Daily Citizen, The (Newspaper) - May 30, 1893, Iowa City, Iowa SINGLE THREE VOLUME IL A IOWA TUESDAY MAY 30. 1893. Is Seldom Obtained by a Badly Dressed People judge him by his It isn't but it is a fact SAW IT ON Over 100.000 Persons Attend the World's The Government and Fifteen State Buildings Cloud Friends of an Open Fair Gain a AT A DISADVANTAGE And go poorly dressed when we will sell you Suits in the latest patterns and designs at so low a price that you cannot afford to wear your old except tne engines ana dynamos of electric plant and the big pumps that supply the fountains and service Eighteen of the state buildings welcomed the fifteen barred their doors and seven were not near enough completion to take action that would indicate observance of the With but one exception eastern state buildings were On the other hand the except in three kept open The buildings of the following states were We cany the largest line of Trunks and Valises in the f city and at the lowest THE AMERICAN MARVELOUS Trips of New York on the Lake One Travels from New York to cago in Less Than Twenty Hours Other on THB WEST May The first tion steamed into the Van Buren street station of the Lake Shore Michigan Southern road just 2 minutes and 16 seconds before the time scheduled for it to make its The train was ahead of the time card at all stopping places between Buffalo and Chicago although no special effort was required to keep up the rate of speed maintained and several minutes were lost at each station waiting for the appointed ing time to The two fastest spurts of speed made during the trip were 83 and a fraction miles an hour and 10 1-5 miles in 6 minutes and 3 and The first of these was made between Stuyvesant N. 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The second was when the train approached Chicago a little east of South As a the trip was made without ex- or unusual incident of any Only six were made between New York and These were Toledo and each place a change of engines was not more than four minutes being required at any place to make the All officials and passengers alike having anything to do with the flyer unite in pronouncing the inaugural trip a great of the first east bound flyer over the Lake Shore road reached this city on schedule twenty hours from This train covered parts of the run at a 100-mile The result of the ran will the fact that the limit of fast time has not even yet been The run was made with monotonous freedom from accident The average speed per including was 48 but the average actual ning time was 68 miles an No stops for water were plies being scooped up from the eet track while the train was running at a 30-mile Several times during the trip a speed of 70 to 75 miles an hour was and on the up between Chesterton and 4.1 miles was covered in 8 minutes and 20 AND Greater by Floods Than Ever Known May waters of the lower Mississippi and its taries are higher than ever known be- fore and the of the the delta than in pre- vious There have been two days of continuous Levee after levee has crumbled before the apd whole parishes and counties have been swept of every living and growing The people have remained in their homes as long as but when the floods reached well up toward the roofs of their houses they escaped in canoes or on rafts to the The little provisions they had are giving and starvation and death are staring them in the The river boats cannot reach the hills in many places and it is almost sible to get provisions to the suffering The more thoughtful ones ered up the remnants of their chickens and took Some have rafted their stock to the This is the only hope for food for some of Exposure to continued rains is ing an epidemic similar to the and people are dying by the They are removed from all outside aid and too sick to make the heroic effort to get to places of safety and Those who sought shelter in accessible places are being cared for in tents and improvised shelters made of rough There are at least 000 people now in the lower homeless and in They mortgaged their prospective crops for supplies to keep them while putting in their crops are gone with their household houses and Found ST. May be- ing in the water nine days the body of Charles the millionaire ident of the Northwestern Cordage was found at Sunday evening at the Minnesota nsh The body had evidently floated with the current and lodged in a The point at which it was discovered was 2 miles below the bridge from which Rogers took his jump on May 19. Going May SO. President Cleveland will leave Washington Wednesday morning for a few He has been working very hard since his He has not averaged over four sleep a night and he believes a short rest will do him liabilities of N. May Yates schedules have been They show total nominal actual total contingent total A May panic in crowded church at Ba- was caused by a cry of fire and four children were trampled to death and twenty-seven women received fatal Wants Half May was begun in the circuit court to-day by the Com- national bank against the cago Eastern Illinois railroad to foreclose a trust deed for OPENED THE May 3u world's fair was open to the public The at- tendance was It did not go where near the figures which had been butit above the daily Saturday night it was an- that there would be between and persons in The count after 11 o'clock at night showed that tickets had been sold at the Add to these 751 children's tickets and the estimate of Mr. Tucker that 3.000 tickets were purchased and the total of paid admissions foots up The admissions on passes total to A Quiet It was a around and viewed the beautiful sights to be seen on every But five arrests were made during the There were no accidents The people did not to Jackson When far-off church bells were sounding faintly through the still air the vanguard began to As for some day of special cance the shining white palaces had been decked in added From every flagstaff on the buildings of the exposition proper a banner was All the great exhibit buildings were wide and on many of the foreign and state buildings fluttering flags an- that they were ready to come ever Many Family Gatekeepers reported that the most noticeable thing in the crowds which kept their turnstiles clicking was the presence of thousands of family Fathers and their children with brought great lunch baskets and came to spend the day in Jackson Several of the Columbian guards said that most of the visitors seemed to be people who had not been to the sition They did not know the names of the buildings and asked questions which showed that they new to the Those who were hunting for some particular interest seemed to favor the Art the Manufactures building and Mid- way It was hard to find what had the most attraction for Everything had to them the charm of From the south pond to the lake shore on the where the foreign ings stand in the crowds were almost equal in When Sousa's Marine band commenced to play sacred music in the north stand before the Administration people were quickly massed on the plaza and there during the day was perhaps the chief center of Through the Manufactures where most of the great exhibits were thrown there was a continuous stream of The German crowned with its was especially and about some of the splendid products of German looms and potteries the people seemed to linger with almost They into the French and looked at the statues and great vases with wide open The heavy curtains which concealed most of the exhibits were the subject of severe Out on the wide which curves along the lake shore thousands of people were They watched the ers far out on selves about the the great disappointed that its decks were closed to The benches and chairs along the esplanade and all about the court of honor were and men and women sat there for hours listening to the waves and the music of the To the children the Fisheries building was a great and there was a constantly ing crowd in and about it. Leaving the Fisheries the course of many was across to the Wooded island and down through the flower riotous with to the Grand ity building opened its magic doors to who looked on its wonderful display of electric effects with amazement hall and the palace of machinery were also visited by In the which on week days is filled with the roar of great was comparative The palace of fine stretching its impressive front along the north was tilled all day with people who wandered about amid its masterpieces with rapt Uncle Sam States Government building was closed tight as a and not even a flag was Although sands sought the naval pier no one was admitted to the and the station was closed to visitors for the The Woman's building was open in all its but was and the souvenir badges and booths were covered with Buildings None of the machinery nas running New North BOTH ABE A Terrible Tragedy at South New The following were states and New The headquarters of West Arkansas and Oklahoma are The Foreign Great Britain locked the doors of Victoria The only sign of life about the pretty building was the union jack flying from the New South Wales and East India lowed England's action and shut their Sweden threw open her doors for the first giving the public access to the galleries of the Swedish Thousands of Scandinavians climbed the broad stairs which lead to the per floors of the quaint MnM Open tie May 80. Judge Stein has entered the order for a preliminary in- junction restraining the world's fair directory from closing the world's fair on It was made on the petition of a stockholder and taxpayer named who made the plea that it was unlawful to close Jackson park or any other part of the South park system any day of the as the dedication act reads that it shall be to the public for- Synopsis of the Iii the decision the judge gave a resume el the of and the gist of the ments which he bad he tad appeared In dual relation to the as ft stockholder demanding a el Lls pecuniary interest and as a citizen for the common to all or free exercise of bis religions etc. The main points on which to decide this case were federal law Its moral aspects and the state In going over the federal law Judge Stein found that in the act of congress creating the exposition it expressly provided that no rule or regulation conflicting with the state Illinois should be Under this law the whole of Jackson park would be thrown open to the public on all days of the on October 12, 1893, the appropriation then made by congress provided for Sunday The condition was by the commissioners and THIS constituted a legal contract and thus far well and the gates could be kept closed the court went It tubes two to make a contract it takes two also to break He said that it had been shown that congress had withdrawn from Its agreement by withholding a part of the nothing to Show that the fair ties had accepted the additional condition had been given in he left the matter In the hands dt the fair Touching the moral the ground taken by me Intervening Charles H. who asked for an order for Sunday the court said that It could not consistently grant the petition Howard had taken the position that was a Christian ment and that Christianity was a Dart of the law of the is clearly not said the court position la clearly untenable In a country of re- ligious As to violation of the state it was held that though the had held that day opening was conducive to disturbance of public he had not proven his He then summed up by saying seems no valid moral or for not granting the temporary injunction as he would enter the restraining Bond was fixed at DR. GRAVES GOES Murders His Sets Fire to His House and Kills AN OLD MAN'S May mid- night Saturday night in a lage in this Christopher kus murdered his set nre to his house and killed was 75 years old and his wife Mrs. had been sick in bed for several During all that time refused to allow a physician in the claiming he could take care ot her She was a Catholic and he was and he objected to Catholic women calling upon Saturday two of the church women did call He abused and after they it is he and his wife had trouble over it. Nearly Cut Off Her at once sharpened a huge knife on a grindstone in the At while his wife was he entered her room and with one stroke nearly severed her head from her Then he set fire to the left the room and the He went upstairs through a trap securely it He then set fire to the furniture upstairs and thea killed himself by cutting his When the fire the men outside were afraid to attempt to enter because was known to be re- vengeful and to have a variety of arms in the Finally the door was broken down and the people They were in time to save the dead body of the woman from the When an attempt was made to go upstairs they found the door blockaded and A young man climbed a tree in the yard and by peeping Into a window he saw the body of lying on the The head and feet were at that time burned Like a Volley of had several boxes of in the house and the charged For a few moments it sounded like the rattle of Fully 500 cartridges but no- body was After the fire the of two muskets and four large re- were found in the ing that was well For a time the theory of double der but that was disproves when it was found that the house had not been had dug a large hole under the which was covered by a trap door in the In that hole he kept a number of wine jugs and this morning a jar was found there containing two tin in which were over 1300 in gold and It is known that had over in gold and but a few days ago he said he had buried a lot of it Grave and Coffin was always He never threatened to kill his but always said if she djed he would sit on her grave one night and kill himself the next Several years ago he dug a grave in his back yard for himself Whenever he had trouble with anyone he would crawl into the grave and lie there for hours un- til his wife or some other person induced him to leave it He also had a coffin in the open grave for a long but a few weeks ago he removed it to the where it was burned with He was of a very revengeful If neighbor's chicken strayed upon his lot he not only killed it but beat it to a jelly with a club or stamped it to IRON HALL TO tbe The Alleged Poisoner of Barnaby Out on Probability That Be Will Brought to Trial Second Time Ball Fixed at May SO. T. Thacher who last year was convicted of the murder of Mrs. ine of K. is now a free man for the first time in two During the morning he in Judge where his motion for a. new trial has been pending for some Without any delay the court set the new trial for June 13, and fixed the doctor's bail at Judge the doctor's signed the and the prisoner walked from the court The general opinion among lawyers and court officials is that this ends the mous since there is no expectation that the second trial will ever be Graves was sentenced by a Denver court to dig January 31, 1S92, but was an ex- tension of days by the governor In order to give the defense every chance that could be ex- time was afterward and tne instead of being has now been released on bail Graves had been con- ot poisoning a woman named Mrs. Barnaby in order to keep her from altering B will which tee had induced her to make out in his favor giving him The tial evidence the man la the trial New Supreme Sitting Work of Recent May new officers elected at the preme of the Order of the Iron Hall here last week have prepared a long circular announcing the reorganization and assuring members that proper depositories for the funds will be established in each and that a revised constitution and will be adopted at the adjourned session in so that the supreme justice will no longer have absolute control as in the past The order now has assets aggregating and a ship of An Engineer May 35 of the New Albany Chicago road struck a horse in the cattle guard west of Broad 8 miles from at 4 o'clock a. m. The engine and baggage car were turned over and three other coaches left the Engineer George T. Plant was fatally injured and died an hour after the accident Fireman liams was badly for Final Interment at NKW May day morning the body of In its copper transferred to a magnificent oak with heavy The cedar coffin In which the remains originally rested was returned to the vault and it was closed with the marble slab upon which was the fac simile of the signature of Jefferson and it will remain in that condition as long as the tomb of the army of northern Virginia The transfer was made early and privately at the family Tne body naturally out was in fair preservation and tbe face A guard of the Army of Northern Virginia veterans remained at the tomb all At 3 o'clock m mounted escort of Army of Northern Virginia veterans and shortly afterwards the escort conducted the casket in a closed hearse to the Memorial which was reached p. and here the casket was re- in silence by the United federate placed upon an oak catafalque and exposed to public The ceremonies Sunday were marked by an absence of enthusiasm and were as simple as the funeral of an humble barring the military A fringe of people lined the sidewalks and uncovered heads were the order of the day while the pageant passed on its measured march to the train in waiting to receive the May the arrival of the Davis funeral here the remains were taken from the car accompanied by a sion of veterans headed by escorted to the where they lay in state during the brief time the train Fully people visited the the bells of all the churches tolled u the procession moved from the depot the capitol and again on the At Mr. old the track and station platform had been carpeted with snow-white Gen. and Mrs. Joseph B. David boarded the train at this being accompanied by their little girl eral large floral tributes were at BMW voir laid upon the ENDED THE Oat of Money and Son of the Famous Blind Chay lain of Kills In Hfe May H. WML of tbe blind for many years pastor of the house at cut his own throat Sunday afternoon at tbe Saratoga hotel on Dearborn He was dead when His death was evidently carefully planned and consummated with most al tt evidently followed im- mediately upon the receipt of a letter from at re- fusing him further remittances of money enough and denying him entrance to the roof and still urging him to his own Upon ng this letter young Milburn seems to lave given up at once all thought ot ife and to have begun his to end his A Jacksonville dispatch saya that Chaplain W. H. Milburn was shocked upon learning of the suicide of his He stated that the youngj who was about 30 yean had led rather a wayward and reckless and was addicted to the of and but recently had taken the gold cure at In the past the old gentleman lias often been asked for and as often has rendered re- that being in his old and with limited he could no longer contribute to the support of a man in robust health and with ample facilities fur making a He therefore refused further financial Avenged Their Chief B May the Cass Lake Indian reservation in this state the venerable Chippewa was stabbed and instantly killed by an The chiefs relatives captured the assassin and shot him May firm one of the largest and most important in the coal ness in has turned all of its including its mines and coal over to D. V. of the Brick for the benefit of its Mr. Weaver estimates the liabilities at about 000, and assets at about Slow collections and a close money market are the causes assigned for the Table Showing the Standing of National League In the following table is shown the position occupied by the various in the struggle for the National league a. Louis Boston New 15 11 13 13 IS 13 13 8 6 10 11 II 18 H It 9 3 14 14 14 13 11 A rottery 0., May large pottery burned early Sunday Fire was started in the by an insured for in Wheeling Both Are May a living in and his Irene committed suicide by taking Another Bum or About May is reported that China will terminate all with the United States if the Geary law ig Driving Oat the May id- vices state that a decree expelling the Chinese has been issued by the ment of San
