The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-23
The PAN-AMBRICAN FAIR
Exhibits Installed in the United
States Government Building.

Work OF the Various Departments
Illustrated by sIodeIs-ReIics of
the Conflict with the Spari,z-ds.
The Display of the Treasury.
BUFFALO, May 23.-The United States
Government exhibits at the Pan-Amcrican
Exposition are the first to be ready. The
Navy Departments show is one Of the
most Interesting It's miniature naval
feet. made up of the New York and other
cruisers, the commerce destroyer Column
bfa, the Oregon. and other battleships. the
new battleships Kearsarge and Illinois,
types OF the smaller cruisers, monitors,
training ships and the ram Katahdin, and
the dynamite thrower. the Nesuvius-
Each of the nine bureaus of the depart
ment has a separate and complete exhibit,
ordnance. construction. medical, etc. By
way Of cUrios there are a Spanish tor
pedo. taken from the Reina Mercedes, and
propeller from the Maine. There is also
a metal model about three and a half
feet long. Of the submarine torpedo boat
Holland
Opposite the navy exhibit in the south
end Of the building IS a very large exhibit
of the Postoffice Department, showing the
various methods of mail service by land
and by sea For sea service there are
large models of ocean greyhounds, and
for the land service models Of cars and
wagons. with a series of tabIeaux depict
ing mail carriers at work in the Old days
and today in Havana. the mountain
passes of the West and Alaska Many
curios are shown
The Treasury Department displays
on each side of the main entrance
the apparatus of its six sub-depart-
ments-the Mint, the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing. Lighthouse Ser
vice, Marine Hospital Service. Coast Sur
vey, and Life Saving Service There are
many interesting models In the lighthouse
division, an engraving machine, a geome-
trio lathe that makes the designs on Gov
eminent notes, and a coin stamping ma
chine that makes medals for sale. 1t is.
as d whole, the best EXHIBIT put out by
the department.
Opposite this the War Department
| shows ordnance. big and small; figures of
uniformed men of all arms, models Of
forts and batteries. toTpedoes for harbor
| defence. and exhibits of the Signal Corps
| and West Point IN the open. just back
Of the Government Building. this depart
mcnt has an exhibit OF heavy rifles, in
| Guiding a giant disappearing gun. IN the
! exhibit OF the State Department there is
| large display Of State portraits. State
curios and documents. including the Span
! ish war declaration, signed by Charles F.
/ Henderson, President pro tenpore Of the
| Senate.
An extensive exhibit Of the Department
1 Of the Interior includes sectional exhib-
! its of the Geological Survey, Patent Office,
/ Bureau Of Indian Affairs, and Bureau Of
| Education From the Patent Office are
/ shown the latest and most improved reap
| ers. thresheTs, etc, in models printing
/ and typesetting machines, voting ma
/ chine, an x-Tay exhibit. machine for
/ photographiug colors. an electTogTaDh,
| reproducing pictures by teIegraphic cur
| rents and a case showing the process Of
paper manufacture from wood. The Blu
4 reau OF Indian Affairs shows the abOr-gl-
! nal work Of Indians, things connected
! with their training. and specimens OF
| their workmanship today.
/ The exhibit of the Smithsonian Institu-
] ton and the National Museum is one Of
| the largest and most attractive in the
/ Government Building 1t has been ar
ranged to illustrate the life and history
| OF the three continents OF America There
/ are three divisions Of this exhIbiT-aE-
! thropology, biology, and geology In the
| division OF anthropOiogy q series Of Cegu-
/ larry arranged cases show. first the abO-
! Tiginal people Of the Americas from the
! Eskimos to the Pat9gouiang. each case
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| size. in some characteristic scene Of fam
/ lily or tribal life. second, the dwellings Of
! those PaB-Smerican aborigines, and.
| third. their handicrafts, the Individual
/ cases showing weapons and domestic in
| struments arranged from left to right in
order Of their districts from north to
south. In the division Of biology the
| taxidermists have represented in brief,
though by some Of their best work, the
| 'fsh, flesh. and fowl Of Pan-America-
The division Of geology has fossils and
/ skeletons, including the prehistoric rep
/ tiles not previously exhibited
! From the Philippine Islands comes a
collection Of captured cannon, some old
Spanish brass, some native bamboo ones,
and several cases showing native house
hold ard war Instruments, models Of hutS
! and houses, and specimens Of natural
productions.
| The south wing is devoted to fishery,
| and is fitted up with water tanks to form
an aquarium. In an inner room are ex-
| hibits of fish products, fisheries and fish
ing vessels and fish culture. new and
| attractive exhibit in the third division is
a panoramic model Of off-sfOre fishing
showing srhoOneTs. smacks, and small
/ boats on the water lire, anchors. Hedges
and traps on the bottom. and a gill net set
/ and q purse seine in operation