San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-07
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.

WORLDS FAIR NOTES.
Governor Fifer, of Illinois, has de-
tailed Col Charles P. Bryan of mis-
staff to assist iu receiving officers OF
state and foreign troops at the time
OF the dedication OF the WORLDS Fair
buildings in October. The appoint
ment was made al the request OF the
joint committee on dedicatory cere-
monies.
From the applications already on
file II ~ estimated That more than 100,
900 men will participate III the great
civic parade al the time of the dedi-
cation vi the Worlds Fair buildings
I'D October.
A gold brick worth $780, 900 will
be exhibited al the Worlds Fair by
Montana.
Seats will he provided at the
Worlds Fair dedicatory ceremonies
in October tor 500 newspaper CORES
pOndents, it having neen estimated
InSt auout that NUMBER will Do pre-
sent.
Prof. Elisha Gray, the celebrated
electrician, las returned from al eX-
tenslve European TOUR taken In the
interest VI the electrical congress
which Will be held i'll Chicago III con-
necLlon with the Worlds Fair. He
secured The, promise OF 200 electricians
70 attend tue congress.
Sacramento, Cal, will make at the
Worlds Fair HI exhibit illustrating
Its postal service from The days OF '49
to the present time,
The Home Insurance company, OF
lis broadway, New York, has sub
scribed =, sou 10 the capital stock OF
the WorId's Columbian Exposition
company, and has promised TO sub.
scribe -, $40 more.
Plans for the Worlds Fair psssen-
ger station al Jackson Park CAL for q
main station l50X300 feet, with AL All
neXed trainshed lU0x672 feet. PrOvl-
sion is being made for loading and
unloading thirty six trains at one
lime ON reserved tracks.
Thirty-two silk manufactures at
Lyons, France, have decided To max 9
exhibits at the Worlds Fair, and
est showing. Lyons IL the greatest
silk manufacturing center in the
world, and made magnificent dis.
play at the Paris exposition. 1t IL re-
ported, however, that 1t will do still
better at Chicago.
An offer of $4,000 in cash has
been made for the exclusive privilege
of selling peanuts at the Worlds
Fair.
to the Worlds Fair TO superin tend
the horticultural and Horticultural
work in the French section M. lie
Fevre, the superintendent and head
gardener for the city of Paris, who
has charge OF the gardens in the Bots
de Bologne. NJ. LIE Fevre was in
charge of The gardens around the
rrocadero at the Paris Exposition in
1889.
Col. de Palitschek, the Austrian
com mission er. general, writes that
the world.farned glassmakers of Aus
tria, especially of Bohemia, and the
china manufacturers of Calsbad and
the surrounding neig ID borhUOd have
agreed upon making a'graDd display
OF their industries at the Exposition.
The manufacturers ofstained glass In
1yrol will join in the exhibit.
A company has been incorporated
with 500 O00 capital stock for the
purpose Of erecting near thei Worlds
Fair a SIS, 900 clu b-house, which shall
be maintained during the Fair as
headquarters Tor wheelmen from all
parts of the world. Thereafter the
building will become central club
house for the League OF American
Wheelmen. The project Is approved
by mem bers of the National Associs.
ton and by the council of The Illinois
branch.
On each side of the MacMonies
mammoth memorial fountain in front
of the Administration building at
the Worlds Fair will be q huge cleo.
trical fountain which will throw
stream $50 feet high, brilliantly iIlu-
minated by variously colored electric
lights.
Among the exhibits to be made at
the Worlds Fair by foreign nations
the visitor will doubtless find that of
Persia one of the most interesting 1t
will include rare specimens of art in
dustry work. Rich and highly
wrought fabrics Will constitute an at
tractive feature, as will eXquisitely
fine embrOideries and elaOorately
worked gold aud silver jewelry, rare
Persian rugs, carpets, embroidered
hangings, etc. There will also be
found in this Persian exhibit a de-
partment for manufactured articles,
such as arms, curios and richly
wrought armor, tiles and tile WORK,
mosalcs, objects OF art, antiquities,
musical instruments, wearing APP
psrel, etc. Altogether the Persian