The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-04
THE WORLDS
EXPOSITION.
President HarrlSOl'S Proclamation RGla-
tive to The Fair.
How the People of France Raised Money for
Their Fair-A subterranean EXPOSE
tion of Dazzling Designs.
Special to THE SUNDAY CALI.

CHICAGO, Dec. 81, 1S90.-Christmas dow
brought an unusual gift and greeting to
Chicago. The President of the United
States was her Santa Claus As was antici-
pated in our last letter, he made his nrocIo-
nation In time to be Christmas nresent
Inc true nature and magnitude of the
worlds Column ian Exposition is acknowIo
edged and recognized by the National Gov
eminent, and in the following terms the pa-
lions Oh the earth are invited to participate.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS, Satisfactory proof has been nre
scented TO he that provision has been made for
adequate grounds and buildings for the uses of
The Worlds Columbian Exposition aud thsf q
sum not less than SIC, 000, 900. 10 be used and
expended for the purposes OF said exnosjtinn
has been provided in accordance with tie condi,
lions and requirements of Section 10 of an ant
entitled AN act TO provide for celebrating ths
-FOUR hundredth anniversary OF the discoysrv az
America by Christopher Columbus by holding
an International exhibition OF arts ndustries
ana ss a. anu me p,odues OF The soil, mine
ana sea IN the city OF Chicago. in the State of
ll!n0is," approved April rs, 1890.
Now therefore. l. Benjamin Harrison, Presl.
dent OF the United States, by virtue OF the
authority vested In me by said act do hereby de
care and proclaim that such International Ex.
bloitlon Will be opened on the first day of Nav in
Inc year eighteen hundred and ninety three in
the city or Chicago, in the State OF Illinois and
Wiil NOT be closed before the last Thursday In
october OF The same year. ana In the name OF tho
government and of the people of the United
States, do hereby invite all the nations of lbe
Is "a
In human history ana OF lasting interest TO man.
KIND. by appointing representatives thereto and
sending such exhibits TO The Worlds Columbian
Exposition as will most htly and fully illustrate
their resources, their Industries and their pro-
gress IN civilization
In testimony whereof 1 have hereunto set NV
DO affixed. '''o' w
Done in the City of Washington this twenty.
fourth day OF December, Que thousand eight
hundred and ninety, and In the inuependenee
the one hundred and fifteenth.
JAMES G. BLAINE, Secretary OF State
The proclaim alton marks an epoch in the
history OF the exposition. By it the United
States announces to the world that Chicago
has fulfilled her proposition and that
Sl0,O00,0O0 has been provided for the sue
cess of the Columbian Exposition, aud that
it will be held in Chicago in 1898 The
notice having been given, the State Depart
ment will now take charge of the duties of
the National Government in connection
with the exposition. A copy Of the procla-
nation, accompanied by all the official
| formalities, will be placed in the hands of
foreign Ministers. They in turn will trans
NIT 1t to their respective Governments. The
! United States Diplomatic and Consular rep
| resentatiyes will also receive copies of it,
with instructions regarding foreign exhibits
The last possibility of doubt or failure has
! now vanished and the exposition given a
| standing with foreign Governments Ground
| set in motion to prepare for the great event.
| After President Greyy issued his procla-
| nation, 1t took Paris nearly four and half
| years 10 get her exposition ready. But in
! this country much less time will be required
| especially for the buildings. America sur
| passes all countries in rapldity Of construe-
| ton, and II Is rightly claimed that the same
| buildings can be duplicated in Chicago in
! less than half that time. The structures
Nill be almost entirely of iron and glass and
| he dat
! upon, with American genius and push, the
erection viii be a matter of short duration
| Besides this the system of management of
| the Columbian Exposition is such as will
| tend to expedite the execution of the prepar-
atoms more rapidly. In Paris. the Govern
ment took more direct control of the work
| than 1t Will here. They had more commit
tees, bureaus, Directors-General, hence
much formality and delay. BY the last
meeting of our commission, the management
of the exposition was simpliiied and placed
IN an executive head.
FINANCE.
In Paris the Finance and Control Commit
tee appointed by the President voted So 400,-
Goo Paris advanced 81, 100000, and q guaran-
tee association put up S3.6o0000 Later,
lottery scheme was devised, by which was
sold 10000, 600 admission tickets, which
added 10 the fund. Thus Paris raised her
| money.
MeSsrs. Burnam & Root, consulting archi-
tects for the exposition, have submitted
| plans rs far as they have been prepared TO
| the Grounds and Buildings Committee.
| These are at best only outlines giving gen
| eral idea of the size of the buildings. Inc
detailed plans, together with the conStrue-
| tlen, Will, III many cases, be allotted 10 oller
| architects. The same committee mas had
several conferences with the commercial
| Club and Art Institute Committee IN feler-
| erence 10 determining the particulars LOT a
! permanent art building, but no conclusion
| has as yet been reached.
| The board having the Government exhibit
| in charge has learned that II has not FUNDS
| sufficient 1t proposes to ask Tor an addl-
| tional Sl,OoO.000. As yet the Treasury De-
partment does not see its way clear to make
| any recommendation for money for the
Board of Lady Managers.
| The President has opened the official doors
of the commission to Alaska by sending
both names of her representatives to the
| Senate.
The Governor of Illinois and the State
Board of Agriculture have selected eight
acres in jackson. Park for the location of
an exhibit The appropriation of about
| S1,000000 will be asked from the Legisla-
| ture.
ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT.
Professor Barrett of Chicago has been in
dorsed for the Chief OF the Electrical De-
| partmeDt. Director General Davis will meet
with the Committee of Foreign Affairs this
| week in New York. Ii. G. Payne has been
named as representative at the City of Mex
leo. lie takes his post at ONE. G. Z. Cor
don, Alternate Commissioner from Wiscon-
sin. has resigned. ID. w. Curtis has taken
bis place. j. w. Butler of Cleveland is
candidate for Excursion Manager. The Des
| PLANES Camp-meeting has arranged for an
International Methodist Camp-meeting in
| 1898.
HypOlite Hardy of Paris has petitoned for
| four and half acres on the lake front to
| locate 4 subterranean exposition of dazzling
| design. He wants TO illustrate. among other
! things, the catacombs of Paris and Rome,
the buried cities Of Herculaneum, Stable
aud Pompeii, Dantes Inferno, the Nam
moth Cave of Kentucky, etc. Enterprisiug
theatrical agents are completing plans for a
| Japanese theater for the exposition. They
| have secured the leading actors in Japan. 1t
| will probably be located in the Japanese
village to be produced on the ground
j. b. CAMPREII