The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-27

department. Catching the spirit of
this educational mobilization, the state
authorities have picked only the best
drilled and equipped troops for the
show.
Iowa will send her Thirty-fourth reg
iment. Minnesota will appear with the
First infantry. What the other states
will decide to do before the dedication
is only Indicated by a general desire
/ to share the honorS in his monster
demonstration to show that the nation
is on guard.
Gov. Benjamin B. Odell, of New
York, has consented to act as marshal
of the state militia on parade. Other
governors will ride at the head of their
troops. The United States naVa con-
t1ngent from the monitor Arkansas will
be given a conspicuous place in the
line.
Day for Diplomats.
The second day of the celebration
brings into sharp notice the members
OF the diplomatic corps. Every govern
ment represented at Washington will
have transferred it's headquarters for
three days from the national capital to
st. Louis.
At 1880 a. m. the second day of the
celebration the members of the diplo-
matte corps, the representatives of for
e1gn governments to the exposition and
other official guests will assemble at
the st. Louis club and be conducted
from that point Under military escort
to the Liberal Arts building. A lunch
con VIII be served in the Administra-
tlon building. At noon the assembly
will be called to order by Corwin II.
Spencer, first vice president of the ex-
position and the chairman of the COM
mlttee on ceremonies.
Rev. Carl SWenson will pronounce
the invocation. Former United States
Senator John H. Thurston, member of
the worlds fair national commission.
Will be introduced as the president of
the day. David S. Francis, president
of the exposition, will extend greetings
to the representatives of foreign gov
ernments to the universal exposition
of 1904. The French ambassador will
make an address. After the Hal
lelujah Chorus from The Messiah
the Spanish minister will speak. Sam
uel j. NicoIls, of st. Louis, will deliver
the benedition. A centennial salute of
100 guns concludes the programme.
The Pains nave prepared the great
est exhibition of day fireworks ever
shown for the afternoon of this day,
following the exercises in the liberal
arts. Features of the display include
reproductions in fire of the Cabildo,
the building at New Orleans in which
the actual rdnsfer of the Louisiana
territory was made by the agents of
France to the agents of the United
States; a reproduction of the first gov
eminent hous in st. Louis. Thousands
of bombs and rockets will be discharg-
ed on these nights. Portraits of the
president of the United States, some
of the distinguished guests and the
exposition officials will be shown on
the same night.
State Day the Last.
State day is the last of the trinity
of exciting days of the dedication
period. A great civic parade of nearly
100000 persons will traverse the course
of the military pageant. 1t is under
the grand marshalship of z. J.. Spencer
n will be replete with historic in
terest. Expensive floats depicting the
earlier days of the Louisiana domain,
Indians and trappers and other pic
lures of the life of the period are be-
ing secretly prepared by the promoters.
All of the commercial bodies of the city
will participate. Many -eXtraVagantly
decorated vehicles will be piloted in
the procession.
After this parade has been review
ed by the visiting governors of states
on the exposition grandstand, the au-
dience will be invited to assemble in
the liberal arts building, where they
will be called to order by William H.
Thompson, treasurer of the exposition,
n chairman of the grounds and
building committee. DR.. William R.
Harper, president of the University Of
Chicago, will deliver the invocation.
Former United States Senator William
Lindsay, of the Worlds Fair National
commission, is the president of the
day.
Gov. DOckery, of Missouri, will make
an address, and Gov. Odell, of New
York, is to respond. Rabbi Leon Har-
rison, of st. Louis, will pronounce the
benediction and salute of 100 guns con-
cludes the programme. The Pains will
continue their daylight fireworks for
the remainder of the day. Immediate
ly after the exercises in the build
ing the governors of states will pro-
coed to the sites of their state build
ings on the wooded plateau, where
the corner stones of several of these
structures will be laid.
The board and it's guests will be
conducted each day with military es-
cort to the exposition grounds. They
will not ride in the parade. The board
will also give a reception some after
noon of the dedication period to the
visiting ladies.