The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-05-18
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.

to make O. united exhibit at the Fair.
CHAUNcEY M. DEPEw has been elected
President o! New York's Worlds Fair Board.
A RACINE tWis) firm is planning TO have
complete tannery plant in operation at tho
Exposition .
IT is reported that one hundred tons OF
exhibits for the Exposition have already
been collected and are awaiting shipment ~
Lima and Callao.
A COMPANY from the National Military
Institute OF Columbia, South America, wants
to attend the Exposition and camp on tho
Worlds Fair grounda
A MONSTER panorama, ~ feet long and 81
feet high, representing the Bsrnese Alps with
the Jungfrau in the background, has been
painted for exhibition at the Fair.
BAVARIA will send to the Worlds Fair
two professors from its institute OF tech
nology to report on the progress OF the
United States in technical matters.
OWING to the recent increase Of Great
Britain's Worlds Fair appropriation to
$500, 600, British exhibitors win not b
charged for space, as at first determined. e
LEIGH 8. LYNcH, Worlds Fair Commis-
sioner to the South Sea Islands, has eahled
that he has completed arrangements for an
exhibit from the PHILIPPINE Islands, and is
now devoting his attention to Java. tsSsy
The lofty stone monolith, which Wiscon-
sin will exhibit at the Fair, win remain st
jackson Park permanently, the park com
missioners having given their consent. The.
monolith Is 107 feet high and cut from
solid block Of stone.
BARON DE JEUNE's valuable collection ots
prehistoric relics it Is believed, viii be So
cured for exhibition at the Ear. 1t com
prises many rare specimens from caves IN
France. DeMaret who made the collection,
spent twenty-five years in the work g:
Mr.. RoRERT 8. MCCORMICK, Resident
Commissioner for the Worlds Fair. at Lou.s
don, has received word that sn influential
committee In Geneva Is actively promoting
at the Fair. and Is meeting with gratifying
success. 80 =
CONTRACTS have been let for the con.s
struction of the Casino Music Hall and
connecting peristyle, which together win be-
a conspicuous feature in the foreground Of
the Administration building and near the
shore end Of the lake pier. The contracts
aggregate s279. ~. f.s.
COSTA RIGA has one Of the largest and
finest archaeological collections Ia tho world y
showing many Columbian relics and his
toric data relating to the discovery OF Amsr-
lea. This collection goes to Madrid this year
for the Spanish Exposition, and will after
wards 60 to Chicago.
An effort Is being made to collect e26. 600
with which to build at the Exposition .
headquarters for the Sunday-schools OF the
United States. The scheme coutemplatee
equal TO ten cents for each officer and teach
er, and one cent for each pupil ~
KARL HAaENBKcK, famous for his ability
= Ill Il l. 1a0a Ia e %fS,as
In Hamburg to group OF Hons tigmS
jaguars and hyenas that he expects to bring
TO the Fair. This group CONSISTS OF ffty
animals, all to be kept In one big cage
Hagenbeck has already spent . fortune on
tho group. "a
TEE scene which the Exposition grounds
now afford, with most Of the buildings NEAR
ing completion and the construction being
pushed forward by more than 5000 workmeu,
isaccounted 80 Interesting and wonderfn
that from 1000 to 5000 visitors day will
ingly pay the admission fee OF twenty-hve,
cents to witnessit. y
BISHOP J. L. SpAULDING, Of Pscria, Pres
fdent of the Catholic educational exhibit, an-
nouncas that Cardinal Gibbons and the arch
bishops Of the United States have requested
Brother Maureliau, President OF the Chris
tian Brothers College, Memphis Tenn. 20
act as Secretary and Manager OF tho Cata-
ole educational exhibit. So "
TIE contract for the erection Of the Tsxas
building has been let to q Waco contractor
for 100000. The building will DO IN Spanish
renaissance style, will measure eighty -nye
by $50 feet, and have four towers. The ex-a
terror win be covered with STAN and; ren-
dered yery ornamental. Tho interior VIII
be handsomely finished with native Texas
woods. g 80
A CIRCULAR has been issued BY the Expo.
sition authorities to all the railway passen-
ger associations of the Uuited States and
individal roads, asking that matsrtali = re-;
ducsd rate be made by the railroads on tho
occasion Of the dedicatory ceremonies next
. October. It is believed that 6OO, GOO visitors
will be in Chicago from different parts OF
the country. ....sl.. r
President D1Az has recommended to the
Mexican Congress that October 18th OF this
year be made National holiday In COM.
memoration OF the landing OF Columbus In
the New World. He says In his message that
the work Of collecting the Mexican exhibit is
progressing rapidly, and that display ot
Mexican troops will be made at the dedlca-
tory exercises.
AS an illustration Of the rspidity with
which the work Of erecting the Exposition
buildings Is being pushed at Jackson Park 1t
may be stated that on March !, sketches
were made for building to serve as perma-
nent accommodations for the Construction
Bureau, the Columbian guards, emergency
hospital, central fire alarm service, etc. The
contract was let on April 2, and on April
80 the building was finished and occupied.
The structure measures 200 by 800 feet, IS
covered and ornamented with stan, and IS
substantially put up. IA
TIE women of North Carolina are organ
izlng throughout the State for the purposs
of raising $40, 900 with which to erect that
States building at the Exposition. The
building win Be a reproduction of the
"Tryon Palace" celebrated structure
which was the home Of the Governors In
colonial days. The women also contemplate
placiLe in the Women's building memorial
Of Virpfnia Dare, claimed to obe the first white
female child born in America, thus emphas-
ing the fact that the first American woman
was born on North Carolina soil.
The construction Of the Exposition build
ings Is progressing IN the most satisfactory
manner, and there Is no reason for douot
that all will be completed in time tor dedi-
cation. The rough carpentry work Is prac-
ideally finished on all Of the large structures
turerS building and on these 1t Is In an ad--
vanced stage. Six or seven Of the buildings
have the interior appearance almost OF
finished structures, and look like imposing
marble palaces. The erection of number
of the Stats buildings Is now progressing.
Landscape gardening and other work OF
beautifying the grounds is being pushed by
a large force Of men, and sodding walk.
making and the planting OF thousands OF
trees shrubs, ETC., is in progress.
WATER TRANSPORTATION.