The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-05-05
The Missouri and Kansas Buildings
Hardly in Shape.
KANSAS FAR FROM BEING READY.
The Missouri Building VIII BE Dedicated
In Better Condition 90 Sunshine
Needed-Local Notables
on the Grounds.

Vet complete. he Kansas building l.
Yet far from having the finishing
/ touches. In the Missouri building the
! carpets are not laid because Of the mud.
and the exhibits are not placed because
the carpets are not laid. This condi-
| ton affects only the rooms. In the main
| corridor the floor Is tiled and just to
the right Of the large entrance = tenn
pOrary platform has been erected for
the orators of the day. when the build
ing will be formerly dedicated. In the
/ Kansas building the wOrkmen are al
most lost in the maze Of exhibits that
are scattered about the place and not
| given places. GOV. Click said this after
noon that he would not advise Kansaus
to come to the fair for at least three
weeks if they cared to see their build
ing in any sort of order. There IS no
| heat in the building save in Secretary
Tom Aliens private room.
Senator Lowe. of Leavenworth, is
here and Judge Emery. of Lawrence.
dropped into the building through the
miserable. drilling rain yesterday.
Gov. Lewelling and Mrs. Lewelling
/ got in from Topeka. and it was eX-
/ pected that they would come to the
/ grounds in the afternoon. but they
/ failed to put in an appearance The
( governor did not feel like tempting the
weather. Those who did go out sat in
( the building all day or wandered about
/ in the mud. 1t was one Of the dreari-
/ est days Of the many that have OPP
/ pressed Chicago and Jackson park this
| spring.
/ Ifit We're not for the mud in front of
/ the Missouri building the arrangements
in that handsome structure would be
/ more complete. The soil that has beeE
( banked up for sodding purposes is
/ black and treacherous. This tracked
I on the splendid carpets that Mrs. Patti
/ Moore has selected would spoil them.
/ and 50 ouly bare floors Will greet the
/ many visitors to-day.
! If this rain ever lets up" said
Charlie Green. the secretary, last night.
I we Will get our sod and our carpets
I laid?'
toy. Stone. Of Missouri. was At the
Missouri building Saturday. but yeSter-
{ day he remained a his quarters at the
Great Northern hotel. He was seen at
4 late luncheon in company with Hugh
!. NcGowan. Of Kansas City. and Col.
I Ewing. Of jefferson City.
Il do not think said the governor.
that our buildings viii be pre>entable
for several days. perhaps two weeks.
I The weather i against outside improve
mentS. The rain dashed through the
windows OF the Kansas City room and
- -
the-e 50 a. 70 resume work.
Mr.. NctJowan thought that two or
three days Of sunshine would bring the !
Missouri building to the fore. As a
matter OF fact. all Of the state buildings |
except Pennsylvania and Illinois are
deplorablv behind. Saturday and sun |
day night trains out of Kansas City |
were loaded with visitors TO the fair. |
and yesterday. dirty and wet as it was. |
the buildings in the south side Of Jack !
son mark were crowded. Strangely |
enough. many of the strangers already |
here are foreigners. and many of the |
trains brought in CaIifornians through /
Kansas City.
Among the state buildings nothing |
promises 70 he more interesting than /
the dedication Of the Missouri building |
this afternoon 1t o'clock.
DEoIcArIoS PROGRAMME
Music. orchestra OF Kansas City girls
Music. Cuiutarte. Come Bouuteous May
Prayer. Rev. Slm-a- J NccoI!s. D. D. Sec
cuG P.esbvte-jaC clurch, - Louis
Music. orchestra Of Kansas City girls
Formal dedication O: building % exposition
uses by Hon Nathan Frank. chairman OF the
committee on building site OF the Missouri
worlds fair commission
Music, orchestra OF Kansas City girls.
Address, Hon Wi-.iaul J. Stone, governor Of
Missouri
Music, orchestra OF Kansas City girls
Address. Rev. Robert \ Holland D. D..
rector OF St Georges Episcopal church OF 1T.
Louis
Music quintette. Queen Of the Valley"
The state notableS now present are:
Gov. Stone. Hon. y. II. Gentry. Soda
LA: Hon. Nathan Frank. 1t. Louis:
Judge E Med. Coffey. Platte City:
Charles W Green. Brooktield: Hugh J.
McGowan. Kansas City; H. II. Gregg.
Joplin: William Dawson. New Madrid:
!. K. Gwvnn. executive commission. st.
Louis: Mrs. Patti Moore, Kansas CITY:
Mrs J. y. Edwards. IT. Joseph: Mrs.
T. g. Adams. st. Louis: Mrs. John E.
Phelps, Springfield; Mrs. :. ?. Sparks.
Warrensblrg: Mrs. J. J. Russell.
Charleston
The only department nearly COM
pleted in the Kansas building Is the
display OF Prof Dyche in his room OF
mounted animals. That room Will be
not be entirely ready for several days.
Gov. Stone. OF Missouri. said that he
believed that this mornings train would
probably bring many visitors from his
state. but. owing 10 the fact that the
Kansas building has long been dedi-
Gated. Gov. LeweIling does not look for
much 81 4 crowd from the sunfiower
state until the news goes out that the
state building i ready for them.
Henry McGrew. representing at
tornev of Wyandotte county. Kansas:
Frederick Schiller. commissioner OF the
poor: John Stefring. chairman OF the
WyandCtte board of county commits
sioners: Nat Barnes. mayor OF Kansas
City. Kan: o. II. Brown. OF the Kansas
City stock yards: Joe Hudson. of Tope-
ka. ex-Secretar- of State William Hig-
gins. OF Kansas. II. :. Riddle. Of Kan
sas City and Abe SIupskv. Of It. Louis.
are among the late arrivals here.