The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-07-08
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.

features building for the Worlds Fair.
The force was recently doubled by or
der of the Exposition authorities, who
concluded that the contractor was
| not making as rapid progress as was
desirable. The authorities are deter
mined that all the buildings shall be
completed in time for dedication in
October, and the public may be as
sured that this will be done. The
total number of workmen at Jackson
Park now exceeds 7,000.u 1t will prob
ably be increased to 10000 or more.
A group of Caribs from the Lesser
Antilles, descendants of the cannibal
race discovered by Columbus on his
second voyage, will be at the Worlds
Fair, engaged in making baskets and
other native industries.
Great Britain, France, Germany,
and. in fact, many other foreign ma
tions. are asking, and almost insist
ing, that more space be granted for
exhibits at the Worlds Fair. Sir
Henry Wood, of the British Com
mission, is reported to have declared
that so great is the interest in Eng
land that he believes the English eX
hibit would fill half of all the build
ings if the space could be secured.
An agent of the Turkish govern
ment is on his way to Chicago to
superintend the construction of the
Ottoman pavilion and Turkish vii
lage for the Worlds Fair. Accom-
panying him are native masons who
will build the pavilion.
The Swiss National Council has ap-
propriated 10000 francs 1924, for
an exhibit at the Worlds Fair of the
Swiss matchmaking industry. 1t
other industries, including female
work in the manufacturing line.
Again the cable has announced that
Emperor William of Germany has de-
cided to visit the Worlds Fair at
Chicago next year. This time the
ALgeaaiae Zeitung, leading paper at
Munich, furnishes the information,
and claims that it is authentic.
The celebrated blue grass of Ken
lucky will be displayed in the exhibit
which that state will make at the
Worlds Fair. The display will pos
sesS additional interest from the fact
that the sod and grasses are being col
lected from historic spots in the state,
such as the battlefield of Perryville,
the home of Henry Clay, and the birth
place of Lincoln.
Mai. Fred Bracket, of the D. S.
Treasury department, is in Chicago to
make arrangements for handling
Worlds Fair exhibits from foreign
countries, which must go through the
hands of the customs officials. He es-
Inmates large force of men will be
required to properly conduct the
work.
One of the novel exhibits in the
marine section of the Transportation
department at the Worlds Fair, will
be 200 pen engravings of American
steam vessels, beginning with the
Clermont and following down
typical series to the present day. The
pictures will be sent by the New York
SedbO0rd, marine paper.
The Kentucky building at the
Worlds Fair will be typical repre-
sentation of a southern colonial man
sion, one of the distinctive features
of which is great pillared porches or
verandas. Exclusive of these porches
the building will measure about IS by
80 feet.
The mineral exhibit at the Worlds
Fair promises to be. incomp arably
finer than any ever before made,
either in this country or abroad. Cal
ifornia and Colorado each is striving
to surpass all other states, and claims
that it will surely do SO. Michigan,
Montana and Missouri, too, are max
ing speciality of the exhibition of
their remarkably rich and varied
mineral resources, and are not with
out hope of winning the highest
award. Almost every state possesses
mineral resources of especial merit in
one or more particulars, and will dis
play its best. From all together a
wonderfully complete and valuable
exhibit is certainty. Then, too,
many foreign nations, notably Eng
land, will make mineral exhibits of
the most complete description. Can
ada will occupy 10000 square feet for
it's mineral display.