The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-03-23
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.

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cabinet work.
THE grand entrance to the mammoth
Manufactures Building will be decorated at
an expense Of about $2, 600.
A HEROIC statute of Columbus. by Louis
st. Gaudens, will stand before the main en-
trance of the Administration Building.
The exhibit which Illinois women will
make in the Womans Building will be q
model hospital, conducted entirely by
women.
HAYTr has appropriated $4,000 for its
representation at the Exposition. Fred
Douglas has been appointed commissioner to
represent that country.
MRS. FRoNA WAIT. one Of the lady mana
gers Of California, has offered to finish In
redwood one Of the large reception rooms In
the Woman's Building.
THE "Independent New York Schuetzen." I"
considered the elite corps OF Germau- Amert.
can sharpshooters, have decided to attend
the Exposition in y body.
THE total amount reported appropriated
by foreign nations and colonies for their
representation at the Exposition, so far as
heard from. is $685., ,053. Quite number
of those which have decided to participate
have not yet made appropriations.
e. SEYDE:.HE1M, horticulturist to the EN-
peror Of Austria, has written from Buda-
Pesth that he will contribute to the E1posl.
tion's floral display collection Of the rarest
roses, embracing 200 standard, 200 half
standard tree roses and 400 rose bushes.
A cABLEGRAM states that Switzerland will
not be officially represented at the E1posl'
tiou. but that the Government will examine
the representations Of citizens destrous OF
exhibiting and will consider the question OF
granting subsidy to enable them to do So.
The Illinois State Board Of Agriculture
has offered number Of prizes ranging from
$50 to $3.50, for the best exhibits shown at
the State Fair, to be held at Peoria, IN Sep.
tember. From these exhibits the Board
will make many selections for the World's
Fair.
A CHORAL. HALL 16Ox26O feet. will be
erected near the Horticultural Building:
There Professor Tomlins, with 1000 trained
voices. will furnish rare choral music during
the Exposition. The Welsh International
Eistedfod will occupy the building for
week.
M. SERANNo, Mexico's special Worlds
Fair Commissioner, who visited Chicago
short time ago and made thorough inspec-
tion of Exposition progress and affairs, mas
made made to his Government rePor6 e3-
ceedingly favorable to the Exposition ae
advocates an elaborate participation by
Mexico.
THE Newport R. ~ Artillery, which cell
ebrated its i5Oth anniversary several months
ago. and claims to be the Oldest active mill.
tary company In the United States, Will
attend the Worlds Fair. It visited the
Centennial at Philadelphia and attracted
much attention.
JACKSON PARK will retain as one OF It's
permanent attractions the building which
Japan will erect for its headquarters at the
Exposition. The building will be modelled
after one of the most famous and architect-
urally unique Of Japan's ancient temples,
and with its surrounding garden will cost
$4,000. About 1000 square feet Will oe
occupied.
THE Russian Government has adoptsd q
very liberal policy toward the Exposition.
information has been received at head
Quarters that the Minister Of Finance, with
the approval OF the Emperor, has decided
to pay all freight charges on RUSSIAN ex-
hibits for the Fair, to insure the exmDlts @
and to decorate the Russian sectlon. ine
imperial porcelain factory is making ware OF
special designs to be shown at the FAR.
THE Bethlehem Iron Company, OF South
Bethlehem, PENN, will make an extensive
exhibit including steel rails a batuesnlp
shatting 125 feet in length, guns pro]ectlies
an armor-plate ingot weighing lOO tons, ana
various naval appliances. Inc COZ
will also erect tull-sizs model OF us la
NOUS 125.ton steam hammer, SAID 70 % tne
largest in the world. It will span the mam
avenue of Machinery Hal, and WILL rise 10
a height of ninety feet.