Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-07-25
CHICAGO EXPOSITION.

| September 80 has been decided upor
as lreland's day.
The feature of the Literary Congress
was paper by Charles Dudley Warner
on the function of literary criticism in
the United States.
! 1t has been decided by the council oil
administration to maintain the depart
ment of promotion and publicity unit
the close of the fair, with Major Moses
p. Handy as chief.
Chief Allison of the manufactures
building of the Worlds Fair expelled
K. IL. Ingersoll & Bro, a New York
novelty firm, for persistently violating
the rules against selling goods.
The ground has been broken at the
south end of the anthropological 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
as 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 Ill reply to the question as to how
the Emperor would be received here has
been informed by 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 for saving
llfe IN case of a fire in any of the expo
sltlon buildings reported to that body
recently. 1t recommended the estab-
Ilshment OF corps OF men, to be known
as iile-saving crew, to be furnished
with all modern appliances for saving
lie, 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.
note accompanying the statement saws
the receipts since July | were over
81 100000, and large reduction was
made in the floating debt since that
date. According to the statement the
total gate receipts were S2.l2I, $50 and
the total expenditures S206l0, 100. The
operating expenses for Nav were 5000
SS3, and the receipts $719, 402. DURING
June the estimated receipts were 81 $50
$50, and the expenses $642, 92l, leaving
II balance for the two months of 81 127
All.
Oregon is one of the States that will
receive daily shipments of ripe fruit and
fresh vegetables in season to renew her
exhibits at the Worlds Fair. She i
now receiving cherries and strawberries
and the shipments have all come through
In fine condition, establishing the truth
Of the statement that Oregon fruits are
good shippers. In that States exhibit
in the fisheries building one of the most |
attractive displays of the whole fair has
been holding the crowds about the Ore
gon booth during the past few DAYS
This consisted OF fresh royal chinook
salmon from the Columbia river. The
largest fish weighed eighty-two pounds
and was the largest salmon ever canoht
in the West. These fish were frozen in.
side of solid cakes of ice before they left
the Coast, and they came through nicely
in that shape. They looked beauties |
through the crystal ice.