Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-02-11
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
The Missouri worlds Fair Building.

Inc missouri " OrId's Fair building.
During the present month competi-
i've designs for the Missouri state
building to be erected at the Worlds
fair will be received by the committee
of the state commission on building and
site.
The designs should be sent to Hon. Nathan
Frank. Turner building, ST. Louis. and must all
be in before the last day of this month. Early
in March the state board will meet and select
four designs from the number submitted. From
these four one will be chosen. The other three
will be returned to their designers The first
will receive premium of 500, the second $50
and the third S25. The competitor whose de-
sign is chosen as the model for the building will
be employed to furnish the working and detail
drawings, and to Superintend the construction
for which per cent of the cost will be paid.
The lot on which the building is to be placed
is 1l2xl20 feet. 1t is not necessary that the
building cover the entire lot. 1t is desired to so
construct it as to convey the idea of head
quarters for the people of the state and their
friends. It should not be over two stories high.
and must contain at least the following apart
ments: reception parlOr and lavatory for gen.
tlemen; reception parlor and lavatory for la-
dies; headquarters for the Missouri Worlds
fair commissioners; office for the secretary
of the board and one for the executive commits
sioner; library, to serve also as a headquar-
tiers of the bureau of information; capacious
storage and work room; reading room for the
ladies and gentlemen; state administration
room; an auditorium of good dimensions and
two or three other rooms that may be utilized
if necessary for the display of articles difficult
to classify, and room adjoining the reading
room for the use of the press of the state. The
building is to be constructed of materials native
to the state The cost, including all COM
missions. is not exceed s35 GOO. In addi-
ton to the general rules laid down by
the state board for the guidance of architects
the rules of the general management of the
Worlds fair for the construction of buildings
must also be observed. There can be no cell
lars. All buildings must be of pavilion design.
The architecture must be formal rather than
picturesque. No fire proofing is required, so
wood granite, iron and other materials can be
combined in any way. The roofs must be low,
but tower may be used for effect. The build
ing must be at least twenty feet back from the
main walk in front
Death of Rev. Benz. st. j. Fry.
Rev. Benjamin ST. James Fry, editor
of the Central Christian Advocate, and
widely known in the world of Method
ism, especially throughout the west,
died on the afternoon of the 5th, in st.
Louis, of erysipelas, after an illness of
but one week. The interment occurred
at Cincinnati.
Deceased was born in Tennessee in 1924. His
ancestors were among the early settlers of
Rhode Island. His early life spent in Ohio,
and he admitted to the ministry when a
young man. He occupied several pulpits in
rious parts of the Buckeye state. He served
three years chaplain in the Sixty third Ohio
regiment during the civil war, after which he
sent to organize Methodist book concern
in ST Louis In 1872 he was elected managing
editor of the Central Christian Advocate, pub
lished in ST. Louis, and since that time he has
earned an enviable reputation as religious
editorial writer He also figured in journalism
during the war, when he served CORE
spondent of the Cincinnati Commercial. The
deceased leaves wife, two sons and daugh-
ter