Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1903-01-17
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON.
The Architectural Glory OF Ancient
IsrRei 60 he Reproduced "a
the Worlds FHir.

st, Louis. Jan. i3.-king Solomon's
Temple, the architectural glory of an
eient Israel. is an immense attraction
whose production at the Worlds fair
is now assured. II the indications of
the concession division are carried
out the temple will hold one of the
most important locstions on the ex-
position grounds.
The Oriental Exposition Co., which
has financed the project, is made up
mainly of New York capitalists, who
have become associated to execute the
plans of Prof. j. w. Kelchner. who
has spent more than ten years study
ing and travelling in the interests of
the display, which was to have been
originally produced in New York.
Working models, paintings and de-
signs, which the promoters say repre-
sent an outlay of $4,000, have been
inspected by members of the exposi-
tion management. From these mod
els the temple win be reproduced as
counterpart of the famous origi-
nal. The estimated cost is nearly
100000. Dimensions Of the structure,
done in pure white staff, will be 400
by 500 feet. The perspectives and
working plans are being executed in
the Office of Architect Isaac s. Tay-
lor.
A great court covering $4,000
square feet will be inclosed by a
colonnade 40 feet high. 1t will com
tain a mammoth replica of the altar
of burnt sacrifice, the larger and the
main exhibition building, 800 by 90
feet, with tower 170 feet high. The
interior will reveal the Tabernacle of
Israel in the wilderness on its original
scale. The court of this structure is
designed to be rs feet by 150 feet. The
Holy and Most Holy Place of the
sanctuary will be As feet long, Is feet
wide and IS feet high.
Life is feature Of the temple. His
torical spectacles win be given on a
mammoth stage. A chorus of 1000
women and a band Of 200 pieces are to
be employed in the spectacular pro-
dnctions of Abraham in Canaan, Is
rael in bondage in Egypt, the destruc-
ton of Pharaoh's ermy in the Red
Sea, the battle of Jericho, David on
the throne, Solomon in his glory Wis
tied by the Quenn Of Sheba, destruc-
ton of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnez-
zar, to be enacted by 500 persons. The
electrical effects which the promoters
promise to introduce will include the
rising and setting of the sun and
moon, the shining of the stars and
moving clouds.
Artisans of the east win be EN-
ployed in their various pursuits
around the tabernacle in the large
exhibition building. Restaurants, fac
tories and the reproduction of the BIZ
BILE from Genesis TO Revelation, and
oriental life covering Persia, Babylon,
Egypt and Palestine, done in relics
and by historical painting, will form
great exhibit by itself.
Surrounding the exhibition of the
temple it is the intention of the pro-
moters to show a cyclorama 500 feet
long by 60 feet high. 1t will be con-
tinuous scene Of 100000 Israelites
and their tents before the memorable
Mount Sinai. In another part of the
building Mount Nebo will rise. from
which the visitor is promised the view
which Moses beheld before his death
the Land of Canaan inhabited by
the Canaanites, Israel dwelling in the
Promised Land, the Promised Land
restored in its Edenic beauty.