Græco-Roman style, with three handsome tow ers. On the left tower a life-size statue of Columbus will be placed, and on the right a statue of Bolivar, the South American liberator. Austria.-The Austrian wood-carving industry will be represented by a number of expert woodcarvers from Vienna, who will exhibit their work in its various branches. The glassmakers of Bohemia, and the china manufacturers of Carlsbad and the surrounding neighborhood, have agreed to prepare a display of their industries. The manufacturers of stained glass in Tyrol will join in the exhibit. France.-A large number of silk manufactories at Lyons will make exhibits. This city made an impressive display at the Paris Exposition of 1889. Japan.-The Japanese building is termed the Hooden (Phoenix Palace). It will consist of three pavilions, connected by as many corridors. Each of the pavilions will represent an era in the architectural and decorative history of the country. The style which was followed from the tenth to the thirteenth centuries, known as Fujinari, will be shown in the left wing. The interior of this pavilion will represent the decoration of the palace of a court noble. The architecture of the fifteenth century is shown in the right wing. The villa of a Shogun will be reproduced. In the central pavilion will be represented the sitting-room of a Japanese feudal lord of the eighteenth century. The central wall of this pavilion will be decorated with phoenixes and a large pine tree, the Japanese emblem of strength. In the next room to this will be seen a gorgeous fan design, having nearly three hundred panels in colors and gold of phonixes. China. The Chinese exhibit will include models of Chinese sailing craft of all kinds. Persia. This exhibit will embrace exquisite specimens of rich and highly wrought fabrics, fine embroideries and elaborately worked gold and silver jewelry, Persian rugs, carpets, hangings, etc. There will be a special department for manufactured articles, such as arms, curios, and richly wrought armor, tiles and tile work, 20,000 Transvaal. Turkey.. Uruguay. Forty-nine nations. Thirty-seven col150,000 onies and provinces. mosaics, objects of art, antiquities, musical instruments, and wearing apparel. Hebraic.-The Alliance Israelite Universelle will exhibit specimens of the work performed by pupils in all its schools, photographs of the school buildings, products of the agricultural school at Jaffa and of the technical school at Jerusalem, and of its boy and girl apprentices in workshops. The collective exhibit will give an idea of the results obtained by the society since its foundation in the domain of elementary and technical education. Documents will be exhib. ited giving an account of the action taken by the Alliance in the interests of the Jews in countries where they are still subjected to persecution. Canada.-The Provinces of Ontario and Que bec will provide a large exhibit of minerals. Nova Scotia will send specimens of her richest deposits. Asbestos, mica, plumbago, and phosphate deposits will form prominent features in the Quebec exhibit. The nickel ores of Ontario will be a special feature. The Dominion geological survey will make a useful exhibit, affording facilities for studying the mineral resources of the country as a whole. The special foreign exhibits in Midway Plaisance are mentioned in the first part of this article. Midway in the upper northern section of the grounds to the west of the foreign buildings, a large building devoted to art has been erected, with annexes. Art Galleries.-The size of the main art building is 320x500 feet, having an area of 4.6 acres. The size of annexes will be 136x220 feet, having an area of 1.4 acre. The approximate cost of all buildings is estimated at $670,500. The Art Palace, as it is termed, is oblong and of the classic Grecian-Ionic style of architecture. It is 125 feet in height to the top of the dome. It is intersected by a nave and transept, 100 feet wide and 70 feet high, and the dome, 60 feet in diameter, is surmounted by a colossal statue of Winged Victory. Around the building are galleries 40 feet wide. The interior and exterior are ornamented with wall paintings, sculptures and portraits in bas-relief of the masters of ancient art. The main building is entered by four large portals ornamented with sculptured designs. The wall paintings illustrate the history and progress of the arts. The building is in the northern portion of the park with the south front facing the lagoon. In the United States section of this department there will be a collection of about 1,200 paintings of a much higher quality than has been shown in any previous American exhibition. A hanging space of 36,000 square feet has been set aside for the artists of this country. In addition to paintings, there will be shown superior collections of sculpture, architectural drawings, engravings, etchings, etc. One of the galleries in the American section will be devoted to the retrospective collection, comprising the best works produced by Ameri cans. This collection will exhibit the various stages of American art development. About 100 examples will be shown, a number of which already have been secured. The loan collection will include modern European masterpieces owned in this country. In the foreign-art sections at the Exposition all the well-known artists will be represented by some of their best productions. The assignment of space in the Art Building to the different nations is as follows: the United States, 34,636 square feet; France, 33.393; Germany, 20,400; Great Britain, 20,395; Italy, 12,410; Belgium, 12,318; Austria, 11,564; Holland, 9,337; Norway, 8,462; Spain, 7,807; Russia, 7,725; Sweden, 7,005; Denmark, 3,900; Japan, 2,919; Canada, 2,895, and Mexico, 1,500. The exhibits of France and the United States will be connected by a large gallery in which will be placed a collection of French masterpieces owned in this country, which will be loaned for exhibition. States and Territories Participating. Each of the States and Territories will take part in the Exposition. The following 31 States and 2 Territories have made appropriations through their legislatures. The figure as to appropriations are revised up to date. Arizona, Colorado. Delaware. Idaho.. Illinois. Indiana. Iowa... Kentucky. Louisiana $30,000 New Hampshire.... $25,000 100,000 New Mexico 10,000 New York. 20,000 North Carolina. 800,000 North Dakota.. 75.000 Ohio.... 130,000 Pennsylvania 100,000 Rhode Island. 36,000 Vermont. 25,000 300,000 25.000 125,000 State Buildings.-The State buildings are arranged to occupy space to the southwest and north of the Art Galleries, at the extreme northern section of the Exposition grounds. The most southerly and nearest to the Midway Plaisance entrance is the Illinois exhibit. Proceeding thence in a northwesterly direction, the buildings represent the following States and Territories: Indiana, California, Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan, Colorado, Washington, South Dakota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Kansas, Texas, Minnesota, Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, Missouri, Alabama, Louisiana, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Utah, Montana, Idaho, New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, North Carolina, Pennsylvanla, New York, Maryland, Delaware, Massachusetts, Vermont, Maine, Rhode Isl and, Connecticut, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Iowa. The State buildings of Colorado, Washington, South Dakota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and Kansas will be almost immediately behind each other in a line running northward near the border of the Northwest Pond on the northwest extremity of the grounds. The buildings representing the industries of Texas, Utah, Montana, Idaho, New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, and Iowa form a line running from west to east along the edge of the extreme northern boundary, the Iowa building occupying the northeast corner. Information concerning certain details connected with several of the State exhibits are now available and may be noted here. Illinois. The Illinois building will be one of the most imposing of the State structures. It will cost $350,000, the style of architecture being severely classic, with a central dome and a great porch facing southward. Ohio.-Cost $30.000. This building will be 100 feet square, colonial style. State contribu tions will bring its value up to $50,000. In front of the building will be the Ohio monument, erected by authority of the State legislature at a cost of $25,000. Iowa.-The Iowa exhibit will be in "The Shelter," 112 x 80 feet. The building will be of Conical towers or granite, with slate roof. pavilions will be erected at the corners. Nebraska-This building, 60 x 100 feet, will 25.000 occupy 6,000 square feet of ground space, and 12,000 square feet of floor space. There will be 300.000 two stories, the height to ridge of roof being 45 50,000 feet. Style of architecture, strictly classical of the Corinthian order. 15.000 25.000 40,000 65.000 30.000 Maine 40,000 Virginia Maryland Massachusetts. 150,000 West Virginia.. Michigan 100.000 Wisconsin... Minnesota Missouri Montana. Nebraska Minnesota.-In the Minnesota Building will be exhibited the old printing press upon which the first newspaper that was ever printed in the State-the Minnesota Pioneer-was pro.$3,441,000 duced in 1849. Wisconsin.-In the Wisconsin exhibit will be The following States are raising funds by stock an immense monolith of the finest quality of subscriptions: brown-stone. It is 106 feet in height, exclusive $50,000 of the base, which would give it a total height 25.000 of 117 feet. At the base the obelisk is by 9 50,000 feet, and tapers to 3 by 2 feet at the top. It will be larger than Cleopatra's Needle or any of the $435,000 great obelisks of Egypt, and is said to be the Many of the States which have made appropria- largest monolith in the world. tions are raising additional amounts, aggregating $750,000. The total expenditure by States and Territories will approximate $5,000,000. Washington. More than 200 panels of native woods will be used in the interior decoration of the Washington State Building. Some will be carved and others decorated with paintings of Washington scenery and groupings of flowers, fruits, grains, fish, game, birds, etc. California.-Among the most interesting exhibits will be a Pampas Plume Palace, consisting of a light wood framework, octagonal, covered partially with blue plumes, the roof being tiled with red plumes, the combination with white pluming thus representing the national colors. An American flag, hanging from a gilded frame, all made of pampas, will surmount the whole. On the inside walls of the palace will be a frieze, four feet wide, which will be made of wire in an artistic design, and the pampas, separated into small pieces, will be tied on. There will also be a dado in the same style of decoration, furnished with mirrors, a fireplace, tea-kettle, Persian rug, etc., all made of pampas plumes. New Hampshire. The structure of New Hampshire is fashioned after a Swiss chateau. It is founded upon granite. Within a spacious gallery will be shown raised and topographical maps, portraits of "favorite sons," mineral specimens, etc. State Commissioners.-Alabama.-F. G. Bromberg, O. R. Hundley, G. L. Werth, William S. Hull. Arkansas.-John D. Adams, J. H. Clendening, J. T. W. Tillar, Thos. H. Leslie. California.-M. H. de Young, William Forsyth, Geo. Hazleton, Russ D. Stephens. Colorado.-R. E. Goodell, Jos. H. Smith, H. B. Gillespie, O. C. French. Connecticut.-L. Brainerd, Thos. M. Waller, Charles F. Brooker, Charles R. Baldwin. Delaware.-Geo. V. Massey, W. H. Porter, Chas. F. Richards, William Saulsbury. Florida.-C. F. A. Bielby, Richard Turnbull, Dudley W. Adams, J. T. Bernard. street, John W. Clark. Georgia.-L. McLaws, C. H. Way, James LongIdaho.-G. A. Manuing, J. E. Stearns, A. J. Crook, John M. Burke. Illinois.-C. H. Deere, A. T. Ewing, Lafayette Funk, De Witt Smith. man, Clark S. Edwards. Maryland.-James Hodges, L. Lowndes, George M. Upshur, D. E. Conkling. Massachusetts.-F. W. Breed, T. E. Proctor, George P. Ladd, C. E. Adams. Michigan.-M. H. Lane, George H. Barbour, Ernest B. Fisher, L. D. Norris. Minnesota.-H. B. Moore, O. V. Tousley, T. C. Kurtz, M. N. Leland. Mississippi.-J. M. Bynum, R. L. Saunders, Fred. W. Collins, J. H. Brinker. Missouri.-T. B. Bullene, C. H. Jones, O. H. Picher, R. L. McDonald. Montana.-L. H. Hershfield, A. H. Mitchell, B. F. White, T. E. Collins. Nebraska.-E. Martin, A. G. Scott, William L. May, John Lauterbach. Nevada.-J. W. Haines, George Russell, Enoch Strother. Richard Ryland. New Hampshire.-Walter Aiken, C. D. McDuffie, George Van Dyke, Frank E. Kaley. New Jersey.-W. J. Sewell, Thomas Smith, Frederick S. Fish, Edwin A. Stevens. New York.-C. M. Depew, J. B. Thacher, James H. Breslin, James Roosevelt. North Carolina.-A. B. Andrews, T. B. Keogh, Elias Carr, G. A. Bingham. North Dakota.-H. P. Rucker, Martin Ryan, Charles II. Stanley, Peter Cameron. Ohio.-H. P. Platt, Wm. Ritchie, Lucius C. Cron, Adolph Pluemer. Oregon.-H. Klippell, M. Wilkins, J. L. Morrow, W. T. Wright. A. Macbeth, John K. Hallock. Rhode Island.-Lyman B. Goff, G. C. Sims, Jeffrey Hazard, Lorillard Spencer. South Carolina.-A. P. Butler, J. R. Cochran, E. L. Roche, J. W. Tindell. South Dakota.-M. H. Day, W. McIntyre, S. A. Ramsey, L. S. Bullard. Tennessee.-L. T. Baxter, T. L. Williams, Rush Strong, A. B. Hurt. Texas.-A. M. Cochran, J. T. Dickinson, Lock McDaniel, Henry B. Andrews. Wyoming.-A. C. Beckwith, Henry G. Hay, Asa S. Mercer, John J. McCormick. Territories.-Alaska.-Ed. de Groff, Louis L. Williams, Carl Gruhn, N. A. Fuller. Arizona.-Geo. F. Coats, W. K. Meade, W. L. Van Horn, Herbert H. Logan. New Mexico.-T. C. Gutierres, R. M. White, L. C. Tetard, Chas. B. Eddy. Oklahoma.-O. Beeson, F. R. Gammon, John Wallace, Jos. W. McNeal. Utah.-F. J. Kiesel, P. H. Lannan, William M. Ferry, Charles Crane. District of Columbia.-A. T. Britton, A. A. Wilson, E. Kurtz Johnson, Dorsey Claggett. World's Congress Auxiliary.-The World's Congress Auxiliary will comprise a central organization, authorized by the Exposition Direc tory of the World's Columbian Exposition, and recognized by the Federal Government; a local committee of arrangements for each Congress ; an advisory council for each committee; general honorary and corresponding members, and committees of co-operation, appointed by particular organizations, and recognized by the Auxiliary as representatives of societies or institutions. The Woman's Branch of the Auxiliary consists of committees of women appointed to co-operate with the corresponding committees of the men in making arrangements for Congresses appropriate for the participation of women. Mixed committees are not appointed, but the two committees may act as a joint committee, when occasion requires. In case a separate Congress of Women is desirable, it will be in special charge of this branch of the Auxiliary, of which Mrs. Potter Palmer is president and Mrs. Charles Henrotin vice-president. The work of the Congress will be divided into seventeen departments: Agriculture, Art, Commerce and Finance, Education, Engineering, Government, Literature, Labor, Medicine, Moral and Social Reform, Music, Public Press, Religion, Science and Philosophy, Temperance, Sunday Rest, and a General Department embracing Congresses not otherwise assigned. These general departments have been divided into more than one hundred divisions, in each of which a Congress is to be held. Each division has its own local committee of arrangements. Representative men from all parts of the world will participate in the proceedings. |