World's Columbian Exposition Bird's-Eye View Looking East.
Art.
Illinois.
Woman'!.
THE FAIR FULL-BLOWN.
CHICAGO NOV PREPARED TO
ENTERTAIN THE WORLD.
Her Colombian Exposition a Polyglot
Tlty With Over 100,000 Inhabi
tant and a Municipal (Sovernment
Sights That Thrill the Visitor
Midway Plalaanoe.
A little over two year ago the (rite of the
World's Columbian Fair at Chicago was
practically a wild marsh. To-day It contains
several hundred building, and Piroctor
Gfnerol Pavis estimates the wealth repre
sented by the buildings and exhibits as some
thing like 1SO,000.000.
Fifty Nations and thirty-Hewn polonies are
represents. Added lo t'liese are the United
States Oovernment and the various ijtntes
and Territories o( the Union.
Roughly speaking, the grounds contain six
hundred acres. They are a mile long and
bout halt a mile broad at the widest part.
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The distance from the Tiiddle of Chicago is
(even miles. One side of the grounds runs
aloug tho great lake and the other side faces
hundreds of hotels and stores hurriedly
arreted at the smallest possible cost. There
Is a strip of land six hundred feet wide and a
mile long extending from the main grounds
eastward, and this is the Midway Piaisanoe,
which eontuins the sideshows and private
enterprises. The wholo exposition will bo
open from an early hour in the morning until
ten o'clock at night and tbe price of admis
sion fifty oeuts.
The exposition Is marked off Into three
Teat divisions. At the north end Is tbe Art
Palace, surrounded by the separate buildings
of the States, Territories and foreign Gov
ernments. This is the social depurtment.nnd
millions of dollars will bo spent in the enter
tainment of visitors and In formal banquets.
Going 'southward are to be found throe
quarter of a mile of structures representing
manufactures, machinery, electricity, mining,
agriculture, horticulture, forestry and minor
material interests, with buildings hero and
tiiure representing woman, mualo nnd the
government of the grounds. The third divi
sion Is the Midway Plolsanoo, dedicated to
Oriental villages, danaing girls, balloons,
bear pits, glass blowers, panoramas, barlwriu
theatres and everything that goes to make up
the side show life of an International exposi
tion. . Here aloue will the visitor lie forned
to pay extra. Outside of the Midway Flats
suine everything is free after tbe general ad
. mission fee is paid, with the sole exemption of
the Esquimau Village and tbe Cave of the
Cliff Dwellers.
It was the genius of Frederick L. Olmsteod
that turned tbe waters of Lake Michigan into
lagoons, pouds, basins and eanuls with
bridges und terraaes to beautify the pluoe.
Every main building can be renuhed by water.
There are fifty eleetrio luuuches and scores of
gondolas oared by picturesque Venetians. It
ousts twenty-five cents a trip on the launches
and the gondolas con be employed at so
much an hour.
An tntermural elevated eleetrio railway
penetrates to all parts ot the grounds, and
visitors eau make their rounds with great
rapidity If they do not care to walk.
Around the great basin Is grouped the for
ssal architecture. At one end is the noble
peristyle with Its Corinthian columns, pleroed
In the middle by tbe great Columbian portal,
on the top of which Is a mngulUoent group
representing a otiarlot drawn by four horses
A Bohooner Lost at Bes,
Th ichoousr Esperuuce, Captain Rich
ard, which tailed from the Magdalet
Island six week ago with a trsw of 10 bs
ids tb csptsin, on a waling voyage !
tbe Gulf of Bt. Lawrence, ha been loa
With sit on board. '
' Two Oirla Boasted to Death.
Two 6-year-old girl war burned to
death nr Amherst, N. 8., wbll playing
to fields what fits wr alight to barn np
oldgrsa.
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Natal.
U. 9. Government,
Fisheries.
Horticulture.
abreast. Flanking this quadriga are statues
representing the States and Territories. The
peristyle connects the Music Hnll and Casino,
where Theodore Thomas will storm the gnt'W
of heaven with harmony. On either Side of
the twin are the fncades of the Agricultural
liullding and the Manufactures anil Liberal
Art Building. The principal corners of the
Klectrii'ity Iluildiug and Machinery Hnll are
projected Into this grand court of honor.
Between them Is the Administration Build
ing, which serves as a vast vestibule. The
pomp ami splendor of this structure are be
yond description. It is in the form of four
massive pavilion", united ami crowned by a
mighty golden dome that flashes 2S0 feet
ahove'the ground. Each of the pavilions Is
eighty-four feet square and the dome is 120
feet in diameter. The colossal entrances are
rich In sculptures and the piers of the pavil
ions are crested with stntuary. At every
point the eye meets with some striking group.
The interior of the dome is lit by an opening
of fifty feet, the light disclosing panels en
riched with sculpture and vast paintings,
representing the arts and sciences. Mr.
Podge's great fresco occupies Use upper rim
of the dome.
This is the seat of government. In the fonr
pavilllons are the headquarters of the Plreo-tor-Ueneral,
the Foreign Department and the
Department of Publicity and Promotion.
Here the purely executive work is carried on,
the construction headquarters being in the
Service Building. During the construction
period Director-Uonercil Davis has command
ed more than fifteen thousand men at a time,
and Major Handy, of the Bureau of Publicity
OEM OT THW FAlS-THX ATlMrmSTTtATIOS BCIt.DlXlt.
has supplied a list of 70,000 correspondents.
From this building messages are going out
constantly to the most remote corners of tbe
world.
It must be understood that the exposition
Is aeity, with a complete government. There
are over fifty thousand exhibitors, and two
persons for each Interest represented would
give a Axed population of 100,000. There are
well organized and equipped police and Are
departments. The Columbian Guard is an
Independent body of police numbering in tbe
neighborhood ot two thousand men, largely
made up ot ex-soldiers. This body Is com
manded by Colonel Edmund Price, of the
United States Army, and all of its superior
offluers are detailed from the army. The men
are uniformed like soldiers, wear short
swords and are under strict military disci
pline. They present a fine appearance soat
terfcd about the grounds. Polloe and lire
stations are placed at ttragetio points, and
the floors of all tbe buildings are put rolled
night and day as a protection against Are.
Standing at the foot of the Administration
Building the visitor is thrilled by his sur
roundings. Beside him, in the main en
trance, is Ht. Oauden's Ana statue of Colum
bus. In front of him is the wonderful Mo
Monies fountain, and on either side of It the
big fountains that throw up masses of elee
trio lighted water in thousands of tints at
night beyond is the smooth basin, erowded
w ith gondolas and launches.
Further on is the huge Agure of the Repub
lic rising out of tbe water on a pedustai with
the peristyle as a background. To the left
are the towers and recessed pilasters of Ma
chinery Hall, the obelisk and the small peris
tyle. The water that flows in front ot Ma
chinery Hull divides It from the Agricultural
building, whose florid capitals, mosses of
statuary and gilded dome, surmounted by
Diana, add an indescribable rluhness to tbe
general effect. On the north side is the grand
fuoade of the largest building in the world,
whoso thirty acres are devoted to manufac
tures and liberal arts. The walls of this edi
floe measures almost a mile, and the stupen
dous hinged arch spans the main floor at a
height ot 150 feet. Vet its fluted oolumns,
triumphal arohee ana vast loggia have con
verted this architectural leviathan Into
thing of beauty. .
From the roof of this buge building beams
the biggest electric searoh light ever con
structed. It has reflectors six feet In diame
ter, and give a light nf lM.ooo.OOO candle
A family of FIv Burned to Death,
The village of North Galveston, 10 mils
northwest of Warsaw, Ind., was almost to
tally destroyed by fire. J. J. Jackson, hit
wile, two ion and a daughter perished in
the flame. Several other persons vers bsd
ly burned. Th material loo i 175.000.
Foua Hukueed Chinamen were ref used
landing t Portlsnd, Or. Tb vessel left
for Victoria. Other ships laden with Chintv
man at expected tlier daily.
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Casino and Pier.
Manufacture ami Liberal Arti. Agriculture.
Iritv. Administration.
Transportation. Mining. It. R.
power. It Is asserted bv those In charge
this light that people sixty miles away oaa
easily read by the reflected illumination at
night. I
Following the canal, which Is spanned bv
graceful bridges, on which are life-sired
sculptures of American animals, one sklrti
the Klectrleity liullding. On the other eld
of this Is the Mining Building, and still lie.
yond is the monstrous Transportation Build,
ing. the decoration of which alternately sng
g-st a kaleidoscope and the band wagon of
circus.
Leaving out the State buildings there ars
only three conspicuous blotches on the
beauty nf the exposition as a whole. They
are the Transportation liullding, the Illinois
Building and the t'nlted Mates Oovernment
pudding. The first Is a burlesque and th
latter two are simply shabby.
A remarkable thing about the exposition Is
the number of interests that have been given
separate representation. Tim Woman's
lluilillng Is an instance of this. Education
Is illustrated in a thousand forms. In fact,
this element is likely to bore the public. It
is too elnlmrnte. Almost every Oovernment
has turned its educational department loose,
and tho result is a wilderness of charts,
models, books nnd statistics that confuses
and overwhelms the spectator.
Provision has been made for the trans
portation of sixty thousand persons an hour
to nnd from the grounds. The elevated rail
way, the Illinois Central Railway, the
ordinary street cars and a fleet of steamboats
have been organised into a complete system.
Passengers who travel by water are landed at
the portal of the great water court, while all
the railways terminate in a beautiful build
ing on the grounds.
On the steamboat pier are moving side
walks. The outer sidewalk moves at tbe
rate of three miles an hour, so that passen
gers can step upon it while it Is In motion.
They can then step to an inner sidewalk
which has a speed tureo miles faster, so that
they are carried along the pier at tbe rate of
six miles an hour and can get on or off at
will without inconvenience.
('lose by Is a flno haroor for visiting
yachts, and it is known that there will be a
Ane attendance of yachtsmen from all part
of the country and from Europe.
Lines of coaches will be run to and from
tbe exposition, and the glorious outdoor
sport will be revived in royal fashion.
Fifty thousand people can be fed.
And the mothers, too, have been provided
for. There is a building where babies can he
checked just like a bat or coat or umbrella.
The charge is moderate and the nurses ore
good.
Aside from the cost ot the great buildings
tbe following are among the sums which
have beuu spent in preparation ol the ex
position grounds i Grading und Ailing,
(450,000; landscape gardening, 323.500;
viaduct and bridges, 12S.0OO ; piers, 70.
000 ; waterway improvements, t'225.000 ; rail
ways t&00,000 ; steam plaut, &HO0.UO0 , elec
tric lighting, frl.500,000; statuary, (1.000..
000;vuses, lamps, etc., f 50.000 , lake lront
adornment, 200.000; water supply and
sewerage, 000.000 ; other expenses t vl.OOO,
000. Total, 5,(13.500. Tbe total expense
ot organisation, administration and opera
tion ol tbe expoeition is estimated at 5.000.
000. This takes no account of the sum
spent by tho Oovernment, tbe States ol
foreign Nations.
One hundred and twenty oar load ol
glass, enough to cover twenty-nine acres,
were nsed in tbe roofs of tbe various exposi
tion structures. More than forty-one car
loads, or eleven sores, were required by the
great Manufactures building alone.
A thing that will impress itself upon tbe
thoughtful obsorver is the fact that every
branch ot science and Industry bus been
split up into minor departments. This is
tne age of the specialist. Each separate
thread 1 taken by an Independent division ot
workers and followed out minutely. Visitors
to tbe exposition will be confused until they
recognise this foot. Agriculture, hurtiuui-
Blount Named as Minister,
The President has appointed James H.
Blount of Georgia. Envoy Extraordinary
and "tnttter Plenipotentiary to tho Hawai
ian Island, succeeding John I. Steven, re
signed. Tbe transfer of Mr. Ulount front
tb poii of special commissioner lo make
report on the advisability of annexing the
Hawaiian laland to th position of Mini
tor was decided on t cabinet meeting
Wednesday. Th salary of th position U
17,600.
Approaches. Machinery.
;ture. and forestry are apart. Electricity,
'mining, steam machinery nnd artillery en
gineering are divorced from each other. The
artist and tbe merchant are no longer under
one roof.
This Impressive lesson Is, of course, only to
be learned In tho departments of the greater
Nations. The old style still holds with the
Japanese, the F.nst Indians, the Houtb Amer
icans and the South Sea Islanders.
, Ami after the student baa spent weeks In
the various buildings he pan sit down in the
open nlr and wnteh the world pass before
him Turks and Russinns, Oreeks and Bul
garians, Japs. Esquimaux, Indians, llritons,
Frenchmen, Hpnniiirds, Italians, Dutchmen,
Switwre, Peruvians, Chileans, Brazilians,
Moors. Swedes, Danes, t'lngnlesn nnd the
people of all lands come to honor the mem
ory of a niau who built hia fame on fnlth
nnd courage. For a mile around him will be
palaces, Aower gardens nnd the wealth of
civilised man In its highest form challenging
criticism. Here Rnint-Hnens and the (tarda
ltepublicnln Hand will pour out harmony;
there tho wand of Theodore Thomas will
wave over an army of tiddlers. Great chorals
will swell from the lip of innumerable sing
ers. A hundred thousand armed and uniformed
soldiers will lie massed In Chicago this sum
mer. This great camp ot American warriors
will be in August. Militia organisations
from every Htate In the Union will lie pnsy
ent, besides a large representation of troops
from the regular army. To these must he
added military companies and perhaie rogl.
jnents from foreign countries. The military
display will prolmhly be the grandest ever
seen In this country.
MANY SHOCKING DEATHS
TEN MINERS FALL 3,000 FEET.
Steamers Collide at Bea With Fatal
Results. Other Fatalities on
Land and Water.
The captain of the steamship City ot
Hamburg, which arrived nt Swansea from
Hamburg, reports that at 1 o'clock Katurdny
afternoon his vessel collided, In a fog, olf
Trerose head, r list of Cornwall, with tbe
ship Counters Evelyn, bound, with passen
vers and iron ore. from llllbao, (-pain, to
Newport, Wules. The enptain of the Coun
tess Evelyn jumped aboard the City of
Hamburg and Mute Richards crawled to
her tliro'.tgli a hole in the Countess Evelyn's
quarter.
Ninety seconds later tbe Countess Evelyn
wriil under with her crew of HI nnd nine
passenger, floats were lowered at once
Iroin the City of Hamburg, but the search
in the fog proved amiot useless. Seaman
.larbin was picked up. but he died in a lew
tn mutes nfter having been brought aboard
the steamship. The dead lioilv of a III tie
girl wnsulso found, litherwiiietlieaiteiupt
at rescue was without result.
The lost ruissengere were the English wife
and I lie smi and daughter of a Spuniso gen
tleman In llilhoa. Mrs Williams, her son
nnd infant dauuhter; two men named bar
ton and a londoner whose name but uo
been ascertn'ued.
The steamship A tskn which srrlred at
Oi drill' was ibituaued vesienhiy in a roliison
with an unknown ship off l.undv Isle. Tbe
Ataka's captain thinks thai the other vessel
went down with all on board.
SI OKU AKK PHOWKKP.
St. I'KTF.nsHi Hu. A small ferryboat Ol.
the river Vesla. near ltorovilchee. Govern
ment nf Novgorod, became unmanageable
in midstream and was swept from ber
cotirve by the current. The passengei. who
tilled her decks, were panic stricken. Dozens
ol persons are known to have bceti drowned
and many are missing.
MiMtKs ni l. 3.003 rrT.
A fatal accident occurred at the lied Jacket
peipeiidiiunir shaft of the Calumet and
Hecla mine near Houghton. Mich., by th
lalliug of a carriage. Ten men were par
ticipated to the bottom, a distiiniw of over
3 t) feet. There were six natives of Corn
wall, two Italians, one Finn, and one Irish
man, and the accineut was cutised by tbe
indicator giving I lie wrong signal lo the ens-inter.
The killed are: Joseph Pops, John
Hicks, John Odger, James Cocking. Andrew
Id no. Con J. Hulli vuu, James Treniii, Mich
eal 1-erittii,
Tl.oiisnnds of excited people congregated
around the month of the shaft all day and
the cries and tobs nf the wives und mothers
of tbe miners were pitiful. The miners are
indignant and will demand a rigid eiunii
nut on into the accident by the Mine In
spector. I n to a late hour none of the
miner's bodies bed been recovered.
TWO Kll.l.ril, BKVKnAI. I.YIl-HKP.
I.khanon. Pa A locomotive on the Le
banon valley branch of the Philadelphia A
Heading railroad exploded iaiirduy, and
Levi Yocum, engineer, of Heading; John
Yocum of this place, aged 14. were killed,
tieorge bullsds, conductor, of Heading: Wil
liam Anspuch. fronting watchman, und the
letter's 111 year old duughler were fatally
injured. Grant Seller, a boy of I-ebanon,
and Isaac iiluid. front brakeinuu, of Head
ing, were seriously injured. Several per
sons a square away were injured.
THIIKK LIVES I.OXT IN A HAII.KulU A11IUEXT IN
ILLINOIS.
M oitaii, Ii.i. A westbound freight train
on the Louisville and St. Louis Air Line ran
into sn osn switch near West llelleville,
Fireman John Menker and a brnkemaii
were killed outright. Kugineer Mahufley
sustained injuries that will likely prove fu
lul. The engineer suw the oien switch too
lute. Me reversed Ins engine and jumped,
but was caught under a Car load of ties. Th
victims resided at H Uutingsburg, Ind.
Baas Ball Bscord.
The following table shows th (tandi
th Uiflerent base ball clubs up to dat
ngof
w. u r'ct. w. i..
St. Louis.. 8 4 .oWPblladel'a 0 0
('level' nd. 8 8 ,otl7' Boston.... 6 7
Wash'n... 9 6 .043 Baltimore 0 8
Pittsburg. 7 4 .630 New York 5 8
Brooklyn, 7 5 ..W Chicago. .. 4 10
Cinciu li.. 8 8 .&71LouisT'le. 2 8
p'ct.
.6110
.4(12
,4211
.aw
.SHi
.2U0
Forestry. Dairy.
Live Stock.
COLUMBIAN FAIR NEWS ITEMS
IT WILL BE OPEN SUNDAYS.
The Buildings Containing Exhibits Will
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jv viukdui dui cvervining, else
Will Be Wide Open.
on and nfter May 21 the World Fair
grounds will be open every Sutulav. This
decision was reached at a meeting ol the
director of the Kxpositlott at Chicago on
Friday afternoon. President Higinbotham
bad culled Uhii Kdwln Walker, who Is
chairman ot the Committee of Legislation
to submit tin opinion whether or tot the
Exposition ran be cjiciied on the seventh
lay, in suite of the restriction placed upon
this feature by Congress when the approprl
lion of I2,500,C(K) was granted.
Mr. Walker presented his official and long
interpretation before tbe directors, which
is lo tbe effect that the law p.'io-ed by Con
gress, stipulating Hint tbe Kxpositiou should
be closed on Sunday, applies only tn the
buildings I'otilnliiin'g exhibits. Vr. Walk
er's construction ot I he act further say
that the buildings erected for other uses.tiie
grounds, the Midway l'laisnnce. with its
varied human panorama, and things prr
ttlning thereto, may be thrown open to
public Inspection.
After considerable discussion n resolution
was proposed lo otien the gates every Sun
day on and after Mav '.'I. and to ciwe the
main buildings containing the exhibits.
I be resolution wn carried by vote of 21
to 7. of the seven who voted nay six were
in favor or opening the Fair in every de
partment, and the seventh was opposed tn
opening the gates under any consideration.
Thus, upon the technicality named, the
Columbian Fair, will to all intents ami pur
poses, be ojien, leaving the public to visit
throughout the grounds, to ride on the
electric launches, to enjoy the novelties of
the Venetian gondolas, to patronize any of
tbe booths or varied attractions of the
I'lsistince and to hare a good time generally.
The price of admission on Sunday will be
reduced lo 'J'i cents,
si nhav at tiii: fair.
The Sunday closing rule was rigidly car
ried out on Siiiidev and the gates tn Jackson
I'aik were barred lo all sightseers. Inside
the grounds 4 lKI men were ut work on the
roadways and building. A large rrowd
thronged the neighborhood of the F.xpoM
lion, attracted bv the various mu cuius nnd
side shows which abound in the vicinity.
Thousands ol liicsgouns look in llulliiio
Hill's "Wild Wist.' to day. '1 he c ty parks
were thronged all day with happy, prosi er
out, well ilre ed, well-behaved cop!c, who
worked all week, but ate barred fiom the
Fair on the only ilav they have time lo
visit it. These peopfe were quiet nnd order
ly nnd the grav-contcd park policeman hud
absolutely nothing to do.
t'ommcnts not at all favorable to tbe
Sunday closing were heard on every hnntl.
The day was a beautiful one and the lake
was full of plearme craft. It is estimated
that Tisi. 0(H people wouM have passed
through the gates of Jackson )rk on bull
day hud I bey been open.
THK AT'rKSDANCK.
COMrAKATtVK TABUS SHOW I NO TIIF OAIN IN
ATTSMUM K OVMl TIUTOr ltwti.
A pood deal of intrrcit la being taken in
the n u in ber of visitors who have paid ad
mission daily since It alerted as compared to
the attendance during a similar period at
the Centennial at I'liiladelphia. The daily
attendance, aulhnraiively furnished by the
Bureau of Admissions, shows that al
ready it is much larger that that of the
Ceniennial at the commencement of the
season.
The attendance at th Columbian Kxposi
tinn up to dale is shown in tb following
tame
Ut day 120 200
"th dav 21.701
tub day 17.13.1
Hth dav 1H. 108
inih dav IS.;!
11th day 30,12)
2nd day 14.2M2
:ird day lltl.t.W
4th day '.O.-PW
ftihday M.flll
Blhduv 17.140
Tbe attendance at tbe Centennial was
follows:
1st dav
70.172
14.722
10. VM
ll.li-M-.
10.WSI
7th dor. .
Hth day.,
tit li day. ..
Kith day.
11th duy.
12.177
11.054
KI.11NI
12.408
20.S71
2nd day
3rd day.
4th day.
full day .
(ith day
(liStt
Hv this it will be seen that the total at
tendance nt the World's Columbian Kxposi
tiou during the tirst 11 davs is nearly 2III-,
(100 greater than at the Cente.iniul during
the corresponding period.
first i.f.oai. sTrrs oxnir ri.oixi.
The first legal steps in I be World's Fair
Sunday closing question were made Satur
day afternoon. Charles W. Clinguian, an
attorney who representa that he is a stock
holder in the Columbian Exposition, per
sonally and by proxy to ll e extent of $11(0.
000, liitd a bill in tlie Supreme Court, pray
ing for an Injunction restraining Ilia
directors of the Kxpositiou and the South
Park commissioners from closing the gstes
of the Fair on Sunday. Clingmiin claims
that the ground tion which tbe Imposition
Hands was given by the State to the jieople
for park purposes only, and thut the l ark
Commissioners had no right to use it for
any other purpose, or deprive the public of
the enjoyment of the psrk. It is also claim
ed that tne National government has uo
right lo interfere in any matter which is
covered by the laws of Illinois. An early
hearing on the application for.an injunction
I expected.
THK AUHHIl'AN ART KXIIIBIT.
Second to th French exhibit in th Fin
Arts building, I he thousands of people at
tbe Kxpositiou on Thursduy seemed lo con
centrate in tbe United Stales section, which
was opened to the public. The American sa
lons were crowded ail day and nearly every
body was interested sutHciently to liave a
catalogue. '1 here was no hurrying, and th
praise bestowsd upon th works of Amer
ican painters, many ofthein prlie winner
from J'ari and London exhibitions, was not
lltidsservsd. There are 2.H00 plecs in th
United f-jlalt art exhibit, far naed. ;:g in
number the contribution" of France, Great
Britain, Uermany and Italy.
M.AHKST CAKTI.lt OrKSFO.
Th ereen Ass nf Ireland and th stars and
trlties floated from th battlements on lilar-
nev issue on tne occasion ot 0ening the
Irish village, in the Midway I'laisance, over
which tbe Karl and ('outness of Aberdeen
preside. Tbe renter of attraction was tb
concert hall, where I-otd and Ijidy Aber
deen addressed the assemblage on the phil
anthropic subject of the village and th
commendable purpose of the Irish Indus
trial Association. A real Irish nniilrml pro
gram was carried nut, all the musicians and
singers, pipers nnd Jig dancers being from
th "Ould Hod."
vrsMosT's HPii.nijtu prmoATrn.
Vermont's building was dedicated Thurs
day In the presence of the liovernor and
many prominent citizens. Uovernor Fuller
made a short speech, and ex-Uovernor Dil
lingham delivered the oration or the day.
The building is a Vermont product through
out, floored with Rutland marble and tiled
with material from Swanton. It ia in th
Pompeian style and occupies a charming
lite on the lake shore.
Titr MCSIC aoai a FFATt-ar.
Th sudden change in the weather from
winter's chill to summer's warmth. brought
the musical features of the Fair again into
prominence Wednesday morning. The
oin air concerts began at 0 o'clock. In Ad
ministration I'ln's. and were continued by
the Chlcato and Cincinnati bands until 9
o cloek in the evening, before large crowds.
The orchestral concert at 11 o'clock, filled
Music Hall.
Tim AtiT rAi.Acr. orrsrn.
The new rnrmariai art palace on tbe lake
front was thrown open to the public on
Saturday. The buihiitig when finished will
cost fffssi.issi. ot this amount fLWHH) has
been paid bv the world's fair. Tb art
congresses will be held in this building.
The entire electrical dlsnUv was bronchi
Into plsy for the first time Saturday night,
and the two electric fountains on either side
of the great MacMnnnles fountain in the
grand court were in full operation. Visitors
lounti ine uoors oi all me exhioitlon nunn
ingsopen. and were entertained with the
music of three bands. The glare of thous
ands of electric lights was reflected from the
waters ol the lagoons.
A nowerful senn-li licbt scattered the
shadows of the early evening. From the
root oi i ne teristyie nicKereu nnoons oi
light, and on its center piece rested the
monster search light that threw out oter
the lake great silver bars of light. Tbe giit
dome of tbe Administration building was
studded with electrical gems, and the effect,
as viewed from tbe west front of the peris
tyle, wa gorgeous.
GOVEBN MENT CHOP BEPOBT.
The Figures on Winter Wheat Show
Very Poor Average.
The May returns of the department of
agriculture at Washington, on the condition
of winter wheat show a reduction of -21
point from the April average, being 75.3
against 77.4 lart month and 84.0 in May,
lti2. The average of the principal winter
wheat statet are: Ohio, 8H; Michigan, 71:
Indiana, 7!l; Illinois, 02; Missouri, 72; Kan-
las, M, The average of theie six states is
GH..1, against 74.2 in April, being a decline of
6.9 points since the Arst of last month. It '
188 in New York and Pennsylvania.against
P7 nnd S8 lespectivcly. last month; 07 in
Maryland and Ki in Virginia.
In tbe southern states tbe averages range
from 74 in Texas to Ini in North Carolina.
The conditions have been favorable to the
crowili and development of wheat in the
Net- England. Soul hern and I'ucilic states.
In California the condition bus sdvsnctd
ten pouts, while in tlieprineipnl wheat pro
di.ciug state there has been considerable
deterioration.
Ill Kansas, C.ilorndo alio Nebraska. where
plaining was buck srurd and germination
low owing to rout in tied drought and much
of the plant being winter killed, large areas
have been plowed up and devoted to ether
crops. Thermite has been done in Missouri
I in flit tin tiiul Illinois, where the plant wns
badly winter-killed and grentlv damaged
since by the continued wet weather. In
Michigan the severity of tho winter great
ly damaged the obini and tbe weather since
bus been too and buckward toadinit of re
cut"inlion. iianmge from Hiaaitn fly in some of Ilia
counties of the hitter State and Indiana anil
'iliin is teportid and from the rlilncbbtigs
in Kansas, In some of the principal wheat
state the plant op the uplands is reported
in gooil condition, while on lower and tin
drained Innds the conditions are poor and
much of I liei crop destroyed by drowning.
Winter rye. like wheat, bus suite red a de
cline in condition since lust month, lis
average for May 1 being 82.7. against 85 for
same late In April. Tbe percentage of New
York is 07, I'eui.sylvuiiiu 02, Michigan 80,
Illinois 72. Kansas .VI. The conditions have
been favorable to germination and growth
in the Eintern stales, but have been there
verse in the Western ami Northwestern.
The average condition of barley is 8H.0
against 112.8 lust ycur. In the Muteaofprin
c pal production the averages are: Near
York, 05; Ohio 04, ami California 87.
The lowest conditions are in Illinois, Mis
souri, Kansas. Nebraska and Colorado. In
California the crop bus been damaged bv
overflows and wet we it her. The condition
of spring posture is 87.2 of mowing Imds
80.2. Th proportion of spring plowing
doneMny 1 is reported ss 73.4 per cent sgain
st an average of 77 per cent for a series ot
years.
STATE Of THE CROPS.
Taken aa a Whole the Condition Ar
More Favorable.
Th weekly crop report. inc.l at Wash
ington, ia as follows: Tula ia the fourth
continuous cold week throughout the cen
tral valleys, including both the winter and
spring wheat regions und the greater portion
ol the cotton region. While the week has
been generally iniliivoriible lo cotton, on ac
count of excessive rains ami cold, the weath
er has been more favoialne in the wheat and
corn regions o: the northwest, where seed
ing, allliouch lute, is in general progress,
and it is nearly compb-ied in the Dakota.
Tho detailed crop coiul'. ious in this and t d
joining states, taken as whole, are mots
favorable than tlinteof tbe previous week.
Pennsylvania Kami work is at a stand
still: ground thoroughly soaked; no corn
planted; over on-ha f out crop, and pota
toes yet to be sown; winter gruin und gras
in fair condition.
Illinois Conditions bensticial to wheat,
tut retanl other crops; plowing and corn
planting making lair prottrc-ss; thousands of
acres ol wheat still mbtnerue.l and will
probably he a tolal loss; season about
ten days beh nd.
Indium--Weather more farorable for
I dowing and planting; crop-t on uplands
ook well, lowands yet inundated.
Wst Virginia Wet veaiber hindered
planting anil plowing; low temperature re
tarded growth of vegetal ion; wheat, oats,
grass, rye at.d tobacco growth i liusly.
Ohio High water iau d great damage to
rro on bottom hinds; nheai, outs; grass,
rye. barely und tobbavco made alow giowtu
eurly potuloea rutting; lann work delayed.
Michigan Crp conditions coutiuu back
ward owing to wet Heather.
BrcAi' Thome Hefferuun besought
bl wife to leave another men and live with
him, ih bot and Instantly killed him. Th
woman and Edward Russell, th man for
whom th forsook her husband, wr both
srrsttud.
A Coi.obkp women cut off th cars of
another colored women la Newberry
county, 8. C, during a dispuu over th pos
rssion of t negro who wat claimed a ff
uusbund by both women.