The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-25
Each Day Sees Increase in Al
tendance of Visitors From
the State at Large.
WEEKS SUCCESS ASSURED.
Seven Cities Send Delegations
To-Day and Exposition Man
agemenr Expects Largest
Crowd of the Period.

! With each recurring day, Missouri Week
| al the Worlds Fair becomes more and
more Of n success. and IT now bids fair
TO exceed from every standpoint the ex-
pectations of lis promoters
| The registration yesterday. the third day
| of the week. was 300 making nearly
| l5,c0 citizens Of grand o.d'' Missouri who
| have placed their names on the registers
| in the State pavilion. Hundreds failed to
register. The record FOR the week promises
10 he broken to-day.
The Mayors of seven Missouri cities will
head delegations of citizens who will visit
the Exposition to-day. The Mayors who
have accepted the invitation to attend are:
j. l.. Babcock of Sedalia. J. X. Phillips.
Marshall; f. c. Waters. Nandalia: \. W.
Squire, Windsor: J. 7. Porth. jefferson
City. Richard Reichard. Washington. and
Doctor J. n. Beckett. Hannibal. while j.
l. Edwards. a prominent citizen of Slater.
will represent that city
No regular exercises were held vester-
day at the Missouri building. The visitors
from the various cities. of course. paid Il
visit TO the State pavilion the very first
thing after entering the grounds Many
viewed the different exhibits. while others
remained in the building to listen to the
paUl tOuctl Wen DaUl ptdStl IN lfe
morning and afternoon, while kern's or
chestra entertained the visitors in the
evening. All day long the electric foun-
tain was playing. and this had its charm
hihit in the Palace Of Agriculture was Wis
tied by thousands OF the visitors and Su-
perintendent Matt y. Hall was kept busy
welcoming them.
President Francis and some member of
the Missouri Commission will deliver ad-
dresses of welcome to the Missouri Wis
itors, and other addresses will be made
by several of the visiting city officials
SPECIAL EVENING PROGRAMME.
In honor of the visiting Missourians
President NJ. T. Davis of the commission
has arranged a special programme for the
evening. which Will be the feature of the
days celebration. The entertainment will
consist OF an informal dance in the state
room, from to IL O'clock and a realistic
presentation of Indian war dances by fif-
teen members of the Denver Drum Corps
and Band. The latter feature will take
place about $50
The dances constitute a realistic presen-
tatton of war dances of the aborigines
previous to the Louisiana Purchase, such
as Ctes. Arapahoes and Shushones They
held frequent war dances to celebrate par
tcular events, especially victories over
tribes with which they were generally at
war. Costumes for the fifteen members
were made from information received from
me lndianl Bureau at Washington. The
movement and time given by the. Amer
lean aborigines. The dance will be per-
formed to music arranged for the occasion
by Herman Belstedt Jr of Cincinnati
The Denver Band will render music for
to IL o'clock.
In addition to the celebration by St
tharles Tomorrow. Moberly will take part
IN the festivities on that day II is re-
q tested that all persons from Moberly and
ndnaoIph County. who are In St. Louis
@ @.9,morrow; and all persons in St. Louis
VINO ever lived in Randolph County. will
pe at the Missouri building at 10 o'clock
a. m. on that day. An elaborate pro
Sfarnme has been prepared by the Moberly
all who attend will be amply repaid.
REUNION OF FRIENDS.
AS a grand reunion OF Missouri citizens
the Missouri Week is proving particular
success MANY friends who have not met
building and discuss old times
We find" said Judge Hawthorne. of the
missouri Commission that many of those
who are now visiting the Exposition and
participating in the celebration of Mis-
souri, Week are doing SO purely from So
clal standpoint. for the purpose of renew
folk. ''''s
Nearly everyone to whom have
spoken declares that Missouri Week was
a happy arrangement and that they are
soihB " SlaS ana axe thDrpug gl
examination Of the entire Fair or return
later in the season and explore the won
ders OF which they have caught a
glimpse
Former Speaker James H Whitecotton
of the Missouri Legislature is one of the
prominent Missourians who is aidng in
the celebration.
Missouri Week and the great achieve
ment of the Exposition" said he. lis real
ly subordinate to the great showing made
by the State, We are showing the world
what n sturdy people have accomplished
in a hundred years and AT the same time
We are receiving as compensation an ex-
position Of the growth and civilization of
all nations
In a letter 10 President Francis express
ing his best wishes for the success of
Missouri Week Governor Dockery ex-
pressed his regret that he had not been
able to spend the entire week at the Ex-
position.
On account of the work of the Board of
Equalization the Governor probably will
not be able to attend the Missouri Week
exercises until tomorrow
Colonel John $. Elliott of Roonville. a
banker. and one of the oldest and best
known citizens of Missouri. is spending
the week at the Exposition. He said yes
terday: This is not my first visit to the
Exposition. nor will it he my last. hut |
could not resist the temptation to leave
my business long enough to come over to
ST. Louis and mingle with my old ,frienis
who have gathered from all parts of the
State to celebrate Missouri Week.