The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-11-17

horticultural or agricultural products get
away from this State they will not be lost
TO California by default.
The following counties have definitely
applied for space both for competitive and
cumulative display: Kern. MERGED. Tu-
lare. Kings. Alameda. Marin. San Joaquin,
Los Angeles. Riverside. Fresno. MendO-
elmo, San Msteo, Sonoma, Monterey,
Santa Clara, Santa Cruz. Lake, Santa
Barbara. Colusa. Yuba, Butte, Humboldt,
Napa, Sacramento, Contra Costa. Placer,
San Diego. Suffer-. Tehams. Yolo, Shasta,
Trinity, Siskiyou and Sierra.
The cash receipts yesterday amounted
to S2455 So. making the total received to
date S279. 637 DO. The principal item was
the sum of 1892 IS, contributed by teachers
of the San Francisco School Department.
A donation was received from every school
in the city, as well as from the officers of
the Board of Education. The BOYS High
with Sal 80. the Broadway Grammar being
only 50 cents behind. The bank of Sissop,
Croker & Co. gave 500 and there was an
unusually large number OF smaller dona-
tions. almost all being voluntarily brought
TO the cashier.
Application for space has been made by
a syndicate of Helena citizens who wish to
exhibit Montana's sapphres, found near
the capital of the State. The display will
occupy space containing 200 square feet.
Specimens of the gems from other Iocali-
ties will also be shown. by way of COM
parisoD, and the mode of cutting and pol
ishing the stones will be practical sup
plement TO the exhibit.
The contract for E. Daniel Boone's
building has been let to c. p. Moore, who
has already commenced work at tho site
of the concession. 1t will involve an ex-
penditure of $1,000. The plans provide a
substantial and attractive home for the
trained lions.
A Belgian auxiliary committee has been
President, Charles Rousseau: vice-pres-
dent, Paul Bellemans; secretary and treas
urer, Leon Andre; committee - George
Quarre. r. Van Goethern and II. Henri
GUILE. The Headquarters are at 800 Suffer
street. Monday, April 9, has been selected
as Belgian Gay, and great preparation
are in progress for the event.
The detailed plans for the Oriental con-
cession have been prepared. 1t will en-
brace large central building, to be used
principally as theater, with seats for 43S
persons. In the northwest corner will be
the Cafe Chantant. Towering 832 square
feet. The third building will be used as a
receptlon-room and for offices and apart
ments. Two sides of the square will be
occupied as the streets of Cairo, and the
other two used as q marketplace. Rows
of stalls will line all four sides Of the
square.
The citizens OF Napa are meditatinp
housing their exhibits in an enormous
cask. thirty feet high, made on a skeleton
frame, sheathed and painted to represent
a wine cask. Even the hoops will not be
wanting, and the bunghole will serve the
purpose of window. A door will be in.
serted for ingress and egress and the in
| terror walls will be lined with the county
exhibit.
hIan,ada Corn,v <hrn,oh 10. ooc.x,;.
sioners, visited the park yesterday after
noon, under the guidance of Engineer
O'Shaughnessy. The location of the county
building was finally confirmed. The site
Is in the forty-acre tract, supplementary to
the original grounds and south of the south
drive, aud directly south Of the Adniipis-
tratiOn building. The walls of the Ala
media house will cover space 100 feet
square.
A succession of benefit entertainments
for the fair will soon take place. The
Guard1a de JuareZ will give Its ball to-
morrow evening at $40 Pacific street. On
Thanksgiving day the San Francisco Cours-
ing Club will hold a meeting at Newark
Park, where some of the best dogs In the
State are now in training for the events.
On the same evening Rev. DR.. Ollie will
lecture In Metropolitan Hall on the Colum.
bia and Midwinter expOsitons, illustrated
with s.ereopticon views.
Inc Naive daughters are arrang1ng an
entertainment for the evening of the 1st
prox, and few days later the San Fran
cisco operate Society will produce
"Iolanthe" at the Metropolitan Temple
with a chorus of 100 voices. The Phil.
harmonic Society is rehearsing for must.
cal benefit to be held in the same place in
about three weeks.
Fulton G. Berry says that Fresno's min.
iature courthouse. made of raisins and
grapes. will with its trimmings and con.
tsnts cost over $l0.ooa. The raisins TO.