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fcfc#g»ifci '-' _ IKStagS®^#^ i-“'“fe- VOL. XXXVI. NO. 18. ST. LOUIS FAIR DEDICATED WITH POMP AND CEREMONY St Louis. Apr h -The buildings of tit- 1* nisiana ; position today w-ro dedicated w "’hie pomp arid i reniony. In over> °reises were a success. But the we. 'd. 'j lie wind blew fiercely from °^ n Bending great clouds -if dust whtrlli., A? t.ic faces of the troops as they ma.rct. d past ihe president ami at times so nearly blind. . him that ft was well nizh impossible for him to see across the street in which tile troops were march ing. t ided to the discomfort of the wind, and d : t w ■- a temperature which sought for tpc marrow and generally reached it. The women, who on the strength of the Wurm weather of yesterday came In sum ni r .In ss. s to the reviewing stand, stif le: d 1 ■ nly. although the commanding guard around the reviewing stand provid ed t with blankets. Both President It---, -y. It .>nd former President ('leve lled remained in the reviewing stand, < > - --rd Hi. f.-y wind until the end of th- parade, ilthough their faces were blue and their limbs wore stiffened by t ... . . ' Conditions in the liberal arts hirldi-iu. where the dedication ceremonies pr....-r w r. hold, were little better. There v., > w nd, but there were manifold dr-i ft • . i I c important ceremonies in the lib re a: |.uilding were handled with all j , - ibo de. lat.-h. Early in the exercises v.md w.-s m-mgl.t to Senator Carter, pres, lent the day, that some portions of the call ware becoming dangerously < ingested. nd h. was asked to avoid <,<la\s .is far as possible. He did so. and from lii-t to last th.- events on the j rogrammo succeeded ea<-h other rapid ly. Os all th-- f.-ikers, President Roose velt alone was abb to make his voice carry further than 50 feet from the stage By far the ’.arm -t part of the assembly could hear nothing and it was nearly freezing to death. Thousands of people in the rear part of the hall were con stantly moving about and producing a niuffied roar that would have baffled a I ighorn. Cheers for Roosevelt. When the president rose to speak he •was cheered to the echo. lie bowed again and again, suggesting by his manner tli.-.t quiet be restored. Finally he mount- < ;be bi'.ad railing in front of the ros- , ~ where he con'd be *oen from every ■ -I. hall, and a- : ,aln moti.iu-d 'or | : there was everything but si- P-n.-c. mid President Francis suggested that he proceed with his speech and quiet wo ild follow The president laughed and shook his head. Taking advantage of a lill. he .ailed: -’Now. my fellow citi zens give me all the chance you can, far I need it." rhe -hence was given ami the president I. ...on ins address. A burst of applaic ■ greet’d nt statement that the Dutch had done great things for the country !:i it.: infancy, and the presid-nt laughed in a manner which plainly said: ” 1 hat tm ans my ancestors.” So many people were standing on their fh.-iirs and those behind them product d so miiiii outcry in consequence that at rm time the president was .onp- ded to halt in his remarks to say: "Won t you sit down: if you do the p.-op! ■ behind y-m will see better." and as they granted his request. h<- added. "Thank you." An other outburst of applause which was Jong continued, after lu- had spoken about fifteen minutes, caused him to laugh and remark to President Francis. "Now , ' hey think I'm done," and when the applau-e died aw-.v in went on with his speech. Only One Accident. Af:.< leaving the hall the president was , atertained at dinner in the admimst>-a --a..-! I.uilding from the windows of which ho w.it' ie-d the tire works until 10 o‘< lock, when he entered his train. Despite the 1 ■-and•- who w re crowd. I into one tu. of the ground there was only one -.-10-1:1. and that a slight oil' E J- Sterling, -i private in the Thirtieth sep al . 1,. .-ompai.y from Elmira. N 1 , while II Hing, trii’i-d ,'Vm a wire and cut his s ilp. i. ..tion of the cat dlna 1, I nited Stat--. Sen,it." Tlimnss fl. ('after, , • f ;h< nation d commission, who a, b d as J, .-derit >i th- d. V, was introduced. \fter th. ndition of "T he Heat ens ]-ro,-',a imiug by th i horns of L’.n-’ti voices, David B Francis, president of the l air A-: : '• atioi., .b-livcred th*- follow ing address, presenting the buildings of tin- fair: Pi . sni nt Francis said in part: file p-->ple ot the 1.-.uis-,ana purchase p.;-. promt ->i men m< miiei -hip m the le<; tai iinioii. They 1.-it it. a patriotic duty to ai'iiigi? e-nnm- morate the eom . . ; : tn< 11rsi century ot their con- .-. ■ . Y tll. republic and . . .. - <ll- - ~u : ~| an imp-r ant epoch ji, the lit" ol tin- r public. ■ . . me so aaibittout in the incep - amt em oa..i--r< d many .intag ami more d-mbb r.-. It lid not i, , .-,ii••>,.-.1 without the recognition r ..,,l t),. aid ’ll- g'licral g.e -rinm-nt, v , . f.r a tine ii .- in- d impo-db’e ~. ah-,. It w . d- . b-d tli.i tin- amount ~ -<t to lama Ii all mid. r:.iking so < onq-rch'-n- v. -iionhl both.- as tliat paid forth • mpir. whi.-h .1.-ls- rsmt .i.i.-.-.i -SI-’- The congress" -aid to" Si I.oiii~. At belt you have seeur.-d tv. ,’third.- "f that -urn we will provide th. remaining third ■ Ihc conditions were n . ppt.d and fultilbd. " • vtor i'n v, ars of struggle the fin : „ ol I• n • • nr. -hi- first step -, oniplisb- -i 1 w o y ■ s have since clap-.-d- During that period the work has pushed in every state and territory and possession of the I’niied States, and in every civilized country on the earth. ••'nw ' further encouragement fr >tn the penertl government in the provision for i- ,->wn exhibit, the cooperation of tlm f.,.-f- ~"O and territories arid pos- -- - /ions of the I t>it» d States, the pledged rty-t w■ ■ foreign <-oun >f i u > is domestic ,a> foreign . xploitation. ’ i, f . l.e-iutif d picture whose- outlines . „ ..... ; to ad >pt th< simile ;.<• the .'biff designer, when completed a song that will reverberate -,’,’a 'now? Mr I’rcsidre.t. it Is my T,'. -pig privilege ’O.l high honor to (1 ., you for dedication the build ,. r,oui-i m.' rnrehase exposi- xjai a high standard of citizen . nn d n broader onmanlty and the ~'j ~f the country whoso worthy ret r- =entatives you are be sustained and ’ fostered and promoted by the uses to which these structures arc devoted. May the happiness of mankind be advanced ' and broadened by the lofty purposes that inspired this undertaking ami moved • our own and onr sister countries to unite | in its accomplishment.” t President Roosevelt’s Speech. At the conclusion of President Kranris* | speech terrific cheers broke forth to greet I President Roosevelt, who made his dedi | cation address. President Roosevelt said: "At the outset of my address lot me recall to the minds of my hear- rs taat the soil upon which we stand, before it was our.-, was successively the posses sion of two mighty empires. Spam and ! Fiance, whose sons made a deathless rec | ord of heroism in the '-arly annals of the new world. No history of the western country can be wiitten without paying heed to the wonderful part played therein in the carl\ days h\ the soldiers, mis sionaries. explorers and traders, who did their work for the honor of the proud banners of France and ('aside. While the settlers of English speaking stock and those of Dutch. German and Scandina vian origin who were associated with them were still clinging close to the eastern seaboard, th pioneers of Spain and of France hid penetrated d<'cp into the hith erto unknown wilderness of t i • west ai d had wandered far and wide within the i boundaries of what is now our mighty I country. The very cities themselves St. Louis, Santa Fe. N* w Mexico bear wit ness by their titles to the nationalities of their founders. It was n«»t until the revolution had begun that the Hnglisli speaking s- U j,. r . puslu j w. st icross tin* AlJegheTdoF, and not until a < '-ntui\ that they ••ntored in to possess the land upon which we now stand W’e have met lu re t*»<la\ to commemo rate the hundredth anniversav of the event which nior«> than any oih» r. aftci the foundation of the L-ovcrnmcnt and always excepting its prescrv tlion. deter mined the character of out national life— (iotermined that v.e should be a great expanding nation instead of relativ* ly a small and stationary one. “But when the fathers of the republic, first formulated the constitution under which we Jive this n medy .s unitied and no one could foretell how it wouid 1 work Tin > themselves began tin exper- I iment almost immediately by adding m w states to the original thirteen. Excel | lent people in the east viewed this initial 1 expansion of the country with great | alarm. Exactly as during tin colonial • period many good people in the mother country thought it highly important that ! settlers should be k< pt out of the Ohio valley in tin? interest of the fur compa nies. so aftej w<‘ Lad become a nation many good people on the Atlantic co.yd felt .ipprehension bsi th v might •< oic ho ♦. by ■ v v. t w.r d gru ayn I < tht ’ ii.t ton. 'J .. gi - 1.1 ; • pl 1. In | tneir heads over the formation of states ! in the fertile Ohio \alb which now 1 f >rms part of th»* heart of our nation: -iind : they declared that the destruction of the ■ republic had f n accomplish- d wm n ( through the Louisiana purchase we 1 acquired nearly half of whai is now that same republic s present t- t ritory. Noi was their feeling unnatural, onlv th* adventurous and the far-se- ing can be expected heartily to welcome the process of expansion, for the nation that expands . is a nation which is entering upon a great ; career, and with greativ-ss there must o 4 ’ necessity come ;> ril:- whi di daunt all save the most stout-hearted. •*Ov< r by far the majoi part of the territory, however, our people spr«*ad in such numbers during the course of the nineteenth century that we wr-‘ abic to build up stale after tat--, ea.h with exactly (he sam. complete? local Inde pendence in all matters affecting purely its own domestic int- rests as in any of the original thirteen states-each owing the same absolute f-alty to the union of all the states width each of the original thirte* n states also ow s -nd finally I t a. h having the same proportional right • to Its share In shaping .inti directing the ‘ carninon policy 01 the union which is possessed by any “ill- r state, whether | of the original thirteen or not. •This process nov\ seems to ns part of 1 the natuial order of things, but it was i whollv unknown until our own people de ; vised it. It. seems to us a mere matter i of course, a matter of elementary right ’• end justice, that in the deliberations of i the national representative bodies the 1 r> are • nt;, ti\ • s <»f a state whi h < amo into ■ the union but yesterda? stand on a fool- ity with I those- of the commonwealths whose sons j once signed the of Indcpcnd i once. But this way of looking atf the : purely American When Washington, , during his presidency, saw new states I come into the. union on a footing of <‘om- I pletc equal.t y with th<* old, every ICur"- pean nation, which had colonies still ad- I ministered them as dependencies, and 1 every other mother country treated the i colonist not as a self-governing equal, i but as a subject. : ‘ The process which wc began has since j been followed by al! the great peoples 1 who were < upanic both of pxp-ansion and |of s'plf-government, and now tin world i accepts it as the natural process, as the rule: but a century and a quarter «ago ! it was mu merely exceptional; It was un- • known. •”I'llo old days w re great be ansp the ! mon who liv- d In them had mighty quali ties; and wo must make the row days groat bv showing those same qualities, mu't Insist upon courage and r-so lotion, upon hardihood, tenacity and for tilitv ii resource; we must insist upon inr strong virile virtues; and wo must | • isis- nn loss upon the virtues of self .‘•straint. s.lf-masterv. regard for the i rights of others; wo mu*t show our ah 1 »rron<u of crm ltx. brut.iliH and . orrup l tion. in p-udic and in private alike if wo enmo short in anv nf th sc quali •ies wo <h.dl nmasurabh fail; ami If. as i I bolievo wo surolv -h i 11. we develop those lualitios in tl: ■ future to an < von greater , degree th in m the past, then In the eon | turv now beginning wo shall make this r ’ publii th.’ freest and most orderly, the most just ami most mighty nation which has c\• r come forth from the womb of j time.” Following the pr--ident’s address the i chorus rendered “I’nfold Ye portals. • Senator Carter then Introduced ox-Prcs , ident Grover ('leveland. Ex-President Cleveland Speaks. Former President (Trover Cleveland, as -1 ! ter dwelling on the spirit of the occasion, j said: “There was a prophet, greater than nil ' —a, prophet and priest—who, higher up I the mount than others, heard more dis ! tinetly the voice of destiny, whose heart ! and soul were full of prophecy, and whose : e\‘*ry faculty was tens* and strong as he j wrought for our nation’s advancement ’ and for the pmo e ami contentment of , ‘ his fellow country men. From the full ness of gratmmlc and joy he thus wrote to one who had assisted in the consum mation of this great treaty: 'For myself and my country. 1 thunk you for the aid you have given in it; and I con gratulate you on having lived to give these aids in a transaction replete with blessings to unborn millions of men. and which will mark the face of a portion i of the globe, so extensive as that which now composes the I’nited States of America;’ and when. as president, he gave notJco in a message to congress of the actual oecupam y by the government of its new aequisition. ho happily pre saged the future, and gave assurance of h’s complete faith and confidence in the beneficent result of our nation’s exten sion. in these words: ‘On this important acquisition, so favorable to the imniedia’c i Interests of our western citizens, so aus- j j picious to the peace and security’ of the . nation in gcn<?ral. which adds to our conn- . try territories so extensiy’O and fertile, and to our citizens new brethren to par take of the blessings of freedom and self- , government. 1 offer to congress ami our ■ country' my sincere congratulations.’ I Tremendous Growth in Population. "Almost within the limits of the ter- ; ritory gained by the T.oulsiann purchase, | we have already carved out twelve great j states leaving still a large residue, whose | occupants are even now loudly clamoring for statehood. "Instead of the b.OOO white settlers who occupied this dompjn in ISO 3, it now con tains 15.000.000 industrious, enterprising, intelligent Americans, constituting about one-fifth of the population of all our states; and these are defiantly contesting for premiership in wealth and mater! it success with the oldest of our states, and ; are their equals In every phase of nd vanced intelligence and refined civiliza tion President Jefferson’s Wisdom. "I cannot, however, rid myself of the : feeling that the inspiration and value at I tending such an exposition may bo antlc | ipated and increased, If on this dedlcn i tory occasion we promote appropriate re | He. lions by a retrospection of some of 1 the Incidents which accompanied the i event we celebrate. I other incident which It seems to | me we may recall today witli profit .and satisfaction grew out of the conduct of the president when the treaty of ISO 3 had been formulated and was returned ' to him for ratification and final comple- ; tion. He was, as is well known, origi- | i nailv quite firm In his belief that the constitution as it stood did not .authorize I I such an extension of our limits by pur i . eh-ase .as i lie treaty for the acquisition i of tlic Louisiana territory contemplated. . Holding this opinion and at the same time confronted with the clear convic i tion that th< treaty with all its stupen . dons advantages could not be allowed to fail without positive peril, if not to ; our national life at least to its most i vital object and aspirations, bls perplex i ity was increased by the receipt, of an I authoritative intimation that any deiay in final action on the treaty might open the W4,'; to a ret es-'i'n or. the part f , | France. 1 Should Be Profoundly Grateful. i "While in tills day and generation we | : mat wonder at the doubts which so p<-r- I | plexed Jefferson in 1903, and at his esti- I mate of tile limitations of our fund i ' mental law. and may be startled when v i. I reflect that If tin t had been allowed to I control ills action we might have net ! the greatest national opportunity whica | has b - n presented to our people since the adoption of the constitution, we e.umot fail at the same time to be profoundly grateful that these doubts and tills esti mate were those of a man sincere enough ami patriotic enough to listen to wise and i abl* counsellors ami to give his count: > tile benefit of Ills admission of tile falli biiir. of ids judgment "Thomas Jefferson never furnished ix t i ter evidence of his greatness than win n i just before Hie submission of tile tre.uy to tiie senate, he wrote to a dl«ti tigui.-ie d senator who differed with him on this question: 'I confess that I think It ini- ! portant in tlie present case to set an ex- ■ ample against broad construction, by ap- : pealing for new power to the people, if. i however, our friends shall think differ ! i-ntly. certainly I sliail acquiese with sal i isfai tion- confiding that the good sense i of our country will correct tin? evil of i const ruction when It shall produce ill | effects.’ The Fulfillment of Prophecy. I "We are al! proud of our American ; it- ■ izenshlp. Let us leave this place with - tl is feeling stimulated by the sentiments born of the occasion. Let us appreciate I more keenly than ever how vitally neces- I sary it is to our country's weal that every one within its citizenship should lie clean-minded in political atm and aspira tion, sincere and honest in his concep tion of our country's mission, and aroused to higher ami more responsive patriotism by lie refit i-tion tii.it It is a. solemn thing to belong to a people favored of God." The exercises were closed by the bene | diction delivered by Bishop Potter, of I ; New York. Fireworks at Night. i Thousands of people occupied an Im- , ! mense grand stand near the administra- I j tion building during the evening to wit i ness the display of fireworks. The dis l play was delayed until the appearance of ; the president, when a great battery of I j 15-inch aerial moons were exploded in a :-salute, which was almost deafening. From | this beginning for nearly two hours the ■ lair was a seintiilant screen of flashing , I color. The night was made brilliant witli I I varied colored lights framed in appropri- , I at,, devices. The spectacle closed with I 1 printing in letters of lire the words, I -Farewell until tW4.' The I’hincse am- I bassador was an especially pleased spec- : NATIONS OF WORLD RALLY TO THE FAIR. St. 1.0 is. Ma-. 1. Like n calm after a storm was "International day" at the exposition. compared to "Dedication day.” which preceded it. The day s pro gramme was carried nut as originally planned, but thorn were numerous del.-i- s j that brought the conclusion of the exer cises about three hours later than was originally intended. The chief procrasti nator was the committee which had the welfare of tlie foreign representatives under its control. The fact that repre sentatives of eastern nations cannot be moved about as energetically as can the present active president of the United States aided a little in retarding the ex j ercises. Tlie weather nut of doors today was ■ ideal. Within the Liberal Arts building i it was uncomfortably chilly and damp anil but for the fact that the Marine band played constantly during tlie two hours' waif that preceded the commence ment of tlie programme tlie audience that heard I lie addresses of the foreign repre sentative:' would have been far smaller than it was. It was not. large at. 'nest, there being only about 1.2(tfl people in tlie hall, about one-twentietli of the number which heard the president yes terday. The speeches today were heard by ev- ATLANTA, GA„ MQNDAY, MAY 4, 1903. erybody in tlie hall and it so happened that nearly all of the speakers had stronger voices, perhaps excepting Pres ident Jlioosevelt. than the men who were compelled to talk against the noise cre ated b.v the -tow.l that filled the build ing yesterday. Hit Made by Jusserand. The French ambassador, M. Jusserand, made a distinct hit with his audience to day and was frequently interrupted by applause. Senor Ojedo was cheered to tlie echo as he advanced to m ike his ad dress. Formei Senator John B. Thurs ■ ton. who, as president of the day, alluded I in a pleasant m inner, as he introduced I tlie minister, to the late trouble witli j Spain. <!'"l iring that ail ill feeling : against tint country had passed away, ’ and the warm greeting that met the ! Spanish minister w. nt far to prove iiis ' words. President ('b-ve’and wii: leave for home tomorrow ru. .rniug, going liiie-tly to Princeton, N. J. it wo.- n ole p -ifuUy evident yester day tl ii greatly iu -ii transportation facilities from ilie cit.' to tlie exposition must b * pi ovt.ii .: ii' tie- fail is to be suc •-ossful. Iw > hours ifter the canclusion ot ihc programm ol in: : night thousands . of people wi-ri- mi.-ibb to secur-g a foot - hold on the dcnsel.v rowded ears, and so many were tlie de!-vs that the run from tlie exposition ■": ■■ the city, usual ly done m forty minutes, required four iimes that long. What street, car lines there are are goon emmyli; tlie trouble is that, they are too few in number. (tn tlie oilii i.-l |>i''gr..mine today was gnaled sis int day, it ' set aside for the deuieation of tlie foreign, buildings. I'l-e rnembei. of the diplomatic corps, i-'-pre- "i:t in ’ ; of f o-eign govern ments ami other .iflieinl guests assembled at the St. Louis I 'lub ;.t l'i:3i) a. m. and were driven from there to the exposition grounds. Troops Reviewed by Odell. Tlie carriages durin;- 'la- drive were ar I ranged in strict accordsi •of diplomatic pt and onci the ! line was formed the carriages escorted by i lour troops ot regiii.i'- cavalry were i driven rapidly toward tho fair grounds, Where a breakfast was served upon their arrival at 12:15 o’clock. The New York provisional regiment, resplendent in new dries uniforms, was drawn up in Forest park, and as the lino of carriages pa. sed al'nig the troops wile reviewed b.v G- verncr - ‘deli. Although tlie hour . --t fur the com mencement of t ! "e • s exercise- was 12 o’clock, it Wil . • . : t'-t time when | h ■ d'-’b-m-f -mu-ri ' tic- Liberal Art" budding | It was late when th.- assembly was li-.-illed to >rder b> Co-wm 11. Spem-er. I chairman of tin- committee on ceremo nies. Alter the invocation of Bev Carl S-- ... -ii, of St. Louis. Mr. .<•■"■ ■■■ in troduced as president of the day. Hon. John M Thurston, who spoke l-riilly. Mr. Speni'-r tle-n introduced Pr-sident Francis, of tho '-xpusition. who extend ed tin- greeting of the exposition to ihe representatives' of tlie foreign countries, in jiart. iie ■-aid: "Ami when the object of such a meet ing is. a< in this ease, to establish and ci ni'-nt friendiy relations between peo ple who differ in form of government, in religion and in race, it means a distinct st. , '.ward the i -ganizatiou ot a par liament ot man. an accomplishment wor thy ol tie- Ugliest end'-avor iveeause its consumption would result in a universal "When tlie i-iviliz.-'l nations of the earth meet in friendly rivalry their better ac . quaimam-e engenders increased respect : and tin- closer emumerei.il i-' laiimis that | follow are ' ondueive to mutual benefit. : 'l'livv efface prejudices. they broaden j sympathies, they deepen and widen the foundatimis of human progress. "Tlie civilization of past ages would have ex pi rieut'-il in’ overtiirows if it had been based on the intelligence of the ■masses anil hail been imam d witli that broader humanity which disiinguishes and ennobles the fraternal spirit of the twentieth century. "(’oneomitant with Industrial prog ress is social development. The policy of engaging in foreign wars in order to pre vi nt o-- parity doin' str unrest may have i een wise if not. humane, but tlie time for such a policy Iris passed. Tlie gov - eminent Is strongest whose subjects are intelligent ami -.-oniented. Contentment follows the employment of intellectual faculties in the development of natural resources and in production of those activities that, result in greater comforts of living ami higher planes of thought. Th- bringing together in a universal ex position of the best that all civilized ! countries have produced opens to all who j participate new lines of thought, better ’ methods, better appliances ami therefore 'conduces to the material benefits as well : as to the culture of every country par- I ticipating. > "The international exposition whose ' dedication you honor by your presence : was conceived in an effort to cmntnemo ! rate a great .aciiievement which has ' proven a potent t.-u-tor in Increasing our i wealth and sustaining our institutions i and perpetuating -mr independen e. The , interest manifested by the governments - and the people whom you represent, m | pledges of p.a rt leip.i thm. has been eneour- I aging .and helpful in the highest de ! greo. and we arc glad of this opportu . nity to express our deep gratitude. I "That this exposition may be .a power i ful aid in the elevilion .ami advancement i of the tmm.au r.a<-< is the prayer of those i wlio organized and have brought it to its pres.-nt stage -f progress. That the countries for which you stand ma.-, unite wilii us in promoting an undertaking fraught with o-ii good m hunianitv is the earnest wish of the local manage ment and the sinc'-re hop-- of every right thinking citizen of tho Arnori -.nn repub lic. Address of Jusserand. After the rendition r.f n selection tbe marine band, of \\ .isbing’ton, the French ambassador. M. Jusserand, re plied to President Francis, as follows: “When the treaty signed in Paris one hundred years ago and by which tho area of the I’nited States was to be more than doubled, stood for ratification before con gress. there were, contrary to what we might suppose, protracted discussions and objections of many sorts. Some thought that the t’.tU tn the now acquisi tion was not. a suflu L nt one; others were, anxious on ac * "mt of >ho very magnitude of the now trrritori. s. and expressed tho fear that the federal tie would he loos ened if ••xtomlod tn su< h remote and part ly unknown regions. Many were tho. criticisms, ami long the speeches. “Senator Ja< ksou. of Georgia, rose. ami. turning toward’- mio «»f ihc hostile party, said: 'ln a century, sir. wc shall bo wed populated ... and instead of the description given of it b.v tbo honorp.b’e gentleman, instead <»i i howling wild* . - boss whore no civilized foot shall ever tread, if v\c could return the proper 7,378,627 BALES Secretary Hester Gives Port Receipts From September I, 1902, to May I, 1903, Both Inclusive. Secretary Henry G. Hester, of Now Orleans cotton exchange, declares the port receipts for Septem ber 1, 1902, to May 1. 1903, both, inclusive, have been 7.378.627 bales. His certifii-aic to that eft'eci, bcaiing the official seal of New Orleans cotton exchange, is as follows: tv,,7”' U I ■■ ..KI ■!!!$ H JS : ‘ . . X ■' ,-C.z May Ist, 19TO This Is to certify that the receipts of cotton at all United State s port s, from September first 1902 to May first 19’3,-both inclusive, were Seven million, three hundred and seventy eight thousand, six hundred and twenty seven (7,373.62?) bales. Secretary New Orleans jotton Exchange. These figures are of unusual interest today because they decide the Port Receipt- Contest, ?1h,O"0 in rash prizes. The contest, opened January 20 and closed Ap 11 20, full details having been published often. Everybody knows about the contest. The -'.s.imat 's Live all been rc-o-d >! fil a in.»- - d aril ■ v ■**’ -c rCs'irc thorn .-.ilod up and "pul in careful keeping. All estimates hat came with subscriptions weio i-omsideivd know ' d by the sending of Ihe paper. All other estimates wore receipted for by postal card or otherwise the re ceipts in each case gave the green number by which tho original order :s filed. Sb-, ild yon have .illu sion to write in reference to your estimate please give the number shown on your receipt, so wo may read ily refer to it for reply. The time which elapsed between tho close of the contest and the close of the p ,: i ft whirl: the port receipts of cotton have boon counted served as a protection to all contestants. That time enabled us to get ail mail sent on April 20, the last da of the contest, and <> complete and seal up all r< i-ords and estimates before any one could possibly know what the figures would be The estimates of file and of record will be carefully gone over and eh.-'-: <■-! up, tl - .tames of trie successful contestants will be prepared and published at the earliest possible (lav <-<>.: -str ti: with ai i’tira cy if yon arc within 1,090 bales either way from the exact, figure.- 7 a?.’: you w-.l - ive a cash prize. period, we should find it the seat of science and i-ivillz.’ition.' "Senator Jackson’s time has come tiic vi rv vear he named; one century lias i::.i elapsed since lie spok-‘. if lie cm.M lls he would see m. hew - ing wild.-rn.-ss, bill one of the most or: liant gatherings which tins ''"onliA h-'> ; .-ver beh'-M. iiii-luding the chief of the state and a former chief of the state, represent .tiv.-s of all the powers of the , glob.-, soldiers and sailors, priests, mag istrates. savants, artists, tradesmen and agri'-nlturists. workmen and .itizens in numerable; al! fient upon eonse.it ,i l ing ly : their pt' -■ n.-e and do homage io tlie work done during the hundred years Good, work. Inde. d. nay stupendous. -.mgi.iiie a-- he W.-1-- S'-n.-itor Jackson cou'd. I tltink. ..arc.-lv believe his eyes rind .-ars if he ; saw Hie matchless sight we presently be- ; hold, and the preparation for the jm- I pending exhibition of all the produce, all ti,.-. discoveries, all the art of th- wide eat Hi. lie woq:d scarcely believe lid ears ! if lie heard that we came in twenty-seven hours from tlie place where lie had de- ; Uv. red bls prophecy, and which had be come only two years before th'- s at ot government. No less great would be bis surprise if lie learnt that tlie supposed ’howling wilderness’ had been turned into an immense garden dotted with wealthy towns; that all the iand called in his days Txniisiana produces yearly now one milliard and a half bushels of various sorts of grain and that the private be of the s tcci ssors of the scat tered settlers of bis time are valued tn ours at three milliards of dollars. "But lie would not be surprised If he learnt that •In- federal tie has not, been loosened; that the number of states has Increased, their wealth too. the number of their inhabitants, their importance in every respect, and that they consider as more and more saered the bond which unites them to tlie older part of the com munity. Such is the effects of liberty and itist laws. After tracing tho trials and warlike deeds of the hardy first French sett <rs, he continued. Address of Ojedo. Following the "Hallelujah Chorus” from "I'llo Messiah.” which was given by the band. Hie Spanish minister, Senor Don Fndllo de <>.iedo, spoke of Spain. I lie said; "President. Toadies and Gentlemen; T greatly regret iny inability to respond to the very flattcririg recognition of tlie part played by Spain In the early history of this territory. 1 wish 1 were endowed with Hie same eloquence displayed by previous orators, whom it lias been our privilege to listen to and admire. Still, had not the national glories of Spain | been so brilliantly alluded to, were I i able to recall them now, with colors as I glowing as the warmth their memory brings to mv Spanish heart. I feel I could not raise to them a loftier or more elo quent monument than has been raised by those immortal works of Washington Irving Prescott, Lowell and Th-knor. which have made of Spanish tradition a familiar, a household patrimony of this nation. , , .. . "Spain will appeal- before you. if not •ill til.- splendor tli.it requirements ot h,-r wise economical programme now forbid, at least in ihc manly garb of a nation | willing to show you and to show Hie world that her gloriously chequei oil e.i reer inste id of impairing our vitality has retempered tlie cvcr-elastie steel of mu national fibre and enncontr.itcd ami di rected all its latent energies toward the modern conquests of progress, labor and civilization to which the city of St. Louis, is now erecting a temple worthy of the | I city Itself and of Hie auspicious event we I ; are now i-ommemurating.” I Tlie exercises were closed by a. bene- ■ i diction prono inei d 1 y Hi v. Samuel J. . I Nicc.ols, and as the ilistinguishe.l guests; left the hall a salute ot. IW gnus was : : The only routine c»f the evening way the display of fireworks. Huge Rocket Ends Exercises. St. l.ouN, Mill . Th.-- last .-let of the I led j up of a huge rocket which broke directly ■ ! over the tow- r- of th.- administr.-Hion | | building, seattering its manifold golden 1 stars directly above the nrehway. Tl:- j : sight was accepted !>v Hie multitude a- j 77T';'7.7: ■ '7' "7" i i ami again before the crowd dispersed. i | In many respects the last day ,f the | ex. rcis.-s v. m tlie best of them all. Th- - weatller was perfect There were s >m< delays in Hie civic paradi. but timt was I | 1., I-. exp ei.-d In the liiif-ral arts building the cx-erelses ■ this afternoon took .m nt tim. - i some what informal eliaraeli-r, b.- iuso of i-ir ciunstanci s which were entirely b.-yond the control of tin? exposition officials. Exercises in the Old Cabildo. Now Orleans, April 30. In "oniineninra tlon of tho cenlounial of tho signing <■: tho treat v of tho eossi-ui o f 1 .<mist tua interesting eoronumios. undor tin ;»usv'i' ’ •- < of tho Eouislana Historical S-oioty won- | hold today in the old (’abildo. tho .<■ , of the transfer of the territory. T’r- ] treaty was r. ad in French by < liurli'S ' i Soniat and in English b.v James S /,acii - | arie. Lieutenant Governor Estopinal. I’ro-; fessor Alcee Fortier, presid. it. of tn<: Historical Society; Ass.h i;n. Ju.-t. < ; Monroe and Acting Mayor M> hie mad.- : addresses. X memorial tablet, pi t. - d m tin- I'.ibildo b.v Hie Society of Colonial I Plantes, was unv. il.-d It recited Hu iri - ■ ■ tion of the building b.v the Spanish gov ; eminent in tlie inttm- part of tile <-ign i teeuth century for Hu- use of tin Cabildo j .or government council, the fact that ’ I : iMKI tlie formal transfer of th.- provim| ! of I.ouisi.i no from Spain to I-’raii'-e, .iml j from Fran.-.- to Hie I’nited States h. ■! I taken place, within its walls, and H i further fact that in 1525 it had served as tlie temporary r. sidence of Hie Marquis do Lafayette, while lie was Hie guest of the state. SAYS V.EDDING WAS DISGRACE. - Bishop of London on Vanderbilt- K’utherfurd Nuptials. London, April 30.—At tho night session of tho London diocesan conference the bishop of London, tho Right Rev Arthur F. Ingram, made a statement to tho effect that ho had thrice sent for an explanation from Hie Rev. Hadden re garding tho Vanderbilt Rutberfurd wed ding .and Hint none li.-id been received. The galleries and Hie floor of tlie little church lions.-. in the sltadow nf Westmin ster Abbey, weri crowded in .intii-ipation of tim bishop's announcement. Arising amid intense silence Hie prol.it--’ ■ said lie had hoped to present to Hie eon tereneo an explanation from (lie otlici.-it ing clergyman in the matter "f "grave s-andal which recently had occurred in tile diocese." He could only surmise that i Hie family bereavement, in Hie death of I a child, was responsible for Mr. Had- PRICE: FIVE CENTS. I den’s having entirely ignored the hishap’s i letters and messages The bishop char- - aeterized the use of St. Mark church for • the performance of the ceremony as con : stituting a “grave moral scandal,” aa-1 I expressed his di termination not to enter the church until due reparation had been made. The bishop then read an extract from the de< ision of the Lambeth conference of IxfiS in condemnation of th** practice of marrying divorced pars ns, in which it is recommended that tn case the Inno cent party to the divorce should desire to remarry, the question of the church service should be left to the bishop of tlir- diocese. ■ The bishop's remarks were vigorously ; applauded and the session ended wit. the j passage of a vote of thanks moved by i the suffragan bishop of London. FRUIT KILLED BY THE FROSTS. There Will Be No Crop in the Middle Western States. Cincinnati. May 1 Telegrams from r.l parts of Ohio, Indiana Kentucky, and West Virginia reporting that, the fr - of last night killed all kinds of fruit and affected all crops. No Fruit for Indiana. Indianapolis, Ind.. May I.—A good sized frost last night put a crimp in Indiana's fruit prospects for this y.-ir. I and reports coming in from all •-■■■( s I of the stalo today indi* -ate that i I I *■- I tier vegetation received a serious set- I back. Snow Storm in New York. Plattsburg. N. ¥.. May 1 A heavx siww storm set hi over th* Adirond.i ks to day. practically cheeking the tier*-, bu rst tires that have spread rapid > in I'm last work. The temperature lias dro}n-*-*t about lift.*, degrees. FEW CHILDREN QUxT WORK. South Carolina Child Labor Law Has Small Effect. Charleston. S. <Ma., i The * hild labor bill, known as the Mardi.ill lay. went into * If.-. t through eq Smith *■ ;<*- lino today. I nder its provi-ion n • . a i uniler 10 can legally work in iinv cotton mill. I hero wore so few of such emplovcf-s that the enforcement <>f tin* law did not create a ripple at Columbia, the state capital and a. gr at factory center, where about twenty children were affected The children reported for work as usual this morning and Were promptly turned back and not permitted to work' An exception is made in the law in cases where the labor of children under the pr»■ *.ibe*l ag ■ is absolute) i nec* s "■ ry 1., the support of a widow.-.1 mother or helploss father, but no case of that I sort arose in Columbia today. i British Tars Dore to Death. Halifax. X. S.. April ::«i it i- reported here t. night that fifteen of the < row of the British s ■•■ond-i ’a:--boiuier I’ lllaa were killed and a nunibi’i of injured dor ing the rioting al Port of Spain, Trim dad. on Tuesday. Tb.o officials at the admiralty refu.e to eonlirm or deny tha reports.