Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-11-12

tablish a model sanitary kitchen in
the womon's building al the expo
sition An effort win be made BY
a special entertainment or other
wise, toraise the "a 900 necessary
for The purpose,
One acre of ground within the
horticultural building has been re-
served Tor an orange grove from
Florida and the same amount for a
grove from California These
trees will be brought to Chicago
next year and planted, so that they
will bear fruit while the exposition
is open.
The number Of intending exhib-
itors who have applied for space
at the exhibition reached | ,623 Oh
Oct "a. This is a much larger
number than the centennial had at
correspondingly early date, The
number does rot include any for
eign applications, all of which are
made to their respective national
commissions.
Seventy-four cases Of relics Of
the Indians and Mound Builders
have been received by the depart.
ment Of ethnology Of the expos
ton from Chillicothe. Ohio. They
contain a great variety Of prca'
toric implements and uten H,
such as axes, arrow-heads, ~
bowls, jars, etc. They wcre x.
humed by party acting UNI the
direction Of Chief Putnam
A worlds fair transportation
company has been organized by a
number Of moneyed men in Maine
for the purpose OF transporting
New Englanders to and from the
exposition and paying their ex-
penses while in Chicago. 1t issues
certificates payable in install
ments and these, when paid up,
are transferable for round trip
tickets to the exposition, including
all necessary expenses.
Thomas A. Edison, the famous
electrician, has applied for 35, 900
feet Of space, or about one seventh
Of all that the electricity building
contains In talking OF his appli-
cation for space, Mr. Edison ad
mitted that he was asking for
large section of the building; but
every inch will be put to good
purpose, 2 he added. 81 shall not
waste a foot OF the area assigned to
me, but will present a series Of the
most interesting electrical inven-
tions ever produced " Mr.. Edi-
son is making an almost innumer-
able list Of novel and spectacular
exhibits.
Florida's exposition building
viii BE a full-sized reproduction Of
Fort Marion, which was built at
St. Augustine in 1920, and is be-
lieved TO be the oldest building in
the United States. 1t is of stone
and covers a space of about $50
feet square The walls are twenty
feet high and nine feet thick az the
base. 1t is rectangular struct-
ure, the interior court being about
seventy.fye feet square Within
the fort are some tweuty.four
rooms The reproduced structure
on the fair grounds viii be frame,
covered on the outside with the
phosphate rock of Florida, to give
it the appearance of stone The
walks on the parapet and within
the inner court viii be covered
with the celebrated pebble phos
phate of Florida This use of the
will constitute the states
phosphate exhibit The old fort
is encompassed about with deep
moat This moat viii also be re-
produced and viii constitutea sun
ken garden in which Will be shown
All the tropical plants OF Florida
the pineapple, banana, rice, sugar
cane, oranges, etc 1t is contem-
plated to partition OF a portion Of
the moat and ill it with water and
have there several alligators and,
perhaps, crocodiles. Several Of
the old Spanish cannon that once
did service at the fort will ho Ia
ken to Chicago The Florida
promises TO be one OF the
most unique of the state structures.
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