Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1890-07-24

press OF Boston held in CotiIlon
hall, under the auspices of the
Massachusetts Charitable Mechan-
ic association, an organization dat
ing back TO 1895. and whose first
president was Paul Revere. This
association owns a building cover
ing 10000 feet of land, costing
half million dollars, in which
tri-ennial exhibitions are held, the
next occurring in October Of this
year.
One of the conspicuous figures
present At the reception, venerable
and stately in bearing. was Julia
Ward Howe, a lady whose writ
ings and whose speeches have de-
lighted the intellectual masses Of
two hemispheres. During the
day she had been invited before
the association and delivered a
very earnest address, describing
at some length her experiences
year after year before the Legislature
in an endeavor to secure for her sex
the much-cOveted ballot. She al
so described her model Of news
paper, independent of everybody
the advertisers and railroads as
we'll.
The annual election, which oc-
CURED Friday, was the last bust
ness of the convention, proper,
and resulted as follows:
President, Mr.. Z. w. Stevens. of
Missouri; first vice president, DR.,
w. D. II. Hunter, of Indiana;
second vice president, w. E. Pa
Dor, of Colorado; third vice presi-
dent, Judge n. A. Cravens, of Tex
as; corresponding secretary, J. NJ.
Page, OF Illinois; recording secre-
tary, VIM. Kennedy, of Pennsvl-
vania; assistant secretary, Miss
c. A. Huling. of Illinois; treasur-
er, A. II. LOwrie, of Illinois.
In the afternoon 4 sail down the
bay was taken in q fine steamer
chartered for the occasion by May
Ur Hart, giving a breath OF sea air
and TO some 4 lasts of seasicknees.
That evening two grand, closing
banquets were rendered, one at the
Parker house for the ladies and
the other at the American house
for the gentlemen. Speaking for
the latter, the champaign and wis
dom flowed apace, and at eleven
O'Clock when the company arose,
and joining hands were dismissed
by The singing of "Old Lang
Sine" it was with a feeling of re-
gret that go was in"
The menu card, designed for
and adapted to the occasion, was
a novel affair, duly marked by the
proOf-reader until It resembled 4
galley" set by the hardest old
typographical tourist on the road.
The toast-master, Col. Taylor, was
an artist in his role, and was es-
pecially fortunate in the selection
Of the gentlemen called upon for
responses. Among ihe number
was the well known Joe Howard,
4 writer whose matter brings as
high price as that Of any man in
the profession.
To touch, even though but bref-
ly, upon the many points of inter-
est about this historic city is to
pass beyond the limited space Of
4 newspaper to the broader pages
of book. Turn which way YOU
will, 4 magic panorama seems
passing before the vision. The
Old Town House, which was the
scene of the Boston massacre in
1770, the old North Church with
its identical belfry in which Paul
Revere hung his signal lights,
made famous by Longfellow, Bun
ker Hill, which witnessed strug-
gle costing the colonists many OF
their bravest spirits-all these /
places are reached in a half hours /
ride and all are surrounded with I
memories the most hallowed, TO /
every American heart. Surely |
Boston has just cause for the pride /
which is attributed to her, and It's 1
not these mementOes of the pas. /
alone which make her great but /
the refinement. the intelligence
and learning of her citizens Of to-
dav-