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Show Tim nnuui'g l'Aiit. Itotr ine Ilnilrlesi Is I'rojrrrsilnrl Inreor lllatcr'a Iteptfrt. Chicago, Oct. 20. At today's meeting of the.executivotommitlw of tlie World's Fair national commission, com-mission, Harris of Virginia olTered a resolution, which he asked be referred re-ferred to a conference committee of the commiesiou aud the local directory, direc-tory, directing the committee to Con-!der the advisability of appointing appoint-ing a jjint conference committee of the two bodies to act e-rmanently ulth relation to subjects in which both are Interested. If this proposition proposi-tion Is adopted it will result iu the creation of a body reireseuting both loards, which would probably be in almost continuous session In the city and would exercise supervision overall the practical administration of exposition atrUirs. Tho Dircctor?ene ral submitted a report urging tho adoption of a eye' tern of bureaus for expediting the work of the e-xx!tion. He announced an-nounced tlie appointment of General Gen-eral F. It. Aimitroug as hisassUt-ant hisassUt-ant to be seut to Uie different States to aM-ist in organization. A sul-:oiiiruittee of the committee commit-tee ou clarification FOTIMITTEIJ A KEl-ORT reviewing tile entire work of the comuiilttu and making an estimate esti-mate of the nember of acree of Moor s;ae nnd uncovered ground require! re-quire! for the various dbi-jays, as tulii -i: Agricultural hall, 13 acres; h .cultural hall, 5 acres, with an .utsldo space of 23; livestock, 100 acre, no estimate of buildings; fisheries, 2 acres; mineral tulace, 5; machinery hail, 20; transportation, 20, besides an open space; electrical palace, -i; manufacturers' palace, 10; fine aria gallery, 5. The space to be covered by the Federal buildings build-ings and those of foreign and State governments and special and private exhibitors are not included iu these estimates. Prof. Blade's report gave a system sys-tem of classification tub'tantlally the same as that adopted a fortnight ago, except that he I rojioses a separate sep-arate department for transjiortation, railwajs, vetsols, vehicles, aud also a separate department eutitled "Ethnology, archxeotogy and the progress of labor and Invention." The matter of aseparatedeuartment for music and drama, ho leaves for tlie (omniiesion todbvuss. |
