The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-07-08
NOTES OF H
WORLDS FAIR.

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Afated 81 AL the famed old mission ruins
lHSoathern California. will be ssen u u
Wtfld's fair.
n III reported that King Alexander. I
6eryia, has decided to visit tho World
fair next year. He il 16 years old and 10
d the much talked Of ex-King Milan an
ox-Qnesn NRtalis4
IA group Of Caribs from the Lesser An
titles, descendants OF the oannihal race dis
severed by Columbus on his second voyage
will he Al the Worlds fair, engaged In max
t1R baskets and in other native indus
An agent Of the Turkish government i
onSh is way 10 Chicago to superintend tn
construction OF the Ottoman pavilion AM
! Turkish village for the Worlds fair. Ac
companying him are native masons Wit
will build the pavilion.
Again the cable has announced that En-
peror William, Of Germany. has decided tt
visit the Worlds fair at Chicago next year
This time the Allgemine Ieitung, a leadins
paper Of Munich. furnishes the information,
and claims that it is authentic.
Tho Swiss national council has appropri-
atsd 10000 francs ($24 1000 for an exhibit
inn industry. Il also approved subsidies
for exhibits of other industries, including
femais work IN the manufacturing line.
Director General Davis has received a
petition from the trustees and elders of
3orty-six German Evangelical Protestant
churches Of the middle states, represent
inn a membership of 63, 900, strongly urs-
ing the opening Of the exposition on Sun
day.
The Kentucky building at the Worlds
fair will be a typical representation Of a
southern colonial mansion, one of the dis
tinctlvo features of which Ia great pillared
porches or verandas. Exclusive of these
Ell ~-n~ahra Aha hr;IJs~. will rnAoapra TEwO0
feet.
The Canadian Pacific Steamship company
has agreed to make a rate of $40 a ton on
Worlds fair exhibits from ports of China
and japan consigned to Vancouver, or SIG
! ton through to Chicago. h is a reduc.
tion ranging from 33 to IS per cent. Pas
sengeF rates are reduced about one-half.
The American Ostrich company has sent
10 Chicago for exhibition at the Worlds
fair thirty birds from its ostrich farm at
Fall Brook. San Diego county, Cal. The
ostriches have been sent on thus early in
order that they may become thoroughly
acclimated by the time the Fair opens and
appear at their best.
One Of the novel exhibits in the marine
section OF the transportation department
Mt the Worlds fair will be 200 pen eng av-
inRs OF American steam vessels, beginning
with the Clermont and following down a
typical series to the present day. The pic
lures will be sent by the New York Sea-
board, a marine paper.
Great Britain. France. Germany, and, in
fact, many other foreign nations, are ask
be granted for their exhibits at the Worlds
fair. Sir Henry Wood. Of the British COM
mission, is reported to have declared that
&c great is the interest in England thai he
believes the English exhibit would fill half
OF all the buildings if the space could be
secured.
Tho celebrated blue grass Of Kentucky
state will makes at the Worlds fair. The
display will possess additional interest from
the fact that the sod and grasses are being
collected from historic spots in the state,
such as the battlefield of PerryviIle, the
home Of Henry Clay, and the birthplace of
Lincoln.
The Washington Worlds fair commission
has arranged to make a very complete fish
exhibit. 1t will include all kinds of deep
sea n inland species of fish, oysters,
CLANS, crabs, Holsters, and other crusta-
turtles, frogs, snakes, and other rep
Silss; specimens of aquatic mammals such
sea otter, seals, fishers, beavers, musk
and eggs, and fishing boats and apparatus.
One of the novel exhibits in machinery
hall at the Worlds fair will be a model pa
per mill. 1t will be in active operation and
will show all the processes of paper-mak-
ing from the pulp to the finished card,
which will be in the form of a Worlds fair
souvenir. Secretary Agnew, Of tho Paper
Trade club of Chicago, accompanied by
several leading manufacturers. have re-
Gently made arrangements with Chief Rob-
1nson for the exhibit.
The jelly palace, which the women of
will prepare for the Worlds fair
exhibit, will be 1920 feet and twenty-five
feet high. with two open doors approached
BY. three marble steps. The frame work
will be of wire. On this will be firmly
placed several thousand jelly glasses-cups.
shades Of color arranged in artistic
and beautiful designs. The interior will be
brilliantly illuminated by electricity. The
cost of the frame work and glasses alone ia
estimated at So. ZOO.
More than 1000 men are now at work on
the mammoth manufactures building for
the Worlds fair. The force was recently
doubled by order of the exposition authori- !
ties, who concluded that the contractor was
making as rapid progress as was desira-
BILE. The authorities are determined that
all of the buildings shall be completed in
time for dedication in October, and the
public may be assured that this will be
done. The total number of workmen at
] Jackson park now exceeds 1000. 1t will
probably be increased to 10, 900 or more.
The secretary of the treasury has awarded
the contract for the construction of the
United States life saving station, author
lied to be erected upon the grounds OF the
Worlds Columbian exposition at Chicago,
for $7,87S. The station will be a part of the
governments exhibit at the fair. 1t will be
one of the most complete of it's kind ever
erected, and will serve to illustrate in the
best name the organization and methods
OF the life saving service. It will take the
place of the present Chicago life saving sta
ton, the crew of which will be moved to the
station.
W were overwhelmed with the mapni- |
tnde OF the preparations of the Worlds
fair. Yes. it is on Il much grander scale
than was the Worlds fair in Paris. We
must admit it Or course l cannot give
anything like definite figures, but the COM
mercial display alone which France will
make will not fall short of $40. 600
600 in value. We will have over here
an exhibit of everything the coun-
try of France produces.' These
are the words OF Baron Alfred de Vialar,
one of the three special French commits
who recently visited Chicago to ar
for the erection of the French build
Ing at the fair.
Rev. John Henry Barrows, d. D., chair
man on the general committee on religious
in connection with the Worlds
fair, reports a very favorable responge to
the plan of holding a parliament of reli- !
gions, Aug. 25-Sept. 3. next year. From /
to Australia scholars of all religi- |
interest to the phenomenal convention. A
large representation is promised from
Japan. The journals and missionaries and
many OF tho native scholars of India are