The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-24


OF Nashville. Tenn, relative of Captain
Meriwether Lewis. who took part In the
Lewis and Clark exercises at the Oregon
building yesterday.
Of Oregon roses. Other relatives of Cap
tain Lewis, who were present at the exer-
cises yesterday morning. were Rufus A.
Lewis. NJ. c. Lewis, Mrs. Elizabeth Fra
xier. Mrs. Maude Lewis and Philander 3.
Lewis, Jr.. Of St. Louis.
The exercises at the building were held
in the stockade Of the building, which is
a replica of Fort Clatsop. The invocation
was delivered by the Reverend Doctor
Charles II. Granville. the chaplain Of the
Philippine Scouts. The address of well
come was delivered by President Francis.
The executive of the Exposition referred
IN glowing terms to the successful results
OF the Lewis and Clark expedition, and Of
the importance of the requirement OF that
section to the country as a whole. For
the Lewis and Clark Exposition he ex-
pressed a sincere wish that it would meet
address eR sse was s DELIVERED e by Judge ". 5.
Fenton. who took for his subject The
Lewis and Clark E!pedition Of 1s9S and
gave a short Biographical sketch Of Meri:
wether Lewis and William Clark. and
dwelt at length upon the greatness of Ore
the
cred in the United States Senate. May.
lsl6 He then recited the history Of the
ssq.arement OF oIeEon BY the united d
Clark and OF its progress in development.
The importance of the events which the
Lewis and Clark Exposition proposes to
by Judge Fenton, who explained what had
been done In the way OF inaugurating the
1xpoe1tion. and gave list Of the states
hibits.
NEARLY READY.
The buildings are well on toward coma
paetion and VIII be. ready to receive extib-
It's early ii the yeaf.
8 Thomas c. Devilin Of Portland. also de-
SiNsrsd an address. devoting his rsanaFks
- telling Of the advantages possessed by
Hsrtlsnd: and Of the progress 1t had made
during the forty years Of its existence
Sl6ner Qensfai from the Lewis And Clarke
Hpo.ition and the host yestefaAy. spoke
"a Rsrt e f .ts1 tS... exhibit, n,,.ce, and
tavS for hours mile upon mile. o. ~, asi .s;
.nssnaiiy and Srosfs:; q 1T .:sienoe. man:
efesturs, msshinsrS ard s,ectrisity and the the
&19D0 TO marvel. for 1t passes Comprehension:
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20 .sHgD.,ion eyer held. but =, question
snd use the sssr vora America unders.andnsy.
for II Il cannot Be done In America the rest Ct
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LouieIana Purchase. by a centennial internal
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pos.i6ls: an event which added tina, vast Pa
The following telegrams were e1-
president Of the Lewis and Clark Exposi.
Portiand ore. sent sl-On this the ninety
Louisasna Purchase Exposition. IN man.
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Other features Of the exercises were a
Du6uque. IA; violin solo by Miss Jane!te
Wakefield Of st. Louis. and song by
Mn: Heusis. With violin obiigato by Miss
; After the exercises a reception was held.
II the receiving line were Colonel i and a rs
Mrs. b. ". Fenton, Mrs. Mary Phelps
MONTGOMERY of the Board of Lady Man.
ayers and Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Wake
field.
Mrs. Frank Hufemith Of Palestine will
end her term as hostess at the Tex:s
building this afternoon. the final enter
tainment being recital by Miss Schnci-
der Of Dallas. violinIst; Miss Margaret
Virginia Jones Of Delaware, reader. and
Andrew Arbuckle of s. louis. barytone
Mrs. ]. P. Smart Of Chattanooga. one
Of the Tennessee Commissioners. Is at
the State building. accompanied by her
daughter, Miss Myra Smartt. Mrs. Smartt
II enthusiastic over the showing made
by Tennessee.
Governor and Mrs. Frank White OF
North Dakota will give reception at
the North Dakota headquarters in the
Palace of Agriculture next Tuesday af-
ternoon.
Miss Grace Parker Lyon. daughter Of
Mrs. Dore Lyon, the hostess at the New
York building. is visiting her mother.
Miss Lyon is at the Hamilton.
Mrs. Lucy Morris of Berlin. one of the
Wisconsin commissioners Is a guest at
the State building.
According to information from. Executive
oricef 3. r Psesp,'-s '~s vrstnia Com