New-York tribune., 1903-04-26

IOr SlO,pDOUUO On ApTll OO 10oOs lAS SAA-ION
States through President Theodore Roosevelt
and ex-President Grover Cleveland, will honor
the pioneers who have transformed this for
mer wilderness into fertile fields and teeming
cities by the dedication of the fair. Evidence Of
how fast has been the growth of the nation IN
wealth in the Intervening century is attested by
the fact that the exposition, with it's two square
miles, will cost much as the LII ,93l square
miles of the Louisiana Purchase, of which 1t IS
in memory.
The State of New-York has been honored with
a prominent part in the dedication ceremonies
Not only will Governor Oden be present with
his staff and an additional escort of loo Ma
tional Guardsmen, bat on Saturday, the third
and last day of the exercises, he and Governor
A NJ Dockery. of Missouri. will make the ad-
dresses of the day in the Liberal Arts Building.
Major General Roe, commander Of the National
Guard of this State will also have charge of all
the militia of the dedication procession. AC-
cording to present plans, Governor OdeIl and
his staff will leave Albany tomorrow night,
and arrive in st. Louis Wednesday morning
The Governors escort of militia, which viii
start later, will be composed Of $50 cavalrymen,
seventy naval militiamen and the rest infantry
men, under the command of Colonel Samuel NJ.
Welch, of Buffalo
There will indeed be small standing army on
anniversary ceremonies. Besides the military
escorts of the various visiting Governors there
will be contingent of i 900 troops from the
regular army and 500 marines and bluejackets
from d monitor anchored at st. Louis. On the
first day these sold and sailors will partici-
pate in a military parade under the command of
Major General Corbin as grand marshal Presi-
dent Roosevelt, the diplomatic corps, including
the representatives of thirty-three foreign ma
tions; the Cabinet the United States Supreme
Court, joint committee from the United States
Senate and House of Representatives, the com
rissfoners general Of the various nations and
the Governors of the different States will ride in
the procession.
After a two mile march the paraders VIII
gather in the great Liberal Arts Building, which
has been completed in advance especially for
the ceremonies, and here President Roosevelt
will formally dedicate the fair Others who Will
take part in these exercises will be David R
Francis, president of the exposition. who will
call the assembIage to order; Cardinal Gibbons,
who will pronounce the invocation; Thomas H
Carter, president of the National Worlds Fair
Commission who will act as the president of the
day; Grover Cleveland, the orator OF the day;
Bishop Hendrix, who will make the prayer, and
Bishop Potter who Will offer the benediction-
The foreign representatives, will take part
in the exercises of the second day; and, in addl-
tion to a great civic parade and the addresses
of Governors Odeu and Dockery. the third day
will be devoted tc the dedication Of State ane
Territorial buildings.
Fairs succeed each other so closely nowadays
that each tries to prevent the public from be
coming blase by the introduction of many origi-
nal features. Those returning from the French
International Exposition of 1899 said to their
friends at home: You must see the Eiffei
Tower before you die Those who attended the
Chicago Exposition of 1893 told how they SCARED
the heavens in the Ferris Wheel Those who
went to the Omaha fair tried to make their