The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-17
lorld's Fair
News Notes.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Hawaii has appropriated $4,000 to de-
fray the expense of an exhibit at the
Worlds Fair. ST. Louis.
Thirty thousand persons participated
in the great civic parade at the Worlds
Fair dedicatory ceremonies on State Day.
May I'd.
Work on the French National Pavilion.
reproduction of the Grand Trianon at
Versailles, France, will be begun soon
at the Worlds Fair, st. Louis.
Live stock breeders of Canada Will
make big display at the Worlds Fair,
st. Louis. They have asked for govern
ment assistance to the extent OF $3.50, 900.
The British National Pavilion at the
Worlds Fair, ST. Louis will be a repro
duction Of the Orangery or banquet hall
of the Kensington Palace, In Kensington
Gardens. London
Tho Worlds Fair aerial tournament, to
he held at St. Louis next year. has an
other entry w. L. Tenney, Of Wheeling.
Nv Va, has invented an airship with
which he is going to compete for the
Greece Will erect pavilion at the
Worlds Fair, ST. Louis. and VIII also
make exhibits in several of the different
departments. Among the interesting
things exhibited will be Reproductions OF
old Greek statuary. -,
u Huntington, the multi millionaire.
,s building palatial private car, which
will he exhibited at the Worlds Fair.
81 Louis. The type will be sleeper,
and will be adapted to use on both steam
and electric roads. The car VIII cost over
s25con.
exhibit at the Worlds Fair, st. Louis.
The exhibit is to cost sl2,5D. me alaer. ,
=, on have appropriated $780, and $5ooo
is being raised by private subscription
,hroueh the Merchants Exchange and the
Manufacturers Club.
Mrs Lorraine j. Pitkin. vice-presldent
~ the Auxiliary Board OF Lady Mana
GERS of the Worlds Fair Fraternal Bulld-
ing Association. has been elected de-
nartment commander OF the Womahs
p pa,iaf Corps of the Illinois Division OF
Nc r, Mrs. Pitkin has been iden-
titled with fraternal movements ioF ''o
last twenty-five years,
'ar The nlans for the building OF the Trav-
o,ars, Protective Association at the
1var,d,s Fair. st. Louis, have been COM
,,otad The contract for the building VIII
he let next month. The structure Will Do
s5x45 feet and one story high It will con-
tain a large central hall. which VIII DO
used for receptions during the ta'r
One of the interesting exhibits that may
be seen In the Horticulture Department
at the Louisiana Purchase ESposluon az
81 Louis next year, will be the fruits
fresh from South Africa. The managers
NJ fruit farms of the late Cecil Rhodes.
NJ Cane Town. have announced their In
tention of placing fresh fruits on en-
hibit each week. Even In London this
feat has never been undertaken.
On the thirty-seven acres Of ground de-
voted to the live stock department at
the Worlds Fair. at st. Louis. are being
built $500 stalls. Two thousand and four
hundreds of these are open stalls oXlo
feet. The remaining four hundred are box
stalls loXlO feet. In addition four octa-
gonal dairy barns will provide one hum
dred and forty open stalls and twenty
eight box stalls,
The American Jersey Cattle Club Is
nreparing to install herd of Jersey
COWS at the Louisiana Purchase EXPOSE
tion that will eclipse all previous Jer-
sew exhibitions, New England. New York
and Eastern States have already shipped
1fteen COWS to Jerseyville ILL.,. where they
Will be held until the opening OF the fair,
II Is the intention to select the best forty
Jersey COWS In the world 10 take part
In the darby test
When superintendent Erode began
stalking off the ground for the great six
acre map of the United states. that Is
10 he shown In growing crops, he found
sticking in the soil thousands of sky
rocket sticks, the result of the great
Fireworks displays during the dedication.
these were harvested and served admi-
-rahly for the stakes used in plating the
gigantic map, II they had been bought It
would have required an outlay of mora
than 500
n Collins. Of New York city,