Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-07-27
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.

September 80 has been decided upon
as lreland's day.
The feature OF the Literary Congress
was paper by Charles Dudley Warner
on the function of literary criticism i'm
the United States.
1t has been decided by the council of
administration TO maintain the depart
ment of promotion and publicity until
the close OF the fair, with Major Moses
Z. Handy MS chief.
Chief Allison of the manufactures
building OF the Worlds Fair expelled
X. ii. Ingersoll x Bro, New York
novelty firm, for persistently violating
the rules against selling goods,
The ground has been broken at the
south end OF the anthropologlcal build
ing for building known as Rumford
Inn as part OF the Massachusetts,
exhibit. In it Miss Maria Daniel of
Boston will show scientific methods of
cooking the cheaper classes of food so
rs to be palatable and nourishing and
in the sanitary branch the best means
of cooking for the sick and convalescent.
Ii the army bill passes, as now seems
probable, it is believed that Emperor
William OF Germany will visit the
Worlds Fair. An attache OF the Ger
man commission is authority for this
statement. The German Department of
State in reply to the question as to how
the Emperor would be received here has
been informed 10y the Consuls in the
United States that he would meet with
hearty greeting.
The special committee appointed by
the Worlds Fair National Commission
to report upon the facilities ior saving
life in case OF fire in any OF the expo
sition buildings reported to that body
recently, 1t recommended the estab.
lishment OF corps OF men, to be known
rs u lile-Saving crew, to be furnished
with all modern appliances for saving
life, this corps to be stationed at some
central point within the park. The
report was adopted.
Auditor Alderman Of the Worlds
Fair has presented the financial state
ment OF the exposition TO the directors
covering the period up to June 30. A
note accompanying the statement saws
the receipts since July were over
Sl,OOO,0O0, and large reduction was
made IN the floating debt since that
date. According to the statement the
total gate receipts were $2,l2l $50. and
the total expenditures $2O,6lO,l6O. The
operating expenses for MAY were 5000.
SSS, and the receipts $7l9,l ,l02. During
June the estimated receipts were 81 ,66O..
$50, and the expenses S6l2 p2l, leaving
a balance for the two months OF 81 l,l27..
AZ.
Oregon is one OF the States that will
receive daily shipments Oi ripe fruit and
fresh Vegetables In season 10 renew her
exhibits ut the Worlds Fair. She is
now rcceivmg cherries ami Strawberries :.
and the shipments have all come through
IN fine condition, establishing the truth
OF the statement that Oregon fruits am
good shippers. In that States exhibit
in the fisheries building one OF the most
attractive displays of the whole fair has
becn holding the crowds about the ON.
gon booth during the past few davs.
This consisted OF fresh rOyal chinook
salmon from the Columbia river. The
largest fish weighed cighty-two pounds.
and was the largest salmon ever caught
in the West. These tish werr frozen IN.
side ot solid cakes oi ice baiore they leit
the Coast. and thew came through nicely
in that shape. They looked BEAUTIES
through the crystal ice.