————— NEARLY READY. Present Condition of the World's Fair Grounds. A MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY, The Main Structures Are Practi- cally Completed. Some of the Foreign Buildings Are Also Well Under Way Work on the Various State Edificos—\ Gene. eral Description of the Great Ex. position as It Is Now and as It Will Be When Finished Jackson Park, the site of the World's Fair, is seven and a half miles south by east of the City Hall, Chicago. of which about one-fifth had been improved as a public pleasure park. No more beauti- ful or convenient site for a World's Fair could have been found in the world, The waters of the lake bave been let into a series of artificial lagoons, by which a com. plete tour of the grounds may be made in boats, Landscape gardeners have tad al most carte blanche in the matter of decora- tion and have kept pace with the architects in making an entirely beautiful and artistic site beyond the anticipations of even the most enthusiastic Exposition boomer, While work in general upon the Exposi- tion Grounds has not progressed so far as was promised, it has progressed further than was anticipated, for promise, savs a Chicago correspondent of the New York Herald, is always greater than the perform ance in such enterprises. So far as the Ex It embraces 633 acres, Chicago the Of the other buildings those of Pannsyl- vanin and Massachusetts, which flank that of New York, stand conspicuous, The Peon. svlvanians have not been idle, for their structure is complete, exteriorly, except the dome, which has not yet been covered with staff, These three structures faze the beau tiful art building, and the site is as fine as could have been selected. It will not take much work to finish the Massachusetts build- ing on the outside, The Nebraska building is well along, while that of Minnesota Is nearly done. As for Missouri, merely the framework is up, but there is plenty of time, Missouri started late, Maine's building is at the head or eastern end of the avenue, facing upon the Inke, It is well along, On the semi-circular avenue north of the avenue of States are located the buildings of North Dakota, Kansas, [l'exas, Utah, Idaho, New Mexico, Arizona, Montana, lowa, Ar. kansas, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Ala- bama, Virginia and West Virginia, North Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Hamp- shire. The foundations fot are not yet laid, while others are well along, Kansas hasa beautiful building, which is being carried forward to completion as rapidly as possible, while that of Arkansas is progressing favorably hat of F.orida just now bears the appearance of an Egyp- tian temple, Montana has done well, the work being nearly completed, Utah been slower, for her building is apparent, West Virginia is building her house en- tirely of wood, using no staff, as in the case of the majority of other States, and the el- fect is rather pleasing, building nearly done, and it is 8 handsome one indeed, Delaware the towering New York pile just to the south of it, but its house is well along. Rhode 1sl- and is located just to the north of Massachu setts, and could come into its house early in the winter if it wanted to, lowa has an un- usually handsome building next to the pavi lion, and will command attention because of its happy location, Connecticut has a strik ing structure in yellow, Columbus’ own color, and it will soon ready for occu. pancy. New Hampshire's building has a rugged exterior which presents a pleasing contrast to its fellows on either ride All these State buildings are treme nothern end of the Park, Fifty-sixth and Fifty-soventh streets south of the latter and to the west west of the art palace are the South Dakota, Washington, Col fornia, Michigan, Ohio be an structures wrado, Ua Wisconsin, Indiana | statue of the Republic, sixty fest Carolina, Maryland, Delaware, Now Jersey, | many of these | | in place | delays upon the has i merely the framework of | | does not Maryland has her | is almost hidden by | | trunk lines, which | sengers | finished 10g {cultural b | ready for are in per‘ect condition and the hesuty of the great white structures has besn inex. preasibly enhanced by their green surroun. dings. A cursory glance at the grounds will verve to show what has been done an! what yet remains to be completed. Many changes have been made sinos the first general plan of the Exoosition buildings was drawn, con- spicuous among whieh is the abandonment of the Casino at the end of the pler which runs out into Lake Michigan a distance of 2300 feet, The pler still remains, but the location of the Casino bas been changed, At the opening of the basin a magnificent | peristyle is being erected, at the south end of which isto be the Casino and at the north end a music hall, Work upon them is gress ng rapidly, the staff covering nearly in place, At the east end of the basin facing the Administration building is the gigantic in height. here is much to do in and around the basin, upon which front the Manufactures and Agriculture bulldings The pillars at the mouths of the south and north canals are not yet completed, and the staff facing for the embankments here has not yet been pat There have been many vexatious Administration buallding also, and the decoration of the magnificent dome, whica should have been completed by this time, has been but fairly begun Around Machinery Hall and Annex there is more or less incompleteness, but this matter so much, Maciinery is somewhat out of the way, and it is not necessary that it should be so far advanced as some of the other stru res. Just north is the mammoth railroad station, work upon which is going on by night and day, Never. theless railroad tracks come in here, is the terminal point for a so are to deposit in the Exposition grounds without first taking them to the city in caw they do ita wre of great their pas {| not eare to go there Nothing of consequence remains to b done to the exterior of the Electrical, Mines and Mining, Transportation and Horticu tural buildings, The Woman's building w azo, anil noting now re but the interior decoration iiding th CORULY plants ross ail parts of the pottin Fhe extreme » sone of be ths ment exh BIRDS:-EYE VIEW OF COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION. res. © : ral Ha { Buildi b~Fisheries Building and cf Fine Arts position Ors ar oncerned, they have fulfilled their promiss to the best of their ability, and the grounds to-day are table, I'o all intentsand purposes the main build ings are completed, and were it necessary some of the exhibits could be place! in pos tion now, this being particulariy true of the Transportation, Horticultural and Fisheries buildings. It was the idea to have all the main structures completed by the time of the dedicatory ceremonies, but there bave been delays, disappointments and mishaps and consequent non-performance, but the resuit is creditable, All the main buildings will be in condition in plenty of time to al low the exhibitors an opportunity to place their wares before the opening day. As for the foreign Governments, none of them, outside of Eogland, Germany, Japan and Hayti, have displayed any particular energy. many are well under way; Hayti has the foundation of her building ready for the superstructure, while Japan force of workmen, sent here by the Mikado, at work upon the temple in the centre of the lirect wooded island situated in the lagoon, which | Isto ben permanent structure devoted to art and a Japanese ethnological exhivit, the whole to become the property of tie city when the Exposition is over. This structure will cost #800, 000 and will be surrounded by a Japanese landscape garden. It is apart from Japan's building for the display of her gen- eral products, but its cost will be defrayed from the $630,000 appronriated by the Japa nese Empire, The foreign buildings are to be grouped in the northeastern section of the grounds, England, Canada, Russia, Germany, Aus tria, Ceylon and France will face the lake and front upon the broad avenus running by the lake, France, situated toe furthest north, will be located just to the east of the art palace sastern annex. Then, arranged along a beautiful avenue extending in a semicirele, reaching from the art palace to the [llincis Mtate building, are the sites for the structures to be srectod by Costa Rien, Guatemala, Ecuador, Turkey, Norway, Bweden, Haytl, Ceylon, Colombia, Niea- ragua and Brazil, This avenue is nicely shaded, and more desirable sites for airy buildings could not be found. Those for- eign buildings which do not command the lake front look upon the North Pond, which is connected with both the lake and lagoon, Spain and Italy are to construct their build. fogs to the north of the site selected by Turkey les of lumber and brick sites of all the foreign with the ex of those of broad This is known as the avenue of the States. Upon it front the Nebraska, Minnesota, ( M sourl, Pennsyivanis, New York, setts, Vermont and Maine buildings, most conspienous of these structures is that Ruipite Htate, his is near presen- | | which is about The bulidings of England and Ger- | has a large | | the midway plaisanca | charged to ses its features | Is a broad strip, The | igs on the gr It has a flues, one of the } and Illinois ’ @ LAr ost ands nl i» large dome most conspicuous obj Calif is putting up an | immense building, but n progress {urther { than the framework hb yet made | Enough bas been done, however, to that the Golden State will te well sented, Indiana which is not vet well along. It handsome proportions. Oalo bouse, not so large as lager than the great majority be well fipisoed and cannot ail to attract at tention. Colorado has lost little time and has her building nearly done. Michigan has merely frame work of her building up the state of things in the caso of Neva ta and South Dakota, Wasa ington, which will be weil regsressntel. ow- ing to the lateness of the arrival of material, has but the foundation of her house laid, Not much has been heard or sald about but this promises to be a great feature of the Exposition next year, altaouzh an extra almission will be hia plaisance one blook wide, running from Jackson to Washington park, bounded by Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth streets. Within this saciosure is to Le thy Dahomey village, the Austrian village, Intian village, Ameri. oan (aboriginal Indian) villags, Chinese vil lage and theatre, Morocco exhibits, Roman house, Algerian village, a street in Cairo, Moorish palace, a Turkish village, a German village, Duteh ssttlement, Japanese bazaar, the exhibit of Irish industries and the Per san conossion, not 0 mention other nue werous catchpenny devices at once strange and curious, Visitors to the Exposition proper will be admitted to the plaisance, but its wonders and curiosities can only be seen by the payment of an additional fer. Com. paratively little work has been done uson thess exhibits as yet Visitors to the grounds to-day are sur. fra at the general completeness of things or the progress made has been such as to show to the beat alvantage, The first object of attention, naturally is the great Manufactures and Liberal Arts build. ing, with its capacity for accommodating three hundrel thousand people. There is much work to do upon it yet bafore it is com- pleted, but it is work that ean be done just as well during the winter as any other time. To the east of this vat structure and facing the lake the cteam raliway tracks yet re. main, preveating the sodding of the grounds, as in toe intention. As this rallway will be a great benefit and sccommodation to exhib. tors it will probably not be taken away un. til the last moment, To the west of the Manufacturers bull ting as well as the north, whica at present oon. stitute the man entranoss, the grounds are in beautiful contition, All the space sur. rounding the United States Government Lartiding has been sodded up, the roads nicely gravalled and levelled; the bridgs nearly lone, which is wets within the snciovars bevy repre has a sirikiog structure compit xl, alth ’ gn i= © Bas a lovely othsrs, some but It will show | un que design and of | the landscape department, th Her axhihita, the lansous structures ne of wh are on sw woms of them have in all the grounds, more tha Moh, however, will be compara Le rupp res, the at power house and fevoted to all sort 3 Was 80 have while the foundations bese laid acta! on gun w bean bey the way not yet 125 buildings he Main Buildings Described The wernment Building is a class bearing a strong resembl ance to the National Mussum and other Gov- ernment buildings In Washiogton., It was designe! by Supervising Architect of the Treasury Windrim and cost 800,000, Th structures covers an area of 35 by 415 feet and is constructed of iron and glass, The central dome, 120 1eet in dinoester and 15 feet high, is the leading architectural featyre of the edifice, The allotments of space for the several departments fs: War Depart. ment, 28.000 square feet: Treasury, 10,500, Agriculture, 2495); Interior, 24.000; Post Office, 9000; Fisheries, 20.0%; Smithsonian lostitdtion, valance of space The Horticultural Bailding is immediately south of the entrance to Jackson Park and faces the lagoon. The structure is 908 fest long and has an extrem « width of 25) feet, it cost $300,000, and was designed by W. LL B Jenny, of Chioago. The plan is a central pavilion with two en! pavilions, each con nected with the central ons by front and rear curtains, forming two jaterior courts, each clghty-sight by 270 feet. The center of the imposing G structure pavilion is roofed by a orystal dome 187 feet | n diameter and 115 feet high, cost $800, O69) “he Manufactures and Liberal Building Exposition, covers nearly thirty-one acres of ground, It is the largest building ever constructed under one roof. The style of architecture is Corin. thian, and throughout the treatment is sev. The bull Ying Arts is the mammoth structure of the erely classic, Thers are four great entrances, | one in the center of enc facade, The en. tranoes ars designe! in the manner of tri. umphal arches, The building ocouples the most conspionoms place on the grounds, fac. ing the lake. The exterior of the structure Is covered with “staff.” which is treated so | as to t marble. The contract price was #1500 000, Grecian-lonle style, west by a great nave and transop wide and seventy feet high. The dome Is sixty foot in diameter. Galleries sixty foot wide run around the sutire Sliding, C. B. Atwood was thearchiteot. The bulldi located in the northern the south front facing the lagoon, This building cost #70000, aoceoted design of the Woman's Miss Hophia Gi. Hayden receivet a 10%. Toe principal facade of the Ming lias dn extras length of 4%, the depth one-half that distance. The of ftecture is Italian Renaissance, pro- | of the Exposition, | being tural building Is classic renaissance, and it | the Exposition grounds, Hall | | architects | buliding x lo which | | Lake It is 1087 foot long by 787, and | i ng is portion of the park, | *UAte is pinced at §1340%. the southern extremity o° tha main lagoon, and is 700 feet long hy 950 feet wide, The architect was 8, MN, Boman, of Chioagn, who found in the 1talian renaissance the inspira tion for his magnificent ereation., The en trances are on all four sides of the building. The galleries are twenty five fast high and sixty feet wide, Richly decorated arcades le between the main entrances and the pa- vilions. From a deeply recessed promenade on the gallery floor level ean be found a fine view of the lake, A feature of the construc | tion of this bullding lies in the fact that the lozlas on the first floor are faced with mar bles of Mifferent kinds and hues, walch will be considered part of the mining exhibit They can be removed and sold at the close The cost was $205, 000, Tue style of architecture of the A gricul. ie one of the most magnificent structures in It stands near the shore of Lake Michigan, and ix almost sur rounded by water, The building is 500 by 80 feet. The ox s line is sixty-five foot above grade. Mammoth Corinthian pillars, fifty feet high nod five feet in dismeter on either side of the main entrance, Ihe pavilions are each with one in the ceater, the iatter 144 foot square Toe main entrance is sixty-four feet wide Ihe glass dome is 130 feet Dome ninety-six feet surround the corner pavilions There has been expended on this building $620.0, The architects are M Kim, Mead & White, of New York. Peabo ly & Stearns, of Boston, were the for the Mochinery Hall, The magnificence of its appearance will strike all visitors to the Exposition. It measures #50 by 500 feet, and $1,250 000, The ated at the extreme south end midway between the shore of gan and the lines of the pas k The bulidiog is hy thre arched trusses, and the thres raliroad train h fu wri be mre on corner, being high high oot of the park, Michi woul soanned interior looks ke uses gids by side. For OVINE machinery an «ieva crane has been pls HAVES the purpos vated traveling each of th mg rans croup ol edit : { r 4 te rad ft ur FT Building is rong the northern Exposition It casiward ar mands a view riation i he xt May PROMINENT PEOPLE. Cant. SCARURE is a cultivated mu a EX-SPrEAK: Rex is ffty-t years end th winte " v er QUERY VICTORIA will & atos in Italy wel th ASDREW CARNEGIE has end rteen braries in Sootiand GERMAXY's baby Princes has been ris tened Victoria Louise Texxysox makes the list of burials in Westminster Abbey 1179 THE late General Pope left an estate of £25.00) or £30 000 to his children Tun new Duke of Sutherland's annual io come will not fall short of $72 1,00) Ex-Sgxaron Prare, of New York, was a | singer in his youth and led a country choir “Bon” Bunperre, the hnmorist, sa dm con in the Baptist Church at his home, Bryn Mawr, Penn Sm ARTHUR SULLIVAN says thers is noth ing ike a raliway car for composing opr atic melodies M Tur Duchess of Devoushire enjoys the reputation of being tie only Duchess on record who has twice marrie | a Dake. Mn Justices Sunran's slik gown is made of twenty-one yards of the ricsst and most expensive silk, and was tas gift of his fe low townsmen of Piltovury Proresson Winniaxd Bwixrox, the wel’. k nown author of the series of schoolbooks that bear bis name, die! suadenly in New York City a few night: ago, He died alone, Wit 2 the Hon, Thomas Palmer war the United States Minister to Madrid he adopte a Spanish chiid as his son. The little fellow fs sald to oe a fine specimen of Andalusian beauty A HAXDAOME monument has been erectal at Chorbourg, France, to the hosor of Jean Francois Millet. It consists of a marble bust of the great arcist, supportel on a granit, pedestal and surrounded by bronzs figures, Ir is not generally knowa that Lord Ten. nyson was tvice off wed a Baronetcy and | twice decline | the honor. Huw elevation to The Fine Arts Ballding isa pure type of | the most refloed classic architecture in the | the peerage was the first instancs of hter. ary merit alone having been rewarded with | & patent of nobility. Tur estate loft br the post Whittier hs much larger than was expsctad even by his most intimats friends, It is un lerstood that | his rivhts alone bring in now an income of FM a year, whils the total value of his Provesson BE. N. Homsronn, of Cam reat believer in E- of knigh a was fouded in the middie vod for a seore or two of persons of distinction. | IOrNIngs ago MRS. HARRISON AT REST The President’s Wife Expires After Her Long Illness. A Sketch of Her Life and Per eonal Characteristics, MEE, BEXJAMIN HARRISON, Mea 2: Harrison wifes expired at 14% o'clo in the White Hou Bhe had been Wa jadiieis President, ington with pulmonary diseas attack of the grip. Those at the bedside were Mr. and Mrs, McKee, Mr. and Ha on, Private Ss«oretary tenant and Mrs. Parker Gardoer, Miss Davis, nurse wep hiine Dr Mr fn i nD Mrs. Harris and hes or e Mi the m for 1 Pr ninutes after the The President 1 bedside of his floes portion « the was # room ing, dur that ng death bedside, partner od A . heading and bireatd Invader 1 Ty earthiy nan Mrs. Harrison's Lite wife ani mot was bravely and hope y strugeiing t t her } Dur the front at home, After 4 rol eves nn Jehan pg the war, while | usband was at Mrs, Harrison, though remaining was still his con dant helpmale, General Harrison's ul advancement, their ' Mrs, Harn was proa arity and ecturch rk. She painted in oll and water colors, { directed personally the thorough siuca her children. In ISSL, upon joining the circle of Senators wives in Washington, Mre. Harrison made her mark immediately. As wife of the President her social duties of last winter were unusually severe, and when sprog came her health was falling rapialy . visitors that she set aside certain afternoous in each week for reception purposes, On several of these occasions she was unable to be present in person. The last reception was held om the 62h of April. Mrs, Harrison received in wm, The doors ani windows of the $lne Parlor were thrown open, for the day was warm That night Mre. Harrison he war. wi | and pr fn sx TRS et Ti i osnter nent in | coughed continually, and ber suffering was obvious, This was the beginning of her Inst illness Bhe has steadily grown worse until, when she was finally carried from Loon Lake back to the White House a month ago, a fatal termination of her illness was only a matter of days and hours Her name is identified prominently with dowens of charitable enterprises in Indian. apolis, Washington and elsewher: Khe was one of the first directors of the Gardeld Hospital, and was prime mover in the organization known as Daughters of the Revolution, of which she beoame the official head Mrs. Harrison had only two children Russell Harrison and Mary Seotl Harrison, the latter now Mrs W. RB. McKee, of Indianapolis, Mrs Borin was never what is called a “dressy” woman, She never originate! a fashion, Black was her favorite color, Last Election Day she wore one of her usual house dresser, For evening and dresses she delerred largely , but never ade tod extremes, In welry she was particularly tate ocooasions she wore » small bar of diamonds at her throat, earrings were of black pearis, and her only rine was a wedding ring. Each detail of the management of the White House was fanilar to ber an! came under her personal supervision, Three mornings in each MOSK he Preounity vise ited the Mir and ber ing tor granted, but laspected all vs Her servania were fond of rhanzed, During Lent there were so many | THE NEWS EPITOMIZED, Fasters and Middle States, Governor Frowgr, Senator David B Hill, Colonel Taliaferro, Gmeral Sickles and Amos J, Cummings addressed a ratifi cation meeting of Democrats in Tammany Hall, New York City, Overflow meetings were held in the streets Houmersrows, Penn., has been almost destroyed by fire. Boms fine residences, owned by Harrisburg people, were burned, A. A. McLrop, President of the Palla delphin and Reading Ballroad, has been elected to the presidency of the Boston and Maine ADLAI E, Brevessox, Democratic candi date tor Vice-President. spoke to Brooklyn Democrats at the Academy of Music, The Buffaloniany' Cleveland Cinb, of New York City, entertained ex Presidents Grover Cleve land at the Imperial Hots Governor Bheehsg and Mayor Juffalo, were among the speakers County Dem York City withd ticket Lieutenant Fat ahbuss ¢ Bishop, of The Ta triet New isanders of city and cognty ey di rew their Jersey Crry, NJ, hada big rel bonfire that harbor and In of SUZAr DA's nll New York ned three-quarters of a block which, with their were worth £.25 000 iy Lonel : Hghied up bulidings, contents, FTIIKERS at Homestead, Penn, their assaults upon non-union hundred armed soehe 30d ani one ardered to contin sis {errstst - leputies were the Ex-Presipesr Grover CLevi Carl Beburz, Oswald Ottendorler, Wil Bteinway and Dr. Joseph H. Bennert ad- dressed a mass meeting of Gero Amer) cans in Cooper Union, New rk City Three overflow the hal Tux Police B numendats nved to AND, am meeling ard of South and West, General | WH 1 uM car famine exist ADers Ale kade an i 1 FOAds A GRAI hn means oaded grain piace Lo un ned topay {lake grain at Tie Wis adopted by the singe ex0e 100 rein Ch al] any pr Washinguon mitary ta Iver 1 with 3 he Postoffioe ment at all firs postofiic the country I bias Depart » taroughbou! Voreign. Tar Norwegian steamer Normand was Jost in the China Sea in the typboon wh wrecked the Bokhara Many were lost oh lives Sxow storms and lee prevail in some parts of Great Britain Hanny Vaxe Mitaaxx the notorious daelist, died at the resort for consimpi ves, Devos, Bwitseriand, Milbank had oarsied three bullets in bis body for the past six months and had been loag lad up at Brassels before he went to Bwitssrland Henn LANGE, a master cooper at Bremen, Germany, becoming jealous of his sveet. heart, began firing at her with a revolver Two women who lived in the hous at. tempted to protect their unfortunate som panlon, whereupon lange shot them us All three of the women were killed, and Lange committed suicide. Tug Hawaiian Cabinet has been oused on a vote of want of confidence by the Legs. ature, The vote was thirty-one to ites Ture French Chamber of Deputes re. Jected a motion to grant amnestyto the Uarmaux rioters Six persons have been drowne! by the wreck of the schooner Annie It Lough Strangford, Ireland, Tur steamer Louvre was wrecks at Peo. march, Finisterre, and seventea fareons were drowned. A ferryboat oapsie] in the R ver Dours, Portugal, and elsva peopie wre drowned, Tne Queen of Bpain bas exposed ber gratification at the kindoess of tw Amer. can Congress in hobaring her wh an lov tation to the Columbian Expositn ana ex pressed her that the Costitution o. Spain prohibited her from ac pling, btn said she should send a representtive. It 1. probable that the Infants Leal, sister o. the late King vill attend. i. tt — RIOTING AT HOMBTEAD, Four Supposed StrikersSet Upon and Beat a Now.oaer, The spirit of Jawiesness stil provalls at Homestead, Penn, Barly thetier morn. ing John SBohemmal was attiel at the corner of Dixon strestanl Forty avenus, ae be was on his way hom» tm the mill, Four supposed stricers from we Usraegie Mills set upon and beat him i) tnvemibl ity, His ories attracts | tastteatios of Deputy Sheriffs, who soars lis astiilants off. John Me Mlicaddy wasiso attacke! and his nose broken, Toe Advisory four! has al a state opr a iit Wb tig he) proserve the pono
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