Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-05-09
Potter Palmer Dead,

Potter Palmer, n, for half century
one of Chicagos prominent business men.
died Sunday night. He was born in AL
bany county. n. Y, and after ex-
perience as clerk and storekeeper in
Lockport went to Chicago in 1852 to en-
gage in the dry goods business. His
| plan of allowing people to return or to
exchange goods bought at his store was
great innovation. fbut IL brought him
an immense trade. Desiring to leave the
dry goods business After he became large
| ly Interested in real estate, he turned the
Management over TO Levi u. Letter and
Marshall Field, both of whom eventually
amassed millions The concern today is
widely known as Marshall Field & Co.
one of Mr.. Palmer's most important
works was in changing the commercial
centre of the city to State street. The
fire swept away many OF MIR. Palmer's
buildings but he went TO work quickly
to rebuild on more extensive scale
than ever. The fire enabled him to com
plete the Strengthening of State street,
which was narrow and dirty when he
| began to make II a great thoroughfare.
| President Grant offered Mr.. Palmer a
place In his cabinet. Mr.. Palmer's for
tune was estimated at s25,0COCo0. His
wife is known as a society leader. and
| In 1898 was at the head OF the woman's
! board of management al the Worlds
| Fair.
! Because he had won the money of
chance acquaintance, Emil Deickler. a
cigar maker ~, was killed with poison
/ IN the saloon of John Busch, Cedar
/ street, Williamsburg Cyanide OF potas-
Stun dropped into glass of beer
/ while he was sneeZing. He drank the
! beer and Immediately fell into a stupor.
! He died about an hour later. Henry b.
| Fassnacht. a butchers clerk. % is ac-
! cused by the saloon keeper Of putting
] 2 h.. In ha h.ar 10 hnG hoo
\ rested The police are searching for two
Young men who were with Fassnacht in
| the saloon.
! Senator Dillingham; by request intro
I duced "bluelaws" bill for the District OF
! Columbia in the Senate. 1t is entitled "a
bill to further protect the first day of the
week as day OF rest" II provides for
the closing of all places of business and
stands. except book or newspaper stands
/ but allows the selling of medicines in
| drug stores and keeping open of UNDER
takers establishments ''or others for the
purpose of charity or necessity" There
| is q provision against all public playing
| of football or baseball or any other
| kinds of sports, pastimes or diversions,
| disturbing the peace and quiet of the
| day" Senators who are devoted to the
| game OF golf say they will defeat the bill.
The meat packing houses at the Chi
| cago stock yards are dscharging hun
dreds OF employees and by the middle of
this month something like 1900 men. or
one-third of the total working force at
| the yards, will have been laid of. Work
| ordinarily slackens in the spring and
| early summer in this industry. but so
extensive a reduction of the force as at
| present has not been known before. 1t
| is due in part to the scarcity of cattle
coming to market. to the great shrinkage
| in consumption of meat caused by the
| high prices, and partly to the enactment
| of the stringent oleomargarine bill at
| Washington, which has given the but
terine business of the meat packers a
| hard blow Altogether the latter are
having a bad time of 1t.
| What is said to be an improvement on
condensed milk has been discovered by
| Dr. NJ. Ekenberg. a well-known Swedish
| scientist. His process converts milk, by
the absorption of moisture, into a pow
der which resembles -four and has all the
| qualities of milk in a concentrated form.
| 1t is readily soluble in water. and the
claim is made that II can be used for all
| purposes for which ordinary milk is
employed. II keeps indefinitely in any
| climate, and never sours or ferments
| The cost of preparation is about so cents
! for 100 quarts, but on large scale of
manufacture this can be reduced The
| -four retails at about % cents a pound
1t is thought that the new process will
| be of great value to dairy farmers by
making it possible to utilize large guam
| titles of skinned milk.