Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-24
PAN AMERICANS.
How They VIII Be Represented
at the Worlds Fair.
The Outlined Scheme of Mr.. A..
E. Curtis Adopted.

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NEW York, Oct. "a. The worlds
fair committee ON foreign affairs held
its really first formal meeting since its
organization, at the Gilsey house, in
this city, Wednesday afternoon, and it
was the first meeting of any of the COM
mittees formed since congress decided
that the fair should be held in Chicago,
at which action has been taken indicat-
ing with any degree of definiteness the
policy to be pursued in any given direc-
tion.
A Decision Reached.
The committee, after hearing the
views of number of experts, decided
to recommend to the National commits.
sion the adoption Of a plan submitted
by "A. y. Curtis, Of the department of
stateat Washington, for united ex-
hibit of the South American countries.
This practically determines the charac-
ter of the Pan-American display, as
Mr.. Curtis plan, which is indorsed by
Secretary Blaine, has already been fav-
orably received ny the parent organiza-
ton.
Mr.. Curtis Plan.
The specifications in Mr.. Curtis plan
provides, among other things, for
model of the house at Genoa in which
Columbus was born; collection of por-
traits Of himself and his family, and as
many as possible of the men who were
associated with him and his discoveries,
an illustration of the court of Ferdi-
nand and Isabella, with life-sized fig
ures properly costumed, portraits and
facsimiles Of state papers relating to
the first voyage and subsequent occur
renCcs in the life of the great discoverer,
a perfect reproduction of the caravel in
which Columbus sailed, manned by the
sailors in the costume of the time, to
be moored in OF near the ground of the
exposition, the caIavel to be equipped as
nearly as possible as it was during the
voyage, etc.
The epoch of Cortez will be illustrat-
ed by mod Is Of the ship in which he
sailed, Of the equipment of his men,
their arms and armor, nautical instru-
ments, maps and charts, models of the
temples and palaces Of Montezumas,
of the religion, customs
and social conditions Of the Aztecs, etc
The colonial period showing the devel-
of the southern countries from the time
Of tho conquest to the epoch of the rev
olution, will be illustrated by treasures
from the museums Of South America,
The Illustrations &C the present period
will be divided into three classes: Man,
his manner of living and his occupa-
tons; the natural resources upon which
he works and the results he produces.
The plan cOntempates the establish
mont Of q central bureau at Washing
ton, to have charge Of the collection of
South American exhibits.
Mr. Curtis appeared before the com
mittee, and said that appropriations of
Sil 600 to defray the expenses of agents
sent to South America to arrange for
exhibits and No, 600 for the Washington
bureau would be the minimum amounts
on which the proposed work could be
He also suggested that
a number Of army and navy officers
should be assigned to duty in the state
so that Secretary Blaine
could assign them to the respective
South American legations, where they
could aid the project by inducing the
governments 70 encourage the sending
Of exhibits. The committee decided to
recommend Mr.. Curtis's plan and re-
quested him to frame q resolution to
that effect, directed to the National
DR.. Cyrus Adler, curator
Of oriental antiquity Of the Smithsonian
was engaged as a commits
sioner to go to Constantinople and other
cities Of Turkey and the ORIENT.