Evening star., 1901-05-30
Real Opening of the Pan-American
Exposition.
LONG And IMPOSING PROCESSION
Vice President RooseveIt's Inter-
esting Address.
A MID w AY Pc G E A n T
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star
BUFFALO, n. Y. May "a, 1901.
The real opening of the Pan-American
exposition was great day for Buffalo.
One hundred and thousand visitors
thrcnged the grounds For six miles along
either side of the streets through which
the procession passed on it's way from the
city hall to the exposition humanity was
banked. 1t was surprising to many of
those who occupied the carriages that the
crowds kept orderly and so patient, with
no ropes except in few instances, to hold
them the curb lines.
While there We're ceremonies the 1st
of this month spoken of the opening"
II has been Cleverly remarked that those
were mainly to inaugurate the regular price
of admission of 80 cents. The ceremonies
on last Monday were called the dedication
of the eXp0sition-eQually clever. The first
and most frank statement of the exDosf-
ton management to the opening and
completion of the exposition was made
shortly prior to the dedication by the di-
rector of works. He said 1T is a disap-
pointment not to do thing according to
program. and SO there is disappointment
that all was not ready on May /. But there
were not men and teams enough in Buffalo
to finish the fair by that day.
In Holiday Attire.
The city in holiday attire: the Pan
american cOlOrS HOatSd conSplcuOuSly IN
all parts; it was holiday. in fact, in Buff
falo and the whole western half of the
empire state. The business houses were
all closed and 1t general among them
that tickets to the exposition were present.
ed to each and every employe. Buffalo is
primarily and distinctly city of workers.
and a large and very creditable portion of
the population added to the success of the
day by their presence at the exposition
The list New York Regiment, headed
by It's we-knOwn band; the regular
army troops stationed at Fort Porter
and at the exposition, the G5th and I4th
New York regiments. the Mexican National
Band and troops representing all branches
of the sister republics service followed the
grand marshal and his aids. Then the
carriages rolled along after another al
most monotOnously. In them We're Vice
Pl esident RoOsevelt-always referred to
hercabouts as the governor" Senator
Hanna. Senator Lodge Lieut.. Gov. Wood
ruff Mayor Diehl, Bishops Fowler and
Walker of the Methodist and Protestant
Episcopal churches. the members and Off
GERS of the government board. Gov. Greg
oTy of Rhode Island, Gov. Hunt of Idaho,
their staffs and Gov. Odelrs staff. The
resident the vice presidents and the di-
reCtOrs of the st. Louis exposition followed
and were objects of peculiar interest to
Bufalonians, since these men came to Sc
cure points of advantage to themselves In
their project of 1903. The New York and
other state commissioners. the directors of
tn Pan-American exposition, visiting may
the architects and designers of the exposi-
tioE and the heads of the several depart
meEts, followed by editors of outside and
local newspapers, local federal officials,
officers of the army and navy and the
members of the city council, completed the
line. The passage of the procession was
uneventful excepting that one of the Mexi-
can rurales was thrown by his mustang
and his life saved only by the prompt as
siStance of a policeman.
1t was shortly after noon when Vice
4t-.If tod
Mnburn of the exposition company, stood
at the head of the column of partici-
pants, facing the majestic electric tower
and hundred thousand visitors filling the
broad esplanade and lining the lagoon. At
the signal of an aerial bomb every flag
staff. every minaret or dome produced some
brilliant Color-piece. and from point near
the head of the court dozen or more
huge crates or cages of carrier pigeons
were freed. With futter and a whirr
that resounded throughout the grounds
these winged messengers. each bearing a
greeting on the dedication of the fair,
swarmed round and round going higher
and rapidly separating until they appeared
Just as so many individual feathers blown
aimlessly into space Ii was sight both
novel and thrilling.
Simple Ceremonies.
The ceremonies proper were held In the
Temple of Music and were simple
They were representatives of Pan-Amer-
lea number Of the South Amer
lean diplOmatiSts came from Washing
ton, and with the exposition commissioners
from Mexico, Chile, Argentine Republic
and other South and Central American re-
publics they formed conspicuous portion
of the gathering. The Vice President was
the central figure on the stage, but Sena-
tor Hanna. who sat quietly to the right
received the admtring gaze of many. Pres
tdent Milburn. in his gentle. whole e-souled
Manner. directed the ceremonies. He had
made no speech, he had not spoken a
word. when laundering applause was ex-
tended him almost by the assemblage as a
body. He presented Bishop Fowler, who
rendered an interesting prayer. but acci-
dentaily asked divine blessing for all but
the Vice President.
Mayor Conrad Delhi read short paper,
largely on the financing of the exposition,
which he rightly credited to citizens of
Buffalo He emphasized the fact that the
enterprise has received no aid of this char
acter either from the state of New York
Or the federal government.
Music rendered by Fanciulli's band and
lengthy poem by K G. Rodgers followed
after which Mr.. Roosevelt delivered his
address When he arose a rousing, con-
tinuous applause greeted him. The SOL
dier statesman seemed in his best spirits;
he laid his manuscript on the table and
only occasionally referred to it. With a
vim and an almost nervous activity he
gestured and paced the stage, pointing his
finger sternly now at the South American
diplomats and now at the bishop who had
refused To ask blessing for him. He was
In very good humor, too. If sincere in his
laughter
The southern representatives lost not
word that dropped from the orators
tongue: they appeared as If being
lectured, especially when the Vice
President declared in emphatic phrases
that he believed devoutly in the Monroe
Doctrine He laid stress on this subject
and Senator Lodge closed his address on
the same lines A large portion of the au-
dience left the auditorium at the conclu-
sion OF Mr.. Roosevelts speech, but those
who remained to hear Lieutenant Governor
Woodruff and Frederick Amy. the poetic
purchasing agent OF the exposition did not
regret 1t. President Mckinley sent a tele-
gram OF cougratulation and encouragement
from the shores of the Pacific" Other
kilograms and cablegrams were from a
dozen or more chief executives of the re-
publics 10 the north and south Of the United
States.
The Midway Procession.
The midway procession started from the
south end of the city at 10 o'clock in the