The San Francisco call., 1898-01-04

stay at home, who from one cause or another cannot go? His disappointment must equal in bitterness the joy that others have on this most happy occasion To my mind 1t has already begun eating its way down into the quick, and like the old ship Mantle bedded in your sands, he must shortly sink down into his grave forgetting all things but the days of old, the days of gold, the days of '49,
 With hands across the continent and realizing as we do that the present sep ation is final, We clasp hands with you and bid you all a long farewell. Sincerely
 GEORGE c. SPURR. Secretary.
 The newly organized Alaskan outfit ting concern has been granted a space for a display, representing the frozen whalers in the Arctic, to whom the steamer Bear is now taking provisions. l. will be drawn in perspective, and the Bear will be seen steaming up with supplies and the whalers in the dis tance waving their signals of distress.
 A local firm has applied to the man agement committee for 25,000 tickets for distribution among their patrons Other firms, who are taking an inter est in the coming fair, are also mak- ing similar applications, and Manager Buckley is confident that at least 100,O 900 tickets will be distributed in this way, thus insuring the expenses of the fair
 
 will start through the interior of the State to arrange for large parties from different localities on different days to attend the fair. Reduced rates will be secured from the various railroad lines and this feature prom ises to give the interior an opportu- nity to see the wonders of Alaska and San Francisco and the whole world combined.
 Dr. Gregory de Kannet. who rep resents a number of Russian newspa- pers, has proposed to put in an Alaskan Russian exhibit, giving a history of that country during the Russian occupation. Russian tea served in samovars will be one feat ure, while a collection of exhibits loaned by local Russian citizens will be shown in connection. The compe- tition for the design of the gold medal. which will be awarded to the Cornish miners for their wrestling contest, will be closed on January 10. Several artists have already applied for the conditions under which the badge is to be made The value of the medal has been fixed at s175.
 Superintendent Benjamin of the mining department has reported that there is but one space left on the ground floor for the exhibits from the mining counties, and that he expects to have filled by tonight. All the ex- hibits of mining machinery are filled, and the mining tunnel is being rapidly pushed forward. Everything is pro gressng in the most satisfactory man. ner.
 AUBURN, Jan. 3.-The executive committee of Placer County Miners Association to-day waited upon the Board of Supervisors and asked for an appropriation of s750 to be used in collecting and installing a mineral ex- hibit at the Golden Jubilee Mining Fair to be held in San Francisco commencing January D.
 Committees have been appointed to canvass the county and many dona- tions of mineral specimens have all ready been offered. Ample space has been spoken for in the Mechanics Pa vflion and the Gateway County prom ises to make a creditable showing at the coming miners fair