The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-04-20
TIE PARIS EXPOSITION.
The Greatest Exposition of the Many
Held During the Last Half
of the Century.
IT'S FORMALLY OPENED 70 the WORLD.
a state OF UarcnLincss the M"sa
Notable feature nj Opcning Day
The Americans. Nest 90 the
French. the wo~t Numerous IA.
hibitors mni Most Nearly Ready.

Paris. April i4.-At noon France
opened to the world the browning eN-
pesifion Of all countries. The most
favorable weather conditions PR
vailed. and innlnnerabIe brieht-col
ored domes and minarets clistencd AZ
the sunshine. Paris was carly ast'r
with people vending their way to-
wards the Elysee and in the direction
Of the exposition. in the hope OF wit
Messing the presidential procession a.
some part of its journey
General Decoration.
All the public buildings and mum
berless private houses were decorated
with festoons of flags. chiefly the TIL
color. The neighborhood OF the ex-
position was especially gay with bunt-
ing while most OF the pasiiions them-
selves were surmounted with iioatn.
banners.
hustle within the Grounds
Within the exposition grounds all
was hustle and animation in ST.
prone effort To clear away all ne
slightly obstacles in order 10 leave an
urobstructed road and an external an-
peurance of completeness TO the PAT
aces for the presidential party in IFS
passage through the grounds. The
finishing touches were hastily givea
the magnificent Sale dies Fetes.
Opened ;,v President Loubet.
President Loubet. as he stood IN the
presid snrill tribune. surrounded hv
the members OF the cabinet and hi
household. opened the exposition with
the words: II declare the exposition
OF 1900 open"
Thus was the Paris exposition. de-
signed 10 celebrate the worlds entry
into the new century. inaugurated and
shouts OF "Niye Loubc," and "Ni,e Ia
Hepubiquc~ rose from his 1000 hear
ers, and silk hats were waved in the
air The crowds outside the hall took
up the cheering and the exposition
was open.
tnnnisscd Condition ReIrettabir.
The unfinished condition OF the ex-
position on Inauguration day is re-.
gretable. and perhaps misleading. u
mrst be borne in mind that this is
only "A passing phase. and on It's com
pletion within three weeks or "A month
fiom now. the exposition will indis-
putably be the most attractive and
magnificent yet seen.
American. Have Cause for Pride.
Americans especially will be proud
az their country's display AT this
worlds fair. for the United Staets
stiu ds second only 10 France herself
IN number Of exhibitors. which treble
those of any foreign country.
THE Figures speak.
The following j. . table Of exhb-
itors which speaks eloGuently 81
American enterprise: France. 10000;
United States. 6.564. Belgium. 300,
Germany. 1900; Italy, a.o0o' Russia
LEO: Scandinavia. 400; Austria. l.
O0C; Great Britain. COO; the British
colonies. coo. America has three times
The number of exhibitors that France
had a. the Worlds fair in Chicago
She occupies 329.o5e square feet with
Lcr AZ distinct exhibition spaces. 20 II
the main exposition grounds. Is in the
Ninccnnes annex. including the
ground covered by our eagle sur
mounting the national pavilion thr
QLai d'Orsay.
American Most Nearly Ready.
American enterprise. however. i
NOT only shown la the size OF her rep
rcscnsaiion but also III the prepared
ness cf her installation as compare,
with thar OF most or the other coun
tries. and il can be safely said tina
but for the dilatorincss OF Frenc.
wsrkmcn and methods the Unite,
States exhibits would have been es
i,o.cd in their show eases 10 to-day
visitors.
Duc to French Tarc.ncs~.
unfortunately French tan!iness ha
hampcrcd all American efforts to rus
matters. Thus ia most Of our shos
spaces everything j. prepared, Ill
glass eases are ready 10 receive cN
hibits, but the American officials ar
afraid TO display the valuable article
10 the likelihood Of damage by IA
clouds Of dust arising irorl work 0
the adjacent embryonic installation
An ApericnS object Les on.
The highest testimonial 20 Amer
canhood. comes from COMMISSIONS
General Pecpuart himself. After con
pairing the state Of progress Of the IL
sial!ation ~ various nations. he sal
e. Commissioner General Peck:
at is an object lesson 70 vs. all .
see the American people work.
thank you for your promptitudc an
the advanced condition Of work IN n
United States sections
Trial Of COL. toison.
Frankfort. Ny. April l6.--On Tue
day the trial Of cN-Congressmaa Dayl
q lnlsnn lie sllI.AiNinlr nrincinal