The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-25
BUFFALoiS BIG SHOW
PREPARATIONS FOR THE PAN
AMERICAN EXPOSITION NOW
GOING FORWARD.
THREE SPECIAL FEATURES

A Great Buffalo to- Be BuiIt-It. Is to
Be 200 Feet High, With a Res
ter In Its, BOdy-Thes "Jonahv
Theater-PeOple to Sail Into the
Mouth of the Whale.
Special Correspon dence Of the. Globe.
BUFFALO. June 2S.-Chicago's great
fair had the Ferris wheel and Paris had
the Eiffel tower. What will be the
chiefest dominant extraneeus feature"
OF the Pan-American exposition, which.
will be held at Buffalo, on the. Niagara
frontier, in the summer of 1901, Is not as
yet known. but there will be- a number
of features of special. interest and at
least three now contemplated will rival
either of the great features above men
toned.
For Instance, the buffalo, which an ar.
dent concessienaire, who happens
to be loyal citizen of the
Queen City as well. hopes to- con-
struct on one of the vantage, spots
within the exposition grounds, will fall
attractive feature. for the buffalo build
er Is ambitious. It is his desire to- have
constructed ON an open plot of ground
at the head Of the, "Panorambie' g. gi-
gantic representation of the brute which
stands symbolical Of the city in which
the exposition will be held.
h Two hundred feet in the air the shaggy
head of the great beast will rise and from
his soulful eyes, which will be turned
toward the not far distant Canadian
shore, cleaning searchltghts will send
their milky bars to the innermost recesses
of her majesty's domain.
e In that section Of the animal Wherer
the brains ought to be- the. prospective
builder would place a restaurant of more
than ordinary beauty, and in, the body
of the animal the contemplation is to
place a vaudeville theater with a. capacity
of. two thousand. In two of the legs
winding staircases are to be erected. and
in the other legs electric elevators would
make constant trips from terra ffrna to
the inward section of the animal.
THE JONAH THEATER.
+ Another idea, which was born in the.
brain of a man of Biblical mould. Is that
of the Jonah theater,- and the sub
nitteds plan calls for the construction of
"a mammoth whale; a. whale of iron and
steel, which is to- lie anchored in shall
low water near the. banks of the exposi-
ton. Dainty ferry boats are to- ply be-
tween the shore. and the mouth Of the
simile of the floating Standard Oil comv-
pany Of former days. and those cheerful
ones who live to enjoy themselves In
strange ways are to be ferried from
the shore to the tongue of the foater.
There a smooth young man will have.
his hands crossed with silver and after
this transaction the passengers will be
at: liberty to walk down the whales.
tongue to the room where for three days
and three nights Jonah sat and mourned
the day that he became a. Populist.
In that section all will be light and
cool and cheerful, and on a stage vaude-
Williams will kick and sing and cayort
and musicians. will add, to the gaiety of
the scene and will make. many believe
that the ancient stories of Jonah's
troubles were much oyerrated.
If the giant buffalo, loaded with thea
ter and restaurant and with a head full
of observatories and electrical apparatus,
or the Jonah" whale, with entrails full
of music and entertainment, fail to
anuse. the populace. there will still be
another unique feature and one of more
real interest and instructive merit than
all of the wheels and towers devised by
man.
PSYCHOLOGICAL CONGRESS.
This will be the chronological congress.
and upon it will be spent vast amount
of money, for the management believes
that a. comprehensive display of the
strange peoples of the world with
practical illustration of their mode OF
living, would be cf the utmost value as
an exposition fe ture; both from the
spectacular ard the instructive view
points.
1t is the present intention of those
who have the bringing about of this
great gathering to do it on the Ia ge It
scale imaginable, not to gather together
a. tribe of the North American Indians
and to call that gathering an ethnologi-
cal congress, but to get together multi
tude of the strange races of the countries
of North. South and Central Americas,
Porto Rico, Cuba and the Philippines.
and allow them TO erect villages similar
to their native. ones and there to live
as though their feet were on their ma
tive heaths."
Most people. who do not reside in
England know the red savage of America
Goes not have his tepee q few rods back
of Broadway IN New York; nor is the
peaceful misunderstanding Indian of early
spring-time a fair comparison with the
savage Sioux. Cheyenne or Apache.
Those. fellows now living In seml-c1yt-
lizatien on the Western reserves are wild.
fierce and picturesque in their gaudy
trappinGs, and the sight OF a thousand OF
them living within the confines OF an
exposition grounds and having baked dog
for special Sunday dinners would be
features of the greatest interest to the
man and woman of the effete East.
whose knowledge of the red man, Is large
ly drawn from the works of Fenimore
Cooper.
But interesting and unique as would be
the display of a thousand of these fine
fellows, which can, with government aid.
be brought from the far West, they would
attract scarcely no attention when placed
In comparison with the many strange
people from the sequestered spots of
South America, for in those tropic lands
the strangest men and women of the
world live today as they have for CEN
turies, and so vast is the country, and so
difficult of exploration that there are
many tribes about which next to nothing
is known. and millions thrive whose very
names are unknown to the men and
women of this land.
Many of these tribes will be represent
ed at the chronological. congress and the