, 1881-03-27

ing there was one dread roar: The n,.cHnea' wnaS
howled. buildings tunblca, names rsnnon or
the lmrstin9 Of 1ncteors. It was such scene as
imagine Dante could see T9en r hups nn th
the 1nferno Of hts Una mashaon ,,ar Vas no bower TO
cnecE them It burned, burned, burned, atlIi .a's
there was nothing more to burn. Nho can sen
~ his Iast home, and without record being icft
even Of ashes to give bis name. II 10 satu H. F,I
probably atnonsand were nS eIeshiv millions Of dol
1are 4Fere swept away. Thousands and tnou-
sands Of men who had been in moderaler .'a7 CUM
Portable crGum stances oe, rae oa1 1Hnndrede. ave,
thousands, who had been before tna' . LINE hsad
ing IN wealth had not wherewlth TO ony oe,n nreuu
~ ~ a s,,ot wheyeou TO lay their heads retnen-
bct meeting one mGn who was Wealtay & oHs, y,
sunposed to be millionaire. ln his agony ~. nc
SAID to ne: haxe not n 6nS esnt Is sepe asct ~
g4eaS Thefe Was feeling Of despair throughout this
community. agonlzed despair sia wneh cs,cx, am5,
ssk. s,sk tssf slepf tss he wo4ia %as 's@s ~as
Gaming t., our rescue with charity. and money
Was coming, and food for our people. LAP
ps. and from that moment regenerated Chicago
Knew no such thing as fatertng, and she nus
gone on mutt! .hIs he Queen Gy Of the lakes hes,
Tonight to endeayorto commemorate.
Let NE recount tn you little anecdoto that
happened Two days afteE re nre mot Wa teuant of
one * nv principals, who few months before
had had a fine building burned up: AIS taco ,co
him. said to him: !" Stephen. sou are burned
out at last; what are you going to do?' ne re-
piled: Mr.. Harrison. when that nrc came ose'
Us felt that all hope was gone: sat Gown er
pcctnx to spend my last days in poverty. ont
-and the tears trickled down his cneeksE,wnen aa
tbs news came how rs world was Senoaas d nG, .,I,
donations to Chicago 1t gnve me pluck, ano l an
sfne Ing io eommenee 1na @ Sui.d,ns IApplauss That
the fs9g ~ 3ns d Se a n met here to
commemorate it, TO fasten It In the neasts, nos "
only OF ourselves. but OF all time 70 c1,ns, o.
suffered rs no city ever suffered. and tna1 no
city on the face Of tile globe was ever "ofe W.
fnded By mansin an5 ApR'ahpsf e 9he n,,ons of dol
lars that poured into the lap OF ChleaEo has ms
been spent and gone The monument or u .nas has
IEes Ia tie Chcagoans heart That lives there.
and viii llve fresh as long as we i've VINO AZ ase
contemporary. But there is one little LING aG
/ said all Was gone; l made one mlstahe.
4 Few THOUSAND Volumes of books donated by
Tom Huges nud British authors are ne.s r.. ~ e. .
!ne any fof ef
a Il was n ms 81 friend Mr: Alien. member Of the
ce1yed tie idea that that should be the nucleus
Of a vast library. and around It snoula ue
thrown vast building that should DC nomh- ,,i,-
iished in the pupers letters setting forth his
Dian. At once everybody conceded thht It was
an 4'nK w be- he re Ting TO be
Aliens plan Is, and 1t is GOOD one, 70 naye ,
subscnPtion-ltst sent through every waFd. along g
fSe ssery Ssg of cbsago et
Take from the millionaire his thousands; from
the moderate man bis hundreaS: nake ,hat atoa ,ra
can cet enough to erect q magnificent building
TEen what Should that building be? i should
befirepToof; It should be ornamental. It should
III nj hA means enough. IN
art museum. But there should De one osner
thing that I want to present 70 YOU. LIS lnsse .
6eaatiful ] and vanited ee.ltng that should be
cailed the Memorial Hall. Its architectural
style should be such chat on us Maas rs, can m , 1e
oTafed to-day or tomorrow. or next year. but ns
men at genius in after years. excited by tue rec.
ollecons or the tIadlenns oi tne - T.
Hre commenorutIon. In that room there should
be spIeudidly bound volumes OF heavy paper. On
which the name or each subscriber. II II pc 50
littie as one cent which some .poor SCHOOL
boy may give, may be recorded Lei tne nane 2
Of every person TINT snosesaDeoe a. q Gh,carn Let t
fhem be put ther. in alfabetical order or under
heads, and thus 20 down 10 the latest geneiranon M
as the men, women. and children who bnllt TINS
monument. [Applause:] 1n that room there
should be relics of the nrs, all that We can get,
properly arranged, and every single otspatGn t,.a
Tata iudlvIduals, by cities or by corporations,
TO The Ctr OF Chicago, or TO corporations or 10
diy1dua5S In chicago 1euuelluG uCtP VI plS-
santinr mems. Those letters should bs there
memorial to Be kept 1esh 9f
nifrs {Applause.l A clerk should be employed
business f would be n.f TO eoPy q tSa on enesa
Nonns Them Ia that ia after years people CON-
,, Ing from foreign countries may look over them
and find dispatch that they "rose 10 Cnloago
making donation. :.
Here let me call your attention t. one TACT
that happened in my experience. when stting ns1
at the table d. h6:e in Germany some one found
was from Chicago. and came up to me saying:
"You are from Cbtcago? " nave
rot an interest in that town." looked up to
htm. suppoaing he was going to consult me as I tq
how bis rea! estate was valued: nut ne ne edid; E..a
goI an interest in that ETY. Thousands OF peoa pna
ffhev have an interest in our city. We want u
commenorate those things [Appause]
Now. ladies and gentlemen. It was ne men e
minutes. but nobody WIS here 70 call III, ne Na to
order, have transgrcssed the rue. WI keep
others from doing So unless they are exceeding
ly good takers