The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-29

sets OF cOlOrS. standards OF Suluons, ant
illustrations of the means of transporta-
ton, etc: from the Medical Service, {
complete set of army hospital medical sup
plies. surgical instruments ard apparatus
models. photographs, and plans of military
hospitals. and many other things used in
the modern army hospital service; from
the Signal Corps. exhibits showing the
construction OF telegraph and telephone
lines. war balloon trains. etc
The Other Departments.
The Department of Justice will exhibit
a collection CT portraits of eminent men
who have occupied the position of Attor-
ney General Of the United States from 1883
TO the present time, and many other pho
tosraphs; documents showing important
periods in the history of the United States;
departmental publications, and a large
number Of old law books of great historic
interest and value; photographs and views
connected with the United States prisons
and prisoners. modes of employment and
discipline Of prisoners, with souvenirs il
Illustrating the ingenuity of men when in
confinement and compelled to rely upon
their native ability for amusement; Sc
ries of blanks showing the routine Of the
business Of the Department of Justice,
torney in charge of pardons, showing the
routine of an application for executive
clemency from the time of its inception
until it is granted CT denied by the Presi-
dent, and many other blanks
The Post Office Department will have
over five thousand square feet of exhihi-
ton space in the Government building
a larger space than ever before devoted
to this Department in an exhibition. The
displays will include models illustrating
methods of mail transportation employ
ed in the United States and colonies;
models of domestic and international Iaai!
carrying steamships, railway p3stal cars,
mail wagons and carts. mail coaches, and
pneumatic mail carriers; an old Rocky
Mountain mail coach of historic inter-
est; a mounted mail carrier typical CT
cards, both domestic and foreign: models
of rural collection and deliver. wagons.
collection of stamps, envelopes, and
cards, beth domestic and reign; models
showing Cuban, Porto Rican, aud Filipi-
no mail carriers as they were under
Spanish rule; paintings, Photograph l:c-
lures illustrative of mail transportation
in this and foreign countries, with very
large and curious exhibit rpm the Dead
Letter Office; an exhibit illustrating the
magnitude of the postal service of the
C.
Germany, and Great Britain.
The Navy Department will make eN
hibits of models of men-of war, includ-
ing batf1eships, monitors, pro tecte1 and
unprotected cruisers, guuboats, rams.
torpedo boats, and torpedo boat DESTROY
ers. One of the most inter .sting of these
will be the model of the Holland. There
will be rapid fire guns of numerous de-
signs, gatling guns, rified ordnance OF
various calibres, torpedoes, gun carriages.
shot, shell, and powder. There will he
specimens of various kinds o. naval
equipment. a model of a dry dock in
working order will be sent to the ex-
hibit.
The Department of the Interior will send
to the Exposition the following exhibits:
From the Geological Survey, showing the
distribution of minerals throughout the
United States, with specimens from various
parts of the country; from the Bureau of
Indian Affairs, showing the educational
work of the Government among the In
dams; from the Patent Office, working
models and machines showing the influ
ence of the patent system in the develop
ment of American inventive genius; from
the General Land Office, maps and plates
showing public lands. their location and
character. the timber. mineral, and agri-
cultural resources of various sections O.
the country; from the Bureau of Education,
exhibits of publications and the methods
Of gathering and distributing information
the Census Office. exhibits showing the
novel electrical tabulating system with
skilled operators at work, Illuminated
charts, maps and diagrams showing strik-
ing features of national development prog
ress, and movement of population, growth
Of mining, manufacturing. and agricultural
etc; from the national parks.
specimens of minerals and sections of Gu
rious formations; from the Territory of
exhibits showing the wonderful
development of gold mining the fish, fur.
oil, and timber industries, and collection
Of curios.
The Smithsonian Institution will con-
tribute very large exhibit, showing the
scientific progress of the country and the
'esults OF explorations, with portraits and
models of various kinds.
The National Museum will display OBJ
ects illustrative of some of the natural
esohrces of the country and their utiliza-
ion, not covered by other departments or
exhibitors. Its natural history and an
displays will be very large.
The Bureau of Ethnology will contribute
'ispiays illustrative of the life and habits
# The North American Indians, showing
he different stocks and the marked char
cteristics OF tribes. Photographs and
showing the actual sur
will be supplemented by COL
ections Of their manufactured wares.
Bureau of American Republics.
The Bureau of American Republics will
make exhibits showing the efficient work
( the bureau in promoting commerce
mong the nations of the Western Henri
phere. The exhibits will consist prin-
ipally OF maps diagrams. books. publica-
ions, and photographs illustrating its
lethods and the results achieved. The
bureau OF American Republics was Or
anized in 1890. the result Of the Interna-
Ional American Conference held that year.
IN association was then organized under
he title. The International Union of
american Republics, for the prompt coll
action and distribution Of commercial in
to be represented at Wash
ngton by a bureau under the supervision
( the Secretary of State for period OF
en- years, to be continued in periods Of
en- years II It's work justified its main
enence. The first years work was graft
yingly fruitful and each succeeding year
as more fully demonstrated the useful
ess and value Of the bureau. The WORK
the bureau has been that OF gathering
II sorts OF Information that business |
IAN must have in order to carry on busi- |
ess successfully with traders in Mexico |
nd the Central and South American Re- |
ublics. This information 0 published in |
monthly bulletin. of which II 600 copies |
re issued: in han6books on tariffs, COM
,erciaI directories, annual reports. etc. |
he countries contributing to the support |
the bureau are the nineteen Republics |
the Western Hemisphere. The first d.
actor OF the bureau was w. E. Curtis.
nd the present director is W. W. Rock
ILL.,