Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1893 — THE VIKING SHIP. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE VIKING SHIP.

Arrive! of the Vessel and Crew at Chi cago. A fleet, containing the man-of-war Michigan, the steamer Blake and a largq. -HiimbeFnf pleasure craft, bearing Mayor Harrison, the city officialsand representatives of the World's Fair Commissioners,

left Chicago Wednesday morning and proceeded north to a point off Evanston, where they sighted the Viking ship. Salute were fired and a line was fonued to escort the strange craft to Jackson Park, where they arrived shortly after noon, The hardy Norsemen were given a rousing reception and the little undecked ship that braved the Atlantic waves now peacefully floats tn the lagoon.

THE VIKING.