The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01

PdTaue proceeded from the new ArmOry
down Sixth street to Broadway, over
Broadway to Fourth, up Fourth to st.
Peter, st. Peter to Fifth, then up Fifth
to the Auditorium.
Crowds Throng Building.
Long before the procession reached
the Auditorium the first floor Of the
building, which has been laid, and the
surrounding ground was packed with
thousands of people. Tt was with diff
Guilty the singers and speakers could
make their way with the aid of the po-
lice to the temporary platform which
had been erected.
Judge E. ". Bazille acted as master
Of ceremonies. With a few brief words
of c~ommendation of the Junior Pioneers
and other organizations which had TAX
en- the preliminary steps for starting
the Auditorium work, he introduced as
the first speaker E. G. Stringer, on be-
half of the Junior Pioneers.
"In thirty days. said Mr.. Stringer,
"the citizens practically contributed
all the money that was asked Of them
for the construction Of our new Audito-
rum. Today we are prepared to lay
tuO COIuClSGOuC duu plOoCub IL Uu1lu-
ing to the city as a fitting memorial of
the anniversary Of the city's birth. It
is a glorious consummation Of a great
project. st. Paul is herself again; she
has shaken off her lethargy. The
'croakers' are dead, and far distant
may be the day Of their resurrection
He closed with an appeal for still
greater things for the public welfare,
and proposed that. next in order a
movement be started for a fine new pub
lie library. This proposition was
greeted with loud applause.
Rev. Father J. j. Lawler vas intro.
duced by Judge Bazille and spoke
briefly.
T. d. O'Brien, state insurance com.
missioner, gave great credit to the
Junior Pioneer, "the boys who put the
wheels in notion "They are the sons
of the men who braved the trials Of
frontier life, and its many privations
and DANGERS he said, "that we might
enjoy it's developed privileges. We love
this city for it's own worth, it's beauty
but especially because of the type of
great men who have lived in it,
Mayor Is Proud. .
Mayor Robert A. Smith was next
introduced. The venerable official re
moved his cap as he arose to speak
but as the glazing sun struck him some
one called out, "Put on your cap,' and
the mayor smilingly did so. Mayor
Smith spoke as follows:
~ am proud today Of the honor Of
being the one chosen to lay the corner
c4oro 1f %hio ant IN +hn -r,l1ir
spirit and patriotism Of the citizens
of st. Paul. This Auditorium building
will endure long after you and I have
been gathered to our fathers, but future
generations will look upon it as an evi
dence of the enterprise of you, the in
habitants of this city, at the opening
of the twentieth century, and your mem
DRY will never be effaced from. the his
tory Of this city, as long as these bricks
and stones hold their places, one upor
another. This magnificent achievement
will prove an inspiration, not only tt
people of the present time, but to al
who come after us, to carry on the
glorious work of making st. Paul one Of
the foremost cities Of this country
Robert A. Kirk delivered the address
in which. the Auditorium was turned
over from the building committee tt
the city represented by the new Audi
torium board.
During the program several selec
tions were rendered by a specially
picked choir Of fifty male voices from
the German singing societies.
~. Capitol Is Crowded.
The festivities of Of the day conclud
ed with a public reception at the stat
capitol. Every portion of the grea'
building was made bright as day by thu
glare of thousands of incandescen'
lights. Early in the evening the PEG
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STORAGE-STOvEs CALLED FOR, sToRE1
for the summer, BACKED and put up in tn
fall for 81. A w naviS HouSnfurnishin