i: THE Psl N -A
;; EXPOSITION of
<> Buffalo Is Arranging for a Magnificent Display of the Products of i
<> the Three Americas for Next Year—Elaborate Floral,
° Horticultural and Electrical Features J
THE STADIUM.
'it Will Offer n Splendid Arena fur tbe
Athletic Contests.
The completed Stadium for the Pan-
American exposition at Buffalo next
year will offer to the lovers of sports
the most spacious and splendid arena
ev >r erected in America. The athletic
carnival to be held during the great
exposition will be the most notable
iin the history of American sport.
The cooperation of many of the best
promoters of athletic games and con
tests has been secured. Visitors to
•the Pan-American exposition may
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•therefore expect to witness the meet
ing of the most famous athletes of
the world, in competition for prizes
•worthy of their best feats of endur
ance, strength and skill.
It is said that the great Colosseum
at Rome, built in the first century of
the Christian era, could accommodate
37,000 spectators. The Pan-American
: Stadium will be 120 feet longer and but
ten feet narrower than the historic
amphitheater of Borne. The Stadium,
however, will have a larger arena, and
the seating capacity is estimated for
25,000 people. The top row of seats
will be 60 feet above the ground, and
.-every seat will command a perfect
A VIEW IN THE EXPOSITION SITE.
View Across North 15ay of Park Lake from the Country Club.
view of the vast interior. Standards
are to be placed at various points for
the support of the awnings in such a
way that they will not obstruct the
view from the other seats.
The Stadium will have a quarter
mile track and a sufficiently large
space inside of this for any of the
athletic games, (ireat attention has
been paid to having a large number
of aisles to reach the seats, and, in
addition to the principal entrance on
the west, there are provided seven
large exits. These exits are made of
sufficient breadth and height to ad
copyright' 800. BY PA^-AMERICAN
THE ELECTRICITY BUILDING.
Mit, in case of need, the largest ve
hicles or floats, as it is proposed to
use the Stadium for certain pageants,
exhibits of automobiles in operation,
judging of live stocK, horses, agricul
tural machinery, road machinery,
etc. No exhibitor has ever had such
a splendid arena in which such ex
hibits could be displayed. The space
under the seats is to be used for ex
hibition purposes, and is in itself the
equivalent of a very large building.
A large and picturesque building
'terms the muiu entrance to the Sta
dium. This is 241 feet lons' by 52
feet wide, with towers 164 feet high.
The style is in conformity witii that
of the other buildings, with an ar
caded effect in the lower story, red
tiled roof, broad eaves and bright col
ors. The old Spanish towers give a
finished beauty to the structure and
make it one of the most prominent
features of the exposition.
The Stadium resembles in a general
way that erected at Athens a few
years ago, although this one can lie,
of course, only a temporary struc
ture. It is intended as a model of
what, it is hoped may be executed
some day in permanent form.
The Stadium will cover ten acres
of ground and its situation is on the
east side of the I'laza, opposite the
Midway. It is near the great en
trances from the steam and trolley
railway station, at the extreme north
end of the exposition grounds.
THE SERVICE BUILDING.
It Wn* the I'irxt Structure Krectc<l
on tlie KXIHIKI t ion laroniMiei.
The. large .Service building, although
small in comparison with the big ex
position structures, was completed in
32 working days, and was the first
building erected on the grounds, it
is the present home of a large corps
of officers and employes having imme
diate charge of the constructive work
of tlie exposition. This handsome
building is on the west side of the
grounds, and is 95 by 145 feet, two
stories high. A broad arched drive
way on llie north side leads to an in
ner court. To the right and left of
the driveway are entrances to the cor
ridor that open into the various
rooms of the building.
In this balding are the offices of
the director of works, the landscape
architect, superintendent of building
construetion. purchasing agent, chief |
engineer, mechanical and electrical en- j
gineer, with their numerous assist- j
ants. On the secoiwl floor is a large
draughting-room for the use of tli ■
architects, with fireproof vaults at
hand for the valuable drawings. In:
this building will also be the head- j
quarters for the police and hospital
service, the fire department and thei
officers in charge of the transporta- !
tion and installation of exhibit-, and I
other officers. The building is equipped ;
with a cellar, kitchen, dining-room J
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1900.
and numerous sleeping apartments,
for the accommodation and comfort
of those whose work requires their
continuous presence on the grounds.
THE ELECTRICITY BUILDING.
It Will Ur One of (he >loxt Attrnrllve
of the Main llu 11■ 11■■ n*.
Elaborate designs have recently
been completed for the Electricity
building for the Pan-American expo
sition, to be held in Buffalo, X. Y.,
May 1 to November 1, 1901. Displays
of all kinds In the practical and artis
tic uses of electrioity, together with
complete exhibits of electrical ma-
chinery and appliances, are to be con
spicuous features of the great expo
sition.
The designs contemplate a very
handsome and commodious building.
The structure is to be 500 feet from
east to west and 150 feet wide, giv
ing an exhibition space of 75,000
square feet.
The south facade fronts the Mall
and the north fronts the Midway. The
east end is toward the massive elec
tric tower, while the west faces the
grand canal. The building is long,
low and inviting. The design of the
facades shows artistic grouping. The
openings of the pergola-like loggias,
placed at frequent intervals, present
a delightful effect, showing more and
more of the details of the pilasters
and openings as the eye travels to the
end of the building farthest away
from the observer.
There is a pleasing ending at each
corner of the structure, with a low
domed pavilion tower, and the build
ing is interrupted at the center by a
double-towered entrance. This en
trance. wide and high, is spanned by
an ornamental arch and supported on
each side by columns. The towers,
also, have minor entrances through
them.
The connecting work between the
towers, the towers themselves, the
pavilions at the corners of the build
ing and similar places are to be bril
liantly illuminated and made gay
with banners and flags.
The modeled relief work of the
building is of the choicest design. The
general ornamentation of the struc
ture is to be frescoes in an interesting
mixture of reds, greens and yellows.
The general color scheme follows that
of the Machinery and Transportation
and other groups of buildings of the
exposition. The structure was de
signed by Green & Wicks, of Buffalo.
Tlie Value of \:iine*.
Hicks—Wonder how Mortar is get
ting on nowadays?
Wicks—Getting along finely. It was
only two years ago he started out as
an apothecary. He is already a drug
gist, and if his luck holds out he will
be a pharmacist before the end of
another twelvemonth.
Hicks—But what difference w ill that
make?
W ieks A big difference. An apoth
ecary oftentimes has to sell things .it
only 50 cents above cost, and a drug
gist never takes more tiian 100 per
cent., but to a pharmacist there is no
limit.—Boston Transcript.
Clmhftp ol AMIx.
"When you married you thought
your husband a demigod'.'"
" \nd now?"
"Now he reminds nie more oi *
demijohn."—N. Y. Pres*.
THE BOER AVAIL.
Pretoria la Prepared to Roaist a
Sieg'o for a Yoar.
liiird lloix-rii" Army Continue* 11« Pro
rc»» Touiird the Traimvaa I < ap-
Ital—l'artlcM ol llum Surren
der and 'Dielr Fliihtlni;
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Number.
London, May 21.- —Displayed in th»
most conspicuous style in the Daily
Express is the dominant war news of
this morning:
"We have the best reason for stat
ing that in the last 24 hours a tele
gram lias been received at the for
eign otTice, addressed to the prime
minister, from President Kruger,, pro
posing terms of peace. The exact
terms of the message cannot lie sta
ted; but we believe it is couched in
an exceedingly humble strain."
The boisterous rejoicings over the
news from Mafeking have become
riots in parts of London, Aberdeen
and l!elfast and elsewhere in the Uni
ted Kingdom. In the Finchley dis
tirct of London a mob stoned the
railway station master's house and
smashed the windows of a draper's
shop, setting the building on fire also,
although whether by accident or de
sign it is not yet known.
The Daily Telegraph is advised thai
a plot has been discovered at Pretoria
to depose President Kruger and to
surrender the Transvaal during the
present, month.
A dispatch to the Daily Mail from
Lorenzo Marquez, dated Saturday,
says:"On Thursday the entire Boer
force around Mafeking, including the
guns, was captured by the British.'
A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph
from Mequatlings Nek, dated May 16,
says:"(Jen. Brabant is reported to
have captured 1,500 Boers at Cloco
lan."
London, May 23.—The Transvaal
government has informed the corres
pondents at Pretoria that it has not
considered and does not intend to
consider unconditional surrender, but
will fight to a finish.
The foreign consuls have been in
formed that Johannesburg will be
defended and the government an
nounces that it will not hold itself
responsible for injury to persons or
property resulting from the defense
measures.
Pretoria dispatches affirm that
President Kruger, President Steyn
and all the most prominent leaders
of both republics, after a prolonged
interchange of views, determined to
continue the resistance, but that a
minority of the leaders advocate sur
render without terms.
Mrs. lieitz, wife of the Transvaal
secretary of state, and her family,
with the families of other officials,
have gone to Lorenzo Marque/, Jo
hannesburg and Pretoria are being
cleared of non-combatants. The
Boer chiefs, who now recognize that
they will hare to defend these cities,
are preparing with the utmost haste.
The Boer spirit has been rising from
a low ebb and is now ready for a
steadfast, resistance.
The Boers are busy blasting for
gun emplacements along the llhonos
ter river, (ien. De Wet commands, as
Gen. Botha is ill.
It is officially announced that Col.
Bethune has reported that while
marching in the direction of New
Castle, Natal, on Monday, lie was
ambushed by a party of 1 ioers and
that very few of his force escaped.
His casualties numbered 66 men.
London, May 24.—Lord Roberts is
drawing near to the frontier of the
Transvaal. His infantry are 33 miles
north of Kroonstad, at the Khenoster
river. Some thousands of cavalry
are already across the river.
The Boers are retiring toward the
Vaal, with their heavy baggage. They
are reported from x'retoria as already
across that river. Twelve thousand,
men and 11 guns compose the retreat
ing army. Trains continue to run
from \ eronniging, at the Vaal, to
Pretoi in.
Foreign engineers assert tfiat Pre
toria is able to stand a year's siege.
According to advices from Lorenzo
Marquez, the Pretoria fortifications
are described as complete, but Johan
nesburg has not yet been placed en
tirely in a state of defense. The
Transvaal government papers and the
war chest have been removed to Ly
donburg. Foreigners continue to
leave the republic.
The Boer forces dwindle. Some
correspondents assert Ihal probably
only about 24,000 of the hardiest
fighters yet remain, although there
are detached parties in various parts
of the Transvaal.
One of the curious pieces of gossip
sent from Lorenzo Marquez is that
several women tried to kill President
Kruger, who was rescued by his body
guard. lie rarel;. leaves the presi
dency now, but works incessantly,
holding councils at daybreak and
during the night. It was announced
at Pretoria Sunday that the govern
ment purposed rrmoving the Britith
prisoners from 11-etoria.
Mafeking dispatches continue to
pour into London, relating the events
immediately preceding the relief and
the entry of the troops. The corres
pondents agree that the Canadian ar
tillery did splendid work.
Kiniberley. May 24.—About 800
lioers have surrendered at Vryburg,
north of Kiniberley, and a little more
than half way between that place and
Ma felving.
Woman .Nlioot* Two tlrn,
Memphis, Teruu, May 21.—Three
men —Edward W'hittington, Dennis
Urogan and Thomas Coleman—said
to be coal miners from West Virginia,
entered the lunch house of T. F. Mc-
Kenna yesterday ana became involved
in a quarrel with the porter. Me
henna and his wife interfered and
Mrs. MeKenna was badly beaten with
a club by W'hittington. She ran be
hind a counter and. procuring a re
volver, shot W'hittington. killing him.
lirogan I lien advanced menacingly to
ward her and received a bullet in 1
face which will prove fatal
A BIG RAILROAD DEAL
»w York Central uiid Pennsylvania
'•annate* Aopilre Control ol llio he
llish Vall«v Njktnn.
Philadelphia, May 23.—The Evening
Telegraph publishes the following:
"Announcement is made that the
Pennsylvania railroad has secured
practical control of the Lehigh Val
ley railroad by the purchase of 63,600
shares of stock, through outside par
ties, in the same manner that the
controlling interest was obtained in
the lialtimore & Ohio, the Chesapeake
<<• Ohio and the Norfolk & Western.
The figure given on the stock pur
chase price is $32.50 a share. It was
stated the lirst week in April that
the New York Central and the Penn
sylvania were partners in an import
ant railroad transfer movement, and
that the division of the hard and soft
coal territory in this state and West
Virginia was the object in point.
"To secure the Lehigh Valley has
been the aim of the New York Cen
tral and Pennsylvania and it is ac
knowledged that the Pennsylvania
has obtained practical control
through the agents of \Y. K. Vander
hilt, and J. Pierpont Morgan.
"The New York Central is said to
be the real power back of the move
ment, as under the constitution of
the state of Pennsylvania the Penn
sylvania road cannot, absorb a com
peting or parallel road."
CHEAP LABOR.
A New York Contractor Nay* lie tan
Secure 100,000 »len utliil.'i.i a Day.
Aew York, May 25.—Concerning t lie
report that the laborers engaged on
the subway at One Hundred and Fif
ty-si.vtli street and Broadway had
struck because they had expected $2
a day and were receiving only $1.50,
J. F. McCabc, of Ihe firm which ha*
the contract for that section of the
work, said yesterday:
"1 want to say with emphasis that
$1.50 a day is all that our laborers
will get. At that price I can put
100,000 men at work in a month. The
Italian labor agencies have ottered us
more men Than we shall need at $1.25
a day. Our contract requires that
men shall be employed at the prevail
ing rale of wages, and, in order to
be oil the safe side, we prefer to in
terpret that as meaning $1.50 a day.
I'd like to say, though, that so far as
we can fiml out, the prevailing rate is
$1.25. All the sewer contractors who
are working near our excavation are
(laying that amount. W'e expect no
difficulty on account of strikes. I can
get at short notice all the men 1
want for $1.50 a day."
Ituowiaii \;i!irc»».lo«i* Continue.
Victoria, li. May 25.- The North
ern Pacific liner (ilenoble has reached
here, having defeated the Victoria, of
the same line, in a race across the
Pacific. She brings news that Russia
is continuing her aggressions in Ko
rea ami reports published in Hong
Kong state that during the maneu
vers a liussian warship fired a shot
at a Japanese ship. A serious rebel
lion has broken out in Korea, for
which liussian agents are held re
sponsible. It is believed in the Orient
that Russia will offer troops to repel
the rebels and, once getting a foot
hold in tin- country, will remain
there. Announcement is made that
Kussia anil Korea have entered into
a secret treaty.
An Anti-lmperialint .fleeting.
New \ ork, May 25. —A mass meet
ing to advocate an "American policy
in the Philippines"was held last night
in Cooper I'nion. Ernest. 11. Crosby
presided. The speakers were George
S. lioutwell, of Massachusetts; Carl
Sehiirz. and Patrick O'Farrell, of
W ashington. Mr, ( ros-by said in open
ing the meeting: "In Cuba one of
our citizens from Indiana is accused
of taking all the postal funds he could
lay his hands on. Better the island
lie robbed by Spain than by an Amer
ican and a friend of Senator Bever
idge. Were Washington alive to-day
he would find himself more at home
in the camp of Aguinaldo than in the
camp of Otis."
A IJin Timing ICutcrprl«e.
London, May 25. —Cecil Rhodes. Al
fred licit and Julius W'ernher, with
other South African mining million
aires, are about to develop a gigantic
mining enterprise in German West
Africa. The Daily Express, which
make the announcement, asserts that
gold, silver, copper and lead have
been found in abundance within 400
miles of Walfisch bay. One hundred
thousand pounds will be spent in
prospecting and then, if the results
warrant Ihe outlay, £2,000,000 will be
expended in constructing a railway.
Anli-'l'rilwt Kills to be Kufthed.
Washington. May 25. —After con
ferring with Speaker Henderson and
tin* members of the committee on
rules. Chairman Ray. of tin- house
judiciary committee, has introduced
a rule for the early consideration for
the two anti-trust measures. The
rule makes the anti-trust constitu
tional amendment a special order as
soon as the rule is adopted, with a
final vote on June 1. The anti-trust
bill is to follow immediately with a
nnal vote on June 2.
To Prepare lor War with Japan.
St. Petersburg, May 25.- A plan for
the defense of Manchuria has been
drawn up. Six fortified posts will be
erected. For the purpose of strategi
cal study Gen. Sacliaroff, chief of the
Russian general stall', will start for
Manchuria at the end of the month,
accompanied by eight Russian offi
cers. to prepare for a possible conflict
with Japan.
"Boxer*" Heroine Holder.
Shanghai, May 25.—The members of
the Chinese secret society known as
the "Boxers" are nc.v openly drilling
at l'ekin and many high Manehus, in
cluding members of the imperial clan,
are joining the movement, which is
becoming so threatening that the
diplomatic representatives are about
to take action. I)e Cologan, the
Spanish minister, has made a demand
upon the Chinese foreign office couch
ed in the strongest terms for the im
mediate suppression of the "Boxers,"
threatening that otherwise all the
•lowers would land troop:-in China..
TWO BISHOPS ELECTED.
nrtbudlmlirnrral ( oufrri'iii r KlrvatM
l»r*. Hoorr and Hamilton to (lie
K|>lNCO|>acy Hook Concern AgcuM
lilfiird.
Chicago, May 23. —Yesterday the
Methodist general conference elected
two bishops and also disposed of a
question that for many years lias
been a source of dispute in confer
ences- the admission of women to
the general conference. This was
settled in favor of tne women.
Dr. J. \V. Hamilton, of the Xew
England coirference, general secre
tary of the Freed men's and Southern
Educational society, and Dr. David
it. -Moore, of Cincinnati, editor of
the Western Christian Advocate, were
elevated to the episcopacy on the
seventeenth ballot., botn receiving
many more than the necessary two
thirds vote.
John William Hamilton was born
in Lewis county, Virginia, March 3,
1845. He graduated from Mount Un
ion college, ()., in 1865, anil from Bos
ton university in 1875. During his
career he has been financial agent of
Mount Union college and pastor of
churches at .Newport, 0., and at Mai
den, .\lass. For 25 years he was a
prominent preacher in and near Bos
ton. I n 1892 he was elected corres
ponding secretary of the Freed men's
Aid and. Southern Education society
and has held that position ever since.
David 11. Moore was born near Ath
ens, (J., September 4. 1838. He was
appointed to the Bainbridge circuit
as junior preacher in 1860, then be
ing graduated from the Ohio univerr
sity. In 18G1 he was stationed at.
Marietta, 0., but a year later entered
the Union ranks as a private'soldier,
lie was elected captain of Company
A, Eighty-seventh Ohio volunteer in
fantry. He was made prisoner at
Harper's Ferry, but was exchanged
and later assisted in forming the
One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Ohio
volunteers, in which he rose to the
rank of lieutenant colonel. At the
conclusion of the war he returned to
his ministerial duties.
Chicago, May 25. —Thursday was a
day ot elections, attended by ex
tremely lively debates, in the Metho
dist general conference. Agents of
the eastern and western book con
cerns were named, tile election for
the western concerns resulted in the
retiring of Dr. Curtis, of Chicago,
over whose management of the office
considerable controversy has taken
place. Samuel 11. I'ye and A. C. Jen
nings were the successful candidates
for the Chicago and Cincinnati of
fices, and Homer Eaton and (ieorge
I'. Mains were re-elected to the New
Vork office.
The conference abolished *' office
of secretary of Epworth 1 .&ue and
refused to allow anotl* . secretary
for the Sunday-school jnion. It re
considered its action u a week ago in
abolishing additional secretaries of
the various church benevolences so
far as the Freedmen's Aid and South
ern Education society was concerned.
The debate resulting in this action
was quite bitter at times, the race
question being brought out promi
nently, and once in the discussion an
angry delegate accused another of
uttering a falsehood. The convention
at times became involved in appar
ently nopeless parliamentary tangles
and Presiding Bishop .Ninde admon
ished the delegates not to turn the
conference into a debating society.
AMERICANS BESIEGED.
(•arriNon nl Himvil l» Surrounded t»y
1,0110 I'"i lijlillO 111 Nil ■'£:<'ll tM.
Manila, May 22.—(len. James M.
Bell, commanding the hemp provinces
of southern Luzon, has issued an or
der to his officers not to attempt to
organize the municipal governments
as prescribed by Maj. Gen. Otis in his
recent order, on account of the dis
turbed conditions. The Americans
occupy a few coast towns, which the
insurgents surround, constantly as
sailing the garrisons, which are too
small to attempt operations in the
surrounding country.
Maj. Wise, with two companies, is
in Donsol. an important town of Sor
sogon, surrounded by 1,000 insur
gents. The Americans occupy
trenches and are continually ex
changing shots with the enemy. Sev
eral regiments are needed to control
each southern province, but they can
not be spared from their present sta
tions. Another squadron of cavalry
will be sent to (Jen. Bell.
On the first trouble occurring with
the Moros in the southern part of
Mindanao at Cottobatto, Maj. Brett
sent a detachment to preserve peace
at a conference between two quar
reling chiefs. During the conference
the tribesmen began shooting. One
of the bands fired upon the Ameri
cans from an old Spanish fort. The
soldiers returned the fire, killing sev
eral of the natives, but they were un
able to take the fort, although a gun
boat shelled it. Maj. Brett is sending
a larger body to punish the recalci
trants.
Ihe first death of a white man
from bubonic plague occurred here
Monday. The victim was a govern
ment teamster. Seven natives have
died since the outbreak of the plague
at Quiapo market.
A Ills Smoke.
Danville, Ya., May 23. —Two of the
largest tobacco warehouses in the
country, two factories and a stori-e
warehouse filled with bright leaf to
bacco were destroyed by fire last
night, together with 800,000 pounds
of tobacco valued at about $115,000.
Shriller* Capture Ilie Capital.
Washington, May 23.—The Nobles
of the Mystic Shrine had undisputed
possession of Washington yesterday.
President McKinley lent himself to
the demonstration and reviewed the.
morning procession. Last night's pa
rade was the grand martial feature
of tin- stay of the Shriners in this
city. The main line of march was
along Pennsylvania avenue, which
was brilliant with illuminations of
burning fire. The Shriners appeared
in full evening dress with their caps
of red fex. and marched to the musio
of numerous bands.
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