Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1903-06-13

Williams, grand sword bearer; A. M.
Hicks. grand lecturer; FREDERICK
Speed grand secretary; Thos, y
Franklin. grand treasurer w. b.
BOYD, grand pursuiyant; w, D. Den
ton, grand marshal; J. A. B. Jones,
grand chaplain,
Spread out in front Of the big build
ing was a perfect sea of humanity,
only small portion Of whom could
view the exercises.
Those Who Spoke.
After the cornerstone ceremonies
were concluded the vast assemblage
was addressed by Hon. ], F, MeCooI,
who spoke on behalf of the Masons OF
Nississippi; Bishop Charles B. Gallo.
wav who turned back the pages OF
history and reviewed the wonderful
proqregs of the State; Chief Justice
Whitfield. of the Supreme Court, VINO,
with poetic grace, paid a charming
tribute TO the women of the South;
Rabbi Brill, of Greenville, who pre-
sented the portrait Of Judah +. Ben
iamin TO adorn the walls of the capt
fol which was accepted on the part
of the State by Dunbar Rowland, in
well CHOSEN words.
After this the immense concourse
was dismissed, and the most auspl'
cious event Of Mississippi existence
as State passed into history
Dissertation Of the New Building.
No adequate conception Of the mag
nifcence and the completeness OF MIS-,
sissippis new capitol can be formed
without a personal inspection or study
of the photograph of the structure
and after all, the exterior view does
not begin to do Justice to the elegance
of the interior design. The plans and
the specifications were drawn by MT
Theodore Link. of St Louis, the ar
chitect who designed the magni1cent
illinois Central depot at St Louis, anu
who has prepared the plans for some
of the handsomest buildings uelhE
erected on the exposition grounds OF
that city. They were passed upon Dy
Mr. Barnard Green, the famous con
shifting architect OF Washington, VINO
was here today, and who MADE lew
suggestions of changes save such az
we're needed to bring the cost Wlthit
the reach of the appropriation OF oh'
million dollars. wherefore the pull4
ing is practically as Mr., Link planned
and has been built under his dlrectloh
THE building occupies the highes
noipt in the city of Jackson, ana cal
he seen from all the railroads enterlni
tho town. The material Is Beulor'
stone brought here from the quarrie
in Indiana, but millions OF brick, man
ufactured at Fernwood, La, also ehte
into its composition, and these ar
welded with sand taken from the DAT
along the silvery Pearl--a stream una
has been immortalized in story ana l.
cong The site is that upon whic
was located some sixty years ago III
state penitentiary and to get rid 9
> which the citizens Of Jackson cohteh'
ed for decade with the legislatures
hut Intellectually until it was declae
N mitch the new capitol there. IN
location is four blocks from the ol
capitol, right in the heart OF the pre-
= tiest and most desirable section OF tn
city II is convenient to the electrl
| ear c. lines, the dopots and the bushes
{ districts. ~, ,,o
The structure is not only the me!
; extensive. but the most imposing
: the state. The entire length is AZ
feet by about 200 feet wide, three 81
ries and a basement, the whole oelL
!. surmounted by central dome j, :
which is perchad monster gild'
;, !, aagle with wings outstretehed, al
: though fifteen feet from tip to UP
Great is the eleyation-l'5 feet abo'
). the level--that at q short dlstahse
seems a very ordinary hird' Aach
!. the two wings Of the building are y, ~
mounted by smaller domes' ifo