San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-02-15
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.

The British section at the
Worlds Fair will be decorated in
part by some seventy banners
bearing respectively the arms of
different municipal corporations in
the kingdom, such as London, Ed
inburgh, Dublin, Ayr, Canterbury,
etc. The British Royal Commits
sion invited the corporations to
furnish the banners, and some
loaned those they possessed, while
Others had their official insignia
reproduced for the occasion.
The list of Germany's exhibitors
at the Fair contains 5,Q77 names
Represented in it are $50 cities and
towns of the empire, and of these
forty cities send more than ten eX-
hibits each. Berlin leads with 23S
exhibitors; Munich follows with
1S7; Leipsic with 149; Frankfort,
80; Hamburg, 81, and Chemnitz,
Al.
The Michigan Worlds Fair
Board will make an exhibition of
its newspapers. The first page of
every newspaper or magazine pub
lished In the state will be mounted
on wood veneer leaf, vanished
the same as mounted maps are
prepared, and hung on leaf stand
ards.
The winning exhibitors at the
Worlds Fair will each receive a
bronze medal and handsome
diploma, setting forth the specific
purpose for which the medal was
awarded. Provision will be made,
it is expected, for 10000 medals
and diplomas.
Emperor William of Germany
has shown his appreciation of the
Worlds Fair and especially his
respect for DirectOr-General Davis
by authorizing Herr Wermuth, his
imperial Worlds Fair commission
er, to present Col. Davis an Gle.
gantly bound work bearing on the
discovery of America. The German
title is ode Entdeckung Ameri-
kas." This work was issued by the
Geographical society of Berlin in
cOmmemOratiOn of the 40Oth ami.
VersarY Of the discovery Of Ameri.
ca. Toward the publication of the
work Emperor William has him.
self contributed a large amount OF
money.
George De Haven. general pas.
Senger agent of several Michigan
railroads, has been appointed by
Chief Smith of the Transportation
Exhibits Department to make a
display of tickets, time tables
maps etc, which may have spe,
cial historical value. He can be
communicated with at Grand Ra
pids, Mich, by persons interested
in such an exhibit. Anything
loaned to the department will be
cared for.
The Patterson and Newark mill!
OF New Jersey will make a splen
did silk exhibit at the Worlds fair
The silk in all it's stages of manu-
facture will be displayed, togethe
with the silk worms and cocoon!
from which the silken threads vii
be spun and passed through various
manipulatiOns until they appear il
the finished silk texture ready fo
the market.
The Queen Regent of Spain will
be represented at the Worlds Co
lumbar Exposition by the Infant;
Eulalia and her husband, Prince
Antoine. The Spanish Cabine
has sanctioned their visit to tn
Worlds Fair as representatives O
Queen Regent Christina. The In
tanta EUlalia was born Feb. Il
1864, and is, therefore, nearly 2
years OF age. She was married t.
Prince Antoine, son of Prince An
tome dOrleans, Duke of Montpen
sier, Feb. %, 1886. The Infant
Eulalia is the youngest sister @
King Alfonso.
In the Fine Arts exhibit at tn
Worlds Fair will appear thre
pictures from Winsor CastI,
loaned by Queen Victoria, an
several from the Prince of VALE,
collection. -ss1s S. IFS -