The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-19

Ma has come noDIy TO the mont with a..
appropriation of 500, coo, and the indica-
| tons are that Massachusetts, will contrib
ute one-fourth of that amount In far
| away Washington great Worlds fair en-
thusiasm Is being manifested, and the
state appropriation of 100000 is likely to
| be doubled by private enterprise
| The plans for the building TO be devoted
| to the electrical display and kindred APP
| planes indicate that it will be a magnifi-
cent structure, and fully in keeping with
the great object for which it is designed.
Its cost will be in the neighborhood of
i $4,000 1t will cover five and a half acres
OF ground and viii be in the Italian Renais-
sance style.
Encouraging reports from abroad con-
tinue to pour in on the various depart
ments. Peru is giving cordial welcome
to the American commissioners, and so is
Colombia. Cuba is really doing a good
deal more than even many of the states OF
the Union, for a commission has been or
gained IN each one of the provinces under
the auspices of the governor general in order
that everything of interest pertaining to
the island may be properly represented. A
somewhat emphatic denial is given TO the
reports of lukewarmuess in Germany by
the great meeting of manufacturers which
was recently held in Berlin, and at which
resolutions in favor of hearty cooperation
and government subsidy were unani-
moGsly adopted. Our friends the Japs
are evidently in dead earnest, for not only
has the lower house and the chamber of
peers adopted a government measure ap-
propriating half million dollars for ma
tional display, but number of the prov
inces are actively engaged in organizing
exhibits on their own individual account.
In Mexico the interest is general, and a
large number of wealthy individuals have
combined to organize a private exhibit to
be independent of the national department.,
the entire expense To come from their own
private purses. Their enthusiasm, how
ever, may carry them D little too far, mas
much as it Is grayely o-7poses. 10 in1ict
upon Chicago village o, 800 pha.can In
dams in native costume, on--hay~ Of them
to be women with babes. This may posi-
bly, be intended as a delicate compliment
to the board of lady managers, but it is not
at all certain that President Palmer and
her associates--albeit many of them have
had experience in the rearing Of the rising
generation-wiil care to be burdened with
ten score, more or less, of the fairer sex OF
the Mexican Indian variety and their off
spring TO boot.
Evidently Guatemala proposes TO be en-
rapport with the exposition, for its presi- !
dent has taken along stride TO the front by /
appointing his secretary of foreign rela- /
tions, as well as his secretary Of the inte- /
rior, as official commissioners 10 the show,
while the railroads OF that republic have I
been public spirited enough 10 offer to con |
vey all freight intended for the exposition /
free Of charge. The Brazilians are mani /
Testing most amiable disposition. and a i
full exhibit of the resources Of that repub- /
lie can be relied upon /
All these facts-and they are facts-are
more than encouraging; and when it is
SAID II addition that natives Of far off Da-
mascus have applied t-< space in which TO
exnbis SyrIans engaged in musical per-
forUtnces, embroidery making and coffee
serving la Damascus, and that deputa-
ton - orIentaIs from the edge Of the Sa-
hara, within few days journey of Aoroc-
co, have Iourneyed all the way TO Chicago |
to secure a site upon which to erect min
lature OF their own fortified city, there Is
10 longer reason TO question the truth OF
The statement that what Chicago has in
-AOAS AOt Ao'o nd5 pcbtIfdDeU almost 20 tie
uttermost parts Of the earth
80 much for abroad Just a word now
regarding our own country. Nineteen
state legislatures have already passed bills
appropriations which aggregate
over million and a quarter Of dollars.
Ten ether states, the legislatures of which
IRE now IN session, are pretty certain 10 in
;resse this By two millions more. Seven
legislatures, 70 assemble il the fall, are
,eFtain TO be pgoportionately generous,
while reports from fourteen common
sealths indicate that an aggregate Of any
where from two and half 10 three 1uill- I.
ons Of dollars viii he raised By private
subscriptions And yet there are wise
icres, not IN the wslds Of tie far west, bu.
light IN TIE metropolis O. tie Enpsr.
,tAte, ~ho are specializing On The px,.sl- |
,iEty OF the Words Fair proYiug a fall |
ire Perhaps IL 3 even new not TOO early
Or too iate-to convince them tans a
more taa1 abundant success Il already as
0red- HERR Il. HEaT.