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Show FORMAL OPENING OF FAIR. Louisiana Purchase Exposition At St. Louis Now In Full Swing. President Roosevelt on Saturday pressed tho golden key which completed com-pleted the electrical circuit and re leased tho gigantic power ot the Louisiana Lou-isiana Purchase exposition at St. Louis, putting in motion the 40,000 horsepower machinery and the fairy-like fairy-like cascades on tho exposition grounds. The ceremony occurred In the cast room of the White Houso precisely at 1:14 o'clock, eastern standard time. As tho president pressed the hey the Third battery of United States artillery, stationed on the grounds of the Washington monument! south of the White House, fired a national salute ot twenty-one guns. Congratulory messagos were then exchanged between the president and David R. Francis, president of the Louisiana Purchase exposition. |