1904-07-05

July 5, 1904

Special Day	American Boy Day
Previous Day	1904-07-04
Next Day	1904-07-06
Attendance
Paid Attendance	50,206
Free Attendance	34,156
Total Attendance	84,362
Weather
High Temperature	81ºF
Low Temperature	67ºF
Rainfall	0.05"

Below is a list of events that happened on July 5, 1904.

Events

• American Boy Day (free magazine, featured speakers in Festival Hall).
• Democratic Convention delegates attend Fair.

• Fire destroys American Restaurant in Jerusalem.
  • A fire broke out shortly before 2am in the American Restaurant in the Jerusalem concession. Two guards, Abd-el-Nour and Ellas Trad, noticed flames coming from the first floor windows and fired their revolvers into the air until empty, then triggered a fire alarm. The shooting roused the sleeping residents from their beds, and alerted the Jefferson Guard. One guard attempted to extinguish the flames with the emergency hose, but was unable to make any headway. As the flames continued to spread, upper story residents packed their items in trunks and threw them out the window, followed by themselves. One resident of the concession, Wadic Shachity, was rushing from his room to assist with the fire, and was hit in the head by a falling trunk as he passed the Central Hotel. He was sent, unconscious, to the Emergency Hospital with serious injuries. Upon arriving at the scene, the fire wagon was found too large to fit through the gates of the enclosure, and were forced to unload 700 feet of hose and drag it to the fire. The delay resulted in the building being completely engulfed, and a total loss, estimated at $18,000 ($542,867 in 2021). The cause of the fire is unknown, but the night watchmen described the fire as having started in the kitchen.

Special Events

Time	Event
9:00 a.m.	Public School Championship, Stadium.
10:00 a.m.	Concert. Kern's Orchestra, Missouri State Building
	Drill, Yale Battalion, Administration Quadrangle
	Concert, Kern's Orchestra, Missouri State Building
	Drill, Yale Battalion, Administration Quadrangle
11:00 a.m.	Concert, First U. S. Cavalry Band, Podium. Government Building
11:30 a.m.	Organ Recital, N.J. Corey, Festival Hall, Beilns.
12:00 m	Luncheon to Massachusetts Democratic delegates, Massachusetts Building
	Concert, Ellery's Band, Plaza St. Louis
1:00 p.m.	All-around Championship Meet, Stadium
2:00 p.m.	Concert, Weil's Band, Plaza of Orleans
	Concert, Scouts Band, Philippines
2:30 p.m.	American Boy Day Exercises, Festival Hall
	Concert, Illinois Section, Palace Agriculture
	Concert, Boston Band, Machinery Gardens
3:00 p.m.	Concert, Kern's Orchestra, Missouri Building
	Aeolian Pips Organ Recital, New York Building
4:00 p.m.	Parade, American Boy Day
	American Boy Day Exercises, Pennsylvania Building
	Organ Recital, Clarence Eddy, Festival Hall
	Drill, Edisto Rifles, Plaza St. Louis
	Concert, First U. S. Cavalry Band, Government Building
4:45 p.m.	American Boy Day Exercises, Pennsylvania Building
5:00 p.m.	Dress Parade, First Ind. Infantry, Administration Quad
	Maneuvers, Northwestern Military Academy, Lagoons
	Concert, Well's Band, Plaza Orleans
	Drill, Second Georgia Infantry, Plaza St. Louis
5:30 p.m.	Drill, Columbus Rifles, Plaza St. Louis
	American Boy Day Exercises, Michigan Building
6:00 p.m.	Drill, Neely Zouaves, Plaza St. Louis
	Concert, Exposition Orchestra, Tyrolean Alps
7:30 p.m.	Concert, Boston Band, Machinery Gardens
	Concert, Ellen's Band, Plaza St. Louis
8:15 p.m.	Concert, Exposition Orchestra, Tyrolean Alps

Regular Events

Time	Event
8:00 a.m.	Grounds Open.
	Troop Drill, U. S. Marines, Plaza St. Louis.
9:00 a.m.	Guard Mount, Scouts and Constabulary, Philippines
	Buildings Open
	Mint in Operation, Government Building
9:30 a.m.	Concert, Government Indian Band, Indian School Building
	Camp Drill, Scouts, Philippines
	Submarine Mine Demonstration, War Dept, Gov. Building
	Cascades In Operation, Begins
10:00 a.m.	Demonstrations Teaching Foreign Languages by Phonograph, Guild Hall, Model Street
	Dress Parade, Constabulary, Philippines
	Feeding Seals, Government Fisheries Pavilion
	Hourly Biograph Exhibition, Naval Exhibit, Government Building
	Das Deusche Haus, Open
	Manufacture Small-Arms Cartridges, War Department, Government Building
	Heliograph Demonstrations, Signal Corps, Government Building
	Anthropometric Demonstrations, Basement Anthropology Building
10:30 a.m.	Biograph Exhibitions, Interior Department, Government Building
11:00 a.m.	Classes Blind and Deaf, East Nave, Education Building
Wireless Telegraphy Demonstrations, Government Building
Rifle Shooting, West of Forestry Building
Cascades in Operation
11:30 a.m.	Radium Exhibition, Interior Dept, Government Building
12:00 m.	Milking and Feeding cows, Dairy Test, Dairy Barns
1:30 p.m.	Concert, Gov. Indian Band, Indian School Building
Classes, Blind and Deaf, Education Building
2:00 p.m. Chinese National Pavilion Opens	Concert, Illinois Section, Agriculture Building	Das Deutsche Haus Open	Concert, Military Band, Philippines	Cascades in Operation
2:30 p.m.	Drill, U. S. Life-Savers, Lake North of Agriculture Building
3:00 p.m.	Fancy Rile shooting, west of Forestry Building	Heliograph Demonstration, Government Building	Radium Exhibit, Interior Department, Government Building	Feeding Birds, Government Bird Cage
3:30 p.m.	Dress Parade, U. S. Marines, Plaza St. Louis
4:00 p.m.
5:00 p.m.	Cascades in Operation
5:30 p.m.	Evening Retreat, Constabulary, Philippines
6:00 p.m.	Dress Parade, Scouts, Philippines
7:00 p.m.	Milking and Feeding Cows, Dairy Test, Dairy Barns
7:00 p.m.	Concert, Constabulary Band, Philippines
7:30 p.m.	Illumination of Grounds and Buildings
8:30 p.m.	Cascades in Operation