The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-02
ST. LOUIS FAIR D[D|gIIED
Imposing Ceremonies Mark
Official Epoch in Exposition.
WEATHER IS DISAPPOINTING

WEATHER IS Di5APP POINTING.
President Roosevelt Makes the ped.
catory Address-creat Military Pa
saae is One Of the Spectacular
Features of the Event.
st. Louis. May 1.-The buildings of
the Louisiana Purchase exposition
were formally dedicated to their pur-
pose with all possible pomp and cere-
mony In every way. save one. the
exercises were an unequivocal sue
cess. and this one circumstance was
the weather 1t would be difficult to
imagine more disagreeble day. The
wind blew fiercely from the west
sending great clouds CT dust ever the
troops as IAey marched past the presi
dent, and al times SO nearly binding
the president that il was we'll nigh i'm
possible for him tc see across the
street upon which the troops We're
marching. Added TO the discomfort
OF the wind and dust was te1apera.
ture which sought fcr the marrow. and
generally reached 1t The ladies who
came in sumlner dresses SUFFERED
greatly AND bB for tha thoagnrful
ness Of otlicers commanding the
guards in providing them with blank
cts, many OF them would ma been
obliged to leave the place Fresi9enf
Z Roosevelt and cNPresident Cle9eland
remained ia the reviewing stand ex.
posed TO the icy wind, Until The ENG
I OF the parade, although lheir faces
were blue and their limbs stitfened by
the cold
The parade was a great success.
There We're 1000 men in line-3 100
regulars and 1900 of the National
Guard, New York being represented
by 1000 officers and men, Illinois L.
COG, Iowa $50, Missouri 5000. Okla
homa 200 and Ohio 1000.
Conditions in the Liberal Arts build
Ing where the dedication ceremonies
proper were held. were little better
There was no wind, but there were
manifold drafts, which, added to the
dampness inseparable from newly
erected buildings, produced penetrat.
Ing chill that was uncomfortable to a
degree. The effect of this was evi-
dent in all of the speeches, as the
speakers commencing their speeches in
clear tones were without exception
given over to catarrhal infections as
they finished
Despite this heavy handicap, the
ceremonies proper were splendidly
handled and the program was carried
out to the letter. The police work
was excellent and the patroling of
avenues and passage ways by the
First Missouri infantry was ably done
and all possible consideration shown
to the great crowd. which numbered
In round figures about 145,0OO The
parade was somewhat longer in pass
Ing before the president than had been
expected, but for all that he was but
fifteen minutes behind the scheduled
time when he was escorted by the
committee into the Liberal Arts build.
ing.
During the lunch which he took at
the conclusion of the parade he was
showed helter skelter by half the peo.
pie who had been in the grand stand.
The food was placed on rectangular
counter. and the president, like every.
body else. helped himself"
The important ceremonies in the
Liberal Arts building were handled
with all possible dispatch. OF all the
speakers. President Roosevelt alone
was able to make his voice carry fur
ther than fifty feet from the stage.
The larger part Of the assemblage
could hear nothing and it was nearly
freezing to death and thousands of
people in the rear part of the hall
were constantly moving about and pro-
ducing muf11ed roar that would have
baffled foghorn.
When the president rose to speak he
was cheered to the echo. A burst of
applause greeted his statement that
the Dutch had done great things for
the country in its infancy and the
president laughed in manner which
plainly said, That means my ances.
tors"
After leaving the hall the president
was entertained at dinner in the Ad.
ministration building. from the win
dows of which he watched the fire.
works until 10 o'clock. when he en-.
tered his train and resumed the jour-
ney westward. with Kansas City as the
nrst stopping point. He was accom-.
!, panied by Secretary Of War Root who
will travel as far as Topeka with him.
:, The majority of the soldiers, militia.
men and regulars alike. who spent the
might In the big, draughty buildings.
caught colds. but with the exception of
seven cases of tonsilitis, which devel-
obed, only ordinary treatment was re-
q4ired