The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-10-23
SHOWS PACKING UP.
Interstate Fair Exhibitors to Go
to Portland Exposition.
BANQUET TO EDITOR LANE.
DtreetoF-Generai Bueey Remembered
with = silver serviee-Tae Build
tngs TO Remain

PcsT-ISrELII6EycER HEADorARTERs, H.
TEssTATE FAIR. TACOMA. Oct 22-lspe-
cial- About 100 persons visited the fair
today. The liberal arts building begins TO
LOOK foriorn. The Seattle exhibit was
shipped away today. The mirror msze IS
fast being tora down, and the Illinois
model farm IS packed, ready for shipping
10 Los Angeles The foreign exhibits are
being gotten ready 10 send back The
rest Of the concessions will probably re-
main until November l. City Attorney
Nickersham is experimenting the packing
OF the Indian exhibit. The PosT-lSTELLT-
GEEScEg state Of Washington Worlds
fair register. which was used by the Posr-
IsTELLIGEScEs children 10 register their
names. will be taken TO Seattle tomorrow
and be preserved az the PosT-lSTEILIsES-
CIR Office as q souvenir of the Worlds and
Interstate fairs.
4 beautiful silver tea and coffee set,
with gold-lIned goblets and cups. together
with large silver server. will be pre-
scented 10 Henry BUGGY IN a few days. 1t
viii be inscribed as follows: Presented
10 Henry BUGGY, director general and
originator OF the Northwest Interstate
fair, by host of friends. Tacoma, 1884"
The ser Is one of the prettiest ever seen IN
this city.
Instead OF going home to dinner at the
usual hour this evening, the newspaper men
and few personal friends of the guests
of honor remained down town and glued
their attention 10 handsome menu card
and everything contained therein until
''3J' was reached, about 10 o'clock. The
card was headed:
INTERSTATE FAIR
DEPARTMESr OF PUBLICITY AND PROMOTION,
Franklin X. Line, Chief.
A. \. Brown. Press Agent.
rendered by the Press Gang of Tacoma, Wash,
At Hotel Chilberg,
MONDAY EVENING. Ger. - 1884.
Frank b. Cole. an expert ut that line.
was the POSTMASTER, and the spelling"
was spontaneous. After the fish, silver
punch bowl as big as half bushel was
brought in. The engraver had marked il
thus: Presented to Franklin l.. Lane by
his friends, in recognition of his valuable
services in the interest Of the Interstate
fair, Tacoma, 1894 "
The solid silver bowl was so heavy that
the porter who held it up for inspection
soon grew tired. Roman gold linsd the
inside Of the bowl and cover. and emblems
of the vineyard and vintage III relief added
TO the massiveness of the gift. Ex-Su-
perior Court Judge Frank Allyn. Judge
John C. Stallcup and County Clerk ". A.
Ryan were among Mr.. Lanes personal
friends present.
A large majority. if not all of the chief
exhibits at the Interstate fair, will be
taken to the Portland universal holiday
exposition to be opened December
1, continuing 10 January Is. Foreign
Commissioner Stiles presided at meeting
tonight which represented ITO foreign and
American exhibitors. nearly all of whom
have decided to 60 to Portland. The hold
ing of an exposition at Portland was
suggested 20 Mayor George p. Frank and
other Portland officials on their visit here
on Portland day. By II. b. Hardt. Cana
dian commissioner. These gentlemen
took the matter up with the result that
the Portland exposition building has
oeen secured and Mr.. Hardt has been
appointed manager and f. w. Allen treas
urer OF the enterprise. The exhibitors feel
sure that the exposition wilt be a success,
as Mr.. Hardt has been connected with
international fairs since 1878, proving HIM
self successful organizer.