THE NEWS,
Among the passengers who arrived at New
York on board the Red Star Line steamer
Noordland, from Antwerp, were his Fxeel-
lency Mustesharul Yezareh, Envoy Extra
ordinary of Persia to the United States, and
Major Boyajlan, and Mabommed Alley Khan,
of the Minister's suite,
Albert Goslin and Samuel Keller, members
of the defunct firm of E. 8, Dean Company,
alleged New York bucket shop keepers, have
been arrested on complaint of Dr, D, O, K.
Strong and Albert H., Kemp, of Fishkill
Landing, N. Y.
The convention of the International Asso-
elation of Mechanics, Kansas City, Mo., has
adopted a rule providing for the initiative
and referendum. The committee on law in-
cluded this in its report, and it was tnally
adopted after a bitter fight, in which many
of the members took part, The vote was
close,
The House bill to enable trust companies
in Illionis cities of less than 100,000 inhabit.
ants to do business on a deposit of $50,000
was passed by the Illinois Senate,
David Wilson, colored, who chopped his
wife to death in their home at Morristown,
N. J.. and was convicted of murder in the
first degree, was sentenced to be hanged on
June 3,
Charles Stearns, a druggist, of Maywood,
N. J., was mixing flashlight
laboratory, when the
Stearns was blown to pieces and the
was wrecked,
chemicals in hiy
ahsmic
The contract for the rece
Victoria Dridge at
jointly to the Dominion
Montreal, and the Detroit
Company, of Detro
about $1,500,000,
The forest along ttle Creek, Da.
have been doiag great damage. Dest
ptroying millions of feet of lumber, an entire
tumber burned and three
teams consumed, The body of an unknown
man has also been found, in the
vicinity of English Centre burned about two
million feet of timber.
Aaron Ferria was appointed
master for the Cincinnati and Texas Pac
Railroad, by Judge Taft, to succeed T.
Ernst, resigned.
L.T. Lewis, the bond forger,
before Judge Helserman, at Urbana, O,,
pleaded not gality., His bond wa
£30,000, in default of whi
to jail,
Two anthracite bias
ing Iron any,
capacity was 700
will probably
fires
e de-
out
camp ‘was
The fire
R. special
ifla
Pr.
was arraigned
and
i laced at
h he was remanded
» Read-
total
Uurnaces
Liew
ns a woek,
+
te
be d
I_man
. Earle
ilie, 8. C.
v
Senator
home in Gre
eonsider his «¢
is due to kidney trouble,
Ex-County Clerk Hobson,
fn Cincinnati, O., the
found two additional
him for embezzling county funds during his
term as recorder, which preceded his term
of county clark.
oseph |
ndition serio ailment
was qin
jury
ments
rearre
having
d
grand g
gran 2
$
indiet against
CABLE SPARKS.
5 he Spant
the port
Senor Vill
and marine of
resigned.
The Dingley tari
United States Sen
German Relchsts
+
The uns:
Caban tow
disease az
asked tha
holida
M.
clined
clams «
Ferdin
Capt.
At
rested at
srnment
busterin
The Cu
oultivation
large quantities ol
erty. The
for reinforce
Spanish
A member 0
telegraphs to 1
haa been com
hope of c«
virtual
iti
gold
derson’s misai
“ast :
i to the ehief
to make treaties has been
tives and a serious disaster |
May Day was observed it
pean cities without disturbances
Budapest, Hungary, whers a
workingmen attempted a demonstration io
spite of the prohibition of the
They were dispersed by the police
number
auth
GIBSON FINALLY HANGED.
Seven Times Sentenced to Death A Re-
markable Case.
A despatch from Greenville, Miss,
John Gibson, was banged,
was the closing chapter of a somewhat
markable trial. Gibson was ted, al
ter a trial of six years, for killing Robert
Stinson, a white man.
The trial of Gibson has been one of almost
national importance, being a direct attack
upon the federal courts, aud gpon the valld-
ity of the constitution of Misslssippl. The
case has been twice before the Hupreme
Court of thiswtate, and sentence which
was executed to-day was the seventh sep
tence of death passed upon Gilson, Gib
son's counsel contended that the constitu-
tion of Mississippi excluded colored men
from petit juries and grand juries on ae-
eount of their color, in direct violation
the federal constitution, and that Missiasip-
p's repressntation In Congress had not
been reduced to accord with the fourteanth
amendment, although the slective franchise
‘had been reduced by the constitution of
1890.
says
oolared, hia
ro-
mv
the
of
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PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS,
Stanford Newel Minister to the Nether.
ands.
The President Wednesday sent to the Sen-
ate the following nominations:
Treasury (George Moulton, J., Coliector
of Customs, district of Bath, Me,
Henry A. Castle, of Minnesota, Auditor for
the Postoffice Department.
+ Btate Stanford Newel of Minnesota, Fn-
woy Extraordinary and Ministe¥ Plenipoten-
tiary of the United States to the Netherlands,
Justice Wi, H, H. Clayton, of Arkansas,
Judge of the United States Courtof the Cen-
tral district of Indian Territory.
Interior Tams Bixby of Minnesota, com-
missioner to with the Cherokee,
Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians,
Postmasters—-Jas, W. Holt, Grafton, W.
¥a.; Ernest E. Hempstead, Meadville, Pa,
EXPOSITION OPENED.
Tennessee's Centennial Starts!
off with a Rush,
A RECORD OF PROGRESS.
President McKinley, at the White House
in Washington, Touches the Key Which
Nets the Machinery in Motion Address
of the President und Director General
The Opening Ceremonies Gov. Taylor's |
Eulogy Upon His State—The Various
Bulldings and Unique Features of the
Exhibition History of the Project.
As he ad-
man, and it wag several
minutes before His Excellency could pro
coed with his address.
The first century in the history of the
Commonwealth of Tennesses, glorious with
rich with achieve
ments in all the arts of peace, has been garn-
you in this jubilee, the stirring scenes of a
handred eventful years pass in review be
fore me, I ses the blussmoke curling heav-
elvilization slong
I ses the red
and hear the first song of
the banks of the Watauga;
proach of torch and tomahawk;
peerless
warriors in her race for life, and amid the
and smoke from Decherd
A special despatch from Nashville, Tenn,
says: The Tennessee Centennial Exposition
was opened at noon Saturday, with appro-
priate ceremonies, in the presence of many
thousands of persons, The weather was
bright and cool, and at an early hour the
streets were thronged with people, assembled
to witness the parade of the Fssenle Order
Ihe procession formed
and other societies,
i and i
ed through
in, to Sum-
wad and the
mare
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the parapets of the beleagured fort and fall
fainting {nto the arms of John Sevier; Isce a
thousand coon skin caps gathering at Byea
more Shoals, and a thousand rifles reflecting
a thousand gparkling images of rising sun; I
soe a thousand stalwart mountaineers sud-
forest, and now I see
the base of King
upward towards its
re, they pour their
denly vanish into the
around
and w
yf BOT]
them emerge
i ik
A nding
ont of
fountain,
nit |
rolievs into s faces of the foe;
the brave redconts fall like the leaves
Comma
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cession
anted po
f the Unilo
was
sfjoe,
exposition grounds,
headed by a deta
followed by looal
Rank, Kaoights
Tonpesaes
of
A, of th
ville; ¢
Guard,
Ancient
arrayed in costumes «
senators and knights
and supreme offi
Governor Taylor and
rarviages, went to the
the
Ban
Fasenic Order an
SOT
houses and private residences al
of march and every portion of
bandsomely adorned with
and other decorations,
beautiful appearance
Arrivipg at the exposition grounds, th
in the procession joined the thousands of
other visitors in ting the
butldings and the very attractive grounds,
The Opening Cersmonies
The opening «
harmony with the
general and
they were at the sams time, impressive, and
made a fitting prelude to one of
memorable events in Tennesaes history,
opening of the Ex
and presente
inspe
eremonies were in perfect
f
methods of
aeMeient
his ymmitiees, but
marks the
hundredth vear of the admission of
into the alsterhood of commonwealth, I
position
4
Bishop
and
Thomas F. Gailor, coadjutor
Tennessee, in a fervent aud fall
rounded voles,
After “America” had been played
most impressive manner, Major J, W.
Thomas, president of the Tennesses Fxpo-
sition Company, arose, and was received
with cheers and applause, [is said in part:
“Men of all ages have celebrated great
events by holidays, triumphal processions,
grand festivals and towering monuments,
and as Tennessee was the frst state admitted
fato the Union formed from territory ceded
to the general government, it is appropriate
that we celebrate our centennial anniversary
by having a great exposition, showing the
world that we have kept pace with our sister
states and other nations in the progress of
the age in all the triumphy and glories of
olvilizstion.
“While this celebration is prompted by
reversnos for the past, it is also prompted by
a desire to so advertise and proclaim our
advantages that thousands from other states
and other oations will coms to ses what we
have accomplished and realize the marvelous
wealth of our undeveloped resources.”
Governor Taylor's Address,
Loud and continuous cheering followed
the conclusion of President Thomas’ re-
marks, and the band struck up “The Siar
autumn; the battle ia w
the Revolution is turned
hs years fi, and the
fs
the w yal
Fulton and Morse
Whitney and
| open ip new highwa)
| lization.
Director General's Speech,
At the conclusion of the ad
ip “Dixie.” and then the
ake with the th
vn,
When order was restored, or
i. M Ajor
| gliet
once more refgng
| the director general of
lor whose skillful gui
materialized an
stepped forward, and
ume of appia
and it was at once
looked upon the work «
saw that it waa good
and very charncteriati
| describod as being as
Whatever eredit
project
18 wine
“sen tha
aide,
for
tion with the Tennesse
modest as he is
may belong to others
work done in eonnex
Centennial
the director
part, and, as some ¢
position are to be fre
that this great
uchieved will be his
Exposition, no one will contest
goneral’ claim to ¢
’
iv ohief
he features of
manent, It is
work which
safo to
say he
most
ant,
Major Lewis, turniag to President Thomas,
said
Twenty-one monihs ago you sd
honor to
of Tenneases,
A scheme for the great work was
sented to and adopted by you and your ex-
soutive sonmittee,
Immediately the sito was selected and the
work begun,
The scheme contemplated the holding of
a comprehensive interstate and national ex.
position to particularly illustrate the pro-
gross of Tanneases and her people,
Major Lewis then gave a history of th
project. He consluded by handing to Pres
ident Thomas the keys,
Machinery Set in Motion,
Then, at & given sigual the wire flashed the
magic word to the White House at Washing
ton, President McKinley touched the button,
and, aa the band played “Hall Columbia,”
the machinery was set in motion and the
Tennesses Centennial Exposition was open-
od to the world. The arrangements at Wash-
ington were very simple in detail. The ofe-
cult was made up by the Western Union of.
ficials under the supervision of Mr, Mont.
Spangled Banger” amid tumuituous cheer-
gomery, executive clerk in charge of tele-
graph, and of Manager Marean, of the West
| ern Union, The wires were made direct to
| Nashville, by way of Richmond, Va., and
Nashville, N, C., repeaters being used at the
former place, The circuit was a little over
| 700 miles ln length, Immediately upon the
| completion of the elreult into the Exposition
| grounds the President was notified by Becre-
tary Porter, and at onco walked across the
hall to the telegraph room where, under the
guidance of Mr. Montgomery, he stepped up
to the desk, placed his finger on the Morse
key and slightly depressed it, which action
| instantly gave the signal to the Nashville end
| and put in motion the wheols of the Exposi-
tion, The members of the Tennesses dele
| gation in Congress, Pension Commissioner
H. Clay Evans and several other prominent
Tennessecans witnessed the ceremony.
The following telegrams in relation to the
ceremony passed between Secretary Porter
and J, W, Thomas, president of the Exposi-
tion:
Nashville, Tenn,, April 29.
His Excellency, William McKinley, Wash-
ington, D, C
The executive committee of the Tennessee
Contennial, following the invitation extend-
commities sent
you
ed you through our special
to Washington to formally re
at 1 PP. M., Washington ti
dav, May 1, the electric
just that
f tur
touch mature
open the Tennessee Cente
LB
OSTTION. |
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The peopl
and request that
Bers
13 prin; i
dv shaking
Mr. M
gyatification at the su
Kitale wm ijod
woeas Of the underiak
ing. After receiving the thanks of the Ten-
| neoesepans, and shaking hands with them, bo
retired to the Cabinet roo
The President then sent the following mes
sare
“1 congra a the people of Tenpesses
upon tha suceessiul opening of their Centen-
nial Exposition, greats
est possibile suce
and I wish for if the
ens
SCOPE OF THE EXPOSITION,
History of tha Project Some of the
Unigue Voatures,
It has often been said that Chicago had no
background: that ail there was (to be seen al
the great and unrivaled World's Fair was
within the enclosure of Jacksen Park.
At Nashville, however, standing on the
Rialto, a counterpart of the famous Venetian
structure, spanning a narrow strait between
two lovely lakes, and looking directly west,
the first oliject that the eye rests upon is the
colossal statue of Pallas Athenae, asd im-
mediately behind it, exactly as it was placed
in the Acropolis at ancient Athens, stands
the Parthenon, a replica of the work of
Phidias, in all its ancient glory, a bit of
“frozen music,” as bas been said, that
gladdens everything within reach of fis
influence,
Behind the Parthenon is the Commerce
Buliding, whose general style is based on the
Corinthian and lepie orders of the Graeco-
Roman, and behind that the wooded hills
J where the wee-tops fade away into the sky.
Turning around and looking due cast the
eye roams over acre after acre of meadow
and woodland til it rests on an Imposing
structure in the far distance, That bullding
in the Btate House of and the
Rialto may thus be considered the connecting
Hok between the present and the past,
Tennessee,
The principal bulldings sre ax follows
First, the Parthenon, us originally designed
and completed by VPhidins st Athens; the
Erechtheon or History Building, will be the
depository of valuable relies; the Commerce
Juliding, known #ines the Fair in
Expostticn parlance as the Manufacturers
and Liberal Arts Building: the Education
and Hyglene Building: Agriculture, Trans
portation, Negro Bulldiog, Machinery, Gov
ernment Buallding, the Woman's Ballding,
Minerals and Forestry, and others of
note, nearly fifty in all,
The Machinery Building Is considered one
of the finest specimens of pure Greek archi-
tecture In America, It Is 875x138 feet, and
somewhat resembles the Propylaeum in
Munich, The Commerce Bullding measures
BILX256 feet, and its general style is based on
the Corinthian and lonle orders of the
Grasco-Roman., Over the sentral
the height of 175
agnificent view
country
World's
lesser
AVE
i HOO BK
fo
dome rises to t, fr
which a most n
rounding
Agricultural Bull
oentral d ‘
t
to 8B height of If
and of late over cigh
been employsd at the
f the work when completed will
neighborhood of $120000, i
States Government Bailding will
close sach evening at five o'clock, and will,
therefore, not be illuminated, and the contrast
betwean this beautiful building and
that are bathed in brightness enhances the
values of the whole Arrange.
ments at the Tennessce Centennial will as
tonish the world
The greatest livestock display ever held
in the South will open in Reptember, and in
the neighborhood of $30,000 given as prem
ums,
There will be interstate collegiate football
games in October, and every week some new
and startling features will be introduced.
The government exhibit is sspeciaily in-
toresting. Ths art exhibit is far superior to
that of the World's Fair, and so finer col
ination has ever been exhibited in America.
The exact status of the Tennesses Centen-
nial Exposition may bs summed up with
the remark that it isas [ar ahead of Atlanta
and Philadelphia as they wore ahead of the
county fairs of fifty years ago,
work
he cout «
be
United
those
The electric
cI —sos ss
Three Tuches of Snow in Olle.
Cleveland, Ohio. Despatches from towns
in the interior of the stale say that the rain
of Saturday night turned into snow, and In
many places wintry conditions prevailed.
At Buoyrus three inches of snow fell, and at
Martin's Ferry, in the southeastern part of
the state, the ground was covered with it,
va a A —
0 HONORED LOST.
m
SocietyWomenof Paris Crushed
and Burned.
NEARLY AS MANY IIURT.
Doors Were Ba.n Choked, Preventing the
Escape of Man; Who Might Have Been
Snved -The Fire Broke Out in Sis
No. 18, Presided Over by the Duchess
d'C zon
An awful disaster Tuesday afternoon
turned the gay French capital inlo mourn
ing. About 4 o'clock suddenly broks
out in & temporary wooden structure in the
IR ae Jean-Goujon, while it was crowded with
people attending sa charity bazar under the
patronage of the Duchess 4" Uzes
fire
and other
woll-known ladies of the ench aristor
The Fire and Panic.
s larg }
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PENNSYLVANIA ITEMS.
was 00D washed al
™ veered
3 ie
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WASHINGTON NOTES.
Cinclpnati, O., audi
Navy Department. bas resigoed.
vons has been ordered
M.
Minneapolis, per steamer,
H. Wadieigh, or
jeaxe
for the
Commander T, A. 1
ore a retiring board. apt. C Chester,
command the
May 15, relies
Jered b
William Aiken, of South Carolinas,
vising Architest of the Tre has tender
his resignation to to
take effect Julv 15
: apt. i
we ob Wo monihs
sapear-
BREULY,
ed
Noeoretluary Lage,
i he Se
sonfirmed
nas RB. Pore
ge. Eastern
John B. Wight
missioners of the
John MeMullen,
Rit surgeon in
nate, in executive session,
nominations: The
District Ju
North Carolina
I. Ross, Com
District of Columbia, and
of Maryiand, to be an
the Marine Hospital Bervies
Jor
wing
1“nils 2 ute
i Diled Sates
s ¥
District of
and Jolin W
ASBLE
J. C. H. Irins has made application forap-
peintment as appraiser of merchandise at
Philadelphia, and E. Q. Houston, as azsayer
in the mint at Charlotte, N,
The Montgomery sailed from Port Tampa,
for Pensacola, and the Bennington [rom
Acapulco for Ran Francisco, .
One bundred and thirteen fourth-class
postmasters were appointed Wednesday, Of
these 73 wers due to resignations and deaths,
34 to removals at the expiration of four
years service, and € to removals for other
reasons,
STARVING MEN EAT
————
Four More Survivors of the Brigastine
Valliant are Rescued,
The French brigantine Amadee, Captain
Fortin, from 8t, Malo, arrived at Bt. Pierre,
N. P, bringing four more survivor of the
A DOG.