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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1903
Page
1
At a grand ceremony in the Big Auditorium, about 60,000 people gathered to witness the formal dedication. Distinguished guests from around the world attended, including diplomats, congressmen, governors, generals, and noted citizens.
A large crowd witnesses a wartime era style parade with eleven thousand seculars and militiamen. President Roosevelt and ex President Cleveland address the assembly amid cold weather and heavy ceremonial displays.
A grand parade featuring Regulars Militias and National Guard units drew huge crowds as President Theodore Roosevelt reviewed formations. Generals Corbin and Gates led cavalry engineers and artillery through dense ranks of units from New York Ohio Missouri Iowa and other states with ceremonies at the reviewing stand and a salute to the President.
Dense arrival of delegates as M C A leaders from across the United States and Canada converge for the International YMCA conference in Chicago. Key figures include James Stokes, Cyrus H. McCook, and railroad executives. Roosevelt's appearance is anticipated with plans for a cornerstone ceremony and a mass photo.
From Portland to Vancouver reports list prisoners rescued from the Frank mines after a rock slide at Turtle Mountain. Fifteen miners escaped through thirty feet of debris, while seven died. Rescue efforts faced thick rock, with severed communications and widespread destruction in the town.
A massive landslide at Frank yesterday buried around thirty miners with sixteen rescued and many killed. The slide damaged rail lines, destroyed homes, and threatened further collapse as rock avalanches continued. A rescue and rebuilding effort is underway with efforts to create a waterway to prevent floods.
A massive explosion at a powder works near Pittsburg, four miles south of town, destroys the plant and nine workers are killed or missing. The blast rocks five miles away, shatters windows, and prompts a rescue pending updates. authorities and residents face dangerous debris and ongoing investigations into the cause.
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