Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1893 — ON THE MIDWAY. [ARTICLE]

ON THE MIDWAY.

Geo. Francis Train and HU ‘Wheels" Arrive. “Ci tizen” George-Francis Train arrived at Chicago, Thursday. He .says he was drawn to the Fair by “irresistible psychic force.” He will, to use his own language. “Save Chicago—save the Fair—save the Republic—save the world.” His plans are voluminous and amusing. He figures that there are 14,000,000 school children and 400,000 teachers in the country, and he proposes to compel the railroads to haul then; to Chicago cheaper than hogs. Children are to be admitted to tne Fair free and they will naturally attract the old people who will have to pay, and thereby make the Fair a success. Ho would have Mayor Harrison and the Board of Education teach the children in sections. He favors Sunday opening and says if the churches oppose him in the matter he will tax their property. He would hang all Sunday closers to a lamp post jn the Midway, and imagines that he_ has “the force of a lion, a grizzly bear and a Bengal tiger all rolled together,’* that would enable him to enforce and work out his ideas.-