Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1889 — THE WORLD’S EXPOSITION. [ARTICLE]

THE WORLD’S EXPOSITION.

Opened by Preeident Carnot with Impressive Ceremonies. President Carnot formally opened the Paris exposition Monday afternoon. The president was accompanied to the exposition grounds by the president of the senate and chamber of deputies. The party wap escorted by a squadron of cavalry. They left the Elvsee at 1:30 o’clock and an artillery salute announced their arrival under the central dome of the main exposition building. President Carnot ascended the dias that had been erected under the dome. He was surrounded by the members of the cabinet and members of the senate and chamber of deputies. M. Tirard, the prime minuter, made an address, welcoming the President. He declared that the exhibition exceeded all expectatiens, and proved that the French people still preserved all the qualities for which they had been noted. Despite the acuteness of the economic crisis, they had been able to collect a splendid array of exhibits. Although every government did not officially take part in the work, most of them veneroußiy seconded the efforts of private individuals. In the conclusion of his jsddrese, M. Tirard extended a greeting to the strangers now in Paris, and said that republican France would show itself hospitable and generous, treating them not as rivals inspiring jealousy, but a« fellow workers laboring for the bappini-M of humanity. President Carnot, in his address, referred to the undauntable energy es France in arising from severest trials to fresh industrial triumphs. He afterward inspected the various departments of the exhibition.