Show impressive ceremonies AT WORLDS FAIR dedication ION the extreme of pomp and ceremony marked the dedication caremon es at st louis ot of the louisiana purchase exposition president roosevelt for mer president cleveland president francis of the exposition company president carter of the world s fal fat commission members of the cabinet and the supreme court had seats in the center of the platform in the lib eral arts building at the president presidents s right sat the visiting diplomatists a distinguished looking contingent which attracted much attention in this sec see afon also were other distinguished foreigners and representatives of the state department at washington head ed by assistant secretary of state the fair association formally present ed the fedr buildings both president roosevelt and ex Pret president ident cleveland who della ered addresses dd were given enthusiastic welcome by the enormous crowd which packed the building the applause which greeted both of the dis orators was prolonged for almost twenty minutes the services were made notable by the military display the gathering of dignitaries and the utterances of men of highest position marked this first of the three dedicatory days of the ex position to former president cleveland was cred ted one of thee notable utter principals IN dedication ceremonies Z 0 rv 4 IV k 11 II 11 i V IV fv til T W P I 1 ap 4 4 9 4 ill anit IV W p L PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT EX PRESIDENT CLEVELAND AND DAVID R FRANCIS PRESIDENT OF THE FAIR association loomis to the left of the president sat the joint delegation of senators and representatives representing con gress the foreign commissioners to the fair and gen miles gen corbin and gen john C bates with many other scarcely less distin gulshen the assembly was called to order by president francis he first introduced card nal gibbons who delta ered the invocation HP he was followed by thomas H carter ot of the national commission who acted as president of the day the choir of 2 voices then sang the heavens proclaiming at the close david R francis president of ances when he declared bis his belief that the louisiana purchase pir chase showed this nation to be the one favored of god to president roosevelt was credited another when he asserted that this country first among cs bad had learned to expand without breaking up and to grow strong without losing liberty the exercises were closed by a ben edic tion delivered by bishop potter of new york city at the conclusion of the speeches the one hundredth anniversary of the signing of the treaty which transferred the louisiana purchase from france to the united states was marked with a salute of aerial guns |