The morning call., 1894-01-17

Through the turnst1les yesterday. 1913
Representa- g........... 1887
A windmill village is the latest addition
to the small clusters which, in combina a.
ton, form the magnificent proportions of
Sunset City. Two acres north of the Fine
Arts, Southern and Northern California
buildings have been assigned for this pur.
pose, and in this territory thirty wind.
mills will be planted. Each mill will have
r 12-foot wheel on a triangular 45-foo
tower.
The site Of the windmill village is til.
highest within the gates of the exposition
Here tables, chair and water-fauceis vii
be placed, and all the facilities provided
free for family picnics. Lunching In the
official buildings will be discouraged, bu
all baskets and their guardians will be-
welcomed in the windmill village, where
sandwiches can be deYoured to the whir
ring accompaniment of the thirty bis
wheels.
The Northern and Central California
building will be opened with appropriate
ceremonies at 2 o'clock on Saturday after
noon. ALI the floor space is jammed with
exhibits. comprising the highest quality OF
fruits, grains and vegeta bles, and the last
display will be in place before the end ol
the week.
Monterey and Santa Clara counties have
all their exhibits in place, but they have
not thrown open their doors because they
feared to commence too soon, as their
managers expressed it. They desire to de-
. fer public inspection until the formal
opening OF the exposition. The eleven
northern counties - Sacramento, Nspa,
Placer, SOlanO, Colusa, Yuba, Butte,
Tehama, Shasta, SiskiyOu and Lake are
restrained by no such considerations and
viii be early in the field.
Every visitor to the exposition grounds
next Saturday Is invited to accept the hos
pltalIty OF the Northern California build.
ing. Captain Thomas B. Hill of Sacra-
mento. president of the Northern Citrus
As Association, will be president of the day
Director-Grneral de Young will formally
open the building, and Colonel John p
- Irish will deliver the dedicatOry speech on
behalf OF the counties represented, T. c. de
Long OF NOYato speaking for the State
Agricultural Society. The exposition
band will play in the building during the
afternoon.
On the same day the Northern Citrus
Fruit Association will commence the dis
play OF fruits, which will be continued fol
ak weeks. Oranges will be piled high IL
various parts of the building. In the
% various designs, five carloads of the lus-
clous Irult will be represen ted next Satur-
Gay, Ihe main citrus exhibit will be
=! made In the central pyramid, which Will
be thirty feet high, and in the decoration
Of which all of the counties will partici-
pate. In addition, the majority will make
LEGAL displays Of oranges. Butte will have
the huest, but the others will be notabl
Three carloads of semi-tropical exhibits
were unlOaded at the Southern California
=. building yesterday. One of these con-
tanned palms from Riverside. They will
De planted In boxes and used in the deco
ration OF this artistically arranged struc-
ture The rain flooded the Office of the
building, but did not interfere with the
bunting and cheesecloth draped about the
rafters. Los Angeles sent up 1000 bottles
= OF wine for its viticutural design and 25(
cases OF oranges. San Diego and Sau
BeTnardino sent as many more and by the
Opening Of the Citrus Fair this building
= Will be able to measure oranges both in
quantity and quality with all corners.
The Dahomey village location was Sc
. cured yesterday and the erection of build
lngs began. The site Is at the end of the
south drive, adjoining tie Can adian head
quarters and Anne Hathaway's cottage.
The houses will be built right across the
road and the thOrOughfare will open
directly into the cottage. Two carloads of
furniture and curiOs belonging TO the
'Dahomeyans arrived yesterday.
Another interesting consignment was
the statue OF Columbus, which will be
erected ID the grand central court below
the allegUriCal fountain. 1t is the work of
hretchmayeT, Chicago sculptor. and is
- the original from which the bronze statue
of Columbus standing upon the lake front
IS modelled. This plaster figure is fourteen
feet high and with the pedestal will be
thirty feet in height.
The Iowa State band will arrive in the
city tomorrow morning. They will be
met at the ferry by the old Guard and es-
corted by local musical organization to
their quarters in the Palace Hotel. In
the courtyard of the Palace they will
play number Of selections as soon as thew
arrive.
A meeting of the Belgian auxiliary COM
mlttee was held last night to settle the
question of the double commissonership.
Emile Ramlot and J. Pearson each pre-
sented credentials showing that he is the
duly appointed commissioner general
Pearson's certificate was assigned bv
Assistant Director General CorneIy and
was dated the 18th inst Ramlots COM
mission was issued several weeks ago in
Chicago. Mr.. Ramlot remarked that he
had been appointed three times and re-
moved twice and he expected several other
ups and downs. The auxiliary COMMITTEES
addressed letter to the executive commit
see requesting information regarding the
official standing of Messrs. Ramlot and
Pearson and requesting TO be informed
which is the cOmmissioner-genera
TIE Rouman ia building is TO be opened
on Monday, with music, dancing and feast
ing. 1t will contain safe deposit boxes and
a fire and burglar-prO0f vault, and will
transact ally business among exhibitors
and concessi0naires.