The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-08-14

1t would seem hazardous undertak'
ing in these times OF depression in the
middle west to undertake the vast out.
lay necessary to a worlds fair, but
Nebraska has talked the problem bold
ly, and with SO much energy that al
ready it has $l,250,000 pledged, al
though the opening of the trans. Missis-
sippi exposition is eleven months dis
tant, says an Omaha correspondent.
Two millions have been fixed upon by
the managers as the needed sum to
show the world, between June and
October l of 1898, the manifold re-
sources of that section of the country.
The east, the north, the south and the
far west have all had great expositions
during the past twenty years, begin
ming with the Philadelphia centennial,
but the middle west has been neglected.
Protiting by the experiences of these
ventures, the Omaha men are not going
about the work for "boom" purposes,
as the reactionary sufferings OF other
cities have shown the futility of such
methods. OF course, the city and State
expect to derive benefits from the expo
sition and the big outlay OF money; not
in direct profits, but by indirect and
slower means. None OF the subscribers
has been promised dividends on tho
exposition shares That is fallacy
that has been exploded several times.
But they do expect that the exposition
will materially advance the general
prosperity of the State and tnfuse new
energy into all branches of industry.
Work upon the exposition grounds
has been going on siuco April last, and
the army Of men employed indicates
that everything will be i'll readiness in
good time for the opening.
OF the many features already ar
ranged for is one which promises to
eclipse the Eiffel tower OF Paris, the
Ferris wheel of Chicago and the giant
see-saw of Nashville This is an I'M
mense umbrella shaped affair which
will suspend the visitors SIS feet above
the waters of the Missouri and twirl
them about in way that will eclipse
all previous nerve-shakers of the kind.
This structure will cost 100000 to
build, and number of Chicago capt.
talists ale in the scheme, led by the
inventor, R. Z. Sherman. The site
chosen for the giant umbrella is on the
edge of the bluff, which rises TO a
height of 225 feet above the river.
The vertical standard of the affair will
be $50 feet high, and when the cars
containing the visitors are raised to the
top they can look down almost 500
feet to the flowing river below.
All of the ordinary features of 8
great exposition will he included, such
as the Midway and kindred amuse
ments, and there will be others of pro
bounced originality. The women o.
Nebraska, to whom much of the sue
cess of the subscription list is due, are
taking an active part in the manage
ment of the fair, and their building
will exhibit many characteristic e1
amples Of women's part in the up
building of the west.
Mrs. Winona S. Sawyer is the presi'
dent of the board of women managers.
Gurdan w. Wattles is the president O.
the Exposition Company and Dior
Geraldine the general superintendent
The national government has appro
} priated 100000 for the national build
ing anu exhibit, the signing Of the ap
preparation bill being one of the las
official acts of President Cleveland, AM
when he affixed his signature to tn
document he said thst it was the las
measure for federal and State exposi
tions that a president Of the unite'
States would ever be called apon t.
sign. Tho future will show whethe
Mr.. Cleveland is true prophet.
Kansas Crops.