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m . t THE FAIR OPEN. President Mand Starts tbe Exposition Machinery. .1GRE1TTHRONG PRESENT. Brief and Simple Exercises at the Grounds. "lie President Opens tbe Great Fair by Touching an Electric Button, and Makes a Short Address?A Procession of Noted Americans and Foreigners?Detailed Description ot the Ceremonies. Graver Cleveland, President of the United "States, surrounded by the members of his Cabinet, by high officials of the various States, by a numerous and distinguished representation from lands across the seas, BIBD'S-] | 3 x: l>a(l?nA? I nrt^a/ih A' XKUi TTOJ Ayj/4 vwvu. ' 2?Machinery Hail, 17X acres. - 3?Agricultural Building, 15 acres. 4?Annex to Agricultural Building. 8?Administration Building. *?Hall of Mines and Mining, 8% acres. 7?Electrical Building, 9% acres. and by a mighty throng of American citizens, baa pressed the electric button at Chicago, - which set in motion the miles of shafting, 4he Innumerable engines and mechanisms and the labyrinth of belting and gearing which make up the machinery of the world's Columbian Exposition. At the same moment a national salute pealed forth from the guns of ' the Andrew Johnson, lying off toe Exposition grounds in Lake Michigan; 700 rilags, released from their "stops" at a contorted signal swung loose and streamed out under the sky in soarlet, yellow and blue; -over in Machinery Hall a great roar arose . *nd the turrets of the building nodded as the ' wheels began to turn, and a great volume of > sound arose from the throats of the con* course of people, who, thus aod aimed the opening of the grandest achievement of -Ajnerican pluck, enterprise and generosity. The weather at the opening was mild and -cloudy, but there was no rain. Before the tfimf faint otrAakq nf lip lit in the eastern sky keraided the approach of the dawn, the down-town streets were astir. Crowds were Jhorrying from the railroad depots on the - aortb and west aides, and the cable lines were discharging load after load of passen gers. As the morning wore on the throngs in creased. Excursion trains from near-by points, and the regular suburban trains on the various roads, brought thousands who added to the crowds from other sources, for it was a State and oivio holiday. As 10 ?V'ock?the hour forthe opening exercises? drew near the rush reached its height, subsiding as 11 o'clock was reached. In their sleeping chambers on the second ; floor of the Auditorium the Duke of Veragua and his party, even before they had arisen, could hear the oontinuous rumble of wheels, the hoarse shouts of the drivers and the inoesaant chatter of the pedestrians By the time breakfast was concluded, tho Committee of Escort had put in appearance, and after greetings had been exchanged, the members of the ducal party were shown to tneir carnages. . It was half-past eight when the party left -tiie Auditorium, and ten minutes later they "were shaking hands with President Cleveland in the back parlor of the Lexington. The Chief Executive himself had been up with the lark, and the last vestiges of his coffee and toast were disappearing as the Auditorium contingent alighted from its carriages. While the handshaking was in progress Vice-President 8tevenson and his party, which had been hurried from the Palmer House under conditions similar to those experienced by the guests of the Auditorium, put in an appearanoe. On their heelB, literally taking Che hotel by storm, came the members of the National Commission and the Fair Directors, who were to act as hosts and escorts to the distinguished guests on this memorable day. Promptly at 9 o'clock, Major T. A. Baldwin, . of tho Seventh United 8tates Cavalry, who was in command of the escorting division, was prepared to give the signal for the procession to move, and a magnificent procee slon it was. At the head, to clear the way, and mounted on handsome chargers, was a platoon of graycoated South Park police. Behind them, in their brand new blue Uniforms, came a detachment of city police on horseback, fifty of - them, and five abreast. Next in line was Company B, of the Seventh United States Cav -airy, and Company E, of the Seventh United States Cavalry. The fourth division was the Chicago Hussars, headed by Captain E. L. Brand and Adjutant Thomas S. Quincy. ' They appeared for the first time in their Americanized Russian uniforms. There were six score of them, mounted on magnificent black chargers, and every man a giant ' Twenty trumpeters heralded the approach of the Hussars, and bringing up the rear of the military division was mounted Troop A of the Illinois National Guards. The procession of carriages waa led by a vehicle containing national uommmuunni P. A. B. Widener, of Pennsylvania, and Bradley R. 8maliey, of Yermont, with Directors Thomas B. Bryan and James W. .Ellsworth for compsny. In the second car riage were Commissioners Corton W. Allen . and George H. Barbour, Directors Charles Henrotln and William B. Kerfoot. Next to them rode Commissioners - Groner and Hodges, Directors Ketcham and Lawrence. The fourth and fifth carriages were also jointly occupied by commissioners and local directors while in r the sixth the Director General and Director of Works, George R. Davis and D. H. Burn? bam, rode vis-a-vis. It wns the seventh car. riage, however, that brought out the enthu> aiasm of the inlookers. In it, his face toward the south, - vt the President of the United r States, and > a the opposite seat Presidents "T. W. Pal" rr, >f the World's Columbian Commission. ?nd H. N. Higinbotiiam, of the World's Columbian Exposition. Vice-President Stevenson rodo with two World's Fail ex-Presidents. Lyman J. Gago and William T. Palter. S-crotary Greaham rode with Na rotary Carlisle with George V. Mameij, of Delaware, Secretary Herbert with Charles H. Schwab, Secretary Hoke Smith with J. W. St. Clair, of West Virginia, and finally Secretary Morton with Director H. B. Stone. . The American contingent having thus led the way, the third or foreign division was OBOYXB CLXVTTAKD. inaugurated with the fourteenth carriage. This was occupied by the Duke of Veragua, the First Vice-President of the Commisssion, ex-Governor Waller of Connecticut, the First Vice-President of the Exposition, Ferd. W. 2YE VIEW OF COLUMBIAN EXP EI TO bibd's-xyx Taw 0? COLUMBIAN Etposrrzc 8?Manufactures and liberal Arts Building, 44 aores. 9?The Great Peristyle and Muslo Hall Gale. 10?Landing Pier. *? ? is a/ am* 12?Horticultural Hall. 6X acres. 13?Tillages of all Nations. Peck, and Commander Dictans of the United States Army. The fair sex appeared for the first time in the vehicle that followed, the Duchess of Veragua being escorted by Mrs. Potter Palmer, who did the honors as President of the Board of Lady Managers, and by Mrs. Dlcklns, wife of the Commander. In the sixteenth carriage were the Marquis de Bar boles, son of the Duke and Duchess, M. H. De Young, Commissioner from California, and Second Vice-President of the Commission, and Robert A. Waller, of the Board of Directors. In the seventeenth were the Honorables Chriatobei Agullera and Marie Del Pilar Colon y Aguilera, son and daughter of the Duke, and Spanish Commissioner Thomas G. Guttires. In the eighteenth the Hon Pedro Colon y Bertenado and Carlos Aguilera, with the Marquis Villa la Obor, and Director Charles L. Hutchinson. The ducal party was succeeded by carriages occupied by Ambassador to England Thomas F. Bayard and ex-Minister to Belgium Lambert Tree, Major General Miles and aides, Admiral Gherardl and aides, and Governor Altgeld. The carriage of Mayor Harrison, who was accompanied by three I members or tne uoara 01 Aiaoruitva. uiuu^ul up the extreme rear. As the procession moved southward on Michigan avenue, thence along Qrand Boulevard to Fifty-first street, thence through South Park by way of Bayard avenue to Palmer avenue, entering the Midway Plaisance through the wesvera gateway, making a short detour in order to avoid the Ferris wheel, and then resuming the broad promenade to the entrance gate, it was attended by an almost unbroken diapason of cheering. Less than an hour had been occupied in the journey from the starting point, and the triumphant entree within the great white city was now in order. As the head of the column emerged from Midway Plaisance it was met by a detachment of the Columbian Guard, accompanied by Colonel Bice and his staff, Who, from this point, took the right of line. Slowly the procession moved around the Woman's Building, and the lagoon encompassing the wooded island, on past the Choral Hall, and the beautiful structure devoted to mines and mining. Here It veered to the east, crossed the installation traok, and desoribea a zigzag course to the west door of the Administration Building. The platoons of cavalry had meanwhile drawn up between this structure and the terminal station, and between these passed the guests as fast as they alighted from their carriages. From the center of the jplatform proper there radiated a special stana, ana upuu uiia were chairs for President Cleveland, VicePresident Stevenson, the Duke of Veragua and his party and the higher National and local officers of the Fair. Immediately in the rear were the sections assigned to the members of the diplomatio corps, while to their right and left the other officials and guests of the occasion were arranged. Behind these were placed the orchestra. In front of all, occupying the two wings on the right and left of the speaker's stand, was provision for some three hundred representatives of the press, who represented nearly every civilized Nation on the face of the globe. In the space assigned to celebrities from foreign countries a remarkable group attracted general attention. One was a genuine East India Rajah, Dado Su Ana. who occupies the distinguished position of Secrei tary of State for the Sultan of Jehore, on the Malay Peninsular. Near by, clad in long, black robes, their heads surmounted by curiously shaped hats i were Ye Chayum. Jeuhg Kiung Won and Y1 Shing Su, the Royal Commissioners from Corea. With these was Caesar Oondra, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PleniI potentiary of the Republio of Paraguay, and His Excellency Prince De Gloukhovskoy. J Chamberlain to His Majesty the , ! Czar and General Imperial CommisJ sioner of Russia. Baron Fava, Italy 8 minister i-iempoientiary, sai a inno distance away with the Marquis di Rudini. Representing the Dominion of Canada was a i notable group comprising the Acting PreL mier, MacKenzie Powell, Minister of Publio i Works Quinet and Minister of Agriculture A. R. Angeans. In th? center of \ the group of lady managers were i the Princess Maria Shach Oskay, l maid of honor at the court of the Czar, and Mme. Somet Sepkin Sep kin. Conspicuous i also In the fore-front of the the throng below the platform were such distinguished foreigners as the Duchess of Buckingham, the Earl and Countess of Craven and the Counts Balla, Siohy and Honckheln. Bel tween the platform and the audience before 1 it every Nation and every tongue seemed to i be represented to the honor and glory of the l Columbian Exposition. > It was an inspiring scene that met the vision of the Chief Executive of the Nation as : he was eeoorted to his seat. l All was now in readiness for the lnaugura tion of the exercises proper. A big orchestra HUw ud? dtewtttt of Xlwo dor* Thomas performed a Colombian march composed for the occasion by Professor J. K. Paine. iCot a tenth part of those In flew of the platform could determine what portion of the exercises was In progress without the aid of opera glasses. At the oonolosion of the march the Rev Dr. W. H. Milburn, the blind chaplain of the United States Senate, offered prayer. Miss Jeesie Couthoul, an elooutionist, in clear, distinct tones, read W. A. Croffutt's poem "The Prophecy." Hearty applause greeted the reader as she retired. After the orchestra had played the overture of "Rienzi," Director General Davis delivered his address, in which he traced the history of the great enterprise from the start and spoke of the advantages which would result to America and the world In bringing about a new era of moral and material progress. It was now the turn ?? the President of the United States to present himself, and as he slowly arose from his seat, and swept his eyes, first over the oocupants of the platform and then over the great audlenoe, a loud cheer went up. Foreigners and natives alike joined in applauding the highest representative of the Republic. There was a flutter of white handkerchiefs from the ladles' side of the platform, and Instantly it was taken up by the thousands of the &ex that occupied the gondolas and launches on the water far in the distance. All the while Mr. Cleveland stood erect, his left hand behind him. He spoke as follows! "I am here to join my fellow citizens In the congratulations which befit this occasion. Surrounded by the stupendous results of American enterprise and activity, and In view of magniflent evidences of American skill and intelligence, we need not fear that these congratulations will be exaggerated. We stand to-day in presence of the oldest OSITION. BP 1 >: >*. 14?Woman's Building. 15?United States Government Building. 16?Fisheries Bnilding. 17?Life-Saving Station, eta 18?Illinois State Building. 19?Galleries ? Fine Arts. Nations of the world, and point to the great achievements we here exhibit, asking no allowance on the soore of youth. 'The enthusiasm with whloh we oontemplate our work intensifies the warmth of the greeting we extend to those who have come from foreign lands to illustrate with us the growth and progress of human endeavor in the direction of a higher civilization. "We who believe that popular education and the stimulation of the best impulses of our citizens lead the way to a realization of the National destiny which our faith promises, gladly welcome the opportunity hare afforded us to see the results accomplished by efforts which have been exerted longer than ours in the field of man's improvement, while in appreciative return we exhibit che unparalleled advancement and wonderful accomplishments of c young Nation and present the triumphs of a vigorous, self-reliant and inde* 4 * - "T- W??iU anlnn/IM pendant peopie. ? ? ubyo uimi* mcon Dymuwu edifices, bet we have also built the magnificent fabrio of a popular Government, whose grand proportions ar>s seen throughout the world- We have made and here gathered together objects of use and beauty, the products of American skill and Invention; we have also made men who rule themselves. "It is an exalted mission in which we and our guest3 from other lands are engaged, as we co-operate in the inauguration of an enterprise devoted to human enlightenment; ana in the undertaking we here enttr upon we exemplify in the noblest sense the brotherhood of Nations. nq hold fast to the meaning that un derlles this ceremony, and let us not lose the impresaiveness of this moment. As by a touch the machinery that gives life to this vast Exposition is now set in motion, so at the same instant let oqr hopes and aspirations awaken forces whioh in all time to oome shall influence the welfare, the dignity and the freedom of mankind." As the President was concluding the final sentence his eyes wandered tc the table that was close at his left hand. Upon this was the button, the pressure upon which was to start the machinery and make the opening of the Exposition an accomplished fact. As the last words fell from the President's lips he pressed his finger upon the button. This was the signal for a dem| onstration, In fact, difficult of imagination, and Infinitely more so of description. At one and the same instant the audience burst Into a thundering shout, the orchestra pealed forth the strains of the Hallelujah chorus, the wheels of the great Allis engine in Machinery Hall commenced to revolve, the electric fountains in the lagoon threw their torrents toward the Bky, a flood of water gushed forth from the MoMonniee fountain, and rolled back again into the basin, the thunder of artillery came from the vessels in the lake, the chimes in Manufacturers' Hall and on the German Building rang out a merry peal. At the same moment hundreds of flags, of all Nations, and all colors were unfurled within sight of the platform. The largest-was a great "Old Glory," whioh fell Into gracaful folds from the top of the center 3taff in front of the stand. The roof of the Manufacturers' Building was gorgeous In red gonfalons, while the Agricultural Building was dressed in ensigns of orange and white. It was a wonderful scene of transformation, and amid M- oil nannnn oAntinnflH fn t.hunripr nnrt thn crowd to cheer. It was fully tea minutes before the demonstration subsided. Then the band played "America," and the exercises were at an end. The Columbian Exposition was open to the Nations of the world * ? The inner wants of the distinguished guests now demanded the consideration of the Committee of Arrangements, and, with President Cleveland at their head, arm-inarm with President Palmer, they were escorted for lunch to the third floor of the Administration Building. At the conclusion of the luncheon President Cleveland was escorted to the foreign section of Manufacturers' Hall, where he received the commissioners from foreign countries. Afterwards he was driven over to the Woman'' Building, and witnessed a portion of the exorcises incident to its formal dedication. from here he was driven directly back to the terminal station on the World i Fair Grounds. That evening at 5 o'clock he left for Washington on a special train The throng of people was so great dur ing tne progress 01 tne exercises mac a uumber of person* fainted and had to be removed to the hospital. The total attendance on the first day of the Fair was given out as 440,000 people. Os the steamboat pier are moving sidewalks. The outer sidewalk moves at the rate of three miles an hour, so that passengers can step upon it while it is in motion. They can then step to an inner sidewalk which has a 8peed three miles faster, so that they are carried along the pier at the rate of six miles an hour and cau get qu qr off at will without iSfiGAYGfiiOJU^ .. . ! THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Eastern and Middle States. Thbee Italians were killed by the caving in of a sewer at Olean, N. Y. The officers of the Dutch warship Van Sp'eyk were dined in New York City by the Holland Society. The 104th anniversary of President Washington's first inauguration was observed in New York City by a parade of patriotic organizations and services in St. Paul's Church. Ebastub Wijiajt, the "King of Staten Island," as he has often been called, the advocate of commercial reciprocity with Canada, the promoter of numerous projects of more or less financial success, and until recently a member of the firm of R. G. Dun A Co., has joined his wife in making an assignment in New York City for the benefit of his creditors^ Mayor GiLBor, of New York City, made fifteen important appointments, including tne reappointment 01 ourpurtttiuu. uvuuow Clark and Public Works Commissioner Daly. Joseph J. O'Donohue was created City Chamberlain. The Dogali, the Italian cruiser, arrived at the Port of New York from St. Thdmas. She is in charge of Commander Giovanni Giorelli. Including officers and crew, the Dogaii has a complement of 2S6 men. The Spanish flagship, Infanta Isabel, with the Nueva Espana in her wake, steamed out of New York Harbor. These were the first of the visitors to go. Memorial exercises for James GL Blaine were held in Boston, Mass. Senator Frye, of Maine, delivered the address. South and West. "Jm" Burke and "Sam" Maasey, colored, were hanged in Bonham, Texas, in the presence of 10,000 people. Whex the Liberty bell reached Indianapolis, Ind.. on its way to Chicago, ex-President Harrison delivered an address on it before the school children of the city. At Seattle, Washington, Nelsonton Sandborn, aged thirty, shot and killed Mrs. Mary Jensen, aged fifty, and then killed herself in the same manner. Mrs. Jensen was a rich widow; Sandborn was her gardner. The country northwest of Alton, I1L, was visited by a severe hail storm. The average size of hailstones was as large as an egg. Many roofs were shattered. The Missouri, Kansas and Eastern road's new tracks were wwhed away, causing a loss of 8100,000. Loobe business methods and slow collections caused the failure of the private Bank of Salem, near Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The banking establishment of L M. Strong <fc Son, at Bancroft, Mich., is in the hands of the Sheriff. The Bank of Americus, Oa., has again suspended payment. Geoeoe W. Mobehotjsb, Police Magistrate of Great Falls, Montana, placed a revolver in his mouth and blew off the top of his head. He was three months behind in making his financial report to the council, and that body had voted to call upon his bondsmen to make good his deficiency. Twentt-two thousand coal miners in Ohio went on strike; work was suspended in every Important mine in the State. The World's Fair, at Chicago, will probably not be in complete order before June 1; the work of finishing the buildings and installing the exhibits ? going on rapidly; the New Jersey Building has been dedicated. Washington. Pbofessor Ec.leston. of the Forestry Division, Agricultural Department, Washington, prepared for exhibition at the World's Fair a 'Ctlon of a tree 401 years old and a chart snowing within the ten-year lines of growth the history of the world since Columbus's discovery. A HIGHLY successful test of domestic naval armor occurred at the Indian Head proving ground near Washington. It was conducted under the personal supervision of Commissioner Sampson, Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance. latjtesaht Saktjil C. Bobihson, the young United 8tates army officer who recently attempted suicide in Baltimore, has tendered bis resignation to the Secretary of War. This course, it is understood, was taken after his friends became convinced that a court martial, with probable dismissal, would surely follow. Pbebidest Cleveland and all the members of his Cabinet, with the exception of Secretary LSmont and Postmaster-General Blssell, who did not accompany the Presidential party to Chicago, have returned to Washington. r uroi^u* Qcxen Victobia arrived at Windsor, England, from her visit to Florenoe, Italy. A laboe portion of the town of Kroutzberg, a place of about 1500 inhabitants, near Deutsohbrod, Bohemia, has been destroyed by lire. The conflagration swept over 169 houses. Six persons perished iu the flames, many others were injured, and about 500 havo lost their homes. James B. Eosti8, who takes the place of Thomas Jefferson Coolidge. United States Minister to France, arrived at Paris and was met at the station by the whole staff of tho United States Embassy. The National Bank of Australasia, with 150 branches, has failed, with liabilities of $37,500,000 in the colonies aloue; the crash was tho result of a heavy run on the bank and its branches. The Kaltenbach coffee corner has collapsed. involving thirty firms in France, Germany and Holland. Mat Day passed quietly In Europe, wltn the exception of a slight collision with the police in Marseilles, France, The Viking ship, to be exhibited at the Chicago World's Fair as a model of the ships in which the Norsemen are supposed to have discovered America, sailed from Bergen, Norway, for New York. Bain in Hungary has saved the wheat crop, though too late to benefit barley and oats, which are beyond hope. The drought in Austria continues. J. C. Cabteb concluded his argument for the American side before the Bering Sea Tribunal of Arbitration at Paris. A mdbdeb and suicide are reported from the town of Gresford, in Denbighshire, Wales. Mrs. Whittle, a resident of that place, was killed by her groom named Sheilard. The groom then killed himselt. Empebob William and the Empress of Germany were welcomed in Lucerne, Switzerland, on their way to Berlin from King Humbert's silver wedding. Kino Behaxzix. of Dahomey, Africa, has finally surrendered to the French. King Behanzin agrees to abdicate the throne of Dahomey, the French Government to give him a pension and fix his place of residence. SETTLEBS SCALPED. Two Battles Between Cowboys and Navajo Indians. The long-threatened war of the Navajo In (Hans against the settlers or tne country m the vicinity of their lands has come at last, and with it the death of eight settlers. Such was the startling news received by AdjutantGeneral Kennedy, at Denver, CoL At 9 :t& o'clook the Adjutant-General received a telegram from Lieutenant Plummer, Indian agent of the Navajos, in which he stated that eight white men had been murdered by the Indians, who are now at war with the settlers. He declared that the situation was a very critical one and asked that the troops be called out to prevent further bloodshed. The telegram wa9 addressed to Governor Waite, but he is out of the city, and the matter was I referred by secretary jjoremz w tuo a.uj uumtGeneral. Lieutenant Plummer stated that the people below Durango were In a wild state of excitement, and grave fears wero entertained lest the Indians should continue their warfare along the valley. In his message the Lieutenant stated that two battles had been fought already. The first was fought early in the day, when five men were killed, all settlers, wnlle at another encounter three more whites lost their Uvea, and further bloodshed was anticipated. abbokDaywih approprlatelycelebrated by the employes of tne Agricultural Department at Washington. A majority of them assembled in a retired part of the grounds, where, aftw a section had been made by Assistant Secretary Willete, a white oak tree was planted In honor ot the Secretary of Agriculture. Secretary Morton mude a ajpeooh. - . . - 9 .. CHIOAGojsGUESTS. The President, the Duke of Veragi and Liberty BelL The ceremonies formally opening C cago's great six-months* reception to the u verse began two days before the actr opening day, with three parades, one 1 President Cleveland, one for the Duke Teragna and one for the old Liberty Bell. The train bearing the President reach the Union Station five minnteo afternoon. 1 was accompanied by Secretary and M Gresham, Swretary and Mrs. Carlisle, Seoi tary Herbert and his daughter, Secrets Morton. Ambassador Thomas P. Bayard, Be Admiral Gherardi, and J. W. Morton, s of the Secretary of Agriculture. I corted by Federal and State troo the Governor.of Illinois, the Mayor of CI cago, mapabMB of the World's Pair Dlreoto add of tn& National Commission and met bars of the City Council, the President ai his party were escorted to the Lexingt Hotel, where they were to remain dur? their stay in Chicago. Prom the mome the special train bearing him passed lnsl the city limits It moved between two lines shouting men and equally enthusiastic, less demonstrative, women. A tremendo crowd was at the station. As the head the procession approached Miohlgan avam a boom of cannon came across the lake fro the revenue cutter Andy Johnson, and wh< the oolumn, turning south, reached Congrt street, a salute of twenty-one guns w fired. The Duke de Veragoa arrived in a prlvs car itctaouea 10 ine inira section of the c< tunbton express. With him camethe Duche de Veragua, Christobal Colon. Maria Pil Colon, Marquis de Barboles, Pedro Bert dono, s. \rles Aoqullera, Marquis Vail lobar, and Mrs. F. w. Dloklns, all under tl charge of Commissioner Dlckins of the Unit States navy. He was cheered again and aga as his feet touohed for the first time Chloaj ground. Long before the duoal train pull Into the Union Station every available bit standing room was covered by a hum* being. Troop E of the Seventh United Stat Cavalry Was drawn up along Canal stre< north of Monroe, and eight companies of tl Fifteenth United States Infantry, with the tend, occupied the west side of Canal stre< President Thomas W. Palmer and Mrs. Jol A. Logan reoeived the Duke and Duohec Colonel C. P. Bryan represented the Gove nor, and General N. D. Grover the Notion Commission, with Senator Palmer. Tl Duke of Veragua, with his wife, who carrii a magnificent bouquet of roees, headed tl line, whloh halted before Mr. Palmer bj Mrs. Logan. The cheering was stilled m mentarily when Senator Palmer spoke infc mally to the Duke. Mrs. Logan was lntr duced to the Duchees, and the two ladi exchanged compliments, after which the ge tlemen replaoed their hats and the party w whisked up stairs into the carriages. As tl oolumn rounded the corner of Adams stre and Michigan avenue the revenue cutt Andy Johnson fired a full Admiral's salul The troops drew up before the Audltorlu aid the ducal party braved the orowds shouting spectators and were Shown to tl td&rtments reserved for them. Amid the cheering of thousands of Ins voices the triumphant tour of the Liber Bell from Philadelphia ended at Jacks* Park. The trip from the Union Station to t! World's Fair grounds was one grand mar through orowds of enthusiastic people, wl cheered the emblem of liberty every step the way. Greater homage was never pa king or queen, and the oonelusion of the flu ceremony was announced by a mighty ohe< Just as the head of the procession appear on Michigan avenue, Battery D began i salute of twenty-one guns. Turning sou on Michigan avenue the line of march 1 to the Lexington Hotel, where Preside Cleveland delivered a brief addrei The Pennsylvania building was ready to 1 celve the bell. It was completed tome tit ago, and the past month has been devoted furnishing the Interior, the ben was recelv formally by the offiolals of the building ai workmen put It in place. A MIGHTY FLOOD. Break In Reservoir Creates Tern In the Miami Valley. The Lewlston (Ohio) reservoir broke a f? nights ago and turned an Immense flood water upon the residents along Its oouree. The break was In the northwest corner the reservoir, where a wasteway 6Jli> feet length is located. A break 200 feet wide o curred and the water came running down a flood ten feet deep and three miles wld completely submerging the country aroui and carrying everything In its way. The big covered bridge 150 feet in Ieng was swung completely round and then to loose and swept away. People fled In terr from their homes while the swift and rist flood came on down the valley, taking evei thing before It. The first town alongt course of the flood was Port Jefferson, wh? the dam throws the water Into the Mia CanaL A portion of the town Is very low ai it was badly flooded. Qulnoy, Logansvil Degraff, Piqua, Troy and Dayton were al in the course of the flood. The artificial bank of the reservoir Is fl miles around and most of the way fol twenty feet above the land, and the bott< of the reservoir itself Is at least ten f< above the Immediate country below. T water averaged ten feet deep over the wh< reservoir, so some idea can be imagined the great volume that came rushing doi on the country below. The damage to property in Logan Coux Is estimated at $50,000. Many farmers lose everything but their land, and they yt be fl nan cdally ruined. ^ THE PUBLIC DEBT. r Gold Reserve Nearly Back to tl $100,000,000 Mark. The operations of the United States Tree ury Department during the month of April, indicated by the debt statement show a n increase in the public debt of $3,726,819.4 The bonded debt decreased $421,005, and t cash in the Treasury decreased $4,147,824.4 the net result being an increase of the debt. The coin certificate" and Treasury notf offset by an equal amount of cash in t Treasury outstanding at the end of themont was $596,016,621, a decrease *f $1,411,470. The total cash In the Treasury was $751 544,116.36, againat which liabilities were oi standing, including $97,011,330.08 gold i serve, amounting to $732,072,542.63, leavii an available surplus of $24,471,573.73. During the montb there was a decrease $16,094,873.91 in gold coin and bars, t total at the clo*e of the month being 920: 283,359.08. Of silver there was 8481,7? 691.44. an increase of $4,424,300.15. The receipts for the mouth of April w( $28,599,942.29, and expenditures 433,77 365.73. Customs receipts decreased frc JflH.K64.874.60 to $15,418,637.53. The pe mailt*; for pensions decreased frotd $13,83 220.10 to $12,871,761.3H SIX MEN BUBNED. * J* rr?? All mceuuiarji oructcu LU uni Kindled the Blaze. Shortly after 2 o'olock a. m. the Are alar colled the deportment and police to a larj brick tenement at Burlington, Iowa, whii was found to be in flames. It was learned that a number of perso: were in the building unable to escape. Eve effort was made by the firemen and police rescue them, but "the flames had gained to much headway, and when the flre was sui ciently subdued to permit of an examinatii of the interior of the building six burned a] almost unrecognizable corpses were found different rooms upstaira. They have be identified as follows: P. G. Schuman, a ct pet weaver; Mike Hynes, a transient lodg? Miko Lee, stove moulder, just arrived frc Chicago; John Morgan, stove moulder, rei deuce not known; a boiler maker, known Charlie, supposed to be from Chicago; Jose] N Sevindler, a plasterer. The lodging-house was kept by a Mrs. Ju Bon, and was patronized Dy a poorer ciass laborers and mechanics. There aro sevei suspicious circumstances connected with t Are which the Coroner wiil investigate. T loss to the building and contents was pre ably $2000, with small insurance. Attoyo the odd bills passed during ti closing hours of the Now York Legislatu was one Introduced by Assemblyman Hughe of Lewis, providing that dally rations American cheese must be served to inmat of State institutions and National guardsmi on duty. . ' ' > PBOMINENT PEOPLE. aa Padebewski, the pianist, baa clea $130,000 this season. hi. Ex-Queejt Liliukat,ani, of Hawaii, is . accomplished pianist and singer. , A colobed man named Henry Brown 1 been eleoted Mayor of Brownville, Neb. tor The Prince of Wales, by many recent o< has shown strong tendencies toward sclei flc matters. Ex-Secbetabt Tbacy has accepted I presidency of the New York State League ^ Good Bo ads. xy A 80s of the Archbishop of Canterbury h or captain in the British Artillery and an < 0Q thusiast in the art of war. Is- Astba.88adob Batabd is In appearance t ps beau ideal of a statesman. Tall, handsoi ii- and dignified, he attracts attention wherei ry he goes. iahaii, Pasha. the ex-Khedive of Ef<ypt. 1(1 said to be worth $25,000,000 :od resides ?n the shores ?f the Bosphorus in a palace ^ great splendor. de Leo Xin. is the only Pope that ov 0f sauntered down London's famous Plcoadll y The Pope performed the feat when, as M( og Pecci. he visited London In 1846. of The President's mail has now reached ae average of 800 letters a day. It takes the e m tire time of five clerks, besides Private Sea an tary Thurber himself, to dispose of it Cabl Haozkbeck, the prreat animal pr as yyor, of Hamburg, -who has an exhibit the World's Fair, is tali, rather stoat aJ ^9 bearded. H? first visited this country 1883. He is immensely wealthy. Babtlitt Tbipp, the new minister to At tria. is forty-eight years old. He wears sweeping brown mustache and his hair r~ thick and wavy. His favorite hat 1b a slou ^ and his cravat is of the shoestring pattern, fa Ir the Infanta Eulalle resembles her phot ~. graphs she is an exceedingly attractive youj woman. She will visit the World's Fair wi of her husband and then all America may jud m of her beauty. She is tall, commanding a: eg sprightly in manner. at, Thi income of the Chineso physiolan, tin Po Talt who. died recently in San Fra sir cisod, CaL, where he had long resided, w it. worth Over $40,000 a year. Ho had ma; m white patients. His specialty was aathm is. and to this malady he succumbed. ,r* E. Bibbt Wall, who a few years at?o w jal known In New York as the "King of Dudes ae is said to be making money in Wall stre sd and to have given up his aspiration to set tl style for the gilded youth of Gotham. 1 id abdicated his throne when he got married Heceetabt Cabliblb's advisers are a_n ~~ young yearaand of even younger appearanc Hamlin. First Assistant Secretarv of t] Treasury, is thirty-six and looks* thlrt Eckels, Comptroller of the Treasury, is tb: ty-four, smooth shaven and boyish, and 1 ~i E. Curtis, the other Assistant Secretary, 11 thirty-eight.. ^ Fivx years ago no one believed that Hob* Hftrroff fhan PVoaldanf /?t fhrt ftl 0f Ohio Railroad, would livo through the yet l!e He was said to be Incurably Insane. T last timo his New York friends saw him ty was In bettor health*than liu had been 1 ty years, and is contented and free from menl jn or physical pain. lie Govebnoh William J. Nobthik, oh Georgia, is mouldered probably the moat i 10 ligious Governor in thounion. Hois a reg of lar attendant at <jhurcli and Sunday-school, Id prominent figure in tho Baptist conventio ial and other denominational gatherings, ft ir. quently lectures at the Y. M. C. A. meetin sd in Atlanta and devotes much of his time ai Its personal attention to uharitablo work, th ?? ? TIE LABOR WOULD. IS. ^ Clems have over ninety unions, to Aubtbama has 80,000 unemployed. Geeat Bbitain has 280,000 union men. Ineiasafolis, Ind., has 10,000 union wcr ers. The Lehigh Valley Bailroad employes 1 women. Toboxto, Canada, has 300 organised wor ing girls. Sam Fbaxcisoo (CaL) sailors run an ei iw ployment agency. of The Lancashire (England) cotton stril cost $10,000,000 in wages. 0? The average wages of workingmen in sum ^ Spain- is forty cents a day. Explotmemt is scarce and laborers a over-plentiful in South Australia, le, Baldwins locomotive hands at Philad< id pbla get SGO.OOO a week in wages. Eight-houb days for Belgian, French ai til Aflfmnn nr\a\ mtnara arfl hafntr j A xattoxal union of colored steambo firemen has been organized in St. Louis, M y- Coxscl Newsox reports that In Mala) be workmen are allowed fifteen minutes' leisu ,re in every hour to smoke cigarettes, ml At Indianapolis Ind., thirteen trades a ad now receiving higher wages for eight hou I?, than was formerly received for the ten hoi so day. The lockout of the clothing cutters in Ne :J? lork City, which lasted for nearly foi uy reeks, is over. The men went back to the old places in a body. ]je Ix nine leading cities of Michigan buildin ,10 trades workers last year average $1.59 a da; 0f Wages ranged from $11.55 per week in Sag naw to $13.92 at Detroit. Foe distributing labor literature amongtl ity soldiers of his company, Sergeant Lexut, ill the Imperial Guards, in Berlin, has beensei 'ill tencod to six years' imprisonment in a Ge man fortress. kJM There were 898 strikes in Great Britain : 1891. Wage loss for the 200,000 men amount* to $7,500,000, but forty-flve per cent, of tl strikes were successful and tweny-three p ie cent, partially so. Or the 104 strikes in America In 1891 nin teen were successful, twenty-nine were pax ly successful, and fifty-four were failure M A.bout 14,000 people involved in these strik iet have lost 247,000 work days. During tl $ same year there were 1145 strikes in En, land, and 1131 in Germany. j 11*-? k??. W| A MUD2U, UWULLLUtf ooovwottwvu ur=< formed by members of th? Central Confe ?, once of Moral Workers In Philadelphia. T1 he object Is to provide sanitary apartme' h houses for workingmen. A capital of $10C 000 is to bo raised by the is3ue of share 3,- Each share is to be 450. Subscriptions i it- the amount of ?40,000 have been received. 5 LATEK NEWS. ef he The Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospits 2,- erected by Hiram Hitchcock in memory of b wife, was dedicated at Hanover, N. H. 're Thzophiixs Peitdleton, of Wolf Lak 1 . 7 )IQ Ind., went home in an intoxicated state, and.' iy. a quarrel with his wife struck her in the he& y,- killing her instantly. The brute then seize his infant child of six months and beat out 1 brains against the stove. He then cqmmitte suicide by cutting his throat. r6 A fibs which broke out in the electr power building, a great six-story atructuj in Louisville, Ky., destroyed and damagf m thlrty-flve buildings, causing a loss of b tween $300,000 and $400,000. jh A ctcuovz visited North Carolina. A nut ber of people were known to have been i ? jured, one colored man fatally. The dnmaj to to property was estimated at $200,000. T1 0<> track of the storm was from Oxford to He derson, on the Raleigh and Gaston Rallroa nd | and from there, north, down the railroad in Greystone. en it- Captain A. T. Mahan has been detaofci ,rS from duty as commandant of the naval w ^ college at Newport and ordered to the cor as mand of the Chicago. P*1 The President made the following appoli d- ments: Cornelius C. Watts, of West VirglnJ of to be Attorney of the TT<ed States for tl District of West Virginia ; Samuel S. Vlnso of West Virginia, to be Marshal of the Unit i?>? States for the District of West Vi^iila ; W 11am W. Carr to be postmastor of Fhilad/i phla, Penn. i re It la officially announced In Havana, Cui that the rebel, Sartorlous, and his follow;* have surrendered, with their horses a. aa arms. They have all been liberated parole. - _ _ . . ; """ * ' r \ 'i 1 FACTS ABOUT THE FAIR. . Pbo vision has been made for the transpor^ fadon of 60,000 persona an hour to and from the grounds. 80 Firrr Nations and thirty-seven oolonies are represented. Added to these are the United las States Government agd the various States and Territories of the U?A ita, Bocohlt speaking, the grounds contain iti- 600 acres. They are a mile longand about a mile broad at the widest part. The distance jjo from the middle of Chicago is seven miles. for The collection of exhibits in the British section is the largest and moat Important that , _ has even been brought together in any international exhibition outside of the United Kingdom. ( h A thing that will impress itself upon the _e thoughtful observer is thr fact that everv branch of science and indu-ny has been spiff up into minor departments. This is the age of the specialist. If the exhibits are to be considered from k of the standpoint of numbers the French are strongest. If they are to bo judged by the average exoellenoe in 'art Holland, without er doubt, takes the lead among foreign Nations. Ik the department of natural history New York State takes the lead. The Ward s Nat. oral Science Museum of Boshester has an exAQ hlbit which Professor Putnam says is perfect. in- it shows every form of animal life "from re- sponges to man." It must be understood that the Exposition j ir* is a city with a complete government. There ' at Am over 50.000 exhibitors, and two persons ad for each interest represented would give a la fixed population of 100.000. There are well organized and equipped police and fire dale. partments. a Ik the artillery exhibit Is a 12-inoh, naval Is rifle, thirty-six feet Ion? and weighing fifty oh tons ^ a 13-inoh naval gun jacket, seventeen feet long and weighing 66,803 pounds, the o- lS-lnch tube that will be Incased bytheja^et, is thirty-eight feet five inches long and weighs th 59,000 pounds. go Theeje is a building where babies can be ad checked just like d hat or coat or umbrella. ;" '< The charge is moderate and the nurses are Li' good. There was a similar institutional the D. Paris Exposition, but, unfortunately, several 03 hundred babies were on hand without olidm* f ny ants when the exposition closed. a, Fbo* the roof of the huge building of Manufactures and Liberal Arts will beam the biggest ag electric search light ever constructed. It has i ?? reflectors six feet in diameter and will give a >et light of 194,000,000 candle power. It is as- '' ho serted by those in charge of this light that to r e people sixty miles away the light will be nearly as bright as a full moon. 0( Most interesting in a historical sense are ,0- the trophies from the Hohenzollern Museum. be loaned to the State Department of the United y States Government for exhibition In this see*1 I,don. They have been sent over in the custody y of Captain Sogers of the United 8tates Navy, . "A'Sa ^ and the State Department assumes the responsibility for their safe keeping and safe return. ,*,? On the steamboat pier are moving side' ^4$ y. walks. The outer sidewalk moves at the rate ha of taree miles an hour, so that passenger* on 6t$f upon it while it is in motion. They can '-'.'A 0. then step to an inner sidewalk which has a . ' speed three miles faster, so that they are carried along the pier at the rate of six miles ;#* an hour and can get on or off at will without \>: 01 inoonvenlence. Thx golden nail, which marks the oomple- V 1 ??? nt fhn Wnmnn'u DnlMlnff gt the SXDOSl ' tlon, required several weeks of constant work t to make. It is composed'of gold, silver and ' copper, and a Montana sapphire is set in the S upper portion of the shield which is attached to the nail near the head. Mrs. Potter Primer, President of the Board of Lady Managers, drove the nail of gold home with a silver hammer. Dxlats In the collection of material caused the postponement of the ceremony of casting the souvenir bell to be made of historical k * metal collected by the Daughters of the Amor* . loan Bevohitlon for the purpose of conv- A memoratlng the opening of the World's Pair. fl The ceremony was set for the opening day, V and Mra. Cleveland was to have touched a 04 button at the White House connected with I the automatic arrangement which would have J L turned the molten metal into the mould. fl Is the center of the Electrical Building, 1 whiahJs 345 by 690 feet, stands the Edison 1 n* tower. "This is a giant column, painted I white #nd thlokly studded with Incandescent Ice Qghts. It is 100 feet high. The effect is splendtt, but Is fully appreciated only at xf night The General Electric Company of New York has grouped Its exhibit around the Edison column to a depth of 100 feet. Tbe n Bell Telephone Company has a handsome house just inside the south main door, the )1- Weetinghouse and other prominent companies being xamtpd along the main aisle. . id ? ? THE TOWN WIPED OUT. ^ Cisco, Texas, Completely Demolished, re By a Tornado. A tornado struck the town of Cisco, Texas, JJ about 9 o'clock at night and totally demolxt everything In its path. | Every house but two was levelled to the w | ground, several or tne wrecks took Ore, and ir many of those who were not killed outright ir by the falling buildings were burned to death or suffocated. About twenty-five persons loet e their lives and forty more were seriously lny. jurecL A brakeman on the Houston and Texas Central Railway was blown from the top of a freight car and Instantly killed, and a section . hand on the Texas and Paclfio was also killed. The Texas and Pacific Station was lifted from its foundation, blown across the track, . < and dropped a mass of shattered and splintered timbers 400 feet from the railroad. A freight train of seventeen cars, engine 'd and caboose on the Texas Central track was . j 10 blown from the rails, and the engineer, fire- A er man. and more than a dozen persons in the h waiting room were reported to have been ^ o- killed outright or fatally injured. m t- There were fifty business houses In the j s. city, but now only one remains intact. Out I ea of the four hundred residences only one es- \ le caped the fury of the terrible gale. g- Buildings were shattered in every direction I and are heaped in shapeless masses. Mortar * >n and brick flying in every direction caused ^ r. more real suffering than did the storm Itself. ia The Cisco Boiler Mills, the two depots, all nt the churches and school buildings of the city I, and all the hotels but half of one were dea, stroyed. to The loss Is estimated at over $1,000,000, and the town can hardly rebuild without outside help. The tornado was caused by two storms which came from the southwest and north1 east and seemed to meet over the town, where ' the clouds assumed the shape of an inverted is funnel The range of the storm was two miles west of Cisco and Ave miles east. A tornado also visited Ponca Agency, Ine, dian Territory, and Ave people were killed. (n They wer^: Jack Keithley, wife and two , children, and Charles Jackson, of Kansas, ' who was visiting the Keithleya. There were ? two other Keithley children injured, ts AUSTRALIAN BANKS, 'C A Five Days' Holiday to Give Them. Chance to Recuperate. The uneasiness caused by the many failures of Australian banks continues, and the ' suspension of the National Bank of Austral- . a~ aala, the last of the financial institutions to J Q go under, has added greatly to the excite- ^ J? ment in banking and commercial circles. ie The Colonial Government has issued a procn. lamation ordering a five days' bank holiday with the object of allowing time for the banks a> still doing business to adopt measures. Qf.SftJu. v**"*"" ^ |/tUio^nvu, / Several banks that were nrf>t consulted as to the advisability of closing'their doors for a 3d 9hort time paid no attention to tho proolamation, and transacted business as usual. In nearly every where Australian banks a_ have failed witja'in the pas: two years the trouble has b^beu attributed to the withdrawal . of deposits.. te /''ON THE KAMPAGE. n, ad China's Sorrow Again Devastates the ' Country. Jl- News from China by the steamer Peru says the river Hoang-Ho has overflowed its banks with disastrous results. Some 400 villages ^ were flooded late in March, with great loss , of life. On March 28 the river again broke Qa its banks in two places at Son-Katoo, doing , J on still greater damage. Refugees from the flooded districts are pouring into Tientsin. \ \