Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-22

rs will be divided. Provision was uade
for the sxIkTies OF t1e Gissioneis suo
the Necessary ssei.tspta, and me sun OF
S250.000 WAS appropriated 10 De used
under the direction of the Secretary Of
State to deffay ell EXPENSES. Toe sctlon
Of Congress Wss approved May 10, and
the President has sppointed Genera! WI
liam B FrsnkliD, Com missioner General,
and Nj. S0meIvilie 2 Tuck, Assistant
Commissioqer- General,
WHO THE COMMISSIONERS ARE.
The Comm ssloners have established
their headquarters In tie Mills building,
IL this city, md sre busily engaged re-
ceivine applications and perttcIiuG the
details TOR complete representation.
the exposition viii open M1y snd close
O3tober 81, 1889, and thsre will DE NC
charge for space occupied By exhibitors
The com mission will forward sad return
all articles received free Of freight
charges.
Goods OF exhibitors who sre unsble to
60 to Paris or send representative, will
BE- cared for free CT ali expense, except
thst Of unpscking aud repack:ng. There
will be no duties to psy except On goods
tbs, are sold or consumed. The French
regulations state that ell objects exhib-
tied will De protected against piracy CT
inventions or des'gDs.
DIVISION OF EXHIBITS.
TIE sxli oit,on is 10 be divided into
niue groups or departments, as follows {:
l. WORKS OF AT.
2 Education and processes used theIe-
in
8. Pain aud decorative house iurni.
ture.
I Textile fabrics.
5. The raw and manufactured products
of mining, forestry, chemistry, etc.
6. Apparatus and methods Of mechsni-
cal Industries.
Food products.
Agriculture, vine culture and fab
culture.
9. Horticulture.
The French verumenI has apnrcpri-
alsd $4,000, 900 francs lowsrd the ex-
pehses Of the exposition. An advisory
commission cons sting O, 800 memo
and styled the Grand Cauucl CT the
Worlds Exhibition OF 1885," mas beer
appointed. The Minister COT Com
meICe and Malutsciu.es sets o:
president CT th!s council anC
2iso SIS commissioner general Of the *
hioitlon. The grand cJaacil Is divide;
into twenty-five advisory comu!sEzs s
who have charge of tas dlferent depart
msnt5 AMI The management Of the expo
si.ion.
The buildings for the exposition ar
now Learly completed. They occupy II
Champ-de-Mars and the Trocsder
Palace and psrk ca the banks of tn
Seine. In tho psrk at the entrance to IN
exposition on the Champ de-Mars tn
wonderful E # i Tower !. ncw in cours
Of erection. L. is TO be entirely Of iEol
and 1000 feet in height. lis OBJ
j!c. is TO show the triumph o
modern engineering skill. II will b
furnished with an elevstof OF American
is the Pslsce CT LibaTsi Arts, end on IN
lefs the ine Palace Of Fine Arts. Lsrg
gardens occupy the center OF The gquare
and ct the osck is tue msin building o
the gallery of machines, Ms IL Is called
The E8cisnsde OF Invalldes is reserved TO
| the products Of she F:erca colonies. TIT
buildings are magnificent structures 0
glass snd iron, lighted by electricity suC
fitted with every modern convenience.
| THE FAIRS MAGNITUDE.
| Il is expected tha. the ro!.l number o
ex lihitors from lll countries will resci
10000; 1t Is estimated thas - 10000
persons will enter The grounos and build
ipgs. SJme idea Of the magnitude Of tt,
exhibition may be gained from the fac
that the total area OF buildings aud en-
closed grounds which is TO be lighted b.
electricity is 8 900, 900 square feet. tn,
spscs allotted to the UGited States i
about $4,000 squsre feet. An exh.bi
from this country fully equal to that o
1878 Is expected, snd 1t is hoped thst i
will bo much larger. T1sre are nuuer.
Gus lines OF industry that need new MIR.
ksts for their goodE, arc this ex 1ibjs{Qe
will sffoId them III opportunity for fofssgl
display. a
All OF the European countries ex9gD
| Germany, tske sn interes in the exp4H
sion, snd will mske displays ThesS0utt
| American republics and Mexico will also
take particularly active part, as we'll s.
| Japsn.
Tls usuGl awards @: nedsis aid diplo
mss will be made, but the details as Il
| this hsve rot yet been determined.
| OIL "a of the United States uomn lesion 10 TIL
Paris Exposition of 1859. Wall street., New
York CT y, n. 7. Oct Der /, 1888.
10 Oents