Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-10-10


position.
The following flicial o.es regarding the
progress of work and events concerning the
for, Incoming Worlds Columbian Exposition
will be read with interest:
Nicaragua wants hsif an acre for the site
Of its building al the Exposition.
More than Is coo. .0c0 feet Of lumber vi |
be used in the cor siruction of ths huge
building for Manufactures and Liberal Arts.
Commissioner Shufeldt has cabIed from
Cape Town, South Africa, ,hst IN exhibit
Of diamonds and feathers worth $500, 900
will be sent from Cape Town.
The executive committee Of the Illinois
Woman's Alliance has asked for the privi-
lege Of making display at he fair which
will show the evil results OF child labor.
Exposition stock tub 'cripions have now
been paid In to an aggregate exceeding 49,
600 900, although only so per cent. has
thus far been called for. The So 900 900
of city bonds vof d by Chicsgo are now
svsiisble and will be put on the market
soon.
Two granite columns for the WOmsn's
buliJlUR nave uttu
Alice Houghton, lady manager Of Washing
ton. The columns are fifteen feet high,
twenty inches in diameter, ard will be
placed in the main entrance on the east side
Of the Wom,n's Building.
The grounds and building, committee de-
cidpd to advertise for the construction of q
building to accommodate four saw-m mill
plants. The tt'ucture will he located so h
of the Agricultural Annex, On piles dnven
in what is now a natural lagoon. Tae
building Will be l30x200 feet AID will cpst
S25 900.
A reproduction of Independence Hall is
nov prt p ,.ed as Pennsyiv ivauia's buiidiOg at
the Exposition. Prizes Of $1,000, $500 AMI
$500 have been a cred for The best plans Of
a STATE building but il is thought the ate
commiss ON will seriously Consider n ect-
ing them sll and reproducing Independence
Hall instead.
Lord Stanley has promised to do all he
can to have the Dominiou Of Canada make
q creditable exhibit at the Exposition.
Many prominent Canadians are equally in
tarested, xnd hsve promised their aid. Tbs
result 10 due in . large measure to the
exertions Of J Allen Hornsby, OF ths De-
pAIttutut VI btStitiSit5 VI VIC DAp''''
among the delegates to the recent National
Electric Light Association at Montreal.
Chief Buchanan, Of the Agricultural
Department, says that the cotton industry
will make one Of the great displays of The
Ex poeition. Cotton is the leading veg
etsble fiber OF the world, and the United
States furnishes over 56 per cent. Of ihs
entire product, 30 that it is entitled 10 .
prominent place III the Agricultural Depart
ment. As cont mplstsd BY Chi.f Buchsn-
an, the exhibi. will embrsce samples from
every Country where The plant is grown to
any extent and various illustrations OF
growth and preparation for market
The Massachusetts building at the Expo
siiion will be modelled after the historic old
Hancock house which stood oa Beacon
street, Boston, for fully I25 years. Butt
by his uncle in 1887, this msnsion was oc-
oupied by John Hancock, the s,gner Of the
Declaration Of IBdeper dence. when g ver-
nor of Mas achu,etts. and there he enter
taiued Washington, Lafayette, and many
other dtstiDguthsd Revolutionary psfints,
Massachusetts will spend s35 600 or s40.-
900 IN imitatis q, st The Worries Fair this
famed mansion. The building will be used
almost eIc usively IS state headquarters
and club house.
The Brsz lian Government Intends to
make magnificent display at the Expos,-
ton aad will invest not less ihsn hsif . mil
lion dollars in carrying OUT the plans for
its r, ,presen'stioa. Is is proposed not only
to erect building ia which to display the
magni Fl eat resources Of BAIL, but 10 eur
round that building with practical iiiastrs-
tons Of the methods Of agriculiurs and
industry. There will be ,uyar mill in
operation. 3 coffee quints, II which the
method Of gathering sed curing coffee for
the market will be illustrated. and the
manner in which rubber 10 gathered and
prepared for market will be shown in a
smllsr vsy. There viii be also several
fac -similss Of native huts. With native fam
lilies living a. they live at hume, ami p1rsu-
ing their industries. IL is proposed also to
have the pationsl band VI Bsszl in after d.
snee.
Half . million psn,ie., one hundred
thousand roses, aud millions of other
flowers, including every known variety and
species, will be seen 1t the Exposiiion- The
horticultural sxhi, /. will be on Q scale
never before ait mp ed in the history Of the
world. Mr. Tho,p, Of the fo,iesl u,e
division. es imatss that the equipment Of
the bo orticuifursl building. including The pur-
chase price OF plants. will be $3.50 900, and
the total expense Of the display $3.50. 900.
The floriculturisss Of the country will donate
. large share Of the plants. Ten Of the
sixteen scres of ground On the wooded
island viii be planted in flowers. The shorei
Of tn. island will be left Wild for s,enic
sifec:, ard the waters sround the margin Of
the leland will be bright with water lilies
aud other aqus.ie vegetation, while the in
terror Of the island will be planted with
roses. rbododendrons. aod lilies. besides .
vsss variety Of Wild a ivefs, which sre o.
present preserved in . nursery on the island.