Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 9, 1874, Page 1

VOLUME 28. CHICAGO, WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 9, 187 ___ e Chicago Baily Tribune NUMBER 71. INSURANOE. TINSURANCE, ACGENCY OF ROLLO, NAGETER & 0, Office, Merchants' Building, Northwest Corner of Washington and LaSalle-sta. Desirable Risks Written, at Fair Rates, in the following Reliable Companies : Royal Canadiam Tnsurance Co, | Girard Fire Tnsurauce Co, OF MONTREAI, CANADA. ROLLO, NAGHTER & CO., Local Agents, And Manogers of Woatern Department of Cash Cfll]llfll b s e $300}000 Strglos ovep - - - - - - - - - $516,000 W. E. ROLL0, General Agent for the Western 8 + tho United Btates. Erifish‘AmerinaAssuranna (o, OF TORONTO, CANADA. (gt Captl 2 st - - - $T0AG00 ROLIO, NAGITEN & C0., Agenta. OF RIOHMOND, VA, ROLLO, NAGHTEN & C0., Agents. OF PHILADELFHIA, PA, Capte Goarted - - - $5.000000 Bl | gy g o - - - - - - - BIG00 [ROLLO, NAGHTEN & CO., Local Agents, Test Assurnce Company, OF TORONTO, CANADA. 010 Dominion Tnsuranc CO, | ool md Supts - - - - - $t2s000 $300,000 doposited with the Auditor of : Diinois, ot Springfleld, and $35,000 porma- Cash Caital and Assels oyer - - MDD,DM nont doposit in bank in Chicago. ROLLO, BAGUTEN & C0,, Local Agents, DRY GOODS. Motice. . We are Not Cloed And will remain open until every article of DRY GOOD SAVED FROM THE GREAT FRE I8 SOLD, = Regardless of Gost! MANDEL BROTHERS, | 63 & 65 Washington-st, Botwasn Stato and Dearborn. MILLINERY. PAPER HANGINGS, &o. ILGER, JENKINS & FAXON, 107 State-st., And see tho large and varied stook of Wall Paper Decoration, Window Shades, BEDDING, UPHOLSTERY 600D, LOWEST PRICES GUARANTEED, WHOLESALE _AND RETAIL. ___TOOTH BRUSHES, TR CROWN TOOTH BRUSHES, LONDON MADE. WILL NOT FALL OUT OR BREAK OFF BRISTE, ——— ————re ‘WHILE UBING, SOLD BY FIELD, LEITER & CO., BUCK & RAY- A AN A A e . ] n NOR, A. 0. VANDERBURG & CO,, VAN SOIIAACK, '| STEVENSON & REID, GALE & BLOOKI, D. R. § | DYCUE & CO., in overy varioty and bardness of brittle. NEW FALL 001, ‘Wo are constantly receivifig Now Styles and Latest Tmporta~ tions Direots WEST MADISON-ST. LAKE NAVIGATION, ABSOLUTE PROTECTION Agairgil Fire. WEBQSE]EER‘& BROWN BROTHERS, Corner: Clinton pnd Jaokson-sts, At any time, and sco :;:er'mx;nmxmns"m actual SEND FOR CIRCULARS. Oitfzens and Strangers ara Invitod to call at the offico of Ds.m. ata., daily(Sund oeptad! Ew~Satarday's boat doo' For Grand Haven, Muskegon, Traverse Oity, datly (Sundays oxcopted)., datly (Bunday exoepted) Buat don's leave until 11 For Maalstss and Ludington, Tuosdsy and Fususssesnanssssnsernorss: and Fridey... oveee T pom, ¥or Kecanaba and Lake Superior ports, Mon- dag and ThUFSAYseaesssnsse ED0ffice aud Doaks, foot Mishigan-av. FINANCIAL Dam. m PIANOS mv’:s‘énc.au's.. o= | ILIEHSH SRR, FOR SAIE. Cor. of Randolph and State-sts, BY ORDER OF ASSIGNEE. WE HAVE MONEY 70 Joan 9 days, at 8 por eent por annum, on prima Black Gollat . Q0 d. Herals. “Comurolel Laniy SWATSON 4 co, 105 Olarkat, u&qgal Stocks. Wost Diviaion Rallway, No h t Y Chioago Raliway, sud sfock of, soveral Natioual Dauks, for sale by Wi, P WATBON & B0, SHIPPING TAGS. Manufactured snd for walo, wholerale and ratail, at bot- oo ‘grioes. Ordars fremm’ country kleeis prompt Aiten: - FXISH Ty 19 Madison-at,, Chicago "WANTED, _ $30,000 CASH TO INVEST IN Gity or Suburban Reel Estas, “Wo would like to hoar AT ONOH from par. ties who have choico propert AR A A A P AN icago, not to excced $30,000 3‘1‘.1«:."‘ thoy nre d to offor at o groa bargsin for A L, roady, closot I, Tho monoy iy and, whou chofae is mado, sale can be R & MARSI, Rooms 11 and 13, 102 Washington-st, “ANVOUNCEMENT. THE INTER-STATE Industrial Fxposition OF OHICAGO ¥OR 1874 Wil e opesed to the publio on the svening of Wednesday, Sept. 9th, At 6 0’clock, 1. m., and closo Oct. 16, Tours of exhibl: Hon wifl e frovn B shchoek & . G0 10 0'cloak Dy OVOES Tho gezoral picoof single ikefs adimitting tho hold: ors, with nrivllege of remaining throughant the entlte 3 and ovonivg, will bo for alulte, fifty oonts -for chlls QFeo, twonty-tiv goute, On Wodnoadass, at sud alter § Salonk e Ty Uokota foe the evontugwill b sold at twent) Af?"fl conts each for aduila and jifteon oonts each B e o sk Sl owauty v Sonts foF mawits ik of Hatn o s0ld ailtwonty.va e »d Hitoon ooyta for ehildren. Commatation tickeis, 3 Sdmirsione, §10: 18 admissiois, 6. ‘Any varistions from thens rates will bo duly annowmeed (of Saainl seasstonn 1o tha duily preas. Visitors wil find (R RE tidteg 1146lt alt tis convonionces of ‘& fifst-class hiotol, Kvery railway lno terminating in Chicago, with thspiibla aconle of somo,fro the Kot wil ooy v istars (o ad from A mfl ‘thess oxcurslona will be dhm onnced by the com- ‘hactivolinos. o Managers dosize B anare Sho pubile In tis atronzess Poesibis ferina tiat 1R e ate, Ahbiics, sud cormploteoon of detal, this Raiioftion. ks had o nmflu?, i, indeod, 10 has evor beon equalod, in America, rory dopartment {8 roplots with stiraotive novelties, and tbo immonss ballding, with il rosonty adied space s sy fll 0 1In the Mechanics! wrtminnt fone sl nes A e la Wakkod by & doupte’ s of Imachinary in operation. T Art Tiall, Insarance ia now belng pald on more $han batt a milfiots dbliars) worlh of Ol I'aintings, comprisiag ity dontly gemia of Azt of world-wida ectobeity: ' NG T afepey Lias aver batora boon oLono to the. Publlo I e ition 1o theno the celobrated phinting A Prodbysh Son s oxkibilod {i oge of the roarma s nn oxtra chorgo of 25 ecnts. "Tho mannfaoturers of toxttio fabrics, snd somo of the londing Liouwes of the eity have combined to ruako this de. o mat most clogamt and atiractiva, ALl tho foriats of Dicags “4nd sond from Abroad aro renderink, tha fargo Consorvatory s marvol of baaum Blx Wostorn land- ant daliuny Bomipanicn disphiy In greel profusion Einibica of tho Agrioultural and Minorel Wealth of tno Wostarn Statos and Toreitorion. No enumeratlanar doserlplion ean conpey sny adoqunta tdow o1 o realty. vets Intalligont wisltor will be agroeably strprined, whatovar his provions conaoption may 1o, “Obaning ovenug. sdmission, 25 coota, ‘VAAS & HOFFMAN'S BAND will furnish mosie, dar. ing the Kxposition, af the boat and mast recent compost. t1og, and wil locad off on the oponing evoning with fifty Arst-class porformors. JOHN P. REYNOLDS, Seoretary, EXPOSITION! REMEMBER, This {a tho opening night of the Inter-Btate Industrinl Exposition, Grand Concort by Vaas & Hoffman’s Band of 60 performers. EXPOSITION! In order th1t thero may ba no failure to havo everything tully and ontiroly ready for the oponing en the Stb inst., the butiding will be lighted sL uight, and workmoa will bo allowod to work all night H nocamary, WITOmS, RY, STLVER, Gold Chains, Engagoment Rings, Bracelets, Lockots, Pins, Ear-Rings, Sleeve Buttons, Diamonds, Poarls, Stone Cameo, Coral, and frosh New Jewelry of overy description, Family and Wedding Silver, and a magnificont stock of the vory best Silver-Plated Table Waro. Fine Clocks, Opera Glasses, Spec~ tacles, ete. Diamonds roset, Watches and Jewelry carefully repaired. HANILTON, ROVE & OO, 99 STATE-ST. CORNER WASHINGTON. day ozcopt Sundays. HOTEL. ' Oppostte Bxposition Bullding. The best §3 por doy Hotel althor East or Wost. twoon Twonty-fifth and Twenty-sixth-sts. MEAD & COB, For a ploarant liomo, _Houscs built to order e fong 0, 11 Chamber 9( Commeres, ¢ Hosk Taland Gar yvork o Itlvareldo. 'Tha ahove st 1o Aisposoil of for o, Price Reduced to $3 per Day JENKINS & HOLMES, var!elan. ‘W are nuthorized to offor for snle 72 Lots, These Loty are now offered for the flrst tima, 165 LiaSallo-st, |.mm. sasy pummu‘3 Jow intarcst, and fara ouly 10 conts FPOR SATE. ot vt 5 Y hove mus cnsh ta olose an tnsolvent entate, and will be sold choap, Corner Wahbash-av, and Monroe-st,, For sloglo rooms. Bpoctal rates to Excursioniats. REAL ESTATE. fronting Wentworth.av. and Arnold-at., be- and oan bo had at a groat bargain for oash. rde. l:u’l‘,(uu R ULANKE, Agent, 48166 foot, sonth front, on Gooth Apply to 1.0 dOAYES, Assignon B4 Wanhingtol PRINTERS, STATIONERS, &o. BLANK BOOKS, STATIONERY, and PRINTING furnished promptly and a1 fabr pricos by T VL. W TONE S, 104 & 106 MADINON-T, FURNACES, FURNACES! “Tho best Furusco aver mado— CHAMPION & : A BManufacturod by ACICY 4 5 AGKRON, 110 and'117 Elghtoontli-st,, oox, Wabash-ay, THE EXPOSITION. The Display of 1874 to Open To-Night. It Will Be Far Superior to Its Predecessor, Review of the History of the Organization. Results of $he Exhibition of 1873--Work Done This Year. . Enlargement of the Building--- The Finances. Detailed Cataloguo of Exhibitors and Articles Exhibited, Private Opening of the Art Hall Yesterday Evening. The Attendance and the GratiGcation of the Visitors, Tho Finest Display of Peintings Ever Seen in Chicago. . R The More Celebrated Pictures and Their' Painters. Criticism of the Marine Paintings. List of Others of Special. Merit. The Inter-State Exposition will throw opon its doors to-night for thosecond time, iuviting Chi- cagonus to a larger builuing and o finer display than that of Inst yoar. It opens ‘urider botter auspices than in 1873, and will doubtleas attract more visitors than then. ————- TIHE PAST. Bofore speaking of that ‘which tha building contains, it is proporto look back for a momont, and to recall what many have forgotten,—the origiu of the Exposition aud the fealures of last year's display. ORGANIZATION OX THE EXPOBITION, Altbough tho exhibitions hold in Chicago prior to Jast your cavnot, by reason of thoir compara- tive insignificance, be looked uponas the pro- cursors of tho grand show of 1863, and the still grandor one that opens’ to-day, yot the briefost possible montion of them, and of tho organiza- tion of last yoar's Exposition, may be of inter~ cat, In 1865 the Biato Fair,was hold in Chicogo, and in 1859 in Frecport, when an eaterprisivg Chicagonn got np nn oppoultion show which ba oallod tho Unitod Statou, Fair, and which, Tocated in the grovo near tho Chicago Univorsity, ‘was eminently succossful. ' Thon camo Mechan- 1o Instituto exbibitions, tho Northwestern Sani- tary Fair, tho Fair of the Sanitary Commission, and, Jater on, numborless poultryand borticultur~ al oxhibitions, which wora mora orless moritori- ous, and wero succossful accondingly. The ex- hibition by tha WOOLEN JANUFACTURENS' AND WOOL-GROWERS' ABROCIATION, held in Chicago in 1868, waa tho last of onr great Exposition's forerunnors, and, in a certain senso, it may, in conjunction with the Jubiloo idea, which was mooted the yoar after the great fico, olaim the lonmor of belng ouo of our presont Exposition's progenitors, Tho Jubiloe project was sentimoutal or emotion~ al rather than practical, and what little hold it had on tho public mind was soon meorged iuto $he moro business-like projoct, set forth Into in June, 1872, of o permanont institution in the oy of AN INDURTRIAT FAIR. This projoct was supported by O. 8. Tough, J. Y. Scammion, L. B, Sidway, J. Proston, John B. Drake, George 8, Bowen, and J. Irving Pearco, who obtsined the necessary lcouse, aud decidod upon Seplembor or Octobor, 1873, as tho fittost timo to opon their show, ‘Cus TaiuNe iudorsed tho bchomo, but the publio proved apathotio, and it was for ihe timo bolug aban- doned. In the samo yoar Richard Edwaxrds bronghé out his Haas-Yark scheme, a vislonary affsir which flickered faintly for a short timo, snd was puffed out by popular indifferonce. Notwithstanding the failure of tho Industrinl Exposition idoa in 1873, tho idea of celobrating, in some way, the city's victory ovor desolation sud doapair was still uppormost in many miuds, and on Sopt. 21, 1872, Tux TrmuNe published the plan, furnished by a correspondont, of & ORAND WORLD'S JUBILEE, Jbeing an elaborate programme of festivities to como off about tho Oth of Oatober, 1872, aud to last & week, For roasons which at the time wero obvious to ail sensible mon Tux Tnin- uNe diecouraged the projoot, sa did slso Muayor Medill, and tho " cousequence was, that tho iden was abandoned. Tho Ias months, of 1872 went by without public allusion to the matter, which was again broached, howaever, in Fobruary of 1873, not a8 A commom= orative jubilee, but in the more practical forwa of AN EXPOSITION. The Woolen Manufacturors’ aud Growers' Asso- olation, which in 1868 had held a vory successiul awoting in Chicago, had held mnootings with ditain g euccoss ot Cinclnnatl and Indinnap- olis, and &rwe nonr dying of ounui {u the sluw- borous town of Bt. Loufs, snd Mr. Qoorge 8. Bowen, one of ita active mombors, sow that, unless Chicngo wero chosen as tho pummllun;. location of tho Associntion's shows, it would dio of inanition, Mr. Bowen was alto a firm Doliover in tho nocomsity of & gonoral Chicngo Industrial Exposition, and when the timo for tho meoting of tho Woalon Association drew near in Iobruary, he mude oxortions to promote at onco the interests of both inutitu- tions, Onuof hin firat mavemonts was to con- sult with several of the original projectors of an organization which had boon formed in 1860, unider the namo of the Northwestern echanical and Agricultural Assoclation, whoso ultimate viow was the Lolding of an Intor-Stato Fair, Amoug thewn was Mr, James Nowlsn, who on- tored hourtily into Mr. Bowen's entorpriro, and Issued a circular to the Clicago mauufaotirors on Fob, 31, 1873, fuvitiug them to attoud a mootiug at the Gurdner House on Feb. 24, to vonsidor . tho mattor of holding an Lxposition {n the clty that year in_conuection wilh the Exposition of the \Woahn Manufaotur- ora’ Agsaciation. FRELIMINARY MRETINGS, The meoting in rosponso to tho ciroular was very poorly attonded, and, aftor half an how's talk, 1t adjonrnod to meot the following after- noon at the Blieriman Housew The ationdauce at this mootng was much bottor, muoug thoso prosout boing B, T, Craue, David Bradloy, Euos Brown, Goorgoe 8, Bowen, F. G, Wolch, Jamoa Nowian, Mr. Morriman, Mr. Kerr, and Mr. Webb, and, nfter a unanimous oxpreralon of opinjon in favor ‘of the Exposition schome, n comittee, consisting of Messra, Bradloy, Welch, Morriman, and Crano, wore appoinjed to confor with tho woolon manufacturcrs on tho adyisa- bility of holding an Exposition in Chicago, Thia Committee issucd & call for A JABB-MEETING of maunfacturors nnd oltizens genorally to be' Lold In'Itico & Jackson's Hall, and on tho oven- Jug appointed the macting, which unfavorabio woathor hnd caused to bo anything but o wnass- meoting, wan hold. At tho mecting tho sdvan- tages which would bo derived from tho Ex- Rouluou were eloquontly Bot forth by Mayor Meditl, Mcears, Bowen and Nowlan, and othors, and hinta and suggostions wore thrown out a3 to what s nature should e, Beforo ndjourniug the moeting appoinicd & committes to consider the holding of n grand Industrin] Lxposition at or near Chi- cago on or about tho th_ of sOctober, 1878, in connoction with tho Northwostern Woolen - Manufscturers’ Associntlon, and roport nb » futura meoting as to locnvion, plana of oxposi- tion, monoy raquired, otc.; alio to wall upon tho woolon manufacturors at their nnnual meot- “ing (hold the Lollowing day) and asaure thom .that the. people of Chicago wonld oo that thoy woro woll carod for if thoy decided to hold thoir “noxt annual exposition in this city. THE WOOLLN MANUFACTURERS :met gt the Gardnor Houso on tho 27th of Fob- ruary, and Goorgo B. Bowonm, Uliairmau of the racoling, Introduced the subjoot of tho Exposi- tion, aftor whioh tho Jackeon Hall mecting Com- mittge conforrod with tho members of the moet~ ing.: Tho most important mattor discussod at the conforence was tha quoation of location, Mr. G. W. Gago advocating Doxtor Patk as tho fit- test pito, No notion wag talen by tho Commit- too, as thore was not a quornm present at tho mooting. Tho Wool Association talkod tho mat- tor ovor, but decided upon nothing _definito, snd thoir couforence with the Jackson Hnll Commit- teo was tho Jast ocoosion in which they figured in counection with the Exposition. : "Phio Jackson 11all Commiltes mob agnin o fow dnys lator ot tho Shormnn House, and doter- winod that they would striko out for thomsolvos. At this meeting THE QUESTION OF XAkuX10N N waa for tho first tima broackied, A plan drawn up by Mr. H, ML, Saiith, contomplating the solec- tion of Dexter Park as the site, met with almost universnl disappraval, Then Mr, Boyington sug geated tho corner of - Forty-soveuth and Hnisted strcots, which did not meat with cspeeial favor. ‘Thon Mr., now Commissioner, Wall, mentioned tho Inke front, but oven thia idon ald not ab firet binah call forth auy vory decided oxpression in its favor. That tho lako front sug- gestion was. the propor ono, howover, Wea emply proved on the ovening following, when the Committoo unsnimously passed clear and deflnite rosolutions expressing an tho scnse af tho mcoting that & great Inter~ Btato Industrial Bxhibition should be held in the Tal), commoncing abont Sept. 16 and _continuing four or mora weeks ; that the Lake Park, north of Congress streot, was tho most oligiblo sito, and ealling for a mnes meeting of tha citizoun of Chicago at tho Chambor of Commercs to sub- geribd & guarantso eapital of $160,000, Numor~ Jcally . | . THE GHAMBEER OF COMMENCE MEETING wns not a succeas, bub tho charactor of those who sttonded it mede up amplv for this. Ar. Coolbaugh, who ealled the meoting | to order, exprossed himsolf doubtful of tho Ex- istenco of & public indorssment of tho exposi- tion,scheme. Ho was followed by Honry Greenc- bawm, who took very melancholy view of Chi- cago, and of the Exponition's chances of success. "Iiishad tho happy effect of purging Mr. Cool- baugh of his doubts on the subject, aud the late tor gentloman becamo hencoforward & learty promotor of tho schome. Tho Mayor and sev- “eral other gontlomen' followed with hopeful views of tho Exposition’s succoss. = A futile nt- tompt was mado at this meetivg to chango _tho location chonon to & spot just norih of Ilyds rark, which had boen offerad by tho Mayor of that village on very genorous terme. Beforo tho clowo of the meoting, which was presided ovor by the Hon. John P, Roynolds, the future Sco- rotary of the Associntion, resolutions wero adopted fixing tho capital stock of the Aesociation at $160,000, in sharea of $100 cuch, 350,000 to be subscribed in each divigion of the city. A com- mitteo.of ninowas appointed to supetintoud tho ‘matter of soliciting subscriptions and portecting tho-incorporation of -the' Lxposition Company, and not least important among smong the roso- lutions which passcd unanimously was the final onmmnh..ua{am that the bawe of tho ssocia- tion to bo at once formed should be *¢‘Che Intor- Blate Industrial Exposition of Chieago.” ‘The suceess or failuse of the Exposition of 1878 now layinthohondsof - * - TILK BUBKCRIPTION COMMITTEE, who, everybody folt, had & hard row to hoo. Tho Gommuiittos’ hetd s moeting on tho 10th of Narch at n room hived for their accommodation i tho Sfaats-Zeifung Building, st which rosolu- tions wore passed which were in fact n briof appeal” to tho public to lond thoir nid o tho onterprise, Lho bouciits promising to arise from which wero duly sot forth, and sub- conunittees wore formed, upon which develved tho dutics of goliciting stock-subscriptions from tho ropresentativo men of tho differont branches of industry in the city. On Ssturday, tio 15th of March, & mooting was held, at which tho sub- committee roportad tho taking of 475 aut of the 1,500 shares, The intimation was also thrown outnt ‘this mooting, probably with n view of stimnlating subscribers, thnt thero was o proba- bility of investors receiving fair dividends upon their stoek. THE GREAT DIFFICULTY now was the securing of the lake-front site. T'ho Mayor was in favor of its being leased to tho Asgociation, but tho whole torritory was hedged around with injunctions, and it Wig ob- yious that tho Conneil would not aot in the mat- tor until it was mnde clear thot nobody intorent- od m the property conld ralko an objection. Tho parties about the obtaining of whose permission thero wore grave doubts were Messrs, Hoyne and Dunbam, and Leaflin and Scammon, who had fought stoutly agaivst the Lake-Front aot of 1867, A commitleo of throo, however, called upon thoso zentlomou, and, if they had over had any objoctions, suceeedod in romoving thom, On tho 27th of March tho Subscription snd Organization Committeo made an appoal to the pubticin favor of tho Asociation which hod a good offect, as at a mocting hold on the 20th of March Sceretary Nowlan of tha Committoo re- ported that stock to the amount of 105,000 bad eon Aubseribed, being an amonut sufliciont to warrant tho completion of tho organization, which up to that time bad beon provisional or tomvorary. An anplication for 8 liconse hud been made on March 17, aud the licenso was ro- coived on AMarch 20. On heating the Secrotary's statoment tho meoting of tho Towporary Dircct- ars adjourned, and, at tho meoting of the Com- :plssmnam suthorized by the act of incorpora- ion, A MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDELS was called for Aprit 10, in ordor to elect a Board of Divoctors and complete the organiza- tion, At tho mecting tho followlng twonty-five gentlomen wero clectod Directors of the Associn- tion : 1. M. Avery, N.S.Bouton, L.'T.Crane, Goorge W. Lyon,” W. I Coolbaugh, J. Irving Penrco, Charles Fargo, W. I, Doggott, John B, Drake, O, Farst, Marshall Field, the Ifon. Charles B, Farwoll, N. K. Fairhank, David QGago, T, V. Harvey, Wirt Dextor, T. B. Bryan, Goorgo 8, Bowon, the Hon. Jnuu{lh Meditl, A, O Hesing, Goorgo 1L Lailiu, John P, Royuoids, Pottor Palmor, II. 11, Luylor, Jacob Rosonbory. Thus was tho Intor-State Associalion fully organizod, and it now only romained to seloct its working oflicors and go aliend, ‘The Bonvd of Dircotors mot the following day al the Bhorman Houso and appoiuted & Comumit- too to nominato PERMANENT OFFIOERS, Tho Committeo roported at'n meeting of tho }lom’d of Directorg on the 24th of April, as fol- ows § . itent—Lottep Palmor, ‘resiilents—"The lou, Josopl Modill, tho Hon, ‘Coolbaugh, Wirt Doxier, N. K, Fairbauk, A, O Hoaing, Secretdry~Tho Hon, John P, Reynolds, Trequurer—, Teviug Loare Keeeutive Commitiee~N, 8, DBontou, Qeorge B, Bowen, I, T, Crano, Georgo W, Luflin, T, W, 1lurvey, Daviu A. Gage, Jacol Hosonberi, Tho report was adopted, and the choice of names was unaniinously pranounced to bo omi- nently judiclous, Tha TLako-Tark quostion, howevor, romained still unsolved, tha right to obtsin tho mite not baviug boen definltoly ob- tainod. May 9, at n moctiug of tho Dirodtors, coutiva’ Commitioo woro authorized to proceed without delay aud secire tho cousfruc- ton of the nocessary Exposition bulldings, and to make nuch coutracts and Inour sich exponsos o8 thoy thought proper, Tho passago by the Common Counoil on Apil 281 of & rosolution authoriziug tho nse of 8 portion of the Lanke Park, north of VanBuron stroet, under cortain reutriotions, uad xemoved the only obatacle, and the Exceutive Committco immodi+ ataly took up tho queation of - A DUILDING. MMr. Boylugton, who hnd talion a daop, nterest in tho Exposition from the start, had already propared.a plan for a stricturo of glass and ron which, onlarged and remodoled to wuit tho sito and eiroumstnncos, was accopted by the Commit- {00, On the 10th of June tho Bxective Commit- too mplorcod their action, and, on motion of 3r, N, K, Fairbank, of tho Finance Committeo, i b waw decldod to call a meoting to consider tho ralving of the cnswllnl atock to $250,000. At this meeting Mr, Healng expressod o fear thnt a rail- way-depot jubltiee which had called quite . mum- bor of country pooplo to town on a prowise of musio, and gont them homo with a din in thoir cars, badmo finrt <% Jspocts of tho Exposition that manyer & dit wonld be wiso to dafer building un' ., The meoting, howover, vas unavimous ‘avor of golng aliead, and o the same ¢ xocutive Com- mittca held & meoting a Sut a circular ex- plaining fll"{ the classif = of objecty to bo ndmiited to the Exposit = iting applications for upnco, and giving : 5 dsary fuformation to intondlng exhiivitors ¢ noxt day tho Bx- ccutive Committco m & S awardod contracta amonating to $197,00) $i3 | Tho Exceutivo Cor ~=5 'and Hocretary lisd thejr work out out & thom, and "they entored upon it o will, calling o munlinf of stockholders to considor tho stock increase, aud royuosting tho rallrosds to grant froe transportation’ for articles for ox- hibition, and a reduction of faro for intonding visllors of tho Xxposition, Some dlsappointment was mot with here, somo of thae railronds not ap- precinting tho nocesity of fselinga littlo patri- otic in rogard to the groat onterprise of tho greatost railwoy city in tho world, DEYANDS FOTL SPACK Puured in until 3ir. Reynolds could have filled ho Exposition bullding, aud there was no longer any reason to doubt that tho Ixposition’s prospective business would guarautco tho pro- posed incronso of stock. Conscquently, when the 16th of July arrived, tho mootivg called for tho consideration of the atock increaso was found to be unnnimously in its favor. Tho heavy labors of the Directorsa wero over for tho - timo being, - sand the Becretary and mombers of the Execcutive Cowmmitico pussod their days in walching the couswuction of the Luge somi-cireular treatlos, and tho oleva- tiou or tho walls of the building, A visitof a sub-comnittea to tho Cincinnati Lixposition ro- sultod in the pathering of much information, which was usofully appliod in tho mabagement of their own undertsking. , On the Gth of September, the Exccutive Com- mittea mado H THE OFFICIAL ASNOUKCEMENT of tho opening of the Lxposition, which was fixed for the 25th of that month, and at tho sane meoting fixed tho rates of admission. At first it had not been_intonded to mako a spocial- ty of the Fino Arts Exhibition, but wiser coun- sols provailod, sud in July & circular wss sont forth wviting the prosence of works of art, aud assiring thoir propor dispiny and duo care for their protection from fire or accidont. ‘Che cir- cular waw fairly responded to, the fino art show.belug as good & ono aa could be expocted to bo got up on #o shozt a notice and oy & attompe in the line, Nothing now romained to bo done but to ar- range the goods in thoe bullding, which, beguu ou tho 20th of June, was yeady fur the reception of goads in tho early part of Boptember, and to prepare for the formnl opening of ihe Exposi- tion which Liad boen fixod for the evening of the 25tk of Svptomber. —_— THE OPENING, AND WHAT FOLLOW- ED IT. Thus in the faco of Innumerable obstacles, not the last among which was public aputhy to the schome, with a moncy market hardoning dully, did the Exposition managors bring their project to perfection, and have ready for the .world to visit, not two yoars after the city's oblitoration by fire, tho largest Exposition ovor hield on the Western Homiuphore, Howover in- differout tho public ot large muy bave beon ro- gording tho Exposition during the days of its promoters’ doubts and fenrs, as scon as the walls bogan to -rise tho fact went abroad, and with it' roso nn eutbusinstio interest in the schomn which was folt from one ond of the .Union to tho other, so that when the day of opening, Sopt. 25, drew near, no one doubted thnt the iuauguration weuld be grandly successfal both in point of tho ments of tho show, tho sizo of the attendance, and the inter- ostivg naturo of tho coremonics. Inauguration night moro than realized tho oxpectations of the most sanguine., Docked out with the flags of all nntious, glitteriug inside and out with thouszuds of gas-jets and trausparencics, filled with o mul- titude of poople moving to aud fro among tho immonge collection of all that Amorica produces of tho uzeful and beautiful 1w art aud nature, the Exposition, on TIE EVENING OF (T8 OPENING, prevonted & spectacio the like of which had nover hofore been equaled fu the Now World. Tho programme of oxorcios for the occasion included tho thunder of cannon, music, and spoeches by N. 8. Isouton, the Ion, W. ¥\ Coul- baugh, Gov. Boveridge, Mayor Bond, and Sona- tors Logan aud Oglesby. ‘Iho occasion was s 1aro ono for tho indulgones of the flonrish rho- torical, and the spoakers, to nsa a rather vulgar oxpression, sprond themectves accordingly, tho only drawbck to thelr spoeehien being that thoy wore inaudible to the vast wajority of the audi- onco, Who woro obliged to,wait for the full one Joymeut thereof until the arrival of (he news- boy with the noxt moruing's ‘CRIBUNE. TIHE ATTENDANCE of upootators during the aftornoon and evaning “of lie Bxposition's firat duy wa very large, not lerw than 15000 people being prosont. Ot courwo much high-pressure interest s this in the ehow could not Lo kept up, Some of tho 16,000 prabably nttanded the inaiiguration open- ing not so much to soe the lixposition as to hear Sonator Logan drop a few words of wisdom oun itbe subjoct of finance, oue which at this timoe 1nst your, a8 ey will remomber, was cugrossing publio attention” to the exclusion of lightor topies ; others because it way 'T,Dm"g night and thera would be o big crowd ; othors not so much to seo a8 to be seen, aud Bo on. Still through the forty-lwo duys ou which the Bxposition was thrown opon to the public tho attendanco was good, the total numbor of admissions renchiung 760,000, or an averago of over 14,000 & duy. ‘Tha nuwber of sctual visitor to the show was about 400,000, This continued good attendanco at tha Tixposition was o sulticiontly gratifying proof of its oxecllouco as n8liow, ewpccially in viow of the financial condition of the country at tho-time, Which was such ny cause many & solid country denler (o consider once or twico ho advieability of oxpending tho cost of . trip to Chicago, and then m most cases to docide that ho Lind hettor stay at homo, T'zke it alto- wother, tho Exposition of Inst year was 6 good oue, Crities might hayo dealt “unkindly blows hora aud thero, inight have netunlly rovoled In the eouth room of the Art Hall, bnt tho wholo offcot was so gratifying shat what littlo was lncking wns overlooked in an appreciation of the goneral rosuli. Binca tho oloslng of the Fxposition on tho 10th of Novombor, tho managers have not boen fdle. “Phoir iuterest in aud labors for the undertalng Qid not end with tho public dispiny, s wil be soon by the following -racord of tho businoss transacted by them ut odd intervals since last Octobor. Tha fizat itom of Intorost in contou- tion with tae Lxposition was tho publication in g Punuye of the 10tk of Junuary last of tho REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVI COAMITTEY, including the ‘Lroasurer's detailed veport of the. rocoipte und cxponditures of the Exposition, showing the formor to hihve been 110,138,160 ;4 the latlor & 107, loaving o balsnco on land of §1,383.19. Tho asgots and labilitien of tho Companv woro showli to be &430,879.96 mnpeutl\-o!‘z. ono itom of rho lntter, amounting to 234,604.83, roprosenting u Jonn whicl the cor- poration lind oxveuted to gpablo thom (o moct the outstunding lisbilitles 3¢ the corporation to conructors and othors,” condequent upon the fuilure 4o obinin the roquisito sum from pald-up subsoriptions to the ocap- ital wtock, and was pade in tho confident antiopation at it will bo pald ot waturity i the 1o- colpts of thiy year's Tixpdultion, Dosides this amount, another 1em in fast'yoar's llabilitien of §3,201,15, togothor with the o¥ponsod of this yoar's improvements and additlous to the Lixpo- wition Building, amounting to about $26,000, will hiave to bo dotruyed from Lhiy ?'onr'u rucoiptd, On the 12th of April lagt Tur Tnwose an- nouuced tho completion of the arrangonwnts for thin year's Exposition, ana published TILE PROORAMME, whioh showed that iu all respocts the managors had aimod higher, and infendod to uchiove o still groater sucossy LUan thab which Lad crowned their efforts in 1873, Among the nob lenst Important and plonsiug anuouncemouts of the programmo was, that tho managors had again _kocured tho gorvices of Mr. John P. Raynolds os working Heerelary of thoe concorn. At a subsoquont meeting of tha Divectars, tho Tallowing gontlomon were cloctod oflicors ; I'ron- ident, Potter Palmer; Vice-Prosidents, Josoph Medill, L, Z Loitor, Jacob Tosonborg, William 13, Doggott, and George M. Palimen ; Crensurer, . Trving Poarco ; Bocrotary, John I, Royuolds, "Tho following gontlomen were olected a8 the Jixecutive Committeo : N, 8. Bouton, Chairman; Dotler Palmer, Fravklin MucVeagh, Conrad Furst, Jolin B, Drake, Ldwin J.ea Brown, Georga 11, Lafiin, R, 0 Cyano, T W. arvey, and Mon. roo Heath, THY, ANNDAL MERTING of tho aharoholders of tho Inter-State Industrin Txposition was hold in the Art-Iall of their building on the Gth of May Iast, A roport of the Associntion's financiel condition road st tho mesting phowed that the whole numbor ot shnces xmld in s 1,034, amounting t0:3169,400; of partinily pald shares, 37, amountivg 0 81, 725, making a totsl of $171,125 paid up stock, The mecting thon pracecded to the clection of Dircators, which reaulted ss follows: Messrs. Potter Palmor, Georga I, Latlin, John B. Drako, 1. T. Grano, A. H. Read, A, 0. Hestug, L. 2 Toiter, o:wrs;u M. Pullman, William E. Dogge:t, D. A. Gage, If, 1L 'Taylor, C. Furst, C. Stude~ baker, Franklin AncVeagh, N, 8. Bouton, J. Irv- {ug Poarce, Jncob Rosenbiorg, Edwin Leo Brown, gliulorgg,shflmrnlnl, Clfi““ l"li't:o. L. W. Harvoy, John P, Reynolds, Monroo lioatn, Josoph Mo ditl, and Villiam ¥, Allon, T RETATING THE RITE. Tho question of the Councll's permitting tho Exposition building to rentain an the lake front for o yoar, or, il powsiblo, two yoars longer, cunsed tho ‘manngors much’ more anxloty than did tho original question of gottiug tho wito. Now that their building bad, *like some tall palm,” oz a8 tho country editors, without a singla oxcoption, put it, like tho magio palaco of Aladdia, nrisen on the lake shoie, sud boon univorxally protionncad beantiful, tho idon of its lmrmnpmn romoval stinck disway into the hourt of Sccrolavy Roynolis snd his colloagnes. Theso feoliugs woro much tho nune a8 those exporionced by ofd Titus, of whone soliloquy bo- fore doomod Jorusalom ovory ono who Las boon # school-boy will remembor, t Jenst the firat fow lwos ntuning : It must be, And yet it moves me, Romans ; It confounds ¢ nture of my atern philoxophy “hat yulu's mereiless plowshare, cle., ote, Chicazo business-men uro Lnppily much mora practical in tholr naturo than_Mominn Gonorals, aud, matead of indulging in blank verso over the prospect of tho demulition of thoir giautia architoctural mnstorpiceo, thoy quictly tob to work {o gain their poinf. At morothan oo timo their succons soemed doubtful, the nogotis~ tions for the sale of tho Inke front haviug ade-~ cided tondoncy lu g dircction contrary to their wishios, All's'woll thint onds weli, Lowever, sud tho upshot of tho nogotintions was the seetring on the 24th of March, by o vote of the Common Council, after » brief discussion and Uy s ovorwhelming majority, of the permission 1o rotain the site for two yoR om the 1et of WUuy, 1874, . THFE AUT-TALL. On the 28th of dlay the Lxposition managors gave proof of their intent to have n croditable art display in connection with this yoar's show in 2 cirenlar issued by the Committoo on Fine Arts. The cireular sol forth that tho mounugera woro dotermined to have the art departmont of thio Expomtion contain the flucst colloction over wathered togothor in this country, and announced tho securing the servicos of Mr. Houry W. Dor- by, the woll-known Now York counnoisseur, sg agout for tho dopatimont. On the 8th of June last the new Exocutive Cownmittoa met for tho purposo of TERFEGTING ARRANGEMENTS for the coming show. Among otbor husincas, they oxamined aud accopted tho plans propared by "Mr. W. L. B. Jounoy for a suitable brick, iron, and glnss wtruclure at tho pouth ond of the Exposition, for the use of the floral do- partmont, which it had beon decided should be made & spocinl fonturo of tho show. They nlso ncoopted plmug’ prosonted by an architect for tho addition of a structuro ta form paxt of the main building for tho accom- modation of the agricultnral unplomont display. At this meeting, also, tho Art Committeo roport- od thut they had mado definito nrrangemonts for tho best display of works of art over prosented to tho public in this country, nud it was decided to groatly cnlarga tko Art-Linll in consequenco. Yarious propositions were recoived from parties, which woro referred to tho sub-committeos, of which tho followiug ié o lets 1, Printing _and Adertising—Meears, Bouton, Latily, sud Cranc, 2, Adnfscion and Comlimentary Tickets—Mesara, Taarce, Douton, and Turvey. 3. Railroads and 2'ransportation—Mesers, Harvey, Drake, and Heath, 4. tauraits and Husic—Mcesrs, Drake, Brown, and MzeVeagh, . 5, Privilejesand. Permits—Mossr, Draks, Drown, and Ifasvey, 0. Fine drts—Messrs, Brown, Drake, and Mao- Veigly, 7. Horal Department—Dessrs. Roynolds, Drake, and Lala, 8, 'space—Yensra, Roynolds, Dreke, aud Lufin. 8. Steum-Power—osurs, Crane, Fiirst, aud Liouton, 1t wao* also docidod at this meecting to have pluns prepared for tho oulargomont of the res. tawrant, OTIIER OCCUPANTA. Binca the clove of the Bxposition in November the building hns beon but _soldony occupiod, and Toyond the awe nnd ndmiration it zleaned from an oceasiounl visiting Granger it bas roceived but little notice. T'liore is & certain amount of tho whito clophant in its nature when not em- plovyd for ity legitimato uso. ‘Thero was last winter somno talk of its being furned into a skat- ing vink, but the project camo to nothiog, very Juckily, 08 the weuther thut scason was 5o mild that it is doubtful whotlior n shect ot ice would have formed, Towards spring the st Dall * was meed for the exhibition of Dubufe’s grand painting ot the “ Prodignl Son,” which was very sucesssful, for, thougls the subject in goneral ol the pictura has boen quito contnon for somo timo in Chica- 2o, yet thoro aroso qnite » universal curiosity to Viow tho kind of prodizal produced in tho Bast- ot Homigphero, Then an . outerprising Naw (Yorlmr brought nlong an ipunouse eircular paint= g of “panis BY ArooNLiant,” which bad to bo viewed from a platforminita, centre, vioro i the hob summer tlo sumosphero st 5o close that it was only in the covlest even- ings thnt a utay conld bo mado with any sort of comfort. 'Lho pictiro was = fino one, but, un- fortunatoly, Chicago by sunlizhé proved too kot u placo for aris by Moonlight, and the pictura Dazely paid osponkcs. Later on tho NATIONAL PHOSOGBAPHENS' ABSOCIATION held o meoting in the building, but their ges- sions did uot prove a very valusble addition to photograplic loro. It tust uot ho forgatton that on the ovening of tho 14th of July tho Lix- position Building catad very noar to making an important contivmntion of tho 80-acro fire which startled tha city at that timo. The tire soemed detormined to embrace tho building in its fold, Cindevs by the thoneand fell upon it, and at ono momont its destruction seemod inov- itable; but the sturdy oxertions of the forco of mon which had been rotained by the mauagora oarly m the aflornoon, in case of omorgoncios, envod it to tho oity, And now, aftor a rost of ton mouths, the buildlug atauds larger aud mora boautiful they ever, redy to welcomo the hosts nlfixmtmu wio shnll como to the. Bxposition of e THE PRESENT. THE BUILDING. This evening the Esposition will opon, not with that powp and parads which sttended it Insy yonr, when Governors and Sonutors mode speechos which but few cared for, Itwill open fu tho planost and most businces-like manuer, and will be nono the lesa atirativo therefor, “Thowork of putting articles in piace will bo kept up duriug the day, sud dospito all possiblo dili- once many of tho exhibitors will not be sottled for sama days. Tho Exposition Bullding Inst yoar was so fully describad, nud has nince then beon visited by guch o largo number of pooplo, that any minute dencription of its apposranco 18 unnecossary. Boforo tho additivns mado this yoar {t monsured 800 feot in lemgth by 260 width, nith throo projotions on tho west side, tho middle one measuring 120x20 foot, aud thovo toward the ox~ wwomition 80520 feot cach. 'Tho holght of the nwin building was 80 foot, that of tho two small- or domos 140 foat, and thut of the large central dome 160 foot. ‘Tho slylo of architecturo of the butlding waa Italing, ‘T'ho aroa of the old bulkd-