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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-04-23
HISTORY IN STATUES
Prominent Sculptors Decorate the
Worlds Fair Euildings.
Many Choice Bits OF Sculpture Repres
senting Historical Events and
Persons AdOrn Entrances 10
BUILDINGS and Embeilish
the Landscape.

The Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Is profusely adorned with statuary.
The historic character Of the exposiA
ton affords opportunity for use In th9
avenues and courts. and at the entrances
of buildings, of portraying statues and
other figures and groups having his
toric significance in connection with
the Louisiana Purchase. Z
Besides this there is also an abun@
dance of purely decorative ~sculpturei
that is sculpture which is architectural
and monumental, intended to express
various poetic ideas and afford beauu-
full and inspiring effects. Much OF the
latter class of sculpture is used In tho
adornment OF the central architectural
feature Of the ExpositiOn-the FestiVai
Hall, Colonnade of States and Cascade
Gardens. The statuary for the Coi4
onnade Of States, however, has his
toric significance in that the various
figures typify the IA states and terri-
tories formed out of the original
Louisiana territory. The Exposition
palaces are adorned with quadrigas,
spandrels, pediment figures, car
touches and other architectural sculp-
ture. and some of the buildings have
appropriate figures at the entrance.
such as the Missouri building, where
on either side of the main entrance are
seated figures of Napoleon and Jener-
son. and the Art Palace, where at the
main entrance are seated figures rep
r~esenting such subjects as Nature anC
r Truth. Another statue for the en-
trance to this building is entitled
| Sculpture, and it is the work Of Dan
= iel C. French. This building has mucl
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-04-23
FAIR NEARLY READY
Activity Everywhere in Evidence
at Greatest Of Worlds Fairs.
All the Exhibit Palaces are Practical
~ comprehensive PIX Costs
over $1,000, OOO-ThOusands
Of Men Engaged in Land
scape Work.

March finds the Worlds Fair City
donning the finishing touches Of splen-
dor that will greet the eyes of the mil
lions of visitors on April so, the open
ing day.
A bird's-eye view of the sight causes
the observer to express surprise at the
forward state Of everything pertain
Ing to the enterprise. He sees the
central picture almost as il will be
when the throbbing machinery shall
be set in motion. The palaces of Var
led Industries, Machinery, Manufac-
ture, Mines and Metallurgy, Education
and Electricity, Liberal Arts and
Transportation need little If anything
to place them in readiness for the time
when the world shall seek admission
The Colonnade of States has be-
come a magnificent reality, and i'm
mediately in It's central front rises the
Festival Hall, whose massive dome
reaches skyward 200 feet and is larger
than any in the world. Behind tn,
Colonnade, clothed in architecture
m~agnihcence, is the permanent Ar
Building of white stone. One sees tn,
lagoons completed and also the way
where great cascades will leap dow
the terrace.
And in an equally advanced stage /
the second picture, which has the gian
Palace of Agriculture as its central fig
ure, with the Palaces of Horticultur
and Forestry, Fish and Game as nobl
adjuncts. Here a o garden, GOVERN
six acres of ground, has been planted
here the great floral clock has bee
Installed, and the plants that will sery
as numerals are ready to be take
from the greenhouses; here again ha
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-04-23
vICToRIA's JUBILEE GIFTS.
The treasured Trinkets Have Already
Arrived at the worlds Fair
at ST. Louis.

The following are some OF Queen
Victoria's jubilee presents which have
been received At the Worlds Fair for
exhibition:
A silver casket from the Island Of
Trinidad, containing an address to the
queen commemorating her majesty's
Jubilee and the anniversary Of the oc-
cupation of the Island OF Trinidad by
English troops in 1897. Casket Of
satin wood, highly decorated with gold
flowers from Jamaica. Inside are ad-
dresses and signatures Of citizens.
Baskets containing addresses from In
dian communities.
The boxes are richly inlaid with sill
yer and gold. A tiger skull, sent to the
queen from India. In one Of the eyes
is a clock, in the other a thermometer
both mounted under magnifying lenses,
The lower jaw contains an inkstand
All the mountings are Of gold. Hang
ing lamp worked in chased bronze Of
a deep color, a present from M of the
small states Of India, from the Maha'
rajah of Travancore. Two huge ivory
tusks set as vases and decorated witt
gold. Between them is Lukshire, tn,
Goddess of Prosperity. The tusks ar,
supported by two elephants heads il
black ebony. This ornament stand
over four feet high.
The collection is valued at 100000
and will be strongly guarded durinI
the entire Exposition.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-04-23
THE FAIR AT NIGHT.
Lights Of Changing Hues Win Flood
Exposition Picture.
Electric Effects are Combined with
other Ingenious Contrivanees in
Revealing Beauty of the
Worlds Fair in Her Robe
OF Darkness.

The night effects c. the Exposition
will be a symphony in color. The ex-
htbit buildings will be bathed in a pure
white light, which will bring out into
strong relief their beautiful outliLes
an the richness of the tints and mural
paintings on their screen walls.
Chief Henry Rustin. who is head Of
the department Of electrical design, has
charge of this important feature. Act
ing in the same capacity at Omaha and
Buffalo, he set so high a standard
there that his effort to Guido it at
st. Louis is the supreme n Of his
life.
BY i~ngeniously cOntrived lights the
whole picture will be flooded at night
with changing hues. At one time the
scene will be a harmony of violet,
changing into amber, emerald, crimson
and amethyst, running the whole
gamut of color combinations so skill
fully that the spectator hardly will be
conscious where one color leaves of
and the other begins. But through all
the changes of colors thrown on the
buildings it will be possible for the
cascades to retain a distinctive tint.
Mercury vapor lamps are cleverly
concealed in the bases of the scuip-
ture, lining the sides of the cascades,
the rays being thrown from concealed
rehectors through small windows at
) an angle that will not meet the vision
q of spectators from any point of view,
: In this light the waters of the cas-
cades will have the appearance at one
\ time of a ghostly phosphorescent tor
q rent, at another moment Of floods Of
\ opal gems and again of a cataract o.
s living flame.
Every source of the wonderful ka
leidoscopic effects will be ingeniousl!
hidden. 1t will be possible to pick GU
different parts of the hill and 1t
structures in different colors. Thu
while the hall in the center will b
a rose color, one arm Of the colon
made orange the other violet and tn
twin payilions emerald, the Who'll
splendid effect will be attained withou
confusion Of colors.
The night effects on other parts {
the site have not been forgotten. A
electric fountain, that will be a thin
of beauty and a riot of color, surpasi
ing anything Of the kind ever designe
will occupy a point of vantage on ii
grounds. The exhibit buildings
night will appear to be giant cornic'
of white light supported at the fol
orner and the centers by immen'
a pavilions of light. The rest Of Il
facados will be so treated that the
massive columns will be silhouett
II against the screen walls which W
be banks Of blazing white light.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-04-23
WORLDS FAIR NEWS NOTES.

The exhibit of the Philippine Islands
q no Worlds Fair costs more than
Sl.U9eo00. More than 1000 native Fill
pilos VIII comprise a part Of the ex-
hibit. and 40 acres OF ground are re-
qulred for the Filipino buildings and
villages. An accurate reproduction OF
a section Of the wall around ancient
Manila is one of the architectural fea-
lures.
The sculpture adjoining the Worlds
Fair grounds at st. Louis, embracing
creations by the worlds greatest sculp-
tors, has cost more than half a million
dollars. Sculpture was never used so
freely in adjoining an exposition
grounds, and critics say that the Of
ferings never possessed so great artis-
&c merit.
Connecticut's building at the Worlds
Fair is finished and the furnishings
are being installed. The building Is
a replica Of the ~Sigourney mansion
at Hartford, and much Of the wood
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-04-23

other sculpture, most OF it of perma-
nent character.
An illustration of the way in which
sculpture is used in the decoration of
the palaces of the Exposition is the
work of Augustus Lukeman for the
Electricity building. Mr.. Lukeman
has executed for this building four
seated figures, p%ortraying Heat, Power,
Speed and Light. They are placed on
the main facade Of the building, and
each figure typihes in a poetic n
the idea to be presented. Light, for
instance. is a female figure holding in
her hands the carbon wire lyrical Of
the electric spark. Speed is repre-
sented by the god Mercury wearing
the traditional horned cap and hold
ing in one hand a winged wheel, the
treatment symbolizing the telegraph
and telephone as among most notable
examples of the speed Of electricity.
Again, take the sculpture Of the Edu-
cation building, which is the work OF
a ST. Louis artist, Robert P. Bring,
hurst. On the Palace of Education
there are twelve separate models. o.
each Of these models from four to four
teen replicas are used, so that the
sc%ulptural decoration Of the building
is composed Of 81 separate pieces
Notable among these are Music, His
tory. Golden Rod, The Flight Of Time,
Industry, The Thread Of Fate and the.
Louisiana Quadriga. The latter CONF
position is a striking one. A two
wheeled Roman chariot is drawn byI
four powerful, pranciug horses har-,
messed abreast. They have the Short
cropped man Of the Roman steed4
The center horses are thrown back on.
their launches and two female figures
2 guide and restrain the outer horses
) by grasping their brides. In her free
hand the figure at the left carries an
. olive branch, that at the right a palm
. branch, these being symbolical respec-
: lively of Peace and Victory. The cen
I ter figure in the chariot is a ~symbolical
e conception of the Louisiana territory.
: It Is a well-draped, erect female fgr
ure holding in her appraised right hand
h al American flag that drops in light
G folds about her, and ia her appraised
e left hand a blazing torch symbolical o.
n Education.
Is Nearly 100 American s%culptors were
engaged upon the execution Of ths
" models for the figures and groups Of
g the Worlds Fair at st. Louis. The
enlargement Of the original models 81
these sculptures was carried on at thl
workshop in W~eehawken. n. j., whep'
- nearly 100 men we're employed In THU
Is branch Of the activities which wen
10 on for the purpose OF adorning th'
uvounds Of this greag Exposition.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-04-23

been outlined the map of the United
States, in which each commonwealth
will be represented by the vegetable
life for which 1t is prominent in the
world of commerce; and here also
ponds are formed for the lotus Of the
Nile and the lily of the Amazon, flow
ers that will slumber in nurseries Of
tropical heat until the warm rays Of
spring permit their tr~ansplanting.
In the district known as the Terrace
Aof States buildings have risen as If by
magic. No boom town eve grew with
the rapidity shown in this wooded
area. In the immediate neighborhood,
a leviathan of steel arches, is the
United States Government building,
in which are now being installed the
curios from the Smithsonian lnstitu-
ton. The Army and Navy displays,
and others equally interesting, have
been sent from Washington and are
now being put in place.
Great Britain's structure is practical
ly completed, ana the material used
in construction is so similar to that
in the famous Orangery that visitors
from the little isle might well imagine
themselves home again when in its vi
cinity; lie Grand Trianon Of France
has taken perfect shape; Germany'i
castle is practically finished; Mexico''
pretty home has long been completed
Chinese and Japanese workmen are or
the ground, adding the delicate finish
ing touches to their creations; Belgium
is keeping contractors busy; and 81
one might continue to enumerate un
iii a sentence would be given to ever.
nation in the world.
over where Arrowhead Lake vii
furnish a delightful retreat for thos
who enjoy boating a band OF Filipino
are working In native woods In thei
curious way and forming a village
Near them are Hawaiians, similarl
engaged. and men from Porto Rico an
the territory Of Uncle Sam In Samoa.
In every portion Of the twelve hui
ndred and forty acres are landscaI
,rtlsts with their forces-hundreds, "
bnsands Of men-who are rollir
WINS into smoothness, forming beau
bpots Of flowers and decorating pat
ways.
Activity is the ~watchword on u
Pike, as we'll as elsewhere on Z
grounds, and the many houses
pleasure which amusement catere
from every part of the globe are pl
pairing for the visitors will be in rea'
ness before the Fair opens. Eight
I'VE concessions have been granted
far, and five million dollars will
expended in these by the projectt
before a cent will be taken in at
doors Even this great sum does !
represent the total amount that v
be invested.
~ IWrlnnt 4NA-.-
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-04-23
Fnnr Million plnnts.

More than 1000. 900 towering and
foliage plants are required to I'LL the
beds in the Cascades Gardens at the
worlds Fair, These plants were all
propagated in the Worlds Fair green
houses and are ready for transplant
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-04-23
1n+rn-Mnral RailwaY Completed.

lntrG-Mural halfway SVAAPAoeou.
The Intra-Mural railway at the
worlds Fair is finished and after a
test was found satisfactory, The Wis
itor may board the cars at any station
and reach any point of the Exposition
for one fare.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-04-23
A Complete Hospital.

A hospital, perfectly equipped, and
presided over by a corps Of physicians
and trained nurses, is a feature Of the
Model street at the Worlds Fair.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-12-22
CAROLINA AFFAIRS
Many Newsy Items Gathered From
all Sections.
Experiment in Trucking.

Beaufort. Special.-Mr. r. c. de
Gruyne is guest at the Sea Island
lotel. His business here is to plant.
,xpe limentally. a considerable number
f acres of vegetables on the large
,arm of Mr.. c. U. V. Benton, on Broad
liver. about seven miles from this
place. Ten acres will be used for lettuce
alone. A certain acreage will be allot-
ed TO each vegetable Of variety. He
will cultivate in accordance with an
improved method of which he is mas
.er. Heavy fertilizing is said to be- a
part of the system. Recent experiments
oy him in Asheville. N. c.. were very
successful. He is native of Holland
and graduate OF Stuttgart university.
He has been in this country about two
years, and is young gentleman OF fine
appearance and cordial manner.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-12-22
SMALLPOX SITUATION IS CRITICAL

The Situation in South Carolina Said
to be Serious, Especially in colum.
Ria.
Columbia, Special.-The smallpox
situation in this State is daily becom-
ing more alarming. and Columbia is
one Of the points where conditions are
most serious The health boards physi-
clan. DR.. D. S. Pope. branded as false
the statement given out from the recent
meeting OF the State board of health
that there are over so cases in Colum-
bia; he says the local health authorities
have been able to discoved but six
cases. and that since the recent epi-
demic started six weeks ago not a case
has been known to originate flom any
case the board had charge Of here, that
all Of the cases have come from the
outside. He said. however. that the
present type was the most virulent he
had ever come in contact with. In
six weeks out OF only IS cases there
have been six deaths, three white and
three colored. This is death percen-
tage OF 80 1-3. whereas Secretary Evans.
of the State board, considered a record
for the State OF 31a per cent. since the
1st Of January extremely alarming. DR..
Pope said that all cases were being
treated in the pest house, barring one
or two isolated cases which were being
carefully guarded. The deaths Of the
three ladies were to be deeply regret
ted, but these ladies could not be re-
moved to the pest house for treatment.
He considered the situation we'll in
hand, IL the authorities could shut on
the cases coming into the town from
other places. The board is now, he
said, caring for half dozen cases sew
eral miles from the town. Although the
board was not responsible for these
out-of-town cases it preferred to treat
them in self-defence. Every physician
in the town is vaccinating. DR.. Pope
estimates that there have been over g.
900 vaccinations within the past six
weeks. he himself has performed over
thousand OF these operations in that
time. Over two-thirds of the town. ac-
cording to DR.. Pope. had been success
fully vaccinated before the epidemic
started.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-12-22
A Destructive Fire.

Minneapolis. Special-Probably the
worst ffss that the city of Minneapolis
has sver known occurred here Tues
day night. add at 1890 o'clock $4,000
900 worth OF property had been de-
Tmoyet. with prospects that the to-
tai fGss will reach at least 5000, 600.
The fire started In the Photographic
supply house Of o. H. Peck & Com
pany. On Fifth street and First Ave
nue. south. aud In less than one-half
hour this building was a mass OF
ruEccAage. Next to the Peck build
sing dr the furniture supply house OF
{ AouteSHa Bros, the Id. gest house OF
n iss .hinG in the Northwest This build
d ing soGn caught fire. sparks from 1t
( being carried blocks by the north
wacd, aided sy cold weather. the fire.
men meeting difficulty in their work,
as the Ere barned itsalf out in ono
or two buildings and the iremen's
cork was entirely directed to the
4euildicgs in close proximity in an at
tempt to save them. 1t is reported
,sNat. thrss flremen lost their lives
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-12-22
Palmetto Items.

]. H. Weeks. the dispenser at EI-
loree. whom the State board of dis
pensary directors made famous this
week by closing his dispensary on a
majority petition of the people Of the
community is preparing to test the
right OF the State board to make such
a removal under the new Brice act,
which. it is claimed. limits the clos
ing of dispensaries to counties. He
has not yet brought action. but it is
likely that he will test the matter in
the courts. 1t will be an extremely
interesting case. affecting all dispen-
sary communities. In the meantime,
the State board has wisely gotten
credit for a Willingness to yield peg
or so to the prohibition sentiment
before the convening of the LEGISLATURE
next month. which may make such
radical changes in the law as will rem
der Weeks testing the point entirely
useless. This South Carolina dispen-
sary situation gives promise of furnish.
ing much live copy for the newspapers
in the next few months. as it has been
doing for the past ten years.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-12-22
News Of the Day.

An English educational society which
declares that people ought to live In
and use their front rooms" has Great
ed sensation. The London Express
remark: "Such a reckless suggestion
Is caics.ated to undermine the very
foundatlons of lower middle-class home
life in this country" the front room be-
ing sacred to company" over there.
Next thing it will be suggested that the
British wear their best clothes every
day.
Miss Sorabji, the famous Hindu wo-
man lawyer. is one Of six remarkable
sisters. Though members of high
castle family, they broke entirely away
from conf1ning customs and went to
England to get an advanced education
and all have achieved prominence. One
is musician, another an artist, anoth-
er has returned to India as a mission
airy. Miss Connelia Sorabji is, how
ever, the most distinguished. AS result
of her years of efforts to help the Gus
tom immured women Of her country,
she has lately been appointed by the
Bengal Government as legal adviser to
Pardate women in the administration
of their estates.
Great progress has been made IN
protecting our coasts by adequate
Notifications with sufficient guns. We
should, however, pay much more heed
than at present to the development Of
an extensive system OF floating mines
for use in ell our more important har-
bors. These mines have been proved to
be most formidable safeguard against
hostile fleets.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-12-22
Stock Firm Suspends.

New York. Special.-The suspension
Of Frederick F. Reichner. member OF
the Consolidated Stock exchenge. was
announced. He had an office at So
Broadway. where. it was said, he had
not been seen during thelast three days.
He had been a member of the exchange
but three years. Officials of the ex-
change cay that Mr.. Reichner was in
volved in dispute over stock ex-
change transaction with another mem
Der. He was directed to pay over GER
tain sums in settlement OF the dispute.
His failure to do so resulted in his sus.
pension.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-12-22
AbbevilIe Store Robbery.

Abbeville, S. c., Special.-The Able
vile Hardware Company's store OF
this place was entered by burglars
early Sunday morning. Several shot
guns, some cutlery and silver ware
we're taken. amounting to about $3.50.
Tie thieves obtained ladder used
in the store, and entered one Of the
windows OF the second story. The
ladder was taken out of the store Sat
u-day by the thieves and put in the
place for the use it was later put to.
So far no definite clue has been found,
but the sheriff and the police are ex-
erting themselves in the matter. and
it is scarcely probable that the guilty
ones will escape.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-12-22
Popularity OF National Aid.

No internal Improvements would
more materially benefit the country at
large than good roads. No section OF
the country is more enthusiastic for
good roads than the South, and as her
people seldom receive assistance in any
way from the National Treasury that
method that might be adopted for gen-
eral internal improvements. 1t is graf
flying to know that this cause meets
the approval of the Southern delega-
tions in Congress, particularly the en-
tire delegation from North Carolina.
One Of the best speeches made on the
good roads question during the last
session of Congress was by Represen-
tative Gudger, of the Tenth Tor noun
tain) District of the Old North State.
1t is becoming quite evident to the
minds Of our solons that in order to
secure reelection it behooves them to
get in line for better roads. This gi-
gantic movement for better roads is
by the people, and the wishes Of the
people should, and must, be gca0tsd.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-12-22
Visible Supply OF Cotton.

New Orleans. Special. - Secretary
Hester's statement Of the worlds vic
ible supply of cotton, shows the total
visible to be 4,44S,S12, against 4,3l7.45
last week and 3.761,S49 last year. OF
this the total of American cotton is
3.77S.3l2. against 3.676,314 last week
and 3.176,S49 last year. OF the worlds
visible supply of cotton there is now
afloat and held in Great Britain and
continental Europe. 2,226 900. against
2.O5O 900 last year: in Egypt. $4,000,
against 10l 900 last year: in India. 272.-
eco. against $4,000 last year. and in
The United States, 1,776.00, against L.
i24 900 last year.