The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-19
NEBRASKANS IN THE CITY
LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF THE
STATE VISIT INDIANAPOLIS.
Here in the Interests of the Interna-
tionaI Exposition at Omaha-Enter-
tanned at the Board of Trade.

Nebraska and Indiana threw bouquets at
each other last night and yesterday after
noon in the latest and most approved style
Nebraska was here in the persons of sixty
four Of the leading business men of the
State. They came on a special train dur
ing the afternoon Their mission is to
arouse an interest in the transmississippi
and international exposition, which is to be
held in Omaha from June to November of
this year They are boomers and under
stand their work well.
Last night the visitors met the leading
business men of Indianapolis at the Board
of Trade assembly room. There were re-
freshments. cigars and a great deal of elo-
quence, in which representatives of the two
States tried to make each other understand
how proud they were of each other. H. E.
Kinney president of the Board of Trade,
was introduced by President d. M. Parry,
of the Commercial Club, and presided dur
ing the evening. Governor Mount delivered
the welcoming address on behalf of the
State, and John w. Kern, city attorney,
filed the place for Mayor Taggart on be-
half of the city.
Following the local men W. H. Green,
chairman Of the Nebraska delegation, spoke
concisely and to the point on the object Of
the trip the Nebraskans are making. He
outlined the purpose and scope of the expo
sition, and said he hoped the people of In,
diana would cooperate with them in max
ing it the success which the great expendi-
ture of time and money deserved. He was
followed by Rev. Wright Butler, who made
the hit of the evening for the visitors. From
the start he won the friendship of all his
hearers, and many present promised them
selves they would go to Omaha next sum-
mer if for no other reason than TO hear
such an eloquent man in his pulpit. he
told the Indianapolis people that the Omaha
exposition would be made on broader lines
than was at first contemplated. The Nash
vile and Atlanta expositions were grand,
but the Omaha exposition would sur
pass them as far as the Paris exposition OF
1900 would surpass the Omaha exposition.
Already 600 had been expended on the
buildings alone and they We're now almost
completed. He described the plan Of the
exposition grounds and buildings The
buildings are in two rows running east ana
west and between them is a canal spanned
by four bridges. At the west end the canal
broadens into three lakes, and at the head
of the lakes is the mammoth bulldlng
erected by the government. 1t is 800 feet
long and 178 feet high. The grounds are
twenty acres iii extent, and almost IN the
The speech~making continued until after
IL O'clock. Mr.. Corbett of the visiting
party, made an address, in which he said
of the United States did not appreciate the
extent of advancement made by the trans
mississippi States. He urged that the peo-
pie of this section make a special eIort 70
visit the show, and cordially invited Indi-
ana manufacturers to compete with his peo~
pie Addresses were made by John l.. Crit
fths. 70. b. MartfndaIe and others of this
CITY. Then the Indianapolis people pro-
posed another toast to the health and sue
cess of the Nebraskans, and went 70 their
several homes. while the visitors hied them
selves to their special cars and turned in
for the night ready to be pulled out at 40
in the Northwest