National Commission: Alexander B. Andrews, Raleigh; Thomas B. Keogh, Greensboro. Alternates: H. C. Carter, Fairfield; G. A. Bingham, Salisbury.

North Carolina has no building, but the State makes collective exhibits in the Agricultural, Horticultural, Mines, Fisheries and Forestry departments.

NORTH DAKOTA.

Following are the members of the North Dakota State Board of Commissioners: Martin Hector, President, Fargo; D. R. McGinnis, Secretary, Grand Forks; Alfred Dickey, Executive Manager, Jamestown; Jacob A. Field, Bismarck; John M. Turner, Mandan; O. G. Meacham, Carrington.

National Board Lady Managers: Mrs. S. W. McLaughlin, Grand Forks; Mrs. W. D. McConnell, Fargo. Alternates: Mrs. Alice B. Brown, Lisbon; Mrs. Frances C. Holley, Bismarck. National Commission: H. P. Rucker, Grand Forks; Martin Ryan, Fargo. Alternates: Charles H. Stanley, Steele; Peter Cameron, Tyner.

The headquarters for North Dakota visitors is a pretty, hospitable-looking building adjacent to that of Kansas. The building is 70x50 feet. A space 46x21 feet in front of the main assembly hall, between the two committee rooms, is used as a court-yard. From this court-yard the main assembly room is entered through a large stone arch, above which on the exterior is an elaborately carved panel containing the coat of arms of North Dakota. The main feature of the interior is the assembly hall, which includes a space 24x56 feet. The room is spanned by four broad arched beams between each of which is a wide window reaching from near the floor to the roof. At either end of the room is a broad fire place. Committee and toilet rooms are provided throughout the building. The structure is two stories high, and on the exterior the walls of the main gable ends are built of brick. The remainder of the walls are of timber, filled in between with plaster panels. North Dakota. pays great attention to the exhibit of her principal product, wheat, but also makes a good showing in several other departments. The educational advantages of the State are fully presented, and her exhibit is among the best.

OHIO.

Following are the members of the Ohio State Board of Commissioners: W. W. Peabody, President, Cincinnati; Chas. M. Anderson, Vice-President, Greenville; W. T. Alberson, Secretary, Columbus; Lewis N. Bonham, Treasurer, Columbus; Daniel J. Ryan, Executive Commissioner, Columbus; Albert Schwill, Cincinnati; James W. See, Hamilton; Charles M. Harding, Franklin; David Hall, Bloom Center; A. O. Jones, Zanesville; A. C. Cummins, Mansfield; William E. Sefton, Canton; L. E. Holden, Cleveland; William Edwards, Cleveland; H. G. Baker, Defiance, P. M. Cullinan, New Lexington; Harvey P. Platt, Toledo; Wiliam Ritchie, Hamilton; Mrs. Mary Hart, Glendale; Mrs. Walter Hartpence, Harrison.

National Board Lady Managers: Mrs. Mary A. Hart, Glendale; Mrs. Walter Hartpence, Harrison. Alternates: Mrs. Harriett T. Upton, Warren; Mrs. Asa S. Bushnell, Springfield.

National Commission: Harvey P. Platt, Toledo; William Ritchie, Hamilton. Alternates: Lucius C. Cron, Piqua; Adolph Pluemer, Cincinnati.

The Ohio State Building is Colonial in style, two stories high, of wood and staff, with tile roof. The ground area is 100 feet front by 80 feet deep. The main entrance, on the east, is within a semi-circular Colonial portico, thirty-three feet high, the roof supported by eight great columns. The tile roof, mantels, finishing woods, and much of the visible material are the gifts of Ohio producers. The main entrance opens on a lobby, on the left of which is the women's parlor, and on the right a committee room. Occupying the central portion of the building is the reception hall, 23x36 feet, and 28 feet high, extending through to the roof. The coved ceiling of the hall is ornamented. Back of the reception hall is an open court, 36 feet square, inclosed on three sides, the north and south side being formed by the wings of the building. All of the north wing is occupied by the information bureau. The room is 30x50 feet, and is divided into offices by wire railings. In the south wing is the parlor for men, a writing room, a smoking room, and toilet rooms. On the second floor of the north wing is the assembly room, 30x42 feet. The second floor of the south wing has a press correspondents' room, servants' rooms, bed and bath rooms. The building cost $35,000.9

OREGON.

Following are the members of the Oregon State Board of Commissioners: George T. Myers, President, Portland; Phil Metschan, Treasurer, Salem; C. B. Irvine, Secretary, Salem; W. F. Matlock, Pendleton; J. R. Carroll, Portland; E. B. McElroy, Salem; C. W. Ayres, Ashland; Mrs. M. Peyton, Salem; Mrs. E. W. Allen, Portland; George W. McBride, Salem; Henry Klippel, Medford; M. Wilkins, Coburg: J. A. Wright, Sparta.

National Board Lady Managers: Mrs. E. W. Allen, Portland; Mis. Mary Payton, Salem. Alternates: Mrs. Anna R. Riggs, Portland; Mrs. Hattie E. Sladden, Eugene City.

National Commission: Henry Klippel, Jacksonville; Martin Wilkins, Eugene City. Alternates: J. L. Morrow, Heppner; W. T. Wright, Union.

Oregon's Legislature made a large appropriation, but that State has no building. An exhibit is made in the Department of Horticulture.

PENNSYLVANIA.

Following are the members of the Pennsylvania State Board of Commissioners: G. Robert E. Pattison, President, Harrisburg; Louis A. Watres, Vice-President, Scranton; Robert E. Wright, Secretary, Harrisburg; J. S. Dillinger, Assistant Secretary, Harrisburg; Rodney A. Mercur, Treasurer, Towanda; A. B. Farquhar, Executive Commissioner, Harrisburg; John A. Woodward, Deputy Executive Commissioner, Harrisburg; Wilson M. Gearhart, Chief Clerk, Harrisburg; Albert J. Barr, Pittsburg; Luther S. Bent, Steelton; E. A. Bigler, Clearfield; Thomas Bradley, Philadelphia; Robert L. Brownfield, Philadelphia; John I. Carter, Chatham, Chester County; W. W. Clendenin, New Castle; L. Clarke Davis, Philadelphia; Lewis Emery, Jr., Bradford; P. Foley, Pittsburg; J. P. S. Gobin, Lebanon; James M. Guffey, Pittsburg; Wm. B. Gill, Philadelphia; J. K. P. Hall, St. Mary's, Elk County; Wm. Hasson, Oil City; Joel A. Herr, Cedar Springs, Clinton County; Mrs. Mabel Cronise Jones, Harrisburg; Mrs. Harriet Anne Lucas, Philadelphia; H. J. McAteer, Alexandria; Miss Mary E. McCandless, Pittsburg; Towanda; Thomas P. Merritt, Reading; Simon Muhr, Philadelphia; Robert Purvis, Philadelphia; R. Bruce Ricketts, Wilkesbarre; Geo. N. Riley, Pittsburg; A. G. Roenigk, Pittsburg; Roger S. Searle, Montrose; A. W. Taylor, Philadelphia; Mrs. Ida A.Elkins Tyler, Philadelphia; C. C. Thomp son, Warren; Joseph C. Walker, Gap, Lancaster County; Benjamin Whitman, Erie; P. A. B. Widener, Philadelphia; Edward H. Williams, Philadelphia; Morgan B. Williams, Wilkesbarre; John W. Woodside, Philadelphia; Mrs. Matilda Holt Shelton, Commissioner of Woman's Work, Philadelphia.

National Board Lady Managers: Miss Mary E. McCandless, Pittsburg; Mrs. Harriett Anne Lucas, Philadelphia. Alternates: Mrs. Samuel Plumer, Franklin; Mrs. W. S. Elkins, Philadelphia.

National Commission: R. B. Ricketts, Wilkesbarre; John W. Woodside, Philadelphia. Alternates: Geo. A. Macbeth, Pittsburg; John K. Hallock, Erie.

The

The Pennsylvania State Building is in the colonial style of architecture, while the front is an exact reproduction of old Independence Hall, having its entrances, bell-tower and spire. Independence bell hangs in the rotunda. The rotunda within the entrance is finished in tile and slate, like the old hall. building is rectangular in form, two stories high, with a ground area of 110x166 feet. The corners of the front are quarter-circled in. Piazzas 20 feet wide surround the building, and over them are verandas, with protecting balustrade. Outside staircases, right and left to the rear, lead to the garden on the roof. This roof is covered with American-made tin produced in Philadelphia. The outer walls to the roof line are of Philadelphia pressed brick. Above the main entrance is the coat-of-arms of the state in bas-relief, and on either side of it are heroic statues of Penn and Franklin. The front is further ornamented with two free groups of statuary, one emblematic of the arts and sciences, the other of mines and manufacture. The interior finishing represents, in the floors, native marble and hard woods from Pennsylvania, and the walls are wainscoted in wood, frescoed, and heavily corniced. The women's rooms are finished in maple, and the men's in oak. The walls of the women's rooms are ornamented with mural paintings by Pennsylvania women. All the ceilings are of stamped metal, and the staircases are of quartered oak. On the main floor is the reception room, 33x56 feet, and on either side are parlors for men and women. On the second floor are rooms for the Governor, the press correspondents, the treasurer of the commission, and the board of commissioners. There are three bedrooms in the tower. The building is supplied with 800 electric lights, and cost $80,000.

The following interesting relics are on exhibition in the Pennsylvania Building: Portraits of William Penn; Hannah, his wife and a chair owned by Penn; a

punchbowl used by Washington during the Revolution; portrait of Washington painted when he was commander in chief of the Continental army; portrait of Thomas Johnston, who made the motion to have Washington appointed commander-in-chief; plaster cast of Washington; Gen. Anthony Wayne's sword; silver lamp used in Philadelphia during the Revolution; bootjack and appliance left by a British officer at the home of Joseph Martin, Philadelphia, at the time of the evacuation; fork and spoon from Valley Forge; waistcoat worn at republican court; lace scarf pin worn by Mrs. John Adams when she sat to Stuart for her portrait; model of the ship Constitution; portrait of Chevalier Gerard, first French minister to the United States; watch and vest and stockings worn by Charles Carroll when he signed the Declaration of Independence; hymn book printed in Germantown in 1772; manuscript of the first prayer in Congress in the penmanship of John Hancock; chair used by John Hancock, first President of Congress, and also his sword and desk. The Old Liberty Bell is placed on a handsome raised platform built on rollers, so that in case of fire it can be rolled into the open air in three minutes' time.

RHODE ISLAND.

Following are the members of the Rhode Island State Board of Commissioners: E. Benja min Andrews, President, Providence; Arthur H.Watson, Vice-President, Providence; Charlotte F. Dailey, Secretary and Treasurer, Providence; John C. Wyman, Executive Commissioner, Providence; John P. Sanborn, Newport; Hiram Howard, Providence; Walter A. Peck, Providence; Marsden J. Perry, Providence; Daniel B. Pond, Woonsocket; Richard Thornley, Greenwich.

National Board Lady Managers: Mrs. Amey M. Starkweather, Pawtucket; Miss Charlotte F. Dailey, Providence. Alternates: Mrs. George A. Mumford, Pawtucket; Miss Loraine P. Bucklin, Providence.

National Commission: Lyman B. Goff, Pawtucket; Gardiner C. Sims, Providence. Alternates: Jeffrey Hazard, Providence; Lorillard Spencer, Newport.

The Rhode Island Building cost $8,000. It is after the Greek manner, with columnar porticos on four sides of the building, that on the west or front side semi-circular in plan, with arched openings between the Ionic pilasters, the latter being of the full height of the two stories.

The building is amphiprostyle in that the north and south porches-each of the full width of the building-consist of four fluted Ionic columns, each 24 inches in diameter and 21 feet high, while the rear entrance is between Ionic fluted pilasters, the same as in front.

The columns are surmounted by an enriched Ionic entablature with decorated moldings, modillions and dentils, and above the entablature the building is finished with a balustrade surrounding the four sides of the roof, with ornamental urns over each pedestal in the balustrade. The building has ground area of 32x59 feet, two stories high, in wood and staff, in imitation of granite. Entrance is had to the building from all sides through French windows opening to the floor. The main hall is 18x25 feet, and is open in the roof. The parlor for women and the secretary's office are on the first floor. On the second floor are two committee rooms and a gallery around the main hall. The Governor's room occupies what may be called the second story of the porch on the west front. All the floors are hard wood, and the interior is furnished in cypress.

SOUTH CAROLINA.

National Board Lady Managers: Miss Florida Cunningham, Charleston; Mrs. E. M. Brayton, Columbia. Alternates: Mrs. Clark Waring, Columbia; Mrs. C. A. Perry, Walhalla. National Commission: A. P. Butler, Columbia; John R. Cochran, Walhalla. Alternates: E. L. Roche, Charleston; J. M. Tindal, Sumter.

The South Carolina Legislature voted adversely on the question of making an appropriation, therefore that State has no building. An exhibit is made in the Department of Mines and Mining.

SOUTH DAKOTA.

Following are the members of the South Dakota State Board of Commissioners: L. G. Ochsenreiter, President, Webster; T. H. Brown, Secretary, Sioux Falls; W. W. Taylor, Treas

urer, Redfield; C. E. Hinds, Woonsocket; William M. Powers, Yankton; F. T. Evans, Sr., Hot Springs; P. F. McClure, Pierre; J. E. Pilcher, Custer City; John Baker, Deadwood; T. G. Quarve, Langford.

Women's World's Fair Commission: Mrs. Wm. Duff Haynie, President, Rapid City; Mrs. J. S. Oliver, Vice-President, Huron; Mrs. L. Q. Jeffries, Secretary, East Pierre; Mrs. John E. Bennett, Treasurer, Clark; Mrs. A. C. Mellette, Watertown; Mrs. W. A. Burleigh, Yankton; Mrs. Geo. A. Silsby, Mitchell; Mrs. J. A. Trow, Madison; Mrs. Marie J. Gaston, Deadwood.

National Board Lady Managers: Mrs. John R. Wilson, Deadwood; Mrs. H. M. Barker, Huron. Alternates: Mrs. C. E. Daniels, Watertown; Mrs. Marie J. Gaston, Deadwood.

National Commission: Merritt H. Day, Rapid City; William McIntyre, Watertown. Alternates: S. A. Ramsey, Woonsocket; L. S. Bullard, Pierre.

The South Dakota State Building has a ground area of 70x126 feet, and is two stories high and cost $20,000. The structure is frame, the exterior being covered with Yankton cement, in imitation of stone work. The roof is corrugated iron and the cornice and brackets are pressed zinc. The main entrance is on the east, along which front extends a wide porch with heavy columns supporting a balcony from the second story. On the left of the main entrance is a women's parlor, on the right a men's reception room. In the main body of the building is the exhibition hall, 44x58 feet. Six feet above the main floor is an entresol, having committee rooms for the boards of commissioners. In the northwest corner of the main floor is a room for press correspondents. The rotunda in the center of the building extends through to the roof and is covered with a skylight. The second floor is devoted to rooms for the women's exhibit and special State exhibits.

TENNESSEE.

National Board Lady Managers: Mrs. Laura Gillespie, Nashville; Mrs. Susan Gale Cooke, Knoxville. Alternates: Mrs. Carrington Mason, Memphis; Mrs. J. J. McClung, Knoxville. National Commission: Lewis T. Baxter, Nashville; Thomas L. Williams, Knoxville. Alternates: Rush Strong, Knoxville; A. B. Hurt, Chattanooga.

The Tennessee Legislature failed to make an appropriation, hence there is no State Board of Commissioners nor State building. The mining town of Harriman makes an exhibit in the Mines Building, but otherwise there is no collective exhibit shown.

TEXAS.

Following are the members of the Texas State Board of Commissioners: H. B. Andrews, President, San Antonio; William F. Ladd, 1st Vice-President, Galveston; A. C. Herndon, 2d VicePresident, Houston; D. D. Bryan, Secretary, Galveston; W. L. Moody, Treasurer, Galveston; R. B. Parrott, Waco; W. C. Connor, Dallas; J. S. Rice, Hyatt; J. N. Browning, Clarendon; Julius Runge, Galveston; George Mann, Galveston; John Adriance, Galveston; Walter Gresham, Galveston; Mrs. W. H. Tobin, President State Board of Lady Managers, Austin; Mrs. Rosine Ryan, Lady Manager-at-large, Austin.

National Board Lady Managers: Mrs. Ida L. Turner, Fort Worth; Mrs. Mary A. Cochran, Dallas. Alternates: Mrs. K. C. McDaniel, Anderson. (Vacancy.)

National Commission: Archelaus M. Cochran, Dallas; John T. Dickinson, Austin. Alternates: Lock McDaniel, Anderson; Henry B. Andrews, San Antonio.

Texas has erected a handsome building on the right of the north entrance to the Exposition grounds, and this notwithstanding the failure of the State Legislature to make an appropriation on account of constitutional prohibition. The money for the structure was raised by the Women's World's Fair Exhibit Association of Texas, with headquarters at Austin, the State capital. General regret was expressed when the solons of the Lone Star State failed to make a suitable appropriation for the representation of the resources of that great commonwealth. Mr. John T. Dickinson, the efficient secretary of the National Commission, is a resident of Texas, and he did all in his power to bring about a more favorable and extensive exhibit from his native and beloved State. He wrote numerous articles for the Texas newspapers, traveled and spoke all over the State, induced other prominent Exposition officials to help him in the work of creating a sentiment which would crystallize into favorable action by the lawmaking powers, and was materially aided in his efforts by numerous prominent citizens of Texas, but to the chagrin and disappointment of thousands of pro