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The Tupelo journal., 1903-05-08
PRESIDENT USES A O W
Cornerstone of the Railway Y. Nj. G.
A. Building Laid I'm Topeka by
the Chief Executive.

Topeka, kas., May PRESIDENT
Roosevelt made two addresses in To
lpeka Friday night; one at the laying
of the cornerstone of the new Rail-
road Y. NJ. c. A.. building and the 9TH
er at the Auditorium, before the in
tern%ational convention of the Y. M. G.
A.. Both addresses were heard by inn
mense crowds of people and were re-
ceived with the greatest enthusiasm.
After laying the cornerstone for the
Y. NJ. G a. building, the presi-
dent was conducted to the residence
of Gov. Bailey, where he was enter
tanned at dinner. His last address was
given at 9:30 o'clock. The crowd was
very large, but SO excellent were the
police regulations that there was lit
tie or no confusion.
President Roosevelt's train arrived
in Topeka an hour late. Over twelve
thousand people assembled at the site
of the new Y. NJ. G. A. building to
welcome him. The delay only served
to add to the crowd. At 6:55 the
booming of cannon announced the ar
rival of the presidents train north of
the river. Soon the train was switched
from the Union Pacific to the Santa
Fe tracks and run down to the new
building. Escorted by a local cavalry
company and a squad of mounted po-
lice the president was conducted to a
platform. He made q short address
and then laid the cornerstone.
General Manager Nudge of the San
ia Fe presided at the exercises. He
presented to the president a silver
trowel which had been contributed by
the road, and with this the presi-
dent placed the mortar in position.
The opening prayer was made by Rev.
ii. II. Gregg, of st. Louis.
In his address, President Roosevelt
expressed his pleasure at being in
''the geographical center" of the Unit
ed States. The ceremonies occupied
20 minutes. Then the president and
his party We're escorted to their car
riages and driven rapidly to the
Copeland hotel. Fourteen carriages
were in the procession. Company A
of the Kansas national guards acted
as guards. A number of the party
stopped at the Copeland hotel, where
they were entertained at dinner by
the y. NJ. c. A.
At the Auditorium the president
spoke for about forty-fve minutes
and afterward held q short reception.
At eleven O'Clock the entire party was
driven back to the station, where the
night was spent on the presidents
train. At six o'clock this morning the
trip was resumed through western
Kansas by way of the Union Pacific.
Sunday will be spent at Sharon
| Springs, near the Colorado line.
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GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS
Y. VI. G. A. Convention in TOpekn
Forming Plans for an Extern
sion of Work.

Topeka. Kas., May Not much
actual work was accomplished by the
international convention of Railroad
Y. NJ. C.. A.. Friday, as most of the
time was taken up with making ar
engagements for the visit of the presi-
dent. Two sessions were held. An
nouncement was made, Friday norm
ing. that there would be no officers
elected at this conference. The OBJ
.ject of the meeting was defined as be-
ing to make plans for the extension
of the work and especially into for
eign countries. There are now eigh-
teen hundred or o delegates pres
ent and more will come in to-day
The officers report that the attend
ance even with those here now ex-
ceeds the number attending the last
meeting at Philadelphia 500. Now
that the cornerstone of the new
building for the local Railroad Y. M
c. A. has been laid and the visit Oh
the president completed, actual work
will be started by the conference.
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said, without paying heed to the
wonderful part played therein in the
early days by the soldiers, m%issionar-
les, explorers, and traders who did
their work for the honor of the proud
banners of France and CASTLE. While
the settlers OF English-speaking stock,
and those Of Dutch, German and Scan
dinavian origin who We're associated
with them, were still clinging to the
eastern seaboard, the pioneers OF
Spain and France had penetrated
deep into the hitherto unknown will
derness of the west and had wandered
far and wide within the boundaries
of what is now our mighty country.
The yery cities themselves-St. Louis,
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and the seourges of bad government
"He who represented the nation
with whom we negotiated, when he
afterwards gave to the world his ac-
count of the transaction. declared:
THE consequences of the cession
Of Louisiana will extend to the most
distant posterity. 1t interests vast
regions that will become by their
civilization and power the rivals of
Europe before another century com
menccs;' and warmed to enthusiasm
by the developments already in view.
and greater ones promised, he added:
Who can contemplate without vivid
emotions this spectacle of the happi-
ness Of the present generation, and
the certain pledges Of the prosperity
of numberless generations that will
follow? At these magnificent pros
poets the heart beats with JOY in the
breasts of those who were permitted
to see the dawn of these bright days.
and who are assured that so many
happy presages will be accomplished
Prophcc,'s FuIGIIment.
"Thus we may well recall in these
surroundings the wonderful measure
of prophecy's fulfllment within the
span of a short century, the spirit.
the patriotism, and the civic virtue
Of Americans who lived a hundred
years ago. and Gods overruling of the
wrath of man and bis devious WAYS,
for The blessing of our nation.
1--WE are all proud Of our American
citizenship. Let us leave this place
with this feeling stimulated by the
sentiments born of the occasion. Let
lis appreciate more keenly than ever
how vitally necessary it is to our
country's veal that every one within
it's citizenship should be cIeau-minded
in political aim and aspiration, sin
cere and honest in his conception Of
our country's mission. and aroused to
higher and more responsive patriot
ism by the reflection that it is a SOL
emn thing to belong to q people IA
vored of God
In every possible Way.Save oDe-thp
exercises were an unequivocal success
and this one circumstance was the
'N' VIZ
weather. 1t would be difficult to
imagine a more disagreeable day. The
wind blew t~iercely from the west.
sending great clouds of dust whirIinp
into the faces of the troops as they
marched past the president, and "a
times so nearly binding the presiden.
that it was well nigh impossible for
him to see across the street upon
which the troops were marching.
Added to the discomfort of the win.l
and dust was a temperature which
sought for the marrow and generally
reached it. The ladies, who, on the
strength of the warm weather Wed
nesday .camein summer dresses to the
reviewing stand, suffered keenly, ana
but for the thOughtfulness of officers
commanding the guard thrown
around the reviewing stand, who pro
vided them with blankets. many Of
them would have been compelled TO
leave the place. Both President Roosc-
welt and eX-President Cleveland re-
manned in the reviewing stand eX-
posed TO the icy wind until the end OF
the parade, although their faces were
blue and their limbs stiffened by the
cold.
Services in Liberal Arts Building.
Conditions in the Liberal Arts build
ing, where the dedication ceremonies
proper were held. were little better.
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RAINS CHECK FOREST FIRES
Two Big Sawmills and scores o,
Tanks Filled With Oil We're
Burned.

Oil City. Pa. May 2.-The heavy
rains, Thursday night, checked the
forest fires which have been raging
in Venango, Forest and Warren coun-
ties. but not before vast tracts of val
liable timber had been destroyed,
crops ruined and a number of dwell
ing houses consumed. At Kinzua two
big sawmills and score of derricks
and tanks flied with oil were burned.
The total loss in the district between
Tionesta and Warren alone is estl-
mated at 5000, 900.
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Worlds Fair Managers.

Boston, April 30.-The governor has
named as members of the board of
managers for Massachusetts at the St.
Louis exposition: George Harris, pres
ident of Amherst college, to be chair
man, representing the educational in
terests of the state: Thomas 3. FitZ-
patrick, of Brookline, TO represent the
business interests; Sarah c. Sears, of
Boston, to represent the artistic ele-
ment; ex-State Senator Wilson II.
Fairbanks, of Warren, and Mrs. May
Alden Ward, of Somerville, of the
Federation of Women's clubs.
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CANADIAN VII LACE DESTROYED.
inhabitants II the District Abandon
Animals and Flee.

Montreal. Can, May Extensive
forest fires are raging about fifty
miles north of here. between the
town of st. Jovite and Labelle. Fri
day the village of Morrison, contain
ing a mill and about a dozen farm
houses, were entirely destroyed. The
inhabitants of the district are leav-
ing their animals and possessions a
prev to the flames.
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Funeral of Bi.hop Taylor.

Springfield, ILL.,, May 1.-The funeral
of RI. Rev. Frederick William Taylor,
bishop of Quincy, took place, Thurs
day, from ST. Paul's Pro-Cathedral,
where the deceased was rector from
1886 to 1901. Requiem high mass was
celebrated by Rev. Larrabee, rector of
the Church of Ascension of Chicago.
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ESCAPE ALMOST MIRACULOUS.
Nationwide Was Not Burned, but
Flames Ranged Close.

Bradford. Pa, May 2.-Late ad-
vices from Watsonville, the town sup
posed to have been wiped out by
flames Thursday, indicate that it es-
capped almost mir%aculously from the
fate which had been predicted for it.
The property losses in the vicinity
are large, however. Mount Jewett
also escaped with small losses. But
in the vicinity of Simpson and Bing-
ham the destruction of oil property
was complete over a wide area.
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Monday, April 81, the anniversary
of the birth of Gen. U. S. Grant, was
celebrated in the usual ann at
iGalena, H., with Hon. w. L. Gurley,
of Omaha, Neb., as the speaker. The
Illinois society of st. Louis celebrat-
ed with a banquet at the Planters no.
tel, at which Brighten. +. d. Grant
and Mrs. Grant were the guests OF
honor.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-05-08

The buildings of the Louisiana Pur-
chase exposition, in st. Louis, were,
on the 3oth, formally dedicated to
their purpose with all possible pomp
and ceremony. Addresses were made
by President Roo:eyelt and ex-Presi-
dent Cleveland.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-05-08

The regular session of the Hawaiian
Legislature ended at midnight on the
Goth. Lightweight acts passed by the
Legislature received Gov. Dole's sigma
ture. The bill providing a city gov
eminent for Honolulu was vetoed.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-05-08

Three thousand miners in the ninth
sub-district of Illinois, struck, on the
30th, because operators refused to
come to an agreement by which the
differences existing should be settled
in a sub-district joint convention.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-05-08

The expulsion of the friars from
Chartreuse monastery, in France, was
accomplished, on the Goth, without
any serious difficulty. Infantry and a
squadron of dragons assisted the
police.
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y rumor is out to the effect that
the British battleships Formidable
and Venerable had collided in the
Mediterranean. The British admiral
ty declined TO confirm or deny the re-
port.
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1t is reported from st. Petersburg
that if America becomes troublesome
Russia is ready to make special ar
rangements with her and receive GER
tain desirable advantages in return
for opening the Manchuria door to
American products.
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The third trial of James Howard for
the killing of William Goebel, re-
suited, at Frankfort, KY, on the 3Oth,
in a life sentence. The jurors took
only one ballot on the question of
guilt or innocence, all IL voting for a
verdict of guilty.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-05-08

Gov. Pennypacker, on the 2Sth, is
sued a proclamation calling an all
persons in Pennsylvania to aid in dis
playing at the Louisiana Purchase ex-
position the states manifold re-
sources.
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EX-PRESIDENT CLEVELAND.
There wa no wind. but there were
manifold drafts which added to the
dampness inseparable from newly
erected buildings, produced a penc-
trating chill that was uncomfortable
to a degree. The effect of this was
evident in all of the speeches as the
speakers commencing their speechesin
clear tones, we're, without exception.
given over to catarrhal infections as
they finished.
Despite this heavy handicap, how
ever, the ceremonies proper were
splendidly handled, and the pro-
gramme was carried out to the letter.
The police work was excellent and
the %patrolling of and passage
ways by the First Missouri infantry
was ably done, all possible considera-
ton shown to the great crowd, which
numbered in round figures about As
DDO
The Tupelo journal., 1903-05-08

CablegramsfromT okio, Japan,on the
2Sth, confirmed the report that Amer
lean war vessels are assembling at
Yokohama in view of danger to Amer
lean interests in the M%anchurian trou-
hle.
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battalion, Battery A, st. Louis; Pro-
v%isional regiment from Ohio, battalion
from Oklahoma, battalion from Louis
lana, battalion from Kentucky, Uni
versity cadets, Columbia, Mo-.
The First regiment national guard
of Missouri was detailed for guard
duty.
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WORLDS FAIR DEDICATED.
Impressive Ceremonies Attending the
Dedication of the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition.
A BRILLIANT MILITARY SPECTACLE.
"A Miniature Army, Comprising All
Arms Of the Regular and Citizen
Soldiery in Notion, Lending n
Dignihed and Spectacular Effect,
and Forming "a Fitting Escort to
the Defeating Official, the Presi-
dent of the United States.

st. Louis, April 30.-The second
great step has been made in
the progress of the Louisiana
Purchase exposition, in the ded-
ication of the site and of the build
lngs erected and in course of erection
to the purpose of celebrating, by a
great international exposition the ac-
QUESTION, by purchase from France,
of the vast territory which has added
so UNNECESSARILY to the wealth and
national greatness of the United
States.
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snow CHECKS THE FLAMES.
Temperature Drops Fifty Degrees In
the AdirOndacks.

Plattsburgh, N. Y, May "A heavy
snowstorm set in over the Adiron-
dacks Friday, practically checking the
fierce forest fires that ever spread
rapidly in the last week. The temper
ature has dropped about fifty de-
grees. Meager reports indicate thai
the Loon Lake house and the White
Face inn are safe, though possibly
damaged by smoke
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Five hundred stockmen organized,
in Chicago, on the 9th, and elected
officers to arrange for an internation-
al live stock exposition to be held
there in December.
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Attorney-General Knox, on the goth,
appointed j. c. McReynolds, of FEN
nessee, assistant attorney general of
the United States, to succeed James
NJ. Beck, resigned.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-05-08

Cole Hickoy, senate clerk, and Edi-
tor /. N. Page, of Bonne Terre, were,
on the 27th, held in contempt of court
at jefferson City, Mo-, for refusing to
tell the grand jury where they Sc
cured currency bills of large demoni-
nation during the session of the last
legislature.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-05-08

Receiver Lloyd F. Hamilton was,
on the 2Sth, discharged by the court
at Bloomington, Ill, having wound up
the affairs of the National Home
Building and Loan association.
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1t was reported on excellent author
ity, on the 27th, hat the wedding of
Miss Ruth Hanna, youngest daughter
of Senator Hanna, will take place at
Townsville, Ga, June 8.
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At the last moment it was decided
by diplomats in Washington inter-
ested in the Observation-Disclosures situa-
ton not to leave the capital, but to
remain in touch with Secretary Hay.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-05-08

Irving NJ. Scott, who for many
years was vice-president and general
manager of the Union iron works and
builder of the battleship Oregon, died,
on the 28th, in San Francisco.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-05-08

Charles II. Robb was, on the 27th,
appointed assistant attorney general
for the post Office department to fill
the place vacated by James n. Tyner.
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Closing Exercises.

"America'' was then sung, with
band accompaniment: prayer was Of
fered by Bishop f. X. Hendricks, Of
the Methodist Episcopal church, and
Rev. Henry c. Potter, Episcopal
bishop of New York.
The closing of the exercises was
followed by a centennial salute of
100 guns.
At night the grandest pyrotechnical
The Tupelo journal., 1903-05-08

Judge w. NJ. Robinson, of the Mis-
souri, supreme court, on the 28th, IS
sued a temporary writ of habeas COR
pus in the case of Page and Hickox,
who were held for refusing to tell
where they got $1,000 and $500 bills
during the session of the Legislature.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-05-08

The Japanese foreign office, on the
goth, published a telegram announc-
ing that Russia had completely evacu-
ated the Shing King province OF Man
churia.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-05-08

The war department.. on the 10th
made public that portion of the re-
port of Gen. Miles which refers to
misconduct of officers and soldiers IN
the Philippines.
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Count Cassini, Russian ambassador,
decided, ON the 27th, on the advice OF
his physician, not to go to st. LOUIS
to attend the dedication ceremonies.
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A Fitting Observance.

Fittingly, the dedication occurred
on the centennial anniversary of the
signing of the treaty of cession, and
as one president of the United States
consummated the purchase, so another
performed the duty of defeating the
great exposition that is to commence
rate it, and an ex-president delivered
the Grafton.
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HON. THOMAS H.
dent David r. Francis of the Louisi-
n Purchase Exposition Co., and an
invocation was pronounced by his
eminence, James. Cardinal Gibbons.
Hon. Thomas III. Carter, president
of the national commission and presi-
dent of the day, was then introduced,
and spoke briefly of the grandeur of
the Louisiana purchase and what had
been accomplished in the first century
of our possession of the territory ac-
quired from France, which at the
time was only considered valuable by
many American statesmen because it
secured to US the free navigation of
the Mississippi river. 1t was fitting,
he said, that the celebration should
be international, as it would be vain
to name a civilized country whose
sons and daughters had not contribut-
recorded within it's boundaries. In
the name of the national commission
President Carter extended to all a
cordial welcome to the dedication eX-
e~rcises, and called upon the grand
festival chorus to render Beethoven's
creation hymn, "The Heavens Pro-
claiming At one a wave of inspir-
ing melody swept over the vast struc-
ture, thrilling the audience with the
well-nigh perfect rendition of the
well worn, but always glorious, num-
Der.
Presentation Of the Buildings.
In due form, President Francis
of the Louisiana Purchase EXPOSE
ton Co., in a speech descriptive of the
inception of the enterprise, and the
various steps taken to bring it to a
successful issue, presented the build
ings to President Roosevelt, his con-
Guiding words being:
"And now, Mr.. President, it is my
pleasing privilege and high honor to
present to you for dedication the
buildings of the Louisiana Purchase
exposition. May a high standard OF
citizenship and broader humanity and
the mission of the country whose
worthy representative you are, be sus-
tanned and fostered and promoted by
the uses to which these structures are
devoted. May the happiness of man
kind be advanced and ~broadened by
the lofty purpose that inspired this
undertaking, and move u W and
sister countries to unite in its accom-
plishment."
The Dedication Address.
In his address of acceptance and
dedication President Roosevelt struck
a responsive chord among his hearers.
He recalled to their minds that the
soil upon which they stood, before it
was ours was successfully the posses
sion of two mighty empires, Spain and
France, whose sons made a deathless
record qf heroism in the early annals
of the pew world. NO history of the
western country could be written he
The Tupelo journal., 1903-05-08

The interstate mere commas
sion. on the 9th, issued a bulletin on
railroad accidents for three months
showing 266 persons were killed ana
2.7SS injured.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-05-08

Col. Luther NJ. Strong. who served
in the Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth
congresses, died at his home in Ken
ton, O., on the eth, aged IS.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-05-08

John w. Springer announced, at
Denver, Col, on the goth, that $685.
DOC, 900 had been subscribed to fight
the proposed packers trust.
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'p '1A p"
The line Of march, while not a long
one, was of sufficient length TO afford
the hundreds of thousands of people
who turned out to see it abundant OPP
portunity to be gratified. 1t passed
westward on Lindell boulevard, II
OF the handsomest thoroughfares in
the United States, to the entrance OF
Forest park and then wound through
that beautiful sylvan retreat, over a
ME or more of shaded dr:veyay and
thence into the Worlds fair site, past
the Liberal Arts building, between
two rows of stately %triumphal col
umns and Venetian masts bedecked
with bunting, and on to the grand
causeway and past the reviewing
stand. without any Of the worn and
tired look incident to the usual over
lengthy marches of public occasions.
The various field and dress uniforms
were all in evidence, lending variety
to the pageant, and the formation OF
the troops. L. files front. was just
sufficient to give good effect to the
column in motion. The entire route
had been roped off, so that any I'M
seemly crowding of spectators on to
the line of march was avoided, and
everyone was enabled to see in all
its grandeur and effectiveness the
passage of u miniature army.
Distinguished P~ersonaEes.
Among the distinguished person
ages in the parade, preceding the mill
tary, in addition to President Roose-
welt and eX-President Cleveland, we're
Lieut.-Gen. Nelson A. Miles, nearly
all the foreign diplomatic corps,
members of the national commission,
the French and other foreign commits
sioners. governors of states with their
stats. the whole being led by Maj
Gen. Corbin. with a brilliant staff of
aids, superbly mounted.
The spectacle was one which will
live long in the memory of all who
witnessed it, as it gave an effective
illustration of what the army of the
United States is composed and the
reserve force of citizen soldiery to be
drawn upon in case of emergency.
At the Reviewing stand.
The arrival of President Roosevelt
at the reviewing stand was the signal
for the firing of a presidential sa-
lutte.
The passage of the troops in re-
view occupied over an hour. at the
close of which the president and in
vited guests repaired to luncheon.
Meanwhile the doors of the Liberal
Arts building. where the dedication
services were to be held, were thrown
open, and while the great audience
was assembling a grand band concert
was in progress.
The Dedication Ceremonies.
Shortly after two o'clock the gath
ering was called to order by Presi.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-05-08

Police Commissioner Greene, of New
York, on the Goth, revoked 322 per-
mits issued to Italians for the carry
ing of concealed weapons.
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TNT1oTDT4NI d n. TNf4NVIo.
New Orleans, Santa Fe, Y. M.-bear
witness by their titles to the nation
alities of their founders. 1t was not
until the revolution had begun that
the English-speaking settlers pushed
west across the Alleghenies, and not
until a century ago that they entered
in to possess the land upon which we
nov stand"
After passing in review the acqul-
sition of the Louisiana territory and
pointing out the inestimable boon
conferred upon the nation by its far
sighted purchasers, the president con-
cluded: