Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-10-03
WORLDS FAIR LETTER.
a Sparkling Description of Last
Weeks Events at the Fair.
Special to the Democrat.


ebrated by wiping out the entire debt
of the Worlds Fair company--bond-
ed floating and interest. 1t will Just
take a little short of $1,9O00O0 to do
this. Calculations by members of the
finance committee have showed that
the income of the exposition up to
October 3 added to the funds already
in the treasury, will quite reach the
required amount. After Chicago day
the net income of the remaining
twenty-one days ofth exposition will
be devoted to the interest of the
stockholders This etincome should
average not less than 100000 day.
The finance committee unanimously
recommended that the remaining 80
per cent on the bonded debt of the
corporation be paid on October 8. 1t
is anticipated that the floating debt
will be practically wiped out at the
same time, thus enabling the corpora
tion to stand free from debt. The
payments to be made include: Inter-
est on the bonds, $290,O0O; 80 per
cent payment ON bonds, 81 ,23O, $50;
floating debt, including running ex-
penses, $325,OOO.
An international boat parade was
given on the lagoon one evening this
week. The boats were handsomely
lighted and the effect was pretty as
the water reflected the dancing color
ed lights. Capt. Jimmie" Hunt led
the way in yawl, representing full
rugged ship. Following were three
chaloupas, an Alaskan canoe with
Alaskans singing their native songs,
and Klinkit canoe on which the ma
tives were dancing, birch bark canoe
padded by Indians, two crews from
the Andy johnson, and dlngy with
the marines, a yawl with band max
ing melody, Ceylonese catamaran,
Norwegian fishing boat and pleasure
boat, Norwegian Hammerfast, yawl
with singing Turks, Turkish caique,
a Turkish yawl with the Turkish fire
department, the water bicycle, some
canvas folding boats, another band in
yawl, st. Lawrence skiff, dory, jap
anese electric boat, and couple of
yawls. Prizes of 500, $l5, $40, and SIS |
were distributed.
A reception of a somewhat private
nature was given to the lord mayor of
Dublin and his party at Lady Aber-
deems Irish village Thursday after
noon. A more public reception will
be given in the village square Satur-
day after the entertainment at Festi-
val hall in the afternoon. The lord
mayor was quite i'll Tuesday evening,
being obliged to leave the theatre be-
fore the performance was over
Gen. Dan Sickles was so well pleas
ed with what he saw of Midway that
he went over again next day for the
express purpose of seeing the animals
in Hagenbeck's, When he left he
said he was not satisfied yet but was
coming over again.
Some of the Bedouins in the Wild
West show got sick and were sent
home, as they could not stand the
cold weather.
Old Vienna is elaborately decorated
in honor of Archduke Ferdinand,
The Montana silver statute OF JUS
tice will probably be removed to San
Francisco after the Worlds Fair is
over. A naval camp is also planned
for the midwinter fair AT jackson
park the United States army has been
represented continually. AT San
Francisco il is proposed to have a
camp of marines on the grounds. Ar
rangements are being made for an in
ternational rifle tournament at the
midwinter fair, in which representa-
tiyes from the armies of different ma
tions would take part.
A very handsome souvenir is issued
by the Ferris Wheel people in the
shape Of pretty illustrated storiette,
aCar No. -, A Romance of the Ferris
Wheel printed on wheel-shaped pa
ges and illustrated in half-tone.
DR.. Carl Peters, the famous African
explorer and imperial commissioner
from Germany, lectured on "The Mas
seals Of the High Plateaus of Central
Africa,o to a large and greatly inter-
ested audience at the woman's build
ing. He was of the opinion that the
Masseai country could never be open
ed up to commerce, and this peculiar
people would probably continue
to live as they had always
done. They were nomadic, cat=
tie raisers and stealers, Of great
stature, six to seven feet high, of fierce
disposition and savage feature, but
fine men physically. lie described
| lroes aud arms and manner Of