St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 19, Number 4, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 12 August 1893 — Page 2

FIRE AT THE FAIR. NOT LIKELY TO BE ANOTHER DISASTER THERE. Precautions that Have Been Taken to Prevent Such Calamities as the Cold-Storage Horror—Provision Made for Putting Out a Blaze. No Danger Now. >•*, — —

World's Fair correspondence:

IRE at the World’s I Fair, at least a dis- * astrons blaze, is not at all probable. The recent burning of the Cold Storage building, with all i its attendant horror, I has made nearly every person who contemplates visiting the show inquire what are the precautions taken against fire, and

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' whether it is likely that such a calamity will occur again. The answer can be made at once in the negative. There is no probability that any other building will bo burned, and if one were burned it would be impossible that there should ba such a loss of life. In the first place, it must be remembered that the smokestack that cause that fire had been objected to by th. w architect of the building and by others, but the owner thought it was easier to take a risk than to pay a little money. The building did not belong to the Exposition, and the inspection and guardianship over it wore not such

as prevail over the other buildings in the grounds. There are, it is true, other .buildings which do not belong to the Exposition, but they do not include any of the great buildings, and they have all been examined and pronounced safe. Precaution Against Fire. The principal precaution taken against lire is the fact that the greatest care is taken not to admit anything in a building that can set lire to it. Any man may smoko in the grounds, but as soon as he puts foot inside a ''uilding ho must stop, lie can smoke

<< ra a world’s fair engine nousa in a restaurant, but he is carefully watched and his smoking is harmless. There is a great deal of lunch eating going on in the grounds and in the buildings, and the papers left by the people are very inflammable material, but these are all gathered up soon after they are thrown down and carried away. In every building there is a largo force of janitors, and their solo duty is to constantly sweep out the aisles arid sections, and to lay the dust they always sprinkle tho floor before they use tho broom. No stoves are now used in any building except the cooking’ stoves where there is a restaurant. In this latter case every precaution is taken, and thus far there has been no cause for apprehension on this score. Two months ago, when tho weather was cold, stoves were used in the various Offices, but before a stove was put in it was necessary toobtain a special ] ermit, and this was not granted unless there was reason to believe that tho stove would bo carefully used. It may also be added that during the construction period, when there was a groat deal of building material in the grounds

nobody was allowed to smoko at all except in his private office. It will bo seen on reflection that many buildings are safe simply because there is nothing inside of them that could set them on fire. There is not a spark of fire kindled under the roof of the Government Building from ono week’s end to another, nor is there any in tho Fisheries Building, or the Agricultural a world’s fair chemical enginb

Building, or a number of others. All of the State buildings are absolutely Bafo in this way. ’ I Regular Fire But it does not require fire in a building to burn it down, since it may bo brought in by a careless or malicious person, and every possible provision has boon made at tho World's Fair for putting it out. All over the grounds there are regular fire engines, such as one sees in every big city. The corps is composed of tho best and most experienced meii, the engines have tho best and most modern appliances, tho horses are fully up to tho high average of fire horses. There are electric firealarm boxes at every corner, and the Columbian guards have all been instructed how to turn in an alarm. Besides this, hand grenades, portable fire extinguishers and fire buckets may be ! found everywhere. It has happened on several occasions that tho dropping of a match or crossing of two electric wires has caused a small fire to start, and each time there was found to be no difficulty in extinguishing the flame without calling out the fire department. Another thing must bo noted. Ihe buildings are not as inflammable as such temporary structure usually are. It is not pretended that they are not inflammable, for they are, but it would sot be an easy thing to set them on

■■■mi—r..i fMI —wwm.im fire from the outside, for the reason that nearly all of them are covered on the outside with staff, and staff is fireproof. When the cold storage warehouse was on fire the other day it was noticed that the outside walls stood almost as if they were built of brick, not falling in until theii' supports had all been burned away. Such a building as that of Fine Arts is absolutely fireproof, but then it is the most elaborately constructed of all the buildings, and will undoubtedly be used after the Fair is over as a permanent gallery of art. No Eoss of Use to Visitors*

But even if there should lie another tiro there is small probability of its resulting in loss of life to visitors. The main exhibits are all on the ground floor, and no building is more than two stories high. Where there are balconies with exhibits in them there are largo staircases, and if an alarm wore given a crowded building would be emptied in loss than a minute. It would be almost impossible to cut off 410 £ 'Sl^' ft ’ nEKE THEY COME.

the avenues of escape, because they are so numerous. The very recent I precautions in regard to the roofs of > the Manufactuies and Transportation ■ Buildings make these entirely safe. In the cold storage tiro, the place I where it caught was precisely the most i dangerous of all, and after the firemen ; had gone up into the tower whore the, Hamo was the building caught beneath ’ them, thus cutting off this mode of re- : treat. It is utterly impossible for such I a thing to happen again, for the reason ' that there is not another smoke stack in a tower in the whole park.

It was demonstrated clearly that a i fire at the World's Fair cann >t spread. It may burn down one building, out if will not burn two together. There wai a brisk wind blowing and tho flame: wore of a prodigious magnitude, bu they were not able to jump over tho space that intervened between the buildings. Ail tho buildings are iso. lated, and they take their chances individually and independent of each other. Another element in the safety from ■ fire is found in the lagoons and basina - that intersect tho park. They and tho ' lake itself furnish an inexhaustible sup- : ply of water for the engines, and that terrible dread which is often present ; at fires of an insufficient supply of water is wholly eliminated. There are, it may safely be presumed, some t imid people who will taka fright because of the cold storage calamity, but they will make a grave mistake if they stay away from the i Fairon that account.' The cold-storage warehouse was the one weak paint in i Ml sip A SLIGHT BLAZE.

the park and tho fire seized upon it If the rest of tho buildings were safe before they are doubly so now, as the minutest care will bo observed. From anesthetic point of view tho coldstorage building was one that could be as well spared as any other. It stood over in a corner of the grounds near tho fence. Few people ever visited it, and it is probable that not one-third of i the visitors now at the Fair notice where its ruins are unless they especially seek information. The Sacred B hite Elephant. The Buddhists venerate a white elephant. According to their religion a man lives twelve times on earth, his soul returning after each demise to some animal, beginning with some of the lower Varieties, like a reptile, a crocodile or a wolf, and then each time he dies afterward returning to some animal of a higher type. In this way [ there is a gradual progression of the soul until it reaches the animal representing the highest type of all, which is the white elpphant. They claim that the founder of theh

religion came back to earth twelve times, and is the only one who eventually succeeded in getting to heaven. The last six times he was on earth his m’ I ’.’? Wl ? 8 iu< 'ureorated in one of these OLOpnants. and i • • through the slosh of tho sminuU'VnJJm, it white, a color whicli tlie animal haa retained up to tho present time. No Keptiles in Newfoundland. There is plenty of game in New- । foundland, but not a reptile of any i kind—snake, toad, frog, lizard, or even turtle—and no one ever saw a squirrel, ■ porcupine, mouse, or lynx anywhere j within its boundaries. This is all tho ' more singular because the adjoining j provinces of Nova Scotia and Cape | Breton have all of these animals and ■ many kinds of snakes and other rep- i tiles. On the other hand the Arctic ' : hare is abundant in Newfoundland, but ' is not found in Nova Scotia or Cape ; Breton. Tho summer nights of Nova : Scotia are made brilliant by fire-flies, j but no firefly ever lights up a Now- | foundland nocturnal landscape by its : sparkling flight. Don’t Ride Too Much. It has been found that bicyclists who ride to excess are afflicted with a catarrhal laryngitis. Mouth breathing and the rapidity and pressure with which large quantities of air are forced into the larynx are said to be the causa.

; SIGHTS IN CHICAGO. i OF INTEREST TO WORLD'S FAIR VISITORS. The Auditorium Tower and the Magnlfl. cent View to Be Had Therefrom—Chicago Public Library— Power-Houses of th v Cable Ball ways, Etc. Told of a Big Town. Chicago correspondence:

JHE World's Fahvisitor with idle 1 0 l sure at command should not fail a , some period of his sojourn to take a look at the Chicago Public L i b r a r y , There is nothing Iq/ P‘ sing in this enterprise, its quarters arc confined ones, it [ does not even boast of a homo of its own, but those very eir..cumstances add to 7 the wonder of the stranger, when lie

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realizes that its shelves provide intellectual food daily’ for a community ipf over a million of people. The libiy^y is not a very ancient institution, havgg been started in 1872, but withinJtyW^L years it has accumulated no 177,178 volumes, aside from'KiffSߣ Z? periodicals and pamphlets of gHf®- J4' erary value. Hore the best wrftL« a nearly every nat tonality are repwKlfl and with the aid of a largo corpora clerks, sub-stations and deHwty wagons, the securing of a book at ^ly time is made an easy task, even for a person residing in a portion of the city rar remote from the library. A glance at the main distributing apartment of the library should l>e supplemented by A call at its reading room. The rofeiy ence b >oks and other material at the disposal of citizen and stranger alike are exhaustive, and a well-lighted, well-ventilated apartment, comfortable chairs and tables, and accommodating

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cb-rks cater thoroughlv to the needs of | the v-Mtor. Profitable and pleasur-। able leisure hours may bo spent ' hero among tho latest leading magazines. journals and books of tho day. and any special theme ■ studied out with < < infort and method. | In several sp. eial departments tho col- i lections have l»eg!m to receive worldwide attention from scholars and &u---thor* twiv.r f place at the disposal of sm h. fm if poses of original research, the furdsu material in their respective UnewHi| vestigation. In the course of its are si<>ns, the library has succeeded in bringing together almost a complete ; collection on tho history of the civil ■ war. which, perhaps, has not its equal ) in this, and surely not in any foreign c>> ntry. Thedepa tmenton the French ■ Revolution is another which is j Bit Jill r THE AUDITORIUM Tof I*' 1 *' • lire also the ’Al’.'.,?' r: ’ rc wn ’ ks - a? fhe fine arts and nv.■ 11 ii. .•: , ... 1, ^he history of dress and ■> tumes.. The collection of periodicals in many languages, and of transactions of learned societies, is perhaps not equaled in this country. ami may well challenge comparison with th ° lar ß' ur libraries of Emope. Ihe library n>w occupies rooms on the top floor of the City Hall, but a new building to cost $700,000, is being erected m old Dearborn Park, a square the lake front, bounded bv Randolph and Washington streets and , Michigan and Wabash avenues. T,. . salaiy list of the library is some s6o,< oo ! 1“™ ; and il Wnsfive branch :hH £ f? 011 ^ tw ™ty- o ight delivery ! to Si, UriUshes 560,760 books a year utes i vis ttors, and distributes 1,011,331 volumes for homo use. Av v ' iew of th « City, exuerion™ eyo ,Y iew of Chicago is an within ti ° whlc h every sojourner sh ‘} re ’ • 11 vev • a .. comprehensive surOonortin J! a d cstl o and immense area. Opportunities f Or such are in * J? ea l ure afforded from the t wheel, from the towers and

’ bu^to be from a citv control sbou d 1)0 taken two notable places for ? In u Th e. r e are both accessible so BUC \? £ lim Ps*, elevator takes a no4 n ?i ■' An the Auditorium bn in? tj tower of a visit to the signall M Where '“ s "? U ’ Itanaolph and Stefa ’ XU? fy S u ™ claimed to’be tho c tOr -Y . ia kind in the world 1 1 4 H8t ,f its above tho dZJk 302 / eet economical m i nd ‘ cf f an obaorvato,., Hilog OS® SIGNAL TOWER OF THE CABLE RAILWAY. wut-ten, tow or I* mtiuw lower than either the Auditorium or Masonic Temple. A look from overhead may lie supplemented by a peep m ’? ho ri X er tunne l at La Salle street. Io the novice a tramp through its footway is as much of an experience as a ramble through a cave, and is something to be remembered. City sights change in their degrees ' of popularity, according as they are old ' or new. Just now. even the most experienced resident is in- i tetested in anything appertaining to I rapid transit, and the stranger from an interior town should bo even m >re so. Os course, any person riding on the cable cars for the first time will stop at some one of the many power-

houses along the line to inspect tho workings of tho system. The great ivheei-that run tho cable, capable of sustaining thousands of ton* strain, । are only equaled by the immense boili ers, engines, driving wheels and beaui tiful sy-tem of rods, pistons and cylinI dors that move like clock-work, and : | prop 1 vehicles which transfer half a milm n (*■. pie a day from one part of । the citv to another. . »• I—ci],-..,,,] H ., to ,n has proven a success, attention Ha, ! I teen transferred to that method of t transit, and tho problem of spanning I the river bridges, as exemplified by the j . .■••rporatien. I-worth observing. Be-| i sides this, a walk along the projected I i line of the new elevated railroad in the i West Invision will convey a fair idea | ' <>f tho magnitude of its initial work. ! j For nearly four miles the company has I been compelled to buy its right of way. I Residences worth as high as $20,000, a stately church, a massive electric light house, splendid brick blocks hundreds of these have been sacrificed, torn down bodily, or removed to make place for the piers and rail structure of tho new road. Tho cost of all this purely prepara- i tory work has been enormous, large bodies of high-value gr< und having been purchased as well. During the recent visit of a party of foreign magnates, one of the sights most interestingly enjoyed was tho moving of a solid stone structure, five stories high and nearly one hundred feet square, out of the line of road and to adjoining lots. Notwithstanding the enormous expense of getting the plant in. operation, it is believed that elevated railways will pay a largo return in Chicag, on the fortune it invested the one now running to the World’s Fair being a financial success, and having proved its ability to take care of great crowds cheaply, safely and with commendable dispatch. Brieflets. A REVOLUTION has broken out in Argentina. Senator A. C. Beckwith, of Wyoming, has resigned. Gov. Bois repudiates the story that he is out of polities. At Groveton, Texas, James and Bud 1 Roach were slain by unknown assas, sins. Private Secretary Thurber pre, diets that Congress will adjourn in Oa tober. A New York company will repro^ duce the most attractive World s Fair exhibits. Mrs. P. Owens, of Columbus, Ohio, was arrested for forging her husband’s i name. The United States warship Alert was damaged in collision near Shanghai, I China. F. A. Smith, mail agent, confessed at Austin, Minn., to stealing SI,OOO from ! letters. I’ OUR persons were hurt by a street i • -r crashing into a freight car at Phil- 1 t. Iphia. COLORADO may establish a State de- I pository for silver bullion, and issue certificates thereon. The Chinese Six Companies will ask 1 a rehearing before the United States Supreme Court of the Geary law case. The courts have knocked out the Nebraska maximum rate law as practicaJy confiscating all railroads in the State. Abraham Fardon, tel'er of the r irst National Bank of Paterson, N. J. 18 a fugitive. He abstracted $10,650 In small bills from money packages.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. thoughts worthy of calm ' REFLECTION. a Pleasant. Interesting, and Instructive Lesson, and Where It May Be FoundA Learned and Concise Review of the Same. Paul at Jerusalem. Übe lesson for Sunday. Aug. 13, mav be found in Acts xxi. 27 39. " I . INTRODUCTOY. 1 his lessen is taken from the “arrest 1 chapter. But arrest sometimes turns out to be acceleration. Haul is suddenly brought to pause, all his plant hw , pu,p ,ses apparently thwarted. But who will not say, in ‘a know-ledge of the sexual, that that was a fort unate pause? A furthering of the AO O' 11 had ln)st at heart? •»4 G d. It is a lesson in divine providence. “Judge not the Lord by feeble SCII3e lut trust Him f l)r h ls .» rai . o Hem ml a fro v, Ing providence He hides a smil.ng face." POINTS IN THE LESSON. 1 an sefio t to win the favi r of the Jews by purifying hiimelf. according i > Hebrew ceremony, proved irieffectl*a • It was in t, therefore, wrong. Inmeditis doubtful whether we'eould ent’v P' - mistake. Consistwith y and to all men that 1 e might Min VomeT resorts to this ex;|: t ,nt. He does'not win the men he : eeks. perhaps, but now diM'ip ih<‘ other nivri to whom ho is led? Aedom>t know the < utcome of dutiful effiut—but Gid dies. | “Men of Israel, help.” Shame on the ; men of Israel that they throw their ; , help in such a dir.-etion! Shame upon I I them tnat their strength goes in tho ; wav it does t;-day! "Men of Israel, ! help.’ might pro; e - ly have been Paul's cry. Icr he deserved their assistance. "Men of Israel, help!" might well be theory of Christendom to-day. Tho Israel of t he prophets ai d ti c promises ought to-day to be on the -ide of the fulfillment of prophecy and promise. | Men of Israel, in Johovah's n one, help! ■ I hoy chai god Paul with bringing I Greeks into tho temple and polluting j the place. It. was. as rendered, a false ; charge. But in another sense it was I true. I‘aul had brought Greeks and barbarians mt > tho holy poac -of com- ; munion with God: but in so doing he ; had n t polluted but rather honored i । and sanctified tin temple. For what i is the temple but the house of the ' people, whore God may meet them and ; bless them! Thank God for such a man I as Paul, who could seo beyond the bars j of men's rearing, and behold God's sue- j coring grace for all men. Whosoever ; calleth on the mime of the Lord shall . be saved. And so Paul stands and J cries, bo!dly: "I am not ashamed of : t h<- Gospel of Christ: for it is the power \ <>f Co d unto salvation to every one that I b 'licveth: 1o the Jew first, and also to ! the (Ireek.” HINTS \N'D ILLCSTEATJONS. Get a working idea of the religious j situation in Jerusalem at this time, j Divide up the class. Let this portion j represemt the Pharisees, the other part ■ the Sadducees, this other the common j Hebrew po]»ulace. Still another, the j Christian Jews, themselves divided I into two classes. Imagine Paul to be ; returning to such a mixed multitude. • How woubJ b.- be r.-ceiveil? But your- i >' lv. s in inuoginat ion in their place. I What would the I’harisai,- party y i What would you Sadducees say?’ You i Judaistic Christians? Do not stir up a riot, so as to have need of the officers । of tho school, a- a sort of chief captain i ari l guards, but stir up a lively interest I in the significant events of the lesson ; and secure a ri alistic conception of ; what tock pine?. Paul was a wa rior. a doughty de- i fender < f tho faith. lle carried a sword and shield, he held his ground and us- i ually covered it with the slain of tho I Lord. He would not give up until com- I polled to. Do we not need some of this ; Pauline quality to-day? This brother | of ours who has been in the Michigan j pine woods, preaching among the mi- I ners and wood-cutiers, tells us that the I first thing necessary b foie a man can j -p -ak Ihe word is that he should get a ; fooling <>f respect among the hardy | pioneers of the forest. The first effort । i-. to make him “everybody's fool.” If I they succeed in that his power is gone. If he meets them and w ithstands them, I that is. if he holds .his own, they will I li-ten to what he has to say, not other- । wise. Guard the defenses. Be on the • alert. Be men. How ready Paul was ! Everywhere, j always, he had his lump trimmed and ' burning, he had hi; aYruw fitted to the | bow-string. Up at Fort Sheridan, on I ti e Michigan lake shore above Chica- I i go, we used to see the soldiers under- i going inspection. Every private had > to b - in rank, his musket at shoulder, i the lock right, the bayonet in place, I the cartridge-box full, every man I ready for instant call to arms. Other- | w i-- he must dropout. Could we sol- [ diet s of the cress safely undergo the ordeal? O for more men like Paul, ready to do battle for King Immanuel I at any moment! Anil how Paul exulted in the onset! We need not think of Paul a- worried or hurried here by the new turn of affairs. He leaps at once to whatever vantage point, God gives him: he is swift for the fray. There at old Dearborn chapel Odell and I illhorn came one time to assist in evangelistic services. It was not long after the con- | version of the latter, but the writer i will not soon forget the rare eagerness with w’hich, released from his place at the organ, he sprang down among thd i neo le and opening his hand-Bible | said: “Let me show’ you a text.” That was good fighting. Do we not need more of it in our dealing with the i world! Next Lesson—“ Paul before Felix.” ! Acts 24: 10-25. Sir Thom xs More undertook to edu- | rate his wife and obliged her to praci lice music. She hated music, but for l some time i-< mplied with his wishes, then rebelled, and until his death henpecked him so successfully that he found the Tower a comfortable refuge f rom her tongue. The auger that bores a square hole Bonsists of a screw’ auger in a square tube the corners of which are sharpSned from within and as the auger adrances cuts the round hole square.

G. A. R. ENCAMPMENT. INDIANAPOLIS PREPARING FOR THE GREAT EVENT. Arrangements for the National Reunion of the Grand Army of the RepublicHosts of Veterans Will Attend—Low Railroad Kates-Ample Accommodations. Boys in Blue. ’ rndlauauolls correspondence: Indianapolis is preparing fur tho greatest event of her life, and so • ■ ne of the greatest in tho social am a’s ui municipalities in this countrv Tho occasion on which she is t - si ve tho world an idea of her hospitality, c lergy and wealth is the twenty-s< voi.t.i annual national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, whica will convene Sept. 4. To the thomands at a distance whose eyes are to Indianapolis for the second -..< ck n September the question of what will bo the lailroad fare is of the lint importance. The executive board have announced that the railroads have a-.R^e I to charge one cent per mile each wav which makes the rate le. s than on.’, fare for the round trip, a rate new be.ore secured for the Grand Armv encampments, and one very rarely uiven for any purpose. The problem of providing accommodations for the great crowds that have always marked these soldier gatherings in a city havin ’ a । less number of people than the -t ;ungers wniu,, ita gates, is hy no me ,ns i small one. Accommodations Have Wok J provided, however, for 125,000 ieoi> <.. j and the committee holds itself in read- | iness to provide accommodations for as j many more as may ceme, if only noi tilled in time. The effort to ascertain j the probable attendance is still goirr'I < u. About Thousands, not veterans, will visit the city during that week, and must be found places of lodging and feeding. For the accommodation of these, a canvass of all the city was made to learn how many could be entertained in pri- ; yate hemes. The results ai e recorded i in seventeen large books, giving them ■ the nature of the accommodations offered, the price, and conveniences as to ■ bath, street cars, etc. The prices asked run from twenty-five cents for lodging and meals up.to 82 a day at the best j private boarding houses.' All who de’- ■ sire to make arrangements in advance : can do so through Executive Director ; Fortune, who will furnish the name J and number of available places at the j price desired. Visitors coming with ■ their wives can find good aceommcdations at the best private boarding . houses at 82 a day. The chief problem has, of course, been to provide lodgings for the vet- ■ erans, the guests of honor. For these eighty halls and schoolhous = have been secured, and will be fitted up with cots. The larger part of tne veterans I will bo lodged in barracks erected ( specially for their use,' free, as in all i cases, of all cost. They will have to I bring their ow n blankets, an<? will ; have to pay for their meals. But ! meals of g- od quality will be fur- ; nished at a moderate cost. The board i has let a contract to a responj sible person, who will furnish meals ; at 25 cents each for breakfast and sup- : per, and 35 cents for dinner. The larg- ! est lodging place will be situated on East Washington street, immediately, I south of tlie -State Reformatory for* ‘ Girl~, and will be accessible by electric cai-s direct frem the Union Railway Station, and also by steam cars. This barrack will hold 25,0G0 vetcians. is will be situated in an open grass-plotted field of eighty acres, well drained and j attractive. Program for the Week. The program provides a week of । bustling activity and gorgeous entertainment. The first encampment con- ; templated will occur on Monday night, ! when the electrical and natural gas ! display will be made in the grounds of | the State House and Court House, i While this i’s going on for the pleasure 1 of all who care to witness it, the vet- ; erans will be holding camp fires in vaj rious places in halls and tents, and many will hear the eloquent voices of : soldier-Qrators, including General Hari risen. The grand parade; will occupy ■ all of Tuesday from 10 a. m. ro 6p. m., I though the line of march will not ex- ! ceed two miles on paved streets. A ! feature of the parade surpassing all ' previous ones will be the number of I horses in the line of march. Command- : er-in-chief Weissert has appointed i 2,000 aids-de-camp, and each of thesq i will be provided with a horse. The veterans are organizing to be | uniformed very generally, and Indiana : will have at least 15,000 old soldiers in. ; line, v and in addition the militia of the ■ State. The night of Tuesday will be I devoted in a'spectacular way to the ' fireworks display, at which the heav- ' ens will be made brilliant for two hours j with fire and bolor in elaborate design. ! in a field 160 acres in size and accessij ble by street cars. Tuesday will also ' be the night of tho reception by the I Woman's Relief Corps at Tomlinson’s I Hall. i The first regular meeting of the i delegates to the encampment will oc- ! cur on Wednesday morning in Tomlin--1 son Hall. Thursday will be ihe day of reunions of regimental associations of Indiana. The night will be remarkable for the grand reception of the delegates by the citizens of Indianapolis. Friday, the last day jf the encampment, will be deI voted to excursions through the gas _ । belt and at night to the str<mt parade of war pageantry. There seems now nothing threatening the success of tl^- . encampment. Anderson, Depuy & Co., steelman-L I ufacturers at Chartiers, employin^^ about 1,200 men, served notice that a 10 per cent, reduction in wages of employes would be made in all departments. The farmers’ big State elevator a, Duluth, Minn., will be built by T. H. O'Neil, of St. Louis. The bids were i opened at the State capital, and that ol I O'Neil, 8198,700, was found to be the ' lowest. The Tennessee Penitentiary Commission has selected the property of the Brusby Mountain Coal Company at Harriman as its site for the new Stab’ prison and coal mines. A MASS-MEETING was held at Tern Haute, Ind., to devise a plan for the relief of the 1,600 idle men. there.