Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-05-23
THE BUCKEYE STATE.
The One Aundrsdth Anniversary Be-
Ing Celebrated at Chill cothe.
GRAND DAY FOR OHIO.

Gen. Arthur st. Clair, governor of the
Northwest Territory. and today he
was almost willing to attest the state
ment that he saw that honest, indomit.
able and most irascible man-who was
assaulted by mob In that very house
for opposing the statehood movement,
standing in the doorway and gazing In
wonder at the flags and bunting and
triumDhal arches and other outward
signs of the great celebration of the
one hundreth anniversary OF Ohios
admission into the union.
However this may be. II is quite Ger.
tain that ioday's contribution to the
centennial celebration was of such a
| nature as to cause the shades OF Tifiln,
Worthington and the other heroic ad-
vocates of statehood to hover over
this staid old town, where the great
state of Ohio was born and struggled
upward through the first years OF its
existence. The celebration was more
| than enough to interest and entertain
the hundreds of strangers gathered to
assist in the observance of the century
birthday.
lne crowd exceeded the expecta.
lions of all concerned. During the
early mornings hours large delega.
| lions arrived from Columbus, Cincin-
natl. Toledo. Cleveland and other cit
les of the state, and even New York
sen. 4 distinguished party of Buckeye
sons. while the country hereabouts,
up and down the picturesque Scioto
valley and for miles in every direction
poured scores OF visitors into the
town.
At six o'clock this morning, amid
shrieks of steam whistles. and the
changing of bells, the centennial was
ushered In. Such a concert OF noises
was never before heard in the town.
The duh boom of the guns broke in at
intervals and counted one by one the
years OF the century The town was
freely decorated with bunting and
flags and about the court house square
there were arches and other tasteful
ly arranged embellishments. Business
houses and residences alike were
bedecked in colors. The people were
dressed in holiday attire and business
was generally suspended in order to
permit clerks and workmen to partici-
pate In the days festivities.
The arrival OF the visiting notables
was the principal incident of the early
morning hours. Before the day was
many hours old the streets were
thronged Statesmen journalists. mil
ltary men and other distinguished
sons of the Buckeye state were to be
encountered at every turn. Columbus
sent a party of prominent public men
together with the governor and other
state officials and the educational in
stitutions from the lake to the Ohio
river were noticably well represent
ed. Patriotic organizations and his
torical socities were also well repre-
scented.
AS n certain raiser to the more spec.
tacular features Of the days program
there was an interesting little cere-
mony in the court house at 8 o'clock
when a plaster medallion OF Governor
Edward Tifin. Ohios first governor
was unveiled by Miss Anna Cook
great of Governor Tiff
fin.
Promptly at 10 o'clock the celebra
ton proper commenced in the auditor
ium in the City Park. The program
was long one, but the speakers were
men of eloquence and their addresses
were so replete with interest that the
vast audience was held spellbounded
from the moment that Governor Nash
raped the meeting to order until the
mornings program was concluded
with the rendition of the star Span
gled Banner" by the famous Fourth
Regiment Band OF Columbus. After
brief Introductory address by the
governor and an invocation by the
Re-. A. NJ Courtenay. the visitors
were cordially greeted by Mayor W
| D. Yaple To the mayors address re
Spouse was made in behalf of the Ohio
Historical and Archaeological Society
by General J. Warren Keifer OF Spring
field These preliminaries concluded
/ Ant dnStbiblakt IHA'Htu w
ing address on the history of the
Northwest Territory from the first set
Element at Marietta 10 the organiza
ton of the state delivered by Hon
Judson Harmon OF Cincinnati. Judge
Harmon was followed by Judge Rist
r. Sloane OF Sandusky, who took az
his subject The Date OF the Admis
sion of Ohio into the Union and tn.
Great Seal OF the State"
This afternoon and evening the
speakers include many public men Of
national prominence. The full pro
gram of speakers and the subjects Of
their addresses is as follows: "Ths
Military History of Ohio Including the
War Of 1912" General Thomas Ander
son. U, s. A., Sandusky; "The Mill
tary History OF Ohio from the War o
1912. Including the Civil War ant
> Spanish-American War" General J
I a.I.n A