The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1892-03-26
WORLDS F~'7 NOTES.
President Oiax Favors q Fine Showing
Of Mexico's Progress and Ad.
vantages at the Fair.

Ceylon will conduct . teahouse or
Midway Plaisance.
Queen Margaret Of Italy has promised
to loan her famous collection Of rare laces
for exhibition at the fair.
The grand entrance to the mammoth
manufacturers building will be decor
ated at an expense Of about $4,000.
Iowa in its exhibits at the exposition
will show the various forms in whict,
corn products are useful As food and also
the processes OF their preparation.
Regulations for exhibitors in the sew
eral departments OF the exposition have
been issued, and can be obtained BY all
intending exhibitors by applying for
them either in person or by mail.
Sultan of Turkey has consented to the
erection Of mosque at the exposition
grounds for the religious services Of Mo-
hammedans who attend the fair. 1t il
reported that 5000 will be expended in
its erection.
The enormous steel trusses to sustain
the roof of the manufacturers building
are the largest ever made for architect
ural purposes. They span 36S feet, and
rise to q height of 2ll feet. The contract
for them calls for about 500, 900.
The total amount reported appropri-
ated by foreign nations and colonies fol
their representation at the exposition 90
far as heard from is IS, 9ol ,05S. Quite 9
number Of those which have decided to
participate have not yet made appropri.
ations.
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 al
Peoria in September. From these ex.
hibits the board will make many selec-
tions for the Worlds Fair.
The United States Treasury Depart
ment has decided that machinery i'm
ported to the exposition from foreign
countries either wholly as an exhibit or
to ee shown in connection with the il
lustration OF some manufacturing proc
ees shall be admitted free OF duty. Any
raw material imported for use in such
process must pay duty, however.
NJ. Seranno, Mexico's special Worlds
Fair Commissioner, who visited Chic ago
q short time ago and made a thorough
inspection OF exposition progress anu
affairs, has made to his government a
report exceedingly favorable to the ex-
position. He advocates an elaborate
participation by Mexico. President Diaz
has expressed himself in favor OF max
ing fine showing of Mexico's progress
and antiquities.
A bill protecting foreign exhibitors OF
patented articles from all possible prose-
cution for infringement has been passed
by the Senate, and is pending and re-
ported sure to pass in the House. The
bill reads as follows: THAT no citizen
of any country shall be held liable for
the infringement OF any patent granted
by the United States or any trade mark
registered in the United States, where
the Act complained of is performed in
connection with the exhibition OF any
article or thing at the Worlds Column
bian Exposition at Chicago"
Jackson Park will retain az one OF its
permanent attractions the building
which Japan will erect for its beadquar-
ters at the exposition. The building
will be modelled after one of the most
famous and INTELLECTUALLY unique OF
Japan's ancient temples, and with its
surrounding garden will cost 1000
About 1900 square feet will be occu-
pied. The South Park Commissioners
have accepted the offer of S. Tegims,
representative of the Mkado, to give the
structure to Chicago on condition that it
oe kept permanent and in repair, and
that one room in it be devoted TO pub
lie exhibit of japanese works OF art,
which the Japanese government agrees
to replenish from time to time.