The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-06-11
MILITARY PARADE,
MUSIC AND 0RAT0RY
Dedication of the Missouri Building
at the Worlds Fair.
GRANDEST STATE BUILDING
The Exercises Preceded by a Mill
AIRY Parade, and Followed by .
Reception, Dinner and
Grand Ball.

st. Louis, June 4.-With elaborate
ceremonies, including a military pa
rade, instrumental music rendered by
several military bands, vocal music by
celebrated singers, oratory by the most
distinguished citizens of Missouri, sew
eral Of whom are among the most dis
tlnguished citizens of the United States,
the Missouri pavilion at the Worlds
fair was dedicated.
The Missouri building is a part Of
the Isl ,000, 900 picture of Missouri"
provided for when the Missouri legis-
lature responded with the passage Of
an appropriation in accordance with a
vote by the people of the state.
In the Plateau of States, as in the ex-
hibit palaces, Missouri is conspicuous
for the lavishness of her expenditures
for representation at the Worlds fair.
The state building is the handsom2st
of the state pavilions in exterior and
interior. 1t occupies a commanding po-
sition on the hill above the govern
ment building, and at the beginning of
the street upon which stand the Lou.si-
ana,W Wisconsin, Ohio, New York, Min
nesota, Massachusetts,, Kansas, Iowa,
Mississippi, Arizona and Indian terri
tory pavilions. Because of the emf
nence upon which the building stands
and the height of the building itself
the gilded dome of the Missouri pa
vilion is visible at a great distance
from the exposition grounds, and is the
first object within the grounds seen by
many visitors to the Worlds fair.
Preceding the exercises at the build
Ing, a military parade, headed by a de-
tachment of mounted police, started
from the parade entrance at ten O'Clock
in the morning. The route of the pa
rade was through the plazas of the
''main picture" formed by the exhibit
ralaces, the order of march being as
follows:
Detachment of mounted police, COM
pany of Jefferson guards, grand mar
shall and staff, West Point band, Unit
ed States military academy cadets, bat
talon of United States marines, com
pany Of coast artillery, philippine
scouts band, Gov. Dockery and staff,
University of Missouri band, Universi-
ty of Missouri cadets, battery A Of st.
Louis, First Missouri national guard
band, First regiment Missouri nation
al guard.
The ceremonies at the building be-
gan at 11:15 o'clock, when II. T. Davis,
president of the Missouri commission,
called the assemblage TO order, and
Rev. c. E. Patillo, of Jefferson City,
offered the invocation. President Dav-
is then rendered the building to Gov.
Dockery, and the governor made an adj
dress of acceptance in behalf of the
people of Missouri.
The following named citizens of Mis-
souri, complete the programme of ora
tory, each speaking five minutes: ]. H.
Whitecotton, speaker Of the Missouri
legislature; Thomas H. Carter, presi-
dent of the National Worlds Fair COM
mission; ]. T. Hunt, James T. Lloyd,
members of congress; David R. Fran
els, president of the exposition; d. P.
Dyer, United States district attorney,
st. Louis; Robert Lamar, members OF
congress; William j.. Stone, United
States senator; G. M. Hamlin, member
of congress; Maj. William Warner, Of
Kansas City; Charles F. Cochran and
Champ Clark, members of congress.
The programme of addresses was in
terspersed with a number of musical
selections, including several singers of
International prominence, including
Don Francisco de Souza Continho, son
of the Marquis de Borba and the Mar
chioness de Valenca of Portugal. He is a
court singer of much favor on the con-
tinent of Europe. Nine. Ada Solder
Heuck, who has just returned from a
successful tour Of Europe, also ap-
peared. st. Louis was represented by
Miss Adelaide Kalkman.
After the d~edicatory exercises Gov.
Dockery. the hostesses of the Missouri
building and the state commissioners
end their wives held a public recep-
ton in the rotunda. At six o'clock in
the evening Gov. Dockery gave a din
ner to the speakers and a very few in
vited guests in the private dining room
on the second floor, followed by the
grand ball from eight o'clock until
eleven.