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EXPOSITION, PARIS UNIVERSAL. 



THE EIFFEL TOWER, WITH VI] 



Victoria or the coronation of the Czar, no such 

 congress of strange and gorgeous costumes had 

 been seen. President Loubet took his stand in 

 front of the dais, and was briefly addressed by M. 

 Millerand, who said, " The persevering efforts and 

 the patient energy of M. Picard and of his col- 

 leagues made possible the prodigious work which 

 I present to you to-day." He spoke eloquently 

 of the various races of mankind as of one brother- 

 hood. He eulogized the marvels of the economic 

 revolution that had produced steam and electrici- 

 ty, which was gradually relieving flesh and blood. 

 " Machinery," he said, " was destined to become 

 the queen of the world." In response, President 

 Loubet said : " This work of harmony, peace, and 

 progress, however ephemeral its outward show, will 

 not have been in vain ; the present meeting of the 

 L'overnmcnts of the world will not remain sterile. 

 I MIII c(m\ inred that, thanks to the persevering 

 aflinnation of certain geniuses, thoughts with 

 \\hieh the expiring century has resounded, the 

 twentieth century will witness a little more fra- 

 ternity and less misery of all kinds, and that ere 

 long, perhaps, we shall have accomplished an im- 

 portant step in the slow evolution of the work 

 toward happiness and of man toward humanity. 

 I'mlrr these auspices, and with this hope, I declare 

 the exposition of 1900 open." The chorus then 

 -:!!!_' :i Hymn to Victor Hugo, by Saint-Saens, 

 and the orchestra and bands played a Marche 

 Heroique, by Theodore Dubois. This concluded 

 the opening ceremony, and the oflicial party pro- 

 ceeded to an adjoining room, where the diplomatic 

 eorps and the chief eoimnissioners of the exposi- 

 tion were presented to the President. A tour of 

 the grounds followed. As they passed the pavilion 

 of the United States the Stars and Stripes were 



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dipped from the flagstaff, and two American ma- 

 rines, stationed .one on each side of the Washing- 

 ton statue, waved a tricolor, while a group of Amer- 

 icans gathered on the bank in front of the pavilion 

 gave President Loubet a ringing cheer. 



Among all the rulers and royalties that visited 

 Paris during the exhibition the Shah of Persia 

 alone was the object of a murderous anarchistic 

 assault. He took no precautions, having no fear 

 of political enemies in Europe, and so offered an 

 opportunity to a young French anarchist of dis- 

 ordered mind, who was prevented from shooting 

 him only by the Shah's own quickness and that 

 of his Grand Vizier. 



International Jury. Three classes of juries 

 were organized to judge exhibits at the exposition: 

 first, the class juries, whose function was to ex- 

 amine and report on entries; second, the group 

 juries, who superintended and carried forward the 

 work of the class juries; and, third, the superior 

 juries, by whom alleged mistakes and injustices 

 were considered and finally adjudged. As is cus- 

 tomary, the judges were selected from among the 

 various nations exhibiting, and the number of 

 jurors taken from the United States was '.).">, who 

 were appointed byCommissioner-Genrnil 1'eek, and 

 were distributed among the groups as follows: 

 Education and Instruction, Miss A. T. Smith, 

 J. N. Norton, H. L. Taylor, and S. P. Tuck ; Art, 

 F. I). Millet, Alexander Harrison, J. B. Cauldwell, 

 Augustus St. Gaudens, and Thomas Hastings; 

 Letters, Sciences, and Arts, Claude M. Johnson, 

 A. S. Capehart, Edgar Cameron, D. O. Haym-i. 

 J. K. Rees, C. H. Beard, S. P. Veit, Milwaid 

 Adams, and W. R. Hoag; General Mechanics, 

 Charles Le Blanc, Storm Bull, H. O. Ber/, 

 Francis E. Drake, W. D. Ball, G. R. Ostheimtr, 



