Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-03-15
THE WORLDS Fab.
How II is Getting On.

Lsts notes abau. the preparations for the
great Columbiso Worlds Fair as Chicago:
Five scfes OF space in the M.d~ay Plais-
snce have been fsseiy d for . nursery
exhibit.
The Gus er Minirg Company Of IiAko.
il making . very sx-ensise collection Of
ores for exhibition Ut the fair.
Bulgsris hss decided to pa4sici pa in Il o
Expositiou- Foreign participation. 30 far
- ascsrtained Mp to the present, embraces
seve1ty-two nstions AID p-ovioces.
CsnsdA has been gives IS Tlts1ase feet
Of space il the varic US building. tIc!rsive
Of spsce yet TO be granted in the ayricu'-
ssrs and Iva stock departments
The S1H,ik Horse Society, Easlsnd has
ef.red two gold medals, Of tue value $50
each. for the best S iifolk horse and mare
or fily exhibited a the Worlds FAR in
Chicsgo.
The city Of Cincinnati wAnts 70 erect
building st the Exposition. to be used both
as club hous. asd receptacle for tnuniei-
pal sxhitis- Il, 10 Wiling to expsnd $780,
900 10 the undertaking.
The Wons.s Christian Temperance
U aicu waite 60 pot up building. 70I 100
feet, in the Exposition grounds, 10 which TO
exhibit tie ensi,e system OF lis work ano
to condnc. csf. for the sale Of .smpa:-
Ance drake.
A ,ins bill has been introduced in Con-
gress. carrying Al appropriation OF SIS 600
TO procure. prepare, compile for paoi-
cation and publish statistics Of the moral,
intellectual and industrial progress of the
coiored people Of the United States from
January l, 1868. the dat, of emin-
cipssion proclamation, to January
u, 1898. - part OF tie covert
mens exhibit, the same to illustrate the
growth Of liberty. morality and humanity
Of the United Slater.
The Exp ,siion authorities are anxious
that ali Of the states aud territories Which
intend t, cree. building, at The Exposition
and which have not yet submitted piAos fo'
approval. do so at the earliest possible me =
ment. Very soon time will be specified
beyond which plans will not be accepted
May 10 the date likely to be chosen. The
demand for space Is 90 great that deliuq aent
states are liable 10 lose the sites ths. have
been assignee to them
Seven Of the Worlds Fair buildings are
nov 50 far advanced that they are fast
assuming thu sppesrsucs of 1ai.hsd struc
lures. The rough carpentry work on them
is practically done tni the ornamental ano
finiihins work i, in progress. These build
logs sre tie Wonan's, Horticulture. Tsans-
portation. Mines, Administration. Forestry,
and Fisheries. Five more-:he Govern
ment, Flee Art,, Agriculture. Dairy suc
Illinois STATE -AIe ERE cited to tie roof lit es
The Electricity. Manufactures and Mschin-
cry buildings are heiE adv suced rapidly.
l, is pre- b able that III, vi 'itor to The Ek
position will have sn opporiu i'y Of seeing
. more extensive and finer exhibition o.
areen. Greek art than it hiss heretofor
b,en possible to see outside Of Geesc.. Z
CAvreadiug. director general OF G!ecian sn
| iiquitie., has written that the Grecial gov
erameLt has accepted the Invitation to pa
| iicipate ia the Exposition, with the uader-
| standing that il will b. Represented onl.
by memorials Of its antiq uities
| Charles Wslstein. director Of the American
School Of Classic Studies at Athens, states
that the G;ecian government has agreed Ii
make and tend TO the Exposition casts o.
the principal works Of ancient art row i
Greece, together with maps, disgrams an
photographs. To these will probably b.
added casts, and perhsp, some Of the orig
inals Of specim Ems of classic Greek ar
| shich are nov distributed throughout Flu
| rope.