Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-11-25
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The Exhibitors at the Great
Chicago Show.
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CHICAGO. Nov. H.-Dsspiss The harvsse
OhAs America hes ssaVsd froa The sxpesi.
Sjeo, shs balascs q trade liss In favoe Of
shs feesigs sxhibitoes. II the matter oe
Deo0ss 70 the exhibitors the world's fair
- superseded al previous International
o1pesitioaA In oil the lhost Of forsiga
Dasufscturers and merchants who made
satisfied with his returns. The final &C.
eeuasisg has been made BY concessiooers
with the department Of collections this
week. Over sl0.,MocO worth Of goods
has been sold by the exhibitors Of the
eight nations best represented .; the fair.
AL carry hack TO their native lands Tar
more money than Was represented In the
goods brought to the exposition. Articles
On exhibition have been ordered dupli.
Gated many times over. or some Of the
works III woodcsrving in the Italian sec
sion ~ many rs 20 duplicates 81 one arti-
Gle havs beea ordered. The sales have
been chiefly in the exhibits in the depart
ments Of manufactures and liberal arts.
Most Of the very expensive articles have
not been sold. but IL is the vast quantity
Of moderate priced articles that makes
the great totals shown by the different
nations.
Italy the MWss Prosperous.
Italy leads the van Of the prosperous.
III
the couce>siouers in the Italian sections
of the vsriou- departments took In e.
s0o,0C0 Most OF the sales were Of the
wood carvings. porcclains. marbles and
broaxes. Orders .pr goods were received
frpm persons residing in all parts of the
United States. OF the marbles exhibited.
some Of which were os great value. there
ere hut . few to he taken back To Italy.
In the department Oi fine arts many
paintiugs were sold from the ltal.
ias section. Germany is second
10 the amount Of her sales.
which 10 placed ~ Oh 10000 As was the
cass with Italian concessiooeru. the artist.
ie - orks found the readiest market and
noss Vas realized from their sale than
aay other displays made The msuufact.
ussn Of CUTLERY and meeschaum goods
were particularly Fortunate. The most
popular articles wers the specimens Of
sosvsd ivory goods. France. England.
Austria and japan are rated alike in the
aegrpeAse Of their sales ~ o. .O00.O00 each.
BAT he rrencA and Eaglish sales are like.
y TO exceed this amount considerably.
TIE cslsobiss Liberty nell.
TIE Liberty he'll nodded fsom contri0u.
toes from all parts of the country and
which hes stood since its arrival 1t the west
e7tsNues Of the Administration building q
Jsckson park was loaded on dat car aud
clipped to New York city. The superin'
ssndeut, Who remAined in Chicago siucs
the Close Of the exposition to look afteI
tks hell. received . telegram from W. A
Mcdowell. chairman Of the Liberty bel
eommittec. instructing him to have il
ohipped to NeS York Immediately, wher,
% will receive u conspicuous place in the
prize winnerS' exhibition. After it hi.
remained ia New York for several week,
Il will be shipped to Washington. ant
from there il will go to Mexico. Nearl,
100 feet of rope. used in ringing il OF
different occasion, have been carried
away as souvenirs No ceremony marked
the departure Of the bell. but the super;n
tsudeut rang out one loud peal as
parting farewell TO Chicago and the expo
sition.
They " ere Aiunsinium Coins.
4 A result Of the Gus, om house red tap
many Of the mos, valuable Of the Spanish
American exhibits In the Agriculture,
building which were intended for tn
New York show have been held until
b too late to install them. The sumptu
Gus furniture Ia tn. Wisconsin bu.ldin
went under the hammer for about g.
OOO, . little usorr than half its value. Til
state commissioners also opened bids 10
the bui.dinx itself. Tts miniature rcprt
ductioa os the capt. Guiding at WASH
Ssgsoo, which stood %. the rotuuda Of sh
Admintst ration building during the fail
w. taken down and removed to the ~
Unllery. TIE aluminium Gums which COT
sfed she exterior of the exhibit were take
"a sooa after the exposition closed to pr,
vsat souvenir hunters from running AVA
with them STAFF work To make the buiit
iag lo0k like marble will be placed on Oh
outside. The exhibit will he put anon
the collections Of the Columbian museum