The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-09-15
WORLDS EAR NOTES.

Mexico, Guatemala, Salvador, Nicara-
qua, Costa Rica, Columbia, Ecuador,
Peru, Chile and Brazil will erect special
buildings. Mexico will produce at
Jackson Park one of the ancient Aztec
temples. Guatemala will erect at
cost Of S22, 900 building on the model
OF one OF the palaces OF the ruined city
Antigua. The building Of Columbia
will be the capitol OF that republic in
miniature. Ecuador has already given
orders ior the removal to Chicago Of the
reproduction of the fncas' Temple OF
the Sun" that ornamented the grounds
Of the Paris Exposition.
Following are the amounts already
appropriated or recommended for APP
preparation by the executives of the
several South and Central American
countries and colonies: Mexico, $780,
600; Guatemala, $4,000; Honduras,
$4,000; Costa Rica, $4,000; Columbia,
$1,000 Ecuador, Sl25,OO0; Peru. S2o.-
900; Chile, 100000; Brazil, total cities
and States, $50, 600; British Honduras,
$1,000; Jamaica, $4,000: Cuba, So, 900;
Trinidad, 100000; Danish West Indies,
$4,000; Bolivia, $4,000, making u
total OF 81 ,OSO,00O.
A committee OF live stock experts has
apportioned the cash premiums to be
awarded in the Exposition Live Stock
Department, amounting to $4,000, as
follows: For horses, $4,000; cattle,
so, 900; swine, $4,000; poultry and pet
stock, $4,000; dogs, $4,000, This leaves
n contingent fund OF $4,000, which
Chief Buchanan says should DO held for
special breeds Of animals that may have
been overlooked.
The model for the statue OF Queen
Isabella, onwhich Miss Harriet Hosmer
has been atwork in her studio at Rome,
is almost completed. The Queen is
represented in full royal robes, step
ping down from her throne, with her
| Jewels in her outstretchcd hand. The
figure is full of grace aud strength, and
the robes have been most skillfully
draped by the artist, giving pleasing
outline from every point of view.
The Pacific Coast Steamship Com
pany. which operates all 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 like concession on all perishable
goods. This insures very extensive
| fruit exhibit from the Pacific Coast.
At the request of the Latin-American
Bureau OF the Worlds Columbian Ex-
position, Cardinal Gibbons has re-
duested the proper officers OF the sew
eral religious orders OF the Roman Cath
olic church, both in Europe and Amer
len, to cause their archives to be
searched for historical records bearing
on the discovery and settlement OF the
New World.
The National Association of Canned
Food Packers has applied for space to
exhibit It's products at the Fair. There
are in tho country about 1000 canning
concerns, consuming the product OF
2,OOO,OC acres OF land and giving direct
employment to a million people.
The London Chronicle says that the
Prince OF Wales has all but decided to
go to Chicago to attend the Exposition,
and that he is likely to be accompanied
by Emperor William OF Germany.
Payments on Exposition stock sub
scriptions arc coming in very rapidly
now. The two heaviest days were Aur
gust 81 and September /, upon which
S400,OO0 was paid in.
The Worlds Fair power plant will be
OF $4,000 horse power, and will require
the services OF $50 engineers, tlremen
and attendants.
Mrs. Susan Gale Cook, of Tennessee,
is now permanent secretary OF the