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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-06-24

worth's plucky, and any one who fools
with him may get hurt" The nervous,
wiry, black bearded, overworked deputy
coroner, DR.. Schaeffer, was evidently
anxious Ainsworth should leave the
scene, but he would not and forced the
inquest to adjourn.
AS he sat at the inquest, Ainsworth
looked able to care for himself against
ordinary odds. He is'nearly feet tall
and weighs about 100 pounds. 1t is said
that he taught boxing when young
man. However that may be, he is an,
athlete, and his bullying chest pushes
plainly against his garments. His hair
and mustache are black, complexion
rather sallow, features good and strong
and plainly showing logged will.
Ainsworth is a Vermonter. In 1874
he entered the army as an assistant sur
geon by examination after graduation
from Columbia college. Five years later
he was captain, serving meanwhile in
the far northwest, Alaska, Lower Cali
fornia and Arizona. At Fort Macintosh,
in the southwest, there is a little gym
nasium, and persons stationed there say
Ainsworth was a handy man with his
fists and skillful on the bars.
In 1880 he was assigned to duty at
San Antonio, Tex, and staid there five
years. He was accounted the best sur
geon in the state and a companionable
fellow. There he married sweet, re-
fined woman, a former Washingtonian
and sister-in-law of Colonel Haywood,
commandant Of the marine barracks
here. His own disposition is that of a
good friend or bitter enemy, with little
regard for feelings.
The opportunity which is said to come
to every man at least once in a lifetime
came to Colonel Ainsworth in 1886. Ey-
cry time pension was applied for the
surgeon generals office was asked for the
hospital record. These pension calls were
10000 in arrears. There were about 5000
big hospital ledgers, arranged on no sys-
tenn. Each call was answered by search
ing through the ledgers until the name
wanted was found. Sometimes the search
took three months. The records from
constant thumbing were becoming indie
Clpu6fdUlc. OuC0 ODllUClc tICu, tuO lOCOIUo
were gone irretrievably. Secretary En-
dicott wanted some one to bring order
out of approaching chaos. Choice fell on
Captain Ainsworth, then in New York
Colonel Ainsworth invented no new
system. His merit consists in the appli-
cation of something that had not there
tofore been devoted. He applied the
card catalogue system to the hospital
records. He had the hospital rolls gone
through and the entry made against each
mans name placed on separate cards.
These were all placed in a great hopper,
and everything as to each man assem-
bled and his whole hospital record trans
ferred on single card. These cards
were then properly arranged. Now, if
mans record is wanted, the card can be
obtained in an instant and its contents
transcribed and put back in place. The
system is wonderfully accurate.
Colonel Ainsworth is believer in mill
tary discipline and is probably ambi-
tious. During the past winter he told
the house appropriation committee,
which asked about pension reforms, that
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-06-24
THE NIXON BUILDING.

The interest that attached to tbs
building is related in the words Of an
inscription that was placed upon the
cornerstone after the big fire. It was
as follows:
This freproof building was the only one in
the city that successfully stood the test of the
great fire of October 5 and Q, 1871.
The building was not finished when
the fire occurred, though theswalls were
plastered and the floors laid. The in
terror was full Of lumber intended for
finishing purposes, and in some of the
rooms it was piled nearly to the ceiling.
The structure was in the midst of the
burned district, and the test which it
withstood was exceptionally severe.
When the fire was over, it was the only
building that could be fixed up for oc-
cupancy, its walls and rooms being prac-
tically intact. Ten days after the fire it
was all ready for tenants. The tenants
were also ready for the building, and it
is said that business men used to follow
Mr.. Nixon around begging for 5-year
leases at exorbitant rents.
The secret of the buildings noncom-
bustibility lay in the. fact that the iron
beams were heavily coated with plaster
Of paris, which practically noncon-
ductor of heat. Mr.. Nixon, on the ad-
vice of his architect, had insisted on this
being done, though his contractors tried
to make him believe it was useless. Mr..
Nixon had boasted that he was going to
erect a building that should last till the
crack Of doom, and he watched the con-
tractors carefully to see that their neg
lect did not interfere with his plans. He
was'well repaid for his watchfulness.
The building was originally five stories
high and cost about $3.50, 900, but two
stories were added in 1885. 1t had mar
BILE wainscoting and floors in the halls
and iron stairways and was an archi-
tectural wonder in it's day. The first
story was of limestone and the upper
part of Ohio sandstone. The foInda-
tions were extra thick and well con-
GREETED.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-06-24
Alcohol as a Pick Me Up.

When you are travelling, alcohol is in
valuable. After. long, dusty journey
there is nothing more refreshing than
the odor of rose scented alcohol, and ap-
plication of the saturated flannel to the
face will rub out the tired wrinkles as
we'll as the accumulated dust and per-
spiration and leave your face fresh and
spotlessly clean.
After tiresome shopping expedition
tits the best thing imaginable to bring
up your color and your spirits for lunch
and the matinee. In fact, it is just one
Of those never failing helps that "a wom-
an always likes to have at hand, and II
once you learn its value you will feel
that it Is a necessary adjunct to YOUR
toilet table and handbag. New York
Commercial Advertiser.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-06-24

At the sixth annual meeting of the as
ISOLATION, held in Washington city in
1889, President Charles z. Adams of
Cornell rendered a high compliment to
his predecessor by a simple statement of
the admitted facts that down to 1857 the
study of history in colleges was no more
than a dry and formal textbook affair
and that in 20 years thereafter it took
high rank among the independent
courses.
In October, 1857, the students at Ann
Arbor, Mich, were surprised and not a
little amused to see seated among the
professors very young and fair gentle
man of strikingly modest mien whom
one of them had just addressed on the
campus with the current satirical ques-
tions: "Going to enter freshman, eh2
Classical? Well, look out for old Boise
Greek professor)! He's your toughest
pill"
twas the new professor of history and
literature, Andrew Dickson White, who
had been graduated from Yale in 1858,
had passed three years in Europe, first at
Paris and Berlin as student, and then
at st. Petersburg as an attache of the
American legation, and had then devot-
ed a year at Yale to historical studies.
He was even then but % years old and
SO very youthful looking that the sopho-
more who ''chaffed" him declared that
he took him to be ''17 or thereabouts !"
In five years he had made history the
favorite study in the University of Michi-
gan.
About 1870 all the colleges seemed
moved with desire to raise history to a
higher rank in their curricula, and in
1881 Cornell for the first time gave the
entire service of one professor to that
subject, Professor Moses Colt Tyler being
the man. At Cambridge seven profess
ors and teachers are now employed, and
eighteen courses are offered; at Yale two
or three professors are engaged in this
work and at Cornell four. At Johns
Hopkins different system was adopted,
the plan being to encourage independent
work. Finally, in 1884 the present as
ISOLATION was organized, and its progress
has been phenomenally rapid.
DR.. James Burrill Angel, president of
the association, also president of Michi-
gan university, was born in Scituate,
R. l., Jan. Z, 1897, and was graduated
from Brown university in 1850. Since
that date he has divided his time almost
equally between university work and the
life OF literary man and diplomatist.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-06-24
A PROMINENT FIGURE.
Colonel Fred c. .AinsWorth Is Now
Much Discussed.
Indignation Arising From the Collapse of
the Old Pension Shanty-A Man of Force
and Executive Abi1ity-Hated, Admired
and Feared.
Especial Correspondence.l

Especial Correspondence
WASHINGTON, June 22.-The most dis
cussed man in Washington is Fred Cray
ton Ainsworth, colonel in the United
States army and chief of the record and
pension division, war department. There
has been nothing since Guiteau's time
approaching the Indignation arising from
the recent collapse of the Building in
which nearly 500 men were at work.
This indignation is mostly directed
against Colonel Ainsworth. His worst
haters are his clerks, of whom many ap-
pear to have smoldered with rage against
him for years.
Among high public officers he has lots
of believers, for Colonel Ainsworth is a
man who has achieved results. The
method by which he has accomplished
these results is a matter of contention.
Their accomplishment none denies. He
seems to have been forceful, driving
man, who, like a great contractor, was
willing to take risks. He is now going
quietly about his business heedful but
not excited over the clamor against him.
Amid the shouts Of "Murder" .Hang
him!' at the inquest the other day he
sat quiet, pale and calm, evidently appre-
ciative of the critical situation, but not
unduly alarmed. That an insurance on
his life would be an unusual risk he
knows. At the inquest a revolver was
in his pocket and was taken secretly
from him by a friend. When / spoke to
Smith Thompson, one of his bitterest
clerks, about danger, he said, Gains
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-06-24

OF Old e n burg, DUKE OF SCHLESWIG-
who will visit HOLSTEN.
the Columbian exposition in September
as the personal representative of his
brother-in-law, Emperor William of
Germany.
The duke is the only brother of the
Empress Augusta Victoria and is Of
the elder branch of the house of Hol-
stein, which is descended from Chris
tan I, king of Denmark, Norway and
Sweden in the fifteenth century; hence
the ''heir in Norway" which figures SO
peculiarly in his official title. He has
large estates, but is noted for the sim
plicity of his manners and his demo-
cratic tastes. He takes no interest what
ever in politics and very little in court
affairs, but is fond of the turf and owns
a splendid collection of horses.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-06-24
II WAS FlREpRooF.

Demolition of the Only Building That Es-
capped the Chicago Fire.
In this era of freproof buildings that
burn with the celebrity of the traditional
finder it seems like an act of vandalism
to destroy structure that has not only
proved to be what it pretended, but
q landmark Of historic interest. Never
theless a Chicago syndicate has done
that very thing in demolishing the old
Nixon building, on the corner of Monroe
and La Sale streets, to make room for
another mammoth of the skyscraping
variety. 50R
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-06-24

though he is too
young to have
achieved fame on
the field of battle,
as he has not yet
turned the
pic t re is Of
Ernst Guenther,
duke of Schles-
wig H oil s tein,
heir in Norway,
count of Stor-
marn and the
Ditnarshes, also
a
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-06-24
Her Signature.

A certain young English woman, Miss
Rose BRINE, exhibited a small oil sketch
at recent exhibition. She appended to
her picture label inscribed, mot by
James McNeill Whistler" No one as yet
has found out whether it was joke or an
evidence of egregious personal vanity
Exchange
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-06-24

has proved to his critics that they have
no small man to deal with. He is among
the most learned of photographers and
as editor of a Narrative and Critical
History of America has a high rank
among historians. The eminent George
Bancroft was also president of the asso-
citation. j. II. BEADLE.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-06-24
WlLHELM's BRoTHER-lN-LAW.

The Athletic Young Man Who will Rep
resent the Kaiser In Chicago.
Of robust physique, fond of outdoor
sports, one of the best horsemen in
Europe, loving the military profession
to which his high rank in the German
nobility almost necessarily deyotes him,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-06-24

the commissioner of pensions had no
more authority over his clerks than a
country schoolmarm. The way to run
the pension business, he said, was to put
it under the army. The chief should be
at least a brigadier general. Colonel
Ainsworth protested that he would not
want the place even at that.
G. II. MERILLAT
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-06-24
AMERICAN HISTORY.
The Coming Convention Of Its Lead
ing ExpOnents.

Increased Interest I'm the Study of History
In American Schools and Colleges and
Improved Methods of Teaching-The In
Nuenee of Professor White.
Authors and readers alike look eagerly
for the reports of the July conventions
at Chicago, whittier writers, librarians,
philologists and dabblers in folklore are
now taking their course from all parts
of the civilized world. Naturally Amer
leans will be most numerous, and of
gatherings which may be called exclu-
sively American by far the most impor-
tant and interesting will be the ninth
annual meeting of the American Histor-
ical association.
No other organization has gained in
general interest more rapidly than this
has in its nine years of existence, and lit
tie wonder, as its membership comprises
such men as Dr. Andrew d. White, for
merly of Cornell; James B. Angel of
Michigan university, Justin Winsor,
Charles K. Adams, Hon. George Bouri-
not, Hon. John Jay and many others
scarcely inferior in reputation, the total
making nearly 700 of the most thorough
scholars and earnest searchers after
truth in the world. And of all these
DR.. White is probably entitled to the
first honor for having led the way in
making history a science in American
colleges.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-06-24
Summer Comfort FOR Lazy People.
Especial Correspondence

The big piazza rocking chair comes
this season with a patent fan attach
ment. While you rock the fan SWAPS.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-06-24

DR.. Justin Winsor, a former president
of the association, has survived the rather
savage attacks made on him for denying
originality of design to Columbus and
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-28
Tor SALE.

'oA SAhE'
HAVING A LARGE SUP
PLY OF OLD PAPERS ON
HAND WE WILL FOR THE
NEXT WEEK SELL SAME
FOR 10 CENTS PER 100.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-28
N + s :: Wy Aorfo|ksW esternR.R

SCHEDULE IN EFFBCT SEPTEMBER 8, 1893
wBsrBoUND, LEAVE ROANOKE DAILY.
500 a. m. Nv arlington and Chattanooga limited)
for Bristol and beyond. Stops only at Chyis-
tiansburg and Kadford, also at principal
stations west OF Radford. Pullman sleepers
to New, Orleans sud Memphis Dining car
attached
$40 .. N. for Rsdford. Blueheld, Pocahontas,
Ekhorn, Clinch Valley Division and Louis
Vile via Norton
A:26 p. NJ. THE CHICAGO EXPRESS TO
Bueaeld, Pocahontas. Kenova, Columbus
and Chicago. Pullman Buffet Sleeper Norfolk
to Chicago without change.
North AND HAsTBoUND. LHAvB ROANOKE DAILY
e:& 2. m. for Petersburg, Richmond and
s.45 a. m. for Washington, Hagerstown, Phila.
delphla and New York.
1:85 q. m. for Richmond and Norfolk. Pullman
sleeper Roanoke to Norfolk and Lynchburg
to Ricf mond.
1913 a. M. washington and Chattanooga lin.
ited) for Washington, Hagerstown, Philadel.
phia and New York. Pullman sleepcrs to
Washington via Shenandoah junction and
New York via Harrisburg. Stops only at
principle stations.
Durham Divieion-Lcave Lynchburg Union
station) daily ITO a. m. for South Boston and
Durham and intermediate stations.
Winston-Salem Divsion-Leavc Roanoke Union
station) daily 9:65 q. m. for Rocky Mount,
Martinsville, Winston-Salem and inferno.
diate stations.
For all additional information apply at ticket
ONCE or to W. 3. BEVILL
General Passenger Agent, Roanoke, Va.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-28
THE OLD GARDEN


No change, you sayf Nothing Of loss that tellss
Trees, flowers, arc they aslovely az OF yore2
Does spring still deck With corals and green
Our favorite sycamopc2 s.
The early lilacs, bloom they rank on rank,
Purple and white as they have bloomed for
years7
Old Crown Imperial on the messy bnnk.
Sheds he his boarded tears?
The rose acacia, does it carpet now
The pathway with its waxen blossoms red?
Drop the smooth berries from tho laurel boush
Into the violet bed?
Suffer the birds no loss, boreft SO long
or us7 is not the black bird mute for doubt?
Is no part wanting to the thrush's song?
No liquid note left out2
Does the moon show behind the hedgerow elms,
Black bars against n spectral sea of lightp
Reigns our one star over tho heavenly realms
King on a clear, cold night2
They bloom, sing, shine, our absence hiAdering
not.
They are but waiting till ourselves have
ranged
Enough, 30 we revisiting that spot
May find them oil unchanged.
Augusta do Grouchy.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-28
The raupau DANCE Of somo.

The taupau of a neighboring village.
specially enlisted as first rate dancer.
with four girl companions, formed the
ballet. The taupau wore marvellous
headdress, resembling that of the youth
who mixed the kava at Malie. Round
her forehead was band of small pieces of
nautilus shell, above lowered an erect
wig of human hair which had been
bleached for months in marsh, little
looking glasses were placed in front, and
the whole was surmounted with q trail
of red hummingbirds feathers.
The effect was something between
that of inter and Of a Persian kings
crown, but part of the structure fell off
during the exertions which ensued. Be-
hind the girls sat three or four men, one
of whom contributed the musical ac-
compartment by beating on bottles
wrapped up in cloth. The others assist
ed in the chorus singing, but their part
was very subordinate one.
The performance of the five girls in
front, who were at first seated on the
ground, was exceedingly amusing. It
consisted Of series of songs, mostly
topical" with great deal of action.
The taupau generally started with
solo, and the others presently joined in,
swaying their arms and bodies backward
and forward, touching each other'ssh shout
ders and moving their hands and fingers
with peculiar grace.-Nineteenth Cen
fury.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-28
vaults of the Bank OF Franes.

The treasures of the Bank Of France
are said to be better guarded than those
Of any other bank in the world. At the
close of business hours every day, when
the money is put into the vaults in the
cellar, masons at once wall up the doors
with hydraulic mortar Water is then
turned on and kept running until the
cellar is flooded. A burglar would have
to work in diving suit and break down
a cement wall before he could even start
to loot the vaults. When the officers
arrive the next morning, the water is
drawn off, the masonry torn down and
the vaults opened Philadelphia Press.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-28
GREAT INDUCEMENTS
TO GO WEST.

Salem having been connected with
Roanoke by electric cars, which SIS
suces cheap and rapid transit to par
Ties living in Salem and working in
Roanoke, and as Salem can give in her
different factories employment TO a
'arge number OF young ladies; also
cheap homes either to renters or buyers.
This e connection with her cheap
majority of us just now. For further
information address box 68, Salem. va
10 law limo
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-28
CITY DIRECTORY.
ofthe Principal Business Houses
of Roanoke, Va.

Of Roanoke, Va.
The following is published daily for
the benefit Of strangers and the public
generally. 1t includes all trades and
professions and cannot fail to prove OF
interest to all who intend transactinp
business in Roanoke:
COURT sTENoGRAPHER.
CHA HAs, E. GRAVES. Cos Terry Building.
PLUMBING.
ROANOKE SANITARY PLUMBING CON
PANY.
BOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS, ETO.
BoWDRE SHOE CO., no South Jefferson st.
FURNITURE. CARPETS. ETC.
B. II. STEWART FURNITURE CO.
WIN. F. BAKER CARPET CO.
REAL ESTATE.
j. F. WINGFIELD.
j. 5. GROVES " co.
BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS.
F.J. AMwEG, Terry Building.
ARCHITECTS.
CHAS. C.;WILSON, Commercial Bank Building
GROCERs.
r. WERTz. Commerce Street.
DRY GOODS.
HEIRONIMUS " BRUGH, Commerce Street
ROSENBAUM BROS, Salem Avenue.
CLoTRIERs AND GENTS EURNIsHERs
Z. s. s., Salem Avenue
DUGGAN ~ SAUL Ell, Jefferson Street.
PIANOS s. ORGANS.
HOBBIE2MUSIC CO.
HOTELS.
HOTEL LEE, EUROPEAN, Commerce Street.
HOTEL ALEXANDRA, Chicago.
PRINTINGlAND BOOK BINDING.
STONE PRINTING CO., Opposite Hotel Roa
noke.
ROOFING AND METAL CORNICES.
ROANOKE ROOFING AND METAL CORNICB
COMPANY.
IRON WORKS.
CUSHMAN IRON COMPANY.
MARBLE WORKS.
JARRETT u BROWN, Camp ell Avenue
DRUGGISTS.
MAsSlE ~ MARTIN, Commerce Street,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-12-22
Santa Claus Sled.

Program OF the Christmas Enter.
tainment at Portersville. Dec. 25.
Opening by song and prayer.
Song, Choir
Opening address, Bruce Cox
Christmas Carol, Alex. Lavender
A Merry Christina, Grover Harris
Lay . Strong Foundation Roy Harris
Christmas Eve, Flora Mehne
Ny Dolly Lottie Rudolph
Kris KingIes Travels. Roy Gray
Don't Willie Cox
Song. Choir
The Birth OF Christ, Matte Gray
A Christmas Wish, Charley Munkel
Evening Star. Jessie Cox
Come to See Old Santa Sled
Goldie Cox
The Hole 10 the Pocket,
Harry and Orville Aedcalf
Missionary Music,
Willie Ii, idenbaugh
Christmss Stockings, Matte Mehne
Song. Choir.
Annie and wiIlis's Prayer.
A Christmas Acrostic, 9 children.
Song. Pearle Coffmsn
Emma Briden baugh.
Christmas Bells, Eta Cooper.
Il SHOWS. OrvilIe Medcaif
The Fishing Party. Harry Medcalf
Bethlehem, Alex. Lavender.
Glad 1idings of Bethlehem,
Leora Cooper.
Tableaux and Songs.
Fatherless Joe, Bette Robson.
The Fairest Child, Cora Rudolph.
Follow God, Lena Mehue.
The Boy that Laughs.
Walter Rudolph.
Vacant Places, Minnie Briden bau Oh.
Ii Isn't Far to Jesus. Dora Rudolph.
a Christmas Charm, Dora Briden bsugh
Bethlehem. Tillie Mehne.
Christmas Cheer, Katie Bridenbaugh.
Song.
Ny Kingdom, Minnie Coffman
What is Heaven, May Bridenbsugh
Bessie's Christmas Dream,
Ethel Harris
The Corn and the Lilies,
Jessie Coff, an
The Whisper Song. Alma Coffman
Song, Choir.
Willie's Rose, Florence Munkel.
Duty, Helen Rudol ph.
The Wind Blows Cold. Bruce Cox.
Whisper Song. May johnson.
Christmas Day, Maggie Rudolph.
The Man Of Good Will.
Annie Rudolph.
Good Bye, Willie Cox.
Con-.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-12-22

HDon't forget The False Heir, >
q The Opess House on New Years
nighs, snd home talented actresses,
beautiful aod sparklisg, with sctoro
worthy Of them, will. convince you
thae To company 10 bettor than many
% he travelling troupes.