The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-05-20
IN A BLAZE
OF GLORY
ANOTHER GREAT METROPOLIS
ON THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER.
LOCATED ON THE PIKE
Are the Galveston Flood Battle
Abbey and the New York
to the North Pole

as II In the night another great me-
tropolis that bewilders with it's sur
passing beauty and compels the adj
miration of all who see it. One al
most wishes that after the Fair this
Capital Of all expositions could re-
main standing even though its ave-
nues and buildings, its pale halls
and many-hued palaces were only
peopled by the memories of the mil
lions that passed through, and of the
sound of the babel of tongues that
rang out in the corridors of this COR
geous place Of enchantment, for
abode of enchantment it will be when
It's massive gates are thrown open
to the nations of the earth.
To use another simile, it is a flow
err, many-colored and exquisitely
beautiful that has bloomed and in the
heart Of which are three petals that
quickly wins the admiration Of the
visitor-namely the buildings con-
tanning the "Galveston Fiood,'
"The Battle Abbey,' anc, the "New
York t. the North Pole"
They are all located on what is
called "The Pike" the Midway of
the Exposition, and are close together
for the convenience of visitors.
"The Galveston Flood" building
contains q vivid illustration Of the
disaster which overlook this delight
fuI Southland city and concludes
with picture of the reconstruction;
the bowling tempest, the thunder
ing waves, kissing rain and the spite
full lightning accentuate a disaster
for Galveston.
Then when the tempest has done
its deadly work, the waters recede,
the winds become breeze like that
of lady's fan and the moon comes
from her hiding place behind the
clouds and we see newer and more
glorious Galveston.
The realistic trip Of "From New
York to the North Pole" given in
the "North Pole' building, tells in
graphic manner how vessel starting
from \ CIV York attempts to reach
the Pole, but becoming jammed in
the ice, the party Of discoveries make
a dash over it by sleds to their goal.
A tank Of real water, $50 feet long,
so feet wide and s feet deep is re-
puircd in this biggest of all water
shows and one hundred men are used
to operate the effects aud machinery.
TIL opening scene shows the ship
ping in the North river at New York
at dawn animated and truthful. The
steamer starts on her long voyage
and as the coast is skirted all of the
familiar sights on land are seen from
the deck. Then the nose Of the YES
sci is turned toward the sea and soon
she is but speck on the wide ex.
pansc Of water. She is next sighted
in the high ATTITUDES, ice is seen float
ing by in the shape Of huge lcebergs.
The wall of the eternal ice pack is
approached and finally the daring adj
venturers find their ship III the grip
Of the Ice King.
It will Contain a vast museum of
the historical epochs Of this country
more important than that Of the
Smithsonian Institute. In other
words it is a war relic history of the
United States beginning with the In,
dian wars, the French and English
war, the Revolutionary war, the wal
of 1912, the Mexican war, the strug
Gle of Texas for her Independence
the Civil war, Clusters last fight ane
that of the conquest Of SPANS colo
MES by this country in the late Span
ish-American conflict. These epoch!
are illustrated in tableaux. The mos
important conflicts being seen as FOL
lows: The Revolutionary war by tn
battle of Yorktown, the war OF lol.
by the battle of New Orleans, the wa
of Texas for her independence by tn
battle of the Alamo, the Mexican wa
by the battle of Buena Vista, TIL
Civil war by the battles OF Gettys
burg, Federal victory, and that o
Manassas 9, a Confederate success
thus preserving an equipose of senti
ment, and the Spanish-American wa
by Dewey's victory in the bay of Ma
Mia. In addition Mr.. Charles Gun
Their, of Chicago, ILL.,, has loaned th