The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-15
TRUCE FOR SIX MONTHS
Agreement Between the N. P, and
the o. R. & N.
A UNIQUE EXPOSITION
The First to Contain a United States
Colonial Exhibit-A Fantastic and
Bizarre Midway-A Needed
Improvement.

More light has been thrown on the
| Northern Pacific-Oregon Navigation
| agreement by the statement that the
| OF six months, and was accomplished
| on the representation that a PROPOSE
| tion is pending which may mature be-
| fore the expiration of this time, by
which the Union Pacific may obtain
| control Of the Oregon Navigation, in
which case 1t is limited that the con-
templated extensionsv Of the latter
would cease, giving the Northern Pa
| cfic monopoly Of the disputed terri
tory. The Northern Pacific will contin-
ue surveying in the Clearwater coun-
try. which is another evidence that the
latter has in no way receded from its
proposition to occupy that territory.
A telegram from Omaha says that
the Union Pacific officials declare that
| their road is expected to again have
control of the Oregon Railway & Navi-
cation road, which would give the
Union Pacific a great through line to
the coast. This statement conforms to
the preceding paragraph relating to
| the reason assigned for a temporary
truce between the Oregon Navigation
| and the Northern Pacific.
The Great American exposition at
Omaha is unique in one notable re-
spect. 1t is the first national fair to
contain a United States colonial eX-
hibit. Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii, Guam
and the Philippines are all represent
| ed. Several hundred natives of the
| islands over which the stars and stripes
are now flying are in attendance at
the various villages. There is also an
up-to-date war exhibit to remind Wis
itors of the victories by which the
| oceanic islands were won. Chicago has
contributed its famous Libby Prison
Museum of War Relics, and it is suit
ably installed in the government build
ing. The renowned Verestchagin col
lection of paintings and the Chicago
Records. collection of original draw
ings and sketches of the American
Spanish war are features of the art
institute. The Midway is fantastic,
unreal and bizarre, yet. withal, in
structive and entertaining. The build
ings and grounds of the exposition
represent an expenditure of more than
$2,000,000. The grounds include more
than 200 acres and the fence around
them is more than five miles in length.
The architecture of the main build
ings has been equaled only by that of
the worlds fair. The several tracts
are beautifully rich with grasses, flow
er beds and the richest foliage, trees,
plants and shrubbery from California,
Louisiana, Florida and Hawaii have
been imported by the carload. Most of
these are extremely valuable and rare
in this latitude. The floral adornment
throughout is distinctively tropical.
More than 25O,000 new plants have been
set out this year by the famous land
scape artist, Rudolph Ulrich, palms
and oleanders predominating.
A crowning feature of the exposition
is the electrical illumination. Nearly
$4,000 lights are used in the lighting of
the court of honor, flashing and gleam-
ing from cornice, from arch, from bal
ustrade to the loftiest spires and pin
nacles, from pillared colonnade to gild-
ed dome. Since the opening of the ex-
position on July l, the attendance has
largely been from Omaha and nearby
points. There is every reason to be-
leve that the months of September
and October will see enormous crowds
from more distant points. At the
Mississippi exposition last year
more than 100000 admissions were re-
corded in the autumnal months, after
the farmers in the West had harvested
their grain, and a repetition of this
movement is more than likely to occur
this year.
More grain was hauled to Chicago
by the railroads in July than for the
same month in the history of the
roads. The following figures show the
number of cars of grain received there
during the years 1899 and 1898 by the
principal northwestern lines:
1899. 1898.
Burlington 80. 80. ...... 5,S63 $3.50
Northwestern -. -. E. 2,33S 1.401
Milwaukee 80. 80. ...... 2,121 1,35S
Chicago Great Western :. 49l 476
Illinois Central 80. ...... 1927 3,2S2
Wisconsin Central 49,. -. 8