Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-05-17
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.

buildings will be pale ivory, Several
OF them, however, will show fnodilca.
ton Of that color.
Flity-ive OF the oounti.s in Illinois
nave been organized Tor Exposition
work by the women members of M,
State Worlds Fair board.
Miss Laura Johns, Of Decatur, ILL.,,
has been awarded n prize Of S25 for the
best design for a seal for the Illinois
Woman's Exposition Board.
The liberation OF carrier pigeons and
the keeping Of a record Of their flight
viii be an Interesting feature Of the
live stock exhibit at the Exposition.
A model In miniature OF Fort 5herl.
dan, situated near Chicago and pros.
pectively tue chief u. =. military
station, VIII appear In tue government
exhibit.
A relief map showing Sau Francisco,
San MateO, santa Clara and Santa
Cruz Counties, Cal, In being prepared
at an expense OF $4,000 for exhibition
ut the Fair.
George w. Childs, the Philadelp hla
philnnthropist, signaiizci his visit to
the Worlds Fair grounds on May oh
1 ~ BHthAhk ~ AItt uh AiN
"wOoded Island"
Italy has finally decided to take part
officially In the Exposition, aad mas
entrusted the mauA cement OF par
tlcipation to the various chambers VI
commerce IN the principal Italian
cities.
A movement is on foot iu New York
to induce the legislature 10 donate that
States building at the WORLDS Fair TO
the Chicago organization known as the
Sons Of New York, which IL composed
Of Chicsgoans born Ia the Empire
State.
William Saunders, Executive Ex.
position Commissioner for Canada, says
that a large and excellent exhibit from
the Dominion IN assured. IL viii be
be especially notable In the lincs Of
agriculture, dairying, minerals and
manufactures.
Liberia, the negro republic, has nc.
cepted the Invitation to participate In
the Exposition. Forty-five nations aud
thirty.oue colonies anu provinces have
now accepted, anu the aggregate Of
their appropriations, with thirty yet 10
hear from, IL si,6iJ,ss5.
The principal Commercial organlza.
lions Of New Orleans have united in q
petition to the State Legislature Of
Louisiana, which assemblies thls
month, 10 make n Worlds Fair appro.
priAtlon Of $50, 900. A bill mskiug suoh
appropriation has been drafted.
Philadelphia contribution to the
Pennsylvania exhibit at the fair will
include number OF articles OF great
historic interest. Among them are the
desk and chairs used In the Cont inent.
nj Congress, aud the celebrated por.
traits OF the signera Of the Declaration
Of Independence.
The prospect is that the engineering
congress, which Ia 10 be held in
Chicago, In 1893, under the auspices Of
the Worlds Congress Auxiliary, will
be a gathering OF very great scientific
importance. or the $40, 900 estimated
to be necessary for Its expenses, SlO,-
600 have been raised.
From Holland an offer has been
made to thB Holland society Of New
York and tho ~. Nicholas society OF
Brooklyn 10 construct and present to
them An exact reproduction Of the
"Half Moon" the ship in which
Henry HUDSON discovered and ex.
plored the river which bears his name.
Mrs. Viols Fuller, OF Mitchell, 5. D.,
has applied for space la the woma u
building for unique aud beautiful
opera cloak, the only ono OF lis kind
existing. The garment, which Ia
fifty-seven inches In length, aud circu.
lar In deslgn, IL composed entirely OF
certain small aud particularly delicate
feathers OF prairie chickens.
Tho New York State building at the
Exposition, As shown by tho plan
which the commissioners have ap-
proved, will he one OF the most com.
modious and artistic OF all. II will
measure ~ by 1893 feet, be two stories
high, anu covered with "stati," treated
TO represent marble. Tue estimate
cost IA from $4,000 to 100000.
Prof. Charles ID. walcott OF tho
United States Geological Survey Ia.
tends to have at the Worlds Fair an
exhibit which will illustrate a section
OF the esrth's crust by specimens of
the rock strata placed In their proper
relative positions, and by collections Of
the characteristic fossils shown In con.
nectlon with the formations In which
they are found.
Helena, Montana, will send to the
Exposition a meteor, discovered near
that city. II IN composed Of nickel an 4
magnetic Iron, and Ia In two pieces Of
ninety and seventy pounds respective
ly. IL Ii reported that when found
these pieces were IN hole In the
ground large enough to contain u
house, from which fact It Is inferred
that the meteor exploded when 1t
struck the earth.
The Brazilian minister at Washing.
ton has notified Director. General
Davis that the republic Of Brazil will
send special com missioner TO Chicago
TO arrange the prelimi naries for its ex.
hibit Mt the Worlds Fair. Brazil ap.
plies for nearly 10000 square feet OF
space divided among the department
buildings OF tho Exposition, this being
aside from the space that country takes
for the erection OF the pavilion for
Official headquarters.
The New York School OF Industrial
Art and Technical Design foT Women,
OF which Mrs. Florence T.. Corey Is
principal, viii make notable exhibit
la the Woman's building. Ii will on-
brace the work OF 900 women, pupils OF
the Institution, In this line OF prepnr-
ing working designs for body brussels
and ingram carpets, Tapestry, table
linen, wall papers, oilcloths, stained
glass screens, window shades, EN-.
broidery, laces, calico, prints, etc., and
also many finished fabrics made from
these designs.