Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-06-03

The fisheries display, with its cool
grottos and great glass tanks Of green
sea water, with their finny inhabitants,
is one of the most attractive displays
in the buildings. The lighthouse, post
Office, agricultural and treasury de.
partlnents all have most interesting ex.
hibits. A mint will be operated daily
and will turn out specimens Of the eX-
position medal.
RIVALS The WORLDS FAIR.
Edward Roseyrater Responds to tho Toast.
"Tha o,eaha Exposition"
CHICAGO, May 25.-At the recent
banquet Of the Associated Press, nearly
every metropolitan paper in the
United States was repres nted. Re-
sponses to toasts We're made by a mum.
Der OF distinguished editors. The pro-
gram was highly interesting. Edward
Rosewater, editor of the Omaha Bee,
was assigned to respond to the toast,
''The Omaha Exposition" because Of
his position as manager Of the Depart
ment Of Publicity aud Promotion.
Ny. Rosewater was enthusiastically
received rs he rose in his place and
spoke as follows:
MIR. Tcastmasie ter and Gentlemen of the Press:
In projecting nc 10 the very front OF
this entertainment, I take it that the
POSTMASTER has been actnated by about
the same motive that prompted the
prince of American sliowmen, PIT. Bar
mum, to always send his little elephant
in the front when he was going to cross
ariver, i'll order to test the ice. (Laugh-
ter.) And before proceeding l desire
to register e most solemn protest, in the
presence Of this august assembly,
against the slight put upon myself by
the "Poet L%ariat." the poet of this asso.
citation. i'll emitting any reference what
ever to altar of rose, or any other per.
fume, which the toastmaster has re
ferred to, and / most sincerely regret
that these winsome, bewitching witches
great laugLter) have made not even
the faintest allusion to bees and honey.
Now passing from the ridiculous to
the sublime, l want to rivct your atten-
ton on this picture (picture OF Omaha
Exposition held up at his side), and
then l want also to rivet your attention
Oh a few salient points.
1t is within the memory of many
men still in their prime when Chicago
and st. Louis were outposts o. American
frontier civilization. You will &c
member, those of you who look back,
and not a very long while back either,
that the most rapid communication be-
tween Chicago and San Francisco Wa
by pony express connecting with TIE
overland stage. The building of the
Pacific Telegraph was regarded as a
marvellous achievement. That was
only four years before Cyrus w. Field
had completed communication between
a YNoo1sIpn aud oil E,,uD,,o %l..o,I AL.
laying of the Atlantic cable. When
the golden spike was driven in 1868.
and the iron band was welded which
united. NIL the states of this Union be
tween the Atlantic and the Pacific
coasts, this people witnessed the be.
ginning Of the most marvellous era of
progress that has ever taken place in
the worlds history. From that prog
ress has sprung IN empire west of the
Mississippi, river. Where there was
not a mile of railroad when 1 crossed
the Missouri river in 1863, today we
have $4,000 miles of railways; we have
six transcontinental lines ; we have Al
country that is greater in population
than the nation had at the beginning
of the civil war. 1t is for the purpose
of illustrating. by a striking object
lesson, the great progress that has
been made by the western half Of
this continent that the transmits.
sissippi aud International Exposition
was projected aud will be %inaugu.
rated on the first day of June, two
weeks from this date. The Chicago
Worlds fair was a marvel in itself. 1t
had ut its disposal something like $780,
OoO,00o, s5,eCO,000 Of which were placed
to its credit by the national govern.
ment, and 50, 0u0, 000 more raised right
here by loan. We, of the city OF
Omaha, Started ont in the face of the
most depressing times, in the face CT
two consecutive drought years. and
organized an association by priva.e
capital that has been enabled wiaiiil
the space of is months to produce IL.
least what / would call u miniature
Chicago Worlds fair, that will noG bs
second to any fair that has over been
held in this country. (Applause.) In
that exposition 30 states and three terri
tories will be officially represented and
will participate. Every state in the
Transmississippi, from Louisiana and
Texas clear to Oregon and Washington,
will be there by its representatives and
by its products. And while ut Chicago
American products were orershadowed