Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-30
world's Fair Notes.


fire dcnattment has D fully equipped
and manuod fire engine anu other
apparatus on the fair grounds, housed
ia building provided by the Exp'si-
ton Company, aud every prrcaution w
being taken against lire.
Under the direction " Prof. Put
nam, chief u tn department OF
Ethnology, OF the Worli's Columbian
Exposition, = party VI men has be.b
making extensive excavations ~ the
PREHISTORIC mounds Ia ohio aud In-
diana, and sccoriing to reports. re-
celved from time u time. most crafty
lug success la. been met win. Many
sktIls. skeletons, come hatchets,
pines. ornaments, altafa n burnt clay
weighing 400 10 800 pounds, ilint spear
heads, ETC., have bven secured, IN one
mound, situated near Ander'on
Station, Indiana, 1889 flint spear
heads and knives were discovered.
The bulk was ~ great that II took four
horses aud large corn wagon
10 haul the ilints 10 camp. The
total weight was TITLE over
700 POUNDS. The implements
were found In layer one foot Ia thick
neas, extending over epece twenty by
thirty feet. Many Of them we're over
eight OF ten lnchus IN length; some o.
them even larger, while the majority
ranged from seven 10 eight Inches.
They Ar. made Of gray tllnt found only
In india, Auu show that there were
from sixty 10 seventy flakes detached
from each one Ia order 10 fashion u.
The largest find " flint implements IN
America did not exceed 1901 speci.
mems. In oue of the rnvefnH occupied
hy primitive mat IN the valley Of the
Seine, below Paris, 1900 implements
were found In one deposit.
Florida, at It, recent Worlds Fair
convention, decided 10 raise 100000
for IT, representation at Chicago In
1888.
The Associated Press has applied 10
the grounds aud buildings committee
Of the Expedition for suitable -pac-,
either In the pres quarters on the
grounds or In separate huilding,
where IT, reports can he prepared anu
dispatched during the Fair. II IN Ger.
tain that the Exposition authorities
will provide extensive press and islo-
giaph facilities, but the details are not
yet determined.
Between $40 aud $50 men are ON.
lluyed In pefiectlng the Landscape
features Of ihe Exposition site.
Sir Walker Bullard, who owns the
flnust collection Of native MAORI curl.
uHitlrs ami paintings IN the world, has
applied for space IN which 10 display
nj, collection, anI iutsnds visiting the
Exposition with his family.
tn. ways aud means committee has
granted ". l.. Libby X sou company,
u Toledo, ohio, n concession for the
operation Of big cut.glass factory.
The company Will invest bttWecn
$4,000 and 81, 900 on II, plant, which
will be located nj 5Dth street, In the
Midway rlaisanoe, ON n plat OF land
100 by 200 feet.
The Exposition Directory has called
upon tho comptTolltF VI the city VI
Chicago g. sell 5 900, 0lr " the s., O0O,-
900 ~ bonds which tbs city voted In
aid OF IA. Exposition. The proceeds,
which II h desired shall be realized
within ninety days, IL To he applied
mainly TO paying the enormous ex.
prnscs Of the construction OF tho build.
ingt.
The magnitude Of the Building opcr.
aiions now going on at Jackson PHrk
eau bo sufmi,eu rom the fact that an
Ayefny, Of from thifty.ilyc 10 forty car
loads VI Construction material arrives
daily. The Exposition buildings are
rising with wonderful rapidlty.
Director George Schneider has re-.
criycd advices rom Berlin 10 the
fleet TINT the associated chemical
81 a 1 A.
agreed TO make u full and compTehen.
sive exhibit ut the Exposition In 1893.
A New York company that manu-.
factuT,s self winding clocks has offered
10 furnish free Of cot all the time.p iecrs
that will be- needed In the buildings
during the Fair.
a mammoth labor congress Ia TO be-
held In Chicago Ia 1893, under the
auspices OF the Worlds Congress
Auxiliary Of the Worlds Columbian
Exposition. VIM. T.. Gladstone and
Cardinal Manning have accepted
honorary membership, aud will sui.
mit their views In writing. n. V.
POwderly, Carroll ID. Wright, and
numerous Others deeply Interested IN
labor questions, are earnestly support.
Ing the movement.
Ivan Mslak0n, u ~. Petersburg
capitalist, wants 10 reproduce at ia q
Exposition street scene from Mini
NoSgorod, the celebrated place where
expeditions have been held for 500
Year,. lie agrees 10 spend ya50,0OO
upon the reproduction.
A company has applied for space TO
erect u building In the form OF AN Ice.
berg In which TO make n polaT exhibit.
A group OF Esquimaux, with reindeer,
ii.rs ami all the paraphernalia u In.
hahltAnts Of the polar regions, will be
installed 10 the building II the con.
cession IL granted.
q. w. Wynko9p has boon sent out
lya London syndicate to iind the gold
inines Ia the biblical lands Of Ophir,
where King Solomon and the Queen VI
shtba got their riches. lie viii report
TO Chief skin the result OF his investi.
Nationa, aud promises 10 furnish some
interesting matter for the mines ami
mining department.
The women Of Illinois, who have the
spending Of $4,000 OF the $500 900
which the State appropriated for its
representation nj the Exposition, have
been gIantcd, for their exclusive use,
one-tenth Of the space Ia the Illinois
building, which, altogether, IN some.
thing more than an acre aud a half.
The women Will make n separate eN.
hibit.
Transportation rates ON articles In.
tendcd'fOr exhibits at the World's Fair
VIII be the regular tariff rates Of the