The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-06-13
woRID's FAIR.
Progress of the worl--All Sorts of Peopl
Taking All Sorts Of Interest.

WORLDS FAIR.
Progress of the worl-Ail Sorts of People.
Taking All Sorts Of Interest.
The National Lithographers' Associa-
ton has decided to make an extensive
exhibit of Autographs atthe Exposition.
The Mobile, Ala, Daily Ne,gs has start.
ed subscription for the purpose OF
making a special Mobile exhibit at the
Exposition. Amounts from five cents
to i've dollars are solicited.
Phillippoteaux, the celebrated PIANO;
rama artist who painted the Battle Of
Gettysburg and other great works Of
the kind, wants to paint for the Expo
sition huge panorama that shall illus
trate the life OF Columbus from hisbi
to his death.
Alta "Grand Masonic Bazaar" held re-
Gently in Dublin, one OF the prizes bal
lotted for was was a round trip ticket
from Dublin to Chicago, including
maintenance at first-class hotel tick
cts OF admission to the Worlds Far,
and visit to Niagara Falls.
An international Exposition regatta is
talked Of us one OF the attractions OF the
Worlds Fair. 1t is believed that the
great oarsmen OF the world can easily be
induced to participate insuch an event.
and negotiations to that end have al
ready been begun by interested par
ties.
: DIR. James A. :Hepshall, OF the Ohio
fish commission, will have charge Of
that part of the Worlds Fair fish and
fisheries exhibit which relates to fish
ing tackle. DR.. Henshall is q famous
fisherman and promises that visitors
will see the finest display OF angling ap-
pliances ever collected.
An emergency hospital will be built
on the Exposition grounds at once. Dr.
John E. Owens has been chosen medi-
cal director of the Exposition, and he
will organize medical bureau which
will have charge of all cases of personal
injury occurring in the lines OF duty,
and any other cases for which the Ex-
position company may, IN measure, be
responsible.
Lieutenant Stafford, Special EXPOSE
ton Commission to Peru, has secured
collection of Indian antiquities found
in the graves of the tribes that inhab-
tied the coast region Of northern Peru
before the conquest. The collection
embraces specimens OF pottery, copper
instruments and various objects OF eth
biological interest.
Colonel Musgrave, who was in charge
of the exhibit made by the Island OF St.
Vincent at the Jamaica exposition, Will
bring to Chicago group OF Carlb In
dians, who are dependents OF the
natives discovered by Columbus. These
Indians will live on the grounds and
pursue their industries, the chief OF
which is discriminating.
Under the third call for payments on
Exposition stock Treasurer Seeberger Isl
taking in from $4,000 to $4,000 a day.
On June 4th there was $4,000 paid in.
Subscribers are paying up more prompt
ly and cheerfully than they did on the
first and second calls, they being evil
IDENTIFY much pleased over the very visi-
bic and rapid progress which has been
made in Exposition work OF late. aiiP
Chief Collins, OF the fish and Fisheries
department, delivered an address in
Washington recently before the Ma
tional Fisheries Association, in which
he said: FISHERIES will receive more
consideration at the Worlds Columbian
Exposition than has ever been accorded
them elsewhere under similar circum-
stances. Heretofore there haso meyer
been an adequate and suitable provision
made at any exposition in this country
for fishing exhibit" Chief Collins
heartily approves the plans that have
been made, and says the United States
Fish Commission will make complete
exhibit OF the fishery resources Of this
country. ee,r odt
One OF the interesting features Of the
exhibit which will be made by the In
terror Department OF the government
will be that relating to the American
Indians. One of the officials of that
department, in speaking of the matter,
said: 1--WE will have Sioux and Pu7
eblos on the grounds in their peculiar
wigwams, making all the articles DINER
chandise that they now make. The
Zunis, who are classed with the Pueblos,
will make blankets, stone bottles and a
peculiar kind OF pottery, while the
Navajoes will weave blankets so firm
that they will hold water. The pecu7
liar huts OF the Pueblos, which are en-
tered from the roof, will also be shown"
Contracts for the erection of the
Worlds Fair buildings arc now being
let at the rate of about one a week.
Chief Of Construction Burnham says
that there is no good reason why the
buildings should not all be completed
by July l, 1892. Contractors are put
under heavy bonds to finish their work
within a specified time. The first
building contracted for must be COM
pleted by December 81 of this year.
The grounds are to be kept lighted by
electricity at night, so that the con-
tractors, If they choose or If they find it
necessary, can work three gangs Of men,
eight hours each,
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW
AGreat Many Things, But Especially
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