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Show St. Louis Does Herself Prc::fI ; on GIdsingDay of the Def 1 ication of Her Great Lou isiana Purchase Expositici: I MEN WHO MADE THE WORLD'S FAIR. 2 " ' . ' . ' ' " ' ' Q ST. LOUIS, May 2.-The men who have made the fair as It stands, a glorious promise of -what it is to be, formed the fifteenth division of the ' civic parade. All departments were represented from President Francis and Director of "Works Taylor, who came first in a Victoria, to the han- & dlers of shovels and pushers of wheelbarrows who filled the ranks Ih the ."I rear. ; - ST. LOUIS, May 2. A crash of aerial bombs at 10:30 o'clock notified the throngs of spectators who lined Lindell boulevard westward from Grand avenue to the World's Fair grounds, a distance of three miles, that the civic parade, the first of the spectacles of the final day, had begun Its march toward the reviewing stand, whereon were seated the visiting Governors. Some little delay was oocasioned In the formation of the procession, but after, the signal to march had been given it was evident that the wait was worth more than it cost, and when the pageant moved, off it was conservatively conservative-ly estimated that fully 30,000 men were in line. Observed as a Holiday. 4' It St. Louis Saturday is observed as semi-holiday by the majority of the business houses,, and the, mult!de of employees,--iar it-d .,.n ti.. ...roiigs' from the residential sections of the city, were swelled by the masses of visitors, vis-itors, few of whom bad left the city, and this -vast assemblage; stretching on both sides of Lindell boulevard, formed an avenue through which the cavalcade advanced, led by a squadron of mounted police. Carriages containing the visiting Governors and accompanied accompa-nied by their staffs, aggregating 183 mounted men. swept ahead of the procession pro-cession and stopped at the reviewing stand, where the Governors took their seats to await the passage of the pa-, rade. The vehicles of the Governors werei followed by a line of forty-five car-i riages containing the World's Fain commissioners from States and foreign countries. These distinguished guests also alighted at the reviewing stand. . At the head of the civic parade roda CoL Eugene Spencer, grand marshal; Chief of Staff Col. Edwin Batdorf, Adjt.-Gen, Henry T. Mott and a com-, pany of twenty-three aides. . Ther United States Marine band furnished ' strains of inspiring music,' quickening the steps of the veterans' division; which immediately followed, under th leadership of Gen. John W. Noble, marshal; John B. Gandolfo. chief of staff, and Joseph Folk, adjutant, an! aides. Three carriages of Mexican wat veterans led the array of old soldiers. , The parade consisted of seventeen di- visions. Rush for Good-Luck Coins. ' - In the last division was a float ort ' which.,, fa'rynin,r wrran d'e-r-d t i fe present the 'UiuleU faiates to-t4 . handfuls of good luck coins to the crowds along the. side. It was a wise-thought wise-thought that placed her in the rear of the parade, for the rush by the crowd" ! to obtain the coins, that were designed I for adverstipements, was so great that at times there was actual danger td the eager scramblers who sought. th? souvenirs. ... - Former President Cleveland, who has been the guest of President Francis, re- . turned to his home this afternoon, leaving leav-ing at 9 o'clock on the Royal Blue lim-i ited over the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern South-western railroad. - - |