Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-12-24
THE WORLDS FAIR.
A BRILLIANT OPENING, BOTH IN
NEW ORLEANS AND
WASHINGTON.


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| ARPRDPRIATE CEREMONIES.
THE OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR
| OWN AND FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS ASSEM-
BILE TO SEE THE vIvIFYING TOUCH AP-
Piled, AND THE VAST CoNCoURsE AT
NEW ORLEANS RESPONDS.
| WASHINGTON, December 16.-The Grand
International Cotton Centennial
| Worlds Exposition was opened to-day I'M
der the most brilliant and promising au-
spices n New Orleans, and with the assist
ance Of an ingenious, scientific, distin-
guished, and memorable Washington at
tachment or annex. Paradoxical as it may
sound, the Exposition vas opened at noon
i'll New Orleans and at P. M. in Wash
ton, and still at the same moment in both
places.
With true Yankee ingenuity the electric
spark, generated in Washington liberated
| at the White House, and flashing over the
wire, opened the New Orleans Exposition
an hour before it started-at least accord
ing to Washington time pieces.
The telegraph instrument necessary to
apply the vivifying touch that set the great
industrial city in the Exposition building
| in motion was placed in position in the
East Room yesterday evening, and Secre-
tary Frelinghuysen conducted converse
ton over the wire with Director General
Burke in New Orleans.
Everything was SO fixed that the touch
| ing of the key transmits the motive power
| by which the starting of the machinery is
| insured.
| The East Room was crowded at the ap-
pointed time, invitations having been is
sued to the members of the Diplomatic
Corps, members of the Cabinet, the Presi-
dent of the Senate, the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, and the Chief
Justices of the Supreme Court, and the
ladies and their families and the personal
friends of the President.
The committee appointed on the part of
the Senate to attend the ceremony was
composed of Messrs. Logan, Dolph, Came
ron of Pennsylvania, Cameron of Wiscon
sin, Harrison, Miller of California, Riddle
berger, Pendleton. Butler, Vest, Jones of
| Florida, Slater and Walker.
| The House Committee was composed of
member from each State, Col. OFerrall
of Virginia and Gibson Of West Va, were
present as such.
at the moment of applying the touch it
was understood that the Governor of Loui-
siana and Mayor of New Orleans, DR.. Tai
mage, the Exposition officials, and Secreta-
ries Teller and Hatton were assembled at
the New Orleans end of the wire.
| The President at l: As was notified that
the Board of Managers were ready to hear
from him.
! The President entered the East parlor
and ready to open the Exposition.
| The President, Senator Edmunds, and
Speaker Carlisle took their places behind
the telegraph table at five minutes OF
| o'clock.
| The Cabinet, represented by Secretary
Frelinghuysen, Lincoln, Chandler, McCul-
loch, and Attorney General Brewster stood
at it's sides, and behind them the Senate
| and House committees ranged themselves.
Mr.. Bancroft, the historian, stood close
by.
The President opened the New Orleans
i Exposition in few minutes after O'Clock
| this afternoon.
/ The following is the full text of Presi
dent Arthur's address, formally opening
the Exposition: ''In the name Of the peO-
pie of the Republic l congratulate ci l.
zens of the Southwest in their advancing
prosperity, as manifested by the great In-
/ ternational Exposition now about to open.
The interest of the Nation in that sec
ton of our Commonwealth has found ex.
preston in many ways, and notably in ap-
preparations for the improvement of the
Mississippi and by the National Loan to
promote the present Exposition.
Situated, as it is, at the gateway of the
trade between the United States and OF
Central and South America, it will attract
the attention of the people Of the neigh
boring nations of the American system,
and they will learn the Importance of avail.
Ing themselves of our products. as we will
4 ho nf mi and fhI1l 1nf ,lxyr mol
ing, but profitable intercourse between
the United States and the States of Central
and South America will be promoted.
i The people, also, of our own country
thus brought closer together, will find in
this exposition of competitive industries
motives for strengthing the bonds of broth
erhood. Railroads.. telegraph lines. and
submarine cables have drawn much nearer
the nations of the earth, and an assembly
like this, of the representatives of the
different nations, is promotive of good will
and peace, while it advances the material
welfare of all.
s'The United States extend to those from
foreign countries who visited us on this Oc-
casion a cordial welcome. and now at the
Executive Mansion il Washington, in the
presence of the assembled representatives
of the friendly nations of the world, OF
| the President Of the Senate, of the Speak
er of the House of Representatives, of the
Chief Justice and Associated Justices OF
the Supreme Court, of committee from
each House of Congress, and of the menu
bers Of my Cabinet, again, and in their
name, congratulate the promoters Of the
Exhibition upon the suspicious inaugura-
ton of an enterprise which promises such
far-reachng results. With my bes, wishes
for the fufllment of all its great purpo, es,
l now declare that the Wotld's Industrial
and Cotton Centennial is opened.
AT NEW ORLEANS.
The programme of the opening of the
| Exposition, was fully carried out. Eleven
thousand seats were occupied before the
procession reached the park. Rev. I. De.
Witt Talmage offered prayer, and Cover
nor McEvery delivered the open
ling address. The poem of Mrs. Mary
Ashley Townsend (Xariffa) was read and
the Mayor delivered the welcome. The
Director General presented the buildings
to the residents Of the Exposition and he
by telegraph presented them to President
Arthur, and he responded.
| Six CHILDREN IN ONE YEAR.--Less than
twelve months ago, Mrs. Hugh Blair, of
Chattanooga, Tenn, gave birth to three
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