The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-02-18
THE PURCHASE EXPOSITION.
The Great Show to be Held In st. Louis
This Year.

The Great Show to be Held In st. Louis |
This Year.
April 30 next will be the Tooth |
anniversary of the signing OF the
Louisiana treaty. The event will be-
celebrated by the dedication of the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition S
buildings and grounds and by other
exercises extending over three
days. The dedication ceremony
will be performed by Theodore
Roosevelt, President of the United
States. The principal address will
be delivered by his only predecess-
or Still living, Ex-President Grover
Cleveland. The presiding officer
will be Hon. David r. Francis,
president of the exposition. He
will tender the buildings aud
grounds to Hon. Tbos. H. Carter,
president of the national commits
sion, who will then turn them over
to the President of the United
States. Three big dignitaries Of
the church, Cardinal Gibbons and
Bishops Hendrix aud Potter,z.will
officiate in the religious portion Of
the exercises and the chorus will
consist of 1000. voices from the
Choral Symphony society, the Saen-
gerfest chorus, the Morning Choral
club, the Apollo club and Mrs.
James L. Blair's choral classes.
The exercises will be attended
not only by President Roosevelt,
but also by the members OF his cab
met; the foreign ambassadors and
ministers at Washington, D. c., and
the entire diplomatic corps; by the
chief justices and associate justices
of the United States Supreme Court;
by the members Of both branches of
congress; by a number of the high
est officers of the American army
and navy; by the Governors of many
States and territories, including
those comprising the Louisiana
Purchase; by the members of the
World S Fair commissions of the
different States and territories; and
by many other persons of distinc-
ton. The dedication exercises will
be held in the afternoon of April
30. In the forenoon there will be a
military parade with Maj. Gen. Cor
bin as grand marshal The pro-
cession will have several thousand
soldiers from the regular army and
still larger number from the State
troops.
tits expected that there will be
fully 300, 900 people on the grounds
that day. In the evening a display
of fire works will be given, which
promises to be grander than any
thing of the kind ever heretofore
attempted. The second and third
DAYS of the celebration will be de-
voted to the reception of distin-
guished foreign guests. governors
of States, State commissioners, etc.
Another grand display of fire works
will be given on the evening of Fri
day; May 1st. and on the afternoon
of that day, as also on the following
day. Saturday. there will be an ex-
hibition of day fire works.
A copy Of La patria published
at Asuneion. Paraguay. Dec y,
containing circular letter adj
dressed by Paraguay 5 World. S
Fair commission to the merchants.
manufacturers and business men
generally Of that county has been
received There are -four commits
sloners aud the field has been di-
vided into four classes Of products.
The resources Of Paraguay will be
Represented in a verg satisfactory
manner at the World 5 Fair
Director-of- Works Taylor, thro,
bis landscape departsaeat has for