Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 22, Number 47, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 14 May 1892 — Page 1

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THE CITY IS OFF-WITH THEOLD AND -'.WAITING FOR THE NEW G0UNCIL

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Retiring Member* Have tUeirSay and gtep Down and Out—Demacrats JJisappoint a larft Auaience.bjr thtir Son-

Appearance—OtI»er..Matt«n» ofiliilertst. When tbo Democrats captured the council last week.the.curiosity of people generally was aroused as to what they would do with it. When the time for meeting came around last Tuesday evening the council •chamber wan packed with amass of humanity who went 'to aee the circus ,performance. When

Mayor Griswold rapped to order the clorkcalled the roll-and only five mem.bers responded. After waiting a short time another call waainade aud Fuqua,

Asbury, Watson, King, Hess and Larkins, Republicans, aud Haggerty, Democrat, .responded, the totter being one of the retiring members or he would not have .been there. The absentees were iDiets, Haller, Stein, W-eldele and Hoss. The last named has been confined to his hom? for several months-on account of sickness. the ether four are the Democratic holdovers and were trying to smooth matters over in caucus. The (Republican members having, with the assistance of Haggerty., a quorum, proceeded to business. The election bills,• Amounting to .$Xi9&L70, were allowed. Jacob E. Voorhees, on motion of Mr. King, was allowed a llnal estimato on •work .on Fifteenth street wbkjh had not been accepted by'the ongineer. Bids on a piece of sower work were opened and rend. The lowest was made by Jesso Boberttson, but on motion of Sir. King the contract wan awarded to J. E. Voorjhees on the ground that the council had passed a resolution agreeing to let no contracts to any of the men who were parties to the Crawford street sewer deaj. Parenthetically it might be remarked that no such resolution was adopted by the council, and Robertson has commenced proceedings against the city to secure the work. Among the bidders were Irwin fc Maher, W. E. Mercer and Jesse Robertson, all of whom were in

barred why were they received and considered at all? Again, Robertson is Voorhees' bondsman, and as such, to a cortrtin extent, is a party to the contract. Mr. King then wanted to know if there wore no bids in for paving the sidewalk on Motfatt stroet from Third to Sixth, aud was answered in the negative. This was very important, as it is necessary that the property owners along there should make good walks for the accommodation of those who atlond the Moffatt street Presbyterian church, which la soon to be removed to the southeast corner of Sixth and Mofiatt streets, and which will bo further benefitted by the opening of Moifatt street, or Washington "avenue, from Sixth to Seventh streets.

Moflatt streot has the distinction of betug the only east and west thoroughfare south of Ohio street which has ever been ordered by the eouuell to lay brick sidewalks.

After the completion of the unfinished business Mayor Griswold proceeded to read his valedictory, which wan an ad ml ruble document. It reviewed the work of the past two years, coin paring it with that of the preceding council and Created a most favorable impression of athe retiring administration. His houor then introduced his successor, Fred A. Boss, aud retired. On taking the chair tfee new mayor delivered a brief but pointed inaugural address, which was well received. Then came the introduction of new members. Whim the First ward was called Urban and Collin, the new Democratic

the -Crawford Btroot irregularity. The name of fltieh'Wasonhis bid, whlOh. was step the council would ite« tie»,wMch, HtKBiBod bv the elerk. read by him and

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spicuous by their absence. In the Second Stela, another Democratic member, was missing and Haley, the new Republican member, waa introduced by Watson because Haggerty found it impossible to get a move on. The Third ward was also without representation, Roach and Stein, Democrats, being absent. Roth representatives of the Tenth, Republicans, Young and Crawford, were on hand and were introduced by King, who couldn't allow the opportunity to slip without telling his late colleagues that he was ashamed of being found in such company during the last two mouths. That was the last piping squawk of King in the council, and after it had been uttered it was in pleasing contrast to listen to the neat and pleasing address of Dr. Young on taking his sen Cmwford evaded a speech by adopting aud endorsing that of hi colleague The Fifth ward members, Way and Bailer, Democrats* were also absent, as were also Walsh and Weldelc, the Democratic member* for the Sixth. When the Seventh was reached I«ewi», Republican, was introduced by Fuqua, aud made a few remarks, as did also Ftmuer and Rock wood, Republicans of the Eighth. Asbury, Republican, of the Jilnth, answered to his name, but Stnthard, his Democratic brother, waa ufiabie to attend on account of sickness. Briggs, the Republican member of the

Tenth, was also on hand, while Messick, (Democrat, was not visible to the naked eye. The nine Republicans were the only members present, and after waiting patiently till a quarter past ten tor ffche Democrats to pat in an appearance, the assembled throBg was competed to go home in disappointment. |fg|

While the Republican members and the crowd were waiting up stairs ten of the. Democrats were down below in the police commissioners' room endeavoring to patch a peaoe and com promise! with themselves in division of the! spoils. It appears that on Sunday afternoon a caucus was. held and the follow-, ing -slate was agreed .upon: City attorney, /Peter,M. Foley chief of fire de-, partment, Oliver Hess street commis-j sioner, .James Coordea school trustee, Charles *W. Hoff. As soon as this leaked out the anti-Foley crowd, who are backing H^rry Donham, at once commenced an aggressive campaign to break the slate. Another caucus was held on Monday.,-at which it appeared a majority was willing,to switch on city attorney. To this Boach and Walsh objected, and insisting that the agreement of Sunday was binding left the caucus, after qpsurring those who remained behind that none other should go. In the meantime the Republicans were quietly looking on with much satisfaction, and wore preparing to reap any advantage which might be derived from the situation. That was the «vay matters stood when .the time for meeting arrived oa Tuesday •evening. Knowing that they ooulfl do nothing the Democrats determined to absoufc themselves, which they did, thereby breaking a quorum aud preventing the transaction of business at the first meeting after their election, it was a poor showing by the party which made such a howl against the Republicans a few months ago for doing the same thing. At that time the law was quoted day .after day and the grand jury was inroked tp do its duty in the premises. The fiasco of Tuesday evening was allowed to pass with a very mild rebuke, however, the other ox being gored this time. It is said that the trouble isn't over yet. Dietz threatens to reslgu, and as his w&rd is a sure Republican winuer if he should take such

with Republimti mayor, l^Bwnoclatnna nilribrlty, The latter party learned soon "after the election that it was a disadvantage to them to have a majority, and would be quite willing to dispose of their elephant on almost any terms. There are several hundred applicants for the few places to be disposed of, and as only six or seven can be appointed the remainder will be kickers until after tho next election. lu addition the old fight in tbo Democratic ranks has been romaved, and tho indications are that it will bo pus'ied vigorously.

The term of Mayor Ross and election expenses are fruitful themes just now, and are furnishing matter to fill large spaces In newspaper columns. There is no doubt that both parties agreed before the election that the law authorized the election of a mayor, because each nominated a candidate for the position. If Wildy had been elected he would have taken his seat just as Ross has done, and in all probability would have claimed it for two years in a ximilar manner, and on the advice of the city attorney the clerk would have Issued him a certificate of eleetiou its he did in Ross' case. The question of the legality of the election was sprung early iu the campaign, both parties were aware of all the facts, and each took its chances. That being the case both parties should cheerfully abide the result. If the election was only for one year it will be time enough to discuss it when the proper time comes next spring. There is no use to try and cross the stream before you reach it neither is there auy use to store up trouble against the day of judgment. "Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof," so there is nothing good to be derived from borrowing trouble. As to the election expenses. That cannot be charged to the increase in the number of wards, but to the act of March 6,1S91, which provides "that no precinct shall be enlarged so as to contain more than two hundred and fifty electors." To this law the people are also indebted for special deputy sheriffs and the largely Increased expense of preparing ballots. The people are also indebted to the Act of March 4, 1S91, for the law which allows the council to change ward boundaries, so If there is Is any blame attached It should be placed where it actually belongs. ,7

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The announcement made the beginning of the week that the electric light company I* preparing to put incaudescent lights in residences was quickly followed by the statement that the gas the miners are receiving steady employcompanies were about to combine or raent and not a word ef dissatisfaction consolidate and raise the price of teas to regarding the ecale oi prices la beard, a dollar per thousand cubic feet. People Strikes jure a disastrous luxury, and the have been enjoying such low rates for miners now seem to realize the fact. some time that the rumored raise almost •ct them wild, and to say that they were The university and schools of Vlnceniudignant la drawing it mild. Nearly ties will picnic hero next Saturday, havevery pe-abn in town has discarded. ing secared Coilett park for the occasion, coal and wood stoves for cooking pur* They will ran an excursion, and expect poses, having replaced them with gas to bring a thousand people.

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stoves puscbased of the two com Many others have put in gas heating stoves, and under, all the circumstances the rumored raise gives just cause for alarm. Some months ago when thst competition between the rival coafp*£» ies was spirtied tiie fuel gas company stated that it could famish .gas at five cents per thousand tfeet and money, and the same statement wa# rer peated this week by one of the directors of the same company. The rumored raise is attributed to .another rumor a Chicago company4s negotiating forihe ipurchase and consolidation of bfth companies. Neither of tthe companies will confess to a knowledge of .the .rumors, nor does either seem willing^© .deny them. In the meantime thert£ is talk of the city taking the matterjh hand and putting in a plant of itsS*» .and if an exhorbitarot advance in for is demanded it is, more than likely council will be called upon to do something. But can the coanoil do aO$v thing? All these new processes Uix manufacturing cheap gas are protected by (patents, and an examination vpll doubtless develop the fact that they are all owned here by interested parties who have purchased them to meet just sM|i an emergency as this, and that-beli the case people must grin aud bear it| go back to gasoline, coal oil or tallow dips.

The ocder recentlj" issued by the -s board of health that the authorities tai cause property owners in their juris tion to remove from their premises garbage, waBte or other matter wh may prove detrimental to the pub health, or in

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a state of affairs existing in a city which prides itself on its beauty and Ijealtbfulness is a disgrace which should be wiped out without delay or ceremony, and if those who are responsible for it refuse to co-operate-theyshouldbeinade to suffer the extreme penalty of the law. Last summer there was an epidemio of dysentery, very fatal in its results, and during the winter there were very many deaths, from diphtheria. This summer the country is threatened with cholera and fever. Cleanliness is the best safeguard against ail of these diseases, in fact tho only one. It won't cost much to cleau your premises thoroughly, and by so doing it will certainly keep down diseased It is gratifying to know that the city has a health ofllcer who will do his duty, and in this matter he will receive e\ ery encouragement.

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A MAN'S OBSERVATIONS.

MISTAKES ARE INEVITABLE IN J$£|S OF ALL MANKIND.

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the comfort of the people, was not iss a day too soon, and every good cit should'encourage its enforcement to letter. There has never been a time the history of the city when its all^r| were in a more filthy condition, and streets are no better than the During the winter months it was custom to throw all the refuse kitchens on the back lots and in alleys un'.il such an accumulation gathered in many places as will caB an epidemic of fever when the wa weather sets in. Even inJthe busini portion of the dlif mauy^Jihe are cumbered with''fch«tffllttf''

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Auent tho imildlug boom, the township assessor complains that it is almost impossible for him to locate and get all tho improvements which have been mado by property owners within the last year, and the experience is repeated when tbeassessmeutis made each spring. In order to assist the assessor in his work the city council on June 1,1886, adopted an ordinance requiring each person, firm or corporation erecting or causing to be erected, within the corporate limits of the city, any house or addition thereto, to first obtain a permit from the city clerk, under a penalty of not less than five dollars nor more- than one hundred dollars. About one person in twenty complies with the ordinance, and no attempt is ever made to enforce it. This spring the policfe. were ordered to report daily any new buildings commenced on their beats. The order should go further. Bach officer should see that there is a permit for each bnilcting, and on refusal of the owner to take one out should file a complaint against hi m. If this is done a correct list of the improvements made iu the city during any specified time can be ascertained, and in that way a correct history of its building growth will always be found on record. The law should be enforced.

It will be cheering news to people generally to learn that the coal miners in this region are satisfied with past experience And will strike no more this year. Generally speaking they are satisfied with the situation, and there is every indication of steady employment. In Clay county tbe mining outlodk is much better than it has been for years,

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Bat Once Made they Should Jf«t be Allowed

Mar the Remainder of Life, Because he li bat flalf a Man whose Past holds a Secret from which he Cannot Escape.

If theyoung realized the paramount im porta nee of action as only the elder can, they would be grave beyond their years, but on tbe other hand, if it were possible in youth to comprehend the relation of cause and effect and to appreciate the far reaching influence of motive and purpose upon character, using action as an exponent the evils consequent upon a wrong course of conduct would be almost if not wholly annihilated. It is not such that people desire the wrong as that they cannot find the right. We will even go farther and protest that all, at one time or another, have struggled for right and truth, and purity and rectitude. The word mistake, literally translated, means to take amiss, and how easy It is to do this, only those of us know who have lived long enough to fathom to a degree the mystery of living. The difficulty is, ere we are aware we have taken steps in our onward course which can in no wise be retraced and leading we know not wibther, and which holds us to a certain doom it may be almost before the years of accountability are reached that we find the line of life has been drawn. To us there seems no justice in this, yet since our opiinion avails nothing what boots it to hazard it? No one asks our conviction^ touching these things, no one cares at all about it. We may protest and revolt as much as we like but destiny is a hard and inexorable .... iZ thing.

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our worldly journey to hold a fund of varied experience are often wont to ponder upon what we might have done but for this or that wrong which seemed in itself a trivial tbin$ but which has warped and- discolored all the future. The most pathetic part of all this is the intense ignorance with which we go on our way. We walk as if we were blindfolded, not knowing.whither, and suddenly we are brought up against an ada-'

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nd ThifS«n 5 sharp edges cut our feet and the pitiless sun scorches our head but we must go on we cannot go back and we would not if we could. For could we turn from the intricate windings of the path we might aud most probably would come upon something equally terrible. But let us falter ever so little in our going, let us turn ever so briefly aside from the beaten track, let us veer ever so slightly from that which our fellows call the right and the requiem of our loss sounds through all the future. Why should this be? Why for the uncertainty of the moment should one suffer the penalty of a crime? The odds are all against man in this contest. Within him and without blm there are temptations that strongly essay ""to drag him down. What wonder then if he fall now and then. The pity is that having fallen there is no man strong enough and brave enough tp touch and raise him.

It is idle to say beware of mistakes. One can not forever guard against them in truth before he has learned to guard against them at all, he has in all probability committed so many that any thought of readjusting his affairs is hopeless. Thus before we have learned to live, all the rays of life, as it were, are focused. It is all very well to talk of man'as a hand of God who goeth about doing whatsoever he listeth, carving out great pyramids of good deeds, and great corridors of original thought and action, but the facts are very different. Man is not the august being be has been represented to be. He has certainly accomplished a great deal, but all has been at the point of the sword. Of course to think too deeply of these things is baleful in its influence because it tends to make one feel that he has no moral responsibility touching his own actions but Is the dupe and sport of chance and circumstances. If this be true it is not well that the average man should so much as suspect it. He must be great indeed who can look such a possibility in the face yet keep a steady hand at the helm of heart and head. That there are such men history has shown us again and 8gain. The world teems with the good, at least with such as would be good if they bad but a fair showing. But some little peculiarity of disposition, impatience of restrai nt, luxurious tastes inherited or acquired may hurry a man into a deed of rashness for which he shall never fully atone* -How many men can put their fingers as It were upon the spot in their lives whence this leprosy has spread whence the whole has become contaminated. It Is a trilling thing1 at first aad there was nothing about it to indicate its heinous character. Ita look was not even repellent. Its breath lias not even the fever taint, but by and by when its fibers had penetrated the very root of being It disclosed ita true lineament and tbe man sprang back appalled but he could notescape it had become a part of him, its poison waa in Ids blood try as be might he could noyer

get away from it. Sometimes he sought to persuade himself that it wi*s no longer there. He went on as if it had not been. He laughed and made merry, but there were those who knew his secret and mocked him as he went. Then if he were a thoughtful man he probably halted and considered. But after being frank with himself, and turning the matter over this way and that, he could not determine where he had been to blame.

Parents often tell their children that if they disobey them they »will be punished, but if as a result of some trifling defiance of parental authority the child should lose an aye or a lieu a she retribution would seem rather disproportionate.

All this, of course, does not bear upon such things in life, as^bemg committed deliberately, are dominated sins. True a sin may be a mistake but a mistake is never a sin, for to take amiss is a misfortune but certainly not a fault. Those who have a rigid philosophy on the conduct, whether for themselves or others, alleot to find itA very simple matter to discriminate between right and wrong. Now our experience is that no one is wise enough to tell the difference one from J,he other. In fact, perhaps, there is no differe^e at all. We know from children it is a .matter of*opihion and education, beside our estimate of- the person we are judging has much to do with pur decision touching his action. We find ready excuse for those we l9ve and we condemn mercilessly those against whom we have some grudge. Thus we in our crlterlons may and doubtlesa dp find mistakes. It is not so much that we wish to be severe, andcertainly we do not wish to be unjust, but we are careless and heedless, and lack of time and appreciation are responsible for many a serious blunder. And then again it is so easy for us to think leniently of our own faults we excuse wrong in ourselves because we can, because we know how, because we apprehend the purpose and motive of which our conduct is but the result. But we do not excuse in others what seem to us mistakes because we understand nothing about them and wo have not made inquiry nor would we t«ke the trouble if wo had. Above all, nothing will induce us to forbear judgment that is too much to expect of mere mortals. Every, man

teuce passed upon himself. The mistakes of'one's life may be chiefly traced to two prolific sources, ignorance and inattention. Time may eftect a cure of the one and a certain discipline of tbe the mind would serve to eliminate the other. He is but half a man whose past liolds a secret from which he cannot escape. He can never be a man again until he has shaken it off. And if be becomes discouraged and instead of receiving, perils all and losses, perhaps tho fault is not wholly his. It is so easy to mistake that tbe wonder is not that our wrongs are so many but that now and then we should stumble upon a thing that is not wrong. Nothing is so much desired as freedom. Tbe tree man can do anything. Obligation is slavery it carries a heavy iron chain that clanks continually. The victim who has worn it long has horrible wounds upon his body where it has been, and from them the blood drips in horrid, ghastly drops.

If for love few would be bound, for all else the thraldom is intolerable. The man who owes tho world nothing but to whom the world owes much, is the happy man. He may walk erectly. His eye will not fall before tho gaze of his fellows and he will not tremble in the presence of kings. But he who asks much and has nothing to give, cringes and cowers before all men by intuition. Ho cannot and he dare not stand up. To live independently is better than to live splendidly and is always to live well. Speaking of independence is, of course, relative. No iuau is sufficient utfto himself, but every man should find within himself strength su&clent for bis need. If he relies upon others, he will undoubtedly be disappointed, for the world has not leisure with which it can listen to his woes. His brothers will jostle him on their Way and pass on Thus the burden of one's mistakes must be borne by himself alone.

There Is but one thing to do that is to make them as few as may bp, and having committed them, to bear the result with what fortitude we can.

David W. Rankin died at his home on north Sixth street last Sunday afternoon, in the eighty second year of bis age. He received a stroke of paralysis on Thursday of last week, from which he rallied slighly, but afterward* sank. He came to this city in 1834, and has since resided here. By trade he was a cabinet maker, but during the last fourteen years he was in btisieess he managed a hotel. He was married in 1830, and his wife died lu 188$. Three children survive Sarah Elizabeth, Morton: C., %nd Oscar, the latter of Butte, Mont, The funeral occurred on Tuesday afternoon, all tbe family being present.

Boys playing ball on Fifth, between Main aad Ohio streets, have become a nuisance every afternoon, and should be suppressed.

H.Hi§Twenty -second Year

SATURDAY TO SATURDAY

SOMEOFTHE LOCAL HAPPENINGS IN I^AND AROUND THE CITY.

Iteuis of Interest to Kcaders of The Mail who Thirsts for Information Concerninc Passing Events at Home, iocal-in their

Nature and Intei eatius in Character.

The following item, which is rather obscure, appeared in the Sullivan Union this week "The white gentleman aud colored lady whom Clerk Denny refused a license to marry did not get llceuse at Terre Haute as was reported. They are supposed to have gotten the necossary papers at Robinson."^

A young man named John W. Single was arrested at the National house on Mouday by Detective Dwyer ou a charge of tampering with the United Stales mail. He came here from St. Louis several weeks ago and was giveu the position of elevator boy at the National. On the night of May 1st he wasgflven some letters to take to the post 1*1% among them being one coutainii.-^ check for ?60 and a draft for §20. The letter reached its destination, but the check and diaft wore missing. The mutter was referred to Postmaster Grelner and the arrest followed. Si agio confessed to opening the letter and taking the check and draft, but finding they would be of no use to him destroyed thoai. Ho has been turned ovei to the United States authorities. The accused is 17 years old, and his home is in Darian, Conn. He says he wanted to get back to his parents, and thinking the letter which ho opaned contained money he abstracted tho checks and f, then sealed it up again aud rnrvlt .1 it.

The midsummer gtaduatiu'g *lass of the High school this year numbers fort^-two, the largest in tue ht^ory of s! the school. The exercises win bu hold in the Opera house .June 17M, essays will be read by twelve luom wis of the class who will beseleced for the occasion. The following are the nuiuvs ol the graduates: Kmmt Adair, Hortense Boring, FOllsha Co'i'ey, Chloo Daniels, George luldy, RswiIm Ewart, Edith Fuhr, Harry (ii'ilHu. Antia Hoff- ,:i maoi Eleanor Jxpgefst "-Charles Kadel, Wayme Maunnuc. Ftojrauo^Mewhinneyi,

Roulzahn, Alfrul.hu- wart, l^loraStrimse', May Tressel, omn Wells, Hattle Wittenberg, Ida '.dun,Katie Brlmken, ,s. Elizabeth Crawfoid, Ola Daniels, Fred Ellis, James Farrington, Gertie Glovor, Frank Hanley, Emma Hummel'l, Nellie Hensel, Josephine Kiefe, Jessie Merry, Flora Moss, Emma Phillips, Louisa Road, Lena Schurz, May Supera, Isaao Tornor, Bert VanCleave, Cora Wittenberg, Lillie Wolff.

Last Tuesday nlglit, while on li!» way home from the council mooting, John Dailey, the well known contractor, was stopped at the Fourteenth streetcrossing of the Yandalia railroad by a train of cars which was standing on the track. After waiting some time he undertook to cross by climbing between the cars. When on tho bumpers the train started and tbe cars came together with a crash, catching one of his legs between tbe bumpers and crushing it from tho ankle almost to the knee. He fell from tho car to one side of tho track, where bis moans attracted attention and he was found by the crew. He was removed to bis home, on Fourteentb-a id-a-half street, where he lingered until Thursday morning, whenhedi"rf. The deceased was a native of IroS.Mnrl, and was 68 years old at the time of hi» death. He was the oldest of several brothers, among whom are James and Thomai, of tbe Vandalia blacksmilit shop, and Peter, a gardener, living north of tbe city. The deceased leaves a wife and four children, Mra*, Murtaugh. of Madison, Ind. Thomas, Mary and Gertie, of this city. He was a member of tbe Catholic Knights of America, which order had charge of the funeral this morning.

The Business Men's Association held its annual meeting in the Board of Trade rooms on Monday evening, President John G. Williams in the chair. Secretary C. M. Thompson presented his annual report, which shows a membership of 106, an increase of 40 over the preceding year. The receipts during the year were $2,068 and tbe expenditures $2,027. Four industries have been secured in the same time, making thirteen since the organization of the association, and he is In correspondence with thirty-two others, while three stock companies are in course of formation, and one factory is about to move here. Tho Vigo Real Estate company made a frroposi tion that any person paying into any bank in the city $185 and taking a certificate therefor payable to the order of the Business Men's Association shall receive from tho Vigo Real Estate company a certificate and chance in their allotment and a warranty deed for the lot so allotted September 1st, 1892- The proposition Ss conditioned that when the sum of $25,000 has been paid to to the credit of the Business Men's Association, no less than $5,000 will be paid to any one industry to be located on grounds t« be furnished by tbe company. The proposition was discussed, but action was deferred, fqr^,. thej»resent,