Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-17
Progress Notes on the Columbian Fair

Queen Margaret Of Italy has promised TO
| loan ber famous collection Of rare laces for
exhibition at the fair.
| A parade. participated in BY "a 900 BIZ
| cyclists, may be eight At the Exposition
Efforts are be!rg made to bring about that
| result.
The Governor of Dutch Guiana has ap-
pointed commission of thirteen to super
intend the exhibit which that colony will
make at the fair.
| Iowa, in its exhibits at the Exposition.
| will show the various forms in which corn
products are useful IS food, and also the
processes Of their preparation.
The Pennsylvania coal operators wSnt to
| c Construct bulldog entirely Of anthracite
coal s; the Exposition, aad TO have 80, 900
tons of best anthracite on exhibition.
Regulations for exhibitors in the several
de psrtm ants Of the Exp plsition have heea
| issued and can be obtained BY Ill intending
exhibitors by Supplying for them, either in
! person or by msii.
The Horticultural Department Of the
| Exposition is planning TO have q msg1ifi
cent rose garden in which will be full. 50,
900 plants. besides ls'ge groups in spg cisl
| afSbe he Rsrueh v II ur VI tissslC Ut
| sign with temples, arbors, arehwsy5 RLd
lreliises.
| The Bureau Of Music has issued letters
Of invitation to ali the important choral So
ceties in the larger cities ASKING thsm t.
| cooperate in forming the grand ch1sns Of
| 2000 voices, Which will render standard
| orstorios at the ceremonies dedcstory of
| the Ex position bulldogs.
The enormous steel trusaes to sustiia the
roef Of the Msnuiacturers Building are
| about to be erected. These trusses are the
largest ever made sor architectural pur-
poses. They span 36s feet shd rise TO q
| he ghs Of 2ll feet The contract for them
calls for about S460,0O0.
| The Illinois State Exposition Board has
set apart 5000 ass special fund for the
| ercoursgs ment Of live stock exhibits at the
| fair. The fund is sppottioued IS follows
| horses g. per cent cattle, 80 per cent; hogs
| Is per ceat; sheep, IL per cent; poultry, 6
per cent
| Members Of the Farmers Alliance in
| Kosciusko county, Ind, at q recent meeting
| in Warsaw, decided to assess themselves
weekly to provide fund to defrsy their
| expenses for visit TO the Worlds Fair
About 400 farmers and thei. wives will
compose the visiting party.
A Berlin dispatch states that Emperor
William is grestly interested in Germany
making fne exhibit at the Exposition,
and that he has personally urged Krrpp. the
noted gun maker, and Schiutov, manager
Of the ship, building works at Stettln, to ex
hibit the latest and best products Of their
vast industries.
The Connec cticut members Of the Board
Of Lady Managers have undertaken to raise
By contribution fund vth which TO pay
for me bust of Harriet Beecher Stowe
This will be their contribution towards the
sdornment Of the wells of the womsn's
building. Copies Of Mrs. Stoves literary
works will also be contributed.
New Hampshire, as = delightful place Of
summer resort. will be demonstrated by a
portion of the exhibit made By thst state At
the Exposition. At lesst such is the present
intention, sud summer resort proprietors,
editors, railroad off cisls ard others have
been iavited to . conference to decide upon
the bes. plan for accomplishing that end.
A despatch states that silversmith in
Monterey. Mexico, is engsged on work in
silver which when completed will be sn
exsct reproduction OF the Agricultural
Building nov being built on the Exp9si ion
grounds, Chicago Il sill be eight feet
vide, will coutsiD squan'ity of silver va
ued as bullion at $40 600. and whsD flashed
sill be valued at $50 600.
| Robsrt Mitchell, secretary Of the Poly.
technic Institute, is in Cbicsgo perfecting
arrangements for 2500 or 5000 members
| Of the institution visiting the Exposition
They will be brought over at the rate Of
200 week in psrties Of 80 in charge Of a
conductor, and will spend tso days in New
York, two In Washington, one at Nagsrs
Falls. snd six in Chicago. The expense
per individual for the round trip will be
about s1I5. The Polytechnic conducted
| similar parties to the Paris EXP sition.
The president Of Ecuador has decrsed
that the governors Of each state OF the re
lpublsc shall collect ard forSsrd to Qlit5
| exhibits of all kinds iilusuatins the riches
snd the productions OF their sevsfa! ststes.
| rbe archbishop Of Ecuador hss is,ned a.
order to the bishops and priests through
cut the republic directing them to do the
..me, aud sl.o to collect Ard forward
everything which may be in ihsir keeping
Iilus;rative Of the history Of the couotrs
uitsble to exhibit a. Chicago. The coDsu
| genersi ef the United States IL Qlito hsl
directed the usuis snd vice-consuls and
consular agent, At different poiuts in Ec1s
ior to assist the governors Of states il
very way possible Ia the matte, Of coilse
ten Of articles relating to commerce sit
, | exterior countries. The entire exhibit d
collected and exhibited In Q Iito during ,hi
N-tional Exposition viii be forwarded
iufsc: to Chicago.