The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-03-16
Worlds Fair News Notes

Denmark will have at the
Worlds Fair large exhibits in the
departments of Agriculture, Lib
eral Arts. Manufactures and Trans
portation-
The bill adding s35. 900 to Rhode
Islands appropriation for the
Worlds Fair has been recommend
ed for passage by the committee
on finance.
Seven hundred and sixty-6ve
cases of the German exhibits have
been received at the Worlds Fair
for installation in seven different
exhibit buildings,
Germany, Japan. Mexico.
Great Britain, Canada, Honduras
and Egypt already have exhibits
placed in the Forstery. Fish and
Game Palace at the Worlds Fair.
Colonel Miranda, of the Mexi-
can Rurales, will exhibit his fam
GUS vaquero saddle. This saddle,
which is a work of art, cost 500.
600 and has been eight or ten years
in course of construction.
Most of the equipment of the
Intramnral Railroad are closed
vestibule cars. There are fifty
seven cars, fifty.one closed and elk
open. There length is 48 feet 2
inches and their width s feet 6
inches.
Secretary Grant Thomas, of the
Wisconsin Commission, estimates
that $4,000 Wolverines will attend
this year.
King Edward has granted per-
mission to the Band of the Grena-
dier Guards of London to play at
two concerts day for period of
six weeks. beginning August 29th.
The band is the finest in England,
and is composed of Go musicians.
New York City Day will be Dot.
8. the day Immediately proceeding
New York Day The assignment
was made at the request of Mayor
George B. Mcclellan and Thomas
W. Hughes, New York City's Com
missioner for the Exposition.
The De Forrest Wireless TeIe-
graph Company's tower stands
short distance from the Press
Building 1t is connected with q
station in the Electricity Building
and with another on the hill near
the Morocco reservation. The lat.
ter has two masts about 200 feet
apart and 200 feet high
One of New York City's exhibits
is relief map of the greater city
1t is made of plaster of paris. in
sections, and is of great size. There
will also be shown models of nota-
BILE buildings public and quasi
public, as we'll IS models of the
Brooklyn and Williamsburg bridg-
es, and other interesting features
of Americas greatest city.
The last of the great steep grid
ers in Belgium's beautiful al d
massive structure has been place d
in position. Scores of staff work
ers, carpenters, plssterers and pain
tiers are rapidly finishing the build
ing. 1t is promised that it will be
turned over to the commissioners
on April /.
The states that have begun the
installation of exhibits in the Pal
ace of Forestry. Fish and Game at
the Worlds Fair are Arkansas,
Connecticut, Minnesota. Missouri,
New Jersey, New York. Pennsyl-
vania, and Virginia. Some of Ore
CONS exhibits for that building
have been received as have some
of Alsska's.
The Ramsey family of Kansas
will hold a family reunion in the
Kansas building. August 26. 1904.
The postal service has 125 en-
ployes bearing the name of RAM
sey. Members of the family are
numerous in every state of the
Union, though they disagree about
the proper spelling of the name,
Ramsey and Ramsey being the
favorite styles
Hives are terrible torment to the