Arizona republican., 1901-10-14
WORLDS FAIR WORK
The First Step in the Louisiana
 Purchase Exposition
The First Step of State Building Space has Begun -A A Regular Army Officer Wanted to Command the Police.

St. Louis, Oct. 13.-There is a decided broadening of the horizon in worlds fair work. There are to be seen vari- ous forms of activity. ranging from the first steps toward allotting space for different state buildings to measures looking to the enlistment of Adjutant General Corbin in the work of carry ing forward the enterprise. The branches of the big worl, are getting far away from one group of rooms and are beginning to occupy the four quarters of the country and the fields beyond.
 The committee on police took their first steps yesterday. the result of which will be that Adjutant General Corbin will. within the next few days be requested to select some regular army officer for the position of com mandant of police for the worlds far. No names have as yet been officially mentioned in connection with the posi- tion. though it is understood that the friends of several army officers have been advocating their appointment. The chairman of the committee on Do- E lice also has the applications of sev- eral chiefs of police. or those who have formerly occupied that position for the position of commandant of police.
 
 Chairman Harrison I. Drummond The decision arrived at was that a repre- sentative from the committee call un Adjutant General Corbin within the next few days and place before him the matter of the commandant of police. Other work done by the committee was the appointment of Mir E. I. Pickett as secretary of the committee. He has the advantage of diplomatic experience as United States consul to Strassburg Germany, during the Cleveland admin istration. He is q graduate of the law school at Ann Aroor. and has been the attorney for the Wabash system m Illinois
 The work of two state commissions was materially advanced. John J. Brown of Vandalia. secretary of the Illinois state commission to the Lou isiana Purchase exposition. arrived in the city on an errand of importance. The Illinois commission will be one of the busiest of the state commissions. its appropriation, $2500Cj, being consid- erably larger than that made by any other state up to the present, except Missouri.
 The Illinois commissioners want ara and location allotted to them as soon as possible. and the visit of Secretary Brown to headquarters was to that end. Acting President Kennard and Secretary Stevens conferred with the visiting secretary. and authorized him to say to the Illinois commission that the worlds fair officials would desig- nate a date within the next two weeks for the commission to visit St. Louis. and the site for the purpose of making a selection of space for the Illinois building. The commission for Illinois has not yet been fully organized, but will be within the next two weeks.
 At present it consists of President H. M Dunlap, vice president c. N Travous and the attorney for the com mission. John R. Lynch. James Pad dock of Springfield. H.. is the assist | ant secretary, Secretary Brown is al ! ready very enthusiastic over the work ! before the commission.
 "A great work will be accomplished 1 by the gentlemen who make up the ! commission" he said last night. "Of- l fees will be established in the near | future, though where they will be IS l not fully determined. There is a feel ! ing that the headquarters for the com- mission should be at Springfield. undo: the immediate supervision of the gov 1 ernor.
 Another opinion Is that the work !! could be accomplished to greater ad- 1 vantage by establishing the office ir | St. Louis. where we can be in touch ! with the great progress of events. | President Dunlap will at an early date | appoint committees to perform the | different branches of the work of the l commission, so that when we have our l space allotted to us there will be no | time lost in going to work. One state | ment can not be made too emphati- l cally, and that is that Governor Yates | is as deeply interested in the work of | the exposition as any man in the | state of Illinois. and his hearty CO., l operation is one of the things that can be relied upon"