Dedication Gala Features Planned in St. Louis
Distinguished men preparing for the pleasin ceremonies are on the ground. The dedicatory programme features a big military parade and follows with exercises proper.
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1903
Page
1
Distinguished men preparing for the pleasin ceremonies are on the ground. The dedicatory programme features a big military parade and follows with exercises proper.
St Louis April 29 details the opening day dedication program for the world's fair. President Roosevelt to receive Freedom of the City. a military parade. dedication speeches by Grover Cleveland and J R Francis with Cardinal Gibbons invoking. large crowds and heavy troop presence. weather forecast shows showers. dignitaries including Gov Odell Van Sant Cummins Mickey and General Gomez arrive and are welcomed as reporters describe the bustling scene and crowded hotels.
A powerful rockslide on Turtle Mountain’s northern face collapses onto the Frank mining town, burying houses and killing nearly a hundred residents. The exact cause remains undetermined as authorities search for a precise death toll and missing survivors.
A mine catastrophe in Frank Alberta follows a rock avalanche from Turtle mountain burying the Frank mines and destroying much of the town. Officials fear more than a hundred dead with many workers trapped underground and homes crushed.
Police say Edward Hamilton, a longtime officer, did not arrest anyone after a dramatic attempt to kill his wife and Walter S. Broderick in Broderick’s Thornton block room. Hamilton fought Broderick with a water pitcher, then drew his revolver but was disarmed by Policeman J. B. Sullivan as officers arrived. Broderick suffered lacerations and bruises. Hamilton collapsed emotionally and was treated at the city jail.
Grover Cleveland reached St Louis at 5 50 PM, after a delay of nearly thirty minutes. A large reception awaited the former president, who was on a train expected to pull in at 6 25 PM. Continued on Page Two.
Policeman Hamilton confronts a man who meant to kill his wife and Walter Broderick but could not draw his gun. The assailant is restrained by a brother officer while Broderick’s sister, the woman, flees, leaving both injured and mind affected.
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