Passaic City record., 1892-06-18
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.

CANADA will make remarkanie olsp,a,y a,
of her mineral resources at the Worlds
Fair.
GREAT BRITArNs building at the WORLDS
Fair is now in process OF erectlon. Inc
structures of a number of other foreign ma
tions will be begun soon.
THE Commercial Association OF Oporto
has decided to furnish money for an exhibit
from Portugal at the Worlds Fair. About
twenty five wine merchants have mace ar
rangements to send exhibits.
A cABLEGRAM from London says that the
original portrait of Pocahontas, painted in
1912. has been secured for exhibition at the
Worlds Fair. The portrait is owned by
Eustace Neville Rolfe, of Leaoham Hall,
Norfolk. who is descendant of Rolfe whom
Pocahontas married.
CHIEF SAMUELs of the Horticultural de-
partment, has already received donations OF
plants and flowers for the Exposition valued
at more than $50, 900. All preparations Tor
the care of tender plants have been made,
and large consignments are expected soon
from tropical countries.
RoUNsEvIILE WILDMAN, United States
Consul at Singapore. Straits Settlements,
has written that he hopes to have one OF the
best colonial exhibitions ever sent out by that
colony. His highness, the Sultan OF lahore,
has signified his intention to take interest In
the representation to be made at the Fair.
POPE LEO XIII has shown the deep inter-
est he feels in the Worlds Fair and in Amer
lea by deciding to exhibit at the Fair some
of the rare treasures of art, literature and
history which the Vatican contains. Arch
bishop Ireland, now in Rome, has cabled this
information and asked for space for the ex-
hibit.
A MINIATURE model of a typical Western
farm, complete in every detail, will be ex-
hibited in the Washington State building at
the Worlds Fair. Among other exhibits
will be collection of specimens of all the
species of birds. fish and animals to be fcunf
in the State. The interior of the building
will be decorated in large part by the women
of the State.
The postal facilities and service at the
Worlds Fair will constitute a part of the
United States Government exhibit and,
naturally, will be made as hear perfection as
possible. The expense estimated to be neces-
sary to accomplished this is S163, 041. POST
master General Wanamaker has asked that
an appropriation of that sum be made by
the Government.
GEORGE WILSON, Secretary of the Worlds
Fair bureau of music, has returned from a
two months tour of Europe in the interest
of the bureau: He visited leading musicians
at London, Paris, Munich, Milan, Genoa,
Rome, Vienna, Prague, Dresden, Brussels
ard a number of other places. Mr.. Wilson
received assurances from musicians in all
these places of cordial cooperation at the
Fair
THIRTY-FIvE of the forty-nine States an |
Territories in the Union have accepted the
building sites assigned them on the EXPOSE
tion grounds, and have submitted to the
construction bureau for approval the plans
of the buildings they propose to erect.
Noa,Ixr Tho ,fhorc If ic kpoyyp ara a hout
ready to take like action. Every State and
Territory. with perhaps three exceptions
will erect building Quite u number of
these buildings will be reproductions of his
toric structures such as Independence Hall,
Washington's Mt. Vernon home, old Fort
Marion, etc. They will occupy the north
ern PARTON of the Exposition grounds, and
will be surrounded by walks, lawns, shrub
berry and flowers. They will be used as head
quarters for State Boards and visitors. and
as receptacles for exhibits showing State
resources, etc.