The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-30

Exposition Company to meet the Commits
sioners as soon as possible after they are
appointed
SUGGEST STIERINGER'S NAME
FOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEER
A number of agencies, including Thomas
A. Edison. are pushing Luther Stier1nger'
electrical engineer at the Buffalo EXPOSITION
forward fer the same place at ST. Louis.
The Committee on Electricity and Elec-
. trical Appliances has. through It's cnaar-
man, J. f. Smith, conferred with MI. Stier-
niger, and it is not unlikely that he VIII Be
superintendent Of that committee. The
Western Electrician of Chicago says: In
recent interview Thomas A. Edison said
that he thought St. Louis would have .
finer illumination than Buffalo. especiaHy
II the architects engage Luther stieringen
the expert in decorative lighting. to carry
out his conceptlonS inis VIII ~" ~"oSs
prove the fact"
Norman j. Colman. president OF the ME-
souri, state Fair. has invited the * Loois
Worlds Fair Directors to visit Seoaua, tne
seat of the fair. on Wednesday. SeptemDes
IL. which has been set apafS-as a Juoiieo
holiday by the Mayor Of Sedalia. Arrange
ments are under way looking to the accepo-
ance of the invitation
The Friede- -Blanke Aerial Globe Company
has received from a St Louis firm an Or
der for the first 100 admission tickets 20 sne
globe
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ARE INTERESTED IN FAIR.
According to dispatches from Washington.
some very encouraging assurances have
been received by Commissioner Barrett rom
representatives of Japan, China and Korea.
The Japanese Minister. KoRofo Takashtra.
DELAYED his departure to his summer home
in Virginia In order to discuss Worlds Far
matters. He stated that SO far as he coulo
influence his Government everything would
be done by it to participate in the EA1r On
a scale greater than 1t has ever befofe oonA
The Minister added that In the ten years
which have passed since the Columbian Ex-
position. both the United States and Japan
have made such material progress as to
call for exceptional exhibits. and that when
the Japanese Diet meets his recommends
ton for an appropriation will be ready for
presentation. In the meantime he sug-
gested that good educational work along
this line can be done by the American Le-
CATION at Toxic.
The Commissioner also had q talk with
Secretary Sin Teh Moo of the Korean LegA-
ton. the Minister being at Atlantic City,
The secretary gave assurances that a. soon
as the proclamation and descriptive matter
has been received from the State Depart
ment he will communicate with his Govern
ment. recommending ample appropriations
for exhibits.
The Chinese Minister. Mr.. Wu. has been
in ST. Louis recently. and no doubt 10 felt
tnat ne Will take pefSOual IuteEeSt IN -
curing n good exhibit from China. MI. Wa
is now at Narragansett Pier and has asked
that Commissioner Barrett 20 there to dis
cuss the Exposition.
DIRECTORS MEET TO-DAY
At THE MONDAY CLUB.
The Worlds Fair Directory will meet
this morning at IL o'clock at the MONDAY
Club to issue a call for the second payment
on the subscriptions to Worlds Fair stock.
II il likely that other interesting business
will he al q
possible that the ground plans for the Fair,
which have been ready for some four weeks.
will be submitted to the Directors at that
meeting for approval.
The change in the organization by which
the Director General Is eliminated win NOT
come before that meeting because there has
not been time to give the necessary seven
days notice of a change In the bylaws