. being offenders for the first time." This point made by the colonel led to an argument on temperance and Capt. Ely made a statement regarding his experience with the ca'iteen. Dr. Parkhurst dissented. "Do you refuse to accept my word?" asked Capt. Ely. "So," answered Dr. Parkhurst, "not sr. far as your own experience goes, but I do not believe vc u know all about it." "Then you are the first man I ever saw," returned the captain, "who takes the word of a man on the street, unknown even by name, and refuses to accept the word of an officer in the army. When you say so you insult the officers of the army. Dr. Parkhurst thought differently. "I see," said Col. Van llorne, "that you are perfectly blind, Dr. Park hurst, to anything we can say to you. You are unfair." Capt. Morrow made an address fa voring the canteen and Col. Van llorne said that 95 per cent, of army officers believed it to be the lesser of two evils. A member of the committee said something about rhe W. C. T. U., and at this Col. Van llorne arose. "In my 40 years in the army," he said. "I never saw a W. C". T. C. woman come to an army post to make an investi gation. They know nothing about it. In my opinion they would have their hands full if they tjok care of their drunken fathers, husbands and brothers." After several hours of temper:vui'» argument the committee withdrew, having accomplished little. I'anle at a I>o;j Show. Chicago, May 2.—A photographer brought a dog show to an abrupt close Inst night. Hi- took a flash light picture of the show, where 2,- 000 dogs are chained up, the aisles between the kennels being jammed with sightseers. Ten pounds of flashlight powder were used and the flash and fumes set every dog frantic with excitement. They made every kind of dog noise and many of them tugged wildly at their chains in the attempt to get at the crowd. This produced much excitement among the people and there was a rush for the doors. A number of women fainted, but no person was injured. A Victory lor Clileaso Teachers. Springfield, 111., May 2.—.Judge Thompson in the circuit court yester day handed down his opinion in the suit for mandamus of the Chicagti Teachers' Federation against the state board of equalization. The court awarded a writ of mandamus and holds that the members of the state board of equalization are public officers and as such it is their legal duty to assess the stocks of 20 or more Chicago corporations, ineludiftg street railways, named in the peti tion. He also holds that the last board did not even make a pretense of assessing 13 of this number. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1901. THE PRESIDENT'S TOUft. H« Hejjiii* 111* Journey from lVmh- to the Paclllr Cou»t. Bristol, Tenn., April 30.—The first day of the president's long - tour to the Pacific coast lay through an historic section in Virginia, across the valleys of the llapidan and James, in sight of the homes of Madison and Jeffer son, up past the peaks of the pictur esque Blue Ridge mountains. The Tennessee line was reached at 10:55 last night with the arrival of the train at Bristol. The route, as far as Lynchburg, was over the Southern railway. There the train was shift ed to the tracks of the Norfolk & Western for a short cut to Bristol, where it resumed its flight ovei the Southern road. The presidential party received a flattering ovation from the time the train left Washington. Large crowds assembled at every station and each crossroads had irs little group of waving watchers straining their eyes to catch a glimpse of the chief magis trate as the train whisked by. Memphis, Tenn., May I.—The presi dential train yesterday passed through the heart of Dixie and at 4:30 o'clock in the afternoon reached Memphis, on the banks of the Missis sippi. This was the first resting place of the tour. After descending the mountains Monday night the train skimmed along through north ern Alabama and the valley of the Tennessee river and touched at Cor inth, Mass., where Gen. Grant worst ed Forrest in his campaign to cut (he Confederacy in two. New Orleans, May 2. —The presiden tial party traveled across the cotton belt yesterday from Memphis almost to the Ou-lf of Mexico. Down the rich Yazoo valley, fertile as that of the Nile, it went to Vicksburg, thence east to Jackson, the capital of Missis sippi and from there down into the land of the magnolia and the orange to the old city near the mouth of the Mississippi. The outpourings of the people to see the presidential train along the route were larger, if any thing, than on the two previous days and the demonstrations at Vicksburg and Jackson, the two principal stops, were very striking. The visit to Vicksburg was in some respects the most interesting yet made. Here a triumphal arcli of cot ton bales with the word "Expansion" pointed out to the president, as he passed under it.the path of the new south. Although it had not been in tended to make any stops after leav ing' Jackson, the train was halted at several of the smaller towns where cotton mills are located, to permit the president to see and sp'eak to the operatives. A STEAMSHIP COMBINE. J. P. -Tlorsaii 'l ake* Step* to • on»oll, date Two <>reat Lille* of Ocean Steamers. London, April 30. —The first step in the direction of the consolidation of some of the biggest trans-Atlantic shipping interests has been accom plished by the purchase by J. I*. Mor gan & Co. of the Leyland line of steamers. A deposit on the purchase money has been paid. The purchase of the Leyland line is tantamount to its consolidation with the Atlantic transport line. For the present the Leyland will retain fts name and be under the same management, though changes in the directorate are likely to occur shortly. The result of the projected con solidation will be a steamship com pany with the largest tounage of any company in the world. New York, April 30.—The local rep resentatives of the trans-Atlantic shipping interests.generally speaking, decline to discuss the reported pur chase by J. Pierpont Morgan & Co. of the Leyland line of steamers. It is pointed out that the purchase by J. I'. Morgan wind the men associated with him will enable the United States Steel Corporation to land its products in any ports where the Leyland line controls dock privileges at the lowest rates, since, in the event of a disposition 011 ihe part of any of the companies to charge high er rates than the steel corporation desired to pay, it would be compara tively easy to transfer ships to any of these lines and, if necessary, to purchase new ones. FIVE MINERS KILLED. Seven Other* Wero Injured—A Cataa tro|»lio In Indtuu Territory# South McAlester, I. T., April 30. —An explosion of gas occurred Monday in the mine of the McAlester Coal Co. at Alderson, by which live men lost their lives, seven were injured, ar.d another is reported missing. The killed: Emanuel Taylor, colored. Wiley Clark and brother, colored. Andrew l'eseol. Dominieo Wesoluty. Joe l'etrovitch is missing. It was not known at the time the reporters visited the mine whether he was killed, or had come out and gone home. Two others were temporarily overcome by fire damp, but recovered soon after being brought out. When the explosion occurred about 125 men were at work in the mine. It is not definitely known how the gas ignited, but it is probable that some of the men fired a shot that the shot firers had not fired. The shot-firers enter the mine in the evening after the miners leave and fire all the shots or blasts that the miners have pre pared. Sometimes shots are not well prepared and the t>h.>;-firers re fuse to fire them. Pommy I* llrhlnd ilie Project. New. York, April 30.—The Mail and Express has the following: "The Mail and Express is authorized to state that the Pennsylvania railroad is behind the North Uiver Bridge Co., which proposes to build a bridge across the Hudson between Twenty third street and the New Jersey shore. Arrangements are being made with banking firms in this city to float the $25,000,000 worth of bonds necessary for tlie construction of the bridge. Actual work upon the struc ture is expected to begin within the lext IS months." ALI MOHAMMED MIRZA. Hereditary Governor (ienrral •( Azerhnijnn nod Heir Apparent to the Thronp of I'erain. The founder of the persent Kajar dynasty, Agha Mohammed Khan, died in the year 1797, and was succeeded by his nephew, Fath Ali Shah, during whose reign Persia came so often into conflict with hergreat northern neigh bor, and finally, in S'ebruary, 1828, co ncluded the treaty of Turkmanehai, which delimitates its present north west frontier. The Persian forces, during the wars of 1803-13, and the subsequent war of 1825-27, were commanded by Fath Ali Shah's eldest son, Abbas Mirza, styled ALI MOHAMMED MIRZA. iVallahd of Persia and Governor General of Azerbaijan.) Naib-es-Sultaneh, who was the first Kajar valiahd to be' named governor general of the great northwestern province of Azerbaijan, of which Ta briz is the chief town. This great prince died a few months before his father, in the year 1834, and his son, Mohammed Shah, succeeded to the throne. It has ever since been an un written law that the valiahd (or heir apparent) shall be governor general of Azerbaijan, and shall reside at Tabriz during the whole reign. Such was the case with Muzaffer-ed- Deen Shah, who succeeded to the throne after the assassination of his father, Nasr-ed-Deen Shah, on May 1, 1896, and arrived in Teheran in .Tune of that year, after having been crowned at Tabriz, where the present valiahd, Ala Mohammed Mirza, re mained as governor general. The valiahd, says London Black and White, was born on July 24, 1872, and is therefore 28 years old. He enjoyed, with his two younger brothers, the ad vantage of European tuition, of which his enlightened father saw the impor tanee. The prince has acquired a very fair knowledge of French, and is in I every way an example of the modern progressive spirit of the last decade in Persia. His highness is anxious to visit Europe, and it is thought likely that the shah may not be adverse to under taking a journey this year. The valiahd takes after his father in many ways. He has the same kindly and courteous manner which endears him to all who have the privilege of coming into contact with him. At the same time he seems to have inherited from his grandfather, Nasr-ed-Deen Shah, the firmness of character and strong constitution which distin guished the shah who was so well known in Europe. He has at the same time inherited from both his ancestors that passion for sport and outdoor ex ercise which has for generations; been the lament of the weakly and indolent courtiers who, at all times and in all weathers, have been obliged, at a moment's notice, to accompany their royal masters on fatiguing shooting expeditions in the rocky mountains which surround the capital. MONSTER STRAW HAT. Thoxe Who Claim to Know STI Ahont It Say It lit the I.artreat One Kver Mitdr. Here is a picture of the largest hat in the world, so far as can be ascer tained, and it was made by an arabi (Made by an Ambitious Hatter in a Small Philippine Town.) tious hatter of a small place in the Philippines, who used 250 yards of "jumbo" straight straw plait, an inch in width in the manufacture of this monster head covering. As a means of comparison, what are said to be the smallest lady's sail or hat and the smallest man's straw are held tip for comparison with this giant, which measures 7>/*• feet across the brim and three feet around the crown. Hare Kxeltenient in Kanua. There was a lively time in Ellen wood, Ivan., when a mad bull dashed through the town. The men fled to halls and stairways, leaving the wom en on the streets exposed t,o peril. On the following day a jaekrabbit scam pered over the same course, and the male population bravely chased it for four miles, while the women fled inter» ror. A 15 PER CENT. WAGE RAISE. tl ludow lilaM Worker* Will be tilven a 111— Advance In Pay, Indianapolis, May 3. —As the re sult of a national eonfeience of win dow glass interests held here Thurs day it was decided to close down nearly all factories in the United States on May 11 and to give all em ployes an advance in wages of 15 per cent. The conference was attended by representatives of all the co-oper ative glass factories in the country. There were also present members of the wage workers' committee and President Chambers, of the American Window Glass Co., commonly called the trust. The result of the confer ence affects 2,750 glass blowers and 15,000 other employes, all of whose wages will be increased 15 per cent. President Chambers, of the Amer ican Window Glass Co., arrived here in the afternoon and was closeted with President Burns, of L. A. 300. The object was to get the corpora tions to close down on May 11. The wage committee decided to demand from the manufacturers an advance over last year's scale of 15 per cent. The presidents of the two glass com binations were notified of the demand and said the advance would be al lowed provided the co-operatives would agree to close their factories on May 11. When this proposition was announced to the representatives of the co-operative factories the ma jority agreed to close down on that date. The action of the co-operatives, however, does not meet with general approval, and there are indications that some of them will refuse to abide by the action of the majority. One of them said: "A majority has voted to close down, but I, for one, will not abide by the order. L. A. 300, the indepen dent combination and the American Window Glass Co. have practically forced us to agree to close on May 11. I do not hold that this order will be binding on us. We cannot afford to close that early. The custom has been for our factories to close during July and August and we will do so this year, but my factory will not close on May 11." THERE'S MILLIONS IN IT. Chicago Capitalists Intend to Develop the Heaourcea ol" !Mexl«o. Chicago. May 3.—The Tribune says: Chicago capitalists and millions of Chicago money are to develop the re sources of Mexico until the southern republic becomes one of the factors in the world's trade. Silver mines supplying two-thirds of the silver of th» world; coal fields hundreds of miles in extent, great reaches of iron and other ore lands, thousands of acres of cotton seed and the great grazing lands dotted with cattle are to be made the objects of the impulse of Chicago money. As a first step in this direction John .T. Mitchell and Levi Z. Leiter have have been elected to the directorate of the Mexican Central railroad. Bonded warehouses, heretofore un known in the republic, are to be erected at the City of Mexico and at Vera Cruz. Under present methods the Mexican importer is compelled to pay duty on his goods the moment they are landed. In the United States imports may be stored until they can most opportunely be re leased and disposed of. The conces sion under which these great ware houses will be erected grants the rights for 40 years. Into this enter prise alone it is estimated that from $4,000,000 to $5,000,000 of Chicago cap ital will be placed. Plans have been formulated for de veloping the great. Mexican iron field at Durango and the coal deposits at Coaliuila. Bail road facilities are to be provided where they are now lack ing. and a total of $20,000,000 may represent the expenditures before the work is done. THE M LAURIN FLOP. W. J. Bryan Crltlclaea the Acta of a South Carollua Senator. Lincoln, Neb., May 3. —In a state ment made Thursday W. J. Bryan takes Senator McLaurin, of South Carolina, to task for what he de clares is his political flop. At the same time Mr. Bryan admits that McLaurin's action marks the begin ning of a movement in the south which will have an influence upon the politics of the nation. He says: "It is not likely that Mr. McLaurin will be the leader of the movement, because he is handicapped by the fact that he is using his official posi tion to misrepresent the views of his constituents, but some leader will arise to give direction and force to the aristocratic and plutocratic ele ment for which Mr. McLaurin speaks. There is such an element in every community, and now that the race question iio longer unifies the white people of the southern states, it will doubtless manifest itself. "Senator Tillman has already taken up the gage of battle thrown down bv Senator McLaurin, and will doubt less be able to marshal a consider able majority in that state, but the same influences are at work in other states where there is greater danger of their success." lUaaeagnl Will Vlalt !'«. London, May 3.—A dispatch from Vienna says that l'ietro Mascagni, the Italian composer, has signed a contract for a" tour of the United States. He will start October 15 and take with him an orchestra of 80 members. His personal stipend will be £2,000 a week for eight weeks. Five Arnrnaii to be A boll*bed. Washington, May 3.—Secretary Root has issued an order abolishing the following arsenals: Kennebec, at Augusta, Me.; Fort Monroe, Tir ginia; Pittsburg, Indianapolis, Co lumbia, Tennessee. With increased transportation facilities a large num ber of arsenals are not needed. OTra. SauUey Oina. New Castle, Pa., May 3.—Mrs. Mary Sankey. mother of Ira D. Sankey, the world-famed evangelist and singer, died at her home in this city Thurs day. She was 90 years of age, beinj* born July 17, 1811. GIANTS AT WAR. Leading Railway Magnates En gage in a Struggle. Vauderbllt and (be PenntflvaDlA Hallroud'w Owners It la Sulil will I'liilil (ionld and Marrlmau lur < onlrol ol tlie Atrlilaon, Toprka A Santa Fe. New York, May 3. —Discussing' the Union Pacific situation the Mail an:l Express has the following: "From the tremendous market movements in Union Pacific and Atchison stocks, big advances occurring in each yes terday, it becomes clear that a fight, is going on between great money in terests over the establishment of trans-continental systems. it now appears that this light centers around the plans of George J. Gould and E. H. Harriman to establish a vast network of roads from the At lantic to the Pacific ocean, and W. K. Vanderbilt and the Pennsylvania rail road people have made up their minds to frustrate them. With the Gould and Harriman people 011 one hand are said to be Kuhn, Loeb & Co., who are identified with the Union Pa cific management, while Mr. Morgan is believed to have lent his influence to the Vanderbilt and Pennsylvania forces. The Rockefellers, who are identified with Gould in the south western deal, are said to have stood* aloof from Union Pacific incident. "Following the discovery that Messrs. Gould and Harriman wanted to control the Union Pacific, carrying with it.the Southern Pacific, it be came plain that the Missouri Pacific, and Illinois Central might be substi tuted for the Chicago