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A brief sketch of former world’s fairs; discourses on the life of Columbus; manners, customs, and religion of the American Indian; Chicago’s early history; Chicago in flames; Chicago of to-day; etc., etc. In short the work is a perfect encyclopedia of authentic, useful, very interesting and carefully selected information. 3F> T_J B LIS IIBY CN ROPP 8c SONS, CHICAGO.KNTKHEl) AOCOKDING TO ACT O F CONGKFKS. ------------------1 ------- 15V J. F. MARTIN, CHICAGO, 1X TIIK OFFICE O F THE 1.1I5HAK1AN OF CONGHESS AT WASHINGTON, I). C. Æ' --%!>. — ['OLUMBIAN EXPOSITION is nut only a commemoration of the paramount event of modern times —the discovery of America four hundred years ago by Christopher Columbus— hut among the grand events of its character it stands pre-eminent in tin1 world's history. It. is 1 he culmination of all the progress made by the nations of the earth in the centuries that have passed, and the gathering together of all that science, art. and ingenuity has produced for the benefit of mankind. not only for the present day, hut for general ions yet unhorn, who wil 1 learn of this " festival of all nations " through history's portrayal by pen and picture. IT IS A compkkhknsivk I'HTliitu or the civil,jzatio.V ok to-day. The design of t his work is to present., in the most at trad ive form possible, authentic general information, compiled from official sources, relative to this great, exposition: its inception and progress: as well as of the great metropolitan city in which it. is held. The ( >peiling t 'haptor of the work presents to the reader beaut ifill half-tone i 11 list.rat ions of the World's Fair builditigs which stand forth as the marvel of the present century, accompanying which are appropriately illustrated descriptions of the buildings, giving their location, cost, and dimensions. In the Second (’hapter the reader finds himself both charmed and amazi:d, as from page to pag<■ is unfolded a panoramic view of many of Chicago's most attract ive sights and places of interest, such as her sky-piercing structures, street-scenes, park and stock yard views, monuments, etc., b»gether with many other objects of universal and unceasing interest. Portraits of the World's Fair oflicials form the introduct ion to the Third ('hapter. which is devoted to miscellaneous information relative to the Columl>ian Exp< >sitn>n: iucliui i ng the I ’resident's pr<»elamat ion t<> al 1 nations. A complete history of the Dedication of the World's Fair Palaces is given in the Fourth Chapter, giving a minute and glowing description of the civic and mil it ary pa radt s. the order in which they marched, and a report in full of the addresses del i vered i in the occasion. The Fifth Chanter is c unp< >s< al of a series of interesting disci i arses on the Life of Columbus by pr< »mil lent (’liicago divines. The lessons taught by these discinnses ami the coneiusions drawn therefrom, viewed from so many standpoints, makes this an especially valliable chapter of the work. A brief lii>forical review of all t lie States and foreign countries that will exhibit, together with tinted maps of the same, constitutes the Sixth Chapter, and in view of their part icipat ion in bringing together at the World's Fair the greatest and grandest exhibit ion of their products known to man. reference to the same in the manner imlicaied cannot fai 1 to lie of more t ban usual interest. The Eighth ('hapter. cent ain i n g a brief h istory < if Previous World's Fairs, beginning with the first held in London in 1 AIL down to the latest held in Paris in ly'T will enable 1 he reader to in tell i gently i list itute a comparisi >n betwi 'on former World's Fairs and the great ('nlumbian Expos it ion of 1 Stl.'l. A higlily fascinai ing subject, in connection with tin* history of the Columbian Exposition is a brief history of the manners, customs and religion of the wonderful ram■ that inha 1 iited the .North American < 'ont inont when discovered by ('olumbus. The subject is given added interest by the halftone engravings of Indian villuges. Indian chiefs, and indi vidua 1 members of their tribes, all of wliich are given in the Ninth Chapter of this wiirk. Chicago of lytk2 and 1893 is the att raction of the world. Going back a few brief years wo find a small village, forming the nucleus from which has grown. 1 ike magic, a mighty city. The >airly histiirv of this city, which is. dtiring the ('nlumbian Exposition the host of till nations, is given in the Tent 11 (lhapt cr. an 'Omj »an it al by i 11 ust rat ions of bui hi ings and local events of that t ime. On October yth, 1871, the world was electrified by the news that the rapidly growing Oity of Chicago was laid in ashes. The Eleventh Chapter gives a 111 rilling account of this, the saddest event of ('hi cage's history. The illustrations taken at the time shown in this connect ion vividly port ray the cit v in flames as well as her square miles of devastated ruins. The last Chapter is entitled •'Chicago of To-Day.” and gives in brief a description of all the points of interest in this great city- an Exposition in itself—and ju.-t the informat ion desired by visitors and strangers in Chicago. * W8BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF THE "WORLD'S FAIR G ROUNDS A X I) BUILDINGS.(_'< )!.UMBIAN EXPOSITION. THK NVORI.n-S POPULAR verdict pronounces the Administration Building gem and crown of the Exposition palaces. It is located at the west end of the great court in the southern part of the site, looking eastward, and at its rear are the transportation facilities and depots. This imposing edifice cost f-U0,000. The architect is Richard M. Hunt, of New York, President of the American Institute of Architects, to whose established reputation it is a notable contribution. It covers an area of 200 square feet and consists of four pavilions 84 feet square, one at each of the four angles of the square and connected by a great central dome 120 feet in diameter and 220 feet in height, leaving at the center of each facade a recess 82 feet wide, within which are the grand entrances to the building. The general design is in the style of the French renaissance. The first story is in the Doric order, of heroic proportions, surrounded by a lofty balustrade and having the tiers of the angle of each pavilion crowned with neat artistic sculpture. The second story, with its lofty and spacious colonnade, is of the Ionic order. The four great entrances, one on each side of the building, are >0 feet wide and >0 feet high, and covered by semi-circular arched vaults, richly coffered. In the rear of these arches are the entrance doors, and above great screens of glass, furnishing abundant light to the central rotunda. 'À&f&k SS@ft ' >3C«fc ôfijg®*' i***æ **» *IM i i c V\ OK’LDJS COLLIMRIAN ICX1 'OSITIOI^. 1‘JAVING oeen delightfully located, the Government Building is set off to great advantage, being- placed near the lake shore, south ol the main lagoon and ol the area reserved lor foreign Nations and States, and east of the Woman’s Building. The buildings of England, Germany, and Mexico are near by to the northward. The Government Building was designed by Architect Windrim, now succeeded by W. J. Edbrooke. It is classic in style, and bears a strong resemblance to the National Museum and other government buildings at Washington. It covers an area of GO by 420 feet, is constructed of iron, brick, and glass, and cost 5400,000. Its leading architectural feature is a central octagonal dome 120 feet in diameter and GO feet high, the floor of which will be kept free from exhibits. The building fronts to the west, and connects on the north by a bridge over the lagoon, with the building of the Fisheries exhibit. The south half is devoted to the Post Office Department, Treasury Department, War Department, and Department of Agriculture exhibits; the north half to the exhibits of the Fisheries Commission, Smithsonian Institute, and Interior Department. The allotment for the several department exhibits is; War Department, 21,000 square feet; Treasury, 10,sOO square feet; Agriculture, 21,2s0 square feet; Interioi, 24,000 square feet; Post Office, 9,000 square feet; Fishery, 20,000 square feet.^ ~> I „ l 1 \ l | JIAN EJX 'SITION. NCOMPASSED by luxuriant shrubs and beds of fragrant flowers, like a white silhouette ayailist a background of old and stately oaks, is seen the Woman’s Building, situated in the northwestern part of the Park, with a generous distance on either side from the Horticultural Building and the Illinois State Building, and facing the great lagoon with the Flowery Island as a vista. A more beautiful site could not have been selected for this daintily designed building. The president of the Board of Lady Managers quickly discovered in the sketch submitted by Miss Sophia G. Hayden, of Boston, that harmony of grouping and gracefulness of details which indicate the architectural scholar, and to her was awarded the first prize of $1,000, and also execution of design. The principal facade has an extreme length of 400 feet, the depth of the building half the distance. Italian renaissance is the style selected. A wide stair case leads to the center pavilions, with an open colonnade, where are located the Hanging Gardens. The whole floor of the south pavilion is devoted to the retrospective exhibit; the one on the north to reform work and charity organization. In the second story are located the ladies’ parlors, committee rooms, etc. The building is encased in stall, and as it stands, with its mellow decorated wails, bathed in the bright sunshine, grace and harmony are depicted from all standpoints.i n re WOT^LITS COU11MBIAN EXPOSITION, SEAUTIFUL architecture, which has its inspiration in early Italian renaissance, is strikingly displayed in the Hall of Mines and Mining, and with which sufficient liberty is taken to invest it with the animation that should characterize a great general Exposition. It is located at the southern extremity of the western lagoon or lake, and between the Electricity and Transportation Buildings. The architect is S. S. Beman, of Chicago. There is a decided French spirit pervading the exterior design, but it is kept well subordinated. In plan it is simple and straightforward, embracing on the ground floor spacious vestibules, restaurants, toilet rooms, etc. On each of the four sides of the building are placed the entrances, those of the north and south fronts being the most spacious and prominent. To the right and left of each entrance, inside, start broad Eights of easy stairs leading to the galleries. The galleries are 60 feet wide and 2s feet high from the ground floor. The main front looks southward on the Central Court, and northward on the middle lakes, and an island gorgeous with flowers. Between the main entrances and the pavilions are richly decorated arcades, forming an open loggia on the ground floor, and on the gallery floor level a deeply recessed promenade, which commands a tine view of the lakes and islands to the northward, and the great Central Court on the south. These covered promenades are each 2s feet wide, and 210 feet in length.the WOWI-^tves COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION. /S *f MACHINERY HALL, of which Peabody & Stearns, of Boston, are the architects, has been pronounced by many architects second only to the Administration Building- in the magnificence of its appearance. This building measures 8^0 by 500 feet, and with the large Machinery Annex and Power House, cost about Si,200,000. It is located at the extreme south end of the Park, midway between the shore of Lake Michigan and the west line of the Park. It is just south of the Administration Building, and across a lagoon from the Agricultural Building. The building is spanned by massive arched trusses, and the interior has the appearance of three railroad train-houses side by side, surrounded on all four sides by a gallery A) feet wide. The trusses are built separately, so that they can be taken down and sold for use as railroad train houses. All of the buildings on the grand plaza are designed with a view to making a grand background for display, and, in order to conform to the general richness of the court and add to the striking appearance, the two facades of the machinery hall on the court are rich with colonnades and other features. The design follows classical models throughout, the detail being followed from the renaissance of Seville and other Spanish towns, as being appropriate to a Columbian celebration. An arcade on the first story admits passage around the building. The exterior of the building is in staff, colored.'I'MEJ WOHLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION. FISHERIES BUILDING is one of the largest and most artistic of the Exposition palaces, and embraces a large central structure with two smaller polygonal buildings connected with it on either end by arcades. The extreme length is 1,100 feet and the width 200 feet. It is located to the northward of the U. S. Government Building. In the central portion is the general Fisheries exhibit. In one of the polygonal buildings is the Angling exhibit and in the other the large Aquaria. To the close observer the exterior of the building cannot fail to be exceedingly interesting, for the arceitect, Henry Ives Cobb, of Chicago, exerted all his ingenuity in arranging innumerable forms of capitals, modillions, brackets, cornices and other ornamental details, using only tish and other sea forms for its motif of design. The roof of the building is of old Spanish tile, and the side walls of pleasing color. The cost is about f200,000. In the center of the polygonal building is a rotunda 60 feet in diameter, in the middle of which is a basin or pool 26 feet wide, from which rises a towering mass of rocks, covered with moss and lichens. From clefts and crevices in the rocks crystal streams of water gush and drop to the masses of reeds, rushes, and ornamental semi-aquatic plants in the basin below. In this pool gorgeous gold fishes, golden ides, golden tench, and other fishes disport. From the rotunda, one side of the large series of Aquaria may be viewed.-oòvJat? cjy mi?#.7/2y . * _ ^ÊÜÈÊÊImMa** «s. V^T^v . /c Q'^m? Öll^JIS^ ■ >Ì' ^T'l-IEJ \VORL,13’S COIvtJMHTAX EXPOSITION. MANUFACTURES AND LIBERAL ARTS BUILDING stands at the head in size and symmetrical proportions. It measures 1,687 by 787 feet, and covers nearly thirty-one acres, being' the largest exposition building ever constructed. Within the building a gallery 70 feet wide extends around four sides, and projecting from this are 86 small galleries, 12 feet wide, from which visitors may survey the vast array of exhibits and the busy scene below. The main roof is of iron and glass, and arches an area of 387 by 1,400 feet, and has its ridge 1 sO feet from the ground. The building, including its galleries, has about 40 acres of floor space. The long array of columns and arches, with its facades, etc., are very elaborately ornamented with female figures, symbolical of the various arts and sciences. The exterior of the building is covered with staff, which is treated to represent marble. The huge fluted columns and the immense arches are apparently of this beautiful material. The building occupies the most conspicuous place on the grounds. It faces the lake, with only lawns and promenades between. North of it is the United States Government Building, south the harbor and in-jutting lagoon, and west the Electrical Building and the lagoon, separating it from the great island, which in part is wooded and in part resplendent with acres of bright flowers of varied hues. The whole combine to make a grand and picturesque scene. «te*» iimimmf lïiVtli fco; 4* Isyjaì £*■ it> UT-- te» *•- Ah A* A- te« Ifw km fc* fck ite’. ■y-:-:.-:-\'.\y.a'-^ a-'N-jR. viw. ^.. -t-,.^. .*KTTMlC (_ < -> : M l 4 I tM IC >c; I^c I "I'l < >1M- OUNTEOUS decorations form but a minor part m one of the most magnificent structures raised for the Exposition, such is the Agricultural Building. The style ol architecture is classic renaissance. This building is put up very near the shore ol Lake Michigan, and is almost surrounded by the lagoons that lead into the Park from the lake. It is !>00 by 800 feet: its north line is almost on a line with the pier extending into the lake, on which heroic columns, emblematic of the Thirteen Original States, are raised. The east front looks out 4 into a harbor which affords refuge for numerous pleasure craft: the west, faces a branch of the lagoon that extends along the north side. With these picturesque surroundings as an inspiration, the architects have brought out designs that have been pronounced all but faultless. The main entrance leads through an opening 64 feet wide into a vestibule, from which entrance is had to the rotunda, 100 feet in diameter. This is surmounted by a mammoth glass dome, 1 T) feet high. All through the main vestibule statuary has been designed, illustrative of the agricultural industry. There are also similar designs grouped about all of the grand entrances in the most elaborate manner. The corner pavilions are surmounted by domes 96 feet high, and above these tower groups of statuary. The design for these domes is that of three women, of herculean proportions, supporting a mammoth globe, emblematic of the world’s gathering.THE WORLiO'iri COLUMBIAN ICXPOSI'l'K )N. ROM the Grecian-Ionic in style, and a pure type of the most refined classic architecture, is the Art Palace. The building is oblong, and is ^00 by ^20 feet, intersected north, east, south, and west by a great nave and transept, 100 feet wide and 70 feet high, at the intersection of which is a great dome, 60 feet in diameter; it is 12s feet to the top of the dome, which is surmounted by a colossal statue of the type of the famous figure of Winged Victory. On either side are galleries 20 feet wide and 24 feet above the tloor. The collections of sculpture are displayed on the main floor of the nave and transept, and on the walls of the ground and galleries are ample areas for displaying paintings and sculptured panels in relief. The corners made by the crossing of the nave and transept are filled with small picture galleries. Around the entire structure are galleries, 40 feet wide, forming a continuous promenade. Between this promenade and the naves are the smaller rooms devoted to private collections of paintings and the collections of the various art schools. On either side of the main building, and connected with it by handsome corridors, are very large annexes, which are also utilized by various art exhibits. The building is located in the northern portion of the Park, facing the lagoon. The immediate neighborhood is ornamented with groups of statues, replica ornaments of classic art, Grecian art, etc.Vy'I'HIÎ WORLDS COLUMBIAN EXl’üSITION. ERY effort will be put forth to make the Electrical Building the seat of the most novel and brilliant exhibit in the whole Exposition. The building is 347 feet wide and 700 feet long, the major axis running north and south. The south front is on the great Quadrangle or Court; the north front faces the lagoon; the east front is opposite the Manufactures Building, and the west faces the Mines Building. The general scheme of the plan is based upon a longitudinal nave, MS feet wide and 114 feet high, crossed in the middle by a transept of the same width and height. The second story is composed of a series of galleries connected across the nave by two bridges, with access by foir 1 staircases. The area of the galleries in the second story is 118,-746 square feet. At each of the four comers of the building there is a pavilion, above which rises a light open spire or tower 169 feet high. There is an open portico extending along the whole of the south facade. The appearance of the building is that of marble, but the walls of the hémicycle and of the various porticos and loggia are highly enriched with color, the pilasters in these places being enriched with scagliola, and the capitals with metallic effects in bronze. Van Brunt & Howe, of Kansas City, are the architects. The cost of the building is about >377.000. The east and west pavilions are composed of two towers 168 feet high. MSSBÔSÇÇ®®^ «pesg 5pj£# ipgp**^ WORLD'S COUUMHIAN 1CX POSITION. ROM every point of view the Horticultural Building presents an imposing appearance. It is situated immediately south of the entrance to Jackson Park from the Midway Plais-ance, and faces east on the lagoon. In front is a flower terrace for outside exhibits, including tanks for Nymphaxa and the Victoria Regia. The building is 1,000 feet long, with an extreme width of 2>C feet. The plan is a central pavilion with two end pavilions each connected with the central one by front and rear curtains, forming two interior courts each 88 by 270 feet. The courts are beautifully decorated in color and planted with ornamental shrubs and flowers. The center pavilion is roofed by a crystal dome 187 feet in diameter and 111 feet high, under which are exhibited the tallest palms, bamboos, and tree ferns that can be procured. There are galleries in each of the pavilions. The galleries of the end pavilions are designed for cafes, the situation and the surroundings being particularly adapted to recreation and refreshment. These cafes are surrounded by an arcade on three sides from which charming views of the grounds can be obtained. The front of the flower terrace, with its low parapet between large handsome vases, which borders the water, forms a boat landing at its center; this makes a highly convenient and attractive feature, and, with its fleet of pleasure boats, reminds one of Venice.lUiih 5-affiMiŒ i u aasaiM waTHE WORLDS COEUMfcJIAIs; EX 1 'CJSIT1UN. N exceedingly important part of the northern architectural court of the Exposition is the Transportation Building. It is situated at the southern end of the west flank, between the Horticultural and Mines Buildings. Facing eastward, it commands a view of the floral island and an extensive branch of the lagoon. It is exquisitely refined and simple in architectural treatment, although it is very rich and elaborate in detail. In style it savors much of the Romanesque. Viewed from the lagoon, the cupola forms the effective southwest accent of the quadrangle, while from the cupola itself, reached by eight elevators, the Northern Court, the most beautiful effect of the entire Exposition, may be seen in all its glory. The main entrance to Transportation Building consists of an immense single arch highly enriched by carvings, bas-reliefs and mural paintings, the entire feature forming a rich and beautiful, yet quiet, color climax, for it is treated in leaf and is called the golden door. Numerous minor entrances are from time to time pierced in the walls, and with them are grouped terraces, seats, drinking fountains, and statues. Alhough is architecture savors of the Romanesque, to the initiated the manner in which it is designed on axial lines and the solicitude shown for fine proportions, with the subtle relation of parts to each other, will at once suggest the methods of composition followed at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in a manner to elicit the highest admiration.! I \ rm Ì *. a 1'■% j| Vtfr Tl rr.,mr "t'v ' r r mmm %% m ine : c o j§H Ji Di 1 0qi ï&ïîS pÄlillli -M UÜÆ .. -La MASONIC TEMPLE. COR. STATE AND RANDOLPH STREETS.THE WOMAN'S TEMPLE LA SALLE COR. MONROE STREET. TACOMA BUILDING. MADISON AND LA SALL 10 STS.GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL. COR. DEARBORN AND JACKSON STS./P* OWING S BUILDING, COR. DEARBORN AND ADAMS STS.CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. COR. LA SALLE AND WASHINGTON STS.;ls NUOHHvaci ‘uNicrmm aj.in:MOXADNOCK IU'ITjDING, DEARBORN AND JACKSON STS.TITLE AND TRUST HUILDING, WASHINGTON ST., NEAR CLARK ST. I THE ROOKERY, ADAMS AND LA SALLE STS-THE PULLMAN HUILDING, MICHIGAN AVE. COR. 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POTTER PALMER, President of the Lady Lourd of Managers. T. W. PALMER, X^esident World’s Columbian Commission.ORIGINAL OFFICIALS OF THE WORLD S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION. John t. Dickinson, James Allison, Sec’y National Commission. Chief Manufacturers Dep’t. W. T. Baker, Pr(*ï’t VVnrlH’ I. vr. F. J. V. SKIFF, M in/ac O nn MiniTHT S. H. PEABODY, Chief Dep’t Liberal Arts. Capt. Collins, Chief Fish and Fisheries. Prof. A. P. Barrett, Chief Dep’t Flectricity. E. E. JAYCOX, Trahie Mgr. World’s C. E. John Thorp, Head Floriculture Dep’t. Thos. w. Palmer, Pres’t Nat’l Commission. w. i. Buchanan, Chief Agriculture. Halsey C. Ives, Chief Dep’t Fine Arts. GEORGE R. Davis, Director General. Prof. Putnam, Chief Ethnology. Walker Fern, Chief Foreign Atfairs. J. w. Samuels, Chief Horticulture. Joseph Hirst, Installation Office. Lieutenant Robinson, Chief Machinery Dep’t. E. w. Cottrell, Chief Dep’t Live Stock. W. K. Ackerman, Willard a. Smith, Auditor World's Col. Ex. Co. Chief Transp’n Exhibits. Maj. Moses P. Handy, Chief Dep’t Pub’y and Pro’ll. Benjamin Butter worth, Ex. Sec’y World’s Col. Ex. A. F. SEEI5ERGER, Treas. World's Col. Exp.O O L.TLT M BIAN noN EING so advantageously located it is not surprising that Chicago was selected as the location for the World's Fair ill ISM. It fully indicates the strong impression made upon representatives from all sections of the United States as to its fitness for this vast undertaking'. There is no other city in the Union which for position alone can compare with Chicago: centrally located, with thousands of miles of direct railroad connections, it is equidistant to Spain and Japan. London, Canton, Buenos Ayres and St. I ’etersburg. Mexico and Montreal are brought to its gates. Still further, Chicago is entitled to the World's Fair from its rank as a cosmopolitan city, beingthe second city on this continent in population, Outside of London it is doubtful if any city in the world can show as large and as varied a population as this city. The site adopted for the great Exposition is that portion of the celebrated South Park system of Chicago known as Jackson Park and Midway Plaisance. Having in view the comfort and convenience of the hundreds of thousands of our citizens and those from abroad, this site affords advantages which upon reflection must be appreciated and clearly understood by the practical mind. This beautiful location is within easy distance of the center of the business portion of Chicago, and is accessible by means of the most complete transportation facilities. Jackson Park has a frontage on Lake Michigan of one and one-half miles, and contains nearly WS acres of ground. The Midway Plaisance, which forms the connecting link between Jackson and Washington Parks, is one mile long and (ioO feet wide, making an additional area of about Si) acres. The illustrations of buildings shown in this volume give a very complete idea of the plans contemplated in this stupendous work. The line architectural groupings and grandeur of ornamental design will, collectively. excel all previous attempts at any Exposition. The plan of arrangements for the grounds present features in landscape effects. statuary, fountains, inland lakes, ornamental bridges, avenues and lierai designs so artistic in their beauty as to command the admiration of the world. The frontage of the grounds on Lake Michigan affords grand opportunities for marine displays of the most magnificent character, and which will be taken full advantage of by the management to furnish beautiful attractions which otherwise could not be attempted. Tt may be said to be assured that the exhibits at the Exposition will cover a wider range and be far more numerous than wore ever before gathered together. The whole world is interested and all the nations of the earth will participate with the grandest and most creditable characteristic exhibits of their arts, sciences, natural resources, customs, condition and progress of their people. From far-away India. Burmah. Siam, China. Japan, Persia, Islands of the Pacific. Australia, Tasmania, Egypt. Turkey and the strange lands of the mysterious and almost unknown Africa will come attractions of interesting character. All the European nations display great interest in the Exposition, and all give assurance of their unqualified support and co-operation. Their finest collections of art will be gathered here, and each country promises to display in the most conspicuous manner its varied resources. All of the countries of South and Central America with Mexico are making the most elaborate preparation for an extensi ve exhibit of their splendid resources and products. Millions of money will be expended by these foreign countries, and the beauty of the Exposition will be enhanced thereby to a greater degree. Many of the foreign countries construct buildings of the finest character and design in which to make their separate exhibits. FOREIGN PARTICIPATION. N the table given below will be found a list of all foreign nations and colonies, and where they have determined to participate in the Exposition, the amounts of their appropriations made or officially proposed, as far as information concerning them has been received at the World's Fair headquarters. It is safe to say that foreign representation will be larger and more general than at any previous World’s Exposition:'WOl« ID’i-S COIvUMI Argentine Republic, $100,000 Austria, 102.300 Belgium, 57,900 Bolivia, 30.700 Brazil, .... 000.000 Bulgaria, China. 500.000 Colombia, 100,000 Costa Rica, 150,000 Denmark. 07,000 Danish West Indies, . 1,200 Ecuador, 125,000 Egypt (informal). . France. .... 733,400 Algeria. French Guiana, . Germany, 090,200 Great Britain, 291,990 Bahamas, . Barbadoes. . 5,840 Bermuda, . 2,920 British Guiana. . 25,000 British Honduras, 7,500 Canada, 100,000 Cape Colony, 50,000 Ceylon, 63,000 Fiji India, . Jamaica, 24,333 Leeward Islands. 6,000 Malta. Maslionaland. Mauritius. . Newfoundland, . New South Wales. 243,325 New Zealand. Queensland. South Australia, Straits Settlements, . Tasmania. . 10,000 Trinidad, 15.000 Total Victoria, . . $97,330 West Australia. Greece, .... 57,900 Guatemala, . . . 20o,000 Hawaii, Hayti, . 25,000 Honduras. . . . 20,000 Hungary (informai), i taly................ Erythia, Japan. .... 030,705 Liberia, .... Madagascar. . Mexico................... 50,000 Morocco. . . . 150.000 Netherlands. Dutch Guiana, . . 10.000 Dutch West Indies, . 5,000 Nicaragua, . . . 30,000 Norway, . . . 50.280 Orange Free State. 7.500 Paraguay, . 100,000 Persia, .... Peru. .... 140,000 Portugal (informal), Madeira, Roumania, Russia. .... 40.320 Salvador, . . . 12.500 San Domingo, . . 25,000 Servia, .... Siam, .... Spain, .... 14,000 Cuba, .... 25.000 L’orto Rico, Switzerland, . • 23,160 Sweden, . . • 53,000 Transvaal, Turkey, Uruguay, . • • 24,000 Venezuela, $5,930,003 ÎXPOSITION. WHAT THE UNITED STATES WILL DO. REAT interest is being taken by foreign countries in the World's hair, and they are emulated on a broad scale by the United States Government, and the States and Territories of the Union. The United States Government has erected a grand structure, in and around which to display such articles and materials as illustrate the functions and administrative faculty of the government in time of peace, and its resource's as a war power, tending to demonstrate the nature of our institutions and their adaptation to the wants of the people. For this purpose and for other necessary expenses. Congress has appropriated $1,500.000. Besides this princely sum, it has donated $2.500.000 in silver half-dollar souvenirs, which the Fair authorities will sell at a premium, and from which they expect to realize at least. $5,000.000. The government lias also appropriated $500.00() for diplomas and awards, to be given meritorious exhibits. The subjoined table shows the States and Territories that will participate, and the amounts which each has set aside for its exhibit: Arizona, $ 30.000 Montana, . $ 50.000 California, 300.000 Nebraska, 50.000 Colorado, 100.0110 New Hampshire. 25.000 Delaware. 10.000 New Jersey, 70.000 Idaho. .... 20.000 New Mexico. 25.000 Illinois. .... $( 10.000 New York, 300.000 Indiana, 75.000 North Carolina, 25.000 Iowa. .... 130.01 )0 North Dakota. 25.000 Kentucky, loo.oi »0 Ohio. 125.000 Louisiana, 30.000 Pennsyl vania. 300.000 Maine. .... 40.01 »0 Rhode Island, 50. ooo Marvland, 00.0» to Vermont. 15.000 Massachusetts. 150.01 to Washington. 100.000 Michigan. 100.000 West Virginia. 409100 Minnesota. 50.000 Wisconsin, 05.000 Missouri, 150,01 )0 Wyoming. 30.01)0 Total, . $3.440.000 In several States the appropriations made ari1 only preliminary, and will he largely increased A number of States, which . owing 1«) consti- tutional or other prohibitive reason, made no World's hair appropriations. have held State convent ions and formed organizations of the stock subscription sort, for raising the amounts deemed necessary tor creditable representation."WOTXÎT^I > OC >l^ï IMIlEAPst r i o x. Combined with the enterprising work and encouraging promises of all the countries of the earth, there is also positive assurances from thousands of individual interests in all parts of the world that encourages the management to expect such a display of the resources and products of the human race as to outshine anything of the kind ever attempted. Thirteen departments have been organized, in which all material things known to man have been carefully and respectively classified, and every facility will be provided to enable exhibitors to display tlicir special products to the best advantage. Large as is the area for the forthcoming- Exposition.it will require the greatest circumspection on the part of those entrusted with the allotment of space to make it' adequate for the large mass of exhibitors who are preparing to display tlicir varied resources. This condition gives assurance of a larger number of exhibits than at any previous AVorId's Fair. The number of applications is increasing daily, and by the time of the allotment of space, there is no doubt but that every foot of space will be more than covered by the demand from exhibitors. This fact alone assures the success of the Fair. EXPOSITION FINANCES. "T the inception of the enterprise Chicago provided $10.000.000. of which $5.000,(MM) was in subscriptions to the capital stock of the AVorld's Columbian Exposition, and ?.i.(M)(l.(MMi ivas in bonds, voted by the City Council of the City of Chicago. .Subscriptions to the capital stock are continually being made, and now aggregate nearly six millions. The subscript ions to the capital stock are paid on the call of the Directory, as the money is needed in the prosecution of the work. Under the supervision of the National Commission, the Exposition has assumed a broader scope than was at first comtemplated. The enlargement involved a great additiodal expense. which the government promptly provided for, in part at least, by the appropriation of $2..Add.Odd in silver half-dollar souvenirs. BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS. A* comparison a person can form an idea of the size of the great Fair buildings. The area under roof will equal that of the Paris, in 188!). the Philadelphia, in 1876, and the Vienna, in IST.'h combined. In all there will be over led acres under roof, not including the space covered by the buildings devoted to foreign States' and Governments' buildings lining each side of the Midway Plaisance. The dimensions of the various buildings are as follows: BUILDINGS. Mines and Alining, DIMENSION IN FEET. 350 x 700; AREA ACRES 5.6; COST. $ 260,000 Manufactures and Liberal Arts, . 787 xlOsT ; 30.5: 1,100,000 Horticulture, .... 250 x 1000; 5.8; 300.000 Electricity, ..... 1145 x 700; 5.5; 375,000 Woman's, ..... 2(H) x 400: 1.8; 120,000 Transportation, 250 x 000: 5.5; 280,000 Administration, 200 x 200: 1.0; 450.000 Eisli and Fisheries, Kill x 303: 1.4: 1 Two Annexes, .... i:ir. diam.; .8; f 200,000 Agriculture, 500 X 800; 0.2; 540.000 Annex, ..... :j2s x 500: 3.8: ) Assembly Hall, etc., 450 x 500; 5.2; f 200.000 Machinery, ..... 500 x 850: 0.8; 1 Annex, ..... 400 x 551; 0.2: - 1200.000 Power House, .... SO x ooo: 1.1; ) Fine Arts. ..... ;i2o x 500; 3.7: ) Two Annexes, .... 120 x 200; 1.1; f 500.000 Forestry, ..... 200 x 500; 2.3; 100.000 Saw Mill, ..... 125 x 300; .0: 35.000 Dairy. ...... 05 x 200; .5: 30.000 Live Stock (three), 65 x °00; .!); l Live Stock Sheds, 40.0: C 150.000 Casino, 175 x 300; 1.2; 150.000 Totals. - - - - 144.4: $5.000.000 United States Government, 350 x 420; 3.4; 400.000 Battle Shi}) 348 x 00: .3: 100.000 Illinois State, .... 100 x 450; 1.7: 250,000 Two Annexes, .... .3; Grand Totals, - - -...................- 150.1; $0,740.000 The Exposition buildings, not including those of the Government and Illinois, have also a total gallery area of 45.0 acres, thus making their total floor space 100 acres. The Fine Arts Building- has 7,8S5 lineal feet, or 145,*52 square feet of wall space. The annexes are scarcely less beautiful than the main buildings. The live-stock sheds, which will cover an immense area as indicated, are to be constructed as inexpensively as possible without marring the general architectural effect. The power house, pumping works, etc., are to be exhibits in themselves, and so constructed as to be readily inspected by visitors. The total cost of the Exposition structures is about $8.000.000. There will be a reproduction of the famous Spanish convent La Rabida.\vn 1\' 1^ 1 )'H COLUMBIAN 10 2 'r ion. GENERAL INFORMATION. BOARD OP LADY DIRECTORS. .......'|PE notable particular wherein the World's Columbian Expositi tion differs from any previous World's Fair is the prominence 1 of women in its management. The act of Congress author iz-I ing the holding' of the Exposition also created a Board of Lady Managers, consisting of two members, with alternates, from every State and Territory, eight members and alternates at-large, and nine from the City of Chicago. Recognizing as its first duty the promotion of the general interests of the Exposition, the Board has rendered valuable assistance to the National Commissioners in influencing favorable State legislation, in arousing enthusiasm, and in formulating plans for the development of local resources. fn addition, it holds and exercises a dual function, the guardianship of women’s special interests. There will be no separate exhibit of women's work, the Board having decided that to be inexpedient: but in the Woman's Building, which is designed for administrative and other purposes, will be a showing of such things as women are particularly and vitally interested in, and which do not properly belong to the general competitive classification. Every department of the entire exposition is as open to women as to men, and the act of Congress gives the Board the right to representation on all juries of award where women's work is concerned. So great, indeed, has the importance of the Board become, that it has long since been recognized as an all-pervading and influential factor of the entire international enterprise. The Lady Managers have invited the women of all countries to participation in the Exposition. Numerous foreign committees, composed of women, have already been formed, and are now in successful cooperation with the official Board. This Board lias instituted, in connection with the Model Hospital of the Woman’s Building, a Department of Public Comfort, which promises to become a novel and excellent feature of the Exposition. This is intended to be supplementary to the Hospital, and to provide for such cases of slight illness or accidents as do not require medical attendance. The main room will be in the Woman's Building, but branches will be established in every division of the Exposition. and all of them will be under the supervision of the Lady Managers. WORLD'S CONGRESS AUXILIARY. This c institutes the intellectual and moral branch of the Exposition. Its motto is: "Not Things, but Men," and is organized to provide for the presentation, by papers, addresses and discussions, of the mental and moral status and achievements of the, human race. Under its auspices a series oi Congresses will be held in Chicago, during the progress of the Exposition, in which it is already assured, will participate a great many of the ablest living representatives in the various fields of intellectual effort and mental endeavor. The Auxiliary embraces between fifteen and twenty main departments, such as Literature, Government. Music, Education, Science, Art, Engineering, etc., in each of which are subdivisions. A program is being arranged for congresses in each of these departments and divisions, in which specialists and advanced thinkers may participate in discussing the vital and important questions, and presenting the latest and best achievements of the human mind in each. During the Exposition the Auxil iary will have the use of the magnificent permanent Art Palace, which the Chicago Art Institute, aided by the Exposition Directory, is erecting on the lake front. This will have two large audience rooms, each of 3.500 capacity, and from twenty to thirty smaller rooms, of capacity ranging from 300 to 7.10. The great Auditorium will also be utilized for the larger congresses, and numerous other halls are available when required. Each congress will be supervised by a committee of persons actively interested in its particular field, acceptance of such responsibility having already been given. It is the intention to publish their proceedings in enduring form. THE MIDWAY PLAISANCE, Connecting Jackson Park with Washington Park, will be occupied throughout its entire length by Exposition features, largely of a foreign character, such as the Bazaar of all Nations; Streets in Cairo: Street in Constantinople; Moorish Palace; Maori Village: etc., to which concessions have been granted, and which, in their production, will represent the expenditure of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Panoramas, cyeloramas, the sliding railway, etc., will also be located there. A single entrance fee of probably 50 cents, will entitle visitors to see the entire Exposition proper; the special attractions on Midway Plaisance will make a moderate additional charge. MEDICAL BUREAU. This Bureau will be in charge of an eminent physician, with an ample corps of assistants and trained nurses. Hospitals will be located at several points on the grounds. In case of sickness or accident the ambulance corps will be called to convey the sick or injured to the nearest hospital, where everything necessary for their immediate comfort and relief will be provided. This service is intended for emergencies requiring immediate attention.Vs- OW vt-S COLUMniAN EXPOSITION. RESTAURANTS. According to present plans, fully 150 restaurants and cafes will be in operation in the various building's and about the grounds. These will be conveniently distributed and will have an estimated seating capacity of from tin.000 to so,not) people. TRANSPORTATION. The exposition is located within easy distance of the center of the business portion of Chicago, and accessible by means of the most complete transportât ion facilities. All public passenger railways, whether steam, cable, electric or horse, as well as the great number of steamboats on Lake Michigan, will deliver passengers conveniently near the numerous entrances to the grounds. With these unlimited facilities it is estimated that more than 100,000 people per hour can he carried to and from the grounds. An intramural elevated railroad will convey visitors to all parts of the grounds, making it easy to go from one point to another without walking. The distances on the grounds are so great that visitors will find this arrangement to be a great source of convenience and comfort. Cither means of transit will also be provided inside the grounds. One of these, and in fact the most attractive of all. will be the means of water transit through the lagoons, canal and basin: the waterways inside the grounds e-over an area of about eighty-live acres. Here will be provided launches and small craft of all kinds. One can board these boats and travel a distance of nearly three miles, passing on the route all of the principal buildings and points of attraction. It will be one of the grandest sights of the world and one to leave an everlasting impression on the minds of those who view it. No visitor at the Fail- should fail to take this short voyage. It will be a panorama of beautiful architecture, landscape ett'eets. lierai designs, statuary, fountains, etc., such as has never before been witnessed by human eye. POLICE AND FIRE PROTECTION. The Exposition management fully appreciates the necessity for protecting the interests of the visitor and the exhibitor. A large, well organized and disciplined force of police will be constantly on duty to attend to everything pertaining tea the welfare and protection of the enormous crowds which will daily be present. The average daily attendance will probably reach not less than 150,000 people, and on many days this number will be more than doubled. The buildings and valuable property of exhibitors will be protetced by a lire department of the highest standard of etlicieney. Batallions of lirenien. with every modern appliance of machinery, will be located in Various parts of the grounds. This force will be on duty day and night. A perfect system of electric signals for use in case of fire will be employed. MUSIC AT THE FAIR. Among the most entertaining features of the Exposition will be the great Music Hall and its attractions. On the shore of Lake Michigan, at the end of the basin, is being erected a beautiful building to be used exclusively for musical entertainments, taking the form of concerts and festivals. and producing the grandest works of the greatest composers. The musical programs will be of the highest standard, and in tlu-ir production will certainly take rank with the greatest musical occasions in tho history of the divine art. The celebrated artists of the world will be gathered together to make those entertainments complete, (treat choruses are now being drilled and instructed in the works that will be produced. This work of preparation will continue assiduously until the opening of the Fair. The orchestra is to be chosen from the list of the finest artists in America. In addition to these arrangements there will also be an opportunity to listen to the most famous military bands of tin-world. Many of the foreign governments propose to send their greatest band organizations: these, with the noted bands of the United States, will furnish such a quality of military music as has never been heard before. These arrangements for the pleasure of the visitors will be a source of enjoyment and do much to make the World's Columbian Exposition even greater as the historical event of the nineteenth century, THE PRESIDENT’S PROCLAMATION. IT E1 {E A S. Satisfactory proof has been presented to me that {■‘‘Bfjg’jp provision has been made for adequate grounds and buildings for the use of the World's Columbian Exposition, and that a sum not less than $ 10.()t(0.000. to be used and expended for the purposes of said Exposition, has been provided in accordance with the conditions and requirements of Section 10 of an Act entitled “An Act to provide for celebrating the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus by holding an International Exhibition of arts, industries, manufactures and the products of the soil, mine and sea, in the City of Chicago, in the State of Illinois." approved April 115. 1800. Now, Thkkefokk. I. Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States, by virtue of the authority vested in me by said Act. do hereby declare and proclaim that such International Exhibition will be opened on the first day of May, in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, in the City of Chicago, in the State of Illinois, and will not be closed before the last Thursday in < h-tober of the same year. And in the nameof tin- Government and of the People of the United States, I do hereby invite all the nations of the earth to take part in the commemoration of an event that is pre-eminent in human history and of lasting interest to mankind by appointing' representatives thereto, and sending such exhibits to the World's Columbian Exposition as will most fitly and fully illustrate their resources, industries and their progress in civilization. lx TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to lie affixed. Done at the City of Washington this twenty-fourth day of December, in t he year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety, and in the independence of the United States the one hundred and lifteenth. By the President: James G. Blaine, Secretary of State. BENJ. HARRISON. ACT OF CONGRESS. The following it the Act of Congress creating the World’s Columbian Commission: An Act to provide for celebrating the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus by holding an International Exhibition of arts. industries, manufactures and the product of the soil, mine and sea, in the City of Chicago, in the State of 1 llinois : Whereas, It is fit and appropriate that the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America be commemorated by an exhibition of the resources of the United States of America, their development, and of the progress of civilization in the New World: and Whereas, Such an exhibition should be of a national and international character, so that not only the people of our Union and this continent. but those of all nations as well, can participate, and should therefore have the sanction of the Congress of the United States; therefore. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, that an Exhibition of arts, industries, manufactures and products of the soil, mine and sea, shall be inaugurated in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, in the City of Chicago, in the State of Illinois, as hereinafter provided. Sec. 2. That a Commission consisting of two commissioners from each State and Territory of the United States and from the District of of Columbia and eight commissioners at large, is hereby constituted to be designated as the World's Columbian Commission. Sec. 3. That said commissioners, two from each State and Territory, shall be appointed within thirty days from the passage of this act, by the President of the United States, on the nomination of the Governors of. 'ION. the States and Territories, respectively, and by the President eight commissioners at large and two from the District of Columbia; and in the same manner and within the same time there shall be appointed two alternate commissioners from each State and Territory of the United States and the District of Columbia, and eight alternate commissioners at large, who shall assume and perform the duties of such commissioner or commissioners as may be unable to attend the meetings of the said commission; and in such nominations and appointments each of the two leading political parties shall be equally represented. Vacancies in the commission nominated by the Governors of the several States and Territories, respectively, and also vacancies in the commission at large and from the District of Columbia, may be tilled in the same manner and undentin' same conditions as provided herein for their original appointment. See. 4. That the Secretary of State of the United States shall, immediately after the passage of this Act, notify the Governors of the several States and Territories, respectively, thereof and request such nominations to be made. The commissioners so appointed shall be called together by the Secretary of State of the United States in the city of Chicago, by notice to the Commissioners, as soon as convenient after the appointment of said Commissioners, at said first meeting, shall organize by the election of such officers and the appointment of such committees as they may deem expedient, and for this purpose the Commissioners present at said meeting shall constitute a quorum. She. 5. That said commission be empowered in its discretion to accept for the purposes of the World's Columbian Exposition such site as may be selected and offered and such plans and specitications of buildings to be erected for such purpose at the expense of and tendered by the corporation organized under the laws of the State of Illinois, known as “■The World's Exposition of eighteen hundred and ninety-two:” Pro ViDED, That said site so tendered and the buildings proposed to be erected thereon shall be deemed by said commission adequate to the purposes of said Exposition: And provided, That said commission shall be satisfied that the said corporation has an actual bona fide and valid subscription to its capital stock which will secure the payment of at least live millions of dollars, of which not less than live hundred thousand dollars shall have been paid in, and that the further sum of five million dollars, making in all ten million dollars, will be provided by said corporation in ample time for its needful use during the prosecution of the work for the complete preparation for said Exposition. SEC. (>. That the said commission shall allot space for exhibitors, prepare a classification of exhibits, determine the plan and scope of the Exposition, and shall appoint all judges and examiners for the Exposition, award all premiums, if any, and generally have charge of all intercourseW O 1 st 1,1J' SS COL l i MU1AN I5XI »osrrioN. with tlio exhibitors and the representatives of foreign nations. And said commission is authorized and required to appoint a Board of Lady Managers of such number and to perform such duties as may be prescribed by said commission. Said board may appoint one or more members of all committees authorized to award prizes for exhibits which may be produced in whole or in part by female labor. Six'. 7. That after the plans for said Exposition shall bo prepared by said corporation and approved by said commission, the rules and regulations of said corporation governing rates for entrance and admission fees, or otherwise aileding the rights, privileges or interests of 1 lie exhibitors or of the puhlie. shill 1 be lixed or establislied by said corporation, subject, however, to such modification, if any. as may be imposed by a majority of said commissioners. SEC. 8. That the President is hereby empowered and directed to hold a naval review in New York Harbor, in October, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. and to extend to foreign nations an invitation to send ships of war to join the United States navy in rendezvous at Hampton Roads, and proi...d thence to said review. SEi ’. 9. That said commission shall provide for the dedieat ion of the buildings of the World's Columbian (exposition in the said City of Chicago on the twenty-tirst day of October, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. with appropriate ceremonies, and said Exposition shall be open to visitors not later than the first day of May. eighteen hundred and ninety-three. and shall be closed at such time as the commission may determine, but not later than the thirtieth day of October thereafter. Sec. 10. That whenever the President of the United States shall be notified by the commission that provision has been made for grounds and buildings for the uses herein provided for. and there has also been filed with him by the said corporation, known as "The World's Columbian Exposition of eighteen hundred and ninety-two." satisfactory proof that a sum net less than ten million dollars, to be used and expended for the purposes of the Exposition herein authorized, has in fact been raised or provided for by subscription or other legally binding means, he shall be authorized, through the Department of State, to make proclamation of the same, setting forth the time at which the Exposition will open and close, and the place at which it will he held: and he shall communicate to the diplomatic representatives of foreign nations copies of the same, together with such regulations as may be adopted by the commission, for publication in their respective countries, and he shall, in behalf of the Government and people, invite foreign nations to take part in the said Exposition and appoint representatives thereto. Sec.11. That all articles which shall be imported from foreign countries for the sole purpose of exhibition at said Exposition, upon which there shall bo a tariff or customs duty, shall bo admitted free of payment of duty, customs fees or charges, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe: but it shall bo lawful at any time during the exhibition to sell for delivery at the close of the Exposition any goods or property imported for and actually on exhibition in 1 bo Exposition buildings or on its grounds, subject, t.o such regulations for the security of the revenue and for the collection of the import duties as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe: Provided, That all such articles when sold or withdrawn for consumption in t lie United States will be subject to the duty. if any. imposed upon such articles by the revenue laws in force at the date of importation, and all penalties prescribed by law shall be applied and enforced against such articli s. and against the person who may be guilty of any illegal sale or withdrawal. Sec. 12. That, the sum of twenty thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the remainder of the present liscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one. to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury for purposes connected with the admission of foreign goods to said exhibition. Sec. 13. That it shall be the duty of the commission to make report from time to time to the President of the United States of the progress of the work. and. in a tinal report, present a full exhibit of the results of the Exposition. Sec 14. That the commission hereby authorized shall exist no longer than until the first day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. Sec. 15. That the United States shall not in any manner, nor under any circumstances, be liable for any of the acts, doings, proceedings or representations of the said corporation organized under the laws of the State of 111 inois, its officers, agents, servants. <>r empli >yes, or any of them, or for the service, salaries, labor or wages of said officers, agents, servants or employes, or any of them, or for any subscriptions to the capital stock, or for any cert i li cates of stocks, bonds, mortgage« or < ibligat ions of any kind issued by said corporation, or for any debts, liabilities or expenses of any kind whatever attending such corporation or accruing by reason of the same. Sec. 16. That there shall be exhibited at said Exposition, by the Government of the' United States, from its Executive Departments, the Smithsonian Institute, the United States Fish Commission and the National Museum, such articles and materials as illustrate the function and administrative faculty of the (Jovernment in time of peace and its restuirces as a war power, tending to demonstrate the nature of our institutions and their adaptation to the wants of the people; and to secure a complete andWOKMvD'S COI^UMl HAN EXPOSITION. harmonious arrangement of such a Government exhii)it. a board shall be created to be charged with the selection, preparation, arrangement, safe-keeping and exhibition of such articles and materials as the heads of the several departments and the directors of the Smithsonian Institution and National Museum may respectively decide shall be embraced in said Government exhibit. The President may also designate additional articles for exhibition. Such board shall be composed of one person to be named of each Executive Department, and one by the directors of the Smithsonian Institution and National Museum, and one by the Pish Commission, such selections to be approved by the President of the United States. The President shall name the chairman of said board, and the board itself shall select such other officers as it may deem necessary. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to place on exhibition, upon such grounds as shall be allotted for the purpose, one of the life-saving stations authorized to be constructed on tin.' coast of the United States by existing law. and to cause the same to be fully equipped with all apparatus, furniture and appliances now in usa in all life-saving stations in the United States, said building and apparatus to be removed at the close of the exhibition and re-erected at the place now authorized by law. Sec. 17. That the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause a suitable building or buildings to be erected on the site selected for the World’s Columbian Exposition for the Government exhibits, as provided in this act. and he is hereby authorized and directed to contract therefor, in the same manner and under the same regulations as for other public buildings of the United States; but the contracts for said building or buildings shall not exceed the sum of four hundred thousand dollars, and for the remainder of the fiscal year and for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth. eighteen hundred and ninety-one. there is hereby appropriated for said building or buildings, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars. The Secretary of the Treasury shall cause tin- said building or buildings to be constructed as far as possible of iron, steel and glass, or of such other material as may be taken out and sold to the best advantage; and he is authorized and required to dispose of such building or buildings, or the material composing the same, at the close of the Exposition, giving preference to the City of Chicago, or to the said World’s Exposition of eighteen hundred and ninety-two to purchase the same at an appraised value to be ascertained in such manner as he may determine. Sec. 18. That for the purpose of paying the expenses of transportation. care and custody of exhibits by the Government and the maintenance of the building or buildings hereinbefore provided for. and the safe return of articles belonging to the said Government exhibit, and for the expenses of the commission created by this act. and other contingent expenses, to be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, upon itemized accounts and vouchers, there is hereby appropriated for the remainder of this fiscal year and for the fiscal year ending dune thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary: Provided, That the United States shall not be liable, on account of the erection of buildings, expenses of the commission or any of its officers or employes, or on account of any expenses incident to or growing out of said Exposition, for a sum not, exceeding in the aggregate one million live hundred thousand dollars. SEC. ID. That the Commissioners and alternate Commissioners appointed under this act shall not be entitled to any compensation for their services out of the Treasury of the United States, except their actual expenses for transportation and the sum of six dollars per day for subsistence for each day they are necessarily absent from their homes on the business of said commission. The officers of said commission shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by said commission, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, which shall be paid out of the sums appropriated by Congress in aid of such Exposition. SEC. 20. That nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to create any liability of the United States, direct or indirect, for any debt or obligation incurred, nor for any claim for aid or pecuniary assistance from Congress or the Treasury of the United States in support or liquidation of any debts or obligations created by said commission in excess of appropriations made by Congress therefor. Sec. 21. That nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to override or interfere with the laws of any State, and all contracts made in any State for the purposes of the Exhibition shall be subject to the laws thereof. Sec. 22. That no member of said commission, whether an officer or otherwise, shall be personally liable for any debt or obligation which may be created or incurred by the said commission. Approved, April 2f>, 1K1M). Under the provision of said Act upon the nomination by the Governors of the States. Territories, and the District of Columbia, the President appointed two Commissioners to represent each State. Territory and the District of Columbia: and eight Commissioners from the country at large, to be constituted and designated as the World’s Columbian Commission. RULES AND REGULATIONS. ItULE 1. Exhibitors will not be charged for space. A limited amount of power will be supplied gratuitously. This amount will be settled definitely at the time space is alloteil. Power in excess of that will bew c) re i CObl IMDIAN KXPOSl'TlON. furnished by the Exposition at a fixed price. Demands for such excess must he made before the allotment of space. RULE 2. Any single piece, or section, of any exhibit of greater weight than 30,000 pounds will not be accepted if machinery is required for its installat ion. RULE 3. Exhibitors must provide, at their own expense, all showcases. cabinets, shelving, counters, fittings, etc., which they may require, and all countershafts, pulleys, belting, etc., for the transmission of power from the main shafts. Rule 4. Exhibitors will be confined to such exhibits as are specified in their application. When the allotment of space is definitely made, exhibitors will be notified of their allotment of space and its location, and will be furnished with a permit to occupy such space, subject to the general rules and regulations adopted for the government of the Exposition and the special rules governing the Department in which their exhibit will be made. Rule f>. Special rules will be issued governing each department and the sale of articles within the buildings or on the grounds. Rule f>. Decorations, signs, dimensions of cabinets, shelving, counters. etc., and the arrangement of the exhibits must conform to the general plan adopted by the Director General. Rule 7. Reasonable precautions will be taken for the preservation of exhibits, but the World's Columbian Exposition will not be responsible for any damage to. or for the loss or destruction of, an exhibit, resulting from any cause. RULE 8. All packages containing exhibits intended for the several departments must he addressed to the "Director General, Worlds Columbian Exposition. Chicago. Illinois. U. S. A." In addition, the following information must be written on the outside of each package; (a.) Department in which exhibit is to be installed. (b.) The .State or Territory from which the package comes. (c.) The name and address of the exhibitor. (d.) The number of the permit for space. (e. I Total number of packages sent by the same exhibitor. The serial number must be marked on each package, and a list of the contents enclosed in each package. Freight must be prepaid. Rule !). Favorable terms will be arranged by which exhibitors may insure their own goods. Exhibitors may employ watchmen of their own choice to guard their goods during the hours the Exposition is open to the public. Such watchmen wilI be subject to the rules and regulations governing employes of the Exposition. RULE 10. The expense of transporting, receiving, unpacking and arranging exhibits, as well as their removal at the close of the Exposition, shall be paid by the exhibitor. Rule 11. If no authorized person is at hand to take charge of exhibits within a reasonable time after arrival at the Exposition buildings, they will be removed and stored at the cost and risk of whomsoever it may concern. Rule 12. The installation of heavy articles requiring foundations should, by special arrangement, begin as soon as the progress of the work on the buildings will permit. The general reception of articles at the Exposition buildings will commence November 1st. IS!>2. and no article will be admitted after April 10th, 1803. Space not taken possession of April 1st. 1803, will revert to the Director General for re-assignment. Rule 13. If exhibits are intended for competition it must be so stated by the exhibitor, or they will be excluded from examination for award. Rule If. The Chief of each Department will provide cards of uniform size and character, which may he affixed to exhibits, and on which will he stated only the exhibitor's name and address, the name of the article or object exhibited, and its catalogue number. Rule 15. Articles that are in any way dangerous or offensive, also patent medicines, nostrums and empirical preparations whose ingredients are concealed, will not he admitted to the Exposition. Rule hi. Exhibitors' business cards and brief descriptive circulars only may be placed within such exhibitors' space for distribution. The right is reserved by the Director General to restrict or discontinue this privilege whenever, in his judgment, it is curried to excess or becomes an annoyance to visitors. Rule IT. The Chief of each Department, with the approval of the Director General, has the power to order the removal of any article he may consider dangerous, detrimental to. or incompatible with the object or decorum of the Exposition, or the comfort and safety of the public. Rule 18. Exhibitors will be held responsible for the cleanliness of their exhibits and the space surrounding the same. All exhibits must be in complete order each day. at least thirty minutes before the hour of opening. No work of this character will be permitted during the hours the building is open to the public. In case of failure on the part of any exhibitor to observe this rule, the Chief of the Department may adopt such means to enforce the same as circumstances may suggest. Rule 19. The removal of exhibits will not be permitted prior to the (dose of the Exposition. Rule 2<>. Sketches, drawings, photographs or other reproductions of articles to be exhibited, will only be allowed upon the joint assent of the exhibitor and the Director General: but general views of portions ofwowi^rv« couuMrtrAN c x i >( >&-si u i < >js;. the interiors of the buildings may be made by the approval of the Director General. Rule 21. Immediately after the close of the Exposition, exhibitors must remove their etleets, and complete such removal before .January 1st. 1894. Goods then remaining will be removed and disposed of under the direction of the World's Columbian Exposition. Rule 22. An official catalogue will be published in English. French, German and Spanish. The sale of catalogues is reserved exclusively by the Exposition Company. Rule 23. Each person who becomes an exhibitor thereby agrees to conform strictly to the rules and regulations established for the government of the Exposition. Rule 24. Communications concerning the Exposition, applications for space, and negotiations relative thereto, should be addressed to the "Director General, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago. Illinois, U. S. A." Rule 25. The management reserves the right to construe, amend or add to, all rules and regulations, whenever it may be deemed necessary for the interest of the Exposition. Geohue R. Davis. Director General. REGULATIONS FOR FOREIGN EXHIBITORS. 1. The Exhibition will be held on the shore of Lake Michigan, in the City of Chicago, and will be opened on the first day of May. 181)3. and closed on the 30th day of October following. 2. All governments have been invited to appoint commissions for the purpose of organizing their departments in the Exhibition. The Director General should be notified of the appointment of such foreign commission as soon as the appointment is made. Diagrams of the buildings and grounds will be furnished to the foreign commissions on or before January 1. 1892. indicating the localities to be occupied by each nation, subject, however, to revision and readjust ment. 3. Applications for space and negotiations relative thereto must be conducted with the commission of the country where the article is produced. 4. Foreign Commissioners are requested to notify the Director-General not later than June 1. 1892, whether they desire any increase or •diminution of the space offered them, and the amount. 5. Before November 1. 1892, the foreign Commissions must furnish the Director-General with approximate plans showing the manner of allotting the space assigned to them, and also with lists of their exhibitors and other information necessary for preparation of the official catalogue. Products brought into the United States at the ports of Portland, Maine, Boston. New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Tampa. New Orleans, San Francisco. Wilmington, Portland, O., Port Townsend, Wash.. Seattle. Wash., and Chicago. 111., or at any other port of entry intended for display at tin; International Exhibition, will be allowed to go forward to the Exhibition building, under proper supervision of customs officers, without examination at such ports of original entry, and at the close of the Exhibition will be allowed to go forward to the port from which they are to be exported. No duties will be levied upon such goods, unless entered for consumption in the United States. (>. The transportation, receiving, unpacking and arranging of the products for exhibition will be at the expense of the exhibitor. 7. The installation of heavy articles requiring special foundations or adjustment should, by special arrangement, begin as soon as the progress of the work upon the building will permit. The general reception of articles at the Exhibition buildings will commence on November 1, 1S<»2. and no article will be admitted after April 10. 1893. 8. Space assigned to foreign Commissions and not occupied on the 10th day of April. 1893. will revert to the Director-! Jeneralfor readjustment. 9. If products are intended for competition it must be so stated by the exhibitor: if not. they will be excluded from the examination by the international juries. 10. An Official Catalogue will be published in English. French, German and Spanish. The sale of catalogues is reserved to the World's Columbian Exposition. The twelve departments of the classification which will determine the relative location of articles in the Exhibition—except in such collective exhibits as may receive special sanction—also the arrangement of names in the catalogue, are as follows: A. Agriculture. Forest Products. Forestry, Machinery and Applian-] B. Viticulture. Horticulture. Floriculture. [cos. C. Live Stock: Domestic and Wild Animals. D. Fish, Fisheries. Fish Products and Apparatus for Fishing. E. Mines. Alining and Metallurgy. F. Machinery. G. Transportation: Railways, Vessels, Vehicles. H. Manufactures. J. Electricity. K. Fine Arts: Pictorial. Plastic and Decorative. L. Liberal Arts: Education, Engineering. Public Works. Architecture, Music and the Drama. M. Ethnology, Archaeology, Progress of Labor and Invention, Isolated and Collective Exhibits.WORI^n'H COTyUMBIAN rroN. 11. Foreign Commissions may publish catalogues of their respective sect ions. 12. Exhibitors will not be churned for space. A limited quantity of steam and water power will be supplied gratuitously. The quantity of each will be settled definitely at the time of the allotment of space. Any power required by the exhibitor in excess of that allowed will be furnished by the World's Columbian Exposition at a fixed price. Demands for such excess of power must also be settled at the time of the allotment of space. 13. Exhibitors must provide at their own cost all show cases, shelving. counters, fittings, etc., which they may require, and all countershafts, with their pulleys, bolting, etc., for the transmission of power from the main shafts in the building where the exhibit is located. All arrangements of articles and decorations must lie in conformity with the general plan adopted by the Director (ieneral. The World's Columbian Exposition will take precautions for the safe preservation of all objects in the Exposition: but it will in no way be responsible for damage or loss of any kind, or for accidents by lire or otherwise. however originating. 14. Favorable facilities will be arranged by which exhibitors or foreign commissions may insure their own goods. Foreign commissions may employ watchmen of their own choice to guard their goods during the hours the Exposition is open to the public, subject to the rules and regulations of the Exposition. 15. Foreign commissions, or such agents as they may designate, shall be responsible for the receiving, unpacking and arrangement of objects, as well as for the removal at the close of the Exposition: but no person shall bo permitted to act as such agent until he can give to the Director General written evidence of his having been approved by the proper commission. ID. Each package must be addressed "To the Commission (name of country at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago. United States of America." and should have at least two labels affixed to dilTerent but not opposite sides of each case, and give the ft ill owing' informal ion: IT. (1) The country from which it comes: 2) Name of firm of the exhibitor: 3j Residence of the exhibitor: (4) Department, to which ob- ject.-, belong: 5 Total number of packages sent by that exhibitor; (D) Serial number of that particular package. is. Within each package should be a list of all objects. If). If no authorized person is at hand to receive goods on their arrival at the Exposition buildings, they will be removed without delay and stored at the risk and cost of whomsoever it may concern. 2b. Articles that are in any way dangerous or otl'ensive, also patent nostrums and empirical preparations, whose ingredients are concealed, will not be admitted. 21. The removal of goods on exhibition will not be permitted prior to the close of the Exhibition. 22. Sketches, drawings, photographs, or other reproduction of articles exhibited will only be allowed upon the joint assent of the exhibitor and Director General; but views of portions of the building may be made upon the Director General's sanction. 23. Immediately after the close of the Exhibition, exhibitors shall remove their effects, and complete such removal before January 1. 1894; goods then remaining will bo removed and sold for expenses, or otherwise disposed of under the direction of the World's Col umbian Exposition., 24. Each person who becomes an exhibitor thereby acknowledges and agrees to bo governed by the rules and regulations established for the government of the Exhibition. Special regulations will be issued concerning the exhibition of line arts, awards, the organization of the international juries, and sale of special articles within the buildings, and on other points not touched upon in these preliminary instructions. 25. All communications concerning the Exhibition will be addressed to the Director General. World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois. U. S. A. The management reserves the right to explain or amend these regulations whenever it may be deemed necessary for the interest of the Exhibition. Georoe R. Davis. Director General. WORLD’S COLUMBIAN COMMISSION. COMMISSIONERS AT LARGE. COMMISSI! INKItS. A. G. Bullock, Worcester, Mass. Gorton W. Allen, Auburn. N. Y. P. A. B. Widener, Philadelphia, Pa. T. W. Palmer. Detroit. Mich. R. W. Furnas. Bmwnville. Neb. William Lindsay, Frankfort, Ivy. Henry Exall, Dallas, Tex. Mark L. McDonald. Santa Rosa. Ca COMMISSIONERS OF TH ALTERNATES. Henry Ingalls, Wiscasset. Me. Li. Fitzgerald. New York. X. Y. J. W. Ghalfant. Pittsburgh, Pa. James Oliver. South Bend. Ind. II. G. Parker. St. Louis. Mo. Patrick Walsh, Augusta. Gall. C. King, San Antonio, Tex. Thomas Burke. Seattle. Wash. E DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. COMMISSIONERS. ALTERNATES. Alexander T. Britton. Washington. E. K. Johnson. Washington. Albert A. Wilson, Washington. Dorsev Clagett. Washington.Alabama. Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut Delaware. Florida, Georgia. Idaho, Illinois, Indiana. Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland. Mass.. Michigan, WOK’ I COUUMBXAN TION. COMMISSIONERS OF THE STATES. COMMISSIONERS. F. G. Bromberg, Mobile. O. II. Hudley, Huntsville, J. D, Adams, Little Hock. J. 11. Clendening, Fort Smith. M. H. de Young. SanEranc'o. William Forsyth, Fresno. R. E. Goodell, Leadville. F. J. Y. Skill', Denver. L. Brainard. Hartford. T. M. Waller, New London. Geo. Y. Massey. Dover. W. H. Porter, Wilmington. G. F. A. Bielby, De Land, R. Turnbull, Montieello. L. McLaws, Savannah. C. H. Way, Savannah. G. A. Manning, Post Falls. J. E. Stearns, Nama. C. H. Deere. Moline. A. T. Ewing, Chicago. T. E. Garvin, Evansville. E. B. Martindale. Iiuliana’lis. J. Eiboeek, Des Moines. W. F. King, Mt. Yernon. C. K. Holliday, Jr., Topeka. J. R. Burton, Abilene. J. Bennett. Richmond. J. A. McKenzie. Oak Grove. ALTERNATES. G. L. Worth, Montgomery. W. S. Hull. Sheflield. J. T. W. Til lav, Little Rock. Thomas II. Leslie. Stuttgart. G. Hazleton, San Francisco. R. 1). Stephens, Sacramento. II. B. Gillespie, Aspen. O. C. French. New Windsor. C. F. Brooker, Torrington. C. R. Baldwin, Waterbury. C. F. Richards, Georgetown. W. Saulsbury, Dover. Dudley W. Adams, Tangerine. J. T. Bernard, Tallahassee. J. Longstreet, Gainesville, J. W. Clark. Augusta. A. J. Crook, Hailey. John M. Burke, Wardner. L. Funk, Shirley. D. Smith, Springfield. W. E. McLean, Terre Haute. C. M. Travis, Crawfordsville. C. N. Whiting, Whiting. J. Hayes, Red Oak. M. D. Henry, Independence. F. W. Lanyon, Pittsburg. D. N. Comingore, Covington. J. S. Morris. Louisville. D. B. Penn, Newellton. A. Le Due, New Orleans T. J. Woodward, New Orica's. P. J. McMahon, Tangipahoa. A. R. Bixby. Skowhegan. J. A. Boardman, Bangor AY. G. Davis. Portland. C. S. Edwards. Bethel. J. Hodges, Baltimore. G. M. Upshur. Snow Hill. L. Lowndes. Cumberland. I). E. Conkling, Baltimore. F. W. Breed. Lynn. G. P. Ladd, Spencer. T. E. Proctor. Boston. C. E. Adams, Lowell. M. H. Lane, Kalamazoo. E. B. Fisher. Grand Rapids. ('. 11. Richmond, Ann Arbor. G. II. Barbour. Detroit, COMMISSIONERS. Minnesota, M. B. Harrison, Duluth. O. Y. Tousley, Minneapolis. Mississippi,,!. M. Bynum, Rienzi. Robert L. Saunders, Jackson. Missouri, T. B. Bullene. Kansas City. C. II. Jones, St. Louis. Montana, L. II. Ilershlield, Helena. A. H.Mitchell, Deer Lodge Cy. Nebraska, E. Martin, Omaha. A. G. Scott, Kearney. Nevada, J. W. Haines, Genoa. George Russell, Elko. New Ilamp- Walter Aiken, Franklin. shire, C. D. McDuffie, Manchester. New Jersey.William J. Sewell, Camden. Thomas Smith, Newark. New York, C. M. Depew. New York. John Boyd Thatcher, Albany. North A. B. Andrews. Raleigh. Carolina, T. B. Keogh. Greensboro. North II. P. Rucker. Grand Forks. Dakota, Martin Ryan, Fargo. Ohio, Harvey P. Platt, Toledo. William Ritchie. Hamilton. Oregon, H. Klippel, Jacksonville. M. Wilkins. Eugene City. Pennsylv'a, W. McClelland, Pittsburgh. J.W.Woodside, Philadelphia. Rhode L. B. Goff. Pawtucket. Island, G. C. Sims, Providence. South A. P. Butler, Columbia. Carolina, J. R. Cochran. Anderson. South Merrit H. Day. Rapid City. Dakota. W. McIntyre, Watertown. Tennessee, L. T. Baxter, Nashville. T. L. Williams. Knoxville. Texas, A. M. Cochran, Dallas. John T. Dickinson, Austin. ALTERNATES. T. C. Kurtz, Moorhead. Muret N. Leland, Wells. F. W. Collins, Summit. J. II. Brinker, West Point. O. H. Richer, Joplin. R. L. McDonald. St. Joseph. B. F. White. Dillon. T. E. Collins, Great Falls-W. L. May. Fremont. J. Lauterbach, Fairbury. E. Strother, Virginia City. R. Ryland, Reno. G. Van Dyke. Lancaster. F. E. Kaley. Milford. F. S. Fish. Newark. E. A. Stevens. Hoboken J. II. Breslin, New York. J. Roosevelt. Hyde Park. Elias Carr. Old Sparta. G. A. Bingham. Salisbury. C. II. Stanley. Steele. Peter Cameron. Tyner. Lucius Cron. Piqua. A. Pluemer. (,’incinnati. J. L. Morrow. Heppner. W. T. Wright. Union. R. B. Ricketts. Wilkes-Barre, J. K. Ilallock, Erie. J. Hazard. Providence. L. Spencer. Newport. E. L. Roche. Charleston. J. W. Tindell. Sumter. S. A. Ramsey. Woonsocket. L. S. Bullard, Pierre. R. Strong. Knoxville. A. B. Hurt, Chattanooga. L. McDaniel, Anderson. II. B. Andrews. San Antonio.XVc Îiv 1 )-t-i COIvtJ M 13IAN BXPOSITIOX COM MISS ION HH S. A LT K R N ATES. Vermont, H. II. McIntyre, W. Rando’h A. F. Walker. Rutland, B. B. Smalley, Burlington. H. Atkins, Montpelier. Virginia, V. D. Groner, Norfolk, C. A. Heermans, Christianb'g. J. T Harris, Harrisonburg. A. Me Donald, Lynchburg. Washing'll, Henry Drum. Tacoma. G. F. Cummin, Clieney. C. B. Hopkins. Spokane Falls. C. B. Bagley, Seattle. West J. D. Butt, Harper's Ferry. John Corcoran. Wheeling. Virginia, J. W. St. Clair, Fayetteville. W. Vrooman, Parkersburg. Wisconsin. P. Allen, Jr., Mineral Point. D. W. Curtis, Ft. Atkinson. J. X. Coburn, LaCrossc. Myron Peed. Superior. Wyoming, A. C. Beckwith. Evanston. A. S. Mercer, Cheyenne. Henry G. Hay. Cheyenne. J. J. McCormick, Sheridan- COMMISSIONERS OF THE TERRITORIES. COMMISSIONERS. Arizona, G. F. Coats. Phoenix. W. Zeekendorf. Tucson. ALTERNATES. W. L. Van Horn, Flagstaff. H. II. Logan, Phoenix. T. C.Gutierres. Albuquerque. L. C. Têtard, E. T.as Vegas. R. M. White, Hermosa. C. li. Eddy, Eddv. J. Wallace, Oklahoma City. J. W. McXeal. Guthrie. New Mexico, Oklahoma, O. Beeson, Reno City. J. D. Miles. Kinglisher. Utah, F. J. Iviesel, Ogden. W. M. Ferry, Park City. P. II. Lannan. Salt Lake Cy. C. Crane. Kanosh. Alaska, E. De Groff, Sitka. C. Spulili. Killisnoo. L. L. Williams, Juneau. N. A. Fuller, Juneau. BOARD OF LADY MANAGERS. Section 6 of the Act of Congress creating the World's Columbian Commission, authorized and required said Commissioners to appoint ”a Board of Lady Managers, of such number and to perform such duties as may be prescribed by said Commission.'" In pursuance of this authority the World's Columbian Commission authorized the appointment of two Lady Managers from each State and Territory and the District of Columbia, eight Managers at Large and nine from the City of Chicago, with alternates respectively. List of Officers, Lady Managers and Alternates of the Board of Lady Managers of the World's Columbian Commission: President. Mrs. Potter Palmer, of Chicago. First Vice-President, Mrs. Ralph Trautmann, of New York. Second Vice-President, Mrs. Edwin C. Burleigh, of Maine. Third Vice-President, Mrs. Charles Price, of North Carolina. Fourth Vice-President, Miss Katherine L. Minor, of Louisiana. Fifth Vice-1 ’resident, Mrs. Beriali Wilkins, of the Dist. of Columbia. Sixth Vice-President, Mrs. Susan R. Ashley, of Colorado. Seventh Vice-President, Mrs. Flora Beall Ginty, of Wisconsin. Eighth Vice-President, Mrs. Margaret Blaine Salisbury, of Utah. Vice-President-at-Large. Mrs. Russell B. Harrison, of Montana. Secretary, Mrs. Susan Gale Cook. Knoxville. Tenn. Office, Chicago. COMMISSIONERS AT LARGE. LADY MANAGERS. ALTERNATES. Mrs. D. F. Verdenal, New York. Mrs. B. C. Truman, Los Angles, Cal. “ M. C. Cantrill,Georgetown,Ky. N. II. Banks, Morganfield, Ky. M.S. Lockwood, Wash'll, D. C. J. B. Stone, Worcester, Mass. “ J. J. Bagley, Detroit, Mich. •' S. Colfax, South Bend, Ind. Miss E. A. Ford, New York. “ II. A. Peek, Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. M. S. Harrison, Helena, Mont. Miss C. E. Dennis, Auburn, N. Y. “ I. A. E. Tyler, Philadelp'a, Pa. Mrs. G. R. Yarrow, Philadelphia,Pa. “ R. Ryan, Austin, Tex. " L. C. Baxter, Navasota, Tex. LADY COMMISSIONERS FROM THE STATES. LADY MANAGERS. Ala. Miss II T. Hundley. Mooresville. Miss Mrs. A. M. Fosdick, Mobile. Mrs. Ark. “ J. P. Eagle, Little Rock. “ R. A. Edgcrton, L'le Rock. Cal. “ P. P. Rue, Santa Rosa. “ J. R. Deane, San Francisco. Col. “ R. J. Coleman, BeunaVista. S. R. Ashley, Denver. Conn.Miss F. B. Ives, New Haven. Mrs. I. B. Hooker, Hartford. Del. “ M. R. Kinder, Milford. “ J. F. Ball, Wilmington. Fla. !< M. C. Bell, Gainesville. Miss E. N. Beck, Tampa. Ga. Mrs. W. II. Felton, Cartersville. “ C. H. Olmstead, Savannah. Idaho “ J. C. Straughan, Boise Cy. 111. “ R. J. Oglesby, Elkhart. F. W. Shepard, Cliieago. ALTERNATES. S. T. Smith, Birmingham. L. L. Worth, Montgomery. “ M. D. Rogers, Fort Smith. “ W. B. Empie, Newport. T. Fair, San Francisco. •' F. E. Wait, San Francisco. “ W. F. Patrick, Leadville. “ M. D. Thatcher. Pueblo. “ A. B. Hinman, Stevenson. “ V. T. Smith, Hartford. “ M. E. Torbert, Milford. “ T. F. Armstrong. Newark. “ C. M. Reed, S. Jacksonville. “ H. K. Ingram, Jacksonvi'e. “ M. T. McLaws, Augusta. t- G. W. Lamar, Savannah. “ A. M. Farnum, Post Falls. “ E. R. Miller, Pocatello. “ M. L. Gould, Moline. “ F. B. Phillips, Bloomington*W01\'m t Vs-S COLUMBIAN EX POSITION. LADY MANAGERS. liuL Mrs. W. Reitz, Evansville. “ V. C. Meredith, Cambridge. Iowa. “ W. S. Clark, Dos Moines. Miss 0. E. Miller, Cedar Rap'ds. Kan. Mrs. J. S. Mitchell, Leavenwo'h, “ H. A. Hanback, Osborne. Ivy. “ J. W. Faulkner. Lancaster, Miss C. D. Payne. Henderson. La. “ K. L. Minor, Houma. “ J. Shakspere, New Orleans. MaineMrs. E. C. Burleigh, Augusta. “ L. N. Stevens. Portland. Md. “ W. Reed, Baltimore. “ A. Thomson, Mt. Savage. Mass. “ R. S. Frost, Chelsea. “ J. H. French, Boston. Mich. “ E. J. Howes, Battle Creek. “ S. S. Angell, Ann Arbor. Minn. “ F. B. Clarke, St. Paul. “ H. F. Brown, Minneapolis. Miss. “ J. W. Lee, Aberdeen. “ J. M. Stone. Jackson. Mo. Miss P. Couzins, St. Louis. L. M. Brown, Kirkwood. Mont. Mrs. E. Rickard, Butte City. “ L. R. Toole, Helena. Neb. “ J. S. Briggs, Omaha. “ E. C. Langworthy. Seward. Nev. “ E. M. Russell, Elko. “ E. M. Stevenson, Carson Cy N. H. “ M. B. Ladd. Lancaster. “ D. Hall. Dover. N. J. Miss M. E. Busselle, Newark, Mrs. M. B. Stevens. Hoboken. N. Y. “ R. Trautman, N. Y. City. “ W. C. Whitney. N. Y. City. N. C. “ G. W. Kidder, Wilmington. “ C. Price, Salisbury. ALTERNATES. Miss S. W. Ball, Terre Haute. l> M. H. Krout, Crawfordsv’lc. Mrs. I. F. Hendricks. Council Bl. Miss M. B. Hancock, Dubuque. Mrs. S. B. Lynch, Leavenworth. '• ,J. H. Haynes, Fort Scott. Miss Sarah F. Holt, Frankfort. Mrs. A. B. Castleman, Louisville. “ B. S. Leathers, New Orica's. B. H. Perkins, N. Orleans. “ S. H. Bixby, Skowhcgan. Miss K. II. Locke. Bethel. Mrs. J. W. Patterson. Baltimore. “ E. Roman, Cumberland. “ A. F. Palmer. Cambridge. Miss M. C. Sears, Boston. Mrs. F. P. Burrows. Kalamazoo. Miss A. M. Cutcheon, Detroit. Mrs. P. B. Winston. Minneapolis. •1 M. M. Williams. Little Falls. “ G.M. Buchanan, HollySpr'gs. Miss V. Davis, Beauvoir. Mrs. P. Moore. Kansas City. u A. L. Swart, St. Louis. “ F. L. Worden. Missoula. “ M. D. Cooper. Bozeman. “ M. A. Martin, Broken Bow. “ L. A. Bates, Aurora. Miss M. E. Davies, Genoa. Mrs. M. D. Foley, Reno. “ F. II. Daniell. Franklin F’ls. Miss E. J. Cole, Lake Village. Mrs. A M. Smith, Newark. “ J. Pope, N. Y. City. “ A. AI. Palmer. N. Y. City. “ S. S. Gotten, Falkland. Miss V. S. Divine, Wilmington. N.Dk. Ohio, Ore. Penn. R’dc Isl'd. Sou'h Car. Sou’h Dak. Tenn. Tex. Vt. Va. Wash West Va. Wis. Wyo. LADY MANAGERS. Mrs. S. McLaughlin, Gr'dFo’ks. “ W. B. McConnell, Fargo. “ M. A. Hart, Cincinnati. “ W. Hartpense, Harrison. “ E. W. Allen, I’ortland. “ M. Payton, Salem. “ M. E. McCandless, Pittsb’rg. “ H. A. Lucas, Philadelphia. “ A. Starkweather, Pawtuck’t. Miss C. F. Daily, Providence. V. J. S. R. Thomson. Spartanb'g. Mrs. E. M. Bray ton. Columbia. “ J. R. Wilson. Deadwood. “ Helen M. Barker, Huron. “ L. Gillespie. Nashville. “ S. G. Cooke, Knoxville. “ I. L. Turner. Ft. Worth. “ M. A. Cochran. Dallas. “ E. M. Chandler. Pomfret. “ E. V. Grinned 1, Burlington. “ J. S. Wise, Richmond. “ K. S. G. Paul, Harrisonburg. . “ M. D. Owings, Olympia. “ A. Hough tor, Spokane Falls. “ W. N. Linch, Martinsburg. “ L. I. Jackson, Parkersburg. ‘ F. B. Ginty, Chippewa Falls. “ W. P. Lynde, Milwaukee. “ F. II. Harrison, Evanston. “ F. E. Hale, Cheyenne. Mrs. Miss Mrs. Miss Mrs. ALTERNATES. A. V. Brown, Lisbon. F. C. Holley, Bismarck H. T. Upton, Warren. A. S. Basimeli, Springfield. A. R. Riggs. Portland. II. E. Sladden, Eugene Cy. S. Plumer, Franklin. Mrs. W. S. Elkins, Phila. G. A. Mumford, Pawtucket. L. P. Bucklin, Providence. F. Cunningham, Charlest’n. C. A. Perry. Walhalla. M. Daniels, Waterloo. M. J. Gaston, Deadwood. C. Mason, Memphis. C. J. McClung, Knoxville. H. E. Harrison. Waco. K. C. McDaniel, Anderson. M. G. Hooker, Brattleboro. T. J. Cochrane. Groton. Miss M. Harris. Staunton. Mrs. C. W. Griggs, Tacoma. Miss J. H. Stinson, Colfax. Mrs. G. W. Black. Hall town. Miss A. M. Mahan. Fayetteville. Mrs. S. S. Fifield, Ashland. “ J. M. Smith. Mineral Point. “ E. A. Stone, Evanston. Miss G. M. Huntington, Saratoga. COMMISSIONERS FROM THE TERRITORIES. LADY MANAGERS. Ariz. Mrs. T. ,T. Butler, Prescott. Miss L. Lovell, Tucson. Alas'aMrs. A. K. Delaney, Juneau. ALTERNATES. Mrs. G. Hoxworth. Flagstaff. ‘‘ II. J. Peto, Tombstone. Miss M. Stevenson. Juneau. N. M. “ F. L. Albright, Albuqucr’e. “ E. L. Bartlett, Santa Fe. Mrs. L. D. Campbell, Eddy.•woisi c;c LADY MANAGERS. Oklo- Mrs. M, i’. Beeson, Reno City, lioma, ” L. I). Miles, Kingfisher. Utah, " T. A. Whalen, Ogden. " 1M. B. Salisbury, Salt Lake COMMISSIONERS FROM THE LADY MANAGERS. Mrs. John A. Logan, Washington. V Beriah Wilkins, Washington. ALTERNATES. Mrs. J. Wallace, Oklohoma City. " M. S. McNeal, Guthrie. '■ S. B. Emery. Park City. '. Miss Keogh. Salt Lake City. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. ALTERNATES. rs. E. 1). Rowell, Washington. “ E. C. Wimsatt, Washington. COMMISSIONERS FROM THE CITY OF CHICAGO. LADY MANAGERS. Mrs. Bertha M. II. Rainier. " S. Thatcher, .1 r., River Forest. '' Jennie Sanford Lewis. " .Tames A. Mulligan. “ Frances Dickinson, " M. R. M. Wallace. l" Myra Bradwell. '• .lames R. Doolittle, Jr. " Matilda B. Carse. ALTERNATES. Mrs. Sarah T. Uallowell. " George L. Dunlap. '• L. Brace Shattuek. “ Annie ('. Meyers. " Martha H. Ten Eyck. '• M. r. Sandes, Ravenswood, 111. " Beamier Stone. “ Gen'l A. L. Chetlain. Frances E. Willard, Evanston, Til. BOARD OF CONTROL OF THE U. S. GOVERNMENT EXHIBIT. Hon. Edwin Willits. Chairman. Sevellon .V. Brown, Chief Clerk of the Department of State, to represent that department. Allured B. Nettleton, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Department. to represent the Treasury Department. Major ('lifton Comly. u. S. A.. to represent the War Department. Captain R. W. Meade. U. S. N.. to represent the Navy Department. A. 1). Hazen, Third Assistant Postmaster General to represent the Post * )tiiee 1 tepartment. Horace A. Taylor. Commissioner of Railroads, to represent the Department of the Interior. Elijah C. Foster, General Agent of the Department of Justice, to represent that department. Edwin Willits. Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, to represent the Department of Agriculture. Dr. G. Brown Goode, Assistant Secretary Smithsonian Institute, to represent that Institution and the Nat ional Museum. J. W. Collins, Assistant-in-Charge Division of Fisheries, to represent the United States Fish Commission. 1CXF TION. ADMINISTRATIVE AND DEPARTMENTAL ORGANIZATION. Tile administration and control of the affairs of the Exposition have been conferred upon the two bodies designated respectively as the World's ('olumbian (’ommission, and the World's (lolumbian Exposition, the latter being incorporated under the laws of the State of Illinois, and both bodies act ing through 1 lie executive depart ment and committees and the Board of Reference and Control, as herein enumerated. OF FILERS OF TIJ E COMMISSION. President, Thomas W. Palmer, Michigan. VICE-PRESIDENTS. First. T. M. Waller, Connecticut. Fourth. G. W. Allen, New York. Second. M. II. deYoung, California. Fifth. A. B. Andrews, Third. D. B. Penn, Louisiana. North Carolina. Director-General, Geo. R. Davis. Secretary, J. T. Dickinson. OFFICERS OF THE EXPOSITION. President, If. N. ITiginbotham. Vice-Presidents. Ferd. W. Reck, Robert A. Waller. Secretary, Howard O. Edmonds. Attorney, William Iv. Carlisle. Auditor, W. K. Ackerman. Treasurer, Anthony F. Seeberger. Traffic Manager, E. E. Jaycox. BOARD OF REFERENCE AND CONTROL. WORLD'S COLUMBIAN COMMISSION. T. W. 1’aimer. M. H. de Young. Geo. V. Massey. E. B. Martindale. J. A. McKenzie. William Lindsay. J. W. St. Clair. T. M. Waller. WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION. Wm. T. Baker. Rotter Palmer. Edwin Walker. Ferd. W. Peck. Thos. B. Bryan. Lyman J. Gage. II. N. Higinbotham. Fred. S. Winston. DEPARTMENTS OF THE EXPOSITION. George R. Davis. Director-General. Department A.—Agriculture, Food and Food Products, Farming Machinery and Appliances. W. I. Buchanan, Chief. Department B. -Horticulture. John M. Samuels, Chief. Department (’. -Livestock—Domestic and Wild Animals. E. B. Cottrell. ('llief. Department D.—Fish, Fisheries, Fish Products and Apparatus of Fishing. J. W. Collins. Chief. Department E.—Mines, Mining and Metallurgy. Frederick J. V. Skiff, Chief.•s COLrUMBIAN ■OS1TION. Department F.—Machinery. L. W. Robinson. Chief. Department G.—Transportation Exhibits, Railways, Vessels and Vehicles. Willard A. Smith. Chief. Department H.—Manufactures. James Allison. Chief. Department J. — Electricity and Electrical Appliances. J. P. Barrett. Chief. Department K.—Fine Arts, Pictorial, Plastic and Decorative. Halsey C. Ives. Chief. Department L. — Liberal Arts, Education, Engineering’, Public Works, Architecture. Music and the drama. S. H. Peabody, Chief. Department M. Ethnology; Archaeology, Progress of Labor and Invention—Isolated and Collective Exhibits. F. W. Putnam, Chief. Department X.—Forestry and Forest Products. T. B. Keogh, Chief. Department O.—Publicity and Promotion. Moses P. Handy, Chief. Department P.—Foreign Affairs. Walker Fern, Chief. Secretary of Installation, Jos. Hirst. BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION. D. H. Burnham, Chief. Board of Architects.—By recommendation of the Committee on Grounds and Buildings, approved by the Board of Directors at its meet- ing of January 9, 1891, the following architects were constituted a board to decide, in conference with the Chief of Construction, upon the preliminary problems in arrangement and grouping of buildings and their architecture, submitted to them. The general arrangement and harmony of the buildings, which promise to be among the most attractive features of the Exposition, were decided upon by the Chief and staff and the Board, and the designs of the proposed buildings of the Exposition were allotted among the architects by the Chief of Construction, as follows: Robert M. Hunt, of Xew York, Administration. W. L. B. Jenny, of Chicago, Horticulture. Mclvim, Mead & White, of Xew York, Agriculture. Adler & Sullivan, of Chicago, Transportation. George B. Post, of Xew York, Manufactures. Henry Ives Cobb, of Chicago, Fisheries. Burling & Wliitehouse, of Chicago, Casino and Entrances. Peabody & Stearns, of Boston, Machinery. S. S. Beaman, of Chicago, Mines and Mining. Van Brunt & Howe, of Kansas City, Electricity. C. B. Atwood, of Chicago, Art and Forestry.3 WORLD'S FAIR RK DU ' AT D •>" — SC EX E OX STATE STREET, AIVIU PARADE."the: CHICAGO'S BRAND DEMONSTRATION IN II 2fftli of October, 1SH2. the day preceding the official dedication of the World's Fair palaces, was set apart for Chieago's celebrat ion of the the discovery of America by Columbus. That demonstration is now a matter of history, and in many respects was g rander and more imposing than any before ever held, not merely on account of the great numbers taking part, but from its heterogeneous composition—including-more notable personages than had ever before been seen in one parade, combined with the many orders of associations representing everv class of American citizens. There were Governors and their staffs, in far yroater numbers than any previous parade could boast: there were orators and prelates: city officials: orders comprising merchants and millionaires; orders comprising the clerks, the mechanics, the laboring- classes the bone and sinew of the country; and there were the school children, the lads and the lasses who will soon take the places of their fathers and mothers in managing- public affairs and moulding the opinions for the coming generations. About- 7->.OIK) was a very conservative estimate of the number of those in line, which took fully three hours to pass a given point, the pedestrains marching twenty abreast, and the carriages four. The parade formed in Lake Front Parle, and at a quarter to twelve the signal gun was fired for the march to commence. The line of march was over Congress to Wabash, Wabash to Lake. Lake to State. State to Adams. Adams to Franklin. Franklin to Van Buren, Van Buren to Michigan Avenue, where they disbanded. TIh- city was in holiday attire, with buildings bedecked from cornice to sidewalk with the national colors, in streamers and Hags. All business PARADE. NOK Of COLUMBUS AND THE WORLD'S FAIR. was suspended, and the streets were cleared of all vehicles, not a single one being allowed in the central portion. This was a wise and necessary prov is ion, for the bus i ness thorough fares were packed with the thousands of Chicago's eit i/.ens and the thousands of visitors from all over the country, many of whom had journeyed hundreds of miles to witness this great demonst ration. .V million of people was a fair estimate of the number of spectators who were that day gathered in a half mile square of the center of this great city. The reviewing stand, occupied by Vice President Morton, the Fair officials, and representatives of foreign governments, was placed on Adams st reet. in front of the Post Office, on eit her side of which were 1 iers of seats oei upied by 2,.dill) children, so dressed and arranged as to represent two enormous American Hags. The following is the order of the procession, with names of the different orders and societies of which it was formed, accompanied by hundreds of bands of every description : Chief of Police MeClaughry and assistants. Mounted police and police on foot. Sousa's Chicago's band. Mexican nat ional band. Grand Marshal Major General Nelson A Miles and numerous staff'. FIKST CliA.N'I) DIVISION. Col. M. ID. Birge and aids in command. Chicago Hussars, escort to t ’ity officials and (lovernors of States. Mayor Washburne. City officials and City Council, in carriages. Grand Army of the Republic, by posts. Governors of States and Territories, who. with their staffs, occupied Over one hundred carriages: with mounted escort. Carlisle. Pa., Indian School, composed of ffob native Indian hoys.Second grand division. Gen. A. C. Hawley in command, with numerous aids. Independent Order of Foresters, by courts, comprising* 10,000 men. Italian Societies of 2,500 men. Italian Democratic Club of 500 men, accompanied by a float of “Columbus Discovering* America.” Grecian Brotherhood Association, composed of 300 men. Patriotic Order of Sons of America, with 8,000 men in line. Orangemen in full regalia. Patriotic Guard of the United States. Chicago Turners Societies, 2.500 men in line. Veterans of the German army, 500 men. Military-Order of St. George and Scottish Societies. Creation Benevolent Society and Polish Societies, with 5.000 men. Swedish and Scandinavian Societies, with about 10.000 men in line. Fugle wood Bight Infantry. County Democratic Marching Club, with 250 men. Fullerton Avenue Cadets, 100 in line. High School Boys. Englewood Guards. Sons of Veterans. A. A I D IED. Float representing U. S. S. Monitor, with 50 men, drawn by 10 horses. Modern Woodmen of America. Uniform Rank of Royal Arcanum. Ninth Batallion Infantry. Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias (colored.) third grand division. P. J. Cahill in command, with aids. Catholic Order of Foresters, with 9,534 men in line. Uniform Rank of Catholic Order of Foresters, 850 men in line. Hibernian Rilles, 099 men in line. Ancient Order of Hibernians, 2,000 men. Float—“Columbus.” Archdiocesan Union, 4,000 men in line. Catholic Knights of America, 1.000 men in lino. Catholic Benevolent Legion, 800 men. St. Michael Parish Societies, 2.500 men. United Polish Societies, 8,000 men in line. St. John Baptist Society, 1,000 men in line. Consolidated Temperance Societies, GOO men in line. Gaelic Societies, 500 men in line. Consolidated Church Societies.WORLD’S FAIR DEDICATION—SCENE OF REVIEWING STAND ON DAY OF CIVIC PARADE,WOULD'* FAIR DEDICATION—SCESE ON SIATE STREET, CIVIC PARADE.IUP ■i' »ÄM maSBm WORLD'S FAIR DF DICATIO X—V I FW OX STATE STREET. SUO WIND DECORATIONS.JDEMDIO^TIOIM OF T.HK WOKOD’S P A (lUHVIXi; DESCRIPTION OF THE EXERCISES.—VIEWS AND INCIDENTS OF T1IE OKAND L’A HADES.— SI’EECi IES AND ADDRESSES IN FULL.—FIREWORKS AND OTHER EVENTS IMXIORTA EIZIN) i THE CREATES'!' AND ORANDEST OCCASION IN TITE HISTORY OF OUR NATION. •/Y\ sis si matin bull, ■ -/“V__yet. clear and pene- trating a> an Alpine horn, says The Chicago Times of Oct. 22. 181)2. the, voice of a silver-throated bugle at dawn arouses the city and the world. 11 is dedicat ion day. The gleaming palaces built by Chicago enterprise are to be formally consecrated to ti universal exposition of industry. art and science. It is the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of .» ■. oc r ~ vy . the western hemisphere by Christ)>phcr Columbus. From every quarter of the globe nations have sent their representative's to witness the most imposing ceremonies ever enacted in the new world. The blue coated trumpeter is winding a blast at break of day that will be heard around the earth. A city of temples and palaces, more stupendous in design, more magnificent in splendor than any described in the pages of medieval romance or existed in the wildest (lights of oriental conception an enchanted capital conceived and reared within a 1 welvo-mi>nth by master minds has been formally presented to the republic h>r the purpose of an exposition, whereto every nation will bring its choicest treasures. It has been solemly dedicated to the purpose of a jubilee which is the cynosure of every nation and tribe of man. Within 1 hose colossal temples the fruits of the earth, the flowers of the field, the pioducts of the sea. the wealth of the mines will be gathered for the inspection of mankind. Labor, brains, and capital have been levied upon to fill these palaces of splendor. Genius and science have gleaned the illimitable harvest fields of God to provide a feast for the children of men. It is the apotheosis of the discovery of America. It is the hour of triumph of the possessionTION OF THIe of his Godlike gift to humanity and to freedom. Again the bugle winds. The day is breaking. The city stirs. There is a muffled sound of feet. Flags, which drooped listlessly the livelong night along their halyards, undulate proudly in the morning breeze. A purple mist, giving promise of a perfect day, hangs over lake and land and bathes the city's spires and domes and towers in a flood of opalescent glory. The sun emerges from the deep blue plain of Lake Michigan. 1 Hack-mouthed dogs of war heliowand roar and growl in the offing. The reverberations of the thunder of the guns till earth and sky and sea with hoarse music. It is dedication day. It is the climax of four centuries. The city is awake. A crash of trumpets; rifts of gleaming steel; colors dip and rise: the park echoes to the tramp of steed and bugle blast. Ten thousand men in blue are under arms. Within the city twice 200,000 citizens debouch upon the avenues and boulevards; a countless throng invades the esplanade. An hundred thousand guests are stirring too. Inspiring strains of music echo through the streets. The city is a wild-rose wilderness of color. The October sky. aflame with blue and golden tints, broods over all. Not more beneficent was the day 400 years ago, when the admiral of the ocean sailed out of Palos in quest of lands beyond mysterious seas. With faith unshadowed by the night, undazzled by the day; With hope that plumed him for the flight, and courage to assay. God sent him from the crowded ark, Christ-bearer, like the dove, To find o'er sundering waters dark, new lands for conquering love. Only one name is spoken. Only one name is inscribed upon the banners of both hemispheres. It is the name of Columbus. It is blazoned high upon the temples of government and palaces of art and commerce. It is echoed in the tramp of the armies of the republic and voiced in the rumble of the chariot wheels in the mighty procession of the world's dignitaries. It is rung triumphantly out in the blasts of trumpets and the crash of bauds. It rests upon the tongues of orators and dwells upon the lips of reverend teachers of divinity. It is chorused by 5.000 voices, filling the cyclopean arches of the great ceremonial hall with the echoes of its frame. It inspires the poet with thoughts that spring like fiery lances of living light from Vulcan's forge. It is heard in the hoarse thunder of artillery and re-echoed from the white domed battlements of the titanic structures at .Ttiekson park. It is diapasoned in the muffled nmrmer of Ihe restless waves. It is inscribed upon the banners of all the the nations of the earth and uttered in reverential accents by croziered prelates of the church of God. From Hashing steel, and bugle blast, and speech and song the tribute springs, while till the wide world listens and applauds, for mankind is apotheosizing the discovery of half the globe, which, until four centuries ago. had existed only in dream and fable. Four hundred times has the earth completed its annual journey around I FAIK FALfACFS. the sun since the adventurous Genoese mariner changed the map ol the world and gave; to posterity a heritage far richer than fiction could depict. And so in the midst of a continent, more imperial in its resources than any on which shines the sun. and in a city whose marvelous growth and prosperity is the wonder of the century, the nations of the world, by their representatives, assemble, to honor the memory of the man who gave such an imperial domain to the sums of men. and rendered such an imperial city possible. The hour of 10 approaches. On Michigan Avenue a scene is presented which scoffs at tongue or pencil. The lofty Auditorium tower looks down upon the most august assemblage the world has ever witnessed. Representatives of the mightiest republic on earth, scions of royalty, counselors of kaisers, ministers of kings, governors of States, ambassadors, warriors, statesmen, churchmen, gather there to be conveyed to the exposition grounds. A long lino of handsome carriages, magnificent in their appointments, line the curb stone as far as the eye can reach. They contain men whoso names are know round the globe. Besides the distinguished officials of the exposition, who are the hosts, there are the Vice President of the United States, representing President Harrison. Then come the members of the cabinet —the Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of War. the Attorney General, the Postmaster General, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of Agriculture. As this group of national celebrities enters carriages and is whirled away down the avenue. a storm of cheers rises, swells and thunders from a hundred thousand throats. It is taken up by thousands more until lost in the distance. Following the representatives of the great republic comes the diplomatic corps. The old world renders homage to the new. Crowns are doifed before the citizen. The republic is higher than the monarchy. In gilded trappings of royalty the long line of diplomats and plenipotentiaries takes seats in the vehicles provided. The uniformed representatives of empires and kingdoms arc chaperoned by these plainly dressed citizens of the republic, the lion. Thomas B. Bryan, the Hon. F. H. Winston. and the lion. Lambert Tree. It is an object lesson that never will be forgotten. The brilliantly arrayed attaches of the governments of the old world represent Italy. Russia. Turkey. Austria-Hungary. Corea. Switzerland. Great Britain. Belgium, China, Portugal. Denmark. Japan, France, Germany and Spain. The new world is present in the persons of ambassadors from Mexico. Argentine, Nicaragua. Brazil. Peru. Costa Rica and Chili. The islands of the sea are represented by Hawaii. The patriot ism of the American citizen, however, rises above country, and the hoarse thunder of welcome that greets the dignitaries of lands beyond the sea is spontaneous and genuine.nKDICATION tits' THIt WORIvD'rt b'Alk L'AL And now follows a host of mon of distinction that bewilders the vision. Amid aeontinuous bombardment of cheers that thunders alone- the boulevard for miles, hundreds of carriages speed quickly away containing’ venerable members of the Supreme Court of the United States, members of the Supreme Court of Illinois. Speaker (’risp, of the national House of Representatives, and Mayor Washburne. A kindly cheer is taken up and repeated from throat to throat as a gray-haired old gentleman enters a carriage. It is ex-Prosident Kutherford 11. Hayes. TIis escort is Senator John Sherman, of Ohio, and Lyman 11. Cage, ex-president of the World's Columbian exposition. Are till the famous men of the world hero? Nearly all. Now come carriages containing the Senate of the United States: following are members of the House of Representatives, officers of the United States army, arrayed in till the pomp and circumstance of war, distinguished naval of-lieers—these are the recipients of an ovation long to be remembered. The Governors of States follow. This is the most brilliant and dazzling feature of the parade of dignitaries. Governors! Thereare enough of them to form a battalion, and they look like soldiers, every one. Surrounded by glittering stall's, accompanied by military escorts, outriders, and buglers, they give the imposing parade a picturesque and martial appearance. Many of them are mounted, and with their escorts in brilliant uniform: provoke the enthusiasm of the multitudes which line the thoroughfare into a tempest of applause that drowns the senses and dulls the ear with its continuous din. Governors—-scores of them. Governors of States richer than the proudest kingdoms of Europe. Governors of States whose boundaries are sentineled by heaven-kissed peaks crowned by eternal snow. Governors of States laved by the murmuring billows of the southern seas, and Governors of States whose citizen soldiery could carry the eagles of the republic across the continent of Europe and plant them on the lofty crags of Caucasus. It is dedication day indeed. More carriages. Now rolling noiselessly down the boulevards toward the white-domed park are the equippages containing ex-cabinet officers. orators, cardinals, archbishops, and chaplains: commissioners of foreign governments to the World's (Columbian Exposition: consuls from foreign governments: the World's Columbian commissioners, headed by the second, third, fourth and fifth vice presidents thereof. Will the line never end? There is more inspiring flourish of trumpets: the Hags wave more pr 1C I »ICA I'ION C > 1' TH In WC ) IV 1^1 > ’ SS I' A I LV PAIvACHS. Swarthy trooper« straighten up in their saddles. There is a rattle of steel and fluttering of guerdons. The head of the proeession appears from Grand boulevard. First, there is a squadron of dragoons. As the carriage's containing Vice President Morton appears through the trees there is a volcano of flame and smoke. The ground trembles. The artillery thunders a deep welcome, which is speedily drowned by a hundred thousand voices. In the midst of the tempest of sound an officer rides out of the smoke and salutes. The grim guns cent inue to thunder as the carriages wheel into position in parallel lines on the westside of the field. Then the troops wheel by battalions and pass in review before the vice president and visitors. Flags are dipped and cheer after cheer proclaims the loyalty and enthusiasm of the defenders of the republic. With the steadiness of a muchine t lie brilliant army of 10.000 men wheel by columns, and turning towards the east become t he escort of the Columbian guests through Mid way 1 Maisanee to Jackson park and the manufactures and liberal art building, where the dedication exercises took place. From Washington park to Jackson park the parade assumes its true proportions. It is a glittering cavalcade of citizens and soldiery, witnessed by countless numbers of people. As the head of the procession, which is several miles in length, enters the gate's a battery on the lake shore fires the national salute, which is returned by the men of war in the offing. The national colors are run to the tops of the lofty domes and towers and the scene becomes one of unexampled majesty and magnificence. Fags and banners fly from (-very point on the immense palaces of industry and art, and amid the triumphant music of bands, the deep-toned voices of artillery, and the shouts of nearly 200,000 people. the long line of carriages pass hurriedly to the entrance of the colossal ceremonial hall and the occupants are speedily swallowed up in its awe-inspiring depths. The parade is at an end. Already 150.000 people have gathered beneath the gigantic roof. A sea of human faces stretch far away on either side. The hum of voices fills the great building like the muttering of a distant storm. As the head of the procession reaches the main entrance a band strikes up a national air and the great audience rises and cheers until the hollow dome thunders and roars iu concord. So the august guests of Chicago are welcomed to the world's fair. And what do the wonder-st ricken visitors see? Palaces more magnificent than ever graced Babylon, Athens or Home in their palmiest days. The grandeur of Greece and the glory of Gome are eclipsed on the shores of Lake Michigan. The marvelous beauty of Venice has been surpassed in the new world. The marques and minarets of Byzantium are reproduced on a more stately scale. The Roman Coliseum becomes a puny barrack besides the magnificent structure which covers thirty acres of ground, and will contain a half a million people. The roof is like the sky supported by the pillars of Hercules. So vast, so heaven-reaching that the crowd of 100,000 guests occupy but a small portion of the space beneath the great glass ceiling-. It is one of the most remarkable scenes ever witnessed. Upon a raised platform holding several thousand people, Vice President Morton and his associates, diplomats, governors and other distinguished guests, are seated. Above, behind, and at either side droop hundreds of flags and banners of all nations, while from its lofty perch a gigantic stone eagle keeps watch and ward over the assemblage. In front and to the right of the guests’ platform st retches an ocean of faces. Acres of chai rs are filled with expectant men and women. To the left rises tier after tier of chairs, reaching to a bight of fifty feet. Here are seated 5,000 singers. Five thousand voices which as one cry in tones of exultation and tliumph. Hail, Spirit of Freedom, Hail 1 The audience breathes the spirit. Mach is a freeman, everyone a king. Rising' like a Hood of melody to drown the sense, the notes of Sousa's New Marine Band fills the gigantic building with the "Columbian March." The elTeet is to prepare the mind for what is to follow. The music dies away and a profound hush follows. Bishop Fowler, arrayed in the sacred vestments of his holy oflice, invokes the divine blessing. Mayor Washburn«-, in behalf of a city of a million anda half inhabitants, extends a welcome to the guests, to the exposition, and to the hospitality of the great west. There is a burst of applause at t he close, and then the feature of the day—an experience that touches the soul. From the lips of 5.000 singers burst forth the opening stanzas of the Columbian ode. The past rises before 100.000 minds as a picture. Over the wide unknown, Far to the shores of Ind, All through the dark alone, lake a feather Mown by the wind. It is a picture of the admiral of the seas plowing ocean’s awful solitude with his puny caravels in search of islands beyond the utmost purple horizon. It isanawe-inspiringmoment. Men of every kindred and tongue are seated upon the platform, but the music speaks a common tongue that is not heard but felt. As the 5,000 voices rise in unison pouring forth a Niagara of triumphant harmony, the mighty audience that stretches away into the magnificent distance sways and trembles as a forest is shaken and blown about by a mighty tempest. The spirit of the past lias been invoked. It is omnipresent. Alone ! alone ! liehind wide walls of the sea, And never a ship has (town A prisoned world so free.nrci mca' M OF TI I EC WOHIv T^AIvACFS. TlijXli over all the people the vast arched roof seems like the sky of an enchanted world. Two hundred and thirty IVet overhead is the zenith, and stretching away into seemingly illimitable distances the great steel arches grow themselves as the music rises. Five thousand voices ! Now the music swells and fills the thirty-acre temple of art and science from nave to dome. It roars like the furnace of the Cyclops, and anon dies away like the whisper of winds amid a forest of waving pines. Then rising trim lphantly it. pervades the air with the magnificent fury of the tempest. It is calling the world to arms— I.o ! clan on clan ! Now it is the morning stars singing together. There is heard the deep diapason of the Niagara, the distant thunder of the Alpine avalanche. the steady baritone of the impetuous mountain torrent, the wild ecstasy of a cataract, the silver-throated trumpet, and above all the rest the jubilant, piercing notes of a skylark soaring upward to the sun— Hail, spirit of freedom, hail ! Unfurl thine impalpable wings. So high and higher above the voice of the tempest, the thunder of eataracts, the roaring of torrents, and the resonant cry of trumpets rises the lark-like treble war cry. Then the music dies away, leaving eddies of harmony floating among the far-away arches, and tilling the intoxicated senses with the perfume of a dream. But through the mists and shadows of four centuries the song-dream woe is hack to earth the son of the Ge noose wool-comber. Under the inspiration of the hour the vast audience reads the story of four centuries ago as from an open book. The sailor hoy of Genoa once more bends his sail to the breezes in the Levant, unsheathing his sword in behalf of John of A njt m, chits i ng fickle fort i mo up and down the Mediterranean sea. Soldier of fortune, ad venturer, privateer, lie is laying the foundation of a fortune of posterity. He is poring over quaint old maps and charts of tin imperfect globe. Over the rim of the horizon is a mysterious problem lie longs to solve. It. is the twilight of geographic knowledge. The quadrant is an experiment. Out beyond the golden and purple gates of sunset is a shadowy world, templed with castles of gold and peiipled with a race <,f g