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brilliant husband was chief.
She was brilliant, brainy woman
with mind as keen as a razor's edge
and il her tastes had run in the direc-
ton of politics if she had been con-
sciously a politician-it is hard to say
what she might not have achieved in
the great game which is continually
playing here in social life at the CAPT.
tal
But instead Of a liking for politics
she cherished an aversion to it. Every
step in advance which James G. Blaine
took, while it gratified her pride in
him, was source of regret to her in
that she saw herself constantly thrust
forward into a personal prominence
which was distasteful, and compelled
to combat the ever-growing demand
that for political reasons she should
mingle with all sorts of people in
whom she could not simulate an inter-
est. Combined with a seclusive tenn
per she had that most dangerous of
accomplishments, quick wit and a
ready tongue. She resented and re-
sisted the. c1rtailmente of, individual
liberty which her husbands official
position was constantly threatening.
When Blaine was secretary of state
she made many enemies for both by
refusing to return the innumerable
calls made upon her on public recep-
ton days-a practice which, silly as
it was, had grown to be regarded as an
Official duty. She had to bear the
brunt Of the criticisms for the inno-
walton which subsequently all cabinet
women were forced to follow in self
protection. She made a bitter life
long enemy of the wife of BENJAMIN
Harrison, who afterwards became mis-
tress of the white house by some cut
ting comment she gave utterance to
when both Blaine and Harrison were
In the senate; and that difference led
to the tragic candidacy of Blaine for
the republican nomination in 1892 and
had much to do with the party cool<
ness that resulted in Harrison's de-
feat.
She had her limited circle of friends,
close and devoted, but she entirely
lacked the insincerity that would have
led those for whom she did not care
to count her as their friend. Her last
years were clouded with tragedy and
sorrow, and death came to her as 2
relief.
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st. Louis. He had helped build rail-
ways in the east, but there was not a
line running into the city when he
reached here. There are to-day rs
trunk lines terminating here. He
helped to enumerate the Inhabitants
of the village when three figures were
sufficient to tell the total. Now nine
figures must be used. When he was
selling water he could drive his horse
and cart over every street in the viii
lage in days time. To-day If they
were stretched out in straight line
they would reach from Chicago to San
Francisco. r. 49, :
That one man should have been able
to witness such a development and
growth in a city as these figures tell
of seems like a tale from the Arabian
Nights, but it is true.
Corrigan sold water at two cents a
pail and did thriving business for
several years until he was supplanted
by the waterworks system, after
which he found employment in the
water department, and there he stayed
until he was retired a few years ago:
During the later years of his employ
ment he was retained more as mat
ter of sentiment than business. IL
The old man was decidedly patriotic
He believed in the future of the city,
but like many others Of the early set
tiers he failed to profit by this belief.
He might have invested in real estate
in the business center when he came
to the city,, and by holding it a few.
years have died worth millions. But
he didn't. =, IT, ST. s, : s : i ! sS
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will has recently
passed from the
scene of action in
the death of the
widow of James
G.. Blaine. Mrs.
Blaine was not
consciously a po-
litical factor, and
yet no woman of
her time welded
a greater influence
in shaping the
destinies of repub-
lea n | e a d e rs
among whom her
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4 VI
Fob the fashi ables Will never
again be sherded ether: ID any single
resort II IS too embarrassing on &C.
count Ct divorces, feuds, family quar-
rels. There was talk, but talk only.
II g apparent, of q Vanderbilt recon-
ctltation This one family furnishes
alone sufficient problems to turn q so
c1al #struggler's hair gray. The Cor
nelius Vanderbilts are at feud with all
the rest because the elder Cornelius
dtsinherited his son. William X. Van
derDllt and all who sympathize with
him must not be brought cheek by
jowl with Mrs. @. H. r. Belmont, who
was once Mr.. Wand wife. Ia
similar GOODNESS remains between
most OF the Vanderbilt connection and
the Perry Belmonts, Mrs. Belmont
having been the divorced wife of q
relative Of the family, Mr.. Sloane. The
Astors, on the other hand, are allied
with the Cornelius Vanderbilt faction
through the marriage of an Astor into
the Wilson family, of which Mrs. Cor
nefius is daughter. And so it goes.
How much easier to group and mar
shall the right set" together in
smaller places, such as Morristown, N.
J.,where so milionairles live in sum-
mer, many OF them utterly unknown
In fashion; or on Long Island, where
there is room enough for everyone to
be by himself, or in Lenox, or in Tux
edo! ~. ~
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not excepting New York. More than 800
Of the horseless vehicles have been sold
so far this year, and the number now in
thiscity exceeds 200. Chicago is rapidly
becoming an automobile city-or more
correctly speaking. is already an auto
mobile city. z~~x - @~<,*S
Gasoline, steam and electricity as APP
piled to the different forms Of automo-
biles, are rapidly displacing the horse
for all purposes. There is now a notice
able decrease in the demand for carriage
horses, and the machines are being grad
ually introduced into the trucking busi-g
ness. Several business houses that have
had trouble with their teamsters are
now considering the advisability Of res
placing their horses with the new auto
trucks as q means Of dispensing with the
services Of teamsters, and the next thing
to be expected In the labor world IS q
chaffeurs' union. Ii -s=
The automobiles of the city are com
planning loudly of the city ordinance
which compels them to carry large num-
bers on their machines as means Of
Identification. Representatives of the
auto interests propose to go into the
courts and seek an injunction against
the city as means of evadfng the law.
The walking public favor the numbers.
They realize that they are safeguard
against the reckless chauffeur, who graft
fies an ambition for speeding at the risk
of the life Of pedestrians, and believe the
fight against the ordinance is more a de-
sire to rid themselves Of the chance Of
detection in case of an accident than to
prevent the so-called ,marring OF the arr
tistic beauty Of their machines. a YER
dict against the city in this case would
certainly be an unpopular, one
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throng of newly-rich, forever pressing
to make it's way into the bored, inane,
resourceless charmed circle" The lat
ter are hardly counted an element of
strength, however. The Newport of
the tradesmen knows very we'll that
they would fly in panic in chase of
the notables.
AS for the American naval officers,
they do not have, nor in most cases do
they wish, the entree of fashionable
drawing-rooms. Ours is perhaps the
only navy in the world, except the
French, that is so small a social factor.
Even the British embassy young men
are hardly counted upon in society.
They are, of course, in exceptional po-
sitions, socially, but they do have few
duties to attend to, and fashionable
Newport is idle. :
Mrs. Fish's reason for giving up New
port is significant of the difficulties of
making really swell summer resort
In this country. She goes to be with
her husband, who from his palatial
country estate on the Hudson can ev-
cry morning run down upon his yacht
to Wall street. Business must be at
tended to, and the president of the I'LL
nois Central railroad is busy man. >:
Mrs. Oelrichs' cottage is practically
new. She lives where George Ban
croft, the historian, stayed his days in
scholarly calm, and was not annoyed
at anything. The memories surround
ing his house did not make it sacred,
any more than those that nestled
about Bfyant's home at Roslyn. First
1t must be altered, enlarged, twisted
out of recognition, spoiled; then
abandoned. Ia j
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ell 4l11AOlS &euO
southern Wisconsin continue to furnish
an inexhaustible supply every winter.
These statements are probably true,
but the fact remains that the Knicker-
booker company does three-fourths OF
the ice business of the. city, and names
Its own price for ice regardless Of the
actions of other companies -.
q Last summer the ice: companies kept
pushing the price up until it took 40 cents
to put 100 pounds Of ice into the refrig-
orator of the householder, Then there
were several large companies in the
field. So far this summer the price has
reached only $3.75 per ], 900 pounds. and
will probably stop there unless the
weather conditions change. Next sum-
mer the public expect squeeze. -
The recent purchase of the Consumers
company by the Knickerbocker. elm
mates every large competitor from the
latter's field. The Consumers company
sold manufactured ice. The Great
Northern company, which the Consum-
ers' owned, and which has also been
transferred to the Knickerbocker, sold
natural ice. So long as these two con-
Germs remained in the field as independ-
ent companies the public felt reasonably
secure against exosbitant prices. What
the result of the combination will be the
public are left to guess at. $500. -.
The capital of the Knickerbocker COM
pany is 100000 of preferred stock and
$4,000 900 common. After allowing for
the usual amount of water" to be found
in the stock of great corporations, it will
be seen that it takes no small amount of
money to enter the ice business on a
large scale. =.
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.o'Mfl!lciany that no
!. such NC thing as ! an
ice e trust exists n.
Chicago. Z. I
The president of
the Knickerbocker'
Ice company says
It Is abs lutely inn
possible for any
one company to
forestall the mar
ket or secure q mo-
nopoly Of i the iee
business SO long az
the lakes Of north
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island of Guam, where the germ is
most prevalent, but it is not unknown
in the Philippines.
Mr.. Theall has been defending a
young prognosticator of the navy who
was brought up before court-mar-
tial at the Washington navy yard on
charges growing out of carelessness
with his accounts, and in order to
clear his client he cited official reports
and brought forward examples of off,
GERS who after service in Guam for a
year or more had been found to be
entirely untitled for duty.
Guam is the most isolated of all the
American military stations in the far
east. A few naval and marine officers
and a small detachment of marines
constitute the entire English-speaking
population, and the climate is so ener-
waiting that even the most ambitious
quickly succumb and lead life of irk-
some routine unembellished with out
side interests. The result is physical,
mental and sometimes moral deterio-
ration. Dozens of young officers who
have had tour of duty on the island
find themselves on their return to CIV
ilization quite untitled to take up the
ordinary service to which they have
been accustomed. They are subject to
physical weakness and to mental de-
preston which makes them irrespon-
sible for their actions.
Since Mr.. Theall has called public
attention to condition which has
been understood for some time in the
service there is proposition to re-
quire every officer relieved from serv-
ice in Guam to undergo special medi-
cal treatment before being detailed to
active duty elsewhere.
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night club is be- New Yorx.
ing formed in the dog-days. And it's
founders are an architect, a photog-
rapher, railroad man and two men
of leisure all five in society. Their
new undertaking is to be called the
Brooke club. in obvious imitation of
London, as it's plan is an imitation of
the London supper clubs" where one
can eat and drink at any hour of the
"a. l have heard more than one man,
and woman, say that Newport was
dull, that there was nothing "going
on" and that they showed" there
only because the rest did In the pc
culiar ambition to turn night into day
which makes London seem so topsy~
turvy New York is good imitator.
A trust company that is open until 10
o'clock at night is well followed by an
albright club.
You notice 1t in the humblest cir
cles The theaters really get down to
business at nine o'clock, with the
orchestral prelude cleared away and
TIE play begun; and the play must be
short to leave time for the elaborate
supper afterward at some gay restaur-
ant. The pleasures of the poorest show
the same sleep-consuming attributes.
When. as a "cub reporter" l began
describing Coney Island, 20 years ago,
the last car" left q little after 10
o'clock. Now the trolley cars run ali
night and the police make a half
hearted attempt 20 close up the place
at two o'clock. 1t is my almost night
" experience, going home late from
newspaper work, to see the tired cou-
pies coming home in the early hours
Of the morning, ill-fltted by the nights
rest" fer the next days work.
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wealthy shopper Is
rapidly becoming
obsolete in Chi
cago. Soon it will
be the ut O
trade" !
It is said by those
who should at least
be In a position to
know that the con-
Germs dealing in au-.
tomobiles did a
larger business in
Chicago this year
than in any other
0}fxy IN, ~ m
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dences OF village
days. There has
been but little
time wasted in
tearing down; It
has all been de-
voted to building
up. Cheap frame
houses Of the
early days still
stand surrounded
by towering struc-
lures OF brick and
steel. @.5
The city beauti-
full Is vet a dream
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g1ng with putty the
eyes and noses of
S e yer al of the
marble statues in
Steinway hall and
now he is suffering
p u n i s h: m en- t
for vandalism"
The first statue
that this youthful
offender fixed up
was that of Daniel
Webster, .. W h i.ch
stares out Of coun-
tenance every un-,
t or t u n a t e who
S@~-- -
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The Musicians Are Mov- ninth street, such
ing Uptown. as even New York
has never yet seen.
7 A new opera house is to be built up-
town within five years. 1t seems a
sudden revolution. Patti, Gerster,
Campanini sang in the old Academy
of Music in Fourteenth street. The
ugly but big and comfortable opera
house is not more than Is years old.
and 1t is mile and a half further up
Broadway than its predecessor; now
the singers must move on another
mile. I suppose the opera house thu ere
to be built will be worthy of a site
which must be final, so far as prophets
now can see; final as the great
amusement centers in London are
final. ~ sss.<>s ~. :
. Foreseeing the future crush on Fiji
ty-ninth street, seeing the crush al
ready there, places upon the city au-
thorities a work OF hind-sight. The
street is wide one; through part Of
its length the open Central park
makes widening for future needs an
easy matter. But it. must be wider
yet, and to add 40 feet. on the north
side for the rest Of the way across the
city will cost $4,000, 900 and will cut a
slice of q 16-story hotel, making it
almost useless. But twill have to be
done. # IS s
.ST...Z5 .s. oWENLANGDON.
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0Ot Weatner OF the
British l. embassy,
whose members are
far too precious to
be trusted in the
heat Of a Washing
ton summer. 9th
er embassies show
atendency to share
this exile from the
capital. There are
the Naval college
and naval evolu-
lions and yacht
cruises. Most of
>11 ~ t. 49,
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seen the city grow
from a small ham.
let whose needs in
the water line he
was able to sup
ply from a barrel
to a city using
100000, 900 gallons
of water: daily,
supplied through
Q system Of pipes
1000 miles in
length. =
Corrigan came
to Chicago from
tho cast nv wav of
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t or A d m ! r a !
Sampson during
the Schley court
of inquiry, has at
tracted attention
in army and navy
circl e 8 by an
nouncing the dis
covery of a new
disease to which
only those officers
are subject who
have served in the
far east. The dis
ease Is known as
guamitis. It takes
It's name from the
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motion and re-
ttrement of some
30 other high Of
hcers may be said
to be the dividing
line between the
ascendancy of an
old and a new
generation in the
United s t a t Q $
army-just as the
death of McKin-
ley and the. in
coming of Roose-
welt was the d.
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ness of New York
to men,.
Women can live
out of New York
in summer, but
they must come
here to shop. Men
have mostly to
live here to do
their work; and
they like it pretty
well, anyway. It
Is significant that
the new open-all-
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clerks in Wash
ington are jubi-
liant over the turn
which has been
given to the at
tempt of Secre-
taries Root and
Moody to enforce
the law with re-
gard to hours of
labor.
For many years
it has been the
custom during the
hot days of sum-
mer to close the
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one Of these days
be deserted, at the
within of the lead
ers of fashion? It
is nervous.
Here is q city of
22,000people, with
out. a single indus
try of note except
catering to sum-
mer residents. No
factory chimneys
belch forth smoke;
the GOTTA g er s.
wouldn't like it.
No lathe turns or
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spindle whizzes or chisel falls, except
for the local industries of building; the
"cottagers" are fussy about quiet. The
mayor and councilmen are obsequious
In bowling to the wishes of the rich sum-
mer element unless the summer ele-
ment Is divided against itself, as it is
IN the matter of checking murderous
racing automobiles and in half dozen
other little matters.
The tax valuation of the entire per-
manent city is less than that of
perhaps 200 summer families who may
average month a year each in the
place. The hotel population is singh
larly small, perhaps, only five per cent.
OF what 1t is at Saratoga. The cottagers
are supreme.
This Is the condition to which a city
has fallen that was in it's early years
a trade rival of Boston and Salem and
Sag Harbor and New York-the last
OF this queerly-assorted quartet not by
any means then most considered. More
than one of the vast fortunes which are
IN Rhode Island so disproportionate
to the size of the state and its popula-
ton were founded upon the Rhode Is
land slave trade, when Newport was the
chief port of the traffic. Now if the
rich take the sudden fancy to leave it,
what will be it's fate?
And Mrs. Fish has placed her resi-
dence upon the market for sale! Mrs.
Oelrichs is contemplating similar
step. Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt the
younger will remain abroad with her
husband during August, prominently
the Newport month.
The Summer Capital of Pleasure.
Of course, Newport has permanent
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1reshes like. So.
says the Chicago
! I, city health depart
ment, and whether
or not this advice is-
responsible for the
craze for hot drinks.
/. or d, moi, the fact re-
] I, mains i that the pur-
! veyors Of summer
beverages at the
soda fountains are
having an unusual
demand for them.
There are FASH.
ions in drinks just.
As here are FASH
lSGA 4 . q =, SO 49,
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It cannot go far
Their uptown than
Central Park, be-
cause there the
town is split asun-
der by the park,
and two streams
OF humanity must
come down to. the
theaters, clubs,
shops, hotels. The
result will be a
tremendous pres
sure about Fifty
ninth street, such
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Aside from its
prestige. it is al
most the I: most
beautiful : resort.
Bar Harbor may
= :. { c:essfully dis.
pulte the be palm but.
q Bar Harbor is far
I: from ! on New York.
Newport ! has 4 de-.
lfi Il i 4 sum mer
climate g and nd. soil.
There IA is never OPP.
pressive heat up-.
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Asked andss.Answ,etred. Isl !.

Asked and s.Ansyvered. ~
She-What is that big iron thing full
5of holes NH
zS That is locomotive boiler.
q She-Indeed! But why do they have
to boil locomotives? 3asSs;..
81 Oh. to make them tender, sup,
pose Chicago Daily News
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0eS,. Nelson A, Miles

oe'' Nelson A. Miles viding line be-
tween two generations in republican
politics. .a ~ ~ p.
Miles is the last of the COMMANDING
generals of the army who achieved
fame in the civil war. and when the 30
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ChfcagO's Original Waterman.
Chicago buried its first waterman
but a few; days ago. A man who: had
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Washington VI !! N ! Letter |: Il Il
People and Events Talked Of at
u the National Capital.
A NEW DISEASE DISCOVERED
Mrs. James G.. Blaine's Place in
National P0litics-A New Gem
Grafton In Power In the
A1my-Other Items.

Washington.-Elisha s. Theall, the
young attorney who acted as counsel
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OUR hICA90 II
Sum 4: Day y Gossip from the NJ
& tropolis of the Lakes. z55
AN ICE TRU ST is 1 POSSIBLE


Il Chicago ~ committee OF the city
council has Investigated and reported
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Been Through the Dt on its sea sur
@voree: Courts llf s s=$ TO uSnded shores:
Wild roses and wild strawberries rn ~ =
there .as have never seen ..hem any-
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New Generation Of Soldiers.
The retirement of Lieut.. Gen. Miles
on August and the simultaneous nro-
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The New Opera House.
The center Of New York is 'pegged, ,
as they say in Wall street
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New York Open All Night.
An influence that fights against all
the summer resorts is the attractive
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Mrs. Blaine and Politics..
A woman who played a great part
q national politics against her own
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The Most Beautiful Resort.
IT Newport cannot hold the fash
no place in America can. Il