Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-04
1NE VIENNA EXHIBITION

N.Y. MINNESOTA, 7
InE VIENNA EXHIBITION.
The American Depart Failures
! Etc.
We clip the following from :. recent
letter to the Now York Times:
THE AMERICAN DEPARTMENT.
On entering the American DEPART.
ment at the exposition, one is ut one,
struck 10y the large quantity of sp,e,
occupied Ivy our exhibitors. RonphI,
speaking, should say that we hay'
just three times the amount of spuc,
necessary, an1 probably four times a<
much as amy other nation. From the
very beginning, We were Quarrcline
about space. We were constantly ask
ing for MORE" and came near WI,
with England, because that country had
possession of q certain amount of space
which we coveted. Thousands of dol.
lars have been spent in charging on,
department, our anncxcs, and halls,
and one spot, covered in at
great expense, is now ly.
ing absolutely idle TO scatter articles
about over all creation is not only an
expensive operation, bot great injus
tice to visitors. In f;,ct, onr follics arc
numerous, and I can only 1nlicSte
them i'll Il few words iii order 10 keep
fmy space for more profitable ma tcrl;
but must say. that whoever is ;respon-
sible Tor these demands FOR spice, Antl
| tor these vast arrangements for goods
which could be better seen in one of
the galleries, is morally accountable
to the American people for incretlitabie
;; folly and for reckless cxtrav:lganco.
presume that several persons have
cried for ''more space" in succession,
nobody knowing just what was wanted
or Just the Proper thing to do.
FIGURES CONCERNING THE SHOW.
When speaking of the general tinar-
cial condition of the exposition, in
tended to mention the reports in cir
culation hero abont a probable con-
migration, and which has already been
sent over by telegraph. How the report
first started is more than can say, but
not a doubt can exist about the uneasy
feelings Of many exhibitors The expo
sition is not only a losing operation in
itself, but all the outside enterprises
are losing also. The restaurants and
cafes, except those along the Prater
Alice, are universally empty, and thou
sands of napkins and white table -cloths
When it was 'i found that t"' all "t the
petty little stands demanded prices
equal to the Trois Frercs, every
body went to the latter place by prefer
ence, and now two or three really good
restaurants are taking nearly all the
custom. The prices are SO exaggerated
that very few care to eat within the
grounds. In consequence, failures arc
occurring every day. Tracy l. Jewett,
the men who first made thc charges
against the old commission, and upon
whose statements the reports to WASH
ington were based, have failed and ran
away. They leave large debts behind
them, aud { am told owe one man
$4,000. They left their employees
here utterly destitute, and only a
moment ago I signed my name
to a subscription list started among
the Americans for their relief. Kune's
American Restaurant and Bar :"
has also failed, and has been turned
into an Austrian beer-shop, (althongh
the Stars and Stripes still float above
it, and it is said that others here will
speedily follow suit. When a business
man has to borrow 1925, 900 to start IN
establishment, and then finds his ex-
penses about twice as much us his re-
ceipts, it is very evident that he will
continue only SO long as his hope holds
out. The moment he finds that he
cannot pay expenses, much less inter-
est ON his capital, and rcplcnish his
stock, he is going to fail. The
important question is the man.
ner of getting out Of business.
Some prefer to leave betW cen two
days some prefer good incendiary.
Two or three fires have already set
people thinking upon this question,
and reflection has led to some rumors.
Last night, when returning from the
"Volk's Garten," where Ed. Strauss,
and two military bands had been MAX
ing music for large brilliant assem-
blage, was startled by the alarm of
fire in the direction Of the Prater.
Engine after engine rushed 10y at a
gallop, blowing horn to clear the
! way, and it was said that the whole
corps of firemen had been signalled to
the exposition. At my hotel it was r,,-
mored the Weltausstcllung was not on
fire, but fred. The distinction will be
readily perceived. Taking cab went
to the spot, but was stopped ut the en-
trance by Gordon of police, and was
very soon blockaded in. After a time
word came that it was not the cxposl.
ton building that was on fire, but a
restaurant close by, that Of Elsass-
Lorraine. Getting back was difficulty,
for ut the first cry of fire everybody
rushed to the Prater, seemingly with
the preconceivcd idea that the build
ing would be burnt sooner or later, and
that the hour might have then come.
So far as the main building is con.
cerncd, the bare suspicion is great
outrage, but I fear that it can lie truth
fully said that nine tcntis of those
who have established themselves around
it would like to see their build
lngs well on fire. 1t is 4 losing game
all round, and some way out must be
found. by their rapacity the Vicnncse
killed the goose Of the golden eggs at
once, and they can never do away with
the effects OF the newspaper reports
! about their early greed. / may add
that the rcstcuratcurs who made
charges against the old commission are
now making other charges, and 1 be-
lieve they have counted among their
assets, or for all assets SO fur as
know, the sum of 5000 forms said to
have been paid Baron Schw artz upon
his personal and private demand. At
any rate, these two men have caused il
large amount of scandal here, and the
names of levitt and Tracy will not be
pleasantly recalled in the records of
Vienna.
Mosquitoes Of the Red River Of the
North.
Red River Letter to the New York Times.
Your readers who have iished in Adj
irondack swamps, or lived on New Jcr-
scy flats, may fancy they know some
thing of mosquitoes, but it is I'LL Il
mistake. These creatures here rise in
cloud; they arc terrible to man and
beast; they make sleep uncomfortable
without a netting. People carry mos
quito netting in this region in their
pockets, as they do handkerchicis else
where. l saw men digging at road
track, each with his pocket head net,
and they could hardly get on with their
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