San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-17
FAIR NOTES.

August 81 and september l, upon
which S400, 900 was paid in.
The Worlds Fair power plant will
be of "a, 900 horse power, and will re-
quire the services of $50 engineers,
fremen and attendants.
Mrs. Susan Gale Cook, of Tennessee
Is now Permanent Secretary of the
| Board of Lady Managers, having
been elected at the September meet
ing.
The London Chronicle says that
the Prince of Wales has all but de-
| cided to go to Chicago to attend the
Exposition, and hat he is likely to be
accompanied by Emperor William
of Germany,
The Pacific Coast Steamship Com
| pany which operates oil the way
from Alaska to Mexico, has agreed to
carry all exhibits to and from the
| Exposition at half regular freight
rates. The Southern Pacific railway
| system has made q like concession or
| all perishable goods. This insures
q very extensive fruit exhibit from
the Pacific Coast.
The model for the statue Ut Queen
Isabella, on which Miss Harriet Hos
mer has been at work in her studio
| at Rome, is almost completed. The
| Queen is repre-: ented n full royalrob 8
YES, stepping down from her throne,
with her jewels in her ~Outstretched
hand. The figure is full of grace ana
strength, and the robes have been
most skillfully draped by the artist,
giving q pleasing outline from every
point OF view.
A committee of livestock experts has
sportioned the cash premiums to be
awarded in the Exposition Live Stock
Department, amounting to l50, 600, as
follows; For horses, $4,000, cattle $50.
600; swine: Sl5, 900; poultry and pet
stock, $40, 900; dogs, $4,000. This lea
yes a contingent fund of / 10000, which
| Chief Buchanan says should be held
| for special breeds of animals that may
have been overlooked.
S. H. Peabody, Ex-President of the
| Illinois State University has been
| confirmed as Chief of the Department
Of Liberal Arts of the Exposition. J.
| NJ. Samuels of Kentucky has been
confirmed as Chief of the Department
| of Horticulture, and l.. w. Robinson
! OF Philadelphia, as Chief of the De-
partment OF Machinery. John Thorpe
| of New York, is Sub-Chiet in the Hor-
ticulture Department in charge Of
Horticulture
The National Association of Canned
Food Packers has applied for space to
exhibit It's products at the Fair. The
association In its Jurisdiction covers
the packing interest of twenty States.
There are in the country about 20 O.
0C0 acres Of land and giving direct
employment to a million people. 1t
is the ambition of the association TO
show the magnitude of the industry
and the novelties in machinary used
IN hacking product. The association
asks that one of its members be made
Il permanent attache OF the ExpOsi
i ions management to superintend this
department and that the association be
allowed to name the man. 1t asks
for 5000 square feet and 40-horse
power.
The dates for holding the various
live stock, shows during the EXPOSE
tieu nave been decided upon by the
National Commission. The period de-
voted to the exhibition of animals for
awards in the following divisions tor
live stock will be as follows: Cattle.
Sept II to Sept. 81; horses, jacks and
jennets, Aug. "a to Sept. "a; sheep
and swine Oct. 2 to Oct. IA; kennel
show or dogs, June II to June Il;
poultry, pigeons, pet stock, etc, Oct.
is to Oct. 80. Exhibitors of horses
and cattle must accompany their APP
| plication with written evidence as to
| the pedigree of the animal offered for
| entry. This written evidence implies
a description of pedigree in the stan
| dard live stock record books. Ami
mails unregistered, but which have
some peculiar historical value, may
be exhibited, but may not compete
for any prizes or medals which may
be offered.
Following are the amounts already
appropriated or recommended for ap-