The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-01

Especial from Staff Correspondent.)
ST. LOUIS, MO-, April 3O.---Virginia
bore sa listlng,lishe part ~ the cererno-
nies Incident to the dedication of the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition here TO-
day and while her official representative,
acting Governor Joseph e. w Hard. was
mounted upon no prancng steed sur-
rounded by an array Of richl clad COL
onels, he was near the heed OF the pro
tccsslon in a~carrlS Ssa} att nded by Colcnel
robert p. Lee, 3Jr, and they We're accom- I
panied by General Fitzhugh Lee. the Vlr.
ginin commissioners being close behind
them. 81 i5ss N ~ sf5 n 5s5 As 55
virginians Cheered.
The Virginia contingent was often
loudly cl1eered, and frequently outbursts
greeted the party all along the way, The
day was one Of fine success. md 1t ended
the night with perhaps the most bmrllltan- m
display OF fireworks ever witnessed on
the continent. .55
Before tho ceremonies proper q opened
up this morning, Governor Willard ana
General Lee were at the Presidents re-
ception at the st. Louis Club, and were
shown the utmost attention by President
Francis and other distinguished person,
ages. 81 5SsSSss : II 8 I,
PRESIDENT aftOOSeSClL1 uNc6 S'o'-
Lee and rushed over and greeted him
warmly saying: Hello, General Lee; !
am surely glad to see you.
Z ono ~ the great features of the dedi-
torv exercises has been the wave OF
genuine enthusiasm that has greeted
former President Cleveland at every turn,
and tonight the name OF the man who
twice led his party to victory Is upon
every lip, and experienced politicians are
saving that 1t seems to sforeshadow the
placing Of tho Democracy in his hand
again In 1904.
Cteveland's Triumph.
ffr. Cleveland had triumphant march
into St. Louis yesterday, having been
greeted by the widest shouts wherever
he appeared on the platform. and the
vast throng at the station mere ,last llisnt
almost dragged him from the train Win
mad delight Z,
,, Grover = was the wild shout that greeted
rim along the line Of march to-d day Us
"a rof1e Mt tie head OF the column be-
s,de President Roosevelt, but the grand
climax did not come until he arose to
snaak IN the Liberal Arts building later
on. Y, s3t5
Man and women stood upon chairs and
yaJled themselves hoarse waving thou-
SANDS of ffags and hnndkerchiefs llnr rhonor
ofS Democra cy's great leader, ana u Hust
have been twenty minutes peture a''9
Hnntor Garter had Just presented nm
"a The vast and waiting thronE rs t,ni tne
a,nost. st.distingulshed citizen IN private llie
m the face of the earth, ana thell pun.
domoni,m broke loose, through al. o. o.
which the great man stood, ms laue ..,
wreathed In smiles poWlnR nus aoM ..Ns.,
| adpment in the most gracious manner
Is1han M cleveland was allowed 10 pro-
oaaa y hat was wildly cheercd at the pa
rnnin~ of nearly every sentence ana TO-
nirht' his splendid oration Is the tax OF
| all st, Louis. y, ), :, >1,,s sIN r1Nn
The parade to-day WIS one tasa o. ~ = srhrse
rdred thousand people thronged me
hrnnI avenues along which It moved hno
thirtv thousand soldiers and civilians were
| In the line OF march, !, !, 70
| While the Virginia REPRESENTATIVES Ie!e 9
are doing all in thelr poWsr ~ ~
~ tha,, = ra Nv no means nnmindfu OF the
ames naa : .how which Virginia proposes to
e,,,,a an IA Jamestown Island In 1907, ana &c
sh,s and General Lee, Dlrector-Gene
II nwenberv. Commissioner Patton ana
number OF the Jamestown EkssuiNr NJ, Hoi.s n,s
! 80 ~ 81 Louis Exposition to fllow VIZ
e.,,ia Ia ~ f,,se a number Of the latter's eX'
SS;hits md General Lee and MIR. Franels
a'a;n a'ip,.s ninso friends, of long standing,
nelns 4han VIII dIVsn i,kely succeed.
Ivy SENATOR MARTIN THERE, Z.
n,ar Martin arrived here last night
and li''t took part in the proceedings as $, !.
member ,,,sn | Of the Senate Committee on ax'
pt psanatn, panel had intended to be pres
ent % but vas detained by professional en-
- sTha sh1s'sn, stay of Tho yirPinlans here has
moan nne round Of pleasure, and Governor
! Willard and General Lee have been et!S'