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HIGHLAND
RECORDER
VOL. VI.
MONTEREY, HIGHLAND COUNTY, VA., MAY 12, 1893.
NOa 21.
THE NEWS.
John Jones, aged seventy years, of Potts
town, Pa., was buncoed out of $2,500 by book
agents.-The Pecos Company has been in?
corporated wiih ? capital of $5,000,000, for
the development and exploration of the
agricultural and mineral resources in the
vadley of the Pecos river in New Mexico and
Texas.-Failure of the air brakes to work
raused the wreck of a passenger train on the
Big Four, near Lafayette, Ind., and a num?
ber of persons were killed and injured.
The Iron Finishers' Union met at Youngs?
town, O.. but decided not to return to the
Amalgamated > ssociation.-Charles Row?
land's machine shop, at Greenpoint, L. I.,
was bumed. Loss, $50,000.-Herman and
Hugo Bohm, exhibitors of art goods in the
Vienna department of the "World's Fair, was
arrested on the charge of selling articles In
their exhibit tbat had been admitted free of
duty.-Mrs. Ida Hill, who eloped from her
husband's home, in Kingsland, N. J., with
William Taylor, died at the Putman Houses
In New York.-A letter from Conception,
Chili, says that Frank Mathewsoh wat killed
by a Chilian mob.
a revolution boa broken out in Nicaragua
and the Insurgents have taken Grenada.
E. L. Blake slee, one of the ablest and most
prominent criminal lawyers in Northern
Pennsylvania, died suddenly of heart disease
at his home in Montrose.-George C. Mil?
ler shot his wife and killed himself in Rocks
Springs. Wyo.-George Behrens, an Ohio
farmer, cut Amanda Miller to pieees and
killed himself.-The Prince Edward
sohooners, Eddy and Ripley Ropes are given
up for lost with all on board. The Eddy
Bailed from Pictou, April 15, and the Ripley
Rapes sailed just before the big gale of April
26th, and have never l>een heard of since.
Th**y should have reached their destination
the day after sailing.-Captain Monroe
Irving, well-known nil over the Eastern
? provinces in connection with the iceboat ser?
vice between Trince Edward Islands and
the mainland, and three others were
drowned at Bell's Point, Cape Traver,., by
the swamping cf their boat The other
victims were Cap. Ja Irving's son and men
named Myers and McDonald-Wlllla i
Winants Thomas diod In Elizabeth, N. J.
where he was born in 1816. He waa a grand?
son of Col. Edward ?.Thomas, of the First
Essex Regiment, of the New Jersey Rc-ol?
tionary army. He was a graduate of Colum?
bia College, and in 1840 was appraiser tf i..e
port of New York. He was the only
surviving delegate to the national convention
that nominated Wm. Henry Harrison.
A mob of farmers took James Collins, a
horse thief, from the deputy marshal at Sher?
man, Ky., and lynched him.-A big strike
of cabinet makers is threatened in Cincin?
nati.-Albert Maxwell, the well-known
hotel man and proprietor of the Griswold
House, died at the Russell House in Detroit
of heart failure. His age was fifty-eight
years. During his lifetime Mr. Maxwell had
opened various hotels throughout tho coun?
try.-Governor Flower refused the appeal
for executive clemency made on behalf of
Carlyle Harris.-The National Normal Uni?
versity of Lebanon, Ohio, has made an as?
signment to George A. Burr. Liabilities e -
timated at from $75,000 to $100,000, and the
asaets nominally about the same.-The vil?
lage of Balley, twenty-five miles northwest
of Grand Rapids, Mich., was almost totally
destroyed by Are. An overturned lamp in
the store of G. Hirschberg started the blaze,
and the fire spread rapidly to the neighbor?
ing buildings. The stores of Lindley A Co.
^nd A. W. Fenton and the residence of J. W.
Bunker were totally destroyed and seven 1
others damaged. The loss will amount l o
about $20,000.-Ex-United States Sennb r
J. W. Patterson dropped dead io ohumh tt
Hanover. N. H.
Affairs in connection with the Sioux City
failures partake very much of the color of
crookedness.-Near Mitchell, Ind., a saw?
mill boiler exploded, fatally wounding Fran?
cis Baker and seriously wounding three
others. The boiler was torn to atoms, throw?
ing lumber for several rods.-The Central
Ohio Insurance Company, of Toledo, O.,
went into the hands of a receiver, Edward
Chittenden being appointed. The liabilities
are $100,000 in excess ot the assets.-The
first box of California oherries for 1893 was
shipped from Sacramento to the Duke of
Veragua, care of the managers of the Cali?
fornia exhibit at tbe World's Fair.-In
Harney Bros.' shoe shop, at Lynn, Mass., a
pair of kid button shoes were made complete
and packed In a carton In fifteen minute,
and forty-five seooniis. The best previous
record was twtnty-four minutes, The shoes
will be exhibited at the World's Fair.
The Grant Lottridge Company's brewery,
at Hamilton, Ontario, was entirely gutted by
fire. A largo quantity of stock was damaged
and the machinery rendered useless. The
total loss is about $60,000 ; fully covered by
insurance.-Stonemasons in Easton, Pa..
went on strikejbecaust they were asked to work
ten hours, receiving extra pay.-Mrs. Anna
Maria Young, aged ninety-nine years, and
the oldest widow drawing a Revolutionary
war pension, died in Easton. Pa.-The
electrio powerhouse in Louisville, Ky., was
burned. The loss will aggregate $300,000.
with good insurance. Falling walls were sup?
posed to have crushed a number of persons,
but it proved to be a mistake.-The Erle
Canal has been opened and a grain blockade
at Buffalo arrested.-C. G. Care, of Battle
Creek, Mich., inventor and patentee of the
advanced thresher, died at the Alma Sanitar?
ium, where he was receiving treatment for
paralysis.-Six bandits held up passengers
on the Missouri, Kan sas and Texas south?
bound passenger train and robbed them o'
$2,000.
GRE AT LOSS OF LITE.
The British Steamship Khiva, Crowded
with Pilgrims, Burned.
The destruction is reported of the British
steamship Khiva off the Arabian, coast, prob?
ably with an appalling loss of life. The
Khiva sailed from Bombay ou April 12. car
tying a largo number of Mohammedans,
bound as pilgrims to Mecca. The pilgrims
were so numerous that they crowded the ves?
sel, taking up all available room.
It is learned that the Khiva was burned off
Bas (Capo") Marbet. on the coast of Arabia.
Of the great Lumber on board 900 are said to
have oeen saved, the others perishing in the
?.ea or the flames wbi di consumed tho vessel.
The details Of the eveut are yet lacking.
President Cleveland Speaks and
Starts the Machinery,
A
America Asks No Allowance on
the Score of Youth.
In the presence of people from every coun?
try and clime, surrounded by his cabinet
ministers, high officials of the great states,
the diplomats and respresentatives of foreign
nations, and a vast concource of American
citizens, Grover Cleveland, president of the
United States, Monday, pressed the button
which released the great mechanical forces
of the Columbian expos tion. At once a j
heavy salute from the guns of the United
States ship Andrew Johnson, pealed forth
the nation's greeting, and 700 flags were re- {
leased to the breeze while a great wave of
tousio pealed forth. Thus was the great
exposition formally thrown open to the
world.
It was no ideal day which broke, Monday
morning. Clouds and fog made the morn?
ing a dismal one, but the ra n had ceased.
Mud was everywhere, however, the heavy
rains of Sunday having put the streets in very
poor condition.
Fair officials were up at daylight. They
declared, rain or shine, tho exercises would
INTEBIOB OF DDMK OF OOVEBNatENT BUI
be carried out fully. All roads led to the
fair grounds and railroads, street and ele?
vated cars, and steamboat lines were taxed
to l heir utmost capacity.
At 10 o'clock, the hour for the opening
ceremonies, the rush reached its height.
The committee to call on the president war
at the Lexington hotel early. Tne president
and his cabinet were up, and the distin
gu shed party was soon on its way to the
grounds. The Duke of Veragua accompan?
ied tho presidential par.y, as did also tho
vice-president, members of tho national
commission and fair directors.
It was a great procession, mounted police
and military leading. There were four divis?
ions of cavalry, and then came the aistin
f'ruisbad ones in carriages. President Cleve
snd, e>ittjng with President Higginbotham,
of the exposition, and President Palmer, of
tbe national commission. Tbe Duke of
Veragua rode with ex Gov. Waller, of Con?
necticut, and Ferd. W. Peck. The proces?
sion nfoved south on Michigan-ave. to Fii'ty
flrst-st., thence on Grand boulevard to South
Sirk, entering the western gateway on
royant-ave.
All along the route the great men were
cheered by the multitudes. The party after
entering the grounds, drove rapidly to the
administration building, where the exercises
were held. Already thousands were in the
gfbunds. In the center of the great plat?
form erected for the occasion, there radiated
a special stand, upon which stood Presidcn.
Cleveland, Vice-president Stevenson, the
OBOCP OF CATTLE,
Cuke of Veragua and officers of tho fair.
Immediately in the roar sat the diplomatic
corps and on their right were the governors
of the states, army officers and other officials.
Eind was the great orchestra. Right nn
thG speaker's stand sat 300 represent u
s of the press frem all tho natrons of tho
world. Upon the stand for the distingn'shed
guests were over 2,000 people, and the sight
was an inspiring ono.
The ceremonies were opened by tho ren?
dering of the Columbian m;ir"h. composed
by "frof. John C. Paine. Six hundred lu
strs**nents swelled tho sound. As the music
caaeed the blind chaplain et the United
States senate, Rev. Dr. W. H. Milburn, was
led forward. He prayed for about ten min?
utes, but what he said could scarcely be
heard, owing to the confused murmer of
voices in the vast crowds. Following came
Miss Jessie Conthoul, a Chicago elocutionist,
who recited W. A. Croffut a poem, "The
Prophecy." composed for tbe occasion. It
tells in beautiful lines of the voyage of Colum?
bus, the doubts and fears of his crew, all of
Which Columbus overcame.
Tho orchestra rendered tho Rienale over?
ture by Wagner, and the director-general
stepped forward, first bowing to tho Presi?
dent and then to the assemblage, He de?
livered a lengthy address, which Was to a
great extent a history of the great exposi?
tion and a tribute to the master minds
whloh created the great buildings. The
hational and local directors also came in for
their share of praise. The foreign nations
Were complimented for ..heir magnificent dis?
plays. Turning to the Presider t, Mr. Davis,
concluded thus:
"It only remains for you to direct that
this exposition shall be opened to the
public, und when you touch this magic key
the ponderous machinery will start its revo?
lutions and the activity of the exposition will
begin."
The President arose amid thunders of ap?
plause and received the great key fror i the
director-general with which to start the
machinery. He then read his speech.
The President said: "I am here to join ray
fellow citizens in the congratulations which
befit this occasion. Surrounded by the
stupendous results oi American enterprise
and activity, and in view of magnificent evi?
dences of American skill and intelligence, we
need not fear that these congratulations will
be exaggerated. We stand to-day in the
presence of tho oldest nations of the worid,
point to the great achievements, we hero
exhibit, asking no allowances on the score
of youth.
"The enthusiasm with which we contem?
plate 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
stimulating of the btst Impulses of our citi?
zens, led a way to a realization of the nati?
onal destiny w'hieb our fair promises, gladly
welcome the opportunity here afforded us.
to seo tho results accomplished by efforts
which have been exerted, greater than ours
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LDINO, SHOWING CALIFORNIA BOSE WOOD.
in the Held of man'6 improvement, while in
appreciative return we exhibit the unparalled
advancements of a young nation and present
(he triumph of a vigorous, self-reliant and
independent people.
"It is an exalted mission on which we and
our guests from other lands are engaged, as
we co-operate In the inauguration of an en
terpriso devoted to human enlightment; and
in the undertaking we here enter upon, we
exemplify in the noblest sense the brother?
hood of nations. Let us hold fust to the
meaning that underlies this ceremony, and
let us not loose the impressiveness of this
moment. As by a touch the madiiuery that
gives life to this vast exposition is now set in
motion, so at the same instant let our hopes
and aspirations awaken forces which in all
time to come shall influence the welfare, the
integrity, the freedom of mankind"
The audience burst into a thunderous shout
as the electric current sped to the various
buildings, and the ramble and roar of the
machinery was heard. The wheels of tho
great Corliss engine in the machinery hall
began to revolve, the electric fountains in tho
lagoon began to throw their torrents sky?
ward, and all the vast forces quickened,
while from Lake Michigan came the boom of
cannon.
The chimes in tho manufacturers' hall and
on the German building rang out, and over?
head in front of the exposition the flags
covering the gilded models of Columbus' ar?
rival, fell. When tho thunders of applause
ceased the band played ''America" and the
exercises were at an end.
The President, vice-President, Duke of
Veragua, world's fair officials, generals of
AOBICULTURAL BUILDING.
the army, Gov. Altgeld, Mayor Harrison and
others, numbering 70 people, were then es?
corted to tho third Hour of tho administra?
tion building, where an elegant collation wat
served. The President will leave for Wash?
ington at five o'clock Monday evening.
Ceremonies in the Women's Building
The most satisfactory feature of tho day'i
pro.dings from a fominino standpoint wa
i be '. r iul dedication of the women's build
ing. Women who stood in the great throng
at the administration building indifferent to
j the eloquence ot the Chief Magistrate.
j breiitblessly fought their way through the
I masses to reach their own Mecca. Women
! from every corner of the land crowded into
the building, endeavoring to adjust their torn
1 dresses and crushed bonnets while waiting
for the ceremonies stet for 2.30 to bo begun.
When tho hands of the clock began to point
to 2.45 they bogan to grow Impatient, but
contended themselves with woman's usual
Bolaoe gossiping.
rShortly after this tho ceremonies commit?
tee began to gather on the platform, and soon
l KITED 8 : ATES CORNER IN MANUFACTUaERK'
AND LIBERAL ARTS' BUILDING.
from behind the curtain of palms and flowers
sweet strains of music arose?the grand
march by Jean Ingeborg von Bronsart, Wei?
mar, Germany?followed by prayer by Miss
Ida Hullin. Miss Frances Lllleott, of Lon?
don, England, favored the assembled women
with a dramatic overture, after which Mrs.
Potter Palmer arose and delivered an ad?
dress.
A jubilate by Mrs. H. H. A. Beecher, of
Boston, WM th" next feature of the pro
RlaVauae, Addresses were then delivered by
the following distinguished representatives
of foreign nations : Spain, Duchess de Vera?
gua : Italy. Countess di Brazza; England,
Mrs. Bedlord Fenwick ; Seottland, Ireland,
lin.-hess of Aberdeen, and Russia, Princess
Schaohoffskr. The hymn "America" and a
benediction brought the exercises to a close.
Night Scenes at the Fair.
The splendors of tho night outshone the
glories of the day. That potent factor, elec?
tricity, was displayed in all its brilliancy and
rivaled for supremacy the one gleam of noon?
day sun that graced the opening ceremonies.
The center of attraction was, as during the
day. the administration building, and its
court of honor, and thither the masses flock?
ed in multitudes.
President Cleveland's departure from the
administration building shortly after flvo
o'clock was the signal for the day's crowd to
leave, and the grounds bore a deserted ap?
pearance until nearly 6.30 o'clock. Notwith?
standing the chill air which settled over the
grounds as the evening grew, people began
to gather early, and by the time darkness had
encircled the white city a multitude filled the
plaza from the administration building to the
peristyle.
The first touch of magic given the night
setting of the great scene whs a fringe of in?
candescent lights which surmounted the
columns of the peristyle running from music
hall to tho casino. This was followed a mo?
ment later by strips of light which sprang to
lifo on all parts of the administration build?
ing. The entire structure was gilded with
seams of light running around tho top of tho
pavilions and to the dome. The effect was
one of surprising beauty, and was greeted
with groat applause. Much disappointment
was felt later when it was made known that
*the piece de. resistance ot the evening's dis?
play, the Macmonies fountain, would not be
illuminated. Its two companions were dark
also, an undiscovered break in the wires caus?
ing a postponement of the display.
Inside tbe administration building the
scene was one of dazzling splendor, the
structure from the rotunda to the peak of
the splendid dome being a dream of glitter?
ing loveliness. Eight bronze columns, from
ENTRANCE TO ELECTRICITY BUILDING.
each of which branched fifty lit-bls. gave
forth a flood of splendor from the ground
floor. A row of lights surmounted tho gal?
lery two stories above, and before tho eiiect
of this display could be lost, a similar circle
at the base of "the great dome caught up the
spirit of the brilliant scene and sent the
whole against thc magnificently decorated
dome with an effect never before witnessed
in an interior. The crowds gazed in speech?
less wonderment upon the view and instinc?
tively fell back into the shelter of the pa?
vilions supporting the dome to escape the be?
wildering spectacle. The scene, while one
of intense brilliancy, had withal a remark?
ably soft effect.
Manufactures, machinery, mines and min?
ing, transportation, and horticulture, were
also beautifully illuminated. It was 10 o'clock
boforo the currents were shut off and tht
crowds left for home.
State Euildinffs Dedicated*
The Iowa State building was formally dedi?
cated in the presence of a large assemblage
of the sons and ..laughters of the Hawkeys
State. The principal addresses were made
by Gov. Boles and Secretary of State W. M,
Farland. The Iowa State Band of fifty pieces
rendered the music.
The Missouri State building was also dedi
cat?d. The dedication speech was by Nathar
Frank, of the Missouri World's Fair Commis
sion and short addresses were made by Gov
Stone and Kev. Dr. Robert A. Holland, of St
George's Episcopal Church in St Louis.
Opening of the German Exhibit.
The participation of the German empire ii
the inauguration of the big fair was an eiat
orate affair, which must be accredited t<
that country and ita representatives. Th
opening of the World's Columbian Exposl
tjon was celebrated by Privy Councilor Wei
muth, the imperial German eommlssioj* *r,
and his staff in grand style worthy of the
occasion of the memorable day and in a
manner thoroughly befitting that potent
state which ho has the honor to serve and
represent?in fact it was a gala day for Ger?
many at Jackson Park,
At the moment Mr. Cleveland pushed the
button that Kt the machinery in motion, the
ohlmes in the chapel of Gcrmany*B represen?
tative building, on tho border of the lake,
were brought into action, with the beautiful
and melodious tones filling the air with
"Glory, Hallelujah" in honor of the event.
On tbe platform amid the dignitaries of
the fair, Commissioner Wermuth and his
BtalT, tho whole body comprising forty-four
members, attracted no little attention. Herr
Wermuth, in gala uniform as privy coun?
cilor of the German ministry of the interior,
and Assistant Commissioner Herr Frantz
Bergia, in the cavalry uniform of the Prus?
sian Landwehr, were in sharp contrast with
the other members Of the commission in civic
dress, a distinguished body of men were the
enlightened German professors, who con?
stitute the commission in charge of Ger?
many's educational exhibit, The gentlemen
were attired in black robes similar to those
worn by tho judges of the United States
Supreme Court Officials. Ceremony over,
Commissioner Wermuth led the President of
the United States around the interior sec
lion of the German exhibit in Manufactures
Hall.
lin Day After,
Bright sunshine and a clear up made the
big white World's Fair buildings attractive
to look upon, and at tho first opening of the
irutes there was a thin stream of visitors pass?
ing through, which swelled to a steady cur?
rent of humanity as the forenoon wore on.
Early callers were considerably jostled and
pushed around by the men who were remov?
ing the debris and ot h.-r evidence of the open?
ing, and Inside tho buildings gangs' of labo -
ers were at work unpacking belated exhih i
on I putting thom in place. Tho roadways,
too, were not the most attractive places lu
the world for tho exercise of pedestrianism.
Between the sleeping amphitheatre, banked
against the administration building and the
grand basin, with tho giant statue guarding
its stony shore lino, lay a placid 6ea of mu 1,
trodden and stirred up by the feet of thou
siin.ls of people who had gathered there the
day before. To the east the graceful curves
of the peristyle showed out distinctly against
the clear sky overhanging Lake Michigan,
and to the south tho halls of agriculture ana
SECTION OF STEAMSHIP IN TBANSPOBTATION
DEPARTMENT.
mechanic arts showed their cliffs of entabla?
ture and smooth columns, all the whiter for
tho acres of liquid mud stretching away from
thom.
The great statue of the Republic gave
strength and splendor to the whole scene.
Under foot a quagmire of all uncleanliness ;
above, around and on every side light, color,
prismatic hued flags, warmth and beauty.
In this condition of affairs it was not strange
that the rolling chairs and electric launches
were well patronized.
The mud problem will soon be solved, how?
ever. Director of Works, Burnham, says
that all the roadways will be asphalted within
tbe week. Then, instead of clinging mud,
there will be a smooth, even surface, which
will turn the water into the sewers, and with
it whatever mud may accumulate, for the
roadways will be flushed every night by the
Exposition Fire Department, and will be
spick and span every morning.
The forenoon crowds of visitors soon
learned that most of the buildings wore in
the hands of the installation people, and
most of the attention was devoted to the
wooded islands, the battle ship and thc Mid?
way Plnisanee. where everything is com?
plete. In the latter avenue, which has al?
ready been nicknamed "Nigger Row," be?
cause of the dark huo of mostof its denizens,
everything was in full blast from early morn?
ing. The Turks, after prayers in the mosque,
began the secular occupation of enticing the
nimble dollar from the pockets of tin infidel
throng. The dancing girls writhed and
pirouetted before gaping crowds of curiosity
seekers ; the Irish colleens in Lady Aber?
deen's villiage put on their sweetest smiles ;
the Dahomans grunted their approval of the
sunshiney weather : tbe South Sea Islanders
sulked forth i n 1 exchange 1 the greotings of
thc day with the r next-door neighbors from
the Island of Ceylon, and there was a gen?
eral air of enjoyment, not unmixed withbus
iness. pervading the whole thoroughfare.
Horace Tucker, Superintendent of the De?
partment of Admission, was an exceedingly
busy man and his staff of assistanis were
e "joally so. Far Into the night they labored
to arrive at a correct and close estimate of
the attendance at the opening ceremonies.
The exact number of people who passed
through tho gates of the Whito City will
never bc known, because t housands of passes
LOGGIA OF THE WOMAN 8 BUILDING.
were usod by exhibitors, their agents, Fail
employes and newspaper men, which wert
not taken up at the gates, so that the figures
as far as they include those people, must tx
approximated.
The official figures will be out later, as Mr
Tucker ls still at work on them, but it wai
ascertained from semi-official sources tha'
the estimate made by the chief of the De
partment will fall somewhat flat, in the fact
of the statement to be made to Treasure)
Soebergor. The estimate of 600,000 poopli
will bo reduced about half, as the .vaunt ha
procee led so far as to warrant the bas'ng i
esr muted attendance, paid and free, of .J.),
000. Mr. Tucker and others who talked o
half a million snd more based their figures
on the supposition tbat every stockholder
who had tickets good for any day of the six
months used them opening day, nnd that all
the persons who held the 125,000 tickets sold
in advance used them. The estimate of 100,
000 < xhibitors, employes, tte, being on the
grounds is also excessive.
At 10 o'clock in the morning an orchestra
ONE OF THE Ol ARTS
of 80 pieces, i n ler the alrection of Adolph
Leisgnng. gave an open-air concert In the
stand in tho west sec ion of the plaza. A
good crowd was in attendance, and, muffled
in overcoa s and wraps, listened to a splen?
did programme. In the afternoon an op"-n
air concert Was also well attended, and this
feature Of thc World's Fair promises to re?
ceive mum well merited commendation.
The d splay in Electricity building is yet in
su 'h snap? that lt cannot be inspected with
any sens.* ot justice to exhibitors or degree
of pleasure to the visitors, and the building
was <do3od. It is thought, however, that it
will be in a condition to warrant openinf -n
a few days.
COLUMBIAN POINTS,
Provision bas been made for thc trsnspor
talion of fiO.OOO persons an hour to and '.rom
tho grounds.
Fifty Nations and thirty-seven co'on'es are
represented. Added io these are tbe United
Stales Ooverumcntandthe various States and
Territo?*ies of tho Union.
Roughly sperfking, tho grounds contain
COO acres. They aro a mile long and about a
milo broad at the widest part. Tho distnnco
from tho middle of Chicago la seven miles.
The collection ot exhibits in the British
section is the largest and most important that
has ovon been brought together in any inter?
national exhibition outside of tho United
Kingdom.
A thing that will impress itself upon tho
thoughtful observer is tha fact that ever/
branch of science aad Industry ha:* been split
u > into minor departments. Thi* i-j thy aga
t; the specialist.
\ Krupp gua weighing 122 tous, the largest
piece o' artillery in th? world, i.j mounted In
.i building of its owu at Chicago. Herr Krupp
will make nothing out of the costly *-nter
prias, but he has pleased his sovereign.
If the exhibits are to be considered front
rh.* standpoint of numbers th"! French aro
strongest. If they are to be judged by tho
."verage excellence In art Holland, without
'.".o'lbt, takes the lead among foreign Nations.
In the department of nattral history New
York State takes tho lead. The Ward's Nat?
ural Science Museum of Rochester has an ex?
hibit which Professor Putnam says is perfect.
It shows i-very form of animal lifo "from
sponges to man."
It must be understood that tho Exposition
ls rv city with a complete government. There
are over 50.000 exhibitors, and two parsons
for each interest represented would give a
fixed population of 100,000. '..'here are well
organized and equipped polico and fire de?
partments.
In thc artillery exhibit is a 12-inch naval
rifle, thirty-six feet long and weighing fifty
ton* : a 13-iuch naval gun jacket, seventeeu
feet long and weighing 56.BOO pounds, tho
13-inch tube that will belncasod by thejacket,
is thirty-eight feet Us cinches lung .ind weighs
59.00J pounds.
There is a building whore babies can bo
checked just like a hat or cat or umbrella.
The chargo ls moderate nu-l the nurses aro
good. There was a sb-dlar institution -it tho
Paris Exposition, but. un fortunately. *>overal
hundred babies were on hand without claiin
uuts when tho exposition closed.
1'noM the roof of thuhugo building of Manu?
factures and Liberal Arts willbeamthebiggeot
electric search light ever constructed. Unas
reflectors six feet in diameter and will give a
light ol 194,000,000 candle power. It is as?
serted by those in charge of this light that to
people 6lxty miles away the light will bo
nearly as bright as a full moon.
Most interesting In a historical sense aro
the trophies from the Hohenzollern Museum,
loaned to tho State Department of the United
Stutea Gov?rnmei*t for exhibition in this sec?
tion. They bave been sent over in tho custody
of Captain Rogers of th'.* United States Navy,
un I tue State Department assume*, th" re
sponsibUlt}' ter their safe keeping and sato
return.
Os- the steamboat pier are moving ?..idsr
watka. Thc onto sidewalk mores at the rato
Of three mile's aa hour, so that passenger*- can
step upon it while lt is in motion. They can
then step to an inner sidewalk which has n
speed three miles faster, so tbat they ara
carried along the pier at tho rate of six miles
an hour and can get on or off at will without
inconvenience.
The golden nail, which marks tho comple?
tion of tho Woman's Building at tho Exposl
t ou. required several weeks o.' constant work
lo make. It is composed ..f gold, silver and
.-oppcr. and a Mentana su| phire is set in the
iipp< r portion of the vLida whi'.h is attached
t<> >ho nail near tho hoad. Mis. Totter Pal?
mer. President of the Board o'! Lady Mau
,'. / irs. drove tho nail of gold homo with ;. sil?
ver hammer.
A KT*NDitk.n thousand ;>.rmedand uniformed
soldier-) will be massed in Chicago this som?
mer. This groat cump of American warriors
willbe In August. Militia organizations from
every State ir. the Union will be prestnt, in?
side? a large representation of tromps from
thc regular army. To these mast bs. added
military companies, and perhaps regiments
from foreign countries. The military display
will prol>abIy bethe grandest over seen in this
country.
Delays In the collection of material caused
the I'ostpouement of the ceremony of casting
the souvenir bell to be mode of historical
metal collected by the Daughters of the Amer?
ican revolution for the purpose of oom
motr.orallng the opening of the World's Fair.
The ceremony was sst for tbe opening day,
nnd Mrs. Cloveland waa to have touched a
button at tho White House connected with
the automatic arrangement which would have
turned the molten metal into the mould.
In the oenter of tho Electrical Building,
whioh is 3*W hy MO fo?t, stands tho Edison
tower. This is a giant column, painted
white and thlcklv studded with incandescent
lights. It ie 100 feet high. Tho effect is
splendid, but ls fully appreciated only at
night. The General Eloctric Company ot
New York has grouped Its exhibit around tho
F.dlsou column to a depth of 100 toot The
Bell Telephone Company has a handsome
house jurl inside tho south malu door, tho
Westinghouse and other promlucnt eompai
les being ranged along tbe malu able.
The Cuban revolutionist** art* reported to
be out in force near Puerto del Pa.lie Seven
columns of troops ure lu purnim, tmpporte.l
by twp warships.
VIRGINIA ITEMS.
The Latest News Oleined From Various
Farts of tbe State.
A bough granite shaft nearly six feet high,
resting on a base 3 fe^t h g'1, has been placed
In position in Bruton Episcopal Church-yard.
On the front or south side of tho base ls the
following inscription: "Erected in memory
of the Confederate soldiers who fell in the
battle of Williamsburg May 5, 1862. and lie
buried under and around this monument."
R. H. Greuoby, a farmer living on ".Staun?
ton river" in preparing land for watermel?
ons, discovered an indian burying ground.
He dug up six skeletons and several relics
burled with them.
Tue Norfolk and Western Railroad Com?
pany made application to the City Council of
Lynchburg for right of way for a branch
railway along Commerce street. The line,
if built, will leave th" main lino a short dis?
tance above tho city and ?Mead by an easy
grade to the level of Commerce street and
traverse its full length. It will greatly im?
prove the city facilities for receiving and"
Shipping freight and supply a long-felt want
to the jobbing trade. No estimates of tha
cost has yet been given out.
A large saw mill belonging to T. B.
Campell, in Caroline county, was burned.
The Are is supposed to have been the work
of an incendiary. About 5,000 feet of lumber
was also destroyed. There was no insur?
ance.
It is rumored in Fredericksburg that efforts
are being made by prominent Northern par?
ties to arrange for the construction at an
early day of the Mineral Belt Railroad, from
Mineral City, on the Chesapeake and Ohio,
in Louisa county, via Fredericksburg tosomo
point on the Potomac river.
A man was killed outright and another
seriously injured by the explosion of the
boiler at Hollaway's sawmill, Ave miles from
Emporia, in Greensville county.
A sad accident occurrel at the residence
of Mr. John Hickson, on the Salem turnpike,
about two miles from Lyaehburg, resulting
in the death of Mr. H. A. Carroll. Mr. Car?
roll was superintending the boring of an ar?
tesian well on Mr. Hickson's place. He was
lowered into tho well to look after a dyna?
mite blast that was slow in exploding. After
being below tho surface for a considerable
time he signaled to be drawn up, and the
workmen above began to haul up the bucket
When it roached the top it was empty. Mr.
Carroll had evidently fallen out. He was
found at the bottom of the well with his neck
broken. It is supposed that he waa over?
come by the foul air on his way up and fell
out of tho bucket. Mr. Carroll was a single
man, about thirty-one or thirty-two yana of
age.
The cadets of the Virginia Military Insti-'
tute will not attend tho World's Fair in June,
as heretofore reported. At the meeting ol
tho faculty the question of attending the fair
was brought up from the me .ting of tho
board of visitors, held last June. The man?
agers of the fair refused to allow them to
encamp on the grounds unless 50 cents per
man was paid per diem, aud as the corps is
200 in number the expenses for ten days
would amount to over fl,000 for admission
fees.
Gondola cars are being built by the West
Virginia Central and Pittsburg Railway
Company at their shops at Elkins.
Mr. John D. Exall died in Danville aftor a
brief illness. He was a native of Rich mond.
SMOKELESS POWDER TESTS.
The; Were Satisfactory, and the Ex*
plosive May Be Adopted.
General Flagler, chief of ordinance of the
War Department, has been informed that the
West Point foundry has completed five of tho
eleven 8-inch guns under contract and are
now at work on the pivots of the remaining
six, which are to be delivered commencing
August 1. at the rate of one every three
months.
Samples of smokeless powder furnished by
a Arm of manufacturers of Virginia, have
bien tested at the Sinuy Hook proving
grounds and have given unusual satisfactory
r'suits. TJ.e result leads the department to
believe i his powder will be satisfactory for
uss. in both tbe rifle and field guns. The test
of tho cubic German smokeless powder for
tho 8-incb breech-loading rifles hits been con
liaucd at bandy Hook, but tho depsartment
has rece.ved no advices concerning its sta
oility or uniformity.
WRECKED BY A TORNADO,
The Town of Wilmington, 0., Badly
Damaged by a Wind Storm*
A tornado of terrific proportions struck
Wilmington about three o'clock in the after?
noon. About noon threatening clouds began
to gather in the northwest. Two clouds
came together just west of the town and
formed a rapidly revolving circular cloud
which struck the town on its western edge
and traveled directly eastward, taking in tbe
business portion of the place and leaving its
wake strewn with debris of all kinds.
Trees wore but as straws and few are left
standing that encounterd the storm. Almost
in the twinkling of an eye the storm was over
aud the half frantic populace timidly
emerged to find the streets filled with wreck?
ed vehicles, wires, roofs of all kinds and
fallen buildings.
The beautiful City Hall, lately remodeled,
is badly damaged, the roof blown off and tho
interior soaked with water. Every .'burch in
town except the Presbyterian was badly
wrecked. Tho heavy boll on the Christian
Church was blown some distance into tbe
street and the spire was blown off and crashed
throue.li tho roof and ceiling. The Catholic
Church spire was left standing, while the re?
mainder of the building was demolished.
A small child at the home of J. E. Betta
was taken out of bed asleep after the storm,
wbilo it was surrounded with bricks and
fallen timbers. It is miraculous that no one)
was killed outright.
DEATft IN A STORM
Four People Wera Killed and Buildings
Were Destroyed.
A destructive wind and rain storm peases!
through tho l.owjules Counties, Ga., ant
four lives arc reported bj lost. A mother and
two ,-hUdren un* anion.* the den.I.
\ boum o.vupio.l by \v. Ufhtaay and fam?
ily wa** ms opt oft tho earth, and l*nrn? and
t-iilldlit**-* ni tho not**hl*,>rli<H>d Vftft oom
??Moly d.nuoliid.od. I is-Iks-on ? M killed, A
drtiiK*lu.r .<( Vlfrval rmlliiM. ?'< Naylor, had
lu*i lo*,* NvWou by ??tis*o fssUtng tU? h?*r,

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