The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-06-16
INDIANA BUILDING OPENED
The Hosiers Throng the EXPOSE
sion Grounds.
The Indiana Building Formally Dedi-
Gated on thursday



WoEIn's FAIR GHorSbs, Iune IL -
HOLSTERS thrangcd tbs exposition
grounds Th1rsday For cverai days
incoming trains from thc sasf have
been loaaei With eit}zens IL Indians,
and When tho hour arrived for the
formal dedieatorg exercises 81 the indi.
ana building the spaeipps halls and
pariors % tie structure were filed with
people The interior u The building
was decorated with pains and folisna,
and enf flowers were placed IN profit
sion al The heavy nlantcis
The Laporte city band sffigcd early
ia the morning and was stationed ID
the rotuada, where il diseoursed pa
triotic airs Ex-president Harrison ar
rived jnst before the beginning II the
ceremonies and was greeted W. gener.
one applause lie and hts party were
escorted q seats especially reserved tor
Them Prayer was offered ny In II a.
t;ahin, after whichn i. Haven. rxeep.
tive commissioner. made short adj
dress IN which lie stated in detail the
work which the executive board has
accomplished and then delivered The
keys III Me huilding to Clement Studn-
baker president II the Indiana board
Of managers
Mr. studcbaker accepted the hey IL d
brief speech and turned Il over 70 GOV
Claude Matthews. who received Ii and
consigned the building 70 the use ~
the people Of Indiana and their friends
during the exposition. The governor
spoke III some length and compliment
"a the commissioners al the work they
had accomplished He said the state
WAS prosperous, the people Industrious.
and that during the fair hi hoped that
all citizens o. Indiana would avail.
themselves If M opportunity @ visit
ttfc4exposltion, which he characterized
as the great educator 81 the nineteenth
century He paid glowing tribute u
the illustrous sons OF Indiana and con-
cluded BY saying that tho people III
Indiana should regard the building as
horne and make their headquarters
there while visiting the White city.
An address was then made by Mrs
Virginia G. Meredith, member 81 In.
diana Board Worlds fair managers.
which was followed By short address
by Prof , L Campbell A fag made
for the building BY the public Schools
Of Kendallvillc was presented 10 the
commissioners by Perry ~ Crcagor
and was received by the governor
The bniIding was erected with View
Of furnishing home for Indiana reo-
pie.
The architecture is French gothic
It IS three stories In height and porch
thirty feet In width surrounds the
building Several hundred chairs have
been placed on the portico for the ae-
communication Of visitors There are
no exhibits in the building The first
floor being arranged into parlors and
reception rooms. Hanging on the walls
arc portraits 81 notable men and women
pf Indiana, including Hendricks, Nor
ton, Gresham, ex-President and Mrs.
Harrison and others ON the second
tlaor are the offices of the commission
ers and reading rooms. The entire
third floor Is set apart for a lunch room.
The building Is near the Fifty seventh
street entrance and is IN easy access tosI
persons visiting the fair Three fine
marble statues also ornament the Inter
Tor q the main room Of the Indiana
building They are the work az young
! indiana women, and all are female fig
nres typical of the progress 81 the
state The most noteworthy Of the
trio is that carved by Miss Frances
Goodwin, " New Castle, and repre-
SCENTS the progressive intellectual WON
an Of to-day Camnofssenrs have pro-
nounced il noble work * ART TheJ
other two statues are by Miss Jean
nette Scudder, Of Terre Hante, and
Miss Retta Matthews, Of indianapolis. |
The former typifles the beauty ana
purity q wdmanhood, the latter that
Of the home circle