The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1892-10-08
THE CHICAGO EXPOSITION.
-Four Powerful Search Lights to De Used
Dur ng the Ceremonies Have
Been Received.

Four powerful electric search lizht, :,
be used during the ceremonies have beer
received and placed in bond. They .sr,
manufactured in Rotterdam and ar,
aaid TO be the strongest lights in Amer
lea.
Plans Tor the building TO be erected by
the city OF Paris have been received I;
! Chief Fearn OF the foreign affairs de
partment. The structure will h. erectec
on the site formerly allotted 10 Costa
Rica.
| Carl Heller has gone TO Chicago 10 an
| pervlse the erection Of the German heal
/ quarters building. lie is a m.chanica
and mining engineer appointed by the
Imperial German Commission to CON
| duct this work.
One OF the curiosities to he exhibited
at the Worlds Fair will be the compass
which jacques Cartier, the Canadian e1.
plorer, owned. 1t was recovered from
the ship lie Petite Hermine. which wa.
abandoned by Cartier in 1927.
George F. Morgan has secured the
contract Tor the popcorn privilege. He
agrees TO give 40 90 for the concession
and 10 per cent. OF the gross Receipts
above 5000 He filed a bond for
2O,tOD to cover the contract,
Major Moses p. Handy has received a
letter from fGnitos, Brazil. proposing
an EXHIBIT Of some Of the aborigina,s Of
the Amazon. The writer states that one
OF these tribes, the Cashibos, are still
cannibaIs and very interesting.
+. Ie2gio, the official Commissioner
rom Spain, has applied for the spare
allotted 10 Go ombia, but relinauished
~ that government. He proposes that
MS government erect a small building Of
pure Italian style on this space.
Spain will not erect q building, but
vii! make its exhibit in the main build.
ings OF the exposition. The space allot-
ted to Spain will be ven TO Guai emala.
and will be planted with coffee trees and
Hover. Indigenous to that country.
Twenty ladies from every section OF
TeIas will he sent to Chicago free Of az.
pense az result OF voting contest held
by the Fort Worth Gnzetts. Thew will
arrive IN time for the dedicatory eyer
cises, and will he accompanied by an ex-
OF about 800 Texans.
Among the passengers who have inst
arrived on the steamship Empress OF
'hdia rom china and Japan 10 the jap
snese architect Fukushinia. who viii
'nperintend the construction OF the Jan
inese buildings at the Worlds Fair.
seventeen Japanese carpenters also came
Who will 60 TO Chicago.
Theodore Thomas has requested tbese
musical conductors to unite with him in |
committee to Judge OF American com
to be offered for performances
t the Worlds Fair: Carl Zerrahn of
he Handel and Haydn Society in Bos.
On, b. J. Lang OF the Boston Apollo
hub and 81. Cecilia Society, Asger Ha-
lerik OF the Peabody Institute in Balti.
lore, DR.. A. G. Mckenzie OF the Lon
on Philharmonic Society and Camille
OF Paris.
A large German firm OF manufacturers
track material proposes sending n
ie transportation exhibits department
large collection OF railway track mate
al. This museum includes specimens
rails, ties, rail fastenings, etc, az used
all times and in all countries. They
ave been years in making the collec-
On, which 10 the most complete In ex. ,
tence. II does not consist OF copies or
odels. but the actual rails, etc. gath !
ed at great expense. I