The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-04
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.

Chauncey Nj. Depew has been cleo IL
prr>ilent of New York's Worlds t"c
boAld Commissioner Gorton w. All II
is vice. president.
monster panorama, AS feet long
and 81 feet high, representing the Ber
nese Alps, with the Jungfrau in the
background, has been painted for ex
hibition at the fair. A private exhibit
tion of the work was recently given to
the press in Berlin.
An effort is being made to collect S,5,-
600 with which to build at the EXPOSE
ton q headquarters for tho Sunday
schools Of the United States. Tho
scheme contemplates asking each school
to contribute an amount equal to ten
cents for each officer and teacher and
one cent for each pupil.
The steamship lines covering the west
coast of South America have agreed to
carry government exhibits free and pri-
vate exhibits at half price as far as
Panama. Passenger rates also have
been greatly reduced.
1t is reported that one hundred tons
Of exhibits for the Exposition have al
ready been collected and are awaiting
shipment at Lima and Gallao.
The lofty stone monolith, which Wis
consin will exhibit at the Fair, will re-
main at Jackson park permanently, the
park commissioners having given their
consent. The monolith is 1O7 feet high
and cut from solid block of stone.
The contract for it's erection has already
boon let.
Baron do Jeune's valuable collection
of prehistoric relics, it is believed, will
be secured for exhibition at the Fair.
1t comprises many rare specimens from
caves in France. De Maret, who made
the collection, spent twenty-five years
in the work.
Bishop j. L. Spaulding, of Peoria,
president of the Catholic educational
exhibit, announces that Cardinal
Gibbons and the archbishops of the
United States have requested Brother
Maurelian, president of the Christian
Brothers College, Memphis, Tenn, to
act as secretary and manager Of the
Catholic educational exhibit. Brother
Maurelian has the approval of the
supervisors of his order and will enter
| upon tho duties Of his office without
delay. Headquarters have been estab
lished for him in Chicago at tho corner
of Thirty fifth street and Wabash
avenue.
Mr.. Robert S. Mccormick, resident
commissioner for the Worlds Fair, at
London, has received word that an in.
tiuential ommittee in Geneva is &C tively
promoting the formation of credita BILE
Swiss section at the fair and is meeting
with gratifying success. Matchmaking
will be one Of the chief features of tho
display. II is considered possible that
Switzerland will yet appoin6 4 govern
ment commission on the fair.
Jamaica has increased its Worlds
Fair appropriation to $4,000.
w. ii. Ii. Llewellyn, executive com
missioner for New Mexico, has been in
Chicago securing space in the various
buildings for exhibits from the terrific
ries. "We expect to show people who
visit the Worlds Fair" he said, "that
New Mexico can raise somethingl else
besides cactus and sagebrush. One ex-
hibit will be 100 watermelons. tho min
imum weight of each of which will be
100 pounds. We shall have specially
fine displays in the agricultural and
horticultural department-also in the
mines department."
Bavaria will send to the World S
Fair two professors from it's institu tie
of technology to report on the progress
of the United States in technical mat
terS.