The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-15

President Francis Is away with Chairman
Carter of the Government Commission and
Secretary F1ory. interviewing President
Mckinley with regard to the issuance Of a
proclamation inviting foreign Governments
to participate In the louisiana Purchase
Exposition. The interview between the st.
Louis representatives and President McKin-
ley takes place to-day at Canton. o.. the
home OF President Mckinley, where he Is
spending the summer.
1t Is likely that President Francis will go
east from Canton to Washington to urge
speedy action on the part of the State De-
partment in disseminating the proclama-
ton. and to Buffalo or New York or other
Eastern points to canvass possibilities Tor
Director General.
F. W. Lehman. chairman Of the Com
mittee on Ethnology and Anthropology. Is
In Washington In conference with the
Board of Regents of the Smithsonian In
stitution In regard to the work of the COM
mittee and the best way of prosecuting it,
LOOKING FOR EXPERT
DRAFTsMEN IN NEW YORK.
Treasurer Thompson and Isaac s. Tay-
Tor. chairman Of the Commission OF Arch
itects. are in New York organizing the
drafting force OF the Department Of Works.
for which there will be urgent need as soon
as the sketch plans are approved
est. Louis did not contain a sufficient
number of speedy, expert craftsmen, avail
able for the work. says a member of the
Board Of Architects. land the trip to New
York resulted The men engaged for this
work must be able to jump right In wnen
they are needed There Is no time to teach
a raw force. They must know their bust
ness In the start"
Robert Aull. secretary of the Committee
on Agriculture, is attending the Horse
Show at Lexington. KY, as a representa-
tive of the Exposition company
Director Schroers, chairman Of the Com
mittee on Education. Is in the East confer
ring with members Of the Advisory Board
of the Committee on Education and with
Howard J.. Rogers. superintendent Of the
Department of Education.
Director King. vice chairman Of the Com
mittee on Manufactures and Liberal Arts.
Is In New York comforting with big manu-
facturers who are expected tc make great
exhibits at the Louisiana Purchase EXPOSE
ton.
COMMITTEEMAN IN EUROPE
AWAITING PROCLAMATION.
Adolphus Busch. Judge Madill. Dan c.
Nugent and John ID. Davis. members Of the
Foreign Relations Committee. are in Europe
ready to taxi instant advantage Of the re-
ceipt there of President McKinley's proc
lamation. Adolphus Busch Is also prose-
cutting work in his capacity as a member of
the Committee on Fine Arts.
Seth Cobb. chairman Of the Fish and Fish
cries Committee, Is In Europe comforting
with representatives of biological labora-
tories In various big cities. with regard
to the fish and fisheries exhibit at the
WORLDS Fair.
George l. Edwards. chairman Of the Con-
c~essions Committee. has just returned from
Colorado. where he represented the Louisi-
ana Purchase Exposition Company at the
Quarto-Centennial Of Colorado's statehood
- - H.
Pan-American Exposition. held a conference
with him and with Director Wertheimer. a
member of the committee. yesterday. 1t Is
not unlikely that F. W. Taylor will become
Director Of Concessions for the st. Louis
Worlds Fair.
LITERATURE ORDERED
FOR FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
John Barrett. Commissioned General to
Asia and Australasia. left st. Louis last
night for the East. He has ordered Worlds
Fair literature sent to United States Min
listers at Pekin. China: Toxic. Japan: Seoul.
Korea; Bangkok. Siam. and Teheran, Per-
STA; to Consuls at Canton. China: Chc-Foo.
China: Chinkiang. China: New-Chwang.
China: Foo-Chow. China; Hankow China;
Shanghai. China: Tien-Tsin. China; Yoko-
hama. Japan: Kobe. Japan; Nagasaki. !
Japan; Vladivostok. Eastern Siberia: Sin
gapore. Strait Settlements; Hong-kons. I
China; Calcutta. India: Bombay India: !
Ceylon, India; Alder Arabia; Constantinople. !
Hobart. Tasmania: Melbourne. !
Sydney. Australia; Wellington. |
New Zealand; Auckland. New Zealand, and
Batavia, Java; and to Chambers of Com |
at Honolulu. Hawaii: Manila. Phil |
lppine Islands: Hankau China. and AIDE
laide, Australia. |
No formal steps have yet been taken by
the Exposition Company to secure the prop |
erty outside of Forest Park to add to the
n neeotiations whatever have been /
made with the University Place Real Estate
Company" says Thomas Wright. president
)f that company. which owns the tract i'm
north Of Forest Park.
1t is probable that before condemnation
proceedings are inausurated formal offers
will be asked for from the property owners
whose property is needed for Fair purposes.
According to dispatches from WASHINGTON
Architect Taylor. who will
for the Exposition. will come to st. Louis
the next three weeks. to look over
he site for the building.
better building than has been built for any
,ther exposition" he said. W want to fur
nish at least 100000 square feet OF floor
II the Pan-American Government building. |
We shall also endeavor to avoid the use |
II any interior columns. We have found
hat even the lew columns used at Bunal
we're in the way"
MANAGEMENT CONFERs
WITH ILLINOIS COMMISSION.
The first conference between managers Of |
the Worlds Fair and the Illinois Commits
sion took place at Worlds Fair headQuar- |
tiers yesterday afternoon. The object of the |
meeting was to discuss preliminary matters |
relative to the Illinois exhibit. and for the |
Of the two bodies to become |
acquainted. |
Present were: Vice President Corwin H. |
Spencer. c. II Huttig. chairman Of the l
Committee OF State and Territorial Ex-
hibits; Daniel NJ. Houser. chairman Of the |
Committee of the Worlds Fair |
Company, and President H. NJ. Dunlap, |
Secretary John J. Brown. Assistant Secre-
man and C.. N. Travous of the Illinois
Commission. |
The conference lasted more thar an hour.
and at Its termination II was announced a L
perfect understanding had been reached. Il
Is the intention of the commission to erect /
a splendid building. which shall be novel 1
In design. A large portion Of the State |
appropriation of $25O.00 will be spent on |
this building. The committee was asked to
specify at the nearest possible time how |
much space II would require for Its exhibit. /
A meeting Of the commission will cor
vene at the call of Mr.. Huttig early IN
September. II Is believed at that lime the
company Will be ready to allot the space
y which the Illinois exhibit Is to be placed.
Mr.. Dunlap stated that until his commits
{ would be impossible to commence on the
,lans Of the Illinois building. It II the in
IGNITION now to place the entire State ex-
nfbit IN one large building. This, however.
nay be changed later.
ALTOy ans SUGGESTION