Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-02

and for two months and MORGAN army Of work
men were engaged in the completion and es-
Enlistment Of the vast buildings and arranging
the display.
EXHIBITIONS MANY YEARS AGO.
In 1898 there was an exhibition at New York,
Q very meager one it must have been, and in
the same year Napoleon began a series of ma
tional exhibitions and offered gold medal for
any invention or product that would deal the
heaviest blow to English trade. The second
French exhibition took place in 1901 and was
so successful that third was organized, and
| after that came q continuance of them from
1906 to 1919. All of these had been exclusively
French displays. asiup to that period the pro-
posai for an exhibition of foreign representa-
tIves was rejected by the minister of commerce,
who deemed the request to have ''emanated
from the enemies OF French industry" Wen
| mas previous exhibitions, beginning In 1870
and up to 1916, had been very successful. In
all parts of Europe there were exhibitions,
more or less national in their character, from
1887 to 1855.
THE FIRST WORLDS FAIR IN LONDON.
In 1S49 royal commission was formed in
London to take steps for organizing an inter-
national exposition. Prince Albert was placed
at the head Of the commission and it resulted
in the first worlds fair held in London in 1851.
With that began the remarkable displays when
have been made, each succeeding one being
more extensive and more comprehensive thah
Its predecessor, until the whole world has been
| embraced in series of expeditions. The ex.
hlbltlon OF 1851, the pioneer of the industrial
expositions, was launched upon its career OF
success at the cost of about 81, 500 0cO, and al
Its close the receipts above all expenditures
| amounted to something over 81, OOO. OOO Inc
grand building erected by Sir Joseph Paxton
covered / LOCO, GOO square feet
second international exposition took place
In London in 1862 A guaranty fund OF
S2.250. coo was secured before the beginning,
OF which sum Prince Albert contributes
s5O, QUO and the queen $4,000 TWAS a financial
Iailuro. The cost of this exposition was ABOUT
S4,O00, COO and the space occupied something
over sixteen acres. In April, 1867, the great
international exposition universel!e was opened
at Paris and the space occupied in the Champ
lie Mars covered thrty-seven acres, and the
cost was over. SS,0O00O0. 1t was a financial
success.
In 1853 the Crystal Palace of New York,
copied from that designed by Sir Joseph Pax
ton, was opened with great 'pOmp and circum-
stance" by President Pierce. This WAS not IN
any way a national affair, as it had no govern
ment recognition, except being designated as
bonded ware house, where goods sent from
abroad could be held in bond. Though the
cost was only 100000 it was lsmentable
| failure, one of the causes for the failure being
its distance from the thickly inhabited part Of
the city and the difficulty Of reaching it. 1t
was located in Bryant Square, 9th and 9th
avenues and AID street, and the amount Of re-
ceipts was barely S34O,OOO. The palace re-
manned some years and WAS used by the Amerl-
can Institute for its exhibitions and on October
10, 1863 the Inflated building was burned. The
dimensions given Of the space occupied by
previous exhibitions will enable US to judge Of
the magnitude of the Columbian fair, which
will, it is said, occupy 1900 acres.
A REMEMBRANCE OF GEN. JAcKsoN's ADMINS
TRATIoN.
The publication of the death in New York Of
Buchignani. the man who married Mrs. Gen.
Eaton, recalls that remarkable woman's career,
which filled very considerable space in the
social and political annals of the last sixty
years. At an advanced age Mrs. Eaton mar
rled the Italian, who was but little over age,
ana after some few years of married life he
fed from her, having disposed of some valuable
property belonging to her, for the sale of which
she mad given him power OF attorney. The
amount she was robbed of was. understood
very considerable, and Buchignani fled to Cam
ada. She succeed, d, l think, in regaining some
portion of the property, and when met her in
New York some years afterward she told me
the sad story of her infatuation and its conse-
quences. Blchignani was for some time in the
lombs at New York and released by Mrs
Eaton, who had obtained divorce, upon his
marrying the companion OF his flight. He
has been keeping wine store in New York
anc the notice OF him says: ''Iie was intimate
with Mr.. Lincoln and was sent abroad as con-
hdentIal bearer OF dispatches and that he was
assistant librarian of Congress- This will in
deed be news to the readers of The STAR.
was shown some time ago very handsome
breastpin containing a lock of Gen. jackson 8
silvery hair, presented to the late Mr.. Pearson
of Georgetown by Mrs. Eaton for some kind
ness and it is now in the possession of his niece,
Mrs. Foertscn. With the death of this man,
Buchasnani, the last evidence of the folly Of
this very extraordinary woman is gone.
JOHN +. CoYLE.