Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 September 1903 — Page 15

THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, SATTEDAT SEPTEMBEE 26, 1903.

MOVEMENT FOR MONUMENT TO MARK THE SITE OF HISTORIC FORT 0UIATEN0N THAT FELL WHEN THE TREACHEROUS PONTIAC MARCHED ON ENGLISH POSTS

Rival Claims of Lafayette and Vincennes for Honors of Priority—Site of Fort Long Matter of Doubt on Account of> Change in Ouia River's Course.

fBr » Staff Correoponifont ] } A FAT nTTK ItkJ , S«ptereb«r When th<* next General Aaeembiy of Indiana convene* In January, ISOS, one of it* appropriation bill* will boar the following file mark "A bill appropriating money for the erection of... a murker <m the site of Ft, Oulatenon." Thereby hangfi an hintorica! tale. Lafayette, rival to Vlncenne* for honor* In history, peace and war, will attempt to •tamp Vlncenru-* a* a city of later day* when the (jtiMtlon of priority 1* conaldered. Lafayette will aay that Ft. Oulatenon, almoet at her gate*, we* a recognized port eeVen year* before Vlrcenne* v ned of a* a commercial or mili- ' tary center. And to honor the brave men , who wit hat nod the hardship* of pioneer * life at Oula tenon, the Hot ■ a nd I>augiiter* of th< American Revo)uUon, of thl« cltr, will aak that the legislature mark the •lie of old Ouia tenon a* It ha* marked the iwen* of the famous Pigeon Room tnaesacre. Site of the Old Fort. Indiana hietorlane have for year* •ought to extabHeh th< alt* of old Ft Oulatenoti. That important dtwsovery I* now credited to B. Wljiv>n Smith, of IndlannpolH, ft rmorly of faifuy.-tte, and Judge D« Hint, of the Tippecanoe Circuit Court They *«y they were the find to llx del.-,It- I tb< Judge f)» Hart and Mr. Smith, both given to hlatorlcal re»e*ich, ttegan peeking the «lfe of the old fort more than fifteen year* ago Hlptorfan* *poke vaguely of Ft, Ouia tenon, and it 1* frequently mentioned In il«x»*h!r hlatorle* a* having > been located eighteen mile* wouth of the mouth of the Tippecanoe river, By delving Into every history, historical parchment and tradition recorded In old hook* and record* they found several reference* that fixed It* location at a point eighteen mile* south of the mouth of the Tippecanoe- river, nine mile* above the old Indian village of Chlppoy and seventy yard* northwest of the Wabash river, oppoelte the bank of the Ft I vie re Bole Rouge. The latter 1* from the, French and translated Is Redwood river. The Ouia River. Itlvl* re Bole Rouge 1* now known to the map* of Indiana u* the Ouia river (pronounced wt-rt>. ft I* a small stream that meets the Wabahii about three and oneImlf miles south of the city of Lafayette. It received the name of Riviere Bole Jtoug" because of the crimson hue its water* assumed when the blossom* of the giant redwood frees, that once lined It* bank*, fell into the river. After the French departed, the name of Ouia river Was given It, and It to day retain* that name, One of the reason* that the Bite of the old Ft. Oulotenon had never beeu discovered prior to the search of Judge ft* Hart and Mr, Ismlth whs that the Ouia rlvor. by a flood-time caprice, changed It* course almost thirty year* ago and baffled the geographers In their search for old line* of its bed, Recalled by Old Inhabitant*. It was by a singular happening that th* discovery of the site of th« old fort was. made. On* night, probably twelve years ago, Mr. Smith delivered an historical lecture at Band Ridge church. He and Judge De Hart were then eiitUushistlciiUy struggling to rtnd the place where the old fort stood. He gave the figure* on It* lacation hut the gppgraphy of the land did not carry out the facts given In the figures. The Ouia river s mouth was fully u half mile above the place where the figure* placed the wlte of the old fort. After the lecture Mr. Smith was approached by several old men In his audience who recalled that In 1S7& the Ouia river, during the flood of that year, swung flora Its wonted course and took a new

path to the river fully half * mil* above its old bed. There was the solution of the problem. Found the Old Bed. The next day Judge De Hart and Xr. Smith went to the epdt that was eighteen mile* below the mouth of the Tipp**canoe river and nine m!)e« above the old Indian village of "Chlppoy" and thert. with the farmers who had been auditors at the lecture the night tx fore. they found the old bed of the Riviere Bole Rouge, now the Ouia river Mr Hmlth stopped at a point d rectly opposite the mouth of tho old Ouia and *tspi<ed off seventy yards. It t-a-k him to ft promontory above the Wabash river. 1 rom It he could look througn the willow* and see the place where the Ouia once emptied Into the Wabosh. Undoubtedly he stood on the nt- of Old Ft Oulatenoti. A few minutes Inter Judge l>«* Hurt mme and he, too, quickly Identified the spot a* that on which the famous old fort on<e stood Mr. Smith and Judge De Fart have had their discovery verified by nun well Informed In history. The Wabash Rapid*. Added to their figures ou the iooatkm rl*.’ *»,1 another proof. Numerous mtliana his- sue tone* say that it via* somewhere at the fool of "The Rapid*," a four-mile rush of water that ha* long impeded navigation on the Wabash The rapid* begin th«lr descent at the outskirts of Lafayette and continue four miles down the river. „ In many Indiana narratives reference is made to the rapids or the Wabash. It In told that the Indians an.l trader* carried their *kins and fur* up and down river In pirogues At the head and foot of the rapid* they hud to transfer their freight to lighter - raft and then to shoot the rapid*. The fact that Fort Quia tenon wit* thus the head of navigation on the Wabitah add* importance to its history. The historian* of earlier years say that Cjutatenon was at the foot of the rapid*. Thu* an..(her mark that Identifies U . site

is found.

Fort Wa* Built In 1720. It is positively known that Fort Quiatenoo w. • built In IT'.’". Lafayette peoph *ay Hint Vincennes did not become a post until ITlTT There I* the rub between the rival cities. The fort was btiilt by the Frem h upon order* bunied by the authorities at Quebec. It is described as having been built of log* from thirty-five to forty feet long. Thfy were sunk Into the ground at it depth of about five feet. Within the stockade were fourteen blockhouses. the homes of the French traders that came to this country In that day. The fort was undoubtedly erected between the Wabash river and a high hill that lies a quarter-mile away from the river. Military men have questioned the wisdom of the historians in saying that the fort was not built on the hill, the soldiers declaring that the Indians could

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•hoot over the stockade from the hilltop. ThD if improbable as the Indians had no cannon or other heavy firearms that could do damage to the fort.

The Fur Trading.

The fur trading industry was Guiatenon» chief employment. Beaver furs were in demand in the old world and the trappers and trader* here worked zealously to get them. It Is said that Ouiatenon s fur trade was the greatest of

any post on the Wabash. Colonel Hutchinson, the geographer of the United States In the early days, noted that Ouiatenon s fur trade frequently reached 140,000 a year, while the trade at Vincennes never exceeded $25,000 a year. Great fleets of canoes anchored at the front of Fort Oulatenon and there the French traders vied with each other in buying up the valuable furs. When the fur* had been bought they sent them to the head of the rapids and then loaded

them in pirogues for transportation to

Quebec.

The Little Catholic Church. Within the stockade was the little Catholic church where the trader and his family worshiped. In the center oh the fortified village was a spring that gave forth a flood of cool, refreshing water. In recent years the spring has become

Fort Oulatenon had a varied history. It figured in the conspiracy of Pontiac and it was one of the forts that fell when the bloodthirsty Pontiac marched upon the English posts. Ouiateneon passed from French to English control In 3760, when Major Rogers took command at Detroit and appointed Lieutenant Jenkins to take charge at the fort. Vlncenne* was under the Jurisdiction of New Orleans and was

dryland only the cavity that it created not included In the surrender of Canada, remains. Things changed very materially at

Oulatenon then. Prior to the surrender of Canada to the English the English had incited the Indian* to oppose the French. Now the tables turned and the French played the same game. Numerous plots against the PJngllsh garrison* were formed in 1761 and 1762 but they were quickly put down by the English soldiers. The Fall of Oulatenon. It was not until 3763 that Oulatenon fell. Pontiac, feigning friendship to the Ping-

WHIT BECOMES Of

England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales Divided Nine Billions Last Year.

GflEIT P00G0ESS N CIVIC IITEREST

long been crying out against the system that despoils the mass of the British .people for a favored few, and still, amidst ail the clamor and outcry, business goes

WORKINGMAN RECEIVED $250 SSfiSEh .» «>. t„

want, and one-third of London s workers in the public almshouse and hospital.

One-Sixth to Landlord.

From this nine billions of wealth the

Landlord, Owner of Stocks and Bonds, Manufacturer, Lawyer, Trader and

Promoter Divide Rest.

WflJZiSR ,u-. i A few of the best favored draw i eral rule they have come to believe that The gieiat makWOf the erltisn are work- ; fu>m Sl.vNXt.uOO to $20,000,000 each. These no greatly improved condition can come .* _! "f®* receive not over $250 perform no service, but most of them had to the common mass while a few are left ** J «uf r *1’ VIImS* ot l ., v , ' ,at lhey 'heir ancestors happen along about the masters of land and industry Hally earn, small balance can not time of Henry VIII. when they were dl-I Agitators of high degree and low have

l* mode up In the American trade union | vidlng up the kingdom Thev do not ' way of raising w iges alone, and. giving divide any more, be It said to the shame

no attention to general conditions; the of the poor.

part of wisdom Is to find out why it is .

that these workmen get $250 a year out now America Surpasses England. one, men an- born and toil and die, and Remarkahi* DpvfslGnmpnt of the $XW produced, if there is no way s ; know not why they are born and toll and nCmar * aD,C UCVeiOpmeni tu stop this leakage when It is discovered W1U ; after a11 - what r ®*»° n bave I * an die Political economist*, speakers, novel-! i ; It Is not worth while to know about tiie American, to talk about the division of ists. agitators and poets publish their LBSt Uecade ID

cause. Not all the people in England ) wealth in Great Britain? Our countrv Is 5 views broadcast to the world, but still the. work; many of them do not need to wutk, vo b f / "old lady of Threadneedle street” lives in many more have not the time; large mini- - u 5* f,. , e can ^ 1 th EnRilsh to her huge stone house, sends out her yelbees of them can not afford to work. It is 1 death, ne have one man who can take • low gold each day and takes It back at to this class that we must look to find $100,000,000 a veer Our adult working- 1 Ill ght, always a little more than she «ends out the great leakage that uaunts he aV er«»#. out, and by mean* of the magic power of poor with the grim visage of starvation . „ 1Al u{ a >ear ror 'bclr th | s yellow stream controls the industry,

work. Therefore, this one man earns as the trade, the politic* and even the rell-

muoh In one year a* 300.00© gion of all the world.

American workingmen; that Is a population almost a* large as Chicago. But what of It? Wealth always did go according to brains and merit. How else can brain* and merit

America.

of Milwaukee, which established a nata- cratic education there ha* taken place a torium in ivs*. the general movement for f most marvelous transformation in the public baths in this country dates from ; conduct of municipal affairs. Corrupt as 1S93. The initial proposal for a vacation ; are the American cities of to-day in conschool was made in Cambridge in 1872; trust with those of Great Britain, they but the first vacation school wa* estab- j would be scarcely recognized by the lushed in l«W. The first playground was j spoilsmen of the early 90*s, The first provided by town vote in Brookline.Mass., conference for good city government was in 1>7'2, but the playground movement held in 1SW3, followed two years later by dates from the equipment of the Charles the organization of the National MuniclpBank, of Boston, in USifil. In 1851 the first al Iwague. Subsequently there sprang i stops w ere taken In New York to estab- j Into existence two orgajtizations repre-

j lish Central Park, but the chief park ex- sentlng municipal officials. ! tensions of most American cltfe* have , _ . [been made in the hwt decade. The chief Municipal Reform. OT municipal gas and electric light plant* in . ... ,

American cities have been started since Legislature of New York granted to 1893. the metropolis the first elements of the

The movement for civic Improvement | mftr)t 8 y 8tem i n Chicago introduced may be said to have found a threefold i •

expression in. first, the new civic *pirit; second, the training of the citizen, and

third, the making of the city.

The Turn to Public Movements.

A THREEFOLD

CLARENCE 8. DARROW.

(Copyright.)

ONDON, September 19.—The American Is very keen about matters

landlord must first, of course, receive pay. : be estimated, or anything else, for that

HOTELS TO AVOID “BEATS”

matter?

so he comes along and takes about one-

slxth for (he arduous labor of holding the union man seems to have set for himself

title deeds

The problem that the American trade p l . nr . ri »it| on to Publish Name* of Rich mon man a«am* to h*v* riroposnion to KUDiisn ixames ot men

Patrons Who Do Not Pay.

to the little green Island in is to screw up the wages of all their

whose making he hud not the least thing members without screwing down the por-

r,v h vrr r~ £• S*KJ ^ rB ,

ta>-called 1 lhink he ^as another bies keepers these days, but the f

securiUee of all kind*. These securities. | little

New Public Spirit, Training of Citizen and the Making of

Finer Cities.

EXPRESSION At the clo!M: ot the ninth decade of the

last century’ the new civic spirit was flnd- ! Ing It* chief expression In the adoption | of certain important English social movements, which had flourished for a nymber of years across the water, chief among which were social settlement* and

civil service reform In tho spring of 1895. Many of the American cities now have police and fire departments strictly controller! by civil eervlee regulations, and scores of them perform their work of street cleaning and scavenging, some of them even of street and sewer construction, by the employes of the city. The new civic spirit which found expression, and happily continue* to find expression, in the training of the citizen, finally prom-

Built In 1720 by the FrenchHeadquarters for Fur Trading—Finally Leveled In 1791 When Gen. Scott Marched from Kentucky and Gave Battle to Indians.

Itsh, destroyed all English garrisons cept Detroit on a day set for th* purOulatenon was reclaimed, but It lowered to dust when General iScott, on June L 1791. marched into Indiana frjm Kentucky and destroyed Oulatenon and four Indian village* that were near It. Oulatenon rose no more. On the day following the destruction of Oulatenon the Kentuckians were ordered to move up the river and to destroy th# Indian village of Keth-tlp-p-ka-nunk, three miles above the future Tippecanoe battleground. The horses became so tired that General Scott called for volunteers to march to tho Indian village, and •60 of the men agreed to make the march. Battle With Indiana. The Impetuous Kentuckians became so excited that a hand of them ran ahead of the company, and the Indiana were thus given time to prepare for battle. Hundreds of the Indians escaped after killing a large number of th# invaders. The village, which Is described a* having seventy houses with shingle roofs, whs destroyed. The Indians In Keth-tlp-p-ka-nunk had crops and vineyards. and the destruction of the village was a great hardship to them. That Ft. Oulatenon was on the spot named by Judge De Hart and Mr. Smith there Is much other evidence. The land Is owned by Darius Fraser, a well-known Tippecanoe county politician and fanner. Tho fort site Is now a vast cornfield, and tho plows have turned up' many precioua trinkets that are valuable relics to-day. Hundred* of dollars' worth of silver has »>een brought to the surface by the plows, and Mr. Fraser recently sold a number of valuable pieces to a Lafayette Jeweler. In a cavern In a hillside a helmet wa* recently found. It appear* to have bee* one worn by an English or French soldier In the eighteenth century. Indian hatchets and burnt stones may be found on the Fraxer farm almost any day. The flint rock used for arrow heads is to be had In plenty on the site of old Oulatenon. Movement for Monument. Bo positive are Lafayette people that they have discovered the site of the old fort that they will at once begin a movement to have a monument srected In the center of the place where Oulatenon once stood. Mr. Frazer has promised to give a tract for the monument and the Bona and Daughters of the American Revolution, ably assisted by Judge DeHart and Mr. Bmtth, will begin a movement to obtain an appropriation from the State for that purpose. There are those who believe that the land should be purchased from Frazer and transformed Into a public park. It ts Ideally situated for such a purpose. The Wabash river winds through a picturesque country and the rapids ure transformed into a deep, placid stream opposite the old fort's site. Great trees line the banks and afford ample ghade for luzy fishermen. May be Rebuilt. Ft. Oulatenon may also be .rabufit af a monument to itself. The descriptions of the old fort are so perfect that It ia thought the stockade and blockhouse# can almost be rebuilt as they were. Hcveral years ago a number of scientist* connected with Purdue University sought for the site of Oulatenon, using notes made by the late Col. John Levering. They fixed the rite of the old fort at about the same spot, and while exploring discovered several crosses of the Jesuits, made of silver. They also found buckles, hinges, latches, tomahawks and a Urge quantity of glass beads that were undoubtedly the property of the Indiana who lived about old Oulatenon. W. M. HERSCHELL.

university extension. The accumulation ‘ to crown lt * actlv,,lM ^ ' ,eUin * tht>

citizens to work In the making of the

city.

Here, again, the contributions

of wealth during the 80’s, the development of popular education and the Increase of leisure gave an opportunity for

!" • _ . U* 1 v»r*ai I pan of their owner, but are simply means those who do trot need to work in Great his score it is aguinst this sort of delin-

of the

„ j th( . r,erfr»rrm.r„„ nnhiie 1 la*t ton years are as notable as all thoee Char!** Zueblln, of the Univemity tn * periormance or public duties such a* ' r „ „ Bje. Corre*ponding Secretary Ameri- had not seemed to exist to the young * • h ha ' ,e preceded. During that time can Teague for Civic Improvement.] < American of the former generation, unfa- the chief streets of most American cities

Britain. True it is that we have created wealth very rapidly and can boast of higher building*, longer railroads and richer men than England. Still, when

It is remembered that this little island Z™ whl J*

| S simply

of drawing wealth from labor. In almost *■ '?*‘ a , n . f ‘ a ” d K ,Y£ Jle * th , e av * r : ... .. , ake age at ahich the nobility, gentry and no case did these securities come from professional man dies Is firiv-flve the cotLT^i 051 f an> o:i * ^ artSi-Li. s average itge at death is'

course, now and again some moneylender above thirty

not

carries two-thirds of the foreign commerce of the world; that she sends her products Into even' land on earth, although m mo** cases obliged to bring her raw material and her food to England, that she owns a very large part of the bond# of every country sufficiently adv.meed on th# road to civilisation to know how to issue bonda; that England commarcially controls the world—we must admit that she la doing pretty well. In fact, England has reduced commercialism and exploitation to a fine art. Although there are a number of hundreds of millions of subjects of Great Britain, tiIII. whe?. I speak of England, I really

quent debtor that the National Hotel Keepers" Protective Association is operating through "moral suasion, ‘ and the last report shows it has made such progress

that neglecting hotel bills is no longer

t unless the bill is paid the ! tlu& tardy person •

American or the former generation, unfa-

HE last decade has witnessed not ? S-u[ dUU ®* °* cltlzenBhip and i have received their first

good paving;

ordination of various efforts in a comprehensive plan for the improvement of mod-

em communities.

Influence of Chicago Fair.

Once more we go back to the date 3893 for the first of these great accomplishments—tho Chicago world's fair. For th# first time In the history of universal expositions, a comprehensive plan for buildings and grounds ou a single scale was projected and happily accomplUhed by the co-operative effort of the chief architects, landscape architects and sculptors of America. The contrast between the White City of Chicago and the black city of Chicago was no -greater than that between the old conception of the

city beautiful and the new.

Coincident with this great architectural triumph was the establishment of th* metropolitan park system of Boston, th# most notable municipal undertaking la the history of American cltle*. Within eight year* what wo* the dream of one man wa* more than realized for the benefit of more than a million people. Th# metropolitan pork sywtem of Borion, comprising playground*, city park*, rural park*. Including foreri, hill*, river bunks and seashore reservations, 1* only a part of the great co-operative scheme of metropolitan Boston. The district within eleven mile* of the State House In Boston united In four great metropoilut commissions:for the mutual advantage all the communities In the provision water, the disposition of sewage and for

hold^-fhe ™ dS n. Wh ‘f Ch ^descendants quire apparent."'fn"the mosY‘favo£d dls^ ^ brough tk2S‘ ^g # h ^ 0 L nWn - fUrn ^ hwi , hl *, b , K ? 0d to 1 *' 1 ' 1 death rate of children is only mutton the then, and tus descendants are fumlahiug • v.»# —

only a greater development of The altruistic Individual of the 90* a result of the plone civic improvement than any naturally drifted into movement* which Waring in New York; tel former decade but a more ,*5* received the stamp of approval In the phone wire* no longer dli marked advanc* th»n ail tv, ° ld tT countr Y- These movement* have j streets of New York. Chicago, San Franmarked advance than all th« grown stronger a* the years have gone : c i»co. and a few other -Hies; the over-

previous history of the United States can ! to'. s Ph« of or because of the multfpli- head trolley ha* been abolished in Manshow. • " J °ll wr movements; but for a j hat tan and Washington, parks and boule-

CR l.JH ....... ■PPHU , Lg« street cleaning has been made possible a* rapid transit and recreation The adrnlna result of the pioneer efforts of Colonel I iriratlve problems have not been entirely

Ar the heetnnw nt thi, the «n« r *T th® lov-, va have multiplied, gs have t At tne beginning of this period the era of their kind who were not attracted public building*, including pubile

. „ . dess'endants are fumtahmg labor now. Well, the tribute that Interest lays on British production ts about onestxth more. Thu* a few men have taken care of one-third the wealth and still no

work ha* been performed.

Profits and Salaries.

in the closely f*

about half as high as packed working districts. What Death Shows.

The condition of these two classes of English people is fairly well shown at

“I m not entertaining

any great extent," said Simeon Ford.

will be pub- most significant expression of civic Inter- : by the familiar charitable organizations ) and libraries me association. * , wh* ro ha rmmjt in rv, or b >’ politics. They gave an opportunity!

society here to ' “ 1 * u „ | th ® ^ * also for the expression of the American Building of Libraries.

l>eautiftil ■schmls

solved, but the conception of a cotnpre-

ph i-i*

even beyond that of the Chicago White

Uenshe plan has received an emi

even City.

General Plana for Citlea.

Most recently thi* Idea has had confirmation in what are known as the "Harrisburg plan” and the "Improvement of Washington" plans. The- Harrisburg

•‘charge what the traffic will bear " The

! ?■ >■« «,«whu«. M .-,u te th ,««

rent, interest, profits and salaries have

of social eetDements of New York ai.d CM- | lrteres* to private and voiuntary^rgani- ! , t i t n t mmthe Grand Union Hotel, "but I ki.ow of cago. In the beginning of the expansion zations as distinguished from public work. During the last decade, according to Mr. Deague for Municipal Government promany fashionable houses where persons Q , th# . Bub ij c «_ Bt ! which was stipposed .to Involve the odium Herbert Putnam, "there have been erected .J« c tod a plan toy the employment of ex* k...v P ■ " nrst or bejfun fl V « library bull lings coefng Pert advice with regard to the cltys

I over a million dollars each, whose aggro- I water supply, the sewerage system, parks, gate coat will have exceeded $15,900,000; • boulevard*, playgrounds and street pav(Llbrarf of Congress. S6.gXi.000; Boston.. ing. The society provided the fund* $7,500,900; Chicago, t?.000.000; New York, amounting to over $10,000, for the era*

who trace their pedigrees back to the rev-

olution, go away and just naturally forget struggles to transplant the merit system

Next comes a body of traders man-ifio- ! ooa “ 1 ' “ uun K s ara invn re- to p«v lhe « r bilis. If anything is said from Federal to municipal office*, to the , oooy or traders, monufae- ( sealed. Take, for Instance, a hundred es- about it tney rise up in ancesttal dignity nr »naraiior* for the w<.rid « *-i<r in »»-,

turers. lawyers, promoter* and the like. onl , f0ur 0 f these hundred show w«d say. T won t submit to such a thing, f fu , r th * " * i&lr A ln . the WHB ™' 1 ‘ w «; ««wever. neiore roe who have no fixed tncomea. but who rw and upward owned bv their I’m going right away from here " .solated examples of village and town contact with working people and the real

! fLKXi and upward owned by thei. pos Edgar A. Waltz, president of the pro- improvement, and in the development of facts of the life of the masses impressed

attached to the politician. Democratic Education.

wa* not long, however, before the

sessor at time of death. Only six out ot J tecUve asoociattom said:"''' " ' ' mtiici^ftincttons.' mich ’a* w^t'pav- u"pon the"soctoT servantrihe rignffl^S KM.Wl Columbia, $1,260,000; Pittsburg. ] p toy men t of these experts and the contS,e hundred show anything at all. Nine-. __^ h ?.5? a ?. pa, € l .> s . < l£* cted a « ain * t ^ r .* in* and tiahrina a. m-«ti «n tK- e^t ! n# -rv. $l.m«00>. and various other* each of i duct of the campaign, which resulted hi

i giving.a probate law-. on our books a general who owed one which found exnresrian sobseouentiv >t r a chance to make a fee. Still in IS.* hotel $1,000. which he paid when hi* name 11 «presslon subsequentiy

mean lee* than 300,900 people: all the rest been taken care of, about five and one-half tm c** than 3.*»0 estates were probated was published, and later he paid $3,000 lil ® metropolitan systems of Boston.

- »with more than $40.W0 each, and t he class ; more to various hotels throughout gone, leaving less more than this amount r*r> re-! count rv Am-trher man n' a r,

of public activities. There consequently »c.d various other* each of followed Important movement* for demo- whl< * h represent an expenditure of f the election of cratic education and municipal reform Dfim $1 OffOOO to each, while build

worthy officials and the

passage of a referendum vole authorizing

which now constitute the chief actors in inCT 008(111 * from *&-«» to $100,900 now dot! the issue of over $1,000,000 in bonds.

th?

promi-

Evidences of Educated Opinion.

the training of the clUzen. The expansion 1 th * COTntr > '‘ The "Harrisburg plan" Is s model of

The decoration of public buildings on a | method^and mUhuriasRc ^citizcn-

of the school curriculum, the multlplica-

live only to contribute to their happiness ^ of the .. SU ne, waving less who left more than this amount repre-* country Another man. sonl

r.nd their glory. ’ ^ a F th<> 8rork : •jnted 70 per cent of all the property j rant statesman, was $4,000 In arrears The evidences of the education of pub- tion of facilities In the school ho use' the f scale comrarable to European accomft “ft 01 «SSkr RSIS.,. N€£fSri» w Sf “Ss 1 .... .... ^ i2ss . SSEffisa SK

(not Soclalistsi and is based upon all i tribute is levied by less than 4W.9W men sort* of returns and reports, and island much the largest portion of this doubtless substantially correct. This sum | class get little more than they fairlv If equally divided between all the fami- I earn. 8till, dividing the $5,500,Ow,000 be-

machinea and methods makes production Reports of the association show that --- decoration and Instruction gymnasium*' easier and cheaper, but the workingman during trie last ten years $270,990 has been cLiel developments of village improve- hiiths and playgrounds vacation schools’ has no chance tojtake even this increase paid in by delinquent debtors. Last year ment have taken place to the last half free lecture*these are familiar terms’

of productive power,

landlord

The hand of

, .- , - the. the hotels received $40,(Mi of what they j dozen years. The first public bath* were , but they were virtually’unknown in UbT and the usurer is so strong over ! called bad debt*. j established at Boston In 1*6; but outside j Along with the development of demo-

house, Cincinnati City Hall, and else* where. Many other Individual attempts at the imprpovement* and beautifying of town* and cities contribute to the greatest of recent civic achievement*, the co-

*pe'cta<ular accomplishment lit the Improvement plans for Washington. The magnificent plan of L’Enfant. approved by George Washington, is responsible for the capital city being ont of the mo.»t beautiful cities In tiie world, but the failure to take advantage of hII the element* of that plan or to be consistent with Ha beginnings, make* necessary the tornContinued—Page 17, Column 2.