Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-13

They Will Eclipse Anything of the Kind
Extant-A Great Animal Show.
Two magnificent electric fountains will
in Jackson park. This basin is 300 feet
wide and runs westward from the lake to
the administration building, which is to
be the gem, so far as architecture is con-
cerned, of the great structures at the park
In the center of the basin at the west end
will be reared a symbolic fountain de-
signed by Sculptor McMonnies, an Amer
lean who is now in Paris having the parts
of the fountain cast. The two fountains
determined upon will stand one on each
side of the McMonnies design. The esti-
mated cost of the two is S45, 000 and they
will be furnished by the General Electric
company, of Chicago. The fountains will
throw stream of water $50 feet high
They will, therefore, be much larger than
the one seen at Paris or Mr.. Yerkes' VEN
ture at Lincoln park
An Imme mense Am phjtheatre.
Work on an immense amphitheatre to
seat 10000 persons will shortly be COM
menced in the Worlds fair ground A
site has been secured adjoining the Illinois
Central depot and Midway plaisance
This structure Is to be erected by Hagen
beck's Roman Arena Company, of Chicago
which has been Incorporated with capital
stock of s275, 600. The great building will
be square, each of the sides measuring
1913 feet. 1t is to be built after designs by
Mr.. Fielder at cost of S175, 600, and will
be of fire-proof construction. Stone, iron
and terra Gotta will be the materials used
Inside the building an immense area will
occupy the central space. Above and
around this tier after tier of seats Will
rise to the roof, nearly 100 feet above the
ground.
Will Exhibit a Great Menagerie.
In this arena the wonderful collection of
animals of the world famous Hagenbeck
of Hamburg, Germany, will be exhibited.
The animals will be housed in spacious
cages on level with the arena floor and
under the tiers of seats. This collection of
animals is the largest and most complete
under private ownership in the world. The
vastness of its resources can be imagined
when it is announced that more than l. 600
distinct species of animals are included in
the collection. These include forty lions
thirty tigers, more than 400 monkeys and
scores of other individual species. An inn
mense collection of birds is also a feature
of the menagerie.
Nearly All Thoroughly Trained.
Almost if not all of the animals are
thoroughly trained and are capable of GO
ing through most interesting perform
ances. The Hagenbeck interests are al
ready under contract to give three eX-
hibitions daily during the progress of the
fair. All necessary concessions have been
granted and special steamer has been
engaged to convey the collection to New
York from Hamburg for trans-shipment
by rail to Chicago. The capital stock is
fully paid up, and a prominent financial
firm in Chicago is exercising supervision
over the carrying out of the scheme.
The Roman Catholic Exhibit
Pope Leo has written letter pertaining
TO the Roman Catholic educational ex-
hibit at the Worlds fair in which his
holiness expresses great interest in the
success of the fair, and particularly in the
representation of the Roman Catholic
church and her educational methods, dur
ing the progress of the great exposition
For some time great activity has been
manifest in the different dioceses in this
feature of the fair Bishop Spalding, of
Peoria, will have the supervision of the.
educational exhibit