The Mena weekly star., 1907-05-16
JAMESTOWN CELEBRATES
The Three Hundredth Anniversary of Landing of First Settlers
 Commemorated.
MANY NOTABLE VISITORS WERE PRESENT
Honors Aecorsed Gen. kurskl and Party = Ambassador Bryce the Principal Orator of the Day-Fes- tivities Closed Wish Banquet on Italian Flagship.

Norfolk, Va, May 14-The eelebra- tion Monday on Jamestown Island, 10 miles up the James river, of the 300th anniversary of the landing there of the first permanent English set tiers under Sir Christopher Newport, John Smith and others, were held un- der fair skies and conditions in every way suspicious.
 The exercises on the island were directly under the auspices of the Society for the Preservation Of Virginia antiquities. Joseph Bryan of vocation was offered by Bishop Randolph of the diocese of Southern Virginia. The opening address was delivered by Gov. Swanson, of Vir- ginia, and British Ambassador Bryce followed with an address, the subject of which was Greetings from the old world to the new"
 Lieut. Gov. Ellison of Virginia in- troduced Gov. Swanson and Mir Bryan introduced Ambassador Bryce. A choir composed of students from the historic William and Mary college at Williamsburg was in attendance, and Bishop Gibson of the diocese of Virginia, and other clergy partici- pated.
 The elaborate celebration at the Jamestown exposition Monday was ushered in by the firing of salute of IT guns from Fortress Monroe in- cident to the arrival at Old Point 1 Comfort at 6:15 a. m., of Gen. Baron kuroki. his staff and party. accom- panied by Gen. o. F.. Wood as official escort.
 Gen. Kuroh and his party were met at the Old Point Comfort pier by Gen. Grant and Maj Strong, the lat ter commanding Fortress Monroe. All honors were accorded the dis | tinguished Japanese and after break fast Gen. Kuroli and party proceeded | by special boat to review the great fleet of American and foreign war ships fin Hampton Roads, after which they landed at the Jamestown exposi-
 
 | day which included an address by | President Harry St. George Tucker of | the Jamestown Exposition company, and parade and review of the feder- al troops on the camp at the exposi- ton, together with several thousand sailors landed from the American and foreign warships in Hampton Roads, all being reviewed by Gen. Kurod the Japanese vice admiral. Sir Gero Ijuin: the Italian Duke De Abruzzi, Gen. Grant and Wood, Admiral Evans and other American and foreign army and navy dlgnitaries.
 At noon Monday salute of 300 guns was fired in. Hampton Roads commemorative of the landing of the first English settlers on May 13, 1907.
 Among the features of the day were races between crews from the Ameri can and foreign warships.
 Gen. Kuroki and his party later in- spected Fortress Monroe and the festivities of the day concluded with ball and dinner given by the Duke De Abruzzi on the Italian flagship varez. The banquet was attended by all foreign and American dignitaries now in these waters. The function was one of the most elaborate ever given aboard a warship.
 Monday there was great illumi- nation of the warships in Hampton Roads with brilliant fire works from floats off the exposition grounds and in close proximity to the warships.