St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-01

ing itself the Final Court on
the Question Of Awards-Co-
lumbar Organ Dedicated.
WORLDS FAIR GROUNDS, CHICAGO,
July 3i.-The flags in the state build
ingS in the group at the north end of
the grounds were at half-mast today,
while the handsome setting to the ring
of beautiful structures-the New York
buildng-was closed to visitors and
draped in mourning out >of respect to
the memory of Donald McNaughton,
of the executive commission of the EN-
pIre state, who died last night. Many
persons called at the building during
the day and left their cards. and at 3
o'clock a meeting of commissioners
from the different states was held In
tine secretary's room. Thirty-three
states were represented, and many
speeches in eulogy of the deceased were
made. Among the principal speak
erS were John G. Wyman, of Rhode
Island; E. c. Hovey, of Massachu-
sets, and John X. Gwynn, of Missouri.
Tue following preamble and resolu-
tion was then adopted: Whereas, in the
providence of God, Hon. Donald Nc
Naughton, chief executive OF the board
OF worlds fair managers for the state
of New York at the Worlds Columbian
Exposition, has been called from the
field of labor in which he has striyen so
diligently, ably and unselfishly to main
tain the reputation of his state and to
promote the success of the exposition,
and whereas, his sudden death has an
especially mournful significance in
being the first break that has occurred
in the ranks of those who officially
represent the states of this Union at the
worlds fair; therefore. be 1t resolved,
that the state commissioners here as
sembled do on behalf of themselves and
Of their absent colleagues place on
record their sense of high personal
qualities and brilliant official record of
their associate, now deceased, and they
express to the board of general man
ayers of the state of New York their
Deep Sense
of the loss which the state and eXposi-
ton have suffered by the death of an
officer SO Jealous and interchangeable and
accomplished; also resolved, that a copy
of these resolutions be sent to the gov
ernOr of the state and the board of the
worlds fair managers of the state of
New York and 10 the mayor of the city
of Rochester, n. Y.
The resolution was signed by B. F.
Ravens, of Indiana; John s. Apperson,
Virginia; John c. Wyman, Rhode
Island; John G. Gwynn, Missouri; E.
G. HoVry, Massachusetts.
A committee consisting of the follow
ing commissioners was then selected TO
accompany the remains to New York:
John G. Wyman. Rhode island; E. c.
Hovey, Missouri: William E. Alberson.
Ohio; b. f. Ravens, Indiana; John S.
Apperson, Virginia; A. b. Farquhar,
Pennsylvania: Lafayette Funk, / illinois.
The national committee today adopted
resolutions out of respect to the de-
ceased.
Memorial services will be held at the
New York building at IL O'clock tomor-
row. at which Rev. S. j. Mcpherson, an
old friend of deceased, will off ciate.
The remains will then he taken to the
depot and depart short time later for
the East.
chanical engineers today and slightly
disarranged their plans for engineers
day. at the exposition. Instead of
coming out to tine fair on whaleback
steamer the Illinois Central brought
3OO Of them with their wives and daugh-
trrs. They were met by the Associated
American
Exhibitors Band.
which made its debute today, and es-
corted through the grounds to Music
hall, where the director of works and |
exposition engineers welcomed the |
visitors. ii. f. j. Porter, assistant |
chief OF the department of machinery,
presided, and introduced the director of |
the works. MIR. Burnhami, VINO made |
one of the few speeches credited to him |
in connection with the worlds fair func- |
ton. The one great lesson of the eX- |
position, Mr.. Burnham said, had been |
to throw aside divisions and unite in |
one brotherhood.
Eckley Coke, president of the Ameri- |
can Society of Mechanical Engineers,
echoed the sentiments OF Mr.. Burnham. |
The field was too vast, he said, for any |
one of the professions to say: I'VE |
have it ALL" III the name of nearly all |
the engineering professions. whose rep |
reSentativeS were in the hall, President |
Coke rendered 10 Mr.. Burnham their |
congratulations. During the afternoon |
and evening the engineers took in the
Ferris wheel, the Krupp pavilion, |
where the gigantic guns are on exhibit, |
the Illinois Central railroad, the NOV
able side walk. and other sights of inter- |
est To men of mechanical tastes.
The vexed question as to the constltu-
ton of the court of appeals on awards |
came up again today in the national |
committee, and Commissioner Tousley, |
OF Minnesota, spoke against allowing
the full commission on awards to con- |
StItute itself the appellant court for dis |
satisfied exhibitors. Chairman Thatch- |
er, of the executive committee on |
awards, came III and delivered speech, |
invelgning against the Chicago press |
for
Abusing Him
and for originating all the charges that |
had been circulated against the eXpOSi- |
ton. mo matter what l say it will go |
out 10 the country miScOnstrued and |
mIsinterDreted," said the New Yorker !
'Une would think, TO read the papers, |
That John Boyd Thatcher had not |
friend in Cook county; that no one |
cares for the committee On awards, and |
that the awards feature of the fair was |
mOrbund and obnoxious. All the bad |
things and all the injurious said about |
the fair have come from the press. 1t |
All comes from what i, known as COM |
mon talk. l don't think l ought to be !
called on even TO argue against this |
prOpOsitIon To take the matter of award |
aud appeals out of the regular com mis-
siuu's IIaud-. IL is absolutely impossible |
to conduct the department on any such |
d0uble-head d method. We would no
get through the awards in year"
Ehe question was hung up again by |
tho apnnInru,.pf nj o,,nu,jttao oF