Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-08-06

completely is Il enYeloped that no
one would dream Of its existence,
and it was in this hail, then in
complete, that Benjamin Harrison
received the endorsement in 1888,
which gave him passport TO the
white house. "A conspicuous fea-
ture Of the building is its tower,
the top Of which is reached by an
eleyator-toll 25 cents-from which
can be seen all of Illinois and most
Of Chicago-aceording to the dem
izens OF that burg.
The continuous grind" ofnews-
paper life has, SO far as that class
Of humanity is concerned, robbed
the Sabbath of much Of the sanctity
which the Pilgrim fathers accorded
it, and knowledge Of this fact
gave the worlds fair commission
ers the opportunity they sought.
Hence, instead OF being escorted
to church, the visitors were loaded
into carriages and upon tally-ho
coaches and taken out to Jackson
and Washington parks, the site Of
the coming exposition Thus far
only the work of excavating has
begun, but it looked as though
preparations were being made for
erecting a whole city at one time.
When our people go up in 1898 to
see the show, they will no doubt
be slow to believe that much Of the
ground was two years before des-
olate, barren, sandy waste, brt
such is the case. The purpose,
so far as possible, is to retain the
parks as they now are and build
the exposition buildings to one
side upon the ground at present
unimproyed
Monday morning the party en-
barked, via the Chicago q North
western in special train Of eleven
Pullman yestibule ears and bag
gage car, for st. Paul. Just what
that baggage car was for was some
what OF a mystery at first, but at
Milwaukee the riddle was solved.
That city was reached during a
rain storm, and a stop was made
Just long enough to change engines
and for the Pabst Brewing com.
pany to fill that baggage car with
beer.
From here the road bears off to
the west, and an hours ride
brought us to Waukesha-the wa
tering place Of the northwest
whore a carriage ride about the
city and a grand spread at the
Fountain Spring House had been
arranged. The beauties of the city
were in a great measure hidden
from the visitors by the carriage
curtains which it was necessary to
put up in order 70 keep out the
drlzzling rain
Although Waukesha was once
the writer's home, twenty years
and more had obliterated nearly
every familiar object, and only the
"oldest inhabitant' could answer
the queries he put. The celebrat-
ed Bethesda spring remains, but
its identity has departed Owing
to the great demand for its waters
ii has been walled up to keep every
drop and catch as much as possible
of that which falls from Nature's
great reservoir.
Madison, the capital Of the
state of Wisconsin, was the
next stopping place and was
reached about four O'Clock a sail
upon the lake, supP.r, and arecep.
ton BY GOV. Peck <the bad boy S
father) at the capitol, occupied five
hours and we were escorted to our
train by the brass band playing
CLONE, Sweet Home" Madison
Is without doubt one Of the hand
somest towns in the United States,
but, from appearances, must live,
ike Tahlequah, upon the money
paid out by the state.
Late breakfast time found us at
ST. Paul, and the town was out in
holiday attire to bid the party well
come. A few minutes before the
ST. Louis special via the Burling-
ton had arrived, and the office of
the hotel Ryan, which had been
selectedas headquarters, presented
an appearance not unlike the grain
pit in the Chicago chamber Of COM
merce.
As the proceedings of the con-
yertion, which occupied four days,
could only interest the few, in detail
they will be omitted There were
present AZ members, represent
ing y associations, and with their
ladies made a party of over 500
persons. The benefits TO be derived
by association-by an interchange
of views--are admitted generally,
and to no class can these benefits
be of greater value than to the
newspaper fraternity, which has
grown to be recognized as "the salt
Of the earth. Mr.. r. w. Steph-
ems, the retiring president, from
Columbia, No, covered himself
with honors, and the association
partially covered him with dia-
monds, as it did to about the same
extent Mr.. J. NJ. Page, Of Jersey
Vile, H., corresponding secretary.
Mr.. Page is an excellent officer,
and received recognition in the
shape of a unanimous reelection.
The editors did not stop at this;
they are always recognized as Ma
poleons OF finance. They voted
Mr.. Page a salary OF two or three
thousand dollars a year and then
made the discovery that there was
but four OF FIVE hundred in the
treasury.
The officers elected for the en-
suing year are as follows
President, Hon ~. s. Cappeller,
OF the Mansfield, Ohio, Daily News.
First vice-President Mr. B. J.
Price of Wisconsin.