St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-11-29

of finest plate glass, with beautiful mono
grams ground in them. They cost a
large sum Of money. 1t is the expecta-
ton of the commission tina: they will be
wanted to place in the new capitol.
Some of the commissioners remarked
that there might be some unfavorable
comment on the fact that a structure
which cost over $4,000 should
be sold for only S275, and made some
statements for publication showing
what other states had been forced to do
with their buildings. The Chicago park
commission requires that all the state
buildings shall be removed from jack
son park before a certain date. and
hence the states are forced to speedy
building cost 100000. and has been sold
for $500; Ohio's building cost $4,000,
and the state paid $500 to have it re-
moved, giving the contractor all salvage;
New York's building cost S175. ZOO, and
the New York commission has not been
able to give it away. Hardly any state
has realized over $500 for its building.
The meeting decided to turn the for
estry exhibit over to the state forestry
| association, with instruction to place it
| on the state fair grounds.
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woman'S auxiliary board, made a re-
port, in which it was shown that the
ladies have residue of over 5000 to
turn over to the commissioners.
| The charts prepared by the state
| board of corrections and charities are
! donated to the state university, together
with the handsome collection of wing
| frames and stands which was gathered
by Mrs. L. P. Hunt.
j. o. Barrett, superintendent of the
forestry exhibit. has made duplicates of
the various woods, and will give them
to the various normal schools.
The meeting adjourned subject to the
call of President Monfort. There will
be two or three meetings more before
the business is all settled.
At the next meeting Supt. Hunt will
make his final report. Treasurer Fur
long will not submit his final report
until the last meeting, and probably
Secretary Reeve will not make his con.
Guiding report until then.
SPLENDID SHOWING.
Senator Jay La Due, of Luverne, in
speaking of Minnesota at the worlds
fair last night at the Merchants. waxed
eloquent on the subject. Said he: ''The
Minnesota worlds fair commissioners
expect TO be able to return to the state
| treasury 1AOLu S4OsOOO W CSO,OUU,
pended from the appropriation granted
by the legislature for worlds fair pur.
poses. Minnesota should be proud
said the senator. "that. for the amount
of money expended, it has walked away
with more awards than any other state
The state received two live stock
awards, and its exhibits were next tc
those of Illinois. In its educational
exhibit the state cannot stand below
third in the order of merit. AS | under
stand the matter. the question of SUI
premacy in this direction now lies be-
tween Minnesota and New jersey. o.
course the state was way ahead of any
other in its flour eXhibit-in fact, w
beat the world. In our cereals, out OF
800 samples exhibited we received 22S
awards. while our sister state of Wis
consin, which had 1000 samples on ex
hibition, received only 800 awards
tell you frankly, consider every dolla
of the appropriation expended as 6
splendid investment for the state, ant
one that will bring it great returns il
the future"