The St. Louis Republic., 1904-09-01
TWO STATES WILL
CELEBRATE TO-DAY
Indiana and Tennessee Will Be
Rivals in Patriotic and Social
Functions.
BALL AT TEXAS BUILDING.
Mrs. William Cameron to Honor
President Francis and Board
Of Directors - Pavilion
Erected for Function.

With the Observance os Indiana ant
Tennessee days. the celebrations. incIud-
ing receptions At the Sta.e pavilions ~
the evening. and hall az the Texas build
lnC. will make to-day one oI the liyeiiest
days on the Plateau 81 States at the
Worlds Fair since the Exposition opsneI.
Indiana and Tennessee will both have
psradss and exercises in the State pa
v!lions.
The Indiana p7rase 1ill start from the
Plaza 81. Louis. wlth the following f0frna-
ton: detachment nf Jefferson Guards Ad-
jutant General John X Ward. marshal.
and siaff. Philippine scouts Band and bat
talon. Philippine Cons;abuIary Band and
battalion. battalion Df United States Ma
rines. indianapolis News SsvshOyz Rand /.
Governor Durbin and President Francis
ia carriage: Governors staff In car
TiaRes. Indiana Worlds Fair Commission
in carriages. Packard's Military Band Of
Fort Wayne. National Worlds Fair Com
mission. Exposition officials. Philippine
board. Indiana State ofIcers and citlzens
IN caTriagez and on foot. From the Plaza
81. Louis the route % the parade will b
east 10 the Iin.y and IetalIgTgy build
Ing. sOutheas; around the Mines and
MetaiIurgy building. past the Fisheries
building 10 Commonwealth avenue. thence
TO Commonwealth avenue and routh 20
Colonial Avenue and west 20 the Indiana
state building
Lieutenant Governor Newton " Gilbert.
president Of the Indiana Commission. will
preside at the exercises a, the State buiIG-
INK. which will begin a; II % a m. Before
the assembiase IL called to order by Presi-
den; Gilbert. the Philippine Cons.ahuiary
Band will give a concert. The Reverend
Doctor ". +. Dearinz. PRESIDENT Of Oak
land city College. will lead In prayer
America will be sung by the audience.
accompanied by the bands. and President
Gilbert. Prcside1t Francis. Governor Dur
bin and former Congressman z. B. Posey
Of Evansville giil deliver stdress.s.
In tho afternoon from to O'Clock a
song recital 1iIi be given b. Miss Myrtle
Irene Mitchell of Kansas City. assisted By
Th.oiOra SigrkOy. the Russian pianist:
Hans Froeiich. 'csliist. and Miss Eleanor
Stark. accOmpsn!st. During the recital
Mrs. -. II. OBr1en and a.s. J. ". Bauer
Of Lawrenceburs, the new host.sses. Will
receive Informally. From to p. m
Packard's Military Band Of Fort Wayne
will give a concert. and from ) 20 2. IN:
the Indianapolis News Ne~sOoys Band
will be heard.
In the evening Governor and Hrs. Dur
BIN Will be the guests o: honor at a recep-
tior, At the state pavilion. Governor and
Mrs. Durb!u and the stan Of tweuty-eizht
ofac,rr. accompanied by their wives and
relatives. arrived last night 1T 30. they
we're taken to fnsid. inu On n. private
trolley car of II T.. Kramer
Yesterday morning. between 10 and II
O'Clock. more than 100 Indiana citizens
registered at the state building. and IL
for the day reached the <bo mark. The
decorations for the building are quite
elaborate. American beauty roses in
iuSuoFiou- pro'u5ion adorning the inte-
rior.
TENSEssEE-DAY EXERCISES
The Tennessee Day parade niII form a;
th. Administration building. and Will
start after Governor Frazier and party
have paid their respects to President
Francis. The parlf. will be headed By
detachment OF Jefferson Guards. followed
by the marshal and staf. battalion OF
tho Fifth IllinOis Infantry. Devlin Mill
tary College cadets. Yates cadets OF I'LL
nois and the Tenth Battalion. New York
National Guards. The exercises Mt the
the Hermitage. viii consist Of addresses
by Governor Frazier President Francis
and Joseph W. Folk. the Democratic
Owing 20 the death of hts son, President
r r. Stanimsn. president Of the Ten
nessee Commission. will not attend.
In the evening. the Tennessee Commits
and Mrs. FRAZER. In the receiving line.
besides the chief executive and his wife.
will be President and Mrs Francis. Mrs
Manning. members Of the Tennessee
Commission and their wives. Mrs. Rsch-
ael Jackson Lawrence. the hostess. and
the assistant hostesses. Miss Sara Ye5t-
man and Miss Woolard. The building
has been decorated with Southern sniiax.
carload having been received for the
purpose.
Mrs. William Cameron Of the Texas
Commits sion and hostess at the State pa
viiion Will open the fall festivities at the
Exposition this evening with a reception
and ball In honor Of President Francis
and the Board of Directors The recep-
tion will be o'clock. Dancing will be-
gin az 10 As Is the case with the other
receptions this evening. admission will be
by card only. The function will be a
strictly formal affair.
Elaborate preparations are being made
by Mrs. Cameron at the Lone Star State
for the function tonight. pa
vilion has been erected between the Texas
building and the House Of Hoo Hoo for
the affair. The dance will be given In the
temporary pavilion Entrance to the build
ing will be from the south side. The walk
will be covered.
In the receiving line will be Mrs. Cam
eron the hostess. President and Mrs.
Francis and Mrs Car-eron's assistants
Bids for the Oregon State building will
be opened by Commissioner W. II. Web
rung to-day. At the close of the Fair the
structure will be taken to pieces. trans
ported outside Of Forest Park and again
set UP. II Is made solely Of fir. spruce.