Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-19
DECORATED BY FRANCE
sEvENTY-ONE CROSSES OR PROMO
TIONs FOR AMERICANS.
Mrs. Potter Palmer and Mrs. Daniel
Manning Among the Favored
Ones.

|
] cablegram to the New York Herald
fl ON Paris yesterday says: The foreign Of
fee yesterday issued the list of decorai ions
| of the Legion of Honor bestowed upon the
| members of the United States commission
and American exhibitors at the Paris ex-
| position.
The list is long one. comprising no less
| than seventy-one names. which, with the
| decorations bestowed upon Commissioner
| General Peck. his assistant, Mr.. Woodward,
/! and Lieut. Sims some time ago, makes a
| total of seventy -four Americans who have
| been thus honored by the French govern
| ment.
| complete list of the decorations follows:
| Somerville Pinkney Tuck, promoted TO
commander, president of the international
| court at Cairo. Mr.. Tuck was assistant
commissioner general of the United States
| at the worlds fair in Paris in 1883 He is
a native of Maryland. and formerly prac-
| ticed law in this city, living al New Brlgh-
| ton, Staten Island. He was made an oni-
! Ger in 1889
Following were made officers of the Lee
| gion Of Honor:
| United States commissioner to the EXPOSE
ton and disbursing officer.
| John B. caldwell. director of fine arts
| for the United States commission.
! Charles T. Cook, vice president of
| stained glass company of this city.
William Deering and Cyrus H. McCor-
| mick, who are interested in the manufac-
| ture of agricultural implements.
James H. Gore of Virginia; was United
| States commissioner general to the Ant
| werp International exposition in 1894.
| j. Pierpont Morgan, who exhibited val
table collection of gems, which he has now
| given to the American Museum of Natural
| History.
Augustus St. Gaudens, sculptor. who in
ala TOD ,Iay1f nf rh,a
| EeauX Arts in Paris, and who has made
| many noted statues.
John Lafarge painter sr whose name has
| long been prominent in New York city. He
| was made a chevalier in 1889.
| Frederick Skiff of Chicago.
| To be chevaliers of the Legion of Honor:
Milward Adams of Chicago. prepared
| plan for seating the audience at the dedi-
| catory exercises of the worlds fair In that
city.
Lieut.. Commander Baker
DR.. Tarleton II. Bean, formerly superin-
| tendent of the Aquarium in New York
| city. He was director of forestry and
fisheries for the United States commissi N.
Paul Blackmar. director of affairs for the
| United States commission
| SyIvanie Block.
| Alexander S. Capehart of Ohio, director
of the department of liberal arts and chem
| ical industries of the American exhibit.
| George NJ. Charter.
| Frank Wigglesworth Clarke
| Charles A. Coolidge, American architect
| of the United States commission He is the
architect of the Chicago Public Library and
| of many other well-known buildings.
| Edward w. E. Dayton.
Charles r. Dodge, director of agriculture
| of the United States commission.
Francis E. Rake, director of machinery
| and electricity for the United States COM
| mission. He is nttive of Michigan.
James w. Duntiey.
George w. Eastman.
Daniel c. French, sculptor. and one of
the art commissioners of New York city.
John Getz, who had charge of the decora-
tive department of the United States COM
| mission. Is well known among the artists
Of New York city and Paris.
George w. Ochs.
| Alexander Gordon.
| Clement A. Griscom of Philadelphia, presi-
dent of the International Navigation Com
pany.
Thomas Hastings.
Franklin H. Head
| Carl Herring.
Edward Holbrook.
James w. Howard.
| Henry NJ Howe.
the United States commission. He was an
agent of the Treasury Department in Paris
before the exposition.
Mif1an II. Hurlburt.
B. f. Huntey.
William G. Irwin of Hawaii.
LaZare Kahn.
H. E. krehbiel lecturer on Wagner and
music.
Robert S. MacCurdy.
John Macgibbon.
Mrs. Daniel Manning. an agent and at
taChe of the United States commission.
Mrs. Potter Palmer, one of the United
Sta es commissioners to the exposi ion.
Michael II. De Young of San Francisco,
one of the United States commissioners.
Charles Miller a member Of the Pennsyl-
vania commission.
Francis D. Milett, an artist and author
whose work is widely known.
William ]. p. Moore.
Charles A. Moore of New York city,
Norton p. Otis. member of the New
York commission.
John s. Patterson.
/ George 3. Post, an architect of New York
city.
: Francis c. Pratt of Hartford, Conn.
Gonzalo Quesada, who represented Cuba
at the exposition.
John K. Rees. professor in New York
University.
E. W. Rice.
Howard Rogers, who had charge of the
New York educational exhibit.
Charles T. Schoen of Pittsburg, Pa.
Lyman c. Smith.
Willard A. Smith.
| A. G. Spalding, who directed the sporting
exhibit from the United States
Ambrose Swasey.
William w. Taylor.
Louis c. Tiffany.
George Westinghouse.
| George S. Viking.
William F. Willoughby of Washington.
| Lucian Wulfln.
|
| includes all the officers of the United States
commission to the exposition, all the direc.-
ors, two women members and Mr.. De
Young, president of the national commits
sioners, as well as thirteen American repre-
! sentatives on various juries and twenty-one
| exhibitors.
This is the first list of foreign decorations
made public, and there Is no opportunity to
compare 1t with lists of decorations be-
| slowed upon the representatives of other
| countries.
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