New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-12
COST or TIE UORLD'S FAIR DEDICATION
THE OUTLAY AT CHICAGO MORE THAN 200, 600
NOTES OF THE EXPOSITION.

/ Chicago, Dee. LITTLE committee on ceremonies nj
! The dedication Of the Worlds Fair buildings VIII 10
morrow figure up the dedication expenses The ~
port will show that the % 81 - -S o. has been
paid ont and that about $4,000 IS still 10 be pah.
The expenses were as follows: sandwich luncheon
served on the Exposition grounds. $1,000: feeding
state and Government troops. S23159: carriagc hire
for the guests of the week. $4,000; fireworks go,
600 music 923 143 20: hotels for guests f3O02 81
printing invt1tions. $4,000; postage, $1,000 Miss
Monroe's Ole. ~ 900, seating arrangements $1,000
p-e pairing floats which were not used. SJO.0O0 the
iaiance Is made up OF incidentals. The cos OF the
work done by the the grounds In arranging the
buildings is not in the estimate but Is put at between
$4,000 and $50 900.
It is announced by the Idaho Words Fair
Commissioners that the mica hall In the
idaho sate Building will be one Of the most
stliing features Of the Fair. Mica for practical use
Is found in only other state IN the Union. North
Carolina. Idaho has what has been pronounced the
finest mica mine in the world The windows and the
panels In the doors II the hall Will be made of MIRA
and the wain>cotins AMI other woodwork viii De
covered with The same substance. This hall viii lie
run trinsvcrsly through the second story Of the build
ing and at each end will open out onto bro
vcranda.
President Ieinbotham Of the Worlds Falr IS quoted
in a local paper ~ saying that personally he would
prefer TO have the Fair CLOSED sunday. as IT means
much less individual work for him If this IS The case
lie las beer working In the interest Of the working
men, he dedbr", In lab0ring for sunday opening; ana
now if the local unions Withdraw their support from
tie sunday opening movement they threaten II + no
affair Of his lie is also quoted as saying that he
merely followed good business principles in accepting
the offer Of the printing house to geh out the catalogue
aud that in taking this step he did his best for the
Wc fare Of the Exposition.
GARAGES Dec. 3.-Now that affairs in venezuela
have settled down 10 normal state. interest in tho
Worlds Fair has revived. II f. likely that a credable
showing VIII be made In the Venezuelan exhibit az
Chicago. Ensign Roger Nclles jr. I. :. ", the
World Fair representative 10 Venezuela. Curacao.
Trinidad and British Guiana. has done his work
thoroughly and we'll In his earch for ciOsities Mr.
Welles penetrated into the Interior many miles fuIer
than any white man had previously ventred lie
obtained I'm In, villages up The Inrida River many
quaint articles OF dress and domestic ON his way
down the river he made collection, Of wild animals
and repill,s. Many Non,zucinns are making arrange
mcnts 10 visit Chicago next spring.
Vienna. Pee. 11.-->tcpha Won T'eTOa. Chamberlain
and NiceC Consul. has been appointed 10 represent Dr.
T. +. Paiis ok Won PalmiOrst the Austrian lrngar
Consul I'm New York. while the latter T. occupied With
III, duties as Commissioner General Of the Austrap-
Hungarian division Of the Chicago Worlds Fair