C. K. G. Billings, 2 Madison St. Thomas B. Bryan, 401 Rand-McNally Building.

Edward B. Butler, Franklin and Congress Streets. Isaac N. Camp, State and
Jackson Streets. William J. Chalmers, Fulton and Union Streets. Charles H.
Chappell, Chicago & Alton R. R. Robert C. Clowry, 150 Washington Street.
Mark L. Crawford, House of Correction. George R. Davis, Jackson Park. Arthur
Dixon, 299 F'fth Avenue. James W. Ellsworth, Phenix Building. Lyman J. Gage,
First National Bank. Charles Henrotin, 169 Dearborn Street. H. N. Higinbotham,
441 Rand-McNally Building. Charles L. Hutchinson, Corn Exchange Bank.
Eldridge G. Keith, Metropolitan National Bank. William D. Kerfoot, 85 Wash-
ington Street. William P. Ketcham, Hoyne and Blue Island Avenues. Milton W.
Kirk, Care James S. Kirk & Co. Hon. Carter H. Harrison, Mayor, City Hall.

HARLOW N. HIGINBOTHAM.

PRESIDENT WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION.

HISTORY OF THE WORLD'S FAIR. M

Edward F. Lawrence, First National Bank. Victor F. Lawson, Daily News.
Thies J. Lef ens, Room 1,89 LaSalle Street. Andrew McNally, Rand-McNally
Building. Adolph Nathan, Franklin and Jackson Streets. John J. P. Odell, Union
National Bank. Ferdinand W. Peck, no Auditorium Building. Erskine M. Phelps,
Fifth Avenue and Adams Street. Washington Porter, Room 7, 108 Dearborn
Street. Alexander H. Revell, Wabash Avenue and Adams Street. Edward P.
Ripley, 207 Rand-McNally Building. A. M. Rothschild, 203 Monroe Street. George
Schneider, 115 Dearborn Street. Charles H.Schwab, Foreman Bros., 128 Wash-
ington Street. James W. Scott, Herald. Henry B. Stone, 203 Washington Street.
Charles H. Wacker, 171 North Desplaines Street. Edwin Walker, 616 Rookery
Building. Robert'A. Waller, 164 La Salle Street. John C. Welling, 78 Michigan
Avenue. G. H. Wheeler, 2020 State Street. Frederick S. Winston, Monadnock
Building. Charles T. Yerkes, 444 North Clark Street. Otto Young, the Fair.

The president of the World's Columbian Exposition is Mr. Harlow N. Hig-
inbotham, one of the members of the firm of Marshall Field & Co. He is the
executive officer of the corporation and the active agent for the accomplishment of
the purposes for which it was formed. All contracts binding upon the corporation
and upon which money is expended from the treasury are executed by him. He is
ex-officio a member of all committees of the Board and is chairman of its Executive
Committee, which exercises all the functions of the Board when the latter is not in
session. Mr. Higinbotham is also chairman of the Council of Administration, a body
composed of two members of the Board of Directors and two members of the World's
Columbian Commission organized for the purpose of concentrating the jurisdiction
of both bodies in order to more effectively administer the affairs of the enterprise.
Hariow Niles Higinbotham was born in Joliet, 111., Oct 10, 1838. He attended
school in a little log cabin until he began business for himself at the age of twenty,
in the crockery line. He came to Chicago in 1860, and entered the employ of
Cooley, Farwell & Co., where he remained for a short time. He enlisted in the
Morgan Guards at the beginning of the late war, and went through the campaigns
in Virginia and Tennessee. Returning after the close of the war he again entered
the firm of Cooley & Leiter, which was afterward Field, Leiter & Co., and now
Marshall Field & Co., where he has been ever since, having been admitted to the
firm in 1880. Mr. Higinbotham, from the inception of the enterprise has been a
working member of the two most important committees of the corporation, those
on Finance, and Ways and Means. He contributed without stint his time and
services when the fortunes of the Exposition were so critical that the committees
were required to be in almost continuous session. Mr. Higinbotham's unanimous
election as president was followed by his appointment to membership and the
chairmanship of '"he Council of Administration, a body created to be representative
of the supreme power vested in both the national commission and the directory of
the corporation. The duties of these combined stations demand the constant
attention of their incumbent, and that Mr. Higinbotham should give this is a contri-
bution whose value can not be overestimated. His characteristics are clearness of
perception, directness of method, steadiness of application, and promptitude in

DIRECTORS WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION.

1. ISAAC N. CAMP.

6. ELBHIDGE G. KEITH.

7. WM. D. KERFOOT.

12. WASHINGTON POHTEE.
U. EDWARD P. RIFLEY.

2. WM. J. CHALMERS.

5. ARTHUR DIXON.

8. WM. P. KETCHAM.
11. ADOLPH NATHAN.
U. A. M. ROTHSCHILDS.

3. R. C. CLOWRT.

4. C H. CHAPPELL.
9. MILTON W. KIRK.

10. EDWARD F. LAWRENCE.
15. CHARLES H. SCHWAB.

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decision. These form an equipment which constitute a model man of affairs, and
such is Mr. Higinbotham. His success in life has been the outcome of work and
thought, not speculative fortune. The destinies of the Exposition could not be
entrusted to a more capable and trustworthy guardian.

The following is the standing committees of the Directory: — [The President
and Director General are ex-officio members of all standing committees].

Executive Committee — Harlow N. Higinbotham, Ferdinand W. Peck,
Robert A- Waller, George R. Davis, Henry B. Stone, James W. Ellsworth, Edwin
Walker, Robert C. dowry, Wm. D. Kerfoot, John J. P. Odell, Chas. H. Schwab,
Edward B. Butler, Alexander H. Revell, Thies J. Lefens, Edward P. Ripley, Lyman
J. Gage, Charles L. Hutchinson, Wm. T. Baker.

(Regular meeting of the Executive Committee Wednesday of each week at
3 o'clock p. m. Office, 507 Rand-McNally Building, Adams street.)

Finance — Ferdinand W. Peck, Chairman; Elbridge G.Keith, John J. P. Odell,
Lyman J. Gage, James W. Ellsworth.

Grounds and Buildings — Henry B. Stone, Chairman; Lyman J. Gage, William
P. Ketcham, Charles H. Schwab, Robert C. Clowry, Edward F. Lawrence, Erskine