The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-07-04
The WORLDS rA,p

f..' IN '"' National and ~.
"'~s,""rr~ ~ the Palmer u..--ees>
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Notable ..th.,~as
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''s~-Ths rressdent's I.r,.,. ''isak
Chicago. Juno e7.-Thc h.,,
aerrd ~ the Worlds Fair ". ~
c'"''on ~ the National and MI, asS-
"~issioners took place in m. \, 'eu.
nail q the Palmer House las, ,ias'ng
was an event OF Unusual ~. "'alt
BESIDES the special guests w Zane.
ing who numbered one hunars T''a.
zen representative and dis,inaa aM
citizens 70 q total OF $50 sat ds,yn a'aed
liable Judge Leroy ID. Thom, "'hs
sided At the main table. On n', pre-
were seated chicf-Justicc Fuller nsa:
gresham. n. II. DeYouny. ~ N, 'sass
cisco, and cx-Congressmar u' ''an'
virginia; and on his left IiShoa o.
lows, Charles II. Jones. OF N. lo,'.%
Z. Elkins, Of Philadelphia: ~ .ca"'
or bullock. Of Massachusetts aa5 WI
Andrews. OF New York. -
AZ the other tables every rail-.
tering tho city, every bank ana en'
featuring industry. and all IN n~a, "s'
sions were represented. rhe AT,
decorations Of the hall were !, ",
most elaborate and artistic charar,o Wy
Nearly three hours were occn
discussing the menu OF ten conrS.s
y was close toward eleven o'cloct ,.a a"4
Judge Thoman raped for order. w.
brief address. which was enthuxi,s,'A
ally applanded. he welcomed M. M.
m~issioners TO the city. Tho n,.,
fair, he said. would mark M .un,.
the history Of the universe. AM "
cess depended upon tho wisdom M
energy Of those surrounding MAI III
congratulated them upon The faet ~.
every State and Territory VA rer.''
sented, that for the good OF this on,...
prise North and South had com. ,a,s..
er' all working for one common oh....
and under one flag.
The following letter from rrexsa...
dated June %. was then rn,a.
lam IN receipt OF the invitation ou s,.,..
~ the citizens Of Chicago. a. att.nf "
and banquet to b. given NJ, N,
Y rh'hk 81 the 10Th instant. 10 the fn.tct
~tatfs commissioners Oft worlds t.lsm'
D'an EXPOSITION. II will be impossible N,
% be present. but I avail m,.e ,s N ,aa
opportunity 20 express my deem int.rn..
ne success 81 the exposition. and mr NM
ere hope that the commlssioner INK N.
part 81 the United States will not All Y. N.
operate diligently and In tho ,noxt iti..,,,
'p,rts"nh the local managers In ev.rv
h'ng calculated TO make this. n farf !.
"eh a. IN name. a WORLDS Exposition
Very respectfully. yours.
BENJAMIN HARRISON
John Boyd Thacher, OF New York
esponded 70 the toast OF ..The Relation
4 the Worlds Columbian Exposition n
International Unity"
He said thai within the walls Of ch,.
ago in 1898. Germany might oh,aln
rom Great Britain a noblcr blessing
IAN Heligoland, and England p,iclt
nd 4 thought expressed into form
ne deft fingers OF some German IVA.
hanic. which would be more valuable
e than twenty Zanzibars. He
ould rather be a member OF the
orid's Fair Commission and bring
an exchange between two free
cas- than 70 effect : royal alliance. az
'gotiate . treaty. There was no need
Disgusting the fact that 70 many PEG
g the selection OF q site 50 far away
ON the coast line seemed unwise and
timely; but II vas now apparent that \
this selection could be found the Sc
e. o. coming success, and that In IL J
cy would have another illustration Of |
Hiding better than they knew. 4
Hon. Thomas Il. Bryan. OF Chicago.
e working v~ice-president Of the fair. n
responding TO the toast OF The Dual
'vernment,' took occasion to correct
'eport that had been circulated dur
I the day 10 the effect that the
Ike Front site had been definitely set
d upon.
Charles II. Jones. OF the 81.
Republic. who responded to the
50 OF The Press" was exceedingly
nplimentary TO Chicago.
Ion. Henry Exal spoke about the
relation TO Interstate unity;
n James A. Mckenzie upon its rcla-
2 TO commerce; Hon. Mark l.. Me-
upon its relation TO labor. and
Palmer, Of Michigan who
The probable president OF the Ma
nal commission was enthusiastically
eiyed-upon its relation to our Ma
nal growth.
he closing toast to Education and
eraturc" was spoken TO by cx.Gov-
or a. q. Bullock. OF Massachusetts.
} declared that the same forces thar
enabled the people Of Chicago to
9 their great city would also ap-
70 the establishment Of the EXPOSE
without a possibility OF failure.
was after midnight when the speech
Ing had concluded and the com
! dispersed to the strains OF Amer