Los Angeles herald., 1891-07-14
He Will Not Be Chief of
Horticulture.
His Name Formally With
drawn From the Contest.
The Successful Candidate Will Not
Hail From California.
England Taking Great Interest in the
Worlds Fair - British Merchants
Expected to Spend Large Sums
in Exhibits.
Associated Press Dispatches.

CHICAGO, July 13.-While California's
national worlds fair commissioner,
William Forsythe, will continue to fill
that Office, and also the Craftsmanship
of the commission committee on horti-
culture, he will not be chief of that de-
partment. This much was settled today
in two-fold way; first by his practical
resignation, though informally, at a
joint conference of the two reference
boards, and lastly, by his formal with
drawal in written letter presented at
the formal session of the two boards in
the afternoon. Just what will be the
next move in the matter, is not certain,
although gossip has it that California
will not take another chance at the po-
sition, having failed with three men.
CLASSIFICATION CHANGES.
The classification committee made a
report today to the board of control, set
ting forth that the changes made in the
agricultural, mining, electric and fine
arts classifcations, at the suggestions of
chiefs OF bureaus, were made without in
any respect changing the departments
on the plans or scope of classification, as
adopted by the commission. In regard
to the many suggestions of changes in the
horticultural association, the committee
says only three furnish outlines for a
substitute. As these differ from each
other as radically as they do from the
present form, and the parties are by no
means unanimous which should be
adopted, the committee says it is re-
luctant to make further changes in this
department until chief shall have been
appointed.
ENGLAND'S INTEREST IN THE FAIR.
LONDON, July 13.-The Times today,
in long article on the worlds fair, re-
views the growth and Importance of
Chicago, and says it is now doubted that
the exhibition will in many respects
surpass all those previously held. The
paper says it has been decided that the
royal commission to represent great
Britain at the worlds fair is composed
of the council OF the Society OF Arts,
which carries with it the prestige OF
having the prince of Wales as its presi-
dent, and Sir Richard Webster, attor-
. hey -S6llcTdi, dS ltS CtldILud uc
royal commission received grant of
$25, 900, which is less in amount than
any previous grant made for similar
purpose. The council is confident of
having sufficient funds to insure the
success of the British exhibit.
In, an interview on the subject of the
governments grant Sir Henry Wood,
secretary of the Society Of Arts and con-
sequently secretary of the royal commits
sion for the worlds fair, said the grant
was expected solely to cover the expense
of the commission. The British mer-
chants, he added, who were represented
at the recent Paris exposition spent
$750,0O0 in exhibiting, and there was
every reason to suppose, considering the
trade between Great Britain and the
United States, that the British exhib-
itors who will be represented at Chicago
in 1898 will contribute at least one
million dollars towards the expense OF
the exhibit.
The Standard says the Chicago world g
fair will be the biggest show on record,
and must not be neglected by British
manufacturers and artists.
PowDERLY's INDIFFERENCE.
SCRANTON, Pa, July 13.-It is stated
tonight that General Master Workman
Powderly of the Knights of Labor de.
clined appointment as one OF the worlds
fair commissioners from Pennsylvania.