The St. Louis Republic., 1904-09-11
Open TO TIE PrRLIC.

sll convene in Music Hall "a, 30 a. n.
Monday
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
The session viii be open 60 the general
public. and all persons Interested in cleo
tricity OF its APPLICATION may attend The
concluding session, at 10 a. III. Saturday.
in Congress iiall at tha Worlds Fsir.
VIII also be open To IN" general puh1ic-
All I'll. other meetings of the congress
viii be devoted to the reading OF papers
and other scientific discussions. ana Will
be open only To- members
The local committee il charge OF the
arraaSe en.ujs for the reception and con-
yenton. has been actively engaged for
some time on the plans for the meeting
l he Chairman OF the committee Is IL Ii
Humphrey Of the Chemical building, ana
the other members are Professor ". r..
S0ldsboTouSh. Chief OF the Department
OF Electricity at the Exposition; W. A.
Laynan and T. h. HENDERSON There
l. also 4 local organization committee tor
The congress appointed by the American
Institute of = ectricai Eag!ne,rs. Of which
the chairman ~ W. V y fowe.scn-
4 he 4vl4. committee a-- pee sI'! tor the
foreign visitors u handsomely illustrated
electrical handbook % ~ pages. giving a
desc ipuICn OF the c!iy. the organization
and scope of the Electrical Congress hni
A descT ptiDu Of the various electrical f@a-
lures OF the CITY. iuc!uuing the street rail-
ways. e.ec-Eic-lghtinE and power stations
the telephone ~ stems and slecitl 4 manu-
hook is devoted To description of the
g &C real engineering feat -T.s and exh bits
at the Worlds Fair.
MANY FOREIGN DELEGATES
A. the request IF the State Department
at Washington. a number Of foreign Gov
ernmcuts have appointed delegates 10 the
congress- The Goyernfn' nt de.ssdtes are
emp. wer.-ii to c'.n. ider and report 10y rrSo-
luton upon various matters OF intcrfia-
tloEal electrical importance. with a view
10 subsequent action thereon by their Te-
specify. Governments. The last Ot Govern
fnsnt delegates include some %. the best
known electrical scientists ia ;he world
. A number Of scientific and electrical so
c.eties have also appointed ce.eeates at
large TO the congress Among them are
the royal societies OF England and Cana
da. and I"aTiy all the principal electrical
engineering, societies OF Europe. All OF the
American electrical societies are taking
part In the congress and particularly the
American Institute OF Electrical E;ngineers.
the American Physical society and the
American E.ectro-Chemical Society.
The Work Of the congress has been d.
yided into eight sections. which relate
respectively to Theory. General App.ics-
ton. E.ec;ro Chemistry. Power Tran<nl!s-
sion. Lighting. Traction. Communication
and Electro Therapeutics.
The American Institute OF Electrical! En-
giBeers has organized circular tour for
to New York. Boston. Niagara. Montreal.
Chicago. Pittsburg. Washington and Phil
adelphia. with all the principal objects q!
electrical and historical interests at these
PAGES. The number nf foreigners taking
part in this tour t. about 10. principally
collected from England and Italy. The
entire party. including Americans. is about
80 and they Will Come ia special trains
from the East by way OF Chicago. The
party will arrive In ST Louis this after
noon. and its headquarters will b. at
Hotel jefferson. The chairman Of the
Transportation Committee Is Z II. Mullin
Of New York City.
An Informal reception TO meet the party
on the circular tour Is TO be given At