Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-12
CELEBRATION OF DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA DAY AT FAIR
Downpour of Rain Did Not Keen pa.
trlotlc Visitors from Carrying
Out Program.
tFrom a Staff correspondence.


Columbia Day at the jamestown Ex-
position was begun this morning In
heavy fail of rain. which however
did not deter the many guests that
arrived on the chartered steamer
Newport News, from taking In tho
Exposition and the many attractions.
The party, with the exception of the
commissioners arrived early this
morning and were escorted to the In
side Inn by MI. II. ii. Sexton, chief
OF congresses and special events,
where they had breakfast.
At about ten o'clock the party pro.
ceedcd to the Army and Navy exhibit
building and there awaited the ar
rival of the District commissioners,
who had been delayed l.y being car.
ricd on to Norfolk. Promptly a.
11:3O the commissioners and tho
the president of the Board of Trade
and Chamber Of Commerce arrived,
entering through the west door, and
proceeded to the center of the build
rs 'Hiou6i a. iihS ny lllc OIL
GERS and members of the Chamber
OF Commerce, at their arrival in the
center of the room they were receiy-
ed by Hon. Harry st. George Tucker,
president of the Exposition, after Il
round of handshaking with the COM
missioners. the president of the
Chamber of Commerce introduced the
members and they passed I'm n line
and shook hands with the president
of the Exposition.
Prominent Guests.
Among the prominent guests TO ar.
rive Were: Commissioners of the
District of Columbia Henry b. T.. Mac
Farland and Henry l.. west: Hon.
Myron NJ. Parker, Chairman of Com.
mittce of Celebration of District of
Columbia Day: Hon. John b. Wight:
Col. r. N. Harper, President Wash.
ington Chamber of Commerce; Gen.
John NJ, Wilson, u. S. A., President,
Washington Board of Trade; Mir.
James f. Oyster, President Business
Mems Association; Mr.. Charles ].
Bell, President of the JobLars and
Shippers Association; Mr.. Crosby
S. Noyes, editor, the Evening Star;
Mr.. Scott G. Bone, editor, Washing.
ton Herald.
Exercises at Auditorium.
The exercises of the day were held
In the Auditorium at Q p. nj. Phin-
ney's band furnished the music for
the occasion. Seated OIL the stage
were: President Tucker OF the EX-
position company, Commissioner II.
f. b. Mcfarland, CT the District of
Columbia, Commissioner II. r. West,
Colonel r. N. Harper, president of
the Chamber of Commerce of the
District of Columbia, Gen. ]. NJ. Will
son, President of tho Board of Trade
of the District and Secretary Shep.
herd of the Exposition company
President Tucker in short address
welcomed the visitors to the ExposI-
ton. Geenral Wilson then introduced
Commissioner Mcfarland, who deliy.
cred the principal address of the oc-
casion. He spoke for over an hour,
and discussed the history of the Dis.
trict of Columbia and the growth
He also discussed the government of
the City of Washington, saying that
1t was the best in the world.
Governor Speaks.
At the conclusion of the Commits.
sioncr's address General Wilson In
troduced Governor Swanson of Vir-
ginia. The governor was very face.
tious in his remarks. He welcomed
the visitors to Virginia and was loud
In his praises Of the District of Co
luinbia, its government and it's PEG.
pie.
The exercises were concluded with
the singing of the "Star Spangled
Banner
The Washingtonians left for Nor
folk at p. M, where they were the
guests of the Norfolk Chamber of
Commerce, At p. nj. they returned
to Washington.
Savannah Day.
Representative Georgians from ali
parts of the empire state OF the
South, who were here yesterday in
cidental to the Georgia Day celebra-
ton, joined III with the several hun
dred representatives from Savannah
in celebrating Savannah Day at the
Exposition today.
Rain fell practically all day, but
Special Commissioner Gordon Saussy,
representing the Savannah Chamber
OF Commerce, in charge of the Sa-
vannah room at the Georgia building
kent omen house all day at Bulloch
Hall for the Savannahians and not
withstanding the Indictment weather
the day was success. Most of the
Georgians left for home tonight The
fifth Georgia regiment of infantry
from Atlanta will, however, be i'm
camp at the Exposition for some days
yet.
1t was stated authoritatively late
tonight that the naval officials have
absolute knowledge of the identity of
steamer which ran down the launch
of the battleship Minnesota in Hamn-
ton Roads last night, and that the
arrest Of the crow of tho steamer ic