The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-10-03
This Week Will Mark Another
Epoch In the Development
Of the Worlds Fair.
ALLOTMENT OF SITES 10 THE STATES.
Governors of Several states, Gov.
ernment aud state Commi0
sions, Board Of Lady Managers
and Many Other Notables VIII
be the Guests of 81. Louis.

sary a revision Of the programme for
the entertainment of guests next
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 a ban
quot 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 I en- received by
the Exposition company from Gov.
Orman Of Colorado. Gov. Yates of Iii.
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 Gov
White of West Virginia.
Governors of several other states
will be represented by special depu
ties
Secretary of the Treasurer Leslie
NJ. Shaw will represent the nationa.
government. The United States gov
eminent board in charge of govern.
ment exhibits Il the exposition viii
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 II. Faulkner. of the COMPRESSION.
al library at Washington, John W
Morton. secretary OF state of Ten.
nessee; Thomas Taggart Of Indiana
Licut.-Gov. John A. Lee of Missouri
and other notable persons will be
present.
President Thomas III. Carter and al
the members Of the national commits
sion will be in the city. Former Sen.
ator John III. Thurston, of Nebraska.
member OF the commission. is now
en- route from Honolulu to attend the
meeting of the commissit at the
Southern hotel on September 80.
Members of the state commissions
to the Worlds fair will come from
Colorado. Kansas, Iowa, Maine, Mis-
souri,. Texas. West Virginia, Wiscon
sin. New Mexico and Wyoming. Will
lam Larrabee. Iowa's commissioner
st-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 $50 q. m. at the Planters, the
Southern hotel or the Exposition Of
fees at the Laclede building. and take
special cars at 10 a. N. by way of the
Worlds Fair grounds to the Country
club. where breakfast will be served
at noon.
At 2 p. m special cars will convey
the party from the Country club tc
Skinker road and Lindell boulevard
where a 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 will take place
At $3.50 p. IN. the party will take spe
cial cars at Lindeli pavilion and re
turn 10 the hotels. A reception will
be held a. the Southern hotel from
p. m. to ii p. IN.
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
mcnt of sites to the Philippines ans
TO Hawaii, to the Worlds Fair Frater
nal Building association and the Trav
elers' Protective association will be
made the same morning.
At 1:30 p. IN. luncheon will be served
at the Cafe La Frohm in the Admins
tration building. Rooms have beer
provided there for meetings Of state
and territorial commissions for the
transaction Of business. No enter.
tainment has been provided as yet fol
Wednesday evening.
/, Thursday morning and afternoon
will be given to business meetings OF
commissions and conferences be
tween commissions and officers of the
exposition. In the evening the din
ner OF the Business Mems league &c
visiting governors will be the feature 4
IL is probable that some separate en-
tcrtainment will lie devised for thu
board of lady managers.
Mammoth Products Of Missouri
st. Louis, Sept. 27.-An immense
Missouri pippin and gigantic ear
of Missouri corn are on exhibition al
the Lindell hotel. They have attract
ed the attention OF nearly every man
who has visited the hotel within the
last day Of two. Both were sent from
the Peoria corn carnival. The cereal
snu the fruit were raised in central
Missouri, according to the informa-
ton accompanying them. The apple
weighs 8 pounds. and Is almos, as
large a. q good-sized watermelon.
The ear Of corn Is IA inches long, and
contains os7 grains bv actual count