The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-15
CHICAGO CELEBRATING.
The Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the
CitY's Phoenix Birth

Citys Phoenix Birth.
CHICAGO, Oct. 9.-Chicago, rejuve-
mated and draped in the glory OF the
stars and stripes, is celebrating the
twenty fifth anniversary of her Phoenix
birth. Gloriously rehabilitated, she
casts retrospective eye at the smoking
ruin which marked an epoch in her
early career, and at the same time de-
clares in unmistakable tones for great
political principle upon which she
Pounds her hopes of future greatness.
One hundred thousand men are
marching the streets under the common
standard of honest money and pros
perity. Political barriers have been
broken down. The historical occasion
of the holiday has been pressed into.
the background. Business has been
suspended, and Il great pageant, typi-
tying a deeply rooted and common
creed, has become the one absorbing
occupation of the day.
All the auspices are propitious.
Bright October sunshine bathes the
streets in splendor. and glistens on the
trappings of the uniformed throngs.
A cool, bracing air fills the lungs and
intoxicates like rich wine. The sky
is blue ana fecked with white, swift
moving clouds. Nature smiles.
So many years have gone by since
that great fire which swept millions
upon millions of dollars worth of prop
erty away, that the memory of the aW-
full rapidity with which the flames
licked up everything before them has
escaped most of us.
j. 81. Kimball lent us today the first
copy of the Chicago Times, published
Immediately after the fire. 1t is an in
terestng looking sheet 1t is printed
eight columns wide and with four
pages, there being margin enough
along the bottom of the sheet and the
outer edge to print another column and
more. Did our space permit we would
like to publish a full account of the fire
as it was published then. The follow
ing extracts will have to suffice. They
are taken merely to show, as straws
indicate the trend of the wind, some
thing of the awfulness OF that time.
For instance: &C. Fl. Mccormick,
the great reaper manufacturer. slept
out on the prairie"
"a unsteady disposed individual,
probably filled with despair as we'll as
melody, on Tuesday commenced play
ing on piano standing on the street
near to Lills brewery and continued
the occupation for several hours.
9" DR.. Weiner, we'll known north
side physician, was seen during the
progress of the fire, rushing up North
Clark street on horseback, with a game
cock under each arm.
"On one of the streets cat, being
rather too warm to be comfortable,
rushed up fallen lamp, where it stuck
and was roasted"
"a woman, after saving $500 from
her house, attempted to return to the
building 20 save something else. When
she came out again she was in flames,
and the only way that her husband could
save her was by tearing off her clothes.
Her nakedness was covered with q
blanket. Her daughter was in the
same plight"
Three protestant preachers and a
catholic priest slept under the North
avenue bridge last night"
A woman living on Ontario street
brought out her two children, aged 5
and 7, safely. and then went back for
the baby. The children followed her
back and none came out alive"
The Quinn brothers went Tito their
house while it was untouched by the
fire 10 secure some clothing, but in
getting out had to jump through the
windows and flames"
These instances might be multi
piled several hundred times, but these
show the ridiculous and the pathetic
sufficiently.