El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-22

| A Paris dispatch November u.
says: The Paris exposition of 1900
| closed today. The booming of cam
non from the first story of the Eiffer
tower announced that the exposition
had ceased to exist. 1t ended in a
| blaze of illumination. the final evening
| being celebrated by night fete. The
attendance. however. was small. WISH
! tors being kept away by cold. driz-
zling rain fall.
The closing of the exposition was
celebrated in the chamber of deputies
this. afternoon by the unanimous adop-
ton of a motion of NJ. Gerville-Reache.
republican. representing one of the di-
visions of the Island of Guadeloupe.
| congratulating the organizers and col
| laborators on its success.
The wisdom of the authorities in re-
fusing to prolong the exposition fur
| Their was indicated by an examina-
| ton of the buildings. Many were found
to be in a lamentable condition. The
| work of removing exhibits began to-
night. No vestige will be left of the
great exposition except the immense
lighthouses on the north bank of the
| Seine. and the art palaces. The pre-
feet of the Seine submitted to the mu-
nicipal council today a scheme to de-
| molish all the buildings on the Champs
de Mars and Trocadero. The center
of the grounds will he maintained in
the form of gardens. for the embellish-
ment of the city. while the wide Dor
der will be sold for building lots for
the erection of mansions and hotels.
The closing days of the exposition
have been marked by wholesale bailiff
seizures of the properties of a number
OF concession holders. chiefly restau-
rant keepers and proprietors of side
shows. who have failed to meet their
| financial obligations. Commissioner
General Peck has arranged with the
railroad company to provide for the
rapid transportation to Havre of the
United States naval exhibits for ship
ping on board the United States aux
Hilary cruiser Prairie, which is expect
ed to arrive there shortly. The Amer
lean building of the machinery annex
at Nincennes. built owing to the gen.
crosby of a few American exhibitors
has been sold. with its power plant. to
a Manchester firm.
Official statistics show that the eX-
position was a big success from the
point of view of attendance. which
was double that of the exposition of
1889. when 25.I21 .975 passed the gates
When the gates of the exposition of
1900 closed this evening more than So
10000 persons had passed through
The British and Belgians headed the
list in 1889. in point of numbers. but
this year the Germans were first and
the Belgians second; with the British
far behind. Americans also formed
a very noticeable contingent. Indeed
they were much more numerous than
at the previous exposition. The rec
ord paying day this year brought out
mr. hnr ll0 r,esf<
with maximum of 335. 377 in 1889
This evening tickets which had
brought sou in the afternoon We're
sold at the rate OF five for SOU A
curious scene was witnessed at the eX-
position gates shortly before o'clock
when the authorized ticket bureaus
which earlier in the day had been sell
ing tickets for two sous. reduced the
price to one. The street hawkers. in
dignant at this. attached cards to their
coats inscribed: Give you ticket for
nothing" For time collisions be-
tween the street hawkers and employ
ees of the exposition seemed likely to
result but the police interviewed and
averted trouble.
NJ HanOtauN. former minister of for
eign affairs. in an article entitled The
balance sheet of the exposition" says:
France expended two or three hun
dred millions of rancs to establish the
exposition. She has recovered them
easily in the increase of the treasury
receipts. which for this year alone is
nearly 100.OOO.0OO francs. in the sur
plus of Partisan duties. in the monu-
ments remaining to the state or the
city. and in the quays. bridges and i'm
proved transportation facilities be-
queathed by the exposition