The Canton times., 1902-10-03
This Week Will Mark Another
Epoch In the Development
of the Worlds Fair.
ALLOTMENT or SITES TO THE STATES.
Governors of Several States, Gov
ernment and state Commits
sions, Board of Lady MANAGERS
and Many other NOtables VIII
be the Guests of ST. Louis.

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President Roosevelt has made neces'
sary revision of the programme foi
the entertainment of guests mex,
week at the ceremonies in connection
with the allotment of building sites
at the Worlds fair.
The principal event on that occa'
sion aside from the ceremonies at the
exposition grounds will be ban.
quet given by the Business Mems
league at the Mercantile club to the
visiting governors of states. The din
ner will be served Thursday evening.
Acceptances have en- received by
the Exposition company from GOV.
Orman of Colorado, Gov. Yates of ILL.
nois, Gov. Heard of Louisiana, Gov.
Van SAINT of Minnesota, Gov. Dockery
of Missouri, Gov. Toole of Montana,
Gov. White of North Dakota, Gov,
Ferguson of Oklahoma. Gov. Sayers
of Texas, Gov. Wells of Utah, and Coy.
White of West Virginia.
Governors of several other states
will be represented by special depu-
ties
Secretary of the Treasurer Leslie
M. Shaw will represent the national
government. The United States gov
ernment board in charge of govern
ment exhibits at the exposition will
be present.
United tSates Senator William E.
Mason, of Illinois, has accepted an in
vitation, James Knox Taylor, superin-
vising architect of the treasury; Ro-
land p Faulkner, of the Congression-
al library at Washington; John w.
Morton, secretary OF state of Ten
nessee; Thomas Taggart of Indiana,
Lieut.. Gov. John A. Lee of Missouri
and other notable persons will be
present.
President Thomas I'll. Carter and all
the members of the national commits
sion will be in the city. Former SEN
ator John Fl. Thurston, of Nebraska, a
member of the commission, is now
en- route from Horolulu to attend the
meeting of the commission at the
Southern hotel on September 30.
Members of the state commissions
to the Worlds tair will come from
Colorado, Kansas, Iowa. Maine, Mis-
souri,, Texas, West Virginia, Wiscon-
sin, New Mexico and Wyoming. Will
lam Larrabee, Iowa's commissioner
at-large. will be present.
Members of the national commits
sion, of the board of lady managers,
of the state Worlds fair commissions,
of the board in charge of the United
States government exhibit and other
invited guests will assemble, Tuesday,
ct $3.50 a. m. at the Planters, the
Southern hotel or the Exposition Of
fees at the Laclede building, and take
special ears at 10 a. m. by way of the
Worlds Fair grounds to the Country
club, where breakfast will be served
at noon.
At 2 p. m. specisl cars will convey
the party from the Country club to
Skinker road and Lindell boulevard,
where special observation train will
be waiting on the Exposition termin-
ais to carry them to the reservation
on the wooded plateau, where the
dedication of the sites win take place.
At $3.50 p. IN. the party will take spe-
cial cars at Lindell pavilion and re-
turn to the hotels. A reception will
be held at the Southern hotel from 8
p. m. to IL p. m.
Special cars will leave the Southern,
Planters and Exposition offices down
town at ten o'clock Wednesday morn
ing for the Worlds fair grounds,
where the ceremony of alloting the
sites will be resumed. Formal assign
ment of sites to the Philippines and
to Hawaii, to the Worlds Fair Frater-
nal Building association and the Trav-
elers' Protective association will be
made the same morning.
At 80 p. m. luncheon will be served
at the Cafe La Frohm in the Admins
tration building. Rooms have been
provided there for meetings of state
and territorial commissions for the
of business. No enter
tainment has been provided as yet for
evening.
Thursday morning and afternoon
will be given to business. meetings of
and conferences be-
tween commissions and officers of the
In the evening the din
uer of the Business Mems league to