Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1900 — UNITED STATES LEADS ALL. [ARTICLE]

UNITED STATES LEADS ALL.

Got More Prizes than Any Other Nation: at Paris Exposition. The superior jury of the exposition of 1900, whose duty it is to give the final revision to the, list of awards, held its closing sittings on Monday, when a committee of five was appointed to finish up the tag ends. Prof. J. Howard Gore, superintendent of the American juries, is the only foreigner made a member of this exclusive committee. The assistant administrator ge.neral, M. DelauneyBelleville, on finding that the United States had more awards than any other country, said to Prof. Gore: “This is duo simply to the fact that you had your July program thoroughly organized, and were determined not to let any other nation get ahead of you, not even us. The United States has been unique in this respect.”