The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-09-23


reported by those who have seen 1t
to surpass ils nnny successful prcde-
ccssOrs in the variety OF attractions,
and the interest which tho people arc
taking In the Institution. This is the
seventh annual show by tho Western
PGnnEylpania Exposition Society, an
organization whose very name Is syn
OnymOus with that OF enterprise,
AS an exhibit OF mechanical and
commercial displays the show this
year contains scores OF most Interest,"
ing features. This Is the first year
that the Carnegie Steel Company has
ever shown any OF It's famous arnor
plate which for resisting strength has
been awarded premiums by the navy
department of the United States. This
company shows II single piece OF llar-
veylzcd urmor plate, made from steel,
weighing 22,0O0 pounds, The surface
shows the spot where the olght.inch
COnical projeCtile hurled from one OF
tho most powerful guns known to
modern warfare was successfully re-
sisted. Another smaller plate also
demonstrates the great strength OF
the metal Then there IL the great
seventeen lump OF coal, from the 7. NJ.
Jenkins mines at California, Pa,
which required n wrccklnE car, scores
OF lnborcrs and horses TO transport
successfully from the mines to the
Exposition. A beautiful stone house
clearly demonstrates that artificial
stone Is rs good for building purposes
as the natural rock.
IngrninCd lumber Is made before tho
eyes Of the visitor. The usual Mt
tractlyc displays are made by the
cocoa men, who have rival this year
In London tea importing house that
is represented by pretty Ceylon maid
ems who serve the delicious beverage.
The display Of textile fabrics interests
every one. The amusement attrnc-
tons have been augmented by n big
roller coaster, or swltchback railway.
four hundred feet In length and with
four tracks. This new affair divides
popularity with the old favorito
merry.Eoround. The river excursions
run high In favor with pleasure seek
ers, while a new scenic theatre which
shows Illuminated fac SMILES Of
Worlds Fair buildings, allurcs many
Into the little miniature theatre at tho
west end OF the main building.
Tho music at the Exposition has nj
ways been irresistible. During the
first ten days OF this year the famous
Gilmore Twenty second Regiment
Band Of New York delighted It's thou
sands, and now the visitors are being
entertained by the CoHterno Ninth
Regiment Band from the Brooklyn
Navy Yard The latter organization
has fifty Of the finest musicians In the
country. including John Ham, Of Will
Transport, Pa, the phenominnl boy
cOrnctist. Each Monday IL choral
night, when the big choir Of three
hundred voices, directed by City Or
ganlst Ecker, Of Allegheny. gives
choral works accompanied by the
band. On every Friday the program
by the band Is from the classical
works. Directly following the Com
torno Band, beginning September 90
comes the lines Famous Festival
Band, which will play for three
weeks, closing tho season.
The Art Gallery Mt the Exposition
this year Ia tho finest collection of oil
paintings ever shown west OF New
York There nrc works from tho
brushes Of Rosa BOnhcur, Edward
Moran, Josef Israel, and others Of
worldwide fame. The most Interest,"
ing picture Is ono worth $4,000, called
"Sufrcr Llttlo Children 10 Come Unto
Me-" This canvas " nine by eleven
feet, una was hung In the Paris salon
last year. II was especially imported
for this exhibit AZ usual the Pitts.
burg passenger association has grant.
cd special rate Of ono rarc for tho
round trip, an1 excursions from THU
city TO Plttgburg will be duly an
nounccd. Manager Director KcntIng
of tho Exposition. thinks that the ut.
tendance for 1905 VIII he lnrgcr by
20 per cent than Il was last year