The sun., 1900-05-19
Sixteen Spaces Sold and Many
Applications for Industrial
Exhibits Pending.
TO ISSUE SOUVENIR PROGRAM
1t Will be Magnificent Production
Committee of Three Go TO Rich
mond, Va, to See the Street
Fair There ard Gather In
formation for This City.

Many business houses throughout the
city having recognized the numerous
benefits to be derived from participation
in the Street Fair and Elks' Carnival
to be held in this city during the week
OF June Is have contracted for space in
the mammoth Industrial Exposition.
Advantage has bsen taken of the prefer
ence shown Wilmington merchants by
the carnival executive committee, and
Yesterday carnival headquarters at Nos.
$40 SD Market street was a buy scene.
Sixteen contracts were closed and nearly
one hundred contracts are peAding with
business men who desire space in the
big exhibition.
This is exactly what the executive
committee desires, They want Whining
ton business interests represented first
and then space will be allotted to the
anxious foreign applicants.
The sixteen space takers who have
signed contracts and to whom space has
been granted are as follows:
The Hartmann 4 Fehrenbach Brew
ing Company, Snellenburg & Company,
Diamond State Shoe Company, George
B. Ward, +. Melchoir, Jr., Delaware
Hospital Delaware and Atlantic Tele-
graph and Telephone Company, William
Lawton. Western Union Telegraph Com
pany, Republican Publishing and Print
ing Company, Homeopathic Hospital, J.
and j. N. Harman, Levy Kumfort Shoe
House, National Biscuit Company,
Woodward q Bro, and the Foord Bot
| tling Works.
Those merchants who have contracted
for space agree that while the people of
Wilmington have united in many objects
of patriotism, benevolence, and business,
never before has so comprehensive and
unique plan ior combining pleasure
and business beon undertaken.
Secretary Hunter Grnbb will be at car
niyal headquarters all day today ready
to act ON applications for space and sew
eral contracts are expected to be closed
before evening.
A feature of the Street Fair and Elks'
Carnival will be the souvenir program.
1t will be magnificent. production bear
ing the advertising cards of nearly all
the local merchants, together with his
tory OF the Order OF Elks and OF Viii
mington Lodge, and the entire program
for carnival week. A new committee
having in charge the compiling of the
souvenir program was appointed by the
director-general yesterday aud will com
mence work on the program next Mon
day morning. This committee is as fol
lows: George G. Woodward, chairman
j. H. Martin, Paul McCurdy, Clarence
Beabenkopf, G. g. Brown, Charles E
Gray, II. Howard Carver, j. Pau
Brown, George FlizzelI, Gilbert S. Jones
and H. @. Simmons.
Assistant Director General, Colone
Grantley P. Postles, J. Paul Brown ant
Homer G. Simmons, composing com
mittee named yesterday left for Rich
mond, Va, last night at IL O'Clock. II
Richmond they will visit the Street Fai
and Frank G. Bostock Midway which
! has been running there for week. Th'
visit to Richmond is made for the pur
pose of gathering information concern
ing the conduct of Street Fair anC
Carnival and to see several industrial ex
hibitors who desire space in the local ex
: position.
The prizes and parade committee i
fast completing its work. j. Paul Brow
has offered one of his best crayon por
traits for the best booth display. Otht
prizes will be announced later and tn
number of parades and the participant
i will soon be made public.