The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-13
Ceremonies Held on st. Louis
Exposition Grounds.
OFFENDED ROOSEVELT.
President Said to Be Displeased
With Kansas Senator.
Personal Letter Used TO Ad-
vertise the Scheme.

Jerusalem site Saturday at the WORLDS
fair grounds. The ceremonies took
place in the bottom of a tree-clad vale,
whose sides were pulsating with the
crowd. A very dramatic tinge was
given to the event by the Oriental pro-
gramme under the direction of Madame
Lydia Won Finkelstein Mountford.
A trained chorus of $50 voices, under
the leadership of Alfred Robyn, sang
1.-THE Holy City" Miss Eugenia Getner
pleased with her rendition of Sing, o
Jerusalem" Then succeeded what was
to the crowds on the hillsides the most
interesting part of the dedication, the
native ceremonials, in which about 90
persons In Palestine garb took part
Nine Mountford opened this part OF
the programme with an explanatory
address. The offering of the incense
was done by Father Matthew Noemi.
pastor of the Oriental Christian
church.
The laying Of the foundation stone
and the planting of the living tree was
followed by native singers and players
on stringed instruments of strange type.
The strewing of rice and salt. and the
distribution Of unleavened bread ana
salt among the spectators served as a
memento Of the occasion. Shouts and
songs OF Zion preceded selections from
Isaiah in Hebrew, read by orthodox
Jews assisted by a Hebrew choir.
The dramatic feature of the whole
dedication was the rendition of the
prayer of Jacob, "Minchi" by twelve
venerable Israelites, representative of
the twelve tribes of Israel The reading
OF the law from the Holy Scroll, an
address by Rabbi Adolph Neuman and
a hallelujah chorus in Hebrew by the
Hebrew choir and congregation closed
the Oriental ceremonies.
limited States Sana RTrfOn DTeSl-
dent of the Jerusalem Exhibit COM
pany made an address, The Rev. c. G.
Woods, DR.. James w. Lee, the Rev. W.
y. PalmOre and President Francis of
the exposition also addressed the
throng. A tally-ho coach with rs con-
cessionaries of the Pike attended the
dedication. The presence of camels.
caparisoned donlSeyS and a Palestine
sheep added to the rich color of the
rostrum carpeted in Oriental mats and
furnished with strange vessels of wor-
ship.
SACRIFICE WAS MADE.
BY far the most interesting part of
the days exercises were the elaborate
ceremonies of laying the corner stone
Of the walls according to the Oriental
rite-f In this so natives OF the Holy City
In their native costumes, and the three
faiths, Jewish, Mohammedan and
Christian, all participated in the cere-
mOny.
While priest of the Greek church
iptoned a chant before the altar slaves
and attendants of Imam, Rays il Bal
adee, seized the sacrihcial lamb that
was tethered by the site of the founda~
tion stone, and brought 1t before the
altar where it was blessed, and in lieu
of its actual sacrifice was laid on the
corner stone.
Then the actual laying of the stone
by the wise master builder and his as
Eistant. the stone cutters, masons, mix
ers of mortar, laborers and carriers of
water proceeded, while the priests went
among the people scattering salt and
bread.
After the laying of the stone followed
Its conservation with salt and incense,
and while "A company of the musicians
Hquatted cross-legged about the stone
playing their instruments and singing
a hymn Of rejoicing the multitude of
Orientals, with the MOhammedan
pasha, cadi, multi, katib scribe and in
terpreter, the guards and the watch
men, the young men and maidens, the
women and the children, all rose and
after the manner of Biblical times
shouted with great shout"
The interesting ceremony was con-
cluded by an address in Arabic to the
masons from the master builder in his
turban and robes of green silk bearing
the square Of his office; the planting of
tne tree OF life beside the foundation
stone, the singing of a chorus from the
sayings of the Prophet Isaiah by the
choir OF the Sanhedrin and the reading
OF the laws from the stone tablets Of
sheltered in the broidered tent from
Jerusalem which had been erected
near bv.
The opening address that preceded the
ceremonial was delivered by Senator
Burton, who spoke as follows:
SENATOR BUTTONS GRAFTON
Ladles and Gentlemen: The dedica-
tion of an exhibit such as it is proposed
TO erect upon this site is an event of
, more than passing interest 1t is an
event unique in the history of great ex-
hbiuons. 1t is an event which will
attract the attention of all Christendom.
NO other city contains so much of
interest to the civilized world as the
city of Jerusalem whose towers and
turrets are to be reproduced almost if
not quite, in their exact proportion on
this spot. Through the enterprise of the
gentlemen having this exhibit in CHARGE
the thousands-yea, the tens of thous-
ands, even the hundreds of thousands of
visitors to this great Louisiana Pur-
chase exposition, will be enabled to see
the streets, buildings. pools and holv
places trOd by the feet of Jesus Christ
and his apostles. They will be able In
visit that same Garden of Gethsemare.
so well known to every Bible reader
and they will be able to see, as 1t were
the walls Of that great city built by that
most ancient of races-the children of
Israel.
THE construction of this replica of
the Holy City is likewise a gigantic
undertaking. In some respects it is even
more gigantic than the erection of these
great buildings which rise above-us on
every hand. 1t is gigantic in its con-
ception. 1t will be gigantic in its execu-
ton It will attract the attention of
the civilized world as will no other fea-
ture of this great exposition. 1t will
be not only of the greatest interest TO
every man. woman and child in Chris
tendon. but it will also teach such a
lesson and furnish such an illustration
of the customs. habits and actions of the
jewellers in the Holy City as could not
be learned by many weeks visit to Jer-
usalem.
Many visitors to Jerusalem-in fact, it
is claimed by those who know. the pre-
pondeTating. majority of visitors to Jer-
usalem-get only superficial acquaint-
ance with the city and fail TO h We i'm