The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-12-01
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.

WORLDS FAIR NOTES.
The Illinois State Board Of Char
tiles will make an exhibit in the Hi
nois building.
Pueblo, Col, is raising money
with which to equip and send to Chi
cago cowboy band"
-Ceylon has sent, through Sir
Henry Wood, a request for space
upon which to build tea house.
-Wyomiug's building st the fair
will be Of the French chateau style Of
architecture, 80 by 20 feet, two stor-
les high, and will cost about $40, 900.
! Ladies auxiliary committees
have been organized in titty-fve
counties in Pennsylvania and are at
work to secure a fine showing OF
women's work.
Nearly 500, 900 Of insurance has
already been place: OF the Exposition
buildings in process Of erection. The
insurance will be constantly increased
as the structures grow.
Daniel e. French, the New \ ork
sculptor, is now in Paris working on
q colossal statue Of the republic for
the Worlds fair. 1t will show a fe-
male figure nearly seventy feet high.
i Sir Henry Wood writes that ap-
plications for space are rapidly pour
ing in from influential firms in Great
Britain. He is very enthusiastic over
; English prospects at the Exposition.
The eight women on the Illinois
Worlds Fair Board have decided to
accept invitations to 60 to any part
of the state to deliver addresses in the
, interest of the proposed exhibit by
Illinois women.
The jewellers of Hanau, the great
: jewelry center of Germany. have de-
: cided to make united exhibit at the
/ Fair. Members of the association
6 hsve received great encouragement
from the imperial government.
. The American sculptor, Ma
. Moines, is also in Paris, working on
the great fountain which will b.
. placed in front of the Administration
8 building. The fountain will hav
/ thirty gigantic figures.
Jamaica applied for Z 900 SQUARE
h feet of floor space at the Exposition
r. Col. G. G. Ward, a member Of tn
e Jamaica parliament, is the roya
II commissioner to the Exposition from
e his country. He visited Chicago les
e week.
s. The Chicago Furniture Manu-
4 facturers' association, which has
=. membership of 2l0, and an aggregat
ID capital of s26, 100000, proposes
7. make a united exhibit of mammot
proportion in the furniture and W
o. holstery line.
Vice President Thomas B. Brya
H. will sail November %, for Europe g
o. !. one of the Exposition Commissioners
= selected to promote Worlds ia
=. interests in Spain, Italy, Greece an
&c other south European countries. Tw
. other commissioners will join him j
u N Paris and accompany him on Il
y tour.
,f The New York Chamber
n Commerce will send a delegation I
"a the approaching session of the legisl'
49, ture to urge liberal Worlds Fai
oj appropriation. John Boyd Thatche
To- one of the New York commissioner
- thinks there is no doubt that an az
of preparation of not less than $500, 0C
~ will be made.
Some rare old curios in the wa
o. OF saddles ard ancient harness wi
N. probably be seen at the Worlds fa
of TIE National Association of Saddle
r. has decided to raise $4,000 for 8
no exhibit of their trade at the fair. Til
IL will be expended. largely for anciel
ed ssddlery aud harness, which will
lc- procured through special collectors.
h Rev. DR.. S. J. Mcpherson,
he Chicago, at the instance of a numb
in Of associates prominent in religio
an circles, will correspond with individ
Ii ais and societies in the various d
ls, nominations with a view of having
nd conference Of delegates from all par
he Of the country % arrange for reli
Tx ious exhibit at the Worlds fair.
The great dome of the Admin
q tration building, which will be Il
D.. most conspicuous architectural featu
In Of the Exposition, and the four small
Is, domes, vii be covered with alum
nat mum bronze, a newly discover
he malgsm, which is said to glist'
as brighter than gold. The contract
OF gliding the domes has been let +