The morning call., 1893-12-23

"Oregon day" They promise that on
that dav there will be more people from
that State. visitors at the Mdwinter Fair,
! than has ever crossed the State line in any
year in the history of that State.
! The managers of the '49 mining camp
! have suggested that a day be set apart
! when the inmates of the various orphan
| he afforded opportunity 20 visit the 1aiFs
Dhe suggestion is that everything 5p
thrown open TO them. The 40 camp pro-
poses to furnish a special entertainment ii
the suggestion Is adopted.
Tweuty-four carloads of exhibits for the
Italian section are now on their way from
Chicago. Acting Commissioner General a.
Macchi is pushing forward his Drepara-
tions to receive and install these goods. A
very pretty design for the facade of the
Italian section has been adopted and will
be put up Immediately. This decora-
ton consists of an arch in true Italian
style, with standards Of flags and patriotic
drapeTy hanging gracefully from it and
the name Italy" standing out boldly from
the midst. The facade on the main front
will differ little from that On the side.
though the same general idea is carried
out. The railing. with openings at fire.
quent intervals. which extends on the two
sides, will be a,very handsome colunnade
from which Venetian masEs will arise to
the height of the central arches. On each
one Of these masts will be balls and shields
and from them will hang bannerets of
artistic design. These masts will be con-
nected by fest0ons. Between their bases
| will stand pedestals on which vases of
flowers will be placed.
There will be al least no exhibitors In
the Italian section and this number may
be very materially increased. An idea of
the class OF exhibits represented in this
section may be gained from the following
list of articles included: Carved wood fig
urps, carved and inlaid furniture. artistic
embossed leather, mand0lines, terracotta
figures and br0DZes. silk rugs, wine presses,
mosaics, fllagTee jewelry. tortoise shell
and lava ornaments, pen drawn portraits,
marble statuary, canoes. Roman jewelry.
artistic bronZes. wines, feathers and SKINS
confectionery. olive oils, soaps, automatic
drinking fountains, vegeta bles preserved
in oil, caligraphic models for schools anti
septic products, chiseled silverware and
a great many othsr articles that will be
entirely novel 10 most visitors to the ex-
position.
Harry Love. workman employed in
setting heavy casting for the guides Of
the piston rod for one of the pumps to be
nsed in the Mechanical Arts building had
his right arm badly broken yesterday
afternoon. While the worKmen were en-
gagged in prying the casting, weighing
about two tons. from It's supports IL TO its
bed, several of them gave way, and the
casting fell in the sand. Loves right arm
was caught underneath and the bones
badly shattered. He was taken to the
Receiving Hospital, where the fracture
was reduced. He was aiterwaId removed
to the City and County Hospital. Love is
an unmarried man. and resides at 202
Sixth street. He only went to work yes
terday morning.
Six carloads of fiagpoles for the central
plaza were taken out Market street last
night about 8 O'clock. The poles are
about $50 feet long. The procession of
wagons, which extended from Kearny
street almost to Stockton, attracted con-
siderable attention.