The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-07-22
WHERE THE BOMB FELL.
FAME FOR ONE UNKEMPT ALLEY IN
THE CITY OF CHICAGO.


Changers, Capitalists, Travellers and CITY
People ThrongIng to the Scene of the
northumberland Finding the Spot
= source Of Conside rable Profit.
there is a certain alley on the west side
where more strangers can be seen every
day than in any other particular spot III
Chicago. A few weeks ago no one Io1Iefeo
about this uukenpt alley and the entrance
to il was always partially chOked at even
tide by several big trucks. This Is WhaU
served primarily to make 1t the hoIe-
worthy place it is now. On the evening
Of May the Anarchist leaders chose inns
spot to make their speeches and lnPFo-
yised a platform from the trucks. IL Is
here that the first NIhlllsJlc oolhD was
hurled on American soil
Throngs of people daily visit this spot
and stand about vainly endeavorIng 70
satisfy their morbid curiosity. a great
majority of these people are from INC
country. They consider the Spot one Oh
the MANY attractions of Chicago, and, 10
indigo by the comments of some OF these
vranoers. the bomb was thrown chiefly tor
the purpose of furnishing Chicago WIN
another attraction for country folk
wall" fervently calculated tall, sun
burned man, with a nasal twang 10 ms
voice, as he led up freckled-faced woman
and two overgrown lads, this IS the exact
spot tew a. inch Them fellers thrown
that air boom right frum that air little
lane inter the plice officers. Yer seem
the spot with yer own eyes now, Marlaf'
The freckled- faced woman and the two
bows were too much impressed with Jhe
gravity of the situation to reply
"Me an the folks cum all the way trum
Posey county" remarked the enterprlslng
granger. bubbling over with Importance,
addressing a bvstander "Me an the folks
gused ter go to st. LOOy every spring DuC
when l hern bout these booms recKohed
ole St Looy didn't hev nuthln teW haCcH'
and so | cum ter Chicago.
yIsITING THE FATAL SPOT.
There are many persons who are not
zrangers who visit the fatal spot They are
travellers who are passing through Gnt
city. and stay over at some OF the DIS
hotels They hire a carriage to take theu
about. and the hackmen were not long II
discovering that none was too mgh-tohe'
Or blase not to wish to see the fataI spo
in Haymarket square. Ihey consequent u.
aput him on the list" along with the parks
the water-works and the stock yards Al
observing hackman, and one of the first I
take strangers to the square, says I'll
place is one of the best in point OF lnteres
Of anything on the route.
DTS a time-killer and saver for IN
horses, !" he remarked, thOughttully, an
puzzles me to know what there Is aoou
The burned old alley to interest old chap
with silk hats. But they're the felleI
that 90 all to piece over there
pull up at the alley, and SIN
mt Here's the place where Cn
bomb was hoisted. Then n waits IL
orders to drive on. Well, sir, I've had Cd
durndest lot of old fellers with sn
hats, wide foreheads, and bald paUch'
you ever set eyes on As soon as
get 'em to the place they falls into u
dumps. They just sits and pulls away
their whiskers, an looks at the alley
then at the street or back at the alley.
used to wake 'em up an drive away, D'
now let 'em sit there an charge time.
have noticed that most of these felie
come from the Grand Pacific, an L que
they're capitalists"
Sunday afternoon fewer strangers al
more city people than on any other DAY
the week visit the scene of the riot. Maj
are workingmen and come with tht
families. As a rule they loudly denoun
the bonb-throvver and all his associate
but occasionally greasy fellows WI
SLOUGH hats laugh exultantly, talk
oether in a foreign tongue, and then sWs
ger off The visitors are not, hoWeV
confined to any particular class. Ma
well-dresSed men stop oppoSte Uhe "a
and gaze thoughtfully at the street toI
few moments and then pass on.
After all, this tendency of human XII
to visit the scenes of bloodshed is nothl
new but it is still strong. 1t. lasts Tor G.
turtles and people, even now, are standl
in Hollywood castle gazing at the 81
where the lover of Mary Queen OF scots
said to have lost his life three centur
ago.-Chicago News.