Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-04-15
THE BIG FAIR.
Exhibitors Busy Getting Their
Goods in Place.
Menagerie Arriyes--1rain Load of
Animals---Swiss Exhibit.


CHICAGO, April i4.-Chicago rejoiced at
the news from New York that Dato Sri
Amar Draja. secretary of the Sultan of Jo-
hore, had arrived there, bringing definite
news that the Sultan of Johore would be in
Chicago in June. Ii was reported the other
day that the Sultan was coming, and Chi
cago was nightly pleased. Since it is
known beyond any doubt that he will be
here in June this pleasure is increased.
Chicago feels now that she can forget any
thing McAllister has said
The wind caused annoyance at the
! Worlds Fair grounds. Vast quantities OF
sand are used for making roads and for
other purposes in the grounds. The wind
is nearly always blowing here, and it
dashed this sand with so much force into
the faces and eyes of visitors that it made
sightseeing extremely disagreeable. The
visitor was glad to seek the shelter of some
building 10 protect his eyesight from the
| driving storm of sand and dust.
| A notable addition to the fairs cosmo-
politan collection was Carl Hagenbeek's
| menagerie, the biggest consignment of its
kind that ever reached Chicago. 1t was a
| strangely assorted train load that lay on a
siding near kensington last night and came
hoN II tut Edtt-ttuTst uuth tHdt
the south side of the Midway Plaisance in
the early morning.
1t amused the customs officers greatly to
make out list and check off the contents
| of each box car as it was unloaded; but it
had to be done, for all the animals are al
lowed free entry as exhibits and must be
accounted for when the Exposition closes
Every closed car in the long train contained
animals.
Twenty-Five African lions growled their
thanks for delivery from semi-dark cap
tivity when their cars were opened and their
cages exposed to the light of day. Nine
Bengal tiger uttered similar note, and
leopards, bears and jaguars all had some
thing to say about the matter. The little
elephant, the famous dwarf, which stands
only four feet high, lifted its diminutive
trunk and drew in grateful draughts of
fresh air.
SwitZerland's space in the manufactures
building is being fitted up in attractive style
and with the good taste of the people of
that country. The Swiss section is in Co.
lumbia avende, the central aisle of the big
hall, about 800 feet from the south en-
trance. The main feature of the decora-
ton is a series of large paintings of Swiss
scenery stretched along the top of the par
tition that incloses the space.
The first picture in the series shows the
little summer resort in the Bernese Ober-
land, Muren, a spot much frequented by
American tourists. The next is a beautiful
view of Lucerne, showing the lake, with
the peaks in the background. The third is
the glacier Du l,osegg, and the fourth
shows Geneva, with Mont Blanc in the dis
tancc. Another view shows the Castle of
Chillon, near Montreux. The last of the
collection shows the Jungfrau.
The officers of the Pennsular ( Oriental
Navigation Company are putting in place
their 200 steamship models. This will be
one of the biggest exhibits made by any
concern at the Fair. l.. Martin, the naval
architect of the company, has reached Chi
cago. When he shall have finished his
work there will be a squadron of 200 ves-
seis mounted on a stained canvas repre-
senting sea water.
An oblong box was taken to the Womans
Buiding and fully a dozen women were on
hand to examine its contents. 1t contain
ed cloak composed entirely of feathers
of prairie chickens, sent as part of the
Dakota women's exhibit, The cloak was
made by Dakota woman, who spent ten
years in getting the material. Some idea
can be gained of the number of birds it
took took to furnish the material from the
fact that all the feathers are of lovely
and peculiar hue. Only three or four
such feathers are found on each chicken.
Each feather is held in place by eight
stitches. The value placed on this gar
ment by the woman who made it is
81 900.
Capt. Collins of the fisheries department
has just received from the state of Washing
ton the unmounted skeleton of hunchback
whale. The skeleton, which is about Is
feet long, is to be put together and hung
over the main aisle of the Fisheries build
ing. Prof. Forbes, who is in charge of the
government live fish exhibit, has received
carload of Lake Erie fish and carload
from the Illinois river. The lot from Lake
Erie was dumped into the central fountain
basin and the Illinois fish were put in an
aquarium large enough to hold them all.
Frantz Djoerup. who is in charge of Old
Vienna, which is being erected on the Mid
way Plaisaree, gave 'richtfest' at 3
o'clock this afternoon to celebrate the COM
pletion of one of the buildings.
DIR. Anton Ritter Won Politschek Dalm-
frost. consulgeneral and imperial royal
commissioner of Austria to the Worlds
Fair. will give banquet at the Lexington
hotel Saturday to the foreign commission
ers and the officials of the Worlds Fair.
Among the Vermont exhibits will be
miniature castle constructed of marble and
onyx by George F. Clancy of Rutland
Mr.. Clancy has been at work upon tn he
castle during leisure time since 1889. The
castle is feet long, 3 feet wide and IL
feet high. In its construction are 80 differ
ent kinds of marble, gathered from all the
marble producing countries of the world.
The castle has two towers. The largest on G
will contain chime of bells and the largest
and the smaller one a clock. The roof of
the castle represents a fort, having a wall
on all sides, in which are portfolios supplied
with miniature cannon.
In view of the statements in many of the
Eastern newspapers of the bad sanitary
condition existing in Chicago, Commits
sioner of Health Ware had prepared fig
ures showing the number of contagious dis
eases reported to the health department
during the first three months of this year
| and the corresponding period of 1892. The
totals for the first three months of last year
were 1896 scarlet fever cases and 1921
diphtheria. This year there were 1898 scar
let fever and 96l diphtheria cases. 4
Music hall at the Worlds Fair grounds
will have to be remodelled. Theodore
Thomas. chief of the musical bureau, test
ell the hall this morning with a band of IS
musicians, and found the acoustic prop
critics defective. The building is now so
| constructed as to create a disagreeable
echo. which destroys the effect of the mu-
sic rendered. 1t is only in the interior of
the hall, however, that the trouble exists.
| and it is though, that the changes necessary
can be made easily.