The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1892-06-25
THE CHICAGO EXPOSITION.
Mr. Childs Donates a Number Of Rare
and Beautiful Palm Trees From
His Conservatory.

The Salvation Army intends 10 show
at the exposition In complete manner
It's whole scheme Of moral and social re-
form.
A relief map showing San Francisco,
San Mateo, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz
counties, CAL, is being prepared at an
expense OF $4,000 for exhibition at the
fair.
As evidence OF the great and wide
spread interest abroad taken in the
Worlds Fair 1t Is announced that more
than half Of the mail now being received
by the State Department at Wa hington
is in relation to it.
William Saunders, Executive Exposi-
ton Commissioner for Canada, says that
a large and excellent exhibit from the
Dominion Ia assured. 1t will he espe-
cially notable in the lines of agriculture,
dairying, minerals and manufactures.
The principal commercial organiza-
tions Of New Orleans have united in a
petition 10 the State Legislature OF Lou
sisna, which assemblies this month, TO
make Worlds Fair appropriation of
$4,000. A bill making such an appro-
priation has been drafted.
George w. Childs, the Philadelphia
philanthropist, signalized his visit TO the
Worlds Fair grounds by planting lin
den tree on the wooded island" Mr..
Childs has donated TO the exposition a
number OF rare and beautiful palm trees
from his conservatory. He is very en-
thusiastic over the fair and its prospects.
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 ar
tistic OF all. II will measure 97xl93 feet,
be two stories high and covered with
staff" treated TO represent marble.
The estimated cost is from $4,000 To
100000.
President Harrison has accepted the
invitation, conveyed TO him by COM
mittee, to attend the dedication cere-
monies OF the exposition building next
October. II is believed certain that
every member OF the Presidents Cabinet
and of the Supreme Court and nearly
every Senator, Congressman and Gov
ernor also will be present on that occa-
sion.
Prof. Charles d. Walcott of the United
States geological survey intends to have
at the Worlds Fair an exhibit which
will illustrate section of the earth'e
crust by specimens OF the rock strata
placed in their proper relative positions
and by collections OF the characteristic
fossils shown in connection with the for
nations in which they are found.
The New York School OF Industrial
Art and Technical Design for Women,
of which Mrs. Florence 4. Cory is prin-
cipal, will make a notable exhibit in the
woman's building 1t will embrace the
work OF 500 women, pupils Of the insti-
tuition, in the line OF preparing working
designs for body Brussels and ingram
carpets, tapestry, table linen, wall pa
pers, oil cloths, stained glass screens,
window shades, embroidery, laces, calico
prints, ETC., and also many finished fab
RIGS made from these designs. The de-
signs made by pupils of this school are
furnished to many foreign as well as do
mestic manufacturers.
The prospect is that the engineering
congress, which is to be held in Chicago
in 1893 under the auspices of the worlds
congress auxiliary, will be a gathering
of very great scientific importance. OF
the $4,000 estimated to be necessary for
its expenses $4,000 have been raised.
Many of the most prominent engineers
of the world have accepted memberships
on the advisory council, among whom
may be mentioned William H. Nav and
James Dredge OF the London Engineer
ing, Don Fernandez Leal, President Of
the Mexican Society of Engineers and
Architects, @. S. Gowzski of Canads
and others.