CHICAGO NOW HAPPY
THE FAIR BUILDINGS' DEDICATION A
GRAND SUCCESS.
Every Indication That the Columbian
Exposition Will Be Worthy of Our
Country and the Century Channcey
Depew's Oration—Miss Monroe's Ode.
CHICAGO, Oct. 21.—The World's fair
buildings are dedicated, and Chicago—
boisterous, hustling, hurrying Chicago—is
happy. Chicago is going to have a World's
Columbian exposition, and if to-day's pro
ceedings are an indication, it is going to be
h howling success. Chicago is crowing, too,
over the Columbus celebration through
which she has just passed.
It cannot be exactly said that Columbus
is not in it, but a general impression seems
to prevail that Chicago discovered Colum
bus, and it is celebrating the fact incident
ally to the one great and well deserved
crow of triumph that will go up when
the fair will have passed into history as
one of the grand successes of the century.
If Chicago had ever had any doubts of
her ability to get up a World's fair 011 the \
shortest notice known to history, perhaps
the crow might be louder and greater. As
it is she is iu a whirl of delight over the
success of her operations thus far, and is
busy predicting greater things for the fu
ture.
The Military Parade.
The first event of today was the grand i
military parade and procession of invited j
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DIRECTOR GENERAL DAVIS OPENS THE CERE- !
MONIES.
quests to Manufactures hall, where the |
dedication ceremonies took place. The same !
crowds of people, only it seemed more of
them, massed themselves in the streets to
see the glittering pageant, which moved al
most without a hitch according to the pro
gramme.
Twenty-seven governors aided the vice ,
president of the United States inreview ing
the parade as it approached Jackson park,
where the military disbanded and the in
vited guests were escorted to the spacious
and beautifully decorated Manufactures
building.
The Manufactures building on the fair
grounds, besides being the objective point
of at least 125,000 people who were fortu
nate holders of invitations and cards of ad
mission, was a Mecca for multitudes whose
only hope was to catch a chance glimpse ,
through some unlooked for combination of
circumstances in their favor.
After the grund military review the in
door exercises—the real dedication—took
place. When Director General Davis rose ;
upon the platform to open the ceremonies
there were spread before him such a vast
sea of human faces as has probably never
before been seen under a single roof.
In front of him, massed before the great
bulk of the audience, 15,000 distinguished
guests occupied reserved seats. To the left, I
upon a special stand, 5,500 singers were I
seated, and a large orchestra helped the
majestic gathering make the iron arches
ring again, while behind the speaker sat in
state many of the greatest dignitaries of j
which a republican government can boast.
The Dedication Exercises.
The dedication exercises commenced with
the "Columbian March," a spirited air, I
composed by John K. Paine, of Cambridge.
It was rendered by the orchestra with feel
ing and effect and was heartily applauded.
When the last strains of music died away i
Bishop Charles 11. Fowler, of California, j
arose and advanced to the front of the plat- j
form to deliver the prayer. As he did so j
the vast audience rose, and with bowed
heads and reverential pose listened amid a
deep silence to the feeling words of the dig- j
nifled clergyman. When the rustling und 1
the bustling of reseating had stilled Di
rector General Davis came forward with a '
flush of pride 011 his genial face, and was
received with round after round of applause
which made the slight flush deepen into a
rich crimson blush. For a second he hesi
tated as he looked into the sea of upturned J
faces, and reassured by the kindly look of ,
expectation from every eye, with graceful
gesture and well modulated voice delivered
the introductory address. His words were
well chosen and elicited generousapplau.se.
When he had finished Mayor Hempstead
Washbunie in a ready speech extended a
warm welcome to the guests and visitors
to the dedication ceremonies, and advised
them that the freedom of the city was
theirs, which sentiment was greeted with
cheers.
Then came a craning of necks and a
whispering and comment, for the next
number 011 the programme was the "Dedi
catory Ode," written by Miss Harriet
Monroe, of Chicago. The ode was partly
recited by Mrs. Sarah U. IOJ Moyne, of New
York, and partly sung by a chorus of 5,000
voices, accompanied by the full orchestra.
Mrs. I*e Moyne received an inspiring wel
come when she came forward, and the
manner in which she read the lines of the
beautiful poem showed that she appre
ciated the cordial reception given by the
assemblage.
The ode is allegorical and begins with a
description of Columbia welcoming the
nations of the eArth to witness the climax
of her greatness as represented in the com
pleted fair buildings. The birth of Colum
bia and the enterprise of Isabella are told
this:
Until a woman fair
As morning lilies aro
Brings him a jeweled key—
And lo! a world is free.
Wide swings the portal never touched bo
fore;
Strange luring winds blow from an unseen
shore;
Toward dreams that cannot fail,
He bids the three ships sail
While man's new song of hope rings out
against the gain.
Then the chorus, acting in perfect unlsort
with the reader, at a signal from the leader
glided into song, describing the voyage of
Columbus in these words:
Over the wide unknown,
Far to the shores of Ind,
On through the dark alone,
I .ike a feather blown by the wind.
Into the west away.
Sped by the breath of God.
J2SI
See sing tho clearer day
Where only his feet have trod;
From the past to tho future we sail.
We slip from the leash of kings.
Hail, spirit of Freedom, hail!
Unfurl thine impalpable wings;
Receive us, protect us, and bless
Thy knights who brave all for thee.
Though death be thy soft caress
By that touch shall our souls be free.
Onward and ever on,
Till the voice of despair is stilled,
Till the haven of peace is won
Aud the purpose of God fulfilled.
As the voices of the singers softened into i
silence Mrs. Le Moyne again took tip the j
theme of the ode, and the meeting of Co- |
lu 111 bus and Columbia was described. Co- ■
lumbia was depicted as "so goddess-pur© j
is she," and the goddess bids man to shake j
off liis chains and build anew temples in ,
her domain. "Knights who had warred at
love's command" take up the ax and oar,
mallet and spade. The Indian wars and
the early struggles were next pictured, end
ing with this stirring chant by the chorus:
Lo! Clan on clan
Tim embattled nations gather to be one,
Clasp hands as brothers 'm ath Columbia's
shield,
Upraise her banner to the shining sun;
Along her blessed shore
One heart, one song, one dream-
Alan shall be free forevermore,
And love shall be supreme.
A tribute to the deceased architect, John
W. Root. Then comes a shadowy cavalcade
I of heroes moving through the World's fair i
1 temples, led by "one who held a warring j
nation in his heart." The heroes of the re-1
J public, led by Lincoln, are in the van. Co
lumbia is apostrophized, and the develop
ment of man beneath her sway told in j
j splendid verse. The ode concluded with a
j splendid lyric as follows, which was su
| perbly given by the chorus:
Columbia! men beheld thee rise,
A goddess from tho misty sea.
Lady of joy, sent from the skios,
Tho nations worshiped thoe!
Thy brows woro flushed with dawn's first
light;
By foamy waves with stars bedight
Thy blue robe floated free.
Now lot the sun ride high o'erhoad,
Driving the light from shore to shore;
His burning tread we do not dread,
For thou art evermore.
Lady of love, whoso smile shall bless.
Whom brave doeds wiu to tenderness,
Whoso tears tho lost restore.
I Lady of hopo thou art, we wait
With eourage thy serene command.
Through unknown seas, toward undreamed ,
fate,
We ask thy guiding hand. 1
On, thou! Bails quiver in the gale I
Thou at the helm, wo cannot fail.
I On to God's time veiled strand!
j Lady of beauty, thou Bhalt win
Glory and power and length of days!
Tho sun and moon shall be thy kin,
The stars shall sing thy praise.
All hail! we bring thee vows most sweet— j
Wo strew before thy winged feet.
Now, onward be thy ways!
The Presentations.
The effect 011 the audience was magical
and the house rose en masse, with cries of
"bravo!" and "encore!" and hod the man
agement allowed it the ode would have
j been given again and again. But other
i choice numbers were to come and an encore 1
! was impossible.
Tho next order was the presentation by
the director of works of the master artists
of the exposition to the World's Colum
bian exposition, and award to them of
: special commemorative medals, after which
the chorus again endeared itself to the
j audience by its fine and flowing interpreta- j
J tion of Haydn's "The Heavens Are Tell
! Ing."
! Mrs. Potter Palmer, the woman to whom
too much credit cannot be given for her
work as president of the board of lady
, managers, then came forward and received ■
! an ovation that was richly deserved. Her
part in the programme consisted of an ad
dress on the work of the lady managers,
I and when she had finished no one who ;
j heard her had the slightest fear that the
\ Columbian exposition would be a failure if
j the same spirit which pervaded her and
her assistants obtained throughout the
I other departments.
Next came the tender of the buildings 011 1
behalf of the World's Columbian exposi
tion by the president thereof to the presi
dent of the World's Columbian cotnmis- ,
; sion, and the presentation of the buildings
by the president of the World's Columbian
commission to the vice president of tho
i United States for dedication.
The Dedication,
j After these ceremonies had been con
j eluded Vice President Morton, who olflci
j ated in the enforced absence of President
Harrison at the bedside of his sick wife,
! advanced and was greeted with great en
j thiisiasm. His function was to dedicate the
I buildings, which he did in a masterly ad
dress, in the course of which he paid a
i tribute to President Harrison and expressed
bis own regret, and said he knew he voiced
the sentiments of the whole people of the
country in grieving over the cause which
kept the chief executive away from an oc
; casion he had taken so much interest in
1 and which he was so desirous to attend, j
' ! When the applause which greeted the vice j
1 president's address subsided the chorus
I gave with fine effect Handel's "Hallelujah I
1 | Chorus" from the "Messiah."
| Now a cheer ripples over the vast build- '
I which becomes louder ami louder as
I the brilliant oracle of the star eyed goddess, !
1 the Hon. Henry Watterson, of Kentucky, I
1 comes forward to deliver the dedicatory
j oration. Mr. Watterson smiled, waited
* till quiet hod been restored, and then with
the vehemence and vigor characteristic of
' the man from the blue grass region kept
1 the audience spellbound while he poured
7 out the eloquent words that fairly bubbled
r over his lips. His address was a gem of
* oratory worthy of the occasion and his
hearers, and was cheered and applauded to
the echo.
' As Mr. Watterson retired the stirring
' strains of the "Star Spangled Banner"
broke upon the ear, and the full chorus
5 sang the words of the patriotic hymn with
a vim that caused a large part of the au
-1 dience to join in. When that was com
-5 pleted "Hail Columbia" was given in tho
: j same spirit, and when the last verse was
I reached it seemed as though the spirit of
' patriotism could not be confined, and
nearly the whole house joined in the swell
ing chorus. The scene at the finish was
simply sublime.
There had been enthusiasm enough up
to this point, it seemed, to tire almost any
ordinary assemblage, but when the laugh
* ing bice of Chauncey M. Depew smiled into
the sea of faces that greeted his appear
n ances to deliver the Columbian oration the
cheers that broke out made those gone
before sound us summer winds to a cyclone,
t It was pandemonium. Depcw's stock of
patience was good, and when his audience
rr tired of applaudi.tg he spoke as follows:
r Chauncey M. Depew's Oratioy.
•f This day belong* not to America, but to the
world. The result* of the event it comuiejao-
rates are the heritage of the peoples of eVery
race and clime. We celebrate the emancipation
of man. Ancient history is a dreary record of
unstable civilizations. Each reached its zenith
of material splendor and perished. The divine
right of kings stamped out the faintest glimmer
of revolt against tyranny: and the problems of
science, whether of the skies or of the earth,
whether astronomy or geography, were solved
or submerged by ecclesiastical degrees. The
dungeon was ready for the philosopher who
proclaimed the truths of the solar system, or
the navigator who would prove the sphericity
of the earth.
Fifty years before Columbus sailed from Pa
los Uutteuberg and Faust had forged the ham
mer which was to break the bonds of supersti
tion and open the prison doors of the mind.
They had invented the printing press and mov
able types.. The prior udoptioii of a cheap
process for the manufacture of paper at once
utilized the press. Its first service, like all its
succeeding efforts, was for the people. The
firstborn of the marvelous creation of these
primitive printers of Mayence was the printed
Bible. The time had come for the emancipa
tion of the mind and soul of humanity. The
factors wanting for its fulfillment were the now
world and its discoverer.
God has always in training some command
ing genius for the control of great crises in tho
affairs of nations and peoples. Tho number of
these leaders are less than the centuries, but
their lives aro tho history of human progress.
Though Ceesar and Charlemagne and Hilde
braud and Luther and William the Conqueror
and Oliver Cromwell and all the epoch makers
prepared Europe for tho event and contributed
lb the result, tho lights which illumine our
firmament today are Columbus the discoverer,
Washington the founder and Lincoln the
savior.
Neither realism nor romance furnishes a
more striking and picturesque figure than that
of Christopher Columbus. Tho mystery ahput
his origin heightens tho charm of his story.
That he came from among tho toilers of his
time is in harmony with the struggles of our
period. Forty-four authentic portraits of him
have descended to us. and 110 two of them aro
the counterfeits of tho same person.
Each represents a character as distinct as its
canvas. Strength and weakness, intellectu
ality and stupidity, high moral purpose and
brutal ferocity, purity and licentiousness, tho
dreamer und tho miser, the pirate and tho
puritan, are the types from which we may se
lect our hero. Wo dismiss tho painter, and
piercing with the clarified vision of the dawn
of the Twentieth century the veil of four hun
dred years we construct our Columbus.
Tho perils of the sea in his youth upon the
rich argosies of Genoa, or in tho service of the
licensed rovers who made them their prey,
had developed a skillful navigator and intrepid
mariner. They had given him a glimpse of the
possibilities of the unknown, beyond tho high
ways of travel, which roused an unquenchable
thirst for adventure and research.
The study of the narratives of previous ex
plorers, and diligent questionings of the dar
ing spirits who had ventured far toward tho
fabled west, gradually evolved a theory which
became in his mind so fixed a fact that he
could inspire others with his own passionate
beliefs. The words, "that is a lie," written by
him on the margin of nearly every page of a
volume of the travels of Marco Polo, which is
still to be found in a Genoese library, illustrute
the skepticism of his beginning, ami the first
vision of the New World the fulfillment of his
faith.
The {Struggles of Columbus.
To secure tho means to test tho truth of his
speculations this poor and unknown dreamer
must win the support of kings and overcome
the hostility of the church. T' • never doubted
his ability to do both, though knew of uo man
living who was so great in power or lineage or
learning that he could accomplish either. Un
aidod and alone ho succeeded iu arousing the
jealousies of sovereigns and dividing the coun
cils of the ecclesiastics.
"I will command your fleet and discover for
you new realms, but only on condition that you
confer on me hereditary nobility, the admiralty
of the ocean and the vice royalty atid one-tenth
the revenues of the Now World," were his
haughty terms to King John of Portugal. Aftor
ton years of disappointment and poverty, sub
sisting most of tho time upon the charity of tho
enlightened monk of the convent of Kibida, who
was his unfaltering friend, he stood before the
throne of Ferdinand and Isabella, and rising to
imperial dignity in his rags embodied the same
royal conditions in his petition.
The capture of Granada, tho expulsion of
Islam from Europe and tho triumph of tho
cross aroused tho admiration and devotion of
Christendom. But this proud beggar, holding
in his grasp the potential promise and do
minion of Eldorado and Cathay, divided with
the Moslem surrender tho attention of sov
ereigns and of bishops. Franco and England
indicated a dosire to hoar his theories and see
his maps while he was still a suppliant at the
gates of the camp of Custile and Aragon, tho
sport of its courtiers ami the scoff of its con
fessors. His unshakable faith that Christopher
Columbus was commissioned from heaven,
both by his name and by divine command, lo
carry "Christ across tho sea" to new conti
nents and pagan peoples, lifted him so far
above the discouragements of an empty purse
and a contemptuous court that he was proof
against the rebuffs of fortune or of friends.
To conquer tho prejudices of the clergy, to
win the approval and financial support of the
stato, to venture upon that unknown ocean
which, according to the beliefs of the ago, was
peopled with demons and savage beasts of
frightful shape, and from which there was no
possibility of return, required tho zeal of Peter
the Hermit, the chivalric courage of the Cid
and the imagination of Dante. Columbus be
longed to that high order of cranks who con
fidently walk where "angels fear to tread."
and often become the benefactors of their
country or their kind.
I
MISS HARRIET MONROE.
It was a happy omen of tho position which i
woman was to hold in America that the only
persons who comprehended tho majestic scope j
of his plans and tho invincible quality of his
genius was the able and gracious queen of Cas \
tile. I&alxdla alone of all the dignitarios of that :
ago shares with Columbus tho honors of his
groat achievement. She arrayed her kingdom
I and her private fortune behind the enthusiasm
of this mystic mariner, and posterity pays hom
age to her wisdom and faith.
The overthrow of the Mohammedan power in
, Spain would have been a forgotten scone in one
of tho innumerable acts in the grand drama of
history had not Isabella conferred immortality
upon herself, her husband and their dual crown
by her recognition of Columbus. The devout
1 spirit of tho queen and the high purpose of the
explorer inspired tho voyage, subdued the m
1 tinous crew and prevailed over the raging
Htorms. Tlioy covered with tho divine radiance
of religion and humanity the degrading search
, for gold and the horrors of its quest, which
filled the first century of conquest with every
form of lust and greed.
Civil and Religious Liberty.
I Tho mighty soul of the great admiral was
, undaunted by the ingratitude of princes and
the hostility of tho people, by imprisonment
and neglect. He died as he was securing the
i moans and prepuring a campaign for the ros
i cue of the holy sepulcherat Jerusalem from the
, : infidel.
| He did not know what time has revealed—
that while tho mission of the crusades, of God
frey, of Bouillon and Richard of the Lion
Heart, waa a bloody and fruitions romance, the
discovery of America was the salvution of the
world.
The rulers of the Old World began with par
titioning the New. To them tho discovery was
expansion of empire and grundeur to tho
! throne. Vast territories whose properties and
possibilities were little understood, and whose
extent was greater than the kingdoms of the
sovereigns, were the gifts to court favorites
and the prizes of royal approval. But individ
ual intelligence and independent conscience
found here haven and refuge. They wero tho
passengers upon tho caravals of Columbus, and
ho was unconsciously making for the port of
civil and religious liberty.
Thinkers who believed men capable of higher
destinies and larger responsibilities, and pious
people who preferred tho Bible to that union of
church and state where each serves tho other
for tho temporal benefit of both, lied to these
distant and hospitable lands from intolerance
and hopeless oppression at homo.
The nations of Europe were so completely ab
sorbed in dynastic difficulties and devastating
wars, with diplomacy and ambitious, that
thoy neither heeded nor heard of tho growing
democratic spirit and intelligence in their
American colonies. To them these provinces
were sources of revenue, and thoy never
dreamed that they were also schools of liberty.
That it exhausted throe centuries under the
most favorable conditions for tho evolution of
freedom o„ this c>iitincnt demonstrates the
tremendous strength of custom and heredity
when sanctioned and sanctified by religion.
After a century of successful trial our sys
tem has passed the period of experiment, and
its demonstrated permanency and power are
revolutionizing the governments of tho world.
It has raised tho largest armies of modern
ttmes for self preservation, and at the success
ful termination of the war returned tho sol
diers to the pursuits of peace. It lias so ad
justed itself to tho pride and patriotism of tho
defeated that they vie with tho victors in their
support and enthusiasm for the old flag and
our common country.
Imported anarchists have preached their
baleful doctrines, but have made no converts.
They have tried to inaugurate a reign of terror
under tho banner of the violent -eizuro and
distribution of property only to !• defeated,
imprisoned and executed by the law made by
the people and enforced by juries selected
from tho people, and judges and prosecuting
officers elected by tho people. Socialism finds
disciples only among those who were its vota
ries before thoy were forced to fly from their
native land, but it does not take root upon
Americau soil.
l-'roin Moses to Edison.
Tho state neither supports nor permits tax
ation to maintain tho church. The citizen can
worship God according to his belief and con
science, or he tnav neither rovereneenor recog
nize the Almighty. And yet religion has flour
ished, churches abound, the ministry is sus
tained and millions of dollars aro contributed
annually for tho evangelization of the world.
The United States is a Christian country, and
a living and practical Christianity is tho char
acteristic of its people.
Boujamin Franklin, philosopher and patriot,
amused the jaded courtiers of Louis XVI by
his talks about liberty, and entertained tho
scientists of France by bringing lightning from
the clouds. In tho reckoning of time the pe
riod from Franklin to Morse and from Moses
to Edison is but a span, and yet it marks a ma
terial development as marvelous as it has been
beneficent. Tho world has been brought into
contact and sympathy. The electric current
thrills and unifies the people of the globe.
Power and production, highways and trans
ports have been so multiplied and improved by
inventive genius that within tho century of our
independence sixty-four millions of people
have happy homes and improved conditions
within our borders. We have accumulated
wealth far beyond the visions of the Cuthay of
Columbus or the Eldorado of Do Soto. But
the farmers and freeholders, the savings banks
and shops illustrate Its universal distribution.
The majority are its possessors and adminis
trators.
Material prosperity has not debased litera
ture nor debauched the press; it has neither
paralyzed nor repressed intellectual activity.
American science and letters have received
rank and recognition in the older centers of
learning. The demand for higher education
has so taxed the resources of tho ancient uni
versities as to compel the foundation and liberal
endowment of colleges all over tho Union.
Journals remarkable for their ability, inde
pendence and power find thnir strength not
in tho patronage of government or the subsi
dies of wealth, but in the support of a nation
of newspaper readers. Tho humblest and poor
est person has in periodicals whose prico is
counted in pennies a library larger, fullor and
more varied than was within the roach of tho
rich in the time of Columbns.
The grandeur and beauty of this spectacle
are the eloquent witnesses of peace and prog
ress. The Parthenon and tho cathedral ex
hausted tho genius of the ancient and the
skill of the mediaeval architects in housing the
statue or spirit of Deity. In their ruins or
their antiquity they are mute protests against
the merciless enmity of nations which forced
art to floe to tho altar for protection.
The People Are Kings.
Tho United States welcomed tho sister repub
lics of the southern and northern continents
and the nations and peoples of Europe and
Asia, of Africa and Australia, with the prod
ucts of their lands, of their skill and of thoir
Industry to this city of yesterday, yet clothed
with royal splendor as the Quoon of the Groat
Lakes. The artists and architects of tho coun
try have been bidden to design and erect the
buildings which shall fitly illustrate tho height
of our civilization and tho breadth ot our hos
pitality.
The peace of the world permits and protects
their efforts in utilizing thoir powers for man's
temporal welfare. The result is this park of
palaces. The originality and boldness of their
conceptions, and tho magnitude and harmony
of their creations are the contributions of
America to the oldest of tho arts and the cor
dial bidding of America to the pooples of the
earth to come and bring the fruitage of their
age to the boundless opportunities of this un
paralleled exhibition.
Art and luxuries which could be possessed
and enjoyed only by the rich and noble, tho
works of genius which were read and under
stood only by the loarned few, domestic com
forts and surroundings beyond the reach of
lord or bishop, now adorn and illumine the
homes of our citizens. Serfs are sovereigns and
the people are kings. Tho trophies and splend
ors of their reign are commonwealths rich in
every attribute of great states, and united in a
republic whose power and prosperity and liber
ty and enlightenment are tho wonder and ad
miration of the world.
All hail, Columbus, discoverer, dreamer, hero
and apostle! We here, of ovory race and coun
try, recognize the horizon which bounded his
vision and tho infinite scope of his genius. The
voice of gratitude and praise for nil the bless
ings which have been showered upon mankind
by his adventure is limited to no language, but
is uttered in every tongue.
Neither marble nor brass can fitly form his
statue. Continents are his monument, and un
numbered millions, past, present and to come,
who enjoy in their liborties and their happi
ness the fruits of his faith, will reverently
guard and preserve from century to century
; his name and fame.
Concluding Exercises.
I After the famous New Yorker had taken
; his seat James, Cardinal Gibljons, of Halti
! more, and Catholic archbishop of that dio
! cese, amid a silence that strangely con
! trasted with the tumult just stilled, de
livered a prayer fraught with feeling and
I thanksgiving to God for the blessings our
; beloved republic bestows on its millions of
. people, with a request to the divine Koun
tainhead that in his mercy they he per
petuated. The chorus then sang Heetho
ven's "In Praise of God," and the benedic
i tion was bestowed by the Kev. H. C. Mc
| Cook, of Philadelphia.
! Then while the orchestra played the na
tional airs, and the national salute was
belched forth by the loud mouthed cannon
on the lake front, the immense throng of
people filed out into the open air, and the
work of dedicating the World's fair build
j ings was complete—a grand success in
1 every part.
THE KEYSTONE STATE
ITEMS WHICH ARE OF PARTICULAR
INTEREST TO PENNSYLVANIANS.
Brief Mention of Matters Which Every
body Should liuow About—A Week's
Accidents and (.'rimes Accurately and
Concisely Chronicled.
PITTSBURG, Oct. 25.—1t will be remem
bered that the state supreme court was re
cently asked to restrain the county com*
mlssioners of Alleghany county from hav
ing the ballots under the Baker law printed
in their present form. Justice Sterrett
returned the papers in the case and an
nounced that the supreme court of tho
state of Pennsylvania refused to assume
jurisdiction in the matter. The county
commissioners will therefore proceed in
the preparation of the blanket sheet ballot
in accordance with the specifications and
provisions of the act of the legislature.
An Assault Followed by Death.
MCKEKSPOIIT, Oct. 25. Mrs. Marie
Del lis, aged sixty-three years, was found
insensible on the Old State road, with a
deep cut on the back of her head. She was
taken to the home of her daughter, where
she died without recovering consciousness.
Tripped and Was Killed.
WINTON, Oct. 25.—While trying to cross
In front of an Approaching train Mrs.
Thomas Kane tripped, fell and was in
Ktantly killed.
Killed In a Kallroad Smash up.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 24.—Four passen
gers, two trainmen and a newsboy were
killed and nearly twenty-five persons in
jured in the wreck of the Shamokin ex
press. The accident occurred at 9:20 o'clock
on the main line of the Philadelphia and
Heading road at Flat Rock dam, on the
west hank of the Schuylkill river, three
quarters of a mile north of the west
Manayunk tunnel. It was caused by the
agent at Pencoyd station allowing a train
of empty coal cars, drawn by locomotive
No. 538, to leave the siding and proceed
northward, instead of holding it until the
south bound express, which was using the
north hound track (the south bound truck
being occupied), had passed. The wreck
took fire, hut was extinguished by the
Manayunk fire department after some time
The injured were taken to St. Timothy's
hospital, Roxborough. A list of the dead
is James T. Boynton, thirty years, of
Reading; Margaret Devine, sixty years, of
Minersville; David S. Herr, fifty-nine years,
of Harrisburg, member of the legislature
from Dauphin county and a Republican
candidate for re-election from the Harris
burg district; Jacob Kilrain, thirty-six
years, of Tamaqua, fireman on freight train;
John SteifT, sixteen years, 304 South Sixth
street, Reading, newsboy on express; a
woman twenty-one years old, supposed to
he Annie Atkinson, of Minersville; Thomas
J. Welsh, thirty-six years, of Auburn, Pa.,
fireman on express. The fatally injured are
Thomas Fitzpatrick, Auburn, Pa., engineer
of express; S. 1). Rhodes, passenger, Phoe
nixville.
Altooua Hard Up for Water.
ALTOONA, Oct. 24. The Kittapning
point reservoir, from which this city gets
its water supply, is entirely dry. The
storage reservoir contains only enough
water to last twenty-four hours with ordi
nary usage. Water is turned on only two
hours in the forenoon. Unless there shall
he rain soon a famine will be the result.
A Singular Cause of Death.
WEST CHESTER, Oct. 24.—Mr. William
Powell, a prominent farmer of Newlin
township, was found lying dead in his
wagon. He was suspended by the feet
from the swingletree head downward, and
died from suffocation. It is supposed the
horse stopped suddenly in the roml and
pitched him forward.
Charged with Killing it Tramp.
NORRISTOWN, Oct. 24.—Alfred and Oliver
Schneck, of Marlborough township, were
arrested on charge of causing the death
of Lucas Smith, a tramp, who died at
Sumneyville, on Oct. 14, after being bru
tally assaulted, it is alleged, by the ac
cused, in a haymow. The victim was hurled
last Sunday and the body will be exhumed
and a post mortem made.
Gored by an Elk.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 24 John Ford, a
keeper at the Zoological gardens, was gored
by an elk and probably fatally injured
Fifteen Cars \Vreeked.
ALLENWOOD, Oct. 24. —A head end col
lision here resulted in the injuring of three
men and the wrecking of fifteen cars.
A Wheelman Drops Dead.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 22.—After taking
part in a 1-mile team race of the South
End wheelmen at the Philadelphia Driving
park W. H. Marriott dropped dead from
heart disease. He was a wealthy coal
merchant.
Struck ly a Train.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 22.-Thomas Ander
son, an employee of Bark's circus, was
killed near Frankfort station by being
struck by a train.
A Female I.eper In Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA,Oct. 20.—1t has been made
public at the office of the board of health
that another leper had been discovered in
the city and that the victim of the dread
eastern plague was a womun.
Changed at Homestead.
PITTSBURG, Oct. 20.—The Carnegie Steel
company announced the resignation of
John A. Potter as general superintende.it
of the Homestead mills and his appoint
ment as chief mechanical engineer. Charles
M. Schwab, superintendent of the Edgar
Thomson plant, will succeed Mr. Potter at
Homestead.
Tn He Arrested for Hazing.
BETHLEHEM, Oct. 20.—ASA result of the
hazing of J. W. Baker, of Lititz, at the
Ijehigh university, several students have
been suspended. A warrant has been issued
for the arrest of the ringleader, but he has
disappeared.
Charged with Embezzlement.
PITTSBURG, Oct. 19.—United States Mar
shal Harrah arrested Ephraim Young, who
is wanted in Philadelphia for embezzle
ment. He was a director of the Spring
j Garden bank, and it is alleged he appro
, printed $5,000 to his own account.
Fur Docking a Horse's Tall.
I PHILADELPHIA, Oct. i.—A true bill was
found by the grand jury against Dr. Zuill,
j the veterinarian who docked the tail of
i Mrs. Brooks' horse.
' I.asker Still Winning.
NEW YORK, Oct. 25. —Major Htinham was
beaten by E. latsker,. the great German
chea&niaster, after thirty-six moves. This
victory makes Banker's record us follows:
Won, 11; lost, 1; drawn, 1.
Feck's &ase Dismissed.
ALBANY, Oct. 25.— The case of the people
against Labor Commissioner Charles F.
Peck and his stenographer, Elbert Rodgers,
who were charged with having destroyed
public records, was dismissed by Justice
Gutmauu.
To-day! To-day!'
NEUBURGERS BEGIN THEIR
Fall Opening in Dry Goods
Department, -wHich. is mere complete in
variety and. quantity tlran ever.
We Are Offering During This Week:
Very fine 4x4 unbleached muslin at 5 cents per yard; would be k
cheap at 8 cents.
Good tea toweling at 4 cents per yard.
Good apron gingham at 5 cents per yard.
The very best apron gingham, namely Amoskeag and Lancas
ter, at 7 cents per yard.
Good canton flannel at 5 cents a yard.
The best cheviot shirting at 7 cents a yard.
Out-door cloth, in the newest dress designs, at 10 cents a yard.
It will pay you to inspect our handsome assortment of Bedford
cords, chevrons and Henriettas, which we are selling at 25 cents
per yard; cannot be bought the world over under 40 cents
Extra fine black Henrietta, 46 inches wide, 60 cents per yard;
actual price should be 85 cents.
A large assortment, comprising all the newest shades, of extra
fine 54-incli all wool habit cloths at 60 cents per yard; sold else
where at 90 cents.
MANY OTHER BARGAINS
Too numerous to mention, as our stock is more complete than
ever, therefore giving you better opportunities to make
your selections. Prices are astonishingly low.
OUR - BLANKET - STOCK - IS - COMPLETE.
_ Call and examine it and be convinced. See the fine
silver gray 10x4 blankets, which we are selling at 75 cents
a pair; just one-half what they are worth.
Hlioes ! Blioes ! Shoes!
We can give you the biggest bargains you ever carried home.
We are now selling children's good school shoes, with heel, or
spring heel and sole leather tips, sizes 8 tol 1 and 12 to 2, at the as
tonishing low price of 75 cents a pair; their actual worth is &1.25.
In Overcoats and Clothing
We carry the largest stock in the region and sell at prices on
which we defy competition. Bring your boys and secure one of
*I.OO OVERCOATS for them, as they are stunners for the price.
If you want anything in the line of
Ladies' and Gents' Furnishing Goods,
Hats, Caps, Trunks, Valises, Underwear and Notions,
You will find our stock the largest and most complete
and prices far lower than elsewhere.
Jos. Neuburger's Bargain Emporium,
Corner Centre a-rra. Front Streets,
P. 0. S. of A. Building, Freeland, Pa.
Wt Aft
FOR
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Ef i fed
And Hardware of Every Description.
REPAIRING DONE ON SHORT NOTICE'
We are prepared to do roofing and spouting in the most
improved manner and at reasonable rates. We have the
choicest line of miners' goods in Freeland. Our mining oil,
selling at 20, 25 and .10 cents per gallon, cannot he surpasssed.
Samples sent to anyone on application.
Fishing- Tackle and
Sporting- Goods.
B\RKBECK'S,
CENTRE STREET, FREELAND, PA.