Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-12
Isl. LOUIS WORLDS FAIR.
Items Indicating Progress of the
Work of Preparation and
Publicity.
MATTERS NOT BEING ALLOWED TO DRAG.
Friday, December 20, VIII BE an I'm.
teresting Day, Whe Ground VIII
be Officially Broken With Appr0.
pirate Ceremony and With Prom
tnent Witnesses.

has witnessed a number of interest
ing advance steps in Louisiana Pur-
chase exposition matters, among
them the following:
Jamaica made a very creditable ex-
hibit at the Columbian exposition,
and her governor has written that he
is considering the matter of a rep
resentation for Jamaica at the Louis
ana Purchase exposition in 1908.
A Worlds Fair commission has
been formed in Lac1ede county, Mo-,
with a view of making an exhibit OF
the county's products.
The executive committee has au-
thorized the sinking of an artesian
well on the Worlds fair site. The
well will have a six-inch bore.
One of the effects of the Worlds
fair enterprise was shown in the
November receipts of the St. Louis
post office, which were $26 ,134 larger
than the November receipts of 1900.
The North Carolina auxiliary COM
mittee has issued a stirring appeal to
North Carolinans everywhere to as
sist in getting up a Worlds fair ex-
hibit for the old North State.
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Co. has been requested to invite the
Arven Order of Canada to the St.
Louis Worlds fair. The members of
the order are mostly descendants of
the governors, military commanders
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fore it's transfer to the United States
in 1903.
AT the meeting of the executive
committee On December 5 a letter
from John Hay, secretary of state,
was read, showing that several for
eign countries had already favorably
replied to the invitation to partici-
pate in the ST. Louis Worlds fair.
President Roosevelt, in his first an
nua1 message, referred to the LOUISE
ana Purchase with such patriotic ap-
probation of its Importance as "the
great turning-point in our develop
ment," and so heartily commended
the Worlds fair, which is to COM
memorate it's centennial anniversary,
that President Francis promptly
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United States Ambassador Powell
Clayton has forwarded to the Louisi-
ana Purchase exposition officials cop
les of official correspondence with
the Mexican government, showing
tina the president Of the Republic
had accepted President McKinley,s
invitation, and announced that Next
co would not only participate as a
government in the ST. Louis Worlds
fair, but would invite her people to
send private contributions to h ex-
hibits.
The Worlds fair executive commit
tee has appropriated $4,000 to be ex-
pended in securing a prize design for
a Louisiana Purchase exposition SYM
Dol, the prize to be awarded by n
jury of two artists, two sculptors,
two architects and one historian.
The board of lady managers, at
their informal consultation in New
York, on December 5,with the nation
al commission for the Worlds fair,
declared their intention to make
earnest efforts for a comprehensive
display representing the progress of
woman's work in literature, science,
art and the leading industries be-
tween 1903 and 1903.
In a lecture to the Chicago Chapter
of the Daughters of the American
Revolution, December 5, DR.. Edmund
J.. James, vice-president of the Iii
nois Historical society, assured his
hearers that illinois will see to it
that the history of the entire north
west shall be set forth at the st.
Louis Worlds fair in painting, sculp-
ture, historical collections and dec
orations in the Illinois building"
The honorary commission of the
Louisiana Purchase exposition, ap-
pointed by Gov. Toole of Montana,
met in Helena, December 5, to discuss
plans for raising a state exhibit fund,
pending an appropriation by the leg
islature. The plan of raising $4,000
by assessments on the counties, they
to be reimbursed by the legislature,
met with most favor. Gov. Toole will
attend the Ground Breaking" in St
Louis on December 20.
The committee on ceremonies is In
receipt of advices indicating that gov
ernors of the Louisiana Purchase
states, members of congress-, bodies
of military school cadets, and other
organized bodies, both civic and mill
tary, are looking forward to partici
patton in the ground-breaking cere
monies on December 20