Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-05-06
WORLDS FAIR OPEN
The Ceremonies in St. Louis ard
Washington.
ENORMOUS CROWDS The OPENING,
President Roosevelt to Touch the Button
at the White House-Program at the
Louisiana Purchase Monument Work
to Get Grounds In Condition for the Exercises
Warships and Distinguished Persons Arrive

ITSt. Louis, (SpeciaD.-At noon Presi-
dent Roosevelt pressed All electric
button in the Green Room of the
White House at Washington, which
started the machinery of the Worlds
Fair at St. Louis, nearly a thousand
miles away.
The program for the opening cere-
monies at St. Louis began at 9 A. M'
when the officers of the Exposition,
the national commission and the board
of lady managers assembled in the
Administration Building to march to
the Plaza of St. Louis, where they
took their places upon the platform
erected at the base of the LOUISIANA
Purchase Monument. A detachment
of the Jefferson Guards, with band
and an officer of the United States
Army, escorted the party. Represen'
tatives of foreign governments as
sembled in the Hall of Congress at
o.Is A. NJ, and walked with similar
escort to the plaza. The state and
territorial commissioners, with the
governors of several states were in
the United States Government Build
ing and proceeded, to the plaza under
escort of Jefferson Guards and a
military officer. The exercises were
held in the open air, the audience
occupying the broad Plaza OF ST.
Louis facing the monument
President David R. Francis. OF the
Exposition called the assemblage to
order at 10 o'clock, and after an
invocation by Rev. DR.. Frank w. Guil-
saulus, of Chicago, concluding with
the Lords Prayer, in which the audi
ence joined, President Francis then
delivered his address.
From this point forward the pro-
gram proceeded as follows:
March ouisiana," Van der Stucken
Transfer of the Exhibit Palaces-By
the President to the director OF
exhibits. Mr.. Frederick !. v. Skift,
with presentation of official COM
mission and insignia of Office.
Address The director of exhibits,
Mr.. Frederick J. V. Skiff, will pre-
sent to the chiefs of his division their
official commissions and insignias OF
office.
Chorus-"Hymn of the West" words
by Edmund Clarence Steadman;
music by John Knowles Paine.
Address-The mayor of the City OF
St. Louis. Hon. Rolla Wells. :,
Address-The president of the Ma
tional Commission, Hon. Thomas
E. Carter
Addresses--By United States sena-
tor and Representative James A.
Tawney on behalf OF the committee
of the United States Congress.
Address for the Exhibitors-Mr. Ed
ward H. Hartman, president New
York State Commission. 3,
Music-"The Star-Spangled Banner,
Francis Scott Key.
AdIresses-Th representatives OF the
President of the United States, the
Secretary of War, Hon. William h.
Taft. :.
AT the conclusion of the address by
the Secretary of War the President
of the United States, in the White
House in the presence of members OF
the Diplomatic Corps, chief justice
and associate justices of the Supreme
Court. members of the Cabinet, the
president of the Senate, the Speaker
of the House of Representatives and
other persons distinguished in official
life, pressed the button connected by
wire with the Exposition grounds and
started the machinery, the same act
unfurling flags on all the buildings
and setting the great cascades in mo-
ton.
The singing of America" in grand
chorus concluded the exercises.
The parade of the Pike CONCESSIONS
ries, a gorgeous affair in which
thousands of men, and women and
animals took part, followed the open
ing ceremonies.