The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1893-04-15
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WORLDS FAIR NOTES.

DIRECTOR OF WORKS BURNHAM will in
the future have charge of the placing of
concessions.
The Marquis of Villalobar, attache of
the Spanish legation at Washington,
has been attached to Spain's worlds
fair commission.
ABOUT the last thing the senate did
with the sundry civil bill was to adopt
an amendmen mt of Senator Kyle giving
s25 900 of the amount appropriated for
colored exhibit.
THE British commission is in receipt
of 1869 pictures, framed, for the British
exhibit in the Fine Arts building. The
collection is valued at $4,000
BENCHES capable of seating 10000
people will be placed in the park next
summer. They will be scattered about
the grounds at suitable locations.
SEVERAL notable pieces of pottery
will be shown in the British section of
the fair. The big pottery makers of
England intend outdoing their Paris
display.
BRAZILIANs will celebrate the ami
versary of their independence by big
gathering at the park on September II.
Hayti has asked for August 10 as its
day, and Nicaragua will jollify on Sep
tember 1.
AsIATIC fruits, in large variety, will
form an interesting section of the show
in Horticultural hall. A number of
growers have been given space to show
whole fruits, in addition to the space
reserved for dried fruits.
MODELS of vessels showing the prog
ress made in the construction of trans
atlantic steamers since they were first
run between New York and Liverpool
will be shipped to Chicago by the
Lairds, shipbuilders at Birlenhead.
IT is generally understood at West
Point that the cadets will spend at
least two or three weeks of the coming
summer at the worlds fair. They will
go in camp on the exposition grounds
and will be accompanied by the United
States military academy band.
THE government of Paraguay made
remarkably cool proposition to Di-
rector General Davis recently. 1t pro-
| posed to make display at the fair IL
the authorities would allow Paraguay
officials to operate lottery at jackson
park for the sale of wildcat lands in
that country. Col. Davis very promptly
declined the proposition.
The Austrian display will be es-
pecially strong in the sections of agri-
culture and transportation. The fine
arts section, however, will overshadow
all others. 1t embraces paintings
loaned by Emperor Francis Joseph
from the imperial museums and works
from the private rooms of the Vienna
hofburg and of Schoenbrunn.
A FINE model of Windsor castle, built
to scale from architectural drawings,
will be exhibited at the fair by Lever
Bros, OF Bebington, England 1t is
believed to be the largest in existence
and the only one architecturally cor
rect. This model covers an area of
45x1s feet and stands 16 feet high. 1t
is built upon stand the inside of
which is work of art in saloon decora-
| ton.
The prince of Monaco, who rules
over the people of Monte Carlo, is de-
sirous of making an exhibit ut the fair.
He has made formal application to
Director General Davis for space and il
will doubtless be granted. The prince
is said to be the possessor of the
largest collection of gems in Europe,
and he wishes to make deep sea fish.
ing display. He occupied GOO square feet
of space at the Paris exposition.