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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 2, 1898)
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There WM flO pause.lut President Wattles at once lntroduce Rev. Samuel J. Nichols of St. Louis to deliver the invocation. lie sqoh ; as Zollowii ' 0 , ( sod , incrcated and eternril In Thy be- lug , ( 'rentor nnd I.ord of all , Who dost uphold - hold anti goveril nil In nflnito power , wis- lujii , rIhtcousUca and goodness , we lift tili our henith to Thee , In adoration qud praise. Thctc ii none Perfect 05 Thou art. We rejoice In liiy ovareignty ; thy great- ncs Is tinsearclialile. The heavens declare the glory , and the earth is full or the bk. ( , ns of Thy gOtIflCsS. ( ) Thou art the boun- tcous giver of all good , the fountoiti of nil vIsdom , the iilrlt of nil knowledge , the source of all life flfli ( iinpiines. We are thy creaturcs utterly (1eotIdent ; upon Thiee without Thee we hare no wisdoni or . atrengtht or life of our own , We ore also Thy chiitiren , tnado in Thy Image atid capa- ide of alinrin Th life , This honor Thou hinitgicI1 u anti host ciowned us with iovcrolgiity ever the earth. It is our privi- ltge to cull Thee , our Father in heaven , un- 'SOttII ) nfll 5inftli as wo have mode our- iClvcH , Thou boa hot forsnketi us , but host 1)7 Thy hoi spirit given us wIsdom , and itiitheistnndlig antI power. Thou dost In- sire men with high purposes , and lend them 10 execUte goat ! 00(1 great tiesigims. So , today - day , in this hour of Iiiilshicd labor , we would ot glory in ourselves , or in tIme work of our hands , hut only In Tlme' , froni witrnmm came the wisdom to devise anil the Iower to cx- tcUtC. This glory of human achievement which surrounds us In this place , anti which mpcnlcs of miman's ahlll auth iniiustry. of prog- rcsmm In kmmwlelge and Increase In lOvem over time laud which Thou hnst given us for our Inhcrltnnco , Is olily a svitness and a memorial to Thy great favor toward us. W'Iiuu we renmember the way by which Thou imast led us , and from what to what we lmar collie , wo are mimoved to cry In arloring grat- Itutlo. "Thou host hot dealt So with any ima- tion , ' ' Thou art time God of our Fathers , Who didet lead them to this vestern world , Thou dhlst keep a centitiont hidden until time fulmiess of time came , when Thou didst throw Olefl ILH gates that time people ire- ; iared for it , and of Thy own choice , mIght enter In nimmi possess the hand. in it Thou has lifted up the ieoPio and estabiishud a nation of freemen , Thine hmmmnd hast led us , mmmarvciousiy In the past , and through Thy favor we are crowned with riches and honor anti might. Our eyes have seen the wonders vimlchi Thou lmamm wrought In our midst , so that this day time aged among us mmtnmmd nummized when they recall the PaSt. 1or all this exposition represents , for the traiiaiiguratiomm of a wilierness Into fruitful IIeld , &iiiii an uninhabited mmmd into Pohuious atmtte , for progress In arts 011(1 manufactures - tures , for time fruits of tha fields , time riches of the immines and time alnmndance of the forests - ests , for growth 1mm eduentlon , refinement , iwealthm and the comforts of lIfe , for the su- urcmmmmmcy of law , thi. continuance of our free in8tltutions Mmd the bright hopes for time fu- turn , we gIve Thee , 0 God , our most hetrty ailti grntefui tItanIum. 0 Gracious , Father , Whose bounty Is In- limmite , grant Imow Thy blessing , we' entreat Thee , uiomm all 'mvhmo have labored for time es- , tablisimment amul completion of this enter- tt'ie. lmlny wiutt thmey have done be owned ly Thee In advancing and etlimmulating all thiu arts of peace ; V.0(1 In promoting the , inirg and wellbeing of oIcty. lhless time cltywithiim whose gatuim v4 lmave come. May pezteet nbhho within Its wails and irospcrlty wiitimrlLapuIaCiq3. Bless the comnntoimweaIth of Nebraska. .atmd let timy favor descend upon its hwmmca , even as the raIn anti dews upon Its fields. BICHS the governor of this state mmd nil associated wIth him In etitimorily and couimsl. We irny Timee also In behalf of our cinnmnomm country. Itemnember rimy mrvant , the ineshlent of the Ummitemi States. hl calmi- imet. Thy servants In uengmcas assembled , anti au vlmo bear rule In time several states of this imatlomi. Grant unto theum the spirIt of wistloin and cotmimset , strengtimon timeni for any good work and mimako them faithful In ' mmii timings to Thy holy law , so that they may lead time ! ) uPln In righteousness. WImlie we pray for the lund we love we vommld re- memmtbor before Timee all nations and remiers , especially those 'who are represented In timis exposition. Grammt Thy blessing to Queen \'latorla and cii lmer subjects , to time imresi- dent of time repubile of Mexico amid mmli wimoni ho represents. May they ho led by Thy good eplrit iii all timIngs , and may peace and good will abitle mmd grow deeper nod stnmger between tltcin and us. 0 God of our F'atiiers , Ruler of Notions , while wo celebrate time triumphs of jiCitCC , 'We rememmiber that time ehadow of wut' Is upon our land , and that the soUntl of conflict smites our ears. We enrmmestly irny timat It tony please Thee slmeedihi to restore peace , and to hasten time dimy wimen under the reign of righteousness and love , all vnra shall cease. But if , as IH the tilno 'lmnti you AllonlU hike Spring Medicine to lnirlf' your blooti , give you good nmpctIto , OUIIcT sku ) , teat1y nerves itimd perfeeL ( lIgetio1i eci'ufulotis tmtiiit that sldu That , trou- - iIe , that lI'cr ( lit. L IlCIiitytlmflthuiittIS a teiitloimcy , that tired feeling , are nil cured by lluod'mt SmummpitrilIa. Give tibia )1IL'tliCIilU a fair trial and you ivlIi rcnlizo Its pisitivo merit. IL Is not 'liizt ' , I'O Uy but what the ICO1)1O who are etireti any , WihiChi prove that Hood Sarsapari I Ia . : . & Co Lowell , 1mlass. _ . : _ _ tjnocl 'S Pills cure 1.ivt'r iil ; nosy to 4'a-v LI ) nueratu. 24. . , . ,1. e The Omaha Dee MapofCubaCouon I r , Present this Coupon with j lOc for 4 A 1Tttp orcuba. 4 A Map ol'the West Indies. I h 4i AndaMapofihoWorid , I p 4 , U3. Mmmii 111. eeimt. , I- , . I . , - CLII OUT TillS COuPON. This Coupon with 25o . Will. IUI1F 11W. Official hotooraphs Of the United States Navy. NAVY PIIOTOCFA'H DEPT ( 1 .II.'i flELT. We believe , Thou hiast called ps to take the sword to avengi the wrongs of the hhploss antI oppressed , flnl to set free our brotber from their bondage , then mnake us strong to serve Thee and defend us in tl' , ' ilay of Imattle fliesmi the army and time navy ; shield them from sli perils by land or by sea , amid grant them victory , which Is in thy hand. 0 gracious cjoml , most bountIful benefactor , our hearts are this lny lifted tip in hope , and thou dost make us bold to ask the eon- tinuance of Thy favors and larger blessIngs for the future. Thou hiss redeemed time i-c- glen in which we dwell froni savage rule , and imat gIven Itti ahundonco into our hands , The wIllermmcss , ehcre once Thy image was defied by Ignornpce and superstition , hes been filled with happy homes Purified by Thy word : Thy temples stand on eyery side and Thy hteolilo sIng Thy praise. mt surely Thou host not brotmght us so far on our way only to ivo us. Atilde with us : grant us macre of Thy light imnd truth , and mnnlme us faithful iii nil things to Thy holy law , so timat thrommgh our obedience to Thee , wit immay lie known as that imeople where ( led is the Lord , duItiply rence and pros- orIty among us. Lift up tIme poor and cast ( lOWmI the proild. Itebmika vice nod olmpres- siomi , cast down the wicked anti defeat their idims. Mko rIghteousness to Ilotirishi , truth to be established and brotherly love to Prevail - vail in all our burdens. All this w. 1mm- bly ask in tlmn name of Ilium who hums taught us to pray , saying : 'Our Fatimer which art lii hienvcmm : hallowed lie Thy name. Thy klimgtlom conic , Thy viil be done on earth ns It is in heaven. Give us thIs day our daily ljtcmmd , nod forgive its our dcbt as we forgive our debtors. Amid lead us not Into tcmnimtntlon , but deliver us front evil : for 'fhinit Is the klmigelom , anti the Power , anti time glory , forever. Amen , l'itIShhI1' ' .VA'i"1'I.iS' j1)iitlh4M. lie 'meiis SYimnt tlicremtt ( ) ti&itlimt Ii- IMitbOIm ( tiLIIM FOC. Dr. Nichmol's nrnicr wa followed by President - dent \\'attIes , vhmn soul : Thi Transmissimmsippi nail International Ixiiositboii Is a eallty today only by vIrtue of the pluck ammd energy and enterprise of tlmu leohmln of the country it iepresemtth. Amimid tIme financial depression of time greatest - est panic of recent years , aimmid the gloom of drouth amid thisti'css which followed timis imammic , the first steps vero taken In tills grcat enterprise. Against time advIce of many of our most conservative citizcmi , nod time PrOiiieCY of failure by sonic , the work was begun. Dur- log Its early stages tlmCre were many discouragements - couragements , but when the congress of the United Stute recognlxed time exposItion as worthy of Its encotirnge'mmment and support all doubts were dispelled , mttid time PeoPle of this conimnunity , amid of time entire vest , rose above time calamities of the hour and united In thin work with an energy wiilchlusurcd , success. hut these beautiful grounds and buildings have mmot been nrepared amid filled with the choicest speciniemme of time lromlUcts of the world by chmnuce. Tills work represents ninny veary months of toil , mummy dlscour- agemetits and vicissitudes , but a Ilniti tn- unmimb worthy of the mmmcii viio have given it their beet thought and energy. This , the openIng day , crowns their work with an adequate reward. We see time nestmits of timoir efforts Iii this magimilicont spectacle of architectural beauty and grandeur , corn- mnndixmg time admiratIon and attention of the world , This oxpositioii ceiebrats no single event In the imistory of the transmnlssissippl coun- try. This history for time Perloti of a sIngle generation past reveals a successlomi of achIevements , ammy emma of which might properly - erly be tile subject of a great demnonstra- tion of this character. Fifty years imgo the larger vart of time country vcst of the Mississippi river was unorganIzed territory , and was Indicated on time map tms tile Great AmerIcan Desert. Its arid plains and unexplored mountains were occupied by eaago tribes , mmmmd theme Imerds of buffalo amid antelope roamed ummmolested by time white titan , In soiltuthm unbroken by the implements of clviilzntion. 'i'Jieru Vere o Itnflrommdh. No railroad had been constrimeted west of' ' the MIssourI river. But one city of more than O. OO popuhatiomi had beemm built west of the MIssissippi. The total imolitihation of this vast doimmain. comprising more thmaim two- thirds of the area of the United States , was lees timamm 2,000,000 , anil mere tItan three- fourths of this imolmulatlon was In three states emi , its southeastern bonder. The city of Omaha bad not been founded. Time resources on which this city ( lepeads for its great conmnleree today were undo- velopeti. Gold had just been dIscovered In California , and the immareb of civIlization toward the , west had hardly begtmn. 'FIfty ' years is withmlit tIme memory of mmrAy here prcscmmt , but what a change has been wrought In this region. Within its borders are iiow twenty statec amid four territories wiUi a iopulation of moore than 20,000,000 , weaitii double that of Spaimi and Portugal comblmmed , and aim Internal conimmierce greater titan the foreign commerce of Germuany , France and Great BrItain , Time Great American Desert is no atone. its eastern part is covered with fertile fmtrnms. wlmirh lmroduced last jear mere than 1,000,000,000 bushels of corn and 300- 000,000 busimehms of wheat whIch , with the other agnictmiturnl products of this section , were soul for more than $1,1UU,000,00il. Time western hart of this desert now forums the imsture of the mmation. Ott Its imutrltlous grasses feed time herds which supply time nmeat to time nanlcets of time world. in 1810 the buffalo which roamed over this regIomm outntmnmbered time cattle in tbo United 3tats. In ' ] 893 It is estimated that timoro were 30,000.000 cattLe and L0,00O,000 hogs and sheep vest of the MississippI river and the value of time yearly irod ct of these herds is $400,000,060 , or nearly equal In value to time umumimai outimut of time gold ammd silver nmlnes thmroughput the world. Nor does the groin and stock of tiii8 country - try comprisu Its only products. TIme fruit and wino of Cnliformiia imitti Oregon , the for- osth of Washington , Miimimesota amid Am-kan. sas , the sugar of Louisiana , Utah and Nebraska - braska , and the cotton of the southeastern states , furimittlm no entail part of Its yearly commmmnerco. But its tmiines must not ha over- looked. From them has hecim taken In pay- imig titiamititieB every known mineral , Tlto copper , Iroim antI coal already discovered would supply the mnarketim of the world 'for ' a century to cemmmo. Thin surface of time mtmountniims and hills has hardly bqen prospected - pected , but time rIchest tutu mmiost extensive gold and silver mines in thin world have bcvmm dIscovered , From timern has been produced - duced In the last fifty years more than sufficient to pay time goverammient ( Iebt at time cioso of time rebellion , and their annual out- vut now amnouimts to macro titan $100,000,000. i'rii ( ri. Mehmoiner Iii Obsolete. TIme caravan of prairie sehoopers , roquir- log six months of hiurdship and danger to trav1 fioni the Mississippi to time I'aclflc 'coast ' , has bomm ' ( ilSiml&tCeiI by time overland 'express ' , wItlm palace cars provilel with all thu coimvenieizicemi of home , which travel thmo distance in thirty-three hours. No less tItan 80.000 mmmlles of railroad have been constructed - structed In them trammsniississipplcountry dur. ing the last fifty years at the fabulous cost of morn tItan ; , ooooooooo. , 'Fowna amid villages have spruiig into existence along timt'so roa'I as by mrntghm. Orcat cities ! mav boon built. eonmimiurcii relatIons smstahhlshme'd I with au imarts of thu world , and mmmunufne- j turing has assumimed enormous ProPortions. I Surely with all these acimin'.ontents doring -4 tIme short space of Imttif a century we might I vehl celebrate a growth mmnt l.weiolmrnemnt unparnlehled in history. limit honking cc the future , rather than to the pact , time corn. ume'relai congress which authorIzed this ox- imesttinn wisely conceived Its objects to be tlto ndvaiiccmuent of time comimmnorclah Immter. eats of time vcst ratimor titan the celebration of mm > ' of its past achmiovemiments. I Vn have gathered iior4m In times , imenutiful btmiiihiimgs mind en these grotmnils sommme of the p rosotmre.s of this vastcountry , and hmmive in- 'itt'il our eastern neighbors and foreign I fnienils to bring their products , nail come , with their citizens to lmc , our guests anti here study with us the lossoils of the future which titi'st , evidences of our lutst lmroim teach. Zt time exhibition ht'ru mails of time resuurcemi of tiii uow cotimitry should tle'nmotm- strate that greeter Imrolie'rity ammel hnpiiiiiett ' could bin fouimd wltimlim its borelern for innimy I who now live lit less favored climes , time lUi1i's of this oxl'osltion ' would tam uc- comuplislmed. \'fth a history that has hardly beeim written - ten , but m'2ticit reCOrds greater growth amid more immiltertailt changes than Itas been miiuie lim any nthi country on earth In f'OO years of its life ; with imaturid resources uimequalUtd In value , variety and extent ; vith p. cilinato I which inspIres the greatest meutal and physical activity : with a people composed of the best elements of all stations who have broken the ties which bound them to the homes of their fathers , and have wrested this country front savage lifel with nil these advantages and arimievements , what con we prophesy for the future generation , and who wIll attempt to limit the possitmilities of a people who have acconiphishietl such wonders in the vast ? % 'Bl i'nlc Into tisigimiltcnnce. This magnificent exposition , Illustrating the vrodtmcts of our soil and mines and fee. tories , made ossiblo by the inventions of the last century , will palo into insignifi. canco at the close of the twentieth century. When the agrIcultural resotmrces of this rich country arc fully developed by the tiso of its rivers and streams for 'IrrigatIon ; when the sugar , as well as the bread and meat for the markets of the world shall be vro- dttcetl here amid carrIed to these marimets hiy time electric forces of nature : when the minerals In our mountains and the goid and silver in our mines , shall be extracted auth utilized by this same force : wime'n our natural irotlucts shah be mamitmfactured here , then this tranemississippi country will support a population in veace and plemity greater thami the present PoPulation of army othmor nation In time world. W'lmcn we commeider that the British onipire , exclusive of its colonies , embraces only 121,000 square miles , that tIme civilization of Egypt was supported on less than 10,000 square allies , umiel that with the santo demi- sity of PoPtilatloit as the state of Ohio this coUimtry would provide homes for 300,000,000 people , we cnmi appreciate time possibilities which tIme future has in store In this , time richest part of time world's tiomnain , Stnmitiing at tiio close of a ccmmtur' tetmIng with great tllscoverles anti Immventtoas which have elevated time civilization of time world to a hIgher Imiammo thami over before , surrounded - rounded with such evidences of the past progress amid future possibilities of this country , who calm prophesy its ftmt greatness - ness , and wimo caim estimate the ii mco ot title exlmosltion in acceleratimig its evoiop- mneimt ? Like a great beacon light It sentis its rays thrommghiout the laud and cimalloimges time attention of the world , To the hmommiq- less inhibits of less favored lands It is a miiesselmgen of lremulse , To time weary mnarl- her whose fortunes have been wrecked on time seas of ntlversith it is a harbinger of hope. it opemis mmew fields to them investor , limapires tIme ambition of the genius , incites- time enmtmlntiomi of states , and stammds time crowmmimmg glory'In time imistory of the west. SiNA'l'lt AlLmN SENIS flEGJtBTS Ihlmitlile to' Atvili1iili'erMoH , mit i'm-es- emit J' Letter. I'restdent Wattles announced that Semmator W. V. Allen imad been detained in Washington - ton and was unable to be present and address - dress the veople as ito had Imitended , 1mm- mitead , the senator had sent a letter expressIng - Ing his sentIments and the president asked G. M. hitchcock to read the letter. The docummient was as fohiows- : \VASflINGTO , D-'C. , May 28 , IRD8.-lion. Gurdon W , Wattles , Omaima : My Dear Sir- It has become apparent that it will be Imi- liracticable for ate to be at the ohmammlmmg of time eposltion. I regret this extremely , as it has been my desire to be present , It possible - sible , on that occasion. hlaviimg hind intImate connection wIth time promotion of time enter- vrlse from its incoptlomm , I have taken a deep immterest in Its success , bolievimig that it will furmmish our people a desirable amid peculiar means of education and that It will be highly valuable In attracting attention - tontion to Nebraska In a way that could mmot be done otherwise. I do mint doubt time exposition will be successful - ful , and tlmat hundreds of timousands of Iwo- pIe wIll by it be attracted to Omaha and time state at large who would otherwise kmolittle of the state and city , mnd that every one who may visit Nebraska tiuriimg the exposition will be amply well satisfied. With our great natural resources , beautiful summer scenery , and time health-givIng qualities of our climate , Nebraska could not be otherwIse than attractive to visitors. apart from what may be seen at the exposi- 110mm. Our possibilities as a state are airnost boundless and apresent immconeeivable. The Nebraska fifty yeath' ftud'no will present one of timtmgreatest amikl rIchest agricultural amid conirnercimli communities of the world. But much as I would like to be wIth you , and much as I have desired and immteumdetl , if possible , to be , I feel that I could not excuse nmyself for heaving my pest of duty at this time wlmen congress is emigaged In discussimmg nys and mactins of raisimmg money wIth whtcim to successfully prosecute the present war against Spalmi. We were altogether too long dcrehict in our duty to Cuba. Withimi less titan 100 miles fromu out' shores the cx- termination of 1,500,000 people by sturva- tiomm , of old macmm , hays , womimemm and chlltlrcn , Izmciudlng sueklimmgs , weimt on unchecked until one-third of the population of Cuba have died by that nmeans. We could tin longer Justify ourselves In the eyes of time Christian and civilized world by dechimming to take immnediate eognizammce of the eommdi- tiofl there prevailing and live up to our high professions of hmumammity by Intervening imt the var between Spain and her Cub.mn subjects , We. of oil natiomis of the western imernlspimere , have time power to say to Simain that she shall not depopulate Cuba by starvatioii , for itspirimmg to gain the liberty we ourselves enjoy and hold to be time rightful imt'm'itago of all. Froni the start I have advocated Cubamm liberty , evemm at a time 'when It was not popular In the semmate to do so , and havIng beemm a pioneer in timc cause , I could not feel that my duty was discharged upiess I re- mnaiimed at my desk in time senate until the ways amid nmeans of rniaimmg time necessary money to prosecute the war successfully have ieon fully determined. I trust I may be pernmitted to spoimd a pom- tioit of my summer vacatiomm at time' exposi. tiomm and contribute mmmy full share to Its success , arid It at any timq t shall be ( leelimeti desirable by time mmmmiageniemit for mao to deliver an address , I will gladly tb so. I trust you vili do mmmc time honor of an- noummclmig duriimg the exercises time fact that I aiim detained by my duties at Washing- ton. lixpressing the Imope aud the full confi- tltiimco that time oxpositlomm will be pro-coil- nently successful ammd that ore time summimer is gone time w'ar wltit Simaimm will imavo been titieceestully terminateti , and time Plillipimines. Cuba tmnd Porto Rico made free and Spain forever driven from her last foot of territory emi this eommtinent , I remain , Very respect- fully. your obedient servant. WILLIAM V. ALL1N , tlflhilSS 01' JOHN L , ' % % 'EIiS'I'IIR , ' Glories of flue 'i'ruimsmuulsslssiiiui lie'- giaii ( iruphuii'niiy 'i'Iitmiv'd. . Presitlent Wattles announced that in time absence of Senator Alleum he 'tmmmd requested one of the members of tIme board of ( lirectors of the exposition , lion , John L. Webster , 'with one day's notice , to take part in the exercises. 1-he Introduced Mr. Webster , who - - said : Vc 'meet today amid surroundings that excite time most lively imagination and rouse time dullest sensibilIties , llntrammciumg and be- witchimmg scenes are all about us , Time best timat architecture could plan anti that alcihl could construct and that art could decorate and adorn , mnake up the exterior of this , the muost unique exposition ovcr witimeased on time American continent. These 'imiigbty structures stand where fifty years ago verc time clustereti tepees of the Ommiaha Indians. Thea thin silence of this 1110cc WItS thisturbtsi only by the Indian var sound , by time revelry of thme Immdiamm tlanco , and tue vrainiea rang with ito sound hut time war whoop of the aborigine. Totisy it is surroummuled by twenty thousand buildings , tile homes of ono lmuimtjred and fifty thmousaimd hemPlc , wimo are time immombers of tint rIch coxmmumercbal city of Ommmaita , But this is mmot an exposition for our city , or for our state. Vtm are part nod parcel of the great traosnmlasisaippi country , a comma- try extmmding from the river out the east whicim 1)0 Soto discovered , westward to time i'mwitlc ticeati , and front the i'icxit'an ite- vubhic on the ieiuth to time liritislm posses- siomma 0mm time imortlm-a country with more tlmmtn liftecul millions of Anglo-Saxon p001mb , It is a country now divided into states and territories , each lam-ge enough ( or aim empire. with resotirees umiparahleled , wIth soil unex- celleti. cmiii with capabilItIes Immeasurable. t is the granary and mumarket house of the world. To borrow a timougimt front Edmund Burke : "Tim. scarcIty which the eampirems and kingdonms of Europe immmve ittaimy tinmes felt would have hiemmn a tlesohahing tammmine if this cittiti of their old age. with a true html piety , with a ltoimiua charity , had not put time bre'ast of Its youthful exuberance to time muouth of its vzlnituuted parents. On this spot the vast resources and tin 'i mighty wealth of , this extensive tranarnis- aissippi ternItory1mttw ttnhmy put. on exhilmi- tiomm , not so much for our own Instruction ftnti entertainmet ? m that the rest of amen- kind may come mnll1ao for themselves , look on with atnrtledctpptzement and depart with astonishmemit anti miolmuler. Hut we are mm seii1sh nor a sectional pcopio We nrqpnt of a rIch conunercial nation. We know but ofib constitution. but one country , buth''biag , We imae opened the dears of timeirposition to nil our fellow flitir.ens and receL'e4 the products anti cx- imibits of all tin0iMe , which gives It a truly national eharacer. ( Vnri4iIule In Scope. We nrc it cotniopohitrtn people and cx- tentleul the acop'9mmfrtimQ eaterpm'iso until it became intermiatieaai in character. Canatla upon the north and time rqpubiics of South America Are hero mnlngiiag with us. L'x- imibitors from various countries in luroho ) are here vying with each other In their efforts - forts to excel. h1ci- Thai be seen time italian , who walks the streets where Caesar's legions omice trod : the Greek front time classic land where Athens was atid where the Simartans won nit unfadIng imis- tonic fame. here are a dusky people , with tiuAr camnels. from the deserts of Arabia. Ire are Turks from that land wlmose people In prayer at the voIce of time priest fm'on , the minaret. l'iicmt. too. welcome tue Asiatics from time western chores of time i'a- due , there Is the Mongolian race fromn time Chinese cimipiro , wimielt traces its dymmasty back through fabulous ages , hero are exiiibitors frommi Japan- that country which In our day imas token a miglmty leap in advammee , and Is now recog- nizemi as omm of the cornrmmerclnl and naval Powers of the woriti. it Is title exposItion , so grand in conceptiomm , so broail in purpose and so comimprehensive in character , that is timis ulay throwim mipomi the thmroimg here vres- emmt , ahd which extentls a imeztrty tvelcqmne to time millions vito shall visit It. To build these inimemiso palaces of beauty we have drawn frommi the vast as well as from the present. We have studied the artistic amimong all people nuiti in all countries. In arcimitecttire we have drawn from whatever was most beatutiful in Gothic , wimatover was macst refineml in classic , whatever was most tiesirabie iii Grecinim antI whatever was macst mioblo in Roumman , nitul aupplemnemited amid imn. proved themue mvitim time mnost artistic conceptions - tions of time vrescmmt age , and tIme result we see before us Is a realistic Picture of a fairy scemme. Timis decorative statuary is not the fruit of mm ( lay , the birth of an hour , It is the lmresemmt imnhnint of aim tmrt which Imad its supremmie revival in time Moses of Micimaci Aimgelo and Titian's tomb by Canovn. Thme figmmres whicim timese sculptors chiseled fromn mmmariie were time letters ot the alphabet of art and have heft an irnirossion on the centuries which have come after timemmi. Out' ' of time fulililnient of that art American skill has decorated those buildings with forms of grace aimtl of beatity "Imich express time taste and reflmmenient of this age. Wlthmiim the wails of thmesc' beautiful builti- Iimgsono mnny wander in a bewllderiimg maze of tmimlblts. There vii1 be found time best and rlciumst I roduc tiomis of Amimerlean soil ; cotton from the vast plantations of Louisiana ammti .2mhississippi , ripener ! grain fronm time wiment fields of Minnesota , Wasimiimgton and Oregon ; antI the golden king corn front Kansas and Nebraska. Timore may be seen time woods anti finished lummiber ctmlled freni pine forests of Mthhigan , anti time high tow- erimig trees of ithe ucoiumbia river. There may ho soemm nmimirai , copper from the Aima- conda and ailvetiamul gold which time energy of our niountain pioneers have delved from beneath the Iteckids and Sierras. There will be seeim thu skilled handiwork of the mechanic and ammilsaim , amid in Maciminery laii the perfected result of what was once an inventor's dream. Within this circle is gathereti evidemmcea of the toil , of time pies- perity , and of thd ruhhinenient of seventy mu- lions of inlustrial people. Who have brought America to its iSr s'eSmt high standard of mma- tlonal supremacy. - iiitim1 i'iid 0 ittiial,1 icitmi 1tIimJcst. Time flovornni it building at time wcst end of tlte lagoon , with ts bug colonnades and higim shining thimmi , sumporting the Goddess of Liberty , stafids a 'the emblem of power and stm'engtim audtrnajosty of this reimublfe. It speaks for'theg'r&artmess of our miatlomi , the reaiizatIod'9twhat John Bright once said : I see one vastc0\federation stretching ( rota the frozen north Iii unbrokemi line to the glowing south , and from tIme who billowS - lowS of time Athitntle westward to tIme calmer waters of the Pacific main , ammd I see 0mb people , amid omm law and one Ian- guago amid one faith , mtnd over all that wide contimmemtt time imomno of freedom mumtl a refuge for thm oppressed of every race and of every clime. We have reached the condition -pie- tuned by Joimmi Bright , and we have vassed beyond it. Our commerce eimvelop the seas amid our navy is In the hush of -victory. Our grasp Is on time Sandwich Islands and our gmiliant Dewey holds the i'ltiiippiiies. l'io : nation's future whiCh Johimm Brlgimt saw fails iliort of the futum u we see today. W nm-c amnuized at our own growth since the tlays of Wasimington and Jefterson to ou preeiit invincible power. mS'e are now on time high aiitage groummd whore wi can look icrward to the fdiiihiment of Anmericamm destiny. The present is alreatly a realized dream and the briglttaess of the future is stromirer timan a vision. To know the present let me draw a comm- trast from the pest. Marcus Aurelius ruled over Itonme at time closlmig of Its golden vcnlod. 'His 'Ietoriea in war and achievements - ments in peace classed himn. tim time mlmids of Itomnans , witim Caesar and Auigustus. In a plaza at ltenitt there was erected a bight , towenlimg mnontmmneflt to his memOry. CirclIng aroummti the column from time base to time capitol time historic scenes anti incidents of lila career were carved anti chiseled in time solid marimlo. That column tili stands. browned by time cemituries that have rolled by since its comm- structiomi. It stantis mint alone as a relic of' antiquity , but as an historic nmoitumnemmt of an age wimeim civilization. hlmmked witlm nil tlmmtt immakes a natioum great anti powerful , was' 1mm eastern Europe , and mm hmemt one nmnim ruled time fartitest. known portions of time world to time communes of the western sea. At the side of time square close by is a higim and gray colored building , and along its front in hiazoimed letters is the mmummle of an Amnenican immstmraimce eOflmhany. There Is a simigemlar linking togetimor by way of contrast of the chmaumgetl conditions - tions of seventeen liumidred years. it Marcus Aurelius cotdui comne forth from hIs long slumber his eye would rest on that monument on which is recorded time uiceds of Rome' greatness amid grammdeur , mind ime would see that Iimmperiai City mnouldy wltim ago and its nmmtgnitlcont structures crumbling into ruins , Whelm ito looked omm the us- sombled multitudes he would not ai , time legions of old that mmmarcimed under bus corn- mend. lie wouldsee anew p001110 amid imear 1 % new language. If lie lnquii'etl what had wrought this eeat change , he would find that civiilsationiin-iits onward course anti westward marehil bad' discovered a 'miow continent boyozmdmt-he sea. Thata now 'race of people with meneW lammgunge had built up a , mighty' repuhhle1ofseYeflty millions of people , whmero Industry u1mti an open field , vhere science had made new discoveries , wimem'e literature amidmart and 'refinenment were time cornmon'proPerty ef all hiorcittzemms , 'That 'this new people with chmara 1erittIo energy and entorpriseiWere insuring time lives of time lararoiil. ' 3 ' 'I'r&flmiVuIt of Fifty Years , Time scene t1iit , presented to Marcums urellus woul4 omore astonishing to him than were timmmimmQs upon time wall which were iuterpret tl , Ip Nebucimednezzur , Yet , tlmis trnnsmnissmsimui country has developeti alone and aeeoplthod zmmoro in time last fifty years th5 1v as wofked out in time seventeen contjies that marked tue simace of time between me ago of Marcus Aurelius and time plammting of this western civilizatiomm which this expoitiomm Is hulitled , to corn- mmmentorate. To judge of time future. let us draw another lesson from time past ; Tile earliest civiilza- tioa hind its habitation Ia western Asia. in I'aieatitme and Assyria. It joined imands with trade and commmmorctt as time rolled by imni heft Ihabylomm ammtl Ninevohm in ruins , and took uli its abode In hgyit anti northern Africa. Later on it left time land of time spimynx ammil vyranmids apd took up its abode 1mm Greece , time land that becammic famous by the scuip- ture of Praxitcies. by the ipatcitbess oratory of ierimostimuime's , by time wistloam antI imbmil- osopiiy of Socrates and I'lato and by time umtatrsiiimtmislmll ) of i'erlcles and i'hoelan ; time land mvimosn patriotisfli mnauie time flames TimerrnopyImte mind Marathon syaonymmmomms with all that is daring and brave nod glen- oils iii war. Time rolled oim and civilization , with Its coliipanions. trade and romomercu' , left thul land of charming scemmemu and bewltchimmg his- story and passed westward across the Adriatic to imperial home. lrom the age of Caesar aimtl Augustus to the time of Constatitinc home ruled the olti wonlml , limit civilization traveled westward until it reached time comi- fines of Europe , where the ocean seenieti mm barrier , anti stayed its progress for fourteen long centuries , Rome crumbled into ruins , Brussels and Antwerp anti Paris end Len- don became time commercial centers. Italy broke Into fiuketlonmft and provimmces and Englantl , France anti Oem-litany became time ruling natiomms of Europe. Clvilizatiomm urgcd on by its companions , trade and commerce , like a tuna of nervous emmergy and restless ammmbltiomm , foummtl a 'way to cross the ocean anti time new continemmt ot Aniorlca was tiis- covered , They crosseti the stormy waters of time sea and made their new home in this western lmemnisphmere , Here our nation ha growmm tip anti time scepter of suumretmmacy has vassetl front time old world to time now , In time fulfillment of our destiny , and to itold trrmlo anti commerce witimlit our grasp , % 'o imave to work out time vrohlemmu of mini- versai civilIzation , We may have to join hands with the great powers of Europa to coimipass time trade of westerum Asia , amid bring it across the I'aclflc kite the hni-bor of [ 'uget Sound , amid timm-ough , time teidemm Gate , ' li'st lii ( it time Aimain-Saxomu , We are aim intenmmntlonnl nation : L'urope is on time east of us , amid Asia is emi tIme west of us. It is no longer a question of the far east , it is a qimostiomi of time west. In time soutimerit waters of time I'aciflc is Aims- trahia , practically a miowly discovered country - try , Time AngloSaxomi veoido are already there , It Is like it mmcmv risen sumi in thmo sotithwestermi waters , whose foreign commm- mimem-cini trade of mimorem than six imundred imill- 11mm dollars per year demands our itmost commelelerato attention. There , too , at our western door is Japan. already a great commmmmmercimtl natIon , mmd withm a navy that taltemi first rnmmk with tue mmmotiern spimymmxs of war vlmich float lum i'acilic myaters. There , too , is Chimma , Itussta has crossed that territory with a line of railroad , whose depot stnnd frommtlng time stmrf-limmo of time vestenit ocean. amid her flag ilonts over Port Arthur. Engiamid , Germimaimyamid France lmam'e their mmnvies flontimig 1mm imer vaters anti timeir ihigs floating froumm her fortified harbors. Cuba is about to awake front her imibci'mint- iimg sleep of four timousnimd years. tier four imummdrcd mniiliomis of people are to become the cenaummmers of Ammmericnn products aitl the Patrons of Ammtericmtmi commmmmmerce'imo can say that wlthiim time itcxt fifty years time commercial trade of the Pacific shimill not take supremacy oven thme comnmmmerciol tratle of time Atlantic ? May miot this exposition mimark time beginmmiimg of a new era of pros' perity , wimemt time commimmierce of Europe and of Asia shimili fimul tlmolr race course across this imild-contimment and pour out timeir wealtht to ovcrliowimmg iii this trammsnmississippi couimtry. A. . nmoimtit ngo It was a serious qmiestiomi wImetimer the im'ar with Spain would hot iii- jure this eximositioli , but withmin a immontim it has becoitte amt accentuation of the expami- sivo power of time Amimerical.m mmatiomi. A niomitim ago time American iworuic were tlimt- iioseJ to cling to the trmttiitioimai ialLcY of imoimiiomm : today they receive with patriotic eimthusiasni time doctrine of anmmexatiomm and of coimquest. A niomitim ago the Pimiliimpimtes wem'e iii time far east ; today they arc lit time nearer west. Emnillo Castelar said to the Spammislm Cortes twenty-sevemi yeam8 ago words w'hicit iii these minys of rapid change breathe the spirit of lirol mecy : Anierica , nad especially Saxon , Amerlcrm , ms'ith its immense virgin terrItories , with its relubilc , 't'itim its e'tiuihibriummi between nut- imuhity and progress , svItlm its hmarnioii' be- twecim lIberty and , democr'is the & 'onti- nent of the future , thu Immense ctiimtiument stretcimeti by God between tIme Atiamitie nini time l'ttclilc , where nitmmmkimmd mmmny essay : mimd mesol'e mmli social iroblenis. Europe Is to elecitli' whmethmer iie will coimfotmntl herself witim Asia , pltmciimg upon her lands 01(1 altars mind upon time altars old idols , mind upon time itlois plutocrucies , amid impoii time vllitocrn- des enipires , or whetimer she viii coilteimo- rate witit Anwrica In time grand work of universal civilization. 5piLiits Greut UIstmmke. Spain heeded not hits voice. Site has mint taken part with America In time grammd work of civihizatiomm. She has clung to her dm1 Idols amid her despotic onmpire. Iii this , time , close of the nineteenth century , site car- ned to the beautiful island of Cuba the cruel and relentless si'arfare of the fourteenth - teenth century. Our Saxon civilization of' whIch Castehar spoke entered its protest against the bar- banlsm of the immiddle ages being transplanted - planted to this island of the western henil- splmem-e , ammml determined to eratlicate it by time severe arbitrament of war. It is our higim standard of civilization , our love of lIberty , our sympathy with stmfferiiig himmuanity , our regard for national honor , that has hrouglmt us to the initial point where we mmmust solve questiomme of mmationai PolicY , anti vhIcim we .ure to settle for future ages before time pies- ent cemmtury shah chose. A month ago time Sandviclt Islnimuls sm-ennui too remote an object for the grasp of tin- tional ninbitiomi. They have now become a remmtiimg place or the Anmenican army In its race across the Pacific to give aid ammtl as- aistaimee to our navy in the Philippines , and to make complete the commqmmest of Admiral Dewey , whose victory at 'Manila Is time womm- der of time ago aimt.i the marvel of time seas. Yonder AdmInistration builtlIng is sup- rorteti by four openarchtes , looking toward the four points of tIme compass. They are emblematic of time thougimt timat this exposition - tion stands iii the center of the American repuhlic , and that time peo3iio of time trans- mississippi country , through those gateways - ways , are ready to welcome to us time com- meree anti trade frommm the four corimors of the earth , whiclm shall mimmike us time greatest , time happiest and time most itrosperous PeoPle in the world , S1'BECII OFIIN. .JO1IS 'N , lLtLl\VXN. lovft ( ) rntor flopsBilii lIIuumseJf itmuul UI , . Stitli' l'riimil. Tue "Somig Of Welcome" was u.ung by lime Exposition chorus , accoiiipanietl by the Iminrirto bamiul. Thin words of thIs opcmming otlo were written 1mm honor of tIme occasion by Henry M. Blossom of St. Louis and tile music was composed by Mrs. H. Ii. A , I3eech of Bostomi. The volume of tone pro- mitmeed by time clmouus oxcepulcut time fondest amiticlpatiomis of the 'tvamimmest fi'lcmuds of time organizatiomm. 1mm spite of time tact that it was the first attemIt of Limo cimorus to , timmg lit tIm open air , without a covering to lire- vemit. tiio dissipation of time uoummd in time upper air , the renthitiomi of time tuimeful ode was executed in a maanimem' which would hmmmvui ulone credit to any of thn oltiem' anti larger choral organizations of time country , Musical Director Kimball wielmieti the immintoum and both chorus and baud responded as a unit. John N. Baldwin of Coumicii hlimilfum , the iirincivai orator of the occasion , was introduced - duced by President Wattles and spoke its follows : Man tleilgimts retrospectIon mind intluiges in anticipation. Tbe fumithftml historian never lacks appreciative autiiommceg. for the dullest eye must lighten and time most slug- gisim pulse qutekemm at the recital of time trials and triumimimims of the 'past. Neither is a propbct without honor evemt Ia his own country , when to listeners , witoito hopes unit aims-arc one with his , ho predicts a glorious future. Hue time critic of existent institutIons treads ito vrlnmrose pathm. Bimleas carefully guarded in expression , he will damim with faint praise , disgust with fulsome' flattery , or awaken jealousy by unfavorable coimm- Purison. Jim all ages there ore timose s'iio Insist timat time imreselmt time is sick and out of joint ; that there is nothing in the hires- emIt like unto tIme vast ; that whatever is , Is not comnparablo with 'what is to be. Fortunately for tIme progress of time world , timose 'who revel in rehearsals anti venture so much in hirophu'cY have not been iii time majority ; only suiiiciemmt in mmumnber to dis- tori ) tmnd imnpm-eio. It is sad to say , but it must Ito said , that iii our own time thmt'ru are mutiny Indivlmiuals who immsist that timere is mme progress today except In nmeciuanics , They croak mid cry , it is siimmply time tIme of atm-am , steel and starvation , Like puny Wiilspt'i'S , timey pull their luencils to write , "TIme State in Danger , " They do. dare anti resolve timat govenmmmeimts am-n so drtms'mm and trussed that for time few there is Imletlmonlc Ideiml ) ' , While time inmuny starve , 'l'hey vimilosoPimize that hums is an ago of mnmmcimimmemr ) ' , not ito heroical , devotional , pimibosepimieai or moral age , Tlmesmm contentions anmi niminiorms iniposoul I upon tIme thmougimtful , inteliige'nt aii4 imno. grcmsmtivo macmm of flue tiino , who ieIittve thmat time present is better than time halt mmnd imronmises immore for time future , time tusk of deaial , of assertion and of proof , To deny and assert , is easy , To prove requires organization - ganization and labor. n 'their eUurtsto grouse 'men to immure glorIous triumphs they met 'with many dimcultles. "happy men are full of the present , for it's hioumity simfilees themmi ; anut wise men also , for Its thmties engage them , " Time busy nman would any , " 'ith me it is 'em'bat I emit , where aimall I drink , my body , vimat shall It PUt on ? " The Iconoclastic man , " 1)0 miot talk about our aehmiovenmente. It is better to listen forever timmimi to brag. " Anmong these and nmaimy others tim-p opinion Prevailed thmtmt timere are two classes of lies , common lies and statistics. " ( live ims proofs , " they say , "outmm-artl sigmms amid tokens. " him s'aln did they pleaul , as cliii the wise' mnon of old , "Say hot thou , Wimat is ( lie cause that time former clays vere better timnim these ? for thou tiost miot immqmmire wisely Coiicontimmg this1m' hronm out these disctussiomms , commtroversics aitmi opimiloims evolved time ithen of an exposi- tioim , Testeti , it has been fouiiul to ho itracti- cal amid viommmnthe. Time exposition is aim' ' itetmi of ovidemmce. It goes to itrove hot only what has bcen domme , but what nmay be accoitmpiisimed , It is nut eyewhtmmess audi un expert , It lays in your haimels time record of Limo past , It makes , while you look , time eximitmits of time vreseimt , It lnhmits tmefmre your e3vs tIme splendor of still greater aCivemmit'iuts 0mm time cloud curtaitu of the future. it simows itself , wherever there is a spirit of conmnmorcialismn , a settee of 1mm-ide anmi an inmpmilse for iimipro'enmemmt , TInt exposition imas become time iuustruntemit of clvihizatloim. Ilt'immg a concommmitamit to cmii- hire , \vestwartl it takes its way. Time Crystal - tal palace , time Centeimmmial , the \'orld's fair , tilt ) Trmmmmsmmtississippi amid lmmternatiommai ExPosition - Position I \\'e CClCbi'mit at this hmotmr time Oliolting of tue Trmimmsmimisslssippi amid Intorumntiomual i'x- lOSitiOti , nmni this day marks an iimmportmutt era 1mm our tleveiopmmmemmt. - Oiji'ttt of time iIxiuuNi * Imii , Time Immirlioso of this oxpositiemu is to ills- iday time products , mmmnimttfactum'es amid Immdims- tries of tht' states omit ! territories Vcst of time Imlississihii river. 'Fime temnitnry omit- braced is two'thmim-ds of time area of timu uniomm nmmd commtnimms uiitmettmemm states amiti five territories , l'nrt of this territory was no- qtmircmi ii ) ' ptmrcimase fronm Frmmmmco in 1S03 anti Part by treaties , tmcgotiatiens amiti cessinims , I refer to these facts becttmem : ti-omit 1S02 to 1S50 tithe ptmreimase , thmese ti-eatics nmmtl thmeso ct'ssiomms wore thmtm subject of Ptmbiic ( lisctms siomm , amId mimmucim thmmit was said nmmd wrtten Iittimmgiy iiiumstm-ates time thought I have item- totoro emmileavured to 'express. lurimmg timce timites soitme tiwro m-ere who ulenit mmmuch iii pm'opimec' , amid m'lmat timei thmeim foretold is of surpmsslng : iimtcrest 1mm vicim' of wlmat immis mmlmmce imlmllidnetl , lteIernimmg to "tIme ittammdarti histories nmmd headimig m'eviews of this period , I ibid timat tIme opponents of time attltmisitiOli of timltt territory said : "The cast would be ulC- voiiUlated. The mere extent of tem-ritory would reimti time republic apart ; that ito cciii- milan ties of interest would ever bind together timitler omme government amen rime fotlglmt Iii- eiinmm , trapped bemtrs 011(1 imumttctl iuuiTahoes , nimti mmmcmi wimo built ships aimd cauglmt ilsim in time harbors of time Atlantic oceamm. it wouitl emmormimously immci'case tIme public tloimt. Two mimlihiomis for nit isinimd nmmtl imossltmly as nmuclm groutmd omm time maimi lammtl : ts is imow covered by time state of Now York was emiought iii au coiiscieiice , but to pay $ l,0O0- 000 for mode containing ovem' 1,000,000 square hmtiies was revoitmtiommary rmmmd ummeonstitu- tlommnl , Time limits of timu federmitiomi could not be safely extemided beyommd time b'toiiy ( itockt' ) nmoumttniims. " Aim late as 1825 omme United States semmator boldly vroelaiimied lit time scmtate , "A mmmenmber of congress travel- iimg 'frommm his hommmem \Vasiiimmgton nmmd return - turn would cover a uiistnmmee of P200 miles. At time rate of thirty flubs per day , amid ni- lowing hmimti forty-four days for Smmumdays , 350 days would be coimsuumied mmmmd time mmmemmmhmer would have fourteemm days In W'nnimtmmgtomm lie- fore imtt started Itoimme. It would be quicker to go itround Cape Horn or by Bering's straits , hiafiumm's buy amid lavis strait to time Atlantic. aimd so \Vashmimigtomm. . " iIoitim of l1iLri ) Oronlci'i's , They also said , "Ail setticm-s who go beyoimd time MississIppi river will be forever lost to the Ummited States. " Pike , ivhmose minnie Is attachmed to time giant peak of time Rockies , commdcinmmod these hiinilmB to eveniastimmg sterility. He oflicinhly reported to time War department as follows : "Fromn these lam- mmmemtso prairies wihi he derived ammo great atlvantago to the United States , namely , tlmtt resti-letlomi of our PoPuhatiomi to some con- taimi limits , timid thereby a commtinuntlon of the ummion. Timey wihi be constrained to himimlt themselves to time lmor'ders of time Mis- sourl and Mississippi , while they leave the prairies , inealnbic of ctiltivmmtion , to time wandering amid tmnciviiized aborigines of time coun try. " Iii 1S58 the Nortim Anmericamm Review do- dared : "Time people of time Ummitemi States imave reached their itmiand wcstenzm frommtier , ammtl the hautks of the Missouri are time simores at timetorminatioim of a vast oceami desert for 1,000 miles iii breadth , whicim It is proposed - posed to travel , If at all , witim caravans of cammmels and vimit'im iimterpose a fiiuiml barrier to time estahiIsimummei.ft of large comnmtmmmitii's , agricultural , commercial or cvumm pastoral. " In all authorized puhihicatiomis anti oum all scimool mmmals , time strip of land lying W03t of the Missouri river anti east of time Rocky mmtoummtains , soutim to time Mexican frommtier and mmorth to British America , was called an ' Ummkmmown Land" ani designated as time 'Great American Desert , " I have the honor today of being time cdl- clai spoimesimmamm of time Trammsmmmisslssipimi amid International Exposition , 1mm tue thischmam'ge of the duty imnposcd upon inc I mmov anti lucre assert , realizing femil well the breathihu mind depth and mrmeaaing of every word I utter , that 1mm fertility and protltmetivmmcsms of soil , in mountnimms and nmeatiomv , rivers and lakes , nmetnlms amid mulmmerals , forests nmmtl farmus , sea coast amid imnrbora , cereals , fruuitmm and ilowors , cattle , hom-ses aumd imogs. imemltim ; - ful climate , grammdoum' of scenery and Intelhi- geimce ammtl imttltmstry of immimtmlmitiumts , timoro Is hot on this globe a body or tract of land of time emmine area equal to that reglomi of coumi- try covem'ed by time states mmd territories of time ummlomm west of time MississippI river. it i'tuiy tim f4im.iv ' 11mm-ui , Iii proof whereof we welcome you to these grotmnds. Conic tiirougim these gates amid enter timeso bulidimmgs. mVe vlli give yotm ' 'ocular vroof , " or , At the leant muimall tic proveit , ThIn t time imm'oht tiomt hear mme hmimmge' mini 1001 , 'ro Imtmimg a dotmbt cmi , Witit samples anti exhIbits , recontls and reports , with represemmtatlvos crm'dentialed nail accredited , we will irove to time timouigimt- fmml , intelhigomit nail unprejudiced leoliiO of the wonltl that time "Great Ammiemlcmum Iesemt" mmmuist have deserted , for it cannot lie fmmummil , \Vimoru fifty years ago they Saul it was. we will m.imowa forum of 67,0(50,01)0 ( ) ac re s tm'muiier cultivation , produmcummg nnmmunliy products of time value of $1,000,000,000 , Time praIries wimicim were cojmttlmlom'eui "in- M.iYOit OP CO1itIJlLI $ , 'lime' Itxittusth'e or timi. Cuiplini City of Ohutui SiuiiilN. 1 cmiii most ciieerftmiiy-recoiimmeiiml liu.rn'na isa of tIme very greatest posibie benefit iii cases of cater-li and rutlmer dlseimsea 0 f lime mucous ntembranii , ' 1' im.i S ' remedy has estab- hished itself In time mninds of the IieO. , , - 1mb as of time great- ' ' hiartaman for a number of years and mum imlemtcml to sty that ho is one of time leading citizens of this of time highest standimig clty'-n : nnn very and m'imaractor In tIme coimmimmummi ty-Sarnuel L. hihar-Ic , Mayor of Columbus , Ohio. Time old saying "a iuroiihmot is not without hmonoi save 1mm imis own country" does hot hold true of Dr. llartamito'ai great eatarria romody-l'e'ru.na. i'o.rtm.mmmt is uI great repute - puto , not only in Cohimnthumu , where it is mu-ado , but in time' coummty anti state. Tin' city etilcials , coumity officiahi nail state oiile'ials of Ohio have glvomm l'e-m-u-na - th highest endorsemmionts that words could convey. It I is time greatest kimowbt tatarrim remedy. IL cures catarrh wherever located , Send for a free copy of Dr. llartmnsi's latest book on cimtarrhm. Sent to ammy nddre'a , by Time Pmm.mu-ua Drug MlmufcIunjzmg Corn. Paul , Columbus , 0. capable of cultivation , " produce animummily 1,200,000,00O tausheis of corn , 350,000,000 itmshmeis of wheat and .10,000,000 tons of hay , of thin aggregate value of $00,000,000 , inak- lug no neeoummtlmmg of time ether cereals , the fruits anti time vegetables. Instead of "trapping hear and hunting buffalo , " 0,000,000 horses amid mimIcs 'ork iii the valleys ; 32,000,000 cattle feed on thu hills ; 01,000,000 of sheep anti hogs ilcece mmtt fatten , Cliii this live stock nitume is of time aggregate -nitie of $1,200,000,000 , They timought $ lrm,000,000 was an extortionate - ate vrice to pay for this "mm-ihmicrnt'as. " To. iln' the aumimmumil ommtptut of gold mmml silver Is $100,000,000 , of coupon nmmti other mmmincnmmls l00,000,000 , nittl of coal $80,000,000'ith time vrecboims immetals alone froni otmr mutes we votiti lift ) ' time lnmrclmaso 1mm-ice in sixty elnys. 'rime "barrier to time cstnbhishmmmtent of cciii- mom-del cimteriirise , " storimieti by liii' sturdy' froimtit'rcimieim , gave way , nitti on the othmer side mini amid whirl time wheels of factories tmmnmmimmg omit numittually i,400,000,000 worth of time best nittl citealtest immamittfactmurcd gootIs lit the morltl , 'lme "enravitits of camels" not eoimtlimg tm-omit timelr igyptlmtmt ittiuhmtigimt , time peempie of this ctmttittry coimstrtmeted 80,000 miles of railway as mm immetmmms of travel amid trnmmsmmortation , rlIonmi of hhilIttuums , hit tue latmtl whOre only fifty s-cars ago "mvnmmtlem'lng nuti tmumcivilizeti almoniglites" otught shelter 1mm wigwminms amid lent temttuu , mow Iiui 2,000,00ta cit intiigeit : iteOiilO. , . . , . . . Ceimitliutieti cii 'I'lmirti i'age , ) 4- . - - - - - - - - - - - - - , t3Ii1itIi'l' $ . ANAOK'S Tralued YJUd Animal Show is 'i'itit s'i'.tit A'I"i'lt.t"I'ItN OF 'I'hill l'1I'Ot4VI'htN ' ) , ' 1'ht Cmii ) ' ret'egtmlzce ) mdmot' of mimerit of its itimmel-too tuttoimg for itmmitmttomm4-too great for rivmtlr , ' . tluiidrctls of Trained and Untrained Atilnials. Vm'omut livery I"i'i'st. , Jim impxlm' itmuui iesert thiile'i' I lie $ ui a , % . . . ' . , . I - ' -j.-'cv' : ; ' \ \ . " - ' ' _ v \Jlt - ' : ' , : " : , , lMhSSltSm 'I'o tIme moumngeritm imerformmmnimco : Autuitts , , . . , _ , , . _ _ , , , , . - . ( 'iulluhrt'ui , , _ , . , . , , _ , , , . , . lou : To time Anemia ) 'erfonmmmnmmco : Adults ( thud ri-li . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iSle Hi , : : M.mmt ,4 , OMAhA MUSEUM AND 1111A11Th llirs-im17 : : lruui'imnuui Stre'et. oh'FN J)1tiiY 'i.'hLOM I 't'O 10 1' . lii Wnm , H Tromst , Mmmmimgc'r Gve'fli liii ! fur iivisltiomi S'em-lc 01 : luu ) ' : io , . Gmeut Setterick 1"uimmily ibmud , eiglmt pt'o. pIe , direct mmomit Ktmm-ohutj ; i'niutc'et inrltm ¶ 1 tue Circmttsmtittii imrimii'e mromim Asia ? iliimiir ; Virgil Gm-a'os , spott'mtl boy - l'mtile , Olhivutti' , htmmm'at gums jttt Kleit 1irotlmor , L'ietri : ( imltek art In tIme Thme'utoi'itlmn-l , tttle Itethu , time chmihc \vo nil er , I it lien Cu bim mm-Amnenicmi mm dtmitt'es ; tlmtei : imiuui I loivartl , culmieiiti its i'rtu f , liar. mteil , jtmggii'r t'ltmyttimm mmmmti 1)ishmon , tIm , ' Coil nut ! tIme soUbrette Flct'tro illtmimmimtatcd Vt ) ' ealitut , ISle' Auliuuits to Au. SeudiN 1km itmuui lOc n itI'rt Orand Opcning , uOyu xposnlon Week. Tel. 1010. i'tiviuii'i' : , smi : ; . ylt'm'ivI'l't : SA'i'IitibtY itu'tuurui Iimguigeuim'li I of MR. 'rIM MURPHY in. OLD INNOCENC ( ahi(1 Sill llNRY IIYI'NOTIJD. l'rlces-lMwer Floor , $100 , 'Tc' . Ilmti , ' 75c , hOc , Mmttimmee-Lowei' Floor , 50e. Hal. 10c , 25u. 'ri-I raxiomi .5 : hiiirgea A L1 J1 MarIagr Tsi. miSt 0. J ) . iVootiwiurd , A uiumi-emitmoim t I ) rector. ' ' ' ' , 'i'oNiGlh'i' Sills ) 'VilE VOOJWrAIth ) S'i'OCiC CO. I 'm esetmting Youiig Mi-s. Winthrop Sl'lCliti'VIiiS-'l'iiC lllomiuie'lhs mind Gui L'IthluuiuiN. SUNItY-.tlSl , Tihli i'I'iSltN. " Sitecluiltie-LetltlY & Cla3'toim , ihu-yant & SnviiltCrininilims & ( Iwo , - Pmmrtbcs livimig out , of time city who desire to vlit time theatre shmomuiti order seats by mail or telegrimiuli nit SeatS mere sold two ' stoic , ; ' ts'Iuat w-eu'Iuo iii iulvmtiuc'e ; in itivt'iy lnrfirmmmiie0 , mummd ditto. AmItiress 0. 1) , t'ootlwnrt1. GUILL'S CONCEfl'I' ( ; AItlEN SumtIli'uuht Cite. I ( Itim nuii in-eiuiiuii't I. r' ; Ommiht , i'rom' , ai.1 , iianaer. At trtctitmum : fir mvt'okltiy \ ito : tliis Glyuiq Ifoti ii 0i1- i ' rein Ii' ' u' i ri"i u 50 t ig.t I r"s I C'i mm-tub I cu limmi'ii iut'i'1 Wi timuier whuti i , t I me iii Itli I' r iv i Iii hem' ; ' ' 'lImo , tuh&ii-emlis -\\'tiy imp soul" mumd uiiiuiu up i ti't't ; Nu'imuim'Ilii ' , . 't - { ' siomimeli ii r I i 'it , : ( I I I I I hum ii & I ) , lie orTime , , fit vmmni to emime-n'tmlkei' ; , ; I"rm'mi ' , , - - - - , ' . ' glint- 1 v , N. I I.- - I hum m' t fmu I I I it , , u'eu cmi mgroat. . II u-st I .1 mlCult ii'a \ I kII u u tIn. Ba I ly iii t mA mice t'xu'c pE 'tlomi ml ; tyi. ii I 'J : nil itiii. . sit uti'Im. B1JOU rf } . I alhi imimul Caimitni , tvu' . 3 13. BIIN1tY , MANAGIlt. liIll GLASS VAUDEVILLE A "ii ) S1'ilCl.tL'I'II'S : EvEILY : NIGh' ! ' AND SUNDAY , so , Ahiiiismsioim , hOe , rhtlMIN'V lIhI'WhN ( . COMI'A NY'S Ii 1)51 L1.t 1111111 $ . LADJEs' : i fJINTS' CONCERT hALE ii : Cimieummzu ftm'iu't , Smuthi Hitlo J'iTersOlm ' Sqummro. GR ANlCONC1I'I' l.VERY NIGII'l' 4t1)M1MSION V'hiIiIi. .t , JcYJiiGiIG , i'm-uii BASE BALL OMAHAvs.DETROIT June3 , 4,5and6 Lndks lays-Tiiesday ii iid Frldumy Ii o'ViILN. I h e B a I ' I Jtooiiis I.tdgluigti ( Furonuan. ituid , ) 1010 Iiarmiey St. , opp , Crolghitoa Thvatc anti Commvemitloii Ilnil , " r S'M. ii , ImiOhtANi ) , I'ropr. THE MILLARD 13th guild IollglaM Sti41 , Ontulin. ( 'SNTjtAiLY WuAT1D. , _ .tMtIIlCA , tNl ) IiJhIl'V.iN I'L.- , J I , : . ) hthhEt , 4 : SON , l'roius , -HOTELBARKI3R- Con. 13Th ! AND JONES ST. , OMAHA. itt'rts ui.bSt ) , % M ) i2.Ul ) l'Iiii nAY , Electric ara direct to rapositlen grounds. FhtAI'K. BAItKFlt , Camimiel. . . . . . 2AM 1h'UMAi Cnist Chuit , 1siUJRAY IIOTEL , 14th und Ihirnoy lit , Antericami l'lamt-3 to 1 dollars pci' day , Street cars from olupots sad train hotel tt lxpo3itIon Grounds in fifteen minutes. Ii. SILLOWAY , 1anag'k.