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Ex- Secretary of State Thomas F. Bayard, Vice-President 

 Thomas B. Bryan, National Commissioner James Hodges, 

 of Maryland, and Director H. N. Higinbotham. 



A miniature model of the town of Pullman, 30 by 80 feet, 

 will be a part of the exhibit made by the Pullman Palace 

 Car Company. 



The Queen Isabella Association has requested space in 

 the Exposition grounds, near the Lake, for the statue of 

 Queen Isabella, which Harriet Hosmer is making, and also 

 space for a building. 



The contract for the construction of the Illinois State 

 Building at the Exposition has been let to William Harley 

 & Son, for $195,800. This does not include statuary work 

 and interior decoration. The total cost is expected to reach 

 $275,000 or more. 



The validity of California's World's Fair appropriation of 

 $300,000 has been affirmed by the State Supreme Court. 



Philadelphians are discussing the question of exhibiting 

 at the Exposition the mammoth bronze statue of William 

 Penn, which is to surmount the tower of the Quaker City's 

 new city hall. The statue is thirty-seven feet high, and of 

 such monster proportions that a man could ride a horse 

 around the rim of Penn's hat. It is proposed to have the 

 statue a part of the official exhibit of Philadelphia. 



About ten million pounds of iron will be used in the con- 

 struction of the gigantic Manufactures Building. The 

 Edgmore Bridge Company, of Wilmington, Del., was 

 awarded the contract at a price which will bring the 

 aggregate amount up to §460,000. 



Princess Christian, third daughter of Queen Victoria, 

 has been chosen President of the English Committee on 

 Women's Work for the World's Fair. 



Several merchants of Smyrna have asked for 1,000 square 

 feet of space in which to exhibit the finest specimens of 

 Turkish rugs and carpets. 



The Baltimore and Ohio railroad proposes to make an 

 exhibit showing the progress of its development from a 

 primitive tramcar to a fully equipped railway. 



The headquarters of the Texas World's Fair Association 

 have been moved from Fore Worth to Waco, and changes 

 have been made in its officers. Près. T. J. Hurley has 

 resigned, and has been succeeded by Col. H. B. Andrews 

 of San Antonio. Col. R. B. Parrott of Waco was elected 

 to succeed Col. Andrews as Vice-President. Hon. Frank 

 R. Lubbock, ex-Governor and ex-Treasurer of the State, 

 has become the financial agent of the Association, and will 



