m. 49, $1.63, $2 iC.» 55C.» 756 » 35¢, 50¢C., f the above very latest range from 9, $2.25 in Lawn; also th Mexican only $1.49. » , STORE 71ST YEAR. SECOND SECTION. THE DAILY oe a BRITISH SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1904. AT THE CREAT EXPOSITION St. Louis Has a Magnificent En- campment, Greatest Of All. . Gathering of Pressmen for Parliament Week---A Practical Talk Upon Routes, Hotels and Attractions---Canada Shows Up Grandly in the Exhibits--- Frontenac Leads in Minerals. The immense exposition at St. Louis "growed," like Topsy, from a suggestion made in 1598 by the Mis souri Historical Society for a celebra- tion of the centennial of the sale, on April 30th, 1803, by Napoleon Bona- parte to Thomas Jefferson of the coun- try west of the Mississippi river, the Jand known in history as the Louisi Purchase and now divided into ana fourteen states and territories,--Ar-* kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota and North Dakota. lowa, In dian Territory, Mionesota, Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, Montana, Mis- souri, and Oklahoma. The idea took deep root; the Business Men's League, with far-reaching commercial influence, lead the movement; the enthusiasm of the states and territories in the pur- chase was aroused and under nation- al encouragement it was decided that it should be commemorated by a world's fair. The people of St. Louis gave $5,000,000 in personal subscrip- tions; the city voted $5,000,000 more and half the beautiful Forest Park as a site; Congress gave 25,000,000, and lent $4,600,000 more. All of this 819, 000,000 has been spent in making the grounds, building the exhibit palaces, inducing co-operation and in advertis ing the fair. The United States has, moreover, spent $1,660,000 on its own exhibit; the Philippine Islands exhibit represents £1,000,0600. tyv-one states and territories are represented hy com prehensive exhibits, and forty-three of them have buildings. The anpropria- tions of these states, varying from Missouri's £1,000,000 to Maine's $10,- 000, amount to $7,142,000. Many foreign governments have large exhibits and all the great ones, except Russia, have buildings; appro; priations of foreigs. participants ex: oobel ~wevensmillion dollars. . Germany and France have spent more than one million each. England, China and Ja- pan have spent $500,000 cach. The show places on the Pike are extrava- gant in their cost; the "Tyrolean Alps" and "Creation," have cost $750,000, as has "Jerusalem." Without counting .the seven million dollars, these concessionaries have spuat to construct their places, the states and foreign governments are pavine for their participation in this fair about $35,000,000 more, than twice the fif- teen million dollars whi TEC paid for the whole Louisiana Terri- tory, and twice the expenditure upon the ordinarv European great fair When expenditures of personal exhibi tors is added the cost will run up to 250,000,000; the insurances will tower to £100,000,000, The Whig man who shared in the (Canadian Press Association's excur sion to this great centre of interest and in its revelations is expected by outsiders met on the way to write it up as journalists do in smaller places. He could do this with greater plea sure if he felt that articles of this class are read. He remembers a series upon a trip to the Pacific coast under exceptionel circu_stances for the study of the vast and growing re gion and for the acquiring of inform ation. He presented facts of general interest in the. descriptions of a live lv trip, reviving Kingston's memories of old friends thriving in new homes, and recording progress generally, as an inspiring message to those east erners whose trade and familv inter ests are allied to the sudcess and prospects ofthe great North West. iy the time half a dozen articles had bur dened the pages, one Kingstonian had actually spoken to the writer of their existence, and though others. far away asked for them by mail and all was not lost save honor, the astound ing revelations stopped short in the Rockies, lost no doubt in the sinuosi ervbody who can do so will visit the gigantic fair a practical article upon routes of travel and general charac- teristics may be of greater interest than the usual chronicles of the scribes. -- ' The Route To Missouri. A party of over 150 journalists ga thered at the Union Station, Toronto, at 8 a.m. on a bright Saturday, and within twenty-four hours were landed by the Grand Trunk railway service at the Union Station, St. Louis. This is the usual fast run of its through trains, affording a pleasant day amid pastoral views of Ontario and Michi- gan, and a night's rest before arrival, with a full day before passengers dur- ing which to séek a local habitation and discriminate. The street cars car- ry them from the Union Station to the exposition ground by Market etreet or Laclede avenue routes for five cents, a cent a mile. If there he an easier or cheaper wav of annihilating distance and populariz- ing travel, it will have to be souzht about far remote from these regions. The train of seven Pullmans, new and elegant, with two dining cars, were a great pride to the excursion- ists as Canadians. In the new order of the simpler artistic decorations, the i spr opposite of the" old florid and dust collecting coaches, and vibrating with like cushions, they were equal of any cars entering upon the pilgrim- age westward, not excepting the much lauded Empire State Limited. This point is worthy of notice. as this is part of the regular G. T. R. service to St. Louis. One of the diners is of the newest class, with tables for thirty persons, increasing the usual accom- modation one-half. If to such ecomiorte associations, or, oven small parties, would add advance' k as the press crowd did, thev will be at length at great peace with themselves. Here let a prevalent impression be correct The C.P.A. trips are nota plunge into dead headism. The mem bers pay the regular fares for Pull man cars and meals, and arrange for convention rates at hotels. The only "snap" is the hauling of their cars free of ordinary travel far covered at other times by exchang of ad vertiting and ticket books Each member deposited his share of trav. elling expenses in advance, and re ceived his allotment of car section be fore leaving home, avoiding a rush at the starting point. He had his bag sage examined and passed at to station, dispensing with delay at the border. His room at the hotel was secured for Em from the hour of expected arrival.' As aundreds "who read 4his are regervin' their trip for the fall months, wher the crowds will he extraordinary, these hints towards forchendedness are worth a considera tion. The railway fares 10 St. Louis ar now $3 less than té Chicago, so that the exposition has cheapened fares in stead of increasing them on the strength of the great attraction, as is the way of the world generally, and ith not a few within St. Louis par ticularly, including the transfer com panics of that city. "they cha £1 to carry a trunk fram the Union sta n. located well uptown; to the re oion of the fair. And yet the average size and weight of trunks carried on such a trip is down to a minimum 1h» signs of progress upon the Grand Frunk were numerous. The route now ised by fast trains is via Hamilton to the tunn-l. instead of by way of Guelph and Stratford, and the Tine is wing equipped for increasing pressure by double tracking. This has Leon ac omplished eastward to London, and the contractore are rapidly advancing he grading towards Hamilton ihe Lansing and Durand ties of the Rogers Pass; from want ol | new stations: at ' Buren propelling impulses. The great wast. | Mic h., were models ih sLyie anc puoi of pencil, paper, type and time was comfort. Fven the ordinary waiting providentially stopped. But since ev: | rcoms had tiled w alls and floors They SECTION OF ELECTRICITY BUILD ING--A SAMPJE KINGSTON, ONTARIO, made Canadians feel it was "time for a change' in G.T.R. stations in On- tario. The line has been heavily tax- od in Michigan, rot in Canada. Per haps dearly purchased privileges are valued the most. The Hotel Proposition. The promised features of the fair were aerial navigation and wirek telegraphy, but these are yet "in th air' among the great unready. No feature of the vast encampment stands out above other expositions except the Inside Ion, a new idea, already abundantly successful. As its name implies, it is within the grounds, at its border, end near a street car terminal. The guests save the daily admission fee of fifty cents, unless they go down town for a chenge, one they will not sigh for as a frequent experience, since St. Louis is not an attractive aty. The hotel, a branch of the official ex position enterprise, is a temporary wooden structure, with 7 7 sleeping rooms, providing for over 4,000 guests since the great majority go there in couples. The dangers of height are avoided by spreading the hotel over a broad space. There are only two main floors, with one floor above or below these, part way only. Natural ly, for the great crowd accruing at times, especially after meals, the of fices and lobbies are spacious; the din ning room has 350 waitresses of 4 su perior class, serving 2,100 guests at a time; one of an army of bell" boys and corridor attendants is stationed at each cross section of the lengthy cor ridors for services to guests. rates are determined hy "the size of the furnishings - and convenience, being cn the European plan, $1.50, 82, £2.50, 83.50 to 8550 a day; on the American plan $3, £3.50, $4 and 85 to $7; single meals 30c. for breakfast or rooms The | party can assure Hon, G. W. that high license and hith prices will unquestionably tend to abstinence. Strange to say, (he portus did not look for tips, but they provoked smiles and cheerful service dn the din ing room. The Canadian Spirit Ran high in press and railway vis tors from our land. They were ens thused by the exvelieat standing of the country in the exhibits generally and anxious to assert themselves to the thousands who knowing nothing of the dominion naturally depreeint- od it. The band at dimner time occas sionally played naiional airs and the turn came for "America" The Cana sang Britain's dians arose en ma national anthem, m which "Am- erica' is pi sted, and gave the heart- jest of cheers for. the king. It was a dedishtial sauce for their meal, But though misunderstood national ly Canadi were individoa we treated. One popular i tonian can testify freely upon thi t. pr Campbell, Ontaris's road « mmission: er, invited over to o part in the ssouri good roads eonvention, in session down town during press ctical talks he so pleas that his portrait was pers as Canada's and he was ask- i 3,000 week, Iv ed the delega reproduced in the reat road builder, "to speak to an as ourians on thar' day hifcing on the gre lowed Secretary Wils Candidate F emblage of nds, > notable, mer and | tion and success were alike Land the aftermath is that the leading | workers for United States hizhways {declare they will take A. W. Campbell | to themselves, no matter, w hat it costs. Every one who does burisess ONE OF A HUNDRED GROUPS hncheon, 75¢'. for 'evening dinner. There also is an a la carte service Bathrooms are attached to the higher The engaging of rooms priced rooms. en the European plan is recommended, since luncheon down on the groun $ necessary to prevent waste of time and nergy. Press Parliament Week Tested this hoteleto the uttermost 'Meet me at the Inside lun" was the password of a host of state assqia They arrived cn tions of journalists ihe rday. Sunday. and Monday. Sut Califormans, having been four days on the road, joviuily welcomed the Sun day rest It was a gathering time also of the National rditorial Asso ation, and Oklahoma sent hundreds in order to to lobby end demonstrate, re the next annual meeting. 'The lent of the World's Press Parlia ment, Sir Hugh Gilzean Reid, was but ne of a score of European journalists, also publicists, who attended I'he climax the N.E.A. was an evening recept at Festival hall, attended by th . Secretary of ¢ Hay be ng th hicf gue 1 hese press people the Inn that ny other hac to turned Ww. The verdict of the week of the Cg ns, alike of the press and « Dominion ticket agents party s one of satisfaction. Things were rly, svetematic and clean; the f i= substantial and good, the ient and courteous, This since among 5,000 per- are pestiferous kickers, Pay OF STATUARY ON BUILDINGS. with the public works. department will regret this contemplated raid. The Hotels Generally. Two years ago, the estim of hotel accon disquie | Loui I'he Men's league | opened a subscription for a new i hote id a million dollars wha spent | in building the Jefferson. From thot evidence of confidence hotels, permun ent and temporaty, sprang up wild flowe league got « red | statements from the principal lo | like and printed reassuring commari<on | with the rates of other cities. Then, | 10 secure publie proclamation of the { ability of St. Louis to house th | | | ple, the Ik induced the democra tic committee to order the national | convention St. Louis, with its d. attendants. Its 170 nforced by fifty thow hotels are and fr bureaus of information accommodations for inquirers and protect them from in tion. | « The Inter State Merchants' £018 tion, Credit Men's Young Men's Cliristian Association. King I Daughter the National Fduecational As tion do similar service, The Christian Endeavor hotel will hold 3,000. din for 1.500; has already book ing-roon net exacted in advance, but funds for yriened stay or for an e ror ar » promptly and in kindly sirit, Guests are invited to inspect . Pe Kitchen and judge 'of the care and eanliness. All was satisfactory save sotird toe. (which in look and is unpalatable to northerners) fow stile charges which the Aer not he slow to cor For We, a pressman Was that a shave would be 15c., but ded for a hot water appli nether journalist, who bad iter to the interior as exterior, was taxed $2 for with three fiends nopade costs ee. Unconsciously .r and the barber are deing of ¢ prohibition service on the one e toe quiet drink ed 200,000 lodgings: The Epworth hotel has accommodation for 3,000; -------------------- State of Ohio, City of Toledo, { Lucas County. Frgnk J. Cheney minkes oath that he is wenior . partner of the firm of F. J Cheney & Co. doing business in the City of Toledo, County and aforesaid. and that said firm will th sum of ONE INUNDRED IMOLLARS for each and every case of C rrh. that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. FRANK J, CHENDY on Sworn to: before me and 'subscribed in my Pres nce, this 6th day of December, 1886. mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials free FP. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, O. Roid hv all Drugeists, and inculeating the virtue - of press han : } self shaving on the Other, The The, Take Hall's Family Pills for constigs- Won. which surround Canada's build and declared that the site had a ewamp. cores Ci acres now in n gardens, or in paved squares, were redeemed from a hill and hollow, wwamp and creek. The Ane originally planned to ocen- 63) acres; they have absorbed |, 240. Since in five days general im- nent was noticeable the aggre apartment | gate houses and hoarding houses, with ex lable to create two square miles of cellent service, the rates of some be | plateau, lakes, and well dressed wood- ing. as low os seventy-five cent al day. All combined there is housing | operations. Thirteen exhibit palaces | for 100.000 people. were contemplated, but twenty-six Eff. is being made to save even | have been create the dearest, the careless people from disconfort. Off palace of industries, consumed %719,- 399 ; the cheapest, the anthropological, The neres; the Philippine enclosure is still iights of Columbns, and | be ocia | power is utilized. turbine order is cof 8,000 horse power; next 5,000 horsepower. out 2,500 horsepower; comparison is easy. An outdoor mining exhibit ecov- ers 50 acres; 300 tons daily; the rose garden has 51,000 bushes: tues 59 fot the 000; 500,000 melons are to be distri buted free on melon day; Grant's ca- hin produced; 90.000 gallons of water flow aver the cascades every minute, being dents, a few out of many, give a kev to the character of this tion. A. W. GLEASON, ™ (Seal ) Notary Public Hall's Catarrh Cu is taken internal- Jv. and acts directly on the blood and the afternoon and evening, on the con tral plaza, and will be succeded Ly several the Publishers' hotel for 1,600, per day, with two meals; cottage will have 100 cottages for S00 people; an Oklaloma Association will have hundreds of waterproof tents. Hotel managers have conferred and pledged a continuance of ordinary rates, but folks must "double u Fach bed will be charged at the rate for two This makes more rooms available for the crush. The arrangement is generous to the public, in that labor, provisions and ser vices of all kinds cost mm OTe NOW than usual, and as visitors travel generally in pairs or groups doubling up is not an outrage. 2 guests, The Great Fair Itself, Just as Chicago exceeded Philadel phia in space utilized, St. Louis has excelled the former. The buildings also eclipse all previous efforts. The foreign exhibits are not as varied br propor- tionately extensive as Chicago's and the fair is therefore not as cosmopoli tan. But it is presenting the resources and industries of this continent as never before. There is a great disap poifitment in the fewness of operating processes, a highly interesting feature of modern exhibitions, to wit, Toron to's. The plan of the great encamp ment is familiar from oft-repeated il Justration, and description would re quire to be painstaking and exten- sive. The central feature of Festival Hall, flanked by two similar domed buildings, and connecting colonnades, fronted by the steps and cascades, the grand basin, bridges, squares agl monuments, is a magnificent spectacle, The ornamentation of these artistic creations and of the many surround ing buildings is so rich and varied as to invite study in one long continu ous performance. If exeursionists of last week returned with enthusiastic praises, when exhibits were only two thirds completes with fower-beds still under process of fi tion, with walks and roads so incomplete that and Missouri mud made a dire combination, the visitor in the sun crowned months of summer and fall mav be confident of overflowing satis faction. The carnival of electricity at nicht covers inn main features a mile square As the buildings spread in fan-shape from the central point, each having unbroken rows, innnmerable riogs and clusters of light, the views confront the wanderer at every turn and on everv highway. Just as all roads lead to Rowe, =o all paths at the exposi tion lead to the great centre. It is the superh climax of a magnifiett amphi theatre. Some folk miss the beautiful lorings of the electrical display at tuffalo, where the power wag almost rain limitless and comparatively inexpen- sive, but the St. Louis preseatation is vaster and grander and not to bere than with intenss otherwise ration. A Great Accomplishment. scarcely roalize the means and perseverance. commissioner pointed and i ter The visitor can trimmph of The 1 Canadian the walks Lrass-co of labor must have been incalu land, concurrently with vast building , Naturally Frontenac was in mind, and st R115,000. There are besides these wer eighty other important buildings, live stock exhibit demands 37 arger and cost 81,000,000, There will 35 miles of paved streets, and for alone 40,000 horse- One engine of the xposition uses steam engine of Kingston uses ab- in order is a the jee plant produces conl and cotton sta- high aopear as exhibits; sculpture cost 8500, decorative Robby Burns' cottage, Jefierson's nd Jackson's homes are being re amped back of course, These ined great crea. Sousa's band plaved last week, in other noted organizations-- A SPECIMEN OUT OF THIRTEEN MAIN BUILDINGS-- MACHINERY HALL Oy Conterno's, Creatore's, the Boston, Garde Republicaine, of Paris; Grena- dier Guards, of London; Philharmonic, of Berlin; Mexicgm, the Banda Rossa, Philippine and Weber's bands. The or- gan in Festival Hall is the largest in the world; the dome of this building is larger than that of St, Peter's at Rome. ? Canada At The Fair. All hats off to Canada; it has cov: red itself with houors. In nearly ry instance the position alloted to it in the buildings ix choice and this advantage has been made the best of by its exhibits being the most com- 11ste of any upon the ground. Indeed Canada and Japan are exceptional among the f£fty outside lands i respect, but the deft, quick severing Japs, while attempting are not so forward as the do stafi. Yes, Canada will so surprise its southern ni as to create an excellent im one very much-in-order. They tle of our country and thine thy. yory worst, d Canada's Agricijtutal section in its artistic creatign 'and amplitude is ri: valled alope > Missouri, which na- turally set itself out 'ta Jedd at its own home, at its own Tair. But Can: ada's is more unique, The central figure is a reproduction in grasses and grains of the parliament library at Ottawa, an effective copy of an. im- posing building. In its creation 3,000 samples were used. The architocture was naturally most difficult, The eight sides contain panels surmounted by large water colors of cattle, The interior as well as exterior displays field products, Visitors = from the states are surprised at the growth and height of the hay and grain; and ench of the surrounding booths in- creases their interest. For instance the pymimid of maple sugar and syrup Products is flanked by the statement that one province of Canada (Quebec) produces three-fourths of the world's outout. There are pyramids of flour and Christie's biscuits, of honey, of whiskies and ales; of canned fruit, of cereal foods, of sauces, and a dozen other manufacturers from the pro- ducts of the soil. But best of all are the panels on the corner posts, of glass, with gold lettering», which even those who run. may read. We are of Canada's growth in trhde, of its vast mini productions, of its new flood of migration and of the large pr tione, compared with older and: populous countries, of its But to appreciate these condition have to read them in another with rivalries all about us. Than the spirit of home and pride through our veins, and we arg citizens of one bf God's chevorst lands. The scribe copind several" of these effective vroclamations, to trans. fer them to black type in the Whig, ng. timber and cheese im: but they were lost by the way--lost to sight, but to mémory dear. ! ------ | Canada's Mining. As visitors enter a inain door of the mining building, of Egyption architecture, Canada surrounds them, On the one side is a gigantic sale con- | structed of mineral, within which a bright light will display through glass doors a Yukon exhibit of 260,000 in gold, while in spacious sections every province presents its natural riches, coal and heavy metals in pyramids, the small specimens fn glass canis, Agnin the proclamations appear, not. ably that Canada produces ninety per eent. of the world's corundum and- vichty-five per cent. of its asbestos. when the best specimen of feldspar in that immense building with over fifty countries or states from Richardson's mine, and the best freight across on one homely pr alone rosting competing was | tives, drill and having a ness, like the 'merit of the display, left rothing to be desired. Again Canada scored well, § « Pad EI In forestry, where she should he eng stronger, the dominion has artiste presentation, but one too conspicuous and uw in its treatment of woods to be effectual. The artistic bridge arch contained 3, 000 varieties of wood, but. it is to some extent love's. labor Jost. polished woods of California and score of other 'lands attract greater admiration, a FINO anada can tracked through ( other mammoth buildings, tures, por! 3 machi t arte, fine arts but it would be to They would rather be told cial exhibits, as inform, o The Special Featunes. The question asked upon return St. Louis is, Well, what was best Now, that is a poser--thers is so much bm ns pratt the n of the s » The apex of Louisiana Purchase i: 3% Monument. 3 that is }--too much really to be covered Jos week or even a -- The Philippine encampment was probs ably the most sought after, Aino imperial spirit has caught Uncle Sam's people like a fever, and they revel | the pride of foreign possessions and dusky subjects. The buildings are is numerable, from the bare cabin, constructed 'by the natives and elevated on polls, to the house and the administration b plain the exhibit will cost 81 since it includes such features as & Filoping regiment of 400, a walled city and many binds of native £1,100, The were 'there--this new regiment of g with ahsolute p band of sixty, w na display of mica was from. Sydenham, pulses beat quickly again. There || were numerous other fine home hibite, gold from the Boerth mine, Clarendon, mica from Bedford, from Clden, iron from the Ewell, Wil- bur and Caldwell mines. The neat would make even the ith ex- | Filopino as he flourishes in his na wate, ol whom can be swoon a ine | denl, as the ¢ ngeless costiime wir and breech-clout, PW.0' ook to their. laurels; and then . th "of is a. boys IYI PIRATE LTE Es TTT LITTER A)