Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-03
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The most wonderful and realistic exhi-
pltion,, Deweys Victory at Manila, Wa
Dash avenue, just south of the Audito-
rum chicago. An Electro-Cyclorama
productions and navy scenes An inn
mense building constructed for the pur-
pose IN the very heart of the city. The
magnitude of this undertaking can be
better measured from the following
facts: 1t required a corps of fifty Of
the most finished artists in the world
iz0 days and nights to create the paint
ing alone If the immense scene were
stretched out twenty feet high it would
be one mile long. The cloth, painting
canvas and frame of structure holding
addition to that there was 10000 pounds
Of white lead used by the artists on this
great scene, besides several thousand
pounds of other materials in the way of
colors, etc. 1t was necessary to erect a
special track with derrick cars to hang
the immense canvas ready for the artist $
brush. 1t cost a fortune alone for the
cable and kilograms TO procure a posi-
lively correct statement on each point
for the artists. The immense picture
alone represents an outlay Of over $780,
absolutely correct. 1t requires a special
electric light plant of over 100 horse
power and over 1000 incandescent lights
of different sizes are used in the illumi-
nation and electrical effects. 1t requires
trained force of fifty electricians, ex-
pert and professional people, aided by
small army OF gum lferS, lecturers, ETC.,
to properly conduct the great enterprise
and give exhibitions. The batteship
Olympia, on which the audience stand to
view the entire scene, weighs over 100000
pounds. There is daily consumed in the
battle between fleets and forts and in
the exploding. of mines as much ammu-
milton as was consumed by the u. S.
cruiser Philadelphia in bombarding Sa-
moa. The electrical effects are produced
by specially constructed mechanism
that has no duplicate in the world. 1t
is original with, and the entire creation
Of, the president of the Manila Exhibi-
ton Go. The sun set before victory, the
American fleet in the storm and the
night signalling surpasses all previous
and combined efforts in thrilling realism.
The night firing of the forts, the moon
light scene, Manila and Cavite BY night,
the tropical sunrise and the firing of the
Spanish fleets and forts just at sunrise,
combined with the firing of the American
fleet surpasses anything the world has
even seen. 1t has been witnessed and
indCrsed by some of the most prominent
men of the United States and Europe,
McCalia, Marblehead, u. S. N; Jos. L.
Stckney, Admiral Dewey's aide; the
Japanese consul and naval experts, as
well as several American representatives
of foreign governments, and is pronounce
ed by all as the very pinnacle of sights,
the acme of truth and reality. the most
startling, soul-inspiring and thrilling ex-
hibition ever conceived and successfully
carried out by man. The doors open at
o'clock in the morning during the week
and at / O'Clock on Sunday. "A descrip-
tive lecture by men that We're behind the
guns with Dewey at Manila. Sight-seers
and visitors to the city should never fail
to visit the Battle of Manila. 1t is les
son in history and a scene you will new
er forget should you live 100 years.