The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-23

JOHN n. MILLER .
dMe Js ans6oro; with u Mi MT; J: J. Brown
this week at the Illinois building at the
Worlds Fair.
was made in good faith. the company
should in equity pay it. -
John Henry Kirby. the president of the
Kirby Lumber Company. is also the presi-
dent Of the Texas Worlds Fair. Commits
sion, and the amount subscribed by that
corporation was one of the largest made
10 the commission. which. through the
failure of the State of Texas, on account
OF a constitutional provision, to make an
appropriation, had to depend upon privte
subscriptions with which to give the Lone
Star State proper representation.
Additional funds will be required to
maintain the building and the exhibits. but
commissioner Jesse Shain, who is in
charge at present, has no fear that It will
.peeome necessary TO either close up the
building or the exhibits. He states that
state pride will continue to assert itself.
and that Texas will continue to be credit
ably represented.
Just at present the Indiana building at
the Worlds Fair is without a hostess.
The Hoosier State has no regular hostess,
the wives of the members of the State
Commission taking turns at occupying the
position each for a term OF ten days.
Mrs. Nelson F.. Gladding, who was hostess
from July 10 to 20. departed for her home
az indianapolis several days ago. while
Mrs. s. b. Fleming of Fort Wayne, who
was due to take charge on the latter date.
mas not yet arrived. Meantime Mrs. NJ.
w. Dunn. who is custodian of the art and
literary exhibit in the State building. is
acting as hostess. Miss Fanny Alexander.
daughter of Assistant Secretary Alexander
Of the Indian Commission, an assistant
hostess, departs to-day for her home at
Marion
Herb and Lewis's ban of sixteen pieces,
Of Houston. gave a concert at the Texas
building yesterday afternoon. between 4
and 8 O'clock, which was attended by 500
persons. The organization. which is one
of the crack bands of the Lone Star
State, had been to Cincinnati with the
houston Lodge Of Elks and a part of the
audience We're members of the order and
their wives. The programme given by the
Texas band was q varied one, and the i'm
preston it made was most favorable.
and the members are as follows: Frank j.
Herb. s. j. Paul. w. H. Beeler, Ernest
Han. J. S. Yaldes. Chris Moeriein, Emil
John Secrest, 2. Kuhnel, Joe Gomez,
Otto Eiberts and Al Hart.
Te Miss s shhin,s tern w.1I .e as f sSis afte OF sns
theodore sturkow. the Russian pianist,
dHQ WuCus T. MaCDOndlQ OF bdlid6 Will
be the final offering. Miss Ruby Blake of
Dallas will sing and Miss Craig OF Mar
shall will whistle.
Mrs. Florence Long of Beaumont will
be the hostess next week.
S. T. Whitaker. Executive COMMISSIONS
for Utah, received and placed. on exhibi-
ton in the State building yesterday the
silver cup won by A. Rhodes of Garland
for tho best sugar beets grown under irrf-
cation exhibited at the eleventh National
Irrigation Congress at Ogden. Utah. Sep
TENDER Is, 1858. The cup was presented
by H. o. Havemeyer In behalf of the
American Sugar Refining Company. It is
rather q pretentious affair. and Is very
valuable This fail the Utah exhibit Of
sugar beets will be a prominent feature
Of that States space In the Agricultural
building.
Morton Rutherford. Mayor Of Muskogee.
is at the head Of a prominent party Of In
dian Territory citizens nov attending the
Fair. Others in the party are: Thomas
p. Smith, former Mayor of Muskogee; r.
p. Harrison, clerk of the United States
Court, and E. H. Hubbard chief deputy
for the United States Marshal of the
Western District of the Indian Territory;
H. H. Butler, United States Clerk at MI.
ami. and A. u. English. president of the
Muskogee Title and Trust Company Mr..
Rutherford wes United States Marshal for
the Territory under President CIeveland.s
frst administration. and his enforcement
OF the law Is said to be largely response