People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1893 — Page 2

COUNT UP THE COST.

▲ Valuable List for Prospective World’s Fair Visitors. It Enamerates Most of tho Attraction* Covered by the Single Admission Fee, and Gives the Cost of a Visit to the Novel Side Shows. BURE OF YOUR MONEY’S WORTH. Jackson Park, Chicago, May 11. —Director General Davis has furnished the national commission with the first complete and official announcement of charges within the grounds, together with a detailed statement of the exhibits that may be seen free of charge. The report says: One Price for AIL “The fee of fifty cents charged for admission to the World’s Columbian exposition covers entrandt to all parts of the exposition grounds, including the Midway Plaisance, a total area of about MO acres. It covers also admission to all the buildings of the World's Columbian exposition, including all the special exhibition buildings allied with the several great departments, the floors, galleries and dome of the administration building, the monastery of La Rabida, containing all the most valuable and authentic relics of Columbus now extant, the Woman's building and the United States Government building, the battle ship and all the state buildings and the pavilions of foreign nations. There are innumerable other attractions of which no mention can be made in a brief report, all of which are covered by the single entrance fee. Agriculture and Horticulture. "In Jackson park are the great departments and their allied outdoor exhibits and annexes, as follows: The buildings of the department of agriculture, with outside exhibits, including the windmill exhibits and tbe agriculture exhibits of France and her colonies The buildings of the department of horticulture, with extensive greenhouse annexes, nurseries, plantations, flower gardens and lawns, under the care of American and foreign exhibitors, The department of live stock includes the stock pavilion, or show ring, and also additional structures for the sheltering of stock. The exhibit of the department of live stock will include special dhows throughout the exposition period; in addition to horses, cattle, sheep, swine, etc., it will include an extensive bench show of dogs, fat-stock show, poultry and pet-stock shows, and homing-pigeon contests. Fisheries.

•‘ln the department at fisheries will be shown the methods and products of fishing Industries throughout the world, which will occupy the sen tral portion of the structure, while of the two annexes of the building one will be filled with a magnificent aquarial exhibit under the auspices of the United States fish commission and theotber with a complete exhibit of angling appliances and material gathered from all over the world, the most unique and interesting exhibition of the kind ever made. Adjacent to the Fisheries building and tn the north entrance of the lagoon is the fish storage yard for renewing the supplies of live fish for the aquaria, the anglers' camp and the Izaak Walton fishing lodge Mines and Mining. “In the building of the mines and mining department will be illustrated ancient and modern systems of mining and metallurgy In use throughout the world, with specimens of native minerals of our own and other countries. and refined products and metallurgical process Within the Mining building will be shown the process of washing and cutting diamonds by natives of South Africa, the diamantiferous clay being brought to this country for this special purpose and transported from the storage yard at the western extremity of the grounds to the Mining building by automatic conveyors. An important annex to the mining exhibit will be the exhibit of the oil kidustries, covering 40,000 square feet. Machinery. “The buildings of the department of machinery include, besides the American exhibits and the steam and electric power plant, extensive and Interesting displays from Germany, France, Belgium and other foreign countries. A portion of the great exhibit of Frederick Krupp, of Germany, which is installed in a pavilion on the lake shore south of the monastery of La Rabida, is also included in the classification of the department of machinery. Transportation. "The transportation exhibits department will display a most extensive collection of vehicles used on land and water from the most ancient time down to the present day. Included in this department are the outside exhibits of the Pennsylvania railroad and the New York Central railroad, each In Its special pavilion. Manufactures and Liberal Arts. “The great .building of manufactures and liberal arts covers more than thirty acres of ground floor. In this are included the manufactured products of over eighty nations aud colonies, as well as the educational exhibits included in the department of liberal arts, under which are also classified a magnificent collection of musical instruments, both ancient and modern, from our own and foreign countries. Electricity. “The building of the electrical department Is occupied by exhibits alone; and the electrical plant of the exposition, which will be one of the most conspicuous features of the electrical display, exceeds In extent and power any installation heretofore attempted. The Fine Arts.

“The fine art galleries, with their annexes, are occupied by the choicest examples of modern art from foreign countries and the best collection ever yet made of the productions of American artists Forestry. “The forest products of our own and other countries will be shown in the Forestry pavilion, lying directly east of the Anthropological building. The results of systematic forest culture will here be shown and the most approved methods of planting and restoring forest areas which have been destroyed. Woman’s Building, “In the Woman’s building will be shown the best productions of woman’s work from all quarters of the globe. The building will be one of the most attractive features of the exposition. Adjoining It will be the Children’s building, showing the methods of training and caring for children, and will be of equal Interest and advantage to children and to parents. What the Government Offers. “The great building erected by the United States government at an expense of nearly 1600,000 Is filled with the most complete and best-arranged collection which it 1b possible to secure from all the government departments and the National museum at Washington. Lying just off shore, northeast of the Government building, is the reproduction of a modern warship, with the latest designs in armament and defensive armor. The United States signal station and life-saving station stand in close proximity upon the north entrance to the lagoon. Adminstratlon Building. “The Administration building, the central artistic structure of the exposition, is also open to the public, except the offices of administration. The elevators are run without charge, and the public Is admitted to all the floors, the galleries and the dome during the hours when the exposition is open. Other Attractions. "The list of the state and foreign buildings is too long and their attractions too numerous to be given in detail, but it may be worth while to mention that their historical collections and illustrations of natural products and resources will be most “The Shoe and Leather building on the lake shore, east of the south pond, contains the great collection representing the leather industrv in all parts of the world. “The department of ethnology and archaeol osry occupies the Anthropological building at the southeast corner of the grounds, and its exhibits illustrate the development of the human race from the earliest times to the present. Within the Anthropological building are included the exhibits of the bureau of charities and correction and the bureau of hygiene and sanitation, which

are classified wita tbe department of liberal arts. Surrounding the Anthropological building and upon the shores of the south pond is the very extensive ethnographical exhibit of the department of ethnology, showing the native races of North and South America as they live in their homes. The department also includes reproductions of the moot ancient ruins of the American continent" THE SIDE SHOWS. A Long List of Novel Attractions Together with Their Prices of Admission. Chicago, May IL—ln his report to the national commission, Director General Davis gives a list of attractions at the world’s fair grounds to which a fee ' besides that of the general admission fee will be charged. These attractions are all tbe property of private individuals or corporations and are not integral parts of the great exposition. Prospective visitors will find the list a valuable aid in “doing” the fair. They should realize, however, that everything within the 670 acres comprising the park and not mentioned below can be seen for the single admission fee of 50 cents. Most of |he attractions are located in the Midway Plaisance. Add the cost of admission to the grounds (50 cents) to the list of prices below, and one will find that it will cost about sls to see the great fair and its innumerable side attractions. Following is the list: Turks and Egyptian*. Constantinople-Street Scene, Midway Plais-ance-Turkish theater (two performances daily), admission 50 cents; Persian tent, admission 23 cents; panorama, Syrian photos, admission 25 cents; Turkish restaurant, native musical performances, tribe of Bedouins, admission 25 cents. Cairo Street, Midway Plaisance—Egyptian amusements, native dancing, snake-charmers, fortune-tellers, conjurors, musical and theatrical performances, collections, photos, pictures and pointing* wedding processionsand mouled; admission until 11 a m. 25 cents, reserved seats 25 cents; after that hour free. Egyptian temple, admission 25 cents. Dutch East India Village,Midway PlaisanceTwo theaters (one on each side of street), exhibitions by native bands, jugglers, snake charmers, dancers (male and female), and other characteristic entertainments. Admission fees to be approved by committee on ways and means At present, admission 25 cents In the German Village. German Village and Town of Medieval Times, Midway Plaisance—German and Bavarian bands in connection with restaurant, museumof curios, antiquities and works of art peculiar to Germany. Admission 25 cents. German tribes representing rhouse of the Upper Bavarian mountains. Black Forest or Alsatian, the Allman tribe, the Hessian or Altenburg house of Silesian Bauren, Middle Germans, Westphalian Hos of the Lower Saxons, etc. Such tribes and houses to constitute the village. Natatorium, Midway Plaisance—Natatorium with musical performances. Admission, with use of baths, 50 cents. Esquimau Village. Jackson Park—Esquimau village, Labrador trading post and native exhibit Admission 25 cents. Moorish Palace, Midway Plaisance—Exhibit and sale of native goods, chamber of horrors, trip through Switzerland, trip to the moon, camera obscura, representative* in wax, etc. Moorish palace, riglit toexhiblt 11,000,000 in gold com. Case in connection. Admission to amusement features, 25 cents. Panorama of Bernese Alps, Midway Plaisance—Scenery of Switzerland; admission, 50 cents. Panorama of Volcano of Mount Kilauea, Midway Plaisance—Painting to faithfully reproduce in miniature the volcano action of the crater of Mount Kilauea; admission. 50 cents. Algerian Village, Midway Plaisance—Algerian village, Tunis, and Algeria streets and bazars, etc., concert hall, case, Kabyle house, tents, eta; admission, 25 cents.

Hungarian Concert Pavilion and Case, Midway Plaisance—Musical entertainments, theatrical performances, gypsy band*, native performers in native dress; admission 25 cents. Venetian Glassware and Mosaics, Midway Plaisance—Factory in full operation, sale of Venetian and Florentine wares. Admission 25 cents. Chinese Jos* House and Theater. Chinese Village, Midway Plaisance—Chinese village, theater with native performers, Jom house and Chinese tea garden and cate. To theater and Joss house admission 25 cents. Irish Village and Blarney Castle, Midway Plaisance—Representing ruins of Blarney castle, exhibit and sale of Irish product* by native* Lectures on Animal Locomotion, Jackson Park—Lecture* on Animal Locomotion, illustrating science of animal locomotion and zoo-" praxiscopic fans., No admission charge. Nippon Tea House, Wooded Island, Jackson Park—Japanese tea house, light lunches and samples of high priced teas; admission 10 cents, 25 cents, and 50 cents. Persian Building, Midway Plaisance—Exhibit and manufacture and sale of distinctively Persian goods. Musical entertainments, etc., native artisans and performers; admission 50 cents. Ruins of the Cliff Dwellers, 'Jackson ParkRepresentation of ruins of the cliff dwellers, antiquities and curiosities connected therewith; admission 25 cents. Costumed Natives of Forty Countries, Midway Plaisance—Exhibits of natives, appropriately costumed, from at least forty of the countries of the world; sell photographs of same; admission 25 centsTypical Irish Village with Native Inhabitants, Midway Plaisance—Admission 25 cents. Japanese Bazars, Midway Plaisance—Manufacture and sale of Japanese articles; native attendant* No admission fee. Vienna Case and Concert Hall, Midway Plaisance—Restaurant with musical performance. No admission fee. Competitive Musical Exercises, Festival Hall —Musical exercise?, September 6, 7 and & Prices to bo approved by the exposition com. pany. Model of St Peter’s Church, Rome, Midway Plaisance—Admission 2&cents. Trained Wild Animal*.

Hagenbeck's Zoological Arena, Midway Plaisance—Exhibition of wild animals, etc. Admission to building 25 cents Seats in amphitheater from 25 cents to li. Tunisian Exhibit and Case, French Government Section, Jaokßon Park—Case with musical entertainments and exhibit of Tunisian goods. No admission fee. Mammoth Crystal Cave, Horticultural Building—Reproduction of tho mammoth crystal cave situated near the city of Deadwood, S. D. No admission fee. Model Eiffel Tower, Midway PlaisanceModel to be 20 feet in height Admission 25 cents. Vienna Maennerchor Society—Musical exercises in Festival hall during the summer months of 1893. Prices to be approved by the bureau of music. Whaling Bark Progress, South Pond—The old whaling bark Progress, to install and maintain therein a museum illustrating the whaling industry. To contain all marine curiosities and relics. Admission 25c. Electric Scenic Theater, Midway Plaisance— Showing a landscape or other scenes under the changing light as a day passes. The effects being .produced by a multitude of various colored electric lights. Admission 25c. East Indian Wares, Midway Plaisance—Exhibition and sale of native wares. No admission. Festival Hall, Jackson Park—Musical entertainments by world’s famed artists and musical sooiettss throughout the exposition period. Piice of admission 51. Captive Balloon, Midway Plaisance—Balloon ascensions: elevation 1,500 feet, two trips an hour. Admission to inclosure 25 cents; trip in balloon 52. Each passenger making ascension is entitled to photograph of party. Barre Sliding Railway, Midway Plaisance— Ten cents a ride. Constantinople Street Scenes, Midway Plaisance—Sedan dhairs. Rent, with two native carriers. $1 an hour. Novelties in Transportation. Cairo Street Scenes, Midway Plaisance— Donkey and camel rides; 50 cents an hour for donkeys, 25 cents for ride through street on camel.

Dutch East India Village, Midway Plalsanee —Palkee* and other native vehicle* for (rant. portation. Prices to be approved by committee on ways and means World’s Fair Steamship Company—Transportation of passenger* to and from Jackson park, round trip, 25 cents. Electric Intramural Railway— Elevated railroad about Jackson park, 10 cents for round trip or part thereof Steam Launches Transportation through outer tagouts, basins and Lake Michigan, round trip, 25 cents. Electric Launches—Transportation through lagoons and basins, round trip 25 cents. Wheel Chairs—Roller chain about grounds and buildings, 75 cents an hour with attendant, 40 cents an hour Without attendant Venetian Gondolas and Barges—About lagoons and basins, with gondoliers, 50 cents per round trip. Elevator in Transportation Building—Ten een-s a ride Elevator to the Roof of tbe Manufactures Building—Fifty cents for a trip Vertical Revolving Wheel, Midway Plaisanoe —Tbe wheel is 250 feet in diameter and 137 feet in height; 50 cents for ride of two round trip*. Movable Sidewalk, Long Pier, Jackson Park -Electrically-propelled sidewalk: five cents a ride from shore to end of sidewalk, or vise versa

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

The Irish Village and Vermont State Building at tho World’s Fair Grounds Dedicated. Jackson Park, Chicago, May 11.— Nearly a thousand sons and daughters of the Green Mountain state witnessed the dedication of the Vermont state building Wednesday. Gov. Fuller and staff, in full uniform, state officials and many prominent ladies and gentlemen

THE VERMONT BUILDING.

were present James L. Martin, ex-speak* er of the Vermont house of representatives, made the address, assigning the building to the care of the exposition officials, and Director General Davis replied accepting it The address of the day was made by Gov. Fuller. After ex-Gov. Dillingham had delivered an oration in a patriotic strain, the ceremony was closed with music by the orchestra and a general handshaking. Blarney castle and the Irish village in Midway Pla’sance were thrown open to the public at 2p. m. A large number of interested spectators, includ ing the British commissioners and many visitors from the Emerald isle, were present. The principal address was made by Lady Aberdeen, president of the Irish Industries association. The village will afford the student a broad view of the industries of Ireland. Lace making, knitting, weaving, crocheting, wood carving and many other crafts will be illustrated. The special object of this exhibit is to raise funds for the advancement and further development of these industries, which afford employment for the poor women of Ireland. The Irish concerts will bo one of the most striking features of tho village, an eminent harpist being at the head. Irish pikers and jig dancers as seen at the famous “ould country” fairs will be reproduced.

SHOT HIMSELF IN A THEATER.

Suicide of a Jealous Actor at Lemberg Dead Before the Footlights. Vienna, May 11.—The theater at Lemberg, the capital of Austrian Galicia, was the scene Tuesday night of a most tragic occurrence. Herr Dalczuk, one of tho actors, drew a revolver in full sight of the spectators, placed the weapon to his head and blew out his brains. lie was prompted by jealousy. In the company was an actress of whom Dalczuk was deeply enamored, and it was generally supposed his love was reciprocated. During the progress of the play Dalczuk detected bis sweetheart flirting with a man who occupied one of the stalls. He upbraided the girl, but she treated the matter lightly. He walked close to the footlights and without a word killed himself.

Mackay’s Assailant Placed on Trial.

San Francisco, May 11.—The case of W. C. Rippey, who shot John W. Mackay, the bonanza king, February 24 last, came up in the superior court before Judge Seawell Wednesday, and, contrary to expectation, instead of being continued a jury was impaneled. The line of questioning jurors plainly indicated that the defense would be insanity. Mackay was the first witness and narrated the circumstances of the shooting.

Young Fishermen Drowned.

Lexington, Mich., May 11 —Tuesday night a party of six young men were spearing fish in the lake about a quarter of a mile from shore. Through some mismanagement their boat was capsized and the occupants thrown into the water. Jacob Frank, aged 25, and Eddy Madder, aged 17, were drowned. The other four managed to keep themselves afloat until help reached them.

Drowned at Portland, Mich.

Portland, Mich., May 11.—Donald Campbell, a prominent business man of this place, was drowned at 9 a. tn. With two other men he was mending a break in the Grand river mill dam when their boat broke away and the men were carried over the dam. Campbell’s body was recovered half a mile below the village. The other occupants of the boat clung to it and were rescued.

Vanderbilt’s Yacht Alva Blown Up.

•Chatham, Mass., May 11.—The sunken ,»-acht Alva, belonging to Commodore Vanderbilt, has been blown up with dynamite. An, Atlantic City firm had thef contract and the work was done t>y the ciew of the tng Fisher's Island, Capt. Van Zant. Three thousand pounds of dynamite, worth $7,500, wereuued in the several explosions and IX* yacht wm completely demolished.

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

A JURY at Logansport gave Brakeman William Sullivan, of the Panhandle, $4,500 for the lose of hi* right arm. The wife of Lara McAlphin, a well-to-do Irish resident of Columbus, has mysteriously disappeared. She has threatened to drown herself, and it is thought she has carried out her threat. The river has been dragged, but no body has been recovered. Jab. Hill, a wealthy farmer near Donelson, was kicked In the abdomen by a horse and died in a few ttk>mentg. The other night Chief Detective Splan, of Indianapolis, received a telegram from the marshal of Yellow Springs, 0., requesting him to arrest Samuel and George Ross, colored, for the murder of John Valentine, whe before his death said that while in Indianapolis he had been assaulted and robbed by the two men named. The two men were arrested. The men deny the charge. Valentine was an ex-sol-dier and came to Indianapolis to draw his pension. J. C. Fawcett, of New Albany, has been appointed a cadet to West Point Military academy. 0 The late floods caused the Ohio river to overflow the Indiana bank for three miles above and below Henderson, Ky., submerging the farming lands two and a half miles back, to a depth of from 12 to 36 inches. One mile above Evansville the rushing flood has cut through a channel a mile and a quarter long, coming out at A. Stanley’s farm, over a mile from Henderson, deep enough to float large steamers. Should this divergence become permanent it would save a ten-mile detour, but leave Evansville an inland city. The other morning nine miles south of Goshen Chas. McCrantz was returning home, and while driving through the gate his two little ones rushed out to meet him. One, 3 years old, was under the wheels .before he noticed them. It was down grade, and the wagon could not be stopped, the wheels passing over the child’s head and crushing out its brains. Alfred Lockard, an old soldier of the Fourth Ohio Cavalry, was found in an unconscious condition at Madison the other day, and died late in the evening. He had just received his pension money and is believed to have been drugged and robbed. The Richmond Typographical union the other night ordered a strike of the ■ printers employed by the Register Publishing Co., because of the failure of that firm to pay union schedule prices. A large barn, the property of Ed Winklepleck, near Clay City, burned, together with 2,000 bushels of corru Loss, 81,500. The fire is thought to be the work of an incendiary. ! Fire the other morning destroyed the barn of John Sparks, three miles east of Borden, a station on the Monon railroad. Four horses, three buggies, farming implements, and his entire stock of feed were burned. Loss, $2,0C0, with no insurance. The fire was of incendiary origin. In the circuit court at Corydon Wal- ' ter Montgomery, aged 28, was sentenced •to the penitentiary for one year for issuing a check on a Louisville bank in I which he had no money on deposit. I George Krause, for sending a white-cap I notice, was given a term in the county i jail. Frank Hall, fined for assault and j battery, made a dash for liberty and I escaped from the sheriff. He has not ; yet been apprehended.

The pecuniary damage done by the i late floods in White and Wabash rivers will amount to $50,000. M any farmers ' are badly crippled, and to that extent the business outlook here is very unfa- ! vorable. The stench in the bottoms from decaying matter is almost intolerable. At Evansville there was a settlement ' by agreement in the superior court of the case of Mary N. Shelton against the E. & T. H. Railroad Co. Plaintiff in this action was the mother of Eva Williams, who was killed near the John ■ street crossing June 1, 1892, by an E. & |T. H. switch engine. She sued for ' $5,000. Thirteen hundred dollars was the amount for which the suit was compromised. The Indiana traveling salesmen elected the following officers: President, C. M. Taylor, Logansport; vice presidents, C. S. Dunning, Lafayette; Wm. Stewart; Logansport; F. E. Riblet, Ft. Wayne; secretary and treasurer, E. A. Keller, Logansport; directors, Frank Stone, Ft. Wayne; W. Uhl, J. H. Riethemeyer, Logansport. Dajrcus Green was arrested for drunkenness and placed in the station- * house at Richmond. An hour afterwards he was found dead. He was 25 years old and unmarried. ■ The following fourth-class postmasters were appointed recently: Ash Grove, Tippecanoe county, J. R. McAfee; Crandall, Harrison county, Mrs. S. A. Heuser; Hillsburgh, Clinton county, I. N. Pennington; Mackey, Gibson county, John Niederhaus; Orange, Fayette county, Levi S. Hunt; Turner, : Clay county, Frederick Mackel; West i Point, Tippecanoe county, John Bu- ! chanan; Austin, Scott county, J. W. Montgomery; Bargersville, Johnson county, Mrs. Mary A. Jones; Boundary, Jay county, C. N. Heister; Bud, Johnson county, R. S. Parkhurst; Eames, ■ Warrick county, Mrs. Susan Condict; Lincolnville, Wabash county, Jas. Billiter; Ramsey, Harrison county, Edward Davis. At Fowler, Nellie C. Payne was found ! guilty»of an attempt to kill her husband i and given four years in the Women aad Girls’ reformatory. • • Charles Schreiver and wife and a man named Hunter were .arrested at Madison and taken .to. Indianapolis, charged with counterfeiting. , They are supposed to belong to the gang lately exposed at St. Joseph, Mo. Mrs. Biddle McKee, at Seymour, colored, died aged 101 years, 2-’montha and 5 days. She was born in Virginia, and was a %lave until slavery was abolished. She was the oldest person in tha t section of the country and the mother cf nineteen children.

MOLDERS OF THOUGHT.

They Win A** rm bl* tn Chicago Durins the Summer-Women Hold the First of the World’* Fair Auxiliary Congre****— Representative* from AH Land* Present. Chicago, May 16.—1 nan auditorium appropriately named Columbus balk the world’s congress auxiliary of the Columbian exposition formally began its public work and the congress of representative women was opened. The ball is of the largest in Memorial Art building on the Lake Front,-and was gayly decorated for the occasion with the flags of all nations. Before 10 o’clock, the hour set for the opening exercises of the auxiliary, the halls and corridors of the spacious institute became gradually thronged and the main floor and gallery of Columbus hall filled up with an audience in which women largely predominated, though there were many men present. A delay in opening the ceremonies occurred and the clock showed 10:30 before the speaking began. When President Bonney rapped for order and

MAY WRIGHT SEWALL.

announced the inauguration of the world’s congresses, the large hall was completely filled. Behind the president sat the officers of the auxiliary and delegations of American and foreign visitors. When the notables had settled themselves into seats President Bonney rapped for order and called on Prof. Swing. He delivered a short invocation, and as he stood before the vast audience a hush fell on the hall. After the brief prayer President Bonney formally opened the series of congresses with an address. After a brief but eloquent introduction Mr. Bonney sketched the history ofthe world’s congress movement from the date of the organization of the auxiliary, October 30, 1890, and said the scheme had been received with almost universal approval throughout the world. He paid tributes of respect to the memory of James G. Blaine, Cardinal Manning, Lord Tennyson, John Greenleaf Whittier, Prof. Emile de Laveleye, of Belgium, George William Curtis, Bishop Phillips Brooks and others, who, before their lamented deaths, had expressed deep interest in the world’s congresses. < The objects of the world’s congress auxiliary recounted by Mr. Bonney are: To sum the progress of mankind in every department of enlightened achievement, to review the actual results of that progress, to note the lesson it teaches and the defects and difficulties that still remain; testate in clear, concise and yet comprehensive terms the important unsolved problems of our time; to put in definite form the living questions of the day which yet demand answers from living men; to suggest in brief but lucid terms the means by which obstacles may be overcome, difficulties removed, defects supplied and further progress made; to bring all the departments of human progrest into harmonious relations in a great intellectual and moral exposition. In closing Mr. Bonney called to order the first congress. This was the congress of representative women. In introducing Mrs. Palmer, president of this congress, Mr. Bonney said it was fitting , that women should inaugurate conferences of progress, for theirs had been the greatest progress during the nineteenth century. Woman’s advance- ■ ment was that of man. Her success denoted the substitution of love for force. In i eplying to the introduction Mrs. Palmer made a short speech. She said i the brilliant women of the world had undertaken long journeys in ori der to focus in the present congress the best thought of the nineteenth Century. The conference, she said, would result in benefit to all and would be a crowning achievement for the sex. In the name of Chicago and the world’s fair she bade the delegates welcome. Mrs. Palmer’s address was pleasant, and heartily received. She was followed by Mrs. Charles A. Henrotin, vice president of the congress, and Mrs. May > Wright Sewall. | The evening session was called to order at a few minutes past 8 o’clock. Mrs. Henrotin presided, and there were ; probably 2,000 spectators present. Mrs. I Potter Palmer succeeded Mrs. Henrotin : and introduced Mrs. Florence Fenwick | Miller, of England, a distinguished ■ member of the Woman’s Franchise association. Besides Mrs. Miller these ladies addressed the congress* tendering hearty cooperation: Mrs, Jane Cobden Unwin, England; | Frau Prof. Elizabet Kaselowsky. Ger- ■ many; Mme. Isabel Bogelot, France; Mrs. Margaret Windeyer, New South "Wales; Mme. Mario Martin, France; Frau Augusta Foster, Germany: Baroness Thorborg Rappe, Sweden; Mme. .Callirhoe, Greece; Josefa Humfalzeman, Bohemia; Fraulein Kaethe Schirmacher, Germany; Kirstine Frederiksen, Denmark; Mrs. John Harvie, Canada; Mrs. Hulda Dundin and Mrs. Sigrid Storkenfeld, of Sweden; and Judge Foster, Mrs. F. H. Maitland Dougall, D. Augusta StoweGullen and Mrs. Kelly, of Canada.

MINE GAS EXPLOSION.

A Disaster at Lincoln, HL, in Which One, Man Was lulled and-Three Injured. Lincoln, ID.,- May 16.—About U o’clock Sunday night an explosion of gas occurred in the mine of the Lincoln Coal company, and by it one man was killed ‘ and three in- ■ jUred. Michael Gleason, Mark Ly- ’ ons and Henry Wilmoth entered ’ the mine in charge of Joseph Page, night boss, to close worked-out rooms. One of the men entered a room which had not been frequented for some time. His non-safety lamp here ignited * the gas, producing a tremendous ex, ( ... JGL i. h/IoTI z. HI

BARS ALL DOWN.

< or Id'l Fair Director* Decide to Betart te th* Government tbe Money Loaned Them on Condition of Sunday Clcraing, and to Throw Open Ground* and Building* to the Public on That Day. Chicago, May 17. —The directors of the World’s Columbian exposition derided Tuesday to abrogate their contract with congress by which they bound themselves to close the fair on Sunday in consideration of an appropriation of $2,500,000. The money will be returned to the government and hereafter the fair will be opened Sundays. This course was decided upon at a special meeting of the directors. Most of the directory were dissatisfied with the plan adopted at their last meeting by which it was proposed to open the grounds Sundays while closing the buildings containing exhibits. Tuesday’s action was practically unanimous, but two directors out of thirty-six voting against the proposition. By the terms of the resolution adopted the machinery will be elosed down on Sunday, but in every other respect the fair will be open in all departments the same as on secular days. But $1,929,120 of the appropriation originally made by congress has been turned over to the exposition company and this amount is to be returned to the national treasury after the debts of the exposition have been paid. A rule embodying these points will be submitted to the national commission for approvaL What action this body will take is problematical as a mere working quorum of the members is at present in the city. In any event it is the evident purpose of the local directory to open the fair Sunday’s even at the expense of a rupture with the national body.

MET A JUST FATE.

Frank Almy, the Murderer of Christie ; Warden, Hanged at Concord, N. 11. Concord, N. H., May 17. —George H, Abbott, alias Frank L. Almy, was hanged Tuesday for the brutal murder at Hanover, N. H., on July 17, 1891, of Christie Warden. The execution was a bungling job. Almy’s feet touched the floor when he went through the drop and he was strangled to death, [The story of the crime committed at Hanover July 17, 1891, is one of the most shocking* and exciting in criminal annals. Almy had been employed as a farm hand by Andrew Warden, one of the most substantial citizens of Grafton county. Christie Warden was a teacher in the district school, and had been the object of Almy’s unrequited love. On the Ist of April, 1891, Almy left the Wardens, and a few weeks later reappeared in their neighborhood. On the evening of July 17 Christie, her mother, younger sister Fannie and a lady friend were on their way home from Hanover village to the Warden place about IK miles distant When passing through what is known as Vais Temple Almy suddenly appeared, proclaimed his identity and, grasping .Christie, threatened the others with death if they interfered. This threat overawed the mother and he* friend, but did not frighten Fannie. Almy continued to drag his burden toward the underbrush, which he gained after Christie’s outer clothing had been literally torn from her body. Holding her there in his embrace, he saw tho sister but a few rods away. Taking deliberate aim, he fired, bui tbe girl came on. Again he fired, and she fell the whiz of the bullet at her shoulder. Concealing herself near by, she waited, Another shot was fired. After five minutes passed a neighbor came. The man was Emmett Marshall As they stole on the place where Almy was located two shots were fired in quick succession and a cry followed. The tragedy was over and they saw Almy rush up the hill in the direction of the town. Christie was found dying, her white skirts covered with blood from a wound in her back and another in her head. Almy went to the Warden barn and was looking out when the lifeless body of his victim was carried Into the house. There he remained in concealment for more than a month, ' foraging at night for sustenance and 1 often visiting the grave of Christie. ! Suspicion was finally aroused and he was \ /teen. The barn was surrounded and after a siege of ten hours, during which Almy’s leg was ] broken by a bullet fired by Charles Hewitt, he surrendered on the assurance that ho-should not be lynched. He was identified as Georg* H. Abbott by his relatives.],

IT HELD OUT.

The Minneapolis Savings Bank Wins the Day Promptly Meeting All Demands the Run Soon Ends—Failures at Normal, 111., and Other Paints—Krastus Wiman Assigns. Minneapolis, Minn., May 17. —The run on the Farmers & Mechanics’ savings bank is over. When the bank opened Tuesday there was a large number of depositors in line and the number increased until two lines were formed, one of men and the other of women. Along about 11 o’clock, however, it became apparent that the climax had ‘ been reached. They were then in line--225 men and 178 women. At 12:30 not a woman was to be seen, all either having, been paid or returned home satisfied there was nothing to be scared about. At 1 o’clock there were seventy-five men in line, but a half-hour later the number had. diminished to fortyfour. These had all been paid off or gone home before the bank closed and the flurry was over. Less than four hundred depositors had withdrawn their money and less- than $150,000 had been paid out. Bloomington, 111., May 17.—As heretofore predicted, Schureman’s private bank at 'Normal closed its doors Tuesday morning, being unable to withstand a run made upon it A careful estimate of the condition of the bank, made by a banker of this city, places the liabilities at $85,000 or $90,000 and the assets at $72,000. New York, May 17.—Erastus, Wiman Tuesday made a general assignment to Lawyer David Bennett King of 44 Pine street. Mr. Wiman would not make any formal statement He merely said that the assignment was without preference. His debts are about $600,000;

Found Freedom in. Death.

Sing Sing, N. Y., May 17.—A body found in the river Tuesday has been identified as that of Ballister. The body was very much decomposed. A Lunch of keys found in the clothes proved to be those taken from tha guards by Ballister and Roehl at the time of their escape from the deathhouse of the prison nearly a month

A Nebraska Walking Match.

Omaha,"Neb., May 16.—Eighteen men engaged in a walking match from thia city to Fremont, Neb., a distance of 60 miles, Henry Lester winning in 7 hours and 10 aiiijutes.