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


press Of Boston Held III Cotilior
hall, under the auspices Of th'
Massachusetts, Charitable Mechan
ic association, an organization dat
ing back to 1895. and whose frs
president was Paul Revere. This
association owns a building cover
ing 100000 feet of land, costing
half a 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 busi-
ness of the convention, proper,
and resulted as follows:
President, Mr.. +. w Stevens, Of
Missouri; first vice president, DR.,
w. d. Ii. Hunter, Of Indiana;
second vice president. w. f. Pa
Dor, Of Colorado; third vice presi-
dent, Judge Ma. Cravens, ,of Tex
as; corresponding secretary, j M.
Page, OF Illinois; recording secre-
tary, VIM, Kennedy, of Pennsyl-
vania; assistant secretary, Miss
G. A. Huling. Of Illinois; treasur-
er, A. II Lowrie, OF Illinois.
In the afternoon a sail down the
bay was taken in a fine steamer
chartered for the occasion by May
or Hart, giving a breath Of sea air
and to some a taste Of seasickncss.
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 apaoe, 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-
greet that $50 was in. -
The menu card, designed for
and adapted to the occasion, was
novel afflir, duly marked by the
proof-reader until it resembled a
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-
peciall4a fortunate in the selection.
of the gentlemen called upon for
responses. Among the number
was the well known Joe Howard,
a 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
a newspaper to the broader pages
of a book. Turn which way you
will, a magic panorama seems
passing before the vision. The
Old Town. House, which was the
scene Of tho Boston massacre in
l770, 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 a strug-
gle costing the eolonists many Of
their bravest spirits all these
places are reached in n half hours
ride and all are surrounded with
memories the most hallowed, to
every American heart. Surely
Boston has just cause for the pride
which is attributed TO her, and 'tis
not these memeutoes of the past
alone which make her great but
the refinement, the intelligence
aud learning other citizens of to-
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