The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-03

chairman Carter OF the Government Com.
mission In answer to President Francis's
ieqIest f1r the determi nation by the Federal
Iovernmen OF the boundaries of the Pur-
chase
, am no; aware" saws Chairman Carter.
that congress ever created any commits
SO" or authorized any department of the
Government to officially and definitely settle
All points Of dispute relative to the boun-
dary or the purchase. end therefore | am
unable 10 furnish you the desired definition
under specific authority Of law. As sug-
eested by you. the views II t,;c Dep;:i Cment {
or the Interior have verict. and "a .. first
map published. attempting to give tn out
lines or the purchase. the General Land Of
nee was obviously wrong in cmir.cing
Western Montana. northern idaho and the
states of Washington and O-eg n within
the limits Of the purchase. The General
Land Office map was corrected ct later
date. and the northwes.crly line ot the pur-
chase was. l think. proper,v fixed a. the
summit OF the main range of the Rocky
Mountains
EFFORT TO HaMONIZE
POINTS IN DISPUTE.
Fortunately. an effort has been recently
made to harmonize the views of all OF the
departments OF the Government on the
various disputed questions involved. and to
secure uniformity between the diverse pub
To that end William II. Merriam. Director
or The Census. requested the various
branches OF the Government interested in
geography and history to advise the Census
Bureau of the true boundary OF the various
accessions of territory. including. Of course
the Louisiana Purchase. Under this invi-
tation Of the Census Bureau. a commission
was formed consisting of Walter f. Wilcox,
Chief Statistician OF the Census Bureau:
Andrew II. Allen. Librarian OF the State
Department: o. H. Tittmann. Superintend-
ent OF the Coast Survey: Henry Gannett.
Chief Geographer OF the Geological Service
and NJ. T. Lee Phillips. Chief of the Di-
vision OF Maps and Charts of the Library OF
Congress.
The vote OF the conference on all dis
puted points was unanimous. except upon
one point The territory west of the Florf-
da purchase and south of the States of
Mississippi and Alabama. and east Of the
Louisiana Purchase. was. by ma jority vote,
declared to be In dispute with Spain from
1900 to 1919.
In adopting the report Of the conference
and the map prepared in harmony with II
and forwarding the same to you. 1t must be
understood that am merely expressing an
opinion. and that do not assume to pass
Judgment upon the disputed boundary Ques-
tons In an official capacity. as I am not
apprised OF any law vesting the Louisiana
E<NpOSltiOu SOuIUlSSlOu. OF
president with authority to ofiicially desig-
nate the boundaries of the purchase"
SCULPTOR TRENTANOvE
VISITS FAIR OFFICIALS.
Chevalier C. Trentanove. sculptor, is In
ST. Louis. oil his way from Washington,
ID. C.. to Springfield. Mo. At the latter place
he will attend the unveiling Of his statue
Of the Confederate Soldier. at the Confed-
crate reunion on August 10.
Chevalier Trentanove has numerous letters
from leading Italian artists. who are anx-
icus to exhibit their works at the Worlds
Fair. urging him to connect himself with
the italian end OF the Fine Arts Depart
ment.
Yesterday Cheva1ier Trentanove was in
conference for several hours with Isaac s.
Taylor. chairman Of the Commission of
Architects. relative to sculptural decoration
Of the various buildings and other art feat
ures. In the afternoon he was closeted with
President Francis. TO whom he outlined
briefly his idea of an Italian art exhibit at
the Fair. This morning at 10 o'clock he will
meet President Francis and l. W. Morton.
chairman Of the Fine Arts Committee, in
the presidents room at headquarters
ON SUPPLIES
FOR HI SINESs.
The Committee on Supplies met at Worlds
Fair headquarters yesterday afternoon to
organize its department. and determine ex-
actiy what method would be used in fur
nishing supplies to the various divisions of
he management. Present were Norris Il.
Gregg. chairman: James ]. Coyle, j. J..
schctten and J. W. Mcdonald
Marshall ID. Lyle. who has been identified
with the Worlds Fair movement since its
inception. and who was one Of those I'm
,harge of the first headquarters in the
Carleton building. was appointed secretary
II the committee.
Mr.. Gregg reported that progress had
been made. and that the committee is in
,hape to handle all business as IL may an
pear. He says that the organization is such
hat It will easily admit Of expansion rs
he demands increase. At present there ,s
little to attend to In the line Of purchasing
'upplies. The meeting was largely taken up
with the discussion of routine matters. Ac-
,ording to the bylaws OF the Louisiana En-
position Company. all standing committees
iraw their supplies through the Committee
on Supplies.