The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-06
P|TTSBURG
TO ENTERTAIN
FAMOUS MEN
Dedication of Her S5,OOO,OOO
Carnegie Institute Will Take
Place Next Week.
PEOPLE OF WORLD
WIDE FAME COMING
Among Them Ex-Pres. Cleveland
and Other American and
Foreign Notables.
Associated Pres. to The Even,nx Time.

Associated Press to The Evening Times,
Pittsburg, Pa, April 6.-Never be-
fore has any American city been called
upon to entertain at one time so many
men of worldwide fame as will an
semble in Pittsburg next week to take
part In the ceremonies attendant upon
the formal opening and dedication of
the new building of the Carnegie in
stitute. The visitors are to come from
all parts Of the world and among them
Will be distinguished statesmen and
diplomats, captains of industry. cele-
brated authors, poets, Journalists and
nterateurs, inventors, artists, scien-
lists, educators, bankers, jurists mill
try and naval officers.
Probably never before in the history
OF the country has an opportunity been
aHorded to see gathered under one
ROOF SO many Americans who have
Won fame in SO many different pur-
suits Grover Cleveland, former pres
ident OF the United States, heads the
list. Invention will be represented by
Thomas A. Edison and agriculture by
Secretary James Wilson. Robert S,
Mccormick, ex-ambassador to France,
and Andrew D. White, ex-ambassador
to Germany, will represent diplomacy.
The world OF industry will be repre-
sented by Charles NJ. Schwab, presi-
dent of the Bethlehem Steel company,
and E. H. Gary, head OF the United
States Steel corporation.
Literature will be represented by
George w. Cable, Richard Watson Gil
der, Hamilton Wright Mabie. S. 8.
Mcclure and others. Will H. Low and
Edward w. Redfield will represent the
world of art, and James Speyer, the
New York banker, will stand for f.
nance. The navy viii be represented
by Rear Admiral Colby NJ. Chester.
The heads of all the leading Ameri-
can museums of science and art will
be present. Among them are Frank
lin W. Hooper, F. A. Lucas and Will
lam H. Goodyear of the Brooklyn In
stitute of Arts and Sciences, Sir Cas-
par Purdon Clarke of the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, H. c. Humpus of the
American Museum of Natural History,
Charles D. Walcott of the Smithsonian
institution, Edward Robinson of the
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Halsey
C. Ives of the st. Louis Museum of
Fine Arts, J. H. Gest of the Cincinnati
Museum association, William I. Smith
of the National Botanic Garden, W. NJ.
r. French of the Art institute of Chi
cago, Daniel Merriman of the Wor-
cester Art Museum, Charles NJ. Kurtz
OF the Buffalo Fine Arts academy and
A. H. Griffith of the Detroit Museum OF
Art.
Technical education will be repre-
sented in the persons of Frederick II.
Pratt Of the Pratt institute, President
Sumner Howe of the Case School of
Applied Sciences. President Alexander
Humphries of Stevens Institute of
Technology, President Palmer C. Ric-
ketts OF Rensselaer, Polytechnic in
stitute, and DR.. William S. Aldrich of
the School of Technology.
Several score of Americas foremost
educators have accepted invitations to
attend the dedication Among them
are the following college presidents:
Samuel Plantz of Lawrence univer-
sity, George H. Denny of Washington
and Lee university, Thomas iMcCllel-
and of Knox college, George E. Reed
of Dickinson college, Henry S. Drinker
of Lehigh university, G. Stanley Hall
of Clark university, William Peterson
of McGill university, Ira Remsen of
JOlu I1OphiuS university, JdCOU ".
Shurman of Cornell university, Henry
c. King of Oberlin college, Charles w.
Dabney of the University of Cincinnati,
Nicholas Murray Butler Of Columbia
university, and Arthur T. Hadley of
Yale university.
Great Britain, France, Germany.
Holland and Belgium are among the
European countries which will be we'll
represented at the ceremonies. The
foreign diplomats in Washington will
attend in body.
OF all the foreign representatives to
be present the one who is probably
best known to Americans is William
T. Stead, the celebrated English edi-
tor. reformer and peace advocate.
Another eminent visitor from the other
side will be Joost Marius William Van
der Voorten-Schwartz. the celebrated
Dutch author whose pen name of
"Maarten Martens" is familiar to all.
Paul Doumer, former president of the
Chamber OF Deputies. and Baron
D'Estournelles De Constant, orator
and diplomat and head of the French
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