Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-16
OLD SPAIN'S PRELUDE
10 the Chicago Worlds Fair to Be a
Grand Tribute to Columbus.
ALL EUROPE is REPRESENTED.
Scenes in the Discoverer's Life Will Be
Faithfully Reproduced.
WHAT THE NEW WORLD CONTRIBUTES

MADRID, June 16-The huge building
about to be finished in the Pasco de Recol-
etos, intended for the new National Library,
is not to be used as a library until after the
Columbus celebrations. 1t will first be
utilized for the art, literature and science
exhibitions, to be held shortly to commem-
crate the discovery of the New World.
An entire floor of this large building will
be reserved exclusively for American e1-
hibits. A special commission has been ap-
pointed BY the United States to proceed to
Madrid Besides the most interesting con-
tributions and cooperation of the South
American Republic, Mexico will send the
treasures of her museums of antiquities, of
art and of science. She has voted $100, 900
70 cover expenses
Every nation of Europe, including
Turkey, promises cooperation. The Pope
is to send everything in the Vatican relat-
ing to the discovery of the New World, in
cluding the celebrated bull of Alexander
VI, the Spanish Pope, who drew the lines
of division of the possessions beyond the
seas of Spain and Portugal Austria and
France will send their most interesting
relics of art and science.
aFine Art Exhibition Promised
All the private collections of Madrid will
be installed in the new building, where
these exhibitions are to be held. In addi-
ton to the interesting exhibits of the retro
spective arts and sciences of Europe and
America, there will be special exhibition
of fine art in the large palace near the hip
podrome wherein will be installed CON-
plete collection of the modern school of
Spanish painting.
The agricultural and industrial exhi-
bitions in the park of the Pretiro will be
increased by the addition of special ex-
hibition of the Madrid local small in
dustries. Most of the cities of Spain will
celebrate the event by local festivities, but
the grandest display, next to that at Madrid.
is to be at Huelva. The convent of La
Rabida is being put back into the primitive
condition in which it was when Columbus
in his humble pilgrims garb, came to its
door and begged the monks to give him a
glass of water for his sick and wayworn
son. The restoration is so complete that
the Moorish Marabut, about whose remains
the edifce of modern construction was
erected, is laid open to view.
The 60 meter column is progressing we'll
The new quay is finished as is also the road
leading from it to the convent, and the
road from the convent to Palos is also well
advanced
Getting Up Fete Programme.
The Sociedad Colombina Pnubense, of
Huelva, the President of which is Mr. Sund-
helm, has been very active in getting up an
interesting programme for the coming fetes.
There will be a musical competition for
bands, boat races and pyrotechnic displays.
ha fSb of 10 hoe haan aI IN
deliver an oration August 1, when the Queen
is to visit La Rapida- By that time the
carabel Santa Maria is to be ready and lying
at anchor in the port of Palos.
Foreign warships are also to be there to
fire salutes to the Spanish flag. 1t is q
very curious coincidence that the present
Mayor of Huella is of the same name as a
lineal descendant of the man who was Mayor
of the place when Columbus sailed forth to
discover the New World The two small
carabels, Pinta and Nina to be built at the
expense of the American Government, will
be ready before October. The authorities
of the Canary Islands, reminding the Gen.
tenary Committee that Columbus touched
at those islands on his way to discover the
New World, request that the three carabels
should also touch at those islands on their
way out to America next year. The COM
mittee has promised that this shall be done.
convicts viii Ask for clemency.
A petition has been drawn up and signed
by 10000 inmates of Spanish prisons,
begging the Queen Regent, the Senate, the
Chamber of Deputies, the Pope and the
United States Ambassador to have compass
sion on their lot and have an act of clemency
extended to them in memory of Columbus
and of the discovery of the New World. 1t
is very probable that some attention will be
qiyen TO this petition
Besides the exhibits of antique literature,
science and arts, the displays of ancient
charts and maps will be very interesting,
showing the Old Worlds position in those
days, maps in later date with the addition
OF America and the Indies, and more
specimens of chartography that do credit to
the trainers will also be shown.
Among the most interesting of these
maps, so lar as America is concerned, is that
of Juan de la Cosa, pilot or sailing master
for Columbus, who went out with the latter
on his voyage of discovery and accompanied
him home, and again went out with him on
his second voyage, in 1888 Fac SMILES of
this map are now being made by the Spanish
Government for distribution in the coming
shows at Madrid.