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... ROOSEVELT SfEAKsT A Fierce Wind Prevailed and the Cold Was Severe. MEMORABLE OCCASION INST. LOUIS Roosevelt the Only One Whose Voice Could be Heard Fifty Feet From the Rostrum, St. Louis. Special.?The buildings of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition were formally dedicated Thursday, with all pomp and ceremony, in every way, save one, the exercises were a success, and this one circumstance was the weather. The wind blew flercly frgni the west, sending great clouds of dust whirling into the faces of the troops as they marched past the President. end at times so nearly blinding the President that it was well nigh impossible for him to see across the street upon which the troops were marching. Added to the discomfort of the wind and dust was a tcmeraturp which sought for the marrow and generally reached it. The ladies, who, on the strength of the warm weather yesterday, came in summer dresses to the reviewing stand, suffered keenly, and but for the thoughtfulneae of officers commanding the guard thrown around the reviewing stand, who provided them with blankets, many of them ^^-would have been compelled to leave ^^Athe place. Both President Roosevelt ^HJpnd E2-Pre9ident Cleveland remained the stand exposed to the raw wind ~ until the end of the parade, although their faces were blue and their limbs stiffened by the cold. Despite tnis heavy handicap, however, the ceremonies proper were splendidly handled and the programme was carried out to the letter. The paraue. which took place in the tuorning, was somewhat longer In passing the President than had been expected. aDd he was fifteen minutes behind the sceduled time when ho was escorted by the committee into the Liberal Arts building. In order to arrive even as early as that, he was eorrcclled to take his noonday meal under somewhat uncomfortable circumstances. During the luncheon the food was placed on a rectangular counter and the President, like everybody else, "helped himself." The crowd inside the tent was dense when the President, with Secretary Wilson and others, entered. He was so closely pressed that when Ire attempted to move his u:m his ei* :r;r disturbed a cup of coffee held by Gcneial Sorbin. With some difficulty the off: ers forced the crowd to / allow the distinguished guest elbow room, but they wouid allow him nothing more. This manoeuvre forced the adjutant general out of the range of the sandiwefces. but the President devoted one hand to passing food to his escort, v/hile the other was devoted to his own advantage. Owing to his advantageous nnsitinn the President soon felt called upon to help passing plates which service he performed with alacrity and cheerfulness. The important ceremonies in the Liberal Ar^s building were handled with all possible dispatch. Early in the exercises word was brought to Senator Carter, the President of the day, that some po-tions of the hall were being dangerouly congested. and he was asked to avoid de^iays as far as possible. He did so, and from the first to last the events on the programme succeeded each other rapidly. Of all the speakers. President Roosevelt alone was able to make his voice carry further than 50 feet from the stage. By.far the largest part of the assembly could hear notning. and thousands of people in the rear part of the hall were constantly moving about and producing a muffled roar that would have baffled a fog horn. When the President rose to speak he was cheered to the echo. He bowed again and again, -and suggested by his manner that quiet be restored. Finally he mounted the board railing in front ?f the resirum, where he could be seen from every part of the hall, and again motioned for silence. There was everything but silence, and President Francis suggested that he proceed with his speech and quiet would follow. President Roosevelt laughed and shook his la OQ H ToMrif* ' uvau. ajl aiimgu ui iue 1U1I lie called. "Now you. my fellow-citizens, give rnc all the chance you can, for I neea ;t." The chance was given and he began his address. A burst of applause greeted his statement that the Dutch had done great things for the country in its infancy, and the President laughed in a manner which plainly said: "That means my ancestors." Another outburst of applause, which -was long continued after he had spoken about 15 minutes, caused him to laugh and remark to President Francis. "Now they think I'm dene," and when the applause died away he wont on with his speech. Dispersion of the Squadron Norfolk, Special.?Admiral Parker assumed command of the North Atlantic squadron, and sailed for Tompkinsville. with the battleships Kcansarge. Alabama. Iowa and Massachusetts. which will go into dry dock at Brooklyn, preparatory to making their cruise to the Azores this sum mer. The battleships Illinois ami Texas w ^he cruiser Olyrapia and the refriger-1 ating ship Culgoa, proceeded to Old Point. The torpedo flotilla and the small vessels which were at the drill grounds returned to the Norfolk navy yard. Supreme Court Justice Giegerich refused an application io dismiss the proceedings against William B. Ellis, the North Carolina publisher, whose sanity is questioned. The examination to determine whether or not Ellis is insane will be continued. Lieut. Gov. Willard, Gen. Fitzhugh Lee and W. W. Baker of Chesterfield left for St. Louis to be present at the dedication of the exposition building next Thursday. Gov. Montague found it impossible to make the trip. >. '/??' r L, fltL . . .' J THE PRESIDENT IN ST. LGl'IS The Chief Executive Was Taken Immediately to Good Rosds fleet. St. Louis. Special.?President Roosevelt arrived Wednesday afternoon to participate in the dedication ceremonies of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. It was expected generally that he would leave his tra'in at the union station and a dense throng had con- I gregated there. But to avoid such an assemblage there, arrangement were piade to have him leave the train at Forsythe Junction, three miles from j the centre of the city. Members of the ! national commission of the World's j Fair, a reception committee headed by President Francis and a crowd of spec- j tators were present to welcome tne President. President Francis, of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, seized the hand of the President and gave hfra an informal welcome to St. Louis. Mayor Wells and others shook hands with the President, who was at once driven off to the good roads convention. Just as the carriage started, a middle aged woman rushed through the line of officers, wildly waving her handkerchief and vociferously cheering the President. She attempted to reach in and seize his hand, but the quickening pace of the horses prevented and although she ran after the vehicle, still cheering and waving her handkerchief for the distance of half a block, she was finally distanced and lost in the crowd. The military companies and a platoon of police had been waiting two blocks away and as soon as the line of carriages appeared a slower march was taken up to cover the three miles to Oden Hall. People were congregated along the streets and wildly cheering i as the President passed. He continually doffed his hat in acknowledgement. The hall was packed with a crowd which had been waiting patiently for hours. The President spoke of good roads | in tones which showed, as well as his words, that he was thoroughly in sympathy with the object of the assiciai tions. "Roads," he declared, "tell the greatness of a nation. The influence of the nations which, have not been roadbuilders has been evanescent. Rome, ! the most powerful of the old eiviliza! tions, left her impress on literature and i speech; she changed the boundaries of nations, but plainer than anything j else left to remind us of the Roman i civilization, are the Roman roads." At I this point in the President's speech the | crowd rose, cheered and waved hats and handkerchiefs. The President dcj clared that good roads probably were the greatest agency for regulating the flow from the country to the city of young men and young women. From 0(ieon Hail the President was driven a* a sharp* trot to St. Louis University. A few minutes were spent here, after which the President and o;hcr guests repair?d to the home of President Francis for dinner. President Cleveland arrived over the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern at 5:30 o'clock. 25 minutes late, and a larse reception committee was waiting for him. The members of the diplomatic corps arrived shortly before. As Mr. Cleveland alighted from the train, he wa3 warmly greeted by President Francis, who had driven rapidly to the depot after greeting President Roosevelt at Forsythe Junction. The members of the committee crowded around and Mr. Cleveland was unable to proceed for several minutes, so thick was the throng about him. A passage was finally cleared and with President Francis he walked through the aisles formed by the crowd and entering a carriage was driven to the residence of President Francis, where President Roosevelt is also a guest. Killed in Wreck. Torre Haute. Ind.. Special.?Three persons were killed, two fatally injured and a dozen seriously injured in a wreck in the railroad yards here Tuesday night. A west-bound Vandalia train struck a switch engine and two cars near the Highland Steel Mill. The killed are: Clarence Barnhart, Columbus. 0.; Nicholas A. Lutz, baggage master; unidentified man. Attached to the train was a special car carrying a party of 27 people from Philadelphia to the national Y. M. C. A. convention Topeka, Kansas. Another car carried the New Jersey delegation to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition dedication. None of the members of either party was injured. The killed and injured were in the day coach. 116 Years Old. Montgomery, Ala., Special.?Mrs. Marsylla Keith, the oldest person in Alabama, died Wednesday, having celebrated her 116th birthday March i. She retained her intellectual faculties till death. She had 18 child! en, 44 living grandchildren, 20 greatgrandchildren and two great-greatgrandchildren. Killed His Brother's Wife. Columbus. Ark., Special.?Daniel Dove a prosperous farmer of this locality, shot and killed Mrs. Zan Dove3, the wife of his brother. Immediately afterwards he rode to his home and killed himself. It is thought that a difficulty over a land matter between Dove 2nd his brother caused the deed. Rise In Silver. Mexico City, Special?The sudden rise in silver has created much interest and excitement. New York exchange has dropped in three days 31 point3. from 151 to 120 premium, and drafts were sold today at the latter figure Eankers believe that the gold premium will go still lower. News of the Day. London is still dreaming of subsidized opera and hoping that in some mysterious way Parliament may he induced to pass a bill authorizing the establishment of a fund to support Covent Garden. Meanwhile Berlin has found it necessary to nave an opera bouse on the lines of the Paris Opera Comique in addition to the Royal Opera House. The home o fthe new opera will be in the building cf the Royal Academy of Art at ?harlotten burg and the Reichstag will be asked to supply the necessary funds. , v. .'. . > u- .. : >\ <-r-' * LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS. i | Many Matters of General Interest In Short Paragraphs. Down In Dixie. The firm of George M. Hoke & Co., of Mart'nsburg. \V. Va.. made an asi signment yesterday for the benefit of the creditors. The assets will exceed the liabilities. Mr. M. C. Bayiess. 52 years old. a i:;rraer 01 near wincnester. aiea rnurs:lay night. A widow and four children survive him. Governor Aycock has sent out an appeal for contributions toward the $10.000 necessary to make a like amount from the State available, provided there is no shortage in the Treasury, for a State exhibit at the St. I^ouis Exposition. Lloyd Southvorth. 22 years old. a Baltimore and Ohio brakeman of West Union, W. Va., who had been in the Baltimore and Ohio service six weeks, was struck by a passenger train at Grafton last night and killed. A Pensarola. Fla.. dispatch says: "The Curry Fertilizer Company, of Louisville. Ky., has purchased 7 acres near this city, upen which they will erect one of the largest fertilizer plants in the South." The capital stock to the People's National Bank of Roanoke has been oversubscribed by $10,000. More than twothirds is taken by local merchants and business men. Dr. George H. P. Cole, a well-known local capitalist, was slated for president. An association of colored men has been formed in Suffolk. Virginia, for the purpose of stimulating the interest of the race in business pursuits and to encourage the concentration of the race's patronage as far as possible by colored people. The officers are: Dr. W. T. Fuller, president; W. H. Ctocker, secretary and John Mar(shall, treasurer. The Association is to be a branch of the National Negro Business League, and will send delegates to the Nashville meeting.?Student. At The National Capital. The Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association executive committee docided to erect a memorial in Washington in the shapo of the Pathenon. with u statute of Jefferson inside. It is thought in Washington that any demand this country will make concerning China v/ill alfcniate the powers and provoke from them demand affecting the Isthmian canal. At The North. It is announced thai Dr. Wm. T. Councilman of the Harvard Medical School, has discovered the germ of smallpox. Senator Depew was presented witr. an enormous birthday cake Saturday night at the twelfth annual ninuer given in honor of his birthday by the Montauk Club in Brooklyn. From Across The Sea. Venezuelan rebels claim several victories over government troops. Elaborate preparations in Paris to receive King Edward continue. Hugh J. Cannon, head of the Mormons in Germany, appealed to Emperor William to permit them to remain. Major Goug's British force inflicted new losses on the Mad Mullar's forces In Somaliland. killing 200 men. Elections in Spain are reported to have resulted favorably to the republicans. A Rome cablegram states that probabilities favor Rev. Charles H. Cclton, of New York, being appointed Bishop of Buffalo. Miscellaneous natters. Dr. George Dana Boardman, author, orator and preacher, died Wednesday after a ling illness. Anthony Fiala, head of the Zeigler Arctic expedition arrived in New York and said the ship America would sail for the pole in June. Phillip Doblin, who achieved no toriety from his testimony in the investigation in Washington of the purchase of sub marine boats was declared insane in the Supreme Court. Jim Jeffords, of San Francisco, and ? *?? 1 \tA unns nipimitr, m i/uuiuuniuu, .nu., heavy weights, went on for 20 rounds before the Savannah Athletic Club last night. Jeffords had the advantage in height, weight and reach and science. Himraler was knocked out in the ninth round. Judge ^arde, of the United States Circuit Court, has granted a temporary injunction restraining the Florida railroad commission from enforcing a 3 cent rate tor passenger fares on the division of the Louisville Nashville Railroad in that State. By order of the commission the 3 cent rate was to have gone into effect May 1. Argument on the motion to make the- injunction. Former President Grover Cleveland, en route to St. Louis, was greeted at the Baltimore and Ohio railroad station at Cumberland. Md.. by 1,000 persons. Mr. Cleveland addressed the gathering from the platform of his car. He v,-as enthusiastically cheered by the crowd. Y. M. C. A. Convention. Topeka, Kan.. Special?The eleventh International Convention of Railroad Y. M. C. A., which has been in session here since last Thursday, came to a close Sunday nigljt. When the next convention of the association jfflll be held will be left to the executive committee. No officers were^-elected, as this convention was held for the purpose of making plans for the further advancement of the work. It was decided to pay special attention hereafter to the work of the association of foreign railroads. \ J BRYAN- ON mm. General Miles Favors Governmental Aid in Improving the Reads. FARMERS SHOULD INSIST ON THEM. Some of the Honey Squandered in the Philippines Could Have B.-en Used in That Respect. St. Louis, Special.?At. the second day's session of the National and International Good Roads Convention, Gen. Nelson A. Miles, who is president of the national highway commission, made an address on "Military Roads and a National Highway," and said in part: "Our government has expended $300,000,000 for the improvement of our harbors and waterways, and now the attention of the public is being called to our postal roads and avenues. of communication that are most useful and important to all our people. If such expenditures of the natioiml Treasury have been made in the pasc for the development of railroads and waterways, is it not now a most appropriate time that the improvement of our roads should receive national attention and. governmental aid?" Ex-Governor Hogg, of Texas, pointed out the necessity for good roads, which, he believed, could be secured only through the aid of the national government. He spoke of the insular policy of the government, and said if some money that is being squandered in the Philippines could be used here in the improvement of the highways, our roads would be in far better condition. Wm. J. Bryan spoke at the afternoon session, receiving an ovation. He said in part: "The expenditure of money for the permanent improvement of the common roads can be defended, first as a matter of justice to the ?.u? II... I- iU. i?. jjtruyir wuu live iu iue uuuuuy, second a3 a matter of advantage to the people who do not live in the country, and third, on the ground that the welfare of the nation demands that the comforts of country life shall, as far as possible, ke:p pace with the comforts of city life. It is a well known fact or a fact easily ascertained that the people in the country, while paying their full share of county. State and Federal taxes, receive as a rule only the general benefits of - govern mcnt, while the people in the cities have, in addition, good streets, sidewalks. etc. "The improvement of the country roads can he justified also on the ground that the farmer, the first and most important of the producers of wealth, ought to be in a position to hold his crop and market it at the most favorable opportunity, whereas at present lie is virtually under compulsion to sell it as soon as it is matured because the roads may become impassable at any time during the fall, winter or spring. Instead of being his own warehouseman, the farmer is compelled to employ middlemen and share with them the profit upon his labor. The farmer has a right, too, to insist upon roads that will enable him to go to town, to church, to the school house and to the homes of his nc Icli hrvT*c oe n^f?ocinn mav ronnirp and with the extension of rural delivery as he has an additional need for good roads in order that he may be kept in communication with the outside world." Hearst Married. New York. Special.?Congressmanelect William Randolph Hearst, proprietor of The Now York American. New York Evening Journal, Chicago American', and The San Francisco Examiner. was married here to Miss Millieent Willson, daughter of George H. Willson. president cf the Advance Music Company, of this city. The ceremony was performed in the chantry of Grace church. Bishop Potter officiating. A number of the personal friends I of the couple were pr:-sent. Mr. Hearst's best man was Orrin Peck, of San Francisco, and the witnesses were S. S. Carvelho and P. J. Marr. The newly-married couple will sail b>* the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm II this afternoon for Europe. Effort Falls. Tillihao'jnp Fin Snpcial?Renre sentative Long introduced a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution providing that in the collection of taxes a separate record be kept of all taxes paid by white and colored tax-payers and that the school fund derived from taxing each race be devoted exclusively to schools of that race. Thirty-nine Voted for the amendment to four against it. A change in the constitution requires a threeiifths vote of all th? members elected to each house. Many did not vote on the amendment, and it lacked two of receiving the required majority. Gets S:x Years. Atlanta. Special.?G. Hallman Sims Tuesday pleaded guilty to the embezzlement of 594,000 of the funds of thefnnitnl fitv National Ban1-: and was sentenced to six years in the Federal prison. Sims was collection clerk of the bank, and was for some time a prominent figure in the social world of Atlanta. Killed by Cossacks. Rcrlin, Special.?A dispatch from St. Petersburg to The Lokr.I Anzelgcr rays it is reported from Kars, Asiatic Russia, that a squadrcn of Turkish cavalry crossed the Russian frontier, 70 versts from Sara-Maysch, TransCaspian Territory, and showed intention of advancing. A Russian frontier post gave the alarm to a regiment ol Cossacks, which fired on the Turks killing an officer and six troopers. Tht Russians suffered no loss. The Turks then retreated across the frontier. SOME OF THE QU THAT I 9 ' 9 1 JUL. IMIT'T of every300or 400 invei dSI IIU tions that are patente 0 every year there are bi one or two that are reall [taj] [?l successful." So says tli Superintendent of the Mot e! Department at the Patent Office i Washington, and doubtless he is bettt qualified to speak authorltively on tli subject than any one else. "What say," be adds, "should not prove dis oouraging to inventors, but should, o the contrary, be an incentive to thei to devote their talents, their time an their labor to devising things reall worth patenting." There are thousands upon thousand of models at the Patent Office of inver tions that are of absolutely uo us whatever. They represent the blnpte hopes and often the ruined fortunes o innumerable inventors who investe their time and money in worthiesideas. The models forwarded by thes inventors to the Patent Office form sort of museum by themselves, am those who wish to look a bit beneatl the surface can find a story aboundin; in genuine pathos lurking in prett; "the star invention in the way o: REAL ABSURDITY IS SAID TO EJ ? TiiE ' WINDMILL BOAT.' " nearly every one of these foolish in ventions. The star invention in the way of rea absurdity is said to bo the "windmii boat." This is a device intended t supersede the sailboat of to-day. Th motive power is furnished by a wind miil erected on the deck of the boat which is to take the place of sails. On glance at the picture shown here of th model of this boat is sutiicicnt to con viuce any person of ordinary intelii gence of its absurdity. The iuvento of tills ridiculous device considered th possibility of the wind dying out am arranged a little tread mill in the steri of the boat "to be operated by a mule.' as lie gravely states in bis patent speci fictitious, "which will furnish the powe to move the boat." Doubtless the pat ente'- of this queer craft was flrinl; convinced that his invention wouh revolutionize the building of all sailiu; vessels, and that future generation "AN INVFNTION FOR . . . FIOAUNC HORSES ACROSS RIVERS." would see no type of sailhorfts l>u tlios-i equipped with his windmill do vice. Many inventors have devoted theii "genius" to the improvement of nnisi cal instruments. Sewall Short made t violin that could be used also as a horn The handle was hollow and made cl brass and ended in a mouthpiece. An other inventor devised a violin mad< out of a huge hollowed out cucumber This, so the patentee declares, "is :i monstrous improvement," an opiniou it which the Fntont Office employes con cur. Still another queer invention in the line of violins is an instrument thai is almost entirely stem, all that show* ( in the way of body being two smali projections, meant for sounding ooards one at the lower end of the violin ami the other half way up the stem. Theu there is the invention of one Ileintzeluiann "for floating horse; across rivers." A very funny little model of a strangely shaped horse witl a .still more wonderful fashioned rider, a soldier, accompanies the patent papers. Little bladders filled with ail are fastened around the horse. If the model were placed in a tub of watci Hie little bladders would support the horse and rider on the surface of the | "two ro.ckixg chairs which itAki; NO CLAIMS AS OEATHDEALING INstbcme:;ts," 'water, but?sad to relate?the poor sol?aier and horse would lloat with their feet up in th? air and the head ot both man and benst well submerged. Mr. 1 lleintzelinann's invention was never EER THINGS E BEEN PATENTED. 1 i- adopted by the army of this or any d other country. it How a ma may remove his boots $ 5 from his feet is a subject that has ente saged the serious attention of quite % h rmmlior nt lmnpli>ont . Thotr liiva /la. Ml n vised some very complicated ways of jf >r doing it. One of tire.inventions in tbia ie line consists of a heavy piece of brass T ??????? v>vj d "two washboards guabanteed ' ^ ll to break the knuckles 07 ait Z OUR." 1 sunk in the lieei of the shoe. This may . ' "*>Jj be pulled out about an inch at the rear. It is intended that the man wearing the boot shall pull this brass piece when be $1| wishes to remove his boot and, catching it under the rung of a chair, draw , S&j his boot off. The invention did not / seem to consider either the damage that this projection of metal would do to the chairs it was used upon, or tbc still more important fact that it is far simpler to remove the boot in the drdl- *$8 uary way than to trouble yourself witk *|| pulling cut the metal piece and catching it under a chair. Just as absurds ?JB device for pulling boots off Is a forked v:3l metal projection that protrudes from, the under side of a chair seat. It is in- . . ^ tended that a boot shall be caught I? this and pulled off. The chair must be . held very firmly, and then the boot will onio off only afttr elaborate contor- .("v tions have been gone through. p Two rocking chairs arc exhibited. e that, although not designed as death deniing machines (or at least the pat- T - ent specifications do not make* any - claims of this nature), are pretty cer- ? tain to cause some deaths in any house1 hold in which they are used. One la a. t i chair In which the rockers extend in a o semi-circle all the way up to the head " rrs;. If js ( livious I iat any person r "two bast chaibs so compxicatms ^ that xose cax UNDERSTAND THXM." j rocking in this chair is very likely to M Iafid on his head at any moment. The " other locking chair, as may be seen i?< * tbe illustration, is provided with an ex- A tra pair of rockerg for use when one- ; pair is worn out. This extra pair itt the meantime projects from the back of tbe rockers in use and is a menace to life and liipb. But. of course, tbb inventor did not consider that. There are two ridiculous washboards * L in the Patent Office model room. Both -.-it a? art- guaranteed (by the Patent Office H folki to break the knuckles of any onV so foolhardy as to try to use them. - i One has a cover with a strong spring attached, apparently for no other pur? pose tlian to unexpectedly and with ^ great fovce bring the cover down on . ; the washer's hands. Thet other Is a 5 corrugated wooden affair made entirely J of knobs. The board, as any washer- , ? ; woman will lestif}". is utterly useless for any purpose save the breaking of t There .ire countless numbers of baby . carriages, go-carts and baby chairs. " ' "WHEN THE STEAM sr. 13 SINKING PAS1 SENDEES MAY SIT IN THESE CHAIB8 ^ AND HE WASHED A8H0BE IN ABSOLUTE COMFOBT." , Two of these chairs are depicted in >': . this column. They are so complicated . \-i , with all sorts of improvements'* that ' ' i , no person of only ordinary human intclligenee can understand how the chairs arc intended to be used. Another Patent Office model In the line of chairs is less complicated, but *Y more interesting aud perhaps a good I deal more absurd. It is a "life-saving v- % i chair." A hollow compartment made ' of zinc and perfectly airtight constitutes the back and arms. The rest of ' > the chair is very similar to any ordinary chair. The patent specification* 1 relate that "when the steamer is sinlcj ?ng the passengers may sit in these . chairs and be washed ashore in absolute comfort."?New York Evening Sun. "i -,i The elevator boy should have a good bringing up. ?