The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-24
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WORLDS FAIR.

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More than 8 5000 900 OF exposition work
Is now contracted for n 10 In progress.
Massachusetts will devots $4,000 to it,
Educational exhibit, The states entire ap-
preparation 10 $4,000.
cold for ia exhibit al the exposition, and
5000 o additional for ia building.
II is reported that tbs prince Of Wales.
EMPEROR William OF Germany aud the shah
OF Persin all seriously contemplate visiting
tho Worlds fair in 1888.
The managers Of the great naval exhibit
zion at Chelsea, England, have consented to
allow the model of Nelson's ship. the Vic
tory, to DO transferred to the Columbian
exposition.
Arkansas, at it's recent Worlds fair pom
~vention, which was a very enthusiastic ono.
adopted a plan of the stock company order
whereby il expects to raise 100000 for its
representation at the fair.
The &1O,O0 painting of Christopher CO.
lumbus, executed by the famous Moro in
1910, and purchased in London by Charles
f. Gunther, has arrived at tho custom
house in Chicago, and will be displayed at
the fair.
The photographers OF the country want q
separate building at the exposition, adapted
to a magnificent Photographic exhibit COL
looted from the whole world. A committee
has been appointed to confer with tho expo
Bition officials upon the subject.
The exposition directory has taken action
under which adequate insurance will be
placed upon all persons and property for
which it can be held liable during the fair.
It 10 the intention to place an insurance OF
something like $500, o00, 600 on the exhibits.
The sfort to have a tribe of African pig
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certain to succeed. Tippoo lib has given
his consent, and the consent OF the king OF
Belgium, which also il necessary, can easily
be obtained, it is believed, through the state
department..
The territorial convention of the liberal
party in Utah has voted to request the leg
~islature to appropriate not less than $780,
600 for the territory's representation at the
exposition. It il reported that the demo-
cratic and republican conventions are GER
tain to take similar action.
OF the 1O6 counties in Kansas sighty-fve
have organized Worlds fair associations for
the purpose of raising their apportionment
of the 100000 which Kansas started out
to provide for it, representation at tho cx-
position. Twenty-Five counties have
already raised their full share.
Lieut.. II. r. Lsmley. the special commits
sioner of the exposition at Colombia. writes
That a typical orchestra from that country,
consisting of ten musicians, playing their
native instruments, which are unlike those
Of any other people, has been organized. 1t
will appear at Chicago during the eIposi-
ton. in connection with the exhibit from
the republic of Colombia.
Chief Fearn has received a letter from
Consul General Frank Mason, at Frankfort
on-Main. He says he has recently visited
the old town st. Die, in France, where was
published the "Cosmographia Introductlo,"
tho book which gave America its name. He
says he Ia collecting rare manuscripts in re-
lation to the discovery of America and
other valuable relics and will show them at
the exposition.
The exposition European commission,
embracing Messrs. B~utterworth, Handy,
Bullock, Lindsay and Peck, is receiving
very marked attention in European oapi-
tails and other cities, and everywhere e1-
ceptional coartesies have been extended,
The commission is doing a wonderful
amount of good to the exposition in arous-
ing interest abroad and insuring extensive
participation by foreign nations.
Lieut.. Frederick A. ODER, one Of the
special commissioners to South America,
has written that he has secured in San Do
mingo photographs Of the bones alleged to
be those of Christopher Columbus. He is
inclined to question that the remains are
genuine. He also had made a fac-simile of
the historic cross of one of the cathedrals
in that oity from material that was put into
the building in 1914. These and many other
relics he will bring to the exposition.
Lieut.. w. Z. Stafford, u. S. N, Special
commissions of the worlds fair to Peru
and Bolivia, has secured for the Latin
American department. OF the exposition five
samples of the ceremonial dresses of the
Jiberos and Zaparros Indians. One of the
Jiberos costumes is reported to surpass any
of the dresses of savage tribes yet discov-
cred, in gorgeous beauty and lovely oon-
trasts of colors. The two, Zaparros cos
tunes are woven of human hair, and are
ornamented with geometrical designs.
No side shows are to be permitted within
the exposition grounds. The directory has
decided that the entrance fee shall entitle
the visitor to see everything within the in
closure. There will be, however, several
theaters built and kept running, at which
the finest talent in the world. it is expected,
will appear, and visitors who choose to at
tend the performances will have to pay an
admission fee. Such sights as "A Street in
Cairo" will be free, but natives of oriental
countries in a few cases will be allowed to
charge a small fee to special performances
of a theatrical nature.
An interesting collection from .Asiatic-
Russian provinces ia being exhibited on the
Champs Elysee in Paris, and it is said will
be taken to Chicago IN 1893. The exhibit.
ton is in charge of Gen. A~nnenkoff. son of
the Princess Dolgorouki (~morganatic wife
of Alexander I.), who ia the head of the
S4Sop AAipS L IA
stan and A~fghanistan. The collection som
p1ises natural products of Central Asia, and
arms. clothing. jewels, and household arti-
cles of the various provinces, as well as a
panorama of a battle in Turkestan, with
scenic illustrations of the snow-capped
mountains.
The Very Rev. DR.. Peralta, bishop of
Panama, has rendered for exhibition at the
Worlds fair his very remarkable historical
and chronological collection which has been
for some years in a museum connected with
the bishops palnce. 1t is one of the most
superb private collections of antiquities in
the world. including ancient gold and silver
ornaments, vessels and objects of worship
exhumed from the tombs of the extinct
race that once inhabited Colombia, rare
vases, pottery and earthenware, rare orna-
ments, vessels and missals that date back
to the time of the conquest, papers and
manuscripts, and various other articles of
historical interest. The offer has been &C
cepted and the collection will be shown at
Chicago.
Letters received by the Latin American
department of the exposition indicate that
Mexican women will take u prominent place
mt the Worlds fair. The country has long
been celebrated for the variety of needle
work made by drawing threads from linen,
which is known as Mexican work. Although
now 30 fashionable in newer portions of the
void, the making of it is an ancient art in
Old Mexico, and exquisite specimens of the
lace-like work arc to be found i'll the antique