The morning call., 1891-01-18
THE WORLDS EXPOSITION.
More Great Attractions Foreign Exhibits TO
Be Admitted Free
Special to THE CALL

CHICAGO, Jan. 14.-At last the Commi,,e.
on Grounds and Buildings have chosen ths
men who will design the buildings for the
Columbian exposition. Ten firms are &C.
lected, three from New York, one from,
Boston, one from Kansas CITY. and five
from Chicago. as follows: New York-G
b. Post, X. NJ. Hunt and McKimm. Meade
White; Boston, Peabody & Stearns.
Kansas City, Van Brunt & Co.; Chicago
d: L. Cobb, Adler & Sullivan, Burling 4.
MhItehouse, w. L. B. Jenney and s :
Dehlan' work will now be pushed. so thar
March LIST several buildings will be under
way.
Inc designs adopted for the Illinois Stata
ouiiulhgs are attracting general attention
around headquarters this week. They have
Deen designed in accordance with no partic-
ular style OF architecture, but have heen
gwen cassie treatment with a Venetian f1-
Vor. BY most inspectors they are consiJ
cred superb. In the oblique external amrI.t
oI the buildings there has been designed
TWO pavllIons fifty feet in diameter. one oc-
tagoh and one round. The buildings will
oe constructed Of steel, iron, brick and
t stone. ne ROOF trusses are to be combine
tlon oil wood, iron and glass. All of ths
structure Will be made at Joliet; estimated
cost S5GO,C00 Governor Eifer. in his meS
sage, speaks highly of the exposition. that
IL Is not an opportunity TO be neglected, aud
recommends that the Legislature provide
literally for the States interests. 1t is ex-
pected that not less than 100000 Will bs
appropriated. Ii Illinois does not deal lib
eraIly with the exposition no other State can
be expected to.
Commissioner Miles from Oklahoma SAWS
MS territory Will appropriate a large sum
Tor the fair. 1t is suggested the Terrffor,,
building be III the shape of a large Indian
Inc Governor of California in his uesssTa
TTecommends at least Sl,00O,OOO, Governor
Beaver Of PENNSYLVANIA asks for n gensr",,,
donation. President Banks of the Tndisra
Stale board OF Agriculture is supported bv
governor Hoyey in asking for a liberal
appropriation. 81
QUO Young Of the Ways and Means COM
lhttee IS organizing force Of canvassers To
RAISE the subscription list from $1,000 900 To
SlO,O0O,OO0 This will make a total oi Si5
OO0,OU0 for the fair.
The invitations for foreign nations are
about ready at Washington, ID. c., and will
n De sent al ouce. The Foreign Affairs Com
headquaItels at the Gilsey House. in New
York. This is the most prudent and iudi
cl0uS step yet taken, and it will serve to ex-
pedlte the execution Of the expositfon's in
teresIs IN the East to great advantage. 1t is
decided TO place all Eastern man at ths
head OF the Art Department H. G. Mar
guard, President of the METROPOLITAN Nit
scum OF Art III New York, is spoken of as
the man.
The lady managers rendered reception
10 Tie representatives of the Latin-Amerl-
cas-. The ladies were surprised TO learn
that women manned the street-cars in
Chile. Secretary Blaine has recommended
mat they have two lady representatives for
south America. August da Costa, at
Washington, denies that Brazil is to have a
national exposition in 1892.
Secretary Window has issued the follow
ing circular To customs officers in regard to
The tree entry of articles Tor exhibition at
the Worlds Columbian Exposition:
mat all articles which shall be imported
from l0Ielgn countries for the sole purpose
OF exhibition at said exposition upon which
thert Shall be tariff or customs duty shall
De admitted free OF payment Of duly, Gus
TOMS lees or-charges, under such regula-
tons as the Secretary OF the Treasury Shall
prescribe; but it shall be lawful at any time
during the exhibition 10 sell for delivery at
the close OF the exhibition any goods or
properly imported Tor and actually on exhi-
pltlon III the exposition buildings Ur ON its
grounds, subject to such regulations for the
security OF the revenue and for the collection
OF the import duties as the Secretary of the
Treasury shall prescribe; provided, that all
such articles when sold or withdrawn tor
consumption IN the United States shall be
subject to the duty, il any, imposed upon
such articles by the revenue laws III force,
at the date OF The Importation, and all pen
altleS prescribed by law shall be applied and
enforced against such articles and against
the persons who may be guilty of any llle-
gal sale or Withdrawal"
This regulation removes the great obiec-
llon OF Foreigners and admits all articles for
exhibition free of duty.
ii. Ettendi of Damascus has come to the
city with a novel proposition for the fair
He proposes to reproduce the straight street
OF Damascus, with its Mosque, praying Mo-
nanmeuanS, cafes, baZaarS and native
Arabs. He had similar exhibit at Paris,
VIE" Lien at, general attention.
HIS last letter reads thus:
Inc history OF human habitations at the
faElS Exposition of 1859 was good idea.
which might be adopted in a modified form
at the Chicago fair. Why not construct
series OF haDltatl0ns illustrative of the rise
ana development OF large town in the
United States? First comes the trapper, then
the pioneer, then the railway, the lOg house.
the cottage, the school, the church and the use
TO which the various materials employed by
man have been put since the discovery of
America-the rough wooden shanty, the
old houses built OF board in the Grecian
style, the Timber work as used in the first
bridges, then the brick, stone, iron, and
marble materials OF more recent times, III
TACT, regular show OF constructions ar
ranged chronolOgically, with The owerful
means and implements employed by master
builders OF the period in works OF mugui-
tude, such as those used in the transport Of
houses, etc, might be fully illustrated in
this connection"
The Directors look upon this plan favor
ably and 1t will probably be adopted
President Palmer ana Director General
Davis are III Washington, u. c., and have
submitted 10 President Harrison for trans
mission to Congress their first report in COIN
pllance with the law, which requires reports
OF the exposition 10 be given Congress from
time to time. The Seyenth-day Adventists
Will bitterly oppose resolution In the House
to close the exposition on Sunday. Their
representatives have applied to the Worlds
Fair Committee Ut the House for a hearing
on the proposition. The Chicago Tribune,
in the following words, now suggests an
African exhibit:
The African exhibit at the Worlds Co
lumbar Exposition i'll 1898 IS a possibility.
MIR. Stanley Is the mau 20 put at the head
of It, The exposition VIII not be worlds
exposition without an African exhibit. An
exhibit from newly discovered country in
this advanced age Is thing which is no.
only desirable, but one in which ali civilized
nations Of the earth are interested, ana
which would do more to advance the
newly Inspected country than all the books
and lectures that can be written or spoken"
Ihe suggestion Is timely and appropriate.
AT the time of the Paris Exposition stan
ley's book had not been written, noY had tho
darkest Nazareth LrayerSed by hIm. The
rescue of EmIn Pasha, The match to
Zanzibar, the adventures on the Islands OF
Bombera, had not been breathed on tho
ears of the world The highway for
Christian civilization has been opened
through Darkest Africa" since the last.
supper was taken on the giddy hei2hts of
the Elffel Tower. and the great exposition
would be incomplete without an exhibit
fron, this new and interesting land