

Itf 



.: -HAKD MORRIS. 



President, met him at AmajN 

 the .ju -ti"ii of union and Hie IMU- <>f agree- 

 ment* tending toward federation. An agree- 

 ment was prepan I !r.. h prohibita axilatnora 

 it ion*. P'r. si,|,.m Barrios de- 

 , art in a federation 

 unless the did claim of (iualeinala to suprem- 



i the ground of its superior si/.- and 

 (opulation should be recognized beforehand. 

 President Iglcsias. of Costa Rica, on account of 

 a boundary depute with Nicaragua, also de- 



\ tO cslablix.' 



manent peace in Central America was drawn 

 up and -igncd by the heads of the three repub- 

 lics. The compact unites them into a single 

 nation in regard to their external political and 

 commercial relations. The united ivpubi. 

 i-- kii"wn il'lie of Central 



mala and i aNo 



accept the agreement, when the title will bo 

 the Kepubhr of Central America. The ii 



- of each republic will continue to be car- 

 ried on mi-: constitution bv its proper 

 legislature. All external affairs will be trans- 

 acted under the directions of a Diet consisting 

 ..f one deputy from each legislature and one 

 other member representing each republic. The 

 members serve three years. A majority vote 

 decides. I: i-ions with other govern- 

 ments the Diet chooses one of its members to act 

 a* pleni|otentiary. It appoints all diplomatic 



Mild The Diet meets 



annual!) at the capital of cadi republic in turn. 

 All qucxtionx now in abeyance or that may arise 

 in future between any 'if the republics "and a 

 foreign government snail be discussed by tin- 

 Diet according to data and instructions fur- 



iiinent. If it be 



impossible to arrange in H friendly manner a 

 Question present D or to have 



I hi- question xubmitted to arbitration, it slmll 

 all three governments, and a majority of 

 ; whether to accept the result 

 nations or to declare war. When 

 arbitration is agreed upon the Diet shall nomi- 

 nate an arbitrator, and must select from among 

 the residents of the American republics. 



Ill M. KM II \KI> MuKKIs.ar.tiitect.born 

 in Brattleb. B; died in New- 



port. H. I.. July 31, 1895. He was a son of Jona- 

 than Hunt, a Representative in c 

 many years, and a younger brother of William 

 Morn* Hunt, the painter. In 1*j:5 he was grad- 

 uated at the Boston High School, and, I 

 chosen the profession of arrhiteeture. 

 Korope to study in the same year. Hespen 

 with Samuel Darier in Geneva, Switzerland. 

 . . f Hectorlx-fuel 

 in I'arin. and aUo became a student at t h. 

 des Beaux Arts. During the nine years he was 

 with l*fuel he made several professional jour- 

 am in Kurope. Egypt, and Asia Minor. In 

 1854, I A- fuel succeeded Yiaconti aa an hi 

 thr ww building* connecting the Tuileries a nd 

 the Lonvr*. and secured for his pupil the ap- 

 pointment of inspector of the work. Mr. Hunt 

 was placed in special charge of the Pavilion dc 

 la IiibliatlieQne,opDoaitetne Palais K oval, and 

 adar his duel made all the studies and draw- 

 ings for that work. He returned to the 1'nited 

 States in 1H55. and established himself i: 



ItT, I MX first eiiKap-inent h. 

 Thomas V. Waller, whom he axxixj,.,! in j 

 me plans f..r tin- com|ih>l ion of the Capitol in 

 nu'ton. On scttlm-; perinaiieiitly i 



for stud, 



to those in Paris, at lirst in the \'\\\\< 



.ird in the Tenth S; 



Building, which he had recently d> 



I uas inllueiitial in' foimdn 

 American I nst it ut< of Architects. 1 1 is tii 



k comprixi-d designs f..r the f< 

 entrances to Central Park. whi. i 



the Park Department inlsiM). but up toil: 

 cut time have not Keen curried out. In 

 Mr. Hunt was principally en^au r ed in stn 

 travel in Kurope. beinir part of the time u'pupfl 

 of Har\c the sculptor, and ii 



member of the jury of the Pan- r;\p"-ition. In 

 l^;i he entered o'n the really |iroducii\. 

 of his career, which \\r-\ e\hibitnl the results ,,f 

 his study and the direction of In- min<l in the 

 line of domestic architecture at Ne\\por 

 His work I here transfonned that city ! 

 |>opular Miminer resort to a OOStly anil 

 residential place, replete wit h charm and ',MI- 

 fort all the year round. His genius 

 to find expression in preat business si n . 

 so that within ft few Tears he distinguished him- 

 self as the creator of a unipie style of both do- 

 mettio and business architecture, 'h. 

 appointed a member of the jury of ih. 

 K\poxiti,,n at Philadelphia-. I'lis last not. 

 lie work was in connection with the 

 lumbian KxjH.sition at ('hieairo in 1^-: 

 pn-si.leiit of the board "f arrhiteri- 

 confer with the Chief of Construct ioj 

 the ^roupinp of buildings and their an-hi 1 

 and besides this advisory work he ii 

 noble Administration Huildin. 

 Cyclop.-cdia" for 1S!M. pnp-s:;s,. || ( . W! |s 

 ed the (Queen's ^old medal by the I, 

 tute of British An-hitec-ts in ls.i:{. and 



perxonal presi-ntation of it Presjdell 1 



Anderson paid Mr. Hunt and his work th: 

 pliment : " We are alxmt to do honor to a < 

 of the L'reat Westi-rn republic, one v 

 we are pnmd to enroll as one of our p. Id i 

 ists not only on account of lii^h j 



-ional merit, but a! 



first American whox,. name will appear in tM 

 roll call of illustrious artists. That iheselect 

 should this year have fallen on one who has da- 

 signed the principal Imilding in tl 

 lumbian Kxpositic.n which attracts the world's 

 sightseers to Chicago at the pr< -sent n, 

 and which will hereafter assx-iate the n 

 America with the most wondrous developmeol 

 that international exhibitions ),, 

 or perhaps are ever likely to attain, is. to F 



i singularly fortunate coincide) 

 oring Mr. Hunt, in recognition of L 

 and of his works as an artist, we n 

 we are thus able to pay a L-rac.-ful t ri 

 I'nit. : 

 distinu'uisi , On D 14, Mr. Hunt 



d t he honor of election 



membership of the Academic des p.eaiil 

 Arts, a distinct ion rarely conferred on a foreiirm-r, 

 and a graceful rapplemenl to the h- 

 mcmb-rshi[i of the Institute, which he h; : 

 for some years. He was also an honorary mem- 



