Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-01
THE EXHIBITION AT MADRID.
How the United States win he Represented
at the Spanish Capital.

ONE HUNDRED AHD TWENTY TONS OF MATERIALS
TO Snow WHAT THE NEW WORLD DISCOVERED
BY COLUMBUS Has BROUGHT FORTH AID GAN
PRODUCE.
II will take 120 tons Of materials to tell at the
Columbian historical exposition to be opened
at Madrid September II the story Of the United
States in their relations to Christopher Columbus.
These have been collected, under the direction
Of the commission appointed by authority
Of Congress, composed Of Rear Admiral Luce
Of the navy. DR.. James C. yelling, president of
the Columbian University Of this city, and DR..
G.. Brown Goode. director Of the National
Museum. Sixty tons Of the exhibits were
shipped on the 18th by the U. 8. 8. Newark for
Cadiz. The Newark will sail thence for Palo
to take part in the celebration there Of the de-
parture of Columbus ships The remainder Of
the exhibits will 90 by the regular steamship
lines to Gibraltar and Barcelona. DR.. yelling
Of the commission has already gone to Europe.
Admiral Luce and DR.. Goode will sail in few
days. Mr.. Stewart Culin, curator of the
museum If the University Of Pennsylvania will
accompany the commission as secretary. Prof.
Thomas Wilson, Lieut.. J. Z. Cowell, o. 8. NJ;
Mr.. VIM. Z. Curtis and Mr.. Walter Hough will
60 as attaches of the commission.
TWO FEATURES OF THE CELEBRATION.
The most prominent features Of the Spanish
celebration will be two historical expeditions,
held in Madrid simultaneously and in adjacent
buildings-one the historic American exposi-
ton and the other the historic European expo
sitiou. 1t is intended that the historic Ameri-
can exposition shall illustrate the civilization Of
the new continent in the pre-Columbisn Co
lumbar and post Columbian periods, while In
the historic European exposition will be shown
the civilization Of Europe, and particularly Of
the lberian peninsula, at the time when the new
world was discovered and colonized.
The commission, though it has had but little
time to work. has assembled and arranged q
mass Of material which, 1t IL believed, will make
most instructive and satisfactory exhibit for
the United States. The University Of Pennsyl-
Philadelphia, the Heminway collection and
various government departments have con-
tributed exhibits, and the collections Of the
National Museum hive been drawn on. From
private sources too, the commission has received
valuable material.
PSYCHOLOGICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL MATERIAL.
There is much chronological and archaeological
material illustrative of the native races of the
various periods to be considered literature charts
and maps, tracing the progressive steps Of COL
onization. A prominent feature Of the exhibit
will be an archaeological collection relics Of the
pre-Columbian people. objects that were in use
by the inhabitants Of the continent prior to and
at the time Of the discovery. These objects
have been selected from the National Museum
by Prof. Thoma' Wilson, curator Of prehistoric
anthropology. The mounds all over the coun-
try will be represented by models, charts and
photographs objects and implements found in
mounds and burial places will be shown and the
method Of manufacture illustrated. valuable
collection Of prehistoric copper implements lent
by Frederick S. Perkins Of Wisconsin is in
cluded. DIR. Hilborn T. Cresson of Philadel-
phis sends a monographs collection of the con-
tents Of a rock shelter near Clayment. Del,
and Warren X. Moiehead of Xenia, Ohio an
exhaustive collection of stone implements from
the mounds Of Warren county, Ohio. The col
lection made by Geo. D. Latimer, United States
consul at Porto Rico, Of relics Of the aborigines
in the West Indies is also included.
THE TRENTON aRAvELs.
From the University of Pennsylvania. among
other things, the commission has obtained three
monographs collections representing the Tren-
ton gfavels. The shell heaps Of Maine and the
Indian antiquities Of Ohio and North Carolina
are also we'll represented. and one especially in
teresting collection from Florida comprising
many objects connected with the Spanish occu-
patton will be shown. series OF types col
lected by Mr.. Vim. II. Holmes in aboriginal
quarries, the most prominent quarry being that
on the Piney branch, near this city. forms part
Of the exhibit. The bureau of ethnology, by
means Of maps, photographs and models, will
show the remains Of the cliff jewellers, the pu-
eblos, the Casa Grande and other famous ruins Of
New Mexico and Arizona. By their side will be
shown photographs and water colors Of pueblos
now occupied. Pictures and documents relat-
ing to the Calaveras skull, the Florida fossil
man and other remains which furnish evidence
Of the great antiquity Of man on the continent
will be shown. The exhibit comprises also OBJ
jects Of great antiquity, including the mummy
obtained by DR.. Dali In his explorations in the
Aleutian Isles, reproductions Of famous rock
sculptures, including those worked up by Col
Garrick Mallory, and q series Of modern Indian
pictures on skins Of buffalo and other materials
THE INDIAN TRIBES.
Photographs from the bureau Of ethnology
and Catlin plates will be shown illustrating
every tribe and stock Of Indians. Their char
scteristics will be further illustrated by COL
lection Of 100 skulls representing both ancient
about ], 500 objects from the National Museum
to illustrate the arts, industries, amusements
and warfare of the Indians. The hall at Mad
rid will be decorated with costumed figures.
The birch bark canoe and the Eskimo kyak will
be shown. collection Of pictures made by
Mr.. w. +. Curtis illustrating Columbus time
and his now famous collection Of portraits Of
Columbus will be shown. The Department Of
Agriculture will exhibit the gifts Of the new
world to the old-corn, tobacco and the potato
There will be q collection made up by the
treasury department., the Numlsmatlc Society
and the National Museum, illustrating the en-
tire history Of American money. There will be
maps and charts from the geological survey and
the bureau Of ethnology. The American His
torical Association will show its publications
and two maps showing the progress Of coloniza-
ton from 1909 by decades. There will be pic
lures of historical localities and photographs
Of old Spanish St Augustine. contributed by
H. N. Flagler.
CHARACTERISTIC ANIMALS.
A number Of the most characteristic animals
encountered by the early explorers, such as the
buffalo, the elk, the grizzly bear the 'p0ssum
and the coon, will be represented A prominent
feature Of the exhibit viii be Q collection Of the
publications Of American arch@ologists,
ethnologists and historians, contributed by
prominent publishing houses. Many authors
themselves have given sets Of their works.
Among these are: Powell Brinton, Mason, NAL
lery, Holmes, Putnam, Wilson, Peet, Fewk es,
Jones, Thomas, Bourke Dorsey, MCGEE, Thur
ston, Boas, Starr, Moorehead and Wright.
The Anthropological Society Of Washington,
the American Folk Lore Society and other
organizations viii show complete sets Of their
publications. The hall will Be draped with the
American colors, furnished by the Navy De-
partment.
DR.. Goode has bad made Q rare map of the
United States, on which are marked by means of
a. L.