The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-12

posers and orchestra leaders who have
been invited.
The Portugeses minister at Washing
ton sas made application for space in the
woman's building at the worlds fair for
EXHIBITS from tie women of Portugal.
In June more than 10000 people, or a
daily average OF 8, 100, visited the world's
fair grounds aud paid % cents each to
see the sights. The largest attendance
on any one day was 12,035 on May %.
Accommodations for musical enter
talnments at the worlds fair have been
decided upon. and the construction OF
the necessary buildings has been ordered.
They include a recital hall, seating 500
| people; a music hall, with accommoda
ton for 100 players, 800 singers, and an
audience Of 2, 600: a festival hall for per-
formances upon the largest possible
scale, with 200 players, 1900 singers
and an audience of 7 600. The music hall
will contain a fine concert organ, and in
festival hall viii be placed all organ for
chorus support.
More than 10, 600 signatures have been
secured by offices of the National Re-
liglous Liberty association to the follow
ing petition:
We the undersigned, citizens Of the
United States, hereby respectfully, but
decidedly, protest against the congress
OF the United States committing the
government Of the United States to q
union Of religion and the state in the
passage of any bill or resolution to close
the Worlds Columbian Exposition on
Sunday, or in any other way committing
the government 10 d course OF religious
legislation.
The petition was signed by nearly six
hundred Chicago lawyers. and number
of the judges. The secretary of the as
ISOLATION declares that full % per cent.
of all who are asked sign the petition
most willingly.
New York will have one of the finest
state buildings at the worlds fair. 1t
will be 80 feet wide by 200 long, and
three stories high. Inclusive of donated
material and decorations the structure
will represent an expenditure of more
than $3.50, 600.
The Russian exhibit at the worlds
fair will occupy 1860 square feet, di
vided as follows: Agriculture, $4,000;
horticulture, 1000; live stock, 200; fish
cries, $500; mines, 2,400; machinery,
4, 100; transportation, 800; manufac-
lures, 5000; electricity. 200; fine arts,
1900; liberal arts, II, 400; ethnology, 10;
forestry, $780,
The following schedule of allotments
OF space in square feet to fereign nations
IN the worlds fair agricultural building,
includes grants of increase made since
the first schedule of allotment determ-
med upon some time ago. AS finally
fixed these allotments are as follows:
Brazil, 1900; Argentine Republic, 1916;
Chile, 731; Honduras, 999; Nicaragua,
1880; Columbia, 1,810s; Peru, ,34288;
Salvador, 1.342S; Bolivia, 1922; San
Domingo, 912; Porto Rico, 912; Cuba,
1.444; Ecuador, Ito; Guatemala, 97S;
Haiti, 97S; Ceylon, 1854; Mexico, 5000;
Germany, 1875; Great Britain, 1886;
France, 1886! Denmark, 1, 5o4; Sweden.
1,76O; Japan, 3,O3S.
A syndicate, representing men Of in
fuence and money in both Austria and
the United States, is making arrange
ments to produce in Chicago during the
worlds fair the famed Passion Play
exactly as 1t has been given for centuries,
at intervals of ten years, by the people Of
Ober -Ammergau, Bavaria. The syndi-
cate is incorporated as 1.-The Original
Ober-Ammergau Passion Play assOcla.
tiou," with capital stock of $500, 900. 1t
is reported to be the intention to present
the Passion Play in Chicago with the
same cast and same costumes as were
employed at its presentation at Ober
Ammergau in 1890.
The executive board of the Aberdeen
Angus association has appropriated
$4,000 for premiums for that breed of
cattle at the worlds fair, in addition to
the premiums offered by the exposition
authorities.
The Marquis de Lacaze, of Paris, has a
portrait of George Washington, made by
Stewart, an American painter, which he
offers to lend to the worlds fair at Chi
cago 1t was taken to France b. his
wife's grandfather, at one time minister
to the United States. As the portrait
is by an American artist, it cannot be
exhibited in the French section, but the
Marquis de LacaZe offers to send it over
if the government will pay the charges,
which it undoubtedly will do.
The generators that George Westing-
house Is building to furnish electricity
for the $4,000 incandescent lamps
at the worlds fare are to be the largest
in the world. One of them will operate
20, 900 lamps. The ordinary generator
supplies but 1900 lamps" Mr.. West
inghouse said, ''and most of them less.
our largest generator will supply 10000
lamps, and most of the others will be of
10000 lamp capacity each.
At the worlds fair AN oyster exhibit
will be made by the shell fish commits
sion of Connecticut An oyster bed,
models of oyster boats, the system of
dredging, ETC.. will be shown.
Two of the cannon which, it is be-
Heved, were at one time mounted on
board Christopher Columbus flagship
were received at Chicago recently. The
cannon are of the ancient and clumsy
pattern of such guns turned out IN the
fifteenth century. Nothing but the body
of the guns remain, the wood ork, Of
course. having rotIed away centuries
ago. The guns themselves are almost
worn to pieces and are not much more
than huge chunks of rust. Indeed. the
cannon are put on tine scrap IRON list
IN the custom house papers. These his
tOIlC Oiu pieces nave beSb sES~ifu iCI
exhibition at the worlds fair. One OF
the naval officers who was detailed for
work in connection with the Colum bian
Exposition found the relics at one Of the
West Indian islands. Tradition and sub
stantial proof showed that the cannon
had been used in a fort erected bT Co
lumbus' son, and that they were brought
from Spain with Columbus fleet The
III e. f.sz.