The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-05-03

80 cOaaition.
NASHVILLE. May 2.-The Tennessee
Centennial Exposition was thrown open
10 the world yesterday under most au-
splclous circumstances, Friday was
cold, wet and drearY, type of the day
Of the brief blackberry winter; but
saturday even the weather god smiled
upou Tennessee. and Nashville in par
tlcular.
The morning opened cold and cloudy.
with Indications of rain, but sttf
wind carried the clouds away. and by
the time the streets became populous'
the sun peeped out from the clouds, In
che city crowds thrOnged the streets by
3 o'clock and awaited the parade that
was TO move at that hour. but was Tor
some reason, delayed.
n was led BY detachment OF police.
followed by the Uniform Rank, knlknts
~ pvfhiSS ana the Tennessee EHsenlc
Or6eF. The Legion Band. OF Knoxville
and the sponsors Of the Essenic orler
al formed a guard Of honor 10 1ONeE,
nor Taylor and his stan, VINO paSseu
thrunFh the principal streets to the tx
position grounds,
E1ereIs-s AZ GhS Auditorium.
Thousands of persons arrived long
AFTER the excuses were concluded but
the auditorium was crowded when the
president OF the Exposition CompanY,
Jobn NJ. Thomas, called the assembly
~ order with a Gavel made from the
famous tree In which Daniel Boone
Killed \ bear in leo. .
The speeches by President Thomas.
Governor Taylor, Speakers F1tLpatIlSN
Ara Thompson and Mayor Mccarthy
were Ia the happiest vein, but the re-
marks OF Chief Justice Snodgrass' OF the
supreme court. being OF personal ma,
ture. threw a damper over. the crowd
and furnished the only unpleasant lhe'-
dent OF 4 day full OF pleasure
After the booming OF the cannon an
ronnced that the machinery had been
StHried By President Mckinley Mrs
VanIeer Hickman turned or the vat
or Al the Moretti fountain. reception
a. the Woman's Building followed, and
maj building. the Children's huhdlnH
and the PartheAou were formally open
ed in the afternoon. ,,,.
Even those who were At the GROUNDS
Yesterday were astonished n the pro
sress made toward completion TO-DAY;
An rubbish all over the grounds mao
been. removed. and the absence OF
w0rklngmen caused less notles 10
taken Of things incomplete.
state oftho FaFIouS ButidlnEa.
The government buildings will not
h. opened for several days The Negro
bpild,ng has only few exhibits piae-
a There Is much to be done Ia the
agriculture building and all TO oe done
N me hygiene and education building
OnIy one section OF the art gallery Is
80, omen. but all the exhibits, practic-
SiJyy are nlaced In the wouo1n's bulld-
~ IN the chIldrcn's building. Ia the
mineral building and forestry building
IN fhe machinery building. IN lne nus
tory building, in the transportation
building. IN the railroad 6uildinE, tl s
commerce building. and aosoIuIelS No
ontaId0 work Is undone.
The GROUNDS are perfect and complete,
bpSUtifJIl beyond description. They are
SnISndid walks, with beautiful blue
SrSS- and. beds OF flowers, with toun-
SSj1s on land and IN lake. The lakes
- are alive with swan, wild geese
S,,rl and pelican; but gondalos from
VenIce, as we'll as the discoruaA'
Funds arising from the section deyot-
"a 10 Vanity Fair. make needieSs any
Investigation as to whether ihat sec
ton Is In full blast. - ,1
The features OF the afternoon s,il AN AN
evening were concerts by Bellstedt
Ana BSIlenberEer's bands, and In the
eVening an elaborate display OF hre-
works.
Exercises on the Platform
~, the platform at the exercises were
me exposition officers and committees,
covernor Taylor and his stan, the chief
fuotIos and associate justices Of the sn-
SSeS,I,e .CoIirt. members OF the woman
bnSrS tbe mayor OF Nashville, United
St,tsg senator ". b. Bate, j W
Gaines and hundreds Of prominent GU,
SsnS. President John w, Thomas. az - =
o'rIock. with historical RaNei. tapPgN
Far order and RI. Rev. Thomas +. NuI w
er. Coadjutor Bishop OF IenheSsee' Va
Eered prayer. " Nc
cSTtby. John Thompson, speaker o. the
State senate, and Morgan &. FltIpaS-
III, 1neaker Of the house OF represeh-
sH.j,,sS delivered brief addresses. After
~ addresses President Thomas dicta-
ted on the stage the following message
10 President: , s.nd vrect.
''The people Of Tennessee senu ~, u
ing and request that you now put IN
motion the machinery OF the tennessee
Centennial Exposition. -,r,.-,.
In a few minutes the roar OF artillery
"a" heard echoIng and re-echolns
,brouph the buildings and over me
S 5,,5 President Mckinley had press
Cd tbe button and the exposition vas
opened. The machinery had starved u
1ilt O'Clock.