New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-05-01
THE PARIS EXPOSITION 0 n,
IT'S COMING OPENING,

IT'S COMING OPENING.
PARIS, April 10. Arrangements
for opening the exhibition on the
| first of May were settled at cabinet
council Wednesday night. Shortly
before two O'Clock M. Tesserene de
Bort, minister Of commerce, will re,
Iceive in the grand vestibule Of Tro.
|cadero the foreign princes present on
the occasion, namely, the Prince Of
Wales, Don Francois d. Assist, the
Due d. Aosta, Prince Frederick,
crown prince of Denmark, the
Prince Of Orange and Duke de
Leuchtenburg. After conducting
them to the princes saloon, he will
receive the ambassadors, foreign
commissioners, presidents and vice
presidents Of the chambers, minis
ters, populations, senators and depu7
ties. At two o'clock Mashal Nc
Mahon will arrive, escorted by his
military household, troops being
drawn up along the route from the
Elysee. He will first repair to the
princes saloon, and a procession will
then be formed which will march
from the grand arcade to the plat
form overlooking the fountain and
commanding a view Of nearly all the
buildings and grounds. Here M.
Tesserene de Bort will welcome the
marshal in q short speech and the
marshal will then declare the exhi-
bition opened. One hundred and
one rounds from guns, at intervals,
on Mount Valerien and on an island
In the Seine, will follow the an
nouncement. At the same time the
military bands will strike up, all the
fountains will play, and soldiers
stationed by the flag stats will hoist
the
FLAGS OF ALL NATIONS
on the roofs Of the two palaces and
annexes. The marshal will then
reascend to the Trocadero palace,
the procession reforming, and after
completing the rounds Of the build
Iings will cross over the river to the
Champ de Mars. The troops will be
drawn up on the near bridge. The
terrace Of the Champ de Mars palace
will be occupied by senators, depu-
ties, the council Of state magistrates.
1academicians, the military staff and
French commissioners. Entering
by the central door the procession
will go through the grand vestibule,
decorated with crown wells, porce-
lain, Gobelin's tapestries and the
Prince Of Wales Indian collection.
1t will then pass through all the sec
tions, the commissioners of each
country greeting it at the door, and
will next inspect the military school,
where all the exhibition wor]lmen
will be stationed, and will lastly
traverse the machinery annexes.
Arriving al. the gates, the marshal
will take leave Of princes and other
distinguished personages and return
to the Elysee. Nine. Mcmahon and
the wives Of ambassadors and minis
ters will be assigned stations behind
the Trocadero platform. The exhi-
bition will be open to the public i'm
medlately on the close of the cere-
nony Marshal Mcmahon will hold
a grand reception at the Elysee on
the opening day, and also give a
dinner in honor of the Prince of
Wales and Duke Of Aosta. The
Journal des Debates states in view of
the decision Of the German emperor
to exclude from the German fine art
section of the exhibition any picture
recalling the war Of 1870, the FrencV
government has resolved to exclude
French pictures concentrating
that war.
Our Washington Letter.