The San Francisco call., 1901-12-21

r. IOyrIs Dec. a.-The Cover
nors of tJur Louisiana PuI ''lti77
S+ates-MinnesOta Nebraska Al
~ kansas and MissourioTed and the
members of Congress anu a--5
Worlds Fair National ComnllsslOIl CO.
other invited guests, among tHo.ls ne
eral John c. Bates, commandlhs .l-o o.a,,t
t+ q a. So--.i Of +he Missouri, were presenl
aDd narticfDated in the ceremonies
tending the breaking OF ground to-erSl I1S,.eef
tbo site of the Worlds Fair IN
park The exercises at the slIe' w.
the thermometer registered d[o ouliu -.. a,d
consisted of an invocation auoI - +be
the breaking of ground on IlIo 80 of the
education building by the oIhclaIS % .4ia,
exposition company, municipal
and invited guests r,,ois Con-
Speaking ny Governor frai1SiS' 1Tio',,e<s0ra
gressman James A TaWney o. ~ Arl<an-
and Governor Jefferson DAVIS q 90 was
sac and music by Seymour OSlii~ .t.'a7.e
the programme at the Collseu I'M, ,raeant
several thousand persons NeIe Ps1 the
A banquet at the 0outheln AnnTooranlme.
evening completed the day 5 pfosL osr-r,or sel-r1,
This day was selected Tor the IIlpO of +hts
event because il IS the dnnINS ST,r.rt-
formal transfer OF the Lo NC dav was
tory to the United States. Inc uay bo1,r
a holiday in ST. Louis ana throuS D. D.
Missouri, as we'll as in most OF lhe is1,1ed
chase States, whose whose 20 d0Fsii iaUs General OBJ
seryance of it as Louisiana VI 0-i''@
flag day" 49, a1,an+ had
been made by officials of the WorIue
Tair bIIt owing to the unusual severity
of the weather IT was decided 70 apaliITOGI- pqalnIIIG
some of the most striking features, In01 r4I1a
ing the parade, and substitute others.
open-air exercises attending the grOuh9-
breaking were transferred TO the '>oA
scum
Distinguished Men Weld Shovel.
At the appointed time directors and ON
GERS of the Louisiana Purchase company ~
General John G. Bates coInnaniagi6 Hia ior u Hem
ry X. Hunter, Fifteenth Gnlleo IT SCa0
Cavalry and other army ohcefs, ToE
nors of States and guests assennoIto, "a, az
the st. Louis Club. Carriages were taken 3l
and the party was driven TO Forest f4I,l; fdLh;;
where the ceremony of breaking ground
was carried out. A huge hIs ia Esau e5,|ca-
tionaI building to soften the ground;
Arriving at the site the party Wlel6eG
the shovel in this order: Pres1de7Tntt 7Tt-,1I1 Ia
vid R. Francis, Treasurer w, II e2an9 Lnoanp-
General eSn; 3e'GS5ans counsel Blair, Director Of
Exhibits skiff, Director Of. Of rtrogHf M0g5s
Of Education Rogers and the archi-
tect of the educational building, vice pres
idents of the exposition company mem
bers of the executive committee, repre-
sentatives of the Worlds Fair Natlonal
Commission and the board of lady man
ayers and the chairman of each OF tne
this part of the ceremony was being car
ried out Battery A, Missouri National
Guard, fired salute of sixty guns, dl-
vided into nine groups with three-In1nute
Intervals as follows: Twenty-Five for the
thirteen original States and those created
from them, fourteen for Louisiana pur-
chase States, one for Florida, one Tor
Texas, three for the Territories d1scOV-
cred and settled subsequent to 1886, hye
for the States ceded by Mexico in 1913,
nine for the insular possessions, one for
Alaska and one for the District of Column
bia
During these proceedings moving pict-
ures of the scenes enacted and the bat
terry in action were taken by biograph
and mutascope company for exhibition
purposes.
At the conclusion of this part Of the
ceremony the party was driven down
town. Stopping at the armory of the
First Infantry Missouri National Guard,
Colonel Sinclair commanding, the party
was received with military hOnors and es-
corted to the Coliseum, where the re-
mainder of the programme was carried
out The immense hall Of the Coliseum
was crowded with thousands of persons,
among whom were many children, the
public schools having been closed for the
day.
Exercises at the Coliseum.
On the platform at one side of the Coll