St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-23
EXPOSITION GOSSIP.

Fifty-five Of the counties in Illinois
have been organized for exposition
work by the women members of the
state worlds fair board. The women
of Sangamon county expect TO prepare
a handsome volume, to be knOwn as the
Lincoln Souvenir" to sell at the fair.
1t will embrace a history OF Sangamon
county, and include. i'll addition, a story
OF Lincoln'S social life. The book will
be embellished by women artists. The
women OF 10 DaTieSS county expect TO
prepare a similar volume Ill regard To
Gen Grant. In Stevenson county they
are talking of writing a history of the
Black Hawk war. In Lawrence county
the women claim to have discovered the
original manuscript of Tine Pilgrims
Progress They are investigating the
authenticity OF the find, with view to
taking the manuscript To the fair.
The New York state building at the
exposition, as shown by the plan which
the commissioners have approved, will
be one OF the most commodiOuS and
artistic OF all. 1t will measure 81 by 1913
feet. be Two stories high. and covered
with staff" treated to represent mar
bic. The estimated cost is from $4,000
TO 500, 800. The ground floor is 10 con-
tam lNAO NOlt lNtOAo ttAA AiAlOI O0
reau, pOStotfice, parcel room, open court
and large reception room for women.
The second story Will have large hall
or auditorium, II by 50 feet, a general
reception room, ana an apartment for
the newspaper men of the state who
may be sent there. The design Of the
structure is OF the Italian renaissance
oruer, with suggestion OF the colonial
style.
President Harrison has accepted tn e
invitation, conveyed to him by conf
mittee, to attend The dedication cere-
monies Of the exposition buildings next
October. 1t is believed certain that
every member of the presidents cabinet
and Oh the supreme court. and nearly
every senator, congressman and gov
ernor, also, Will be present OH that &C.
casioh. The president manifeStS very
great interest in tie exposition and
keeps himself thoroughly posted con-
corning it. He has said repeatedly that
he stands ready at all times to do all
within his power in Its behalf.
Prot Charles ID. Walcott, of the
United States geological survey, intends
te have at the worlds fair an exhibit
which will illustrate Il section of the
earth'S crust by specimens of the rock
Sbl dLd DiQCCu III lllOll ptOPCA lNluOAfC PO-
sitlons, and by collections of the charac-
teriSUic fossils shown in connection with
tile formations in which they are found.
George w. Chilos, the Philadelphia
phlIantnropiSt, signaliZed his visit to the
worlds fair grounds OH May by plan t.
Ing a linden tree on the ''WoUded island"
MI. Childs has donated to the exposition
number of rare and beautiful palm
trees from his conservatory. He is very
enthusiastic over the fair and its pros
poets.
Liberia, the negro republic, has ac-
cepted the invitation to participate i'll
the exposition. Forty-tve nations and
thirty-one colonies and provinces have
now accepted, and the aggregate OF
their appropriations, with thirty yet to
hear from, Is S4,646,S 95.
As evidence of the great and wide
spread interest abroad taken in the
worlds fair it is announced that more
than half OF the mail now being received
by the state department at Washington
is IN relation to it.
The general tint of the worlds fair
buildings will be paleivory. Several of
them, however, Will show modification
of that color.