New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-12

the club hes determined that only tcpcs Of tho day
shall DO discussed Tho greet speech Of tho occasion
will be made by Mr. Chaunoey ~ pepsw whose subject
will DO The Political Mission Of tho United States
Mr.. Dopew will sp~sk VI tbs 'e"trai Music Han on
the afternoon Of the a2d At O'Clock tho dinner Is to
be given, aiser which tnere will DO moro speakers.
among them Justice Harlan, |" Tho Supreme Court OF
the United States Andrew Carnegie. "United States
Ctt,senship' and Congressman Butterworth, OF ono'
sour Commercial Relations with our American Nesh-
bora
rrcstdcnt Eliot Of Harvard has boon in CHICAGO this
Club whose thirty nrst annual banquet Vas g:ySn 90
Thursday night In the Afternoon, CT the ssre Gay
their new home on tho Lake Share drive in honor OF
Harvsrds president At the banquet Ec:
sSdpe Mssrnaer. OF tho supreme Court Of Illinois Mr.
Lincoln, Writ Doxter and Mr.. Furncss the president
Of his speech MI Eliot expressed his plsssdre at
being able to say that Harvard as well as Yale was
smoke aId said that II Horace Greeley had Chicago
and the West Of today. he would have CHANGED ms
were the worstp as college men had made the West
what II is.
british Americans IN Chicago .s support fer the Inc
we'll edited weekly journal. The nrst issue of 1.-THE
Western British Am 'rcann has 1a appsSrcd ssoeas
ton Of Illinois, which aims a. brineine into the fold
OF American citizenship all eTeraDts OF British birin
support Of justly constituted authorities the advocacy
OF free schools, opposition 10 dynamite and all violent
methods for the aielorstiOn of social evils Tho al
lerorcal design which heads the paper displays the
Union Jack and tho American nag, lovingly cntaneicd
while the eagle, its talons hidden bcueafh an ample
covering Of peaceful looking feathers, gazes al the
smiling British Hon
Tho purpose OF the Ctizens' Association to prlnS
quo worran proceedings against tho Gas Trust IS SUN
a subject OF unch talk brokers and holders OF
the gas securities. There has been practically no
market for the gas trnst certificates this week 1hey
were offered rs low ss thirty fonr and one half though
thirty siy had for time boon tho lowest sellers
grr previously and steps have bren faen by persons
owning considerable amounts of tho stock and bonds
not yet insiders to sell out Bnt conferences were
held with high up In tho councils of the tr,st,
vho n ;. only Oppose selling but stated that within
a few days thero wonld be developments which would
give strength to the market.
The officials Of tho street DEPARTMENT have been
considering the met nod OF paving with wooden
blocks which n Is said has rcccntlv heen tried with
success in London Tho granite Is being talon mp
and wooden blocks put down. fastened with iron clasps
10 keep thom "a given dist ance apart The intnrsfices
are then filled with hydraulic cement mixed with river
gravel This pavement. which Is put down on 'aver
Of concrete ls said 10 bc more enduring than grante
and much better adapted for heavy traffic IL costs
only 81 so wn;lo granite costs ST. per Square yard
Chicago has experienced moro different kinds OF
weather This week than is generally allotted 10 cities
in tho winter II has rained. hailed and showed and
the mercury had a range Of almost 20 degroes. ~
40 degrees sbGvo zcro Monday. ana from I! To 70
degrees below on Wednesday. The streets and pave
nents which were mn ming wifi mud and wafer the
first part Of the week transformed into glare
of ice by the sudden freeze.