Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-15
FINALE OF THE..FAIR
GREAT PARIS SHOW COMES TO
AN END
NOVEMBER II LAST DAY
Americans Capture Most Prizes but
are Beaten by Germans in Machin-
cry and Eiectricity-kins Of Bel
eiunis Glasses with Commissioner
WalsF-Recepton for Dom Paul.

Paris, Oct. 26.-At a meeting held
day before yesterday in the Offices OF
the French commissioner general it
was formally decided to postpone the
closing or the fair Tor one week, which
day OF the universal exposition OF 1900.
Ihiss tep was taken more as a conces-
sion to the keepers of restaurants and
5Ideshows than Tor any other reason.
Ihe exhibitors are all very anxious to
get packed up and started for home,
and the general sentiment OF the for
eign commissioners enraI was against
the postpOnement. The weather is
rather cold and disagreeable, but the
attendance remains at about 1S0, 900
paid entrances per day. 1t has been
decided to MAKE the last day a free
day, during which no admission Will
De charged. 1t remains to be seen
whether free admlttance will tempt
any more people to visit the fair thai
IL to 3 cents. Xhlbitors, especially
those OF foreign countries, are prepar-
Ing to pack up their goods. Some o.
the English exhibitors are already
bringing their packing cases into the
grounds so as to have them ready for
use Immediately after the close OF the
iair. The various boulevards and ave
nues that have been closed to traffic
during the exposition Will be opened
as soon after the closing as is expe-
dent. The Avenue Nicholas ". and
the bridge of Alexander III. vii be
opened for traffic and will relieve the
congestion Of the streets leading to the
Concorde bridge.
1t is expected that the removal of
exhibits will take a month and a half.
Immediately after that the buildings
will be torn down and the debris
cleard. The only buildings which will
remain standing are the two palaces
Of fine arts, which face each other on
! Avenue Nicholas II. These are built
Of stone and marble and will remain
as memorials OF he exposition
| The United States exhibitors are all
! very anxious to get home. Some OF
! them expect to have thier exhibits on
the way so that they can reach home
soon after the first Of December, but il
! the French are as dilatory in shipping
| goods as they were in getting them
! In 1t is probable that it will be Christ
are home.
The New York Times Paris edition
prints a special American edition to-
day, giving complete list of all
| awards made to American exhibitors
From this it appears that the United
| states received the greatest number of
grands prix, which are the highest
awards, and also received the greatest
number Of awards of all kinds. Ger
| many is second in this respect. The
United States received 239 grand
prizes, 593 gold medals, IT'S silver med
ais, 541 bronze medals, and 322 honor
| able mentions, making total Of 2,476
| awards. Germany received 236 grand
prizes, SO gold medals, 573 silver
medals, bronze medals, and 1874 honor
able mentions, making a total Of 1 1926
| awards. This total is not so great as
that OF Italy, but the character of the
awards is higher. The great nations
outside Of France received awards as
follows: United States, 2,476; Italy,
1883, Austria and Hungary together,
1,94S; Gedmany, 1926; Great Britain,
1,724; Russia, 1892, and Japan, 1875.
The United States section to receive
the greatest number of awards was the
section on education, which received
40 grand prizes. In this section Great
prizes. In machinery and electricity
Germany easily beat the United States
In the number Of high grade awards,
receiving in the two sections 50 grand
prizes and 112 gold medals to q grand
prizes and 81 gold medals of the
first in the transportation section, but
the United States makes the better
showing in agriculture, foodstuffs, and
mining and metallurgy.
In the special American edition of
the Times an editorial appears saying
that the last issue Of the paper will