Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-12-05
Current Items Of Interest In Connec.
tion With the louisiana
purchase Celebration.
DETAILS ARE rapidly wuaKIus OUT.
the esss.s-Br~akf.g Cer~.e.i-s
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chase exposition. and win be better
represented at IL than at any former
Worlds fair a; home or abroad
Wa.er-eolor sketches of plans for
the Federal building at the St Louis
Worlds fair have been approved and
signed by the secretary of the treas
uFy. ard are now awaiting the 5P-
proved signatures of the postmaster
general and secretary of the interior.
National Commissioner Allen saws
that therr will b. an informal and un-
official meeting OF thu national COM
mission and the board OF lady man
ayers at the Manhattan hotel. Nes
York city. Dseemb~r :.
The Brotherhood OF Locomotive En-
gineers mad intended to make Capt
lawson. who died recently in 81
Louis. the recipient of much honor at
the St Louis Worlds fair as the first
locomotive engineer in America. and
as the bsliIrier and driver of George
Stephenson'S first locomotive in Eng
land Since his death a movement has
been started to raise funds for =
monument TO him
\ full set of rules and regulations.
governing exhibits and awards at the
Louisiana Purchase exposition. cx-
eepting only section 5. of article VII.
which is reserved for possible amend
ments. pending the arbitration of n
question of construction, has been
adopted and published.
Presiden; Francis has received .
letter from President Paeheco. OF
Costa Rica. stating that the invita-
tiOns of President Mckinley and of
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Co. had been received with pleasure.
and would be complied with to the ex-
tent of Costa Rica'S ability
Chief Electrical Engineer Eustin IS
st work with Director of Works Tay-
lcr on the arrangement for the cleo
trical power plant of the Worlds fair.
which he says. Is TO he of 3l.000
horsepower. the largest in the work.
Mr. Frederick W. Taylor. superin-
tendent of agriculture. horticulture
and forestry. in both the Omaha and
Buffalo expositions. has been engaged
by the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Co.
The committee on press and pub
lcis= has adopted a design for an of
hcial poster in eolors- TO be distribui-
ed in all sections of the world and
printed in several languages The pos
ter will contain pictures of Thomas
jefferson. Napoleon Bonaparfe. Pres
ident Roosevelt. the late President
Mckinley. John Hay, who as secretary
of state represents the government in
its relations TO foreign countries. and
David T. Francis. president of the
Worlds Fair association IL will also
contain pictures symbo,ieal of music.
literature. art. agriculture, electricity
and textiles ard a fac simile repro
duetion of the late President Mckin-
.ey's Worlds fair proclamation
The official report of Gov John G.
Brady. of Alaska to the United States
government was made public on No
vember 2s- The governor recommends
that congress appropriate 5000 for
an Alaskan exhibit at the ST Louis
Worlds fair.
A committee to arrange for athletic
and other sporting tournaments at
the ST Louis Worlds fair has been
appointed The presidents of the lead
ing athletic associations of the Unit
ed States are represented on the COM
mittee.
The classification of exhibits for
the Worlds fair has been completed
BY Director of Exhibits Skiff and sent
to the printer with the rules and reg
ulations- The classification comprises
fifteen departments. ia groups and
s07 classes
A shovel made in ST. Louis, to rep
resent the highest development of the
shovelmaker's art. has been offered
by Mr.. A. l. Shspleigh TO President
Francis for use in breaking ground
December 20 on the Worlds fair site.
1t is a heavy stelI. D-handled, --iia-
mond-edged- shovel. with ebony han
die fitting into a heanfifuIly-curred
and finished steel ss-eker. all the steel
being silver plated and the whole i'm
plement gotten up regardless of eN-
pense, to be laid away as a mementc.
with an inscribed silver plate after
the ground-br-aking. The old wood
en- shovel unearthed at Doe Run. and
the old iron shovel of Is0s mentioned
in the press some weeks ago. will also
be used
The Hot Springs (Ark-) Worlds
Fair commission has decided TO call
on the citizens of that city for ss5.-
900. and has appointed committees to
raise that amount for the purpose Of
a local exhibit.
Isaac s. Taylor. director of works,
has presented to President Francis n
fine gavel made from black walnut
wood cut on the site of the Worlds
fair in Forest park This gavel is
the only souvenir made from the
wood cut from the Site" the letter
accompanying the gift said The CAV
el is about foot long and is very
highly polished
The American Biograph and Nuto-
scope Co. of New York has arranged
TO make a series of moving pictures
showing the principal features of the
celebration ON December 20-the
formal ground breaking. speech-mak-
ing. parade, etc
The first money received by the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co.,
exclusive of subscriptions to stock,
was silver quarter from Mrs Ida
Schwentler. of ST. Louis. for a stick
Of wood which she wanted to pay for,
the stick being souvenir Of the tius-
Der cut down IN Forest park.