The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-04-22

Kentucky has made 3 slOes6OU
~ .j'..sf.,ir recommendation.

Kentucky has made qtDgs9Vs
worlds fair appropriation.
Victoria, Australia, bas made
wofld fair appropriation Of eloo, oou
Applicatious fer space tn the expo
siiiou buildings now aggregate more
than a,0Oo,00o square feet o little
over one.thtrd being from foreign
applicants.
Great Britain has added &35, GOO
% is worlds fair appropriation,
making il now 100000 or approx
mately $4,000
4 Arguments for and against Sunday
opening OF the exposition will be
heard by the national commission on
October o.
i Ii The government exhibit will
appear all the relics winch are obtain
liable Of various Arctic exploring ex-
peditiona.
The American Bible society will
make an exhibit 10 which will appear.
copies 81 bibles in more than 200
different languages.
In the California building viii be
shown growing specimen Of every
Caiifornia domestic flower obtaiuable,
and also paintings IL water and oil Of
600 wild flowers and grasses.
THE house committee On territories
has reported favorabiy bill permit
ting Utah to expend $4,000 for its
representation At the exposition, the
amonnt5to be raised BY slightly in
ereasing The rate Of taxation.
a young lad, son of the editor Of
The Florida lStanaara, is making, fol.
exhibition al The fair, table upon
which appears an inlaid map Of the
stale, each county being accurately
represented by . sepcrate piece Of
native Florida wood. \.
Idaho will show some splendid spec
linens of mica in the mines building.
II has lodges of MICA eight feet thick
and apparently inexbaustible. Sheets
of it as large rs 10 by - inches,
without flaw, and as thin as tissue
paper are not uncommon. IL is pro.
posed 10 have some of the windows in
the Idaho building glazed with mica.
Minnesota will supplementits appro-
priation Of $50, 600 by sl0o, 600 raised
by subscription. Nesfly threetfonrths
oftbat amount has already been S.
cured Hennepin county, in which 4
Minneapolis is situated, has coniribu-
led $4,000. Minnesota will expend
$4,000 for building.
The newly elected directory bias
chosen officers Of the exposition as ,
'ollowa: president, wv. 4. Baker; first
zice,pfesldent, Il. r.. Hlginbnthsm;
II. 0. Edmunds; attorney
". X. Carlisle; treasurer, a. H. See
berger auditor nv. *. Alderman.
4 cut 10 the extent Of nearly $40, 900 /,
! year was made 10 salaries.
The board Of lady managers pro- 9
loses 10 erect near the Woman's build
ng ehlldFen's home or pubic com
ort payilionfor mothers and children.
ahe estimate for The building IS
100000, and for maintenance 10000,
which sums tins proposed TO raise by
absorption. Ills believed that such
place where young children can be
ate and well cared for while their
parents view the sights Of the expo
lition will prove to DO great and
convenience.
One million signatures Of people
directly and indirectly connected with
the Exposition are being collected By
the Worlds Fair Mammoth Autograph
AlbnmCo. Copies Of these collections
Of autographs will be bound IN three
9olumns Of $500 pages each, TO be
presented, respectively, to the Presi.
dent of the United States for the
Smithsonian Institution, to the Gov
error ofIllinois for The State Library,
and 10 the Mayer Of Chicago for the
City Public Library. The names viii
be collected from All parts Of The
world.
A unique exhibition Pennsylyania
will be amap Of the United States,
Jle by feet, made eptFelytof pickles.
vegetables, fruit, etc, preserved by
the company which makes the exhibit.
The state lines will be accurately
shown, and Tho bikes and rivers will
be represented BY vinegar. The
larger cities will be indicated BY
spices. The whole will b. covered
with q single piece of plate glass,
which is being specially made for the
purpose. The eApehse0f this interest.
inc exhibit ot Vie pielgling ana pre-.
serving industry gillbe $4,000.
Director Higlnbotbarn, chairman Of
the ways and means commiltee, gave
Me congressional inyestlaatiDg com.
mlttee An interesting estimate Of The
resources of the exposition. The
Total resources, hethiuks, viii agpre
gate over S35.o00,0oD He believes
lbe gsteTeceipls gillbripgln Sl5, 600.
pVO @, n olher wegas, that there will
.be s0,o00.o00 submissions At SO cents
each. lAcc9rdingio bis estimate lie
exposition Will receive s., $4,000
ltem restaurants, &e,500.opo iffom
other concessions ADD privileges, ana
els15Q.Uoe from salvage. The stock
subscriptions and CITY bonds figure III
the estimate At Sll.666455. The
committee Was given estimates of
more conservative nature BY several.
but Al agreed that lhe finanelal
prospects Of lhe expedition age
encouraging.
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