Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-05-19
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.

mosaic pictures, made at the mosaic
works In the Vatican, shall be exhibi-
ted at the Exposition, and that at
least one picture shall be made ex-
pressly for the Fair.
Mrs. Potter Palmer has decided to
supplement her work In inviting the
nobility of Europe to organize COM
mittees to help the Board of Lady
Managers by sending similar invita-
tions to influential women in South
America. These invitation will be
sent out by the state department at
Washington. The letters sent to Eu-
rope resulted In securing cooperation
of many Of the most prominent women
abroad.
The gold and silver and other miner
al exhibits at the Exposition will
probably aggregate in value several
million dollars. In exhibits of this de-
scription Colorado will naturally take
front rank. 1t is announced that the
gold and silver nuggets to be shown
by that state alone are worth quarter
of a million dollars. There has been
splendid collection of native gold
specimens, from all the richest mining
districts. A single collection, valued
at 100000, has already been secured.
This will be supplemented by the
finest collections, secured as loan eX-
hibits. The exhibit will be both
technical and economic in its char
acter, showing scientific classification
of the mineralogy of Colorado and a
correct presentation of its geology. AT
the same time popular and massive
display of ores, bui ding stone, COM
mercial clays and other mineral pro-
ducts will be made. Models, mays and
diagrams will be employed to show
the progress made in mining. These
will be accompanied by historical data
and reliable information regarding the
product and formation of veins in the
mining districts. In the display will
be the "Silver Queen,n a beautiful
statue of an ideal female figure exc
cuted in silver and valued at 81, 500 to
$4,000.
Visitors to Machinery Hall will be
enabled to pass from one end of the
building to the other at an elevation,
and thus gain birdseye view of the
vast area of exhibits, and to see many
of the larger exhibits to much greater
advantage than will be possible from
the floor. To accomplish this three
mammoth electric travelling cranes
will be constructed, each with a lifting
and carrying capacity of 10000 pounds.
Contracts for their construction have
been let to the Gale & Towne Manu-
featuring Company of STANFORD Conn,
the Morgan Engineering Company OF
Alliance, Ohio, and the Edge Moor
Bridge Works of Wilmington, Del
Previous to the opening of the Exposi.
tion these cranes will be used for the
moving of heavy exhibits; afterwards
they will be covered with broad plat.
forms capable of carrying several hun
dred people at each trip to and fro in
the building.
Joaquin B. Calvo, minister of Costa
Rica in Washington, has received
from the commissiOner-general of that
country q letter stating that he had
Travelled all over the republic and that
the country is sure to be we'll represen.
ted at Chicago. Plans and drawings
for an Aztec temple to be erected by
the Costa Rican government have been
prepared. This building, which will
bea very fine one, will be surrounded
by garden in which there will be q
complete collection of palms, ferns
bromillas, schilas and other tropical
plants, and it is probable that speci.
mems of the native animals and birds
will also be sent. In addition to this q
| fine archaeological collection will be ex.
hibited.
The New Mexico Worlds Fair board
has taken steps to have prepared for
exhibition at the Exposition photo.
graphs of the most striking scenery in
the territory, the most prominent
vineyards, orchards. apiaries, wine
cellars, farms, ice factories, manufact-
uring establishme nts, school houses
public buildings, etc., the whole to be
nicely bound in collection to be
called Pictorial New Mexico.
The Rensselaer, polytechnic Institute
Troy, N. Y, is preparing to make q
notable exhibit at Chicago. 1t prom.
ises that it will greatly excel the one
it made at the Paris Exposition, where
the Institute was awarded grand
prize. The exhibit will include maps
of this country and of the world, upon
which will be shown the bridges, rail.
roads and other engineering works
built from plans by the graduates OF
the Institute or under their supervis.
ion.
The papermakers and manufacturers
of parermaking machinery, who
formed a stock company with capital
stock of 100000, for the purpose oil
making combined exhibit at the
Fair, have raised the full amount.
The fine art exhibit will be much
more extensive than was at first ex.
pected. Applications for space are
coming In SO fast that there is no room
to accommodate them. Already the
foreign commissioners have asked fol
130, 900 square feet of space In excess oil
what can be granted for foreign ex.
hibits.
A New Jersey pottery firm Is max.
ing large number Of specimens oi
fine work for exhibition at the Fair
One piece already completed Is an
elegant vase, 40 inches high and 81
inches In circumference, valued at 81,
600. It is thought to be one of the
most perfect and beautiful specimens
ofthe potters' art ever produced in this
country.
Acollection of finely mounted birds
and animals will be shown in the
Pennsylvania building.
1t has been already stated that the
Pope has promised to use all his infu
ence to pramote the Chicago columbian
Exposition. tits now announced thai
he will appoint commission charged
with prepairinga plan whereby the
Vatican will be officially represented
at the Exposition. 1t Is not thought
improbable that a subsidy will be grant
ed by the Vatican.
A telephone having, 1t is now
thought, about 600 instruments, will bt
established In the Exposition grounds
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