| Show lafayette Lafaye tio monument commission chicago aug 20 john W mackay of california Cali tornia new now york and paris has telegraphed to commissioner general of the paris exposition ferdinand W peck hie acceptance of the appointment as a member of the Lifa lafayette yete monument commission mr mackay resides in paris a creater greater portion of each year and from hia hie knowledge of french ideas as well as from his wide experience as the millionaire head of enterprises enterprise a be he is regarded as a valuable acquisition to the commission fire of ahta nine men who were asked to lend their names namee and services to the labor designed to draw closer the ties betge between e n the united states and france have now cent sent an affirmative answer to the request aney are john W mackay senator W B allison of iowa rev dr edward everett hale of boston theologian philanthropist and man of lol letters frank thompson of philadel philadelphia J his the head of the pennsylvania railroad add alexander 11 revell of chicago secretary thompson ol 01 the paris commission says that the sculptor will be an american in a few days letters will be sent to tse tte best known sculptors of tho the country requesting them to submit mit plans for the proposed monument the commission corn mission will select the design and later will elve give an inscription to the finished monument |
