The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-06-24
EXHIBIT
IS w|NAUGURATED
One Of the Most Interesting Sec
tons Of the Worlds Fair.
A GREAT PARADE OF NATIVES
All sorts Were seen, From the
Naked. Head = Hunting Igor
roics 80 the uinhiy-Traiucd
scouts aud constabuinry.

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T st. Louis. June 1s.-with the great
Get parade Of the tribal people OF the
far east which the United States has
ever witnessed. the Philippine EXPOSE
ton at the Worlds fair was formally
opened to the public In It's entirety to-
day. and was. at the same time, offered
by DR.. W. r. Wilson, chairman OF the
Philippine exposition board. TO Col.
Clarence II. Edwards. chief of insular
affairs Of the war department. Col.
Edwards. who. ms Gen. Lawton's adj
jutant. was with the latter at the time
OF his tragic death In the Philippines,
after receiving for the wal department
the great exposition OF the territory
which he helped to win for the United
States. In turn committed II to the
keeping OF President Francis, OF the
Louisiana Purchase exposition.
The exercises took place from tho
grandstand erected on the large parade
grounds Of the Philippine constabulary.
From this stand Col. Edwards reviewed
the panorama OF native life, realizing
for the nrst time what n strong picture
OF the Philippine Islands the exposition
board has painted TO the order OF tho
war department. and how broad a story
OF economic development has been Of
fcred the cthnologist.
Eleven Hundred Natives.
Eleven hundred natives OF the Philip
pine Islands. led by the native bands
OF the Philippine scouts and the
constabulary. presented tho greatest
museum Of economic gradatlons, from
The most primitive man up. which
any portion OF the civilized world
has ever had the opportunity TO
enjoy. From the dwarf Negrito,
the aboriginal race Of the peo-
pie known To the e~thnologlst. the
islands, and n Of the most primitive
people known TO the ethnololst, the
story OF the far east was unfolded
through varying grades Of civilization
up to the highly skilled Tagalog and
Visayan and the WE'LL disciplined wear
cr OF the United States uniform. 40 OF
whom marched by In the scouts bat
talon.
A Diversity of Peoples.
Tho timid, wcakly-developed Negrlto.
who lights his fire by saving one stick
OF bamboo with another, and is so re-
m~arkably skillful with his bow aud
poisoned arrow; the beautifully-do-
veloped ~dog-cating and head-huntlng
I%gorrote. wearing only n continuous
emile and a pair OF f%our-In-hand trous-
ers: the %treacherous Lanao Moro, still
given to cannlballstlc practices. and
even now slaughterlng United States
soldiers In M%indanao: tho friendly Sa-
nal Moro. whose village over the
waters of Arrowhead lake Is the ven-
ice OF the Worlds fair; the lond-tllling
T%inguiane: the mining Suyoc igorrote,
and the beautiful visayan maiden and
courtly Visayan dandy were all seen In
the procession, representing villages OF
native life TO be found on the Philip
pine exposition grounds.
variety III Music.
Native tomtoms and long ,rec-irunk
drums were heard and the 50 visayans
were accompanied by the skilled WIS.,
ayan orchestra of IL pieces. The tree
dwelling Moro. for once, accommodated
himself to n movement over something
besides the limbs of the large oak
which he inhablts with his small dog
kennel hut on the exposition grounds.
All Of the exhibit buildings were
opened, and with $4,000 electric lights
20 aid. will be open until II o'clock
each night. There are buildings OF
commerce, forestry. fisheries. agrlcul-
turc, manufactures, education. model
school. art, %cthnology. fine arts and
war. the latter filled with war material,
being u copy Of the walled city Of Ma