Story of Chicago Kirkland Illinois IL genealogy history

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The Story of Chicago
Originally published, Joseph Kirkland, Dibble Publishing Co., Chicago, 1892, 536 pp
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
A
Thousand Centuries:
Lake Michigan flowed toward the Gulf of Mexico; 1 pHow the
waters came to change direction; 2 Threatened destruction of Lake
Erie; 3When Chicago was submerged; 4 Aspect of the ancient
shore line; 5 The divide emerges from the waves; 6 Vanished
races; 7.
CHAPTER
II.
The Aborigines; God's Image done in Copper:
Meaning of the name Chicago; 8 The Portage; 8 Indian Traits;
10 John Dean Caton; 11 Scalp Hunting; 12 Massacre at Starved
Rock; 13 Lost Records; 14.
CHAPTER
III.
The Recorded Story Begins:
Coming of the French; 15   Race of the Races; 17   Joliet
discovers the Portage; 18 Marquette's winter at Hardscrabble; 18
La Salle arrives; 19 Travelers'tales; 20 Knightly honor assailed; 21
First lake vessel; 21 La Salle's ceaseless struggles; 22 Final catas­
trophe; 23.
CHAPTER IV.
A
Single Century:
Last days of first explorers; 26 Kaskaskia in the North; 27  Kaskaskia in the South; 28 John Law's Mississippi scheme; 29 New road to the sea; 30 Indian atrocities; 32 Chicaguafor a Rendezvous; 32 English succeed French;
2ij-
CHAPTER V.
Illinois and Chicago during the Revolutionary War:
Red Coat
1812;
34 England's savage allies; 34 Kinzie and Cly-_bourne ancestors; 35 Kentuckians in Illinois; 36 Clark takes Kas­kaskia; 37 Chicago from 1778 to 1794; 39 Hamilton takes Vin-
cennes; 40 Clark's Winter march; 41 Clark defeats and takes Ham­
ilton; 42 Anecdote about Clark; 43 Todd our first Governor; 44.
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CHAPTER VI.
The dawn ok the day we live in:
The Washingtons buy land; 46 William Murray tries to buy Chi­
cago; 47 Chicago's first squatter; 47 Pointe de Saible and Guarie;
48 Antoine Ouillemette (Wilmette); 48 Ordinance of 1787; 49  Captain John Whistler; 50 Major Whistler; 50 Julia Ferson Whistler; 51 Old Rush Street Rope Ferry; 52 Quiet years from 1S04 to 1812; 53 Double murder at Hardscrabble; 54.
CHAPTER VII.
The Cloud, cone-shaped and copper-colored:
Trouble far away; 56 Trouble close at hand; 56 Capt. Heald's dilemma; 57 Bad blood in the Garrison; 58 Indian Council; 59
Heald's decision and action; 60 Brave William Wells arrives; 61
View from the roof of the Block-House; 62 The same spot 80 years later; 63.
CHAPTER VIII.
Battle and Murder and Sudden Death:
Flag of distress; 64 John Kinzie's course; 64 Line of March; 65
Chart of Chicago in
1812;
65 The Boat Party; 65 Indians attack the train; 66 How all might have been saved; 66 Mrs. Helm's story
and its difficulties; 67 Private Jordan's story; 67 Capt. Heald's letter, 68 Killing of Wm. Wells; 68 What Nile's Weekly Register reported; 69 Tortures of dying prisoners; 69 Fate of survivors; 70 The Mas­
sacre Tree; 71 Last leaves on the old tree; 71.
CHAPTER IX.
They made a Solitude and called it Peace:
John Wentworth's discoveries; 72 Capt. Heald's Son; 73 The
Heald side of the story; 73 Hon. Darius Heald in 1881; 74 Fables
attributed to Mrs. Helm; 74 Tradition handed down by A. H. Edwards;
76 Sauganash to the rescue; 76 The Kinzies after the battle;
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From 1812 to 1816, Desolation; 78.
CHAPTER X..
After Darkness, Light:
Years following the Massacre; 79 Early suggestion of Ship Canal; 80 Rum and the Fur Trade; 81 Slow growth for many years; 83  Gurdon Hubbard's early experiences; 84 General Cass' Treaty for
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CONTENTS.
Michigan lands; 86 Aspect of North Side from 1816 to 1830; 87
Kinzies and their home; 88 Winnebago Scare and Danville Volun­
teers; 89 The last of John Kinzie and the Old Homestead; 90.
CHAPTER XI.
1820-30,
an Obscure Decade:
The unpromising state of things sixty years ago; 92 Wild game within city limits; 94 The Kinzie race; 95 Less known early names;
95 Descendantsof the captive girls; 97 TheClarksandClybourns; 98
The Beaubiens; 99 Original capitalists; 100.
CHAPTER XII.
The Vanishing Race:
Treaties with the Sauks and Foxes; 102 The Black Hawk War;
104 The last Chicago Indian Treaty; 105 How Chicago looked to
a stranger; 106 White men's interest in the Treaty; 107 The last of
old Shaubena ; 108 The Farewell War dance in 1835; 110 Present
state of the same tribes ; 111.
CHAPTER XIII.
Very Hard Work:
Beginning of the Illinois and Michigan Canal ; 11 2 Persistence
under difficulties ; 1 1 3 Original Town surveyed ; 1 1 4 Sale of the
School Section;
116
Ferriage;
118
Clark Street Bridge
built;
120.
CHAPTER XIV.
The Keel Laid:
Schools and Teachers;
122
Protestant Churches;
124
Volun­
teer Fire Company;
125
Catholic Worship ;
127
St. James Church;
128
Postal Service;
129
The first Newspaper; 130Medical Prac­
titioners; 131 Cholera of 1832; 131 Refugees from the Fort; 132
The first lawyer; 133.
CHAPTER XV.
Not At All Hard Work:
Pianos arrive; 135 Music; 136 Social Gaiety, 137 Kinzie-
Whistler wedding; 137 Scanty of food in 1834; 138 Dances and
prayer meetings; 139 Unfathomable mud; 140 Experiments in street pavement; 140 Changes in established grade; 141 Earliest Public Exhibition; 141 Field ..sports;
142
Primitive Postal service; 143  William B. Ogden; 144 Personal memories of the Ogden home; 145  Arnold's ride to Danville; 146.
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CHAPTER XVI.
Fairly Launched
:
Estray Pen and Jail on Public Square; 149 John Dean Caton's admission to the Bar; 150 The first Town Census of Chicago; 152  Launch of the Clarissa; 153 Garrison finally withdrawn; 154 Bogus Towns and Cities; 156 Traditional city lot sales; 157 Progress of the excitement; 158 Balestier's lecture on these times; 160 Foolish State legislation; 161.
CHAPTER XVII.
The Hard Times Of
1837-40:
Legislative scheme of Public Improvements; 163 Wisdom of Gov. Duncan; 165 Specie payments suspended; 165 Public works stopped; 165  Banks fail; 166 State Treasurer too poor to pay postage; 166  State debt and assets; 166 Canal cholera; 167 Personal reminiscences; 167 " Red dog," Wild-cat " and " Shin-plasters "; 168 Scrip of various kinds; 168 Struggling to keep faith; 170 Utter failure of Internal Improvement scheme; 171 Ogden's firmness; 172 Position of Chicago
Branch State Bank; 172 Stubborn business courage; 173 Where
men used to congregate, 173 Real Estate values; 174 Cost of living; 1 74 Collection of small debts; 1 75 Not all bankrupt, 176
" Wigwam lost, Mokopo here!" ; 176.
CHAPTER XVIII.
Never Say Die:
Delegation to Whig convention at Springfield; 178 Reviving con­
fidence; 179 Alleged row between Long John and Captain Hunter;
180 Stage-coach days; 181 First regular Theatre; 181 Cemetery at
Clark Street and North Avenue; 182 States emerging from their
troubles; 182 Boston Capital; 183 Canal commissioners appointed; 184 Shallow cut adopted; 184 Wisconsin tries to gain Chicago; 184  The Canal's many benefactions; 185 The story of a typical family
migration; 187 Achievements of "the forties"; 189 The Lake
Street hydraulic works; 189 Primitive water-piping; 190.
CHAPTER XIX.
River and Harbor Convention:
The Mexican War; 191 Previous River and Harbor bills; 192
Polk's veto; 192 Chicago furious; 193 Calling of the Convention
194 Strangers in attendance; 195 Lincoln a Delegate; 196 Horace
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Greeley; 196 Thurlow Weed's account; 197 The Resolutions; 198  Weed's mistake; 199 General Webster; 199.
CHAPTER XX.
Land-Travel and Water-Travel:
Opening business on the Canal; 201 The first engine that ever
turned a wheel in Chicago; 202 The "Pioneer;" 203 Running a rail­
road line through the water; 203 Galena railroad begins to run; 204
,000 from George Smith; 205 High water all over the West; 205
The old Portage overflowed; 206 The. great flood of 1849 '
n
Chi­
cago; 206 Accidents and incidents of the flood; 207 Losses; 207
A costly bridge; 209 Rush Street Ferry; 209 The great drawbridge
question re-opened;
210
First City Hall built in State Street;
211
First Regular Theatre;
212
Mr. McVicker in song and dance act;
213
Beginning of the City's Musical Life;
214
Ogden's lesson to Prin-
diville; 214 Gov. Bross' description of those days; 215.
CHAPTER XXI.
The Coming Power:
Chicago's struggles in starting the first railroad; 216 Bad faith in dealing with Galena; 21 7 Michigan Southern and Central come in;
217
Terrible accident at Grand Crossing; 218 The Illinois Central; 218  State percentage of Illinois Central earnings; 219 Mr. Lincoln's little
story; 219 Threatened destruction of Michigan Avenue; 220 The
line of Crib protection;
221
Foreign capital to the rescue;
221
The makers of the Illinois Central; 222 Streets generally begin to be num­bered and paved; 222 Burning of Rice's Theatre; 223 First General Charity Hospital; 223 Douglas silenced by Anti-Fugitive Slave-Law
mob; 224 Sale of a black man at auction; 225 Rescue of fugitive
slaves; 225 Distinguished Abolitionists; 226.
CHAPTER XXII.
•The City Comes to Herself:
Nature's bounty to Chicago; 227 Her commercial position; 227  Built of material taken from her own sub-soil; 228 Lake breezes temper both cold and heat; 228 Drawbacks of a level site; 229 Drainage, water, river, fire and streets; 229 Chowder in the bath-tub; 230 Line of drainage established; 230 First effects of Drainage;
231
The city lifted above the sewers; 231 Law of street grades fixed; 232 Raising of old brick buildings; 232 First work of George Pullman; 233 Begin­ning of Palace Cars; 233 The Sleeping Car System; 234 The Cholera;
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1852 to 1855; 234 Incidents of the epidemic; 235 Dr. Dyer's good story; 235 The Lake Street Fire of 1857; 236 The first Steam Fire
Engine; 236 Riotous Firemen; 237 Fate of the river banks; 237
River and Harbor History; 238.
CHAPTER XXIII
The Stump-Tail Chimera.
Banking and Currency system a failure; 242 Chaos of Bank notes; 243 One day's collections on the C, B. & Q; 243 The hard-money
"Democrat;" 244 Periodical Convulsions; 244 Ohio Life & Trust fails for ,000,000; 245 Tribulation of the Illinois Central; 245
Hard times come again; 246 Gresham's Law; 246 Illinois Banking and Currency act; 247 Geo. Smith and the Georgia Banks; 247 Chi­cago on the Slavery Question; 248 Free Kansas meeting in 1856; 249  Injustice to Justice Taney; 249 Lincoln-Douglas Debates; 249
Douglas' strong Unionism; 250 Chicago under cloud and storm; 250
Beginning of Street Railroads; 251 Disappearance of Fort Dear­
born; 251 First iron drawbridge; 252 Railroad miles and earnings in
1857; 253 Union Stock Yards started; 254 Progress in the fifties;
255 Birth of the Republican party; 255 Wreck of the "Charles
Howard;" 256.
CHAPTER XXIV.
To
Arms, Ye Brave
!
Republican Convention of 1861; 257 Sewardandthe New Yorkers; 257 Lincoln on his own candidacy; 258 Seward's chances and mis­chances; 258 Scenes in the Wigwam; 259 The balloting; 260 Union mass-meeting at Bryan Hall; 260 Only 150 militia men in i860; 261   First call for volunteers; 261 12th and 19th Regiments; 262 23d, Irish-American; 262 Hecker-Jaeger Regiment; 262 24th, German-American; 264 37th, Fremont Rifles; 264 39th,Yates Phalanx; 264 42d, Infantry; 264 51st, Chicago Legion; 264 57th, National Guards; 264 58th McClellan Brigade; 265 65th, Scotch Regiment; 265 72d, Board of Trade; 265 82d, German-American; 265 88th, Second Board of Trade; 266 89th, Railroad Regiment; 266; 90th, Irish Legion; 266 113th, Third Board of Trade; 266 127th, 3,000 miles, 100 engagements; 266
Cavalry; 266 16th and 17th Cavalry; 267 Artillery; 267 Stokes
Board of Trade Battery; 267 Death-Roil of Honor; 268 Typical
Memoir of one Chicago officer; 268 Camp Douglas; 269 Prisoners' Aid and Relief; 270 Camp Douglas Conspiracy; 270 Sanitary Com­mission; 271 Love and Gratitude of those old days; 271.
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CHAPTER XXV.
The Sixties at Home:
Loss of the Lady Elgin ; 272 The bones of the ship now visible 273 Other wrecks; 273 Population not checked by war; 274 Lake
Tunnel crib; 274 Lake difficulties overcome, 275 Beginning of
Lincoln Park; 276 Sectional jealousies; 276 Removal of the cem­etery; 277 Enlargement of the River Forks; 277 Inception of the Union Stockyards; 279 Of the Clearing House, 279 The river again foul; 280 The remedy; 280 The two tunnels; 281 Federal affairs ; 281 Greenbacks; 281 Money that rustled but did not rattle; 283  The old banks died hard; 283 Unfailing value of city securities; 284  Farewell to George Smith ; 284 Where did the old rags go ? 285  Greenback inflation; 285 Laborers on top ; 285 End of the stormy sixties; 287 Delusive confidence; 287.
CHAPTER XXVI.
The Great Fire
:
The great drought before the great fire; 288 Condition of the
city in 1871; 288 The feast spread; 289 Condition of the fire depart­
ment; 289 The O'Leary house and stable ; 290 Testimony of the
O'Learys; 291 Delay in giving the alarm; 291 The attack outflanks
the defence; 291 First loss of a steam fire engine; 292 Flames jump
over the south branch; 292 Battle on the court-house roof; 293 Use of gunpowder; 293 Cook county record office; 293 Fierce speed of
the flames; 293 Fire crosses the main river; 294 Failure to defend the
waterworks; 294 Whose fault? 295 One woman's story; 296 Men­
tal phenomena; 297 Pitiful struggles; 298 Outpouring of the world's pity; 298 First relief committees; 299 The Chicago Relief and Aid
Society; 299 Special police sworn
in;
300 Militia and regular troops
come; 301 Sensitiveness regarding U. S
s
soldiers; 301 First new
supply of water; 301 Summary of losses and compensations; 302
Rebound of hope; 302 Even Gov. Bross underestimates the recov­
ery; 302 One man's recollections; 303 How the streets looked to a
newly arrived Chicagoan; 304 Particular ruins; 304 North Side des­
olation; 305.
CHAPTER XXVII.
A
New Story ok the Fire:
Books about the fire; 306 Fate of the county records; 307  American Record System; 307 Maps and plats of city property; 308
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The abstract makers and their work; 308 The real estate dilemma;
309 A clue to the labyrinth; 310 John G. Shortall's story of a
night; 310 Fate of an old landmark; 311 First apprehension of
the coming catastrophe; 311 The fugitive crowd;
312
Lucky failure of a well-meant effort;
312
Stocktons to the rescue; 313 Books on
the truck and rain of fire on the books; 313 The great bell falls unheard;
314 Help of the jail-birds; 314 Back again to the fire; 314 Exas­perating fatality; 315 Exhausted nature breaks down; 315 The loss averted; 316 The combined savings; 316 Chance for extortion; 316  Honorable conduct; 31 7 Chicago worthies; 318 Accumulations since
the fire; 320 Government weather-signal officers; 320 Interview with ex-Mayor Cregier; 321 Interview with Chief Fire Marshall Williams;
321.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
Derrick Time
:
Splendid conduct of Insurance Companies; 322 Trepidation of
the timid; 322 The Burnt Record Act; 323 Words hearty and timely;
323 Buildings put up by the R. & A; 323 Doubts all proved to be
vain; 324 Mayor Medill and the city problem; 324 Fire limits
extended; 325 How serious is the loss of old buildings? 326 Early
reconstruction; 326 Civic finances and their prospects; 327- -Schneider's
saying about metropolitan securities; 327 Timely liberality of the
State Government; 328 The Rookeries, old and new; 328 Unparal­
leled achievement of the city; 329 Kerfoot's Block; 329; Gradual
clearance of the obstructed streets; 330 Rehabilitation of the news­
papers; 330 Failure of Congressional efforts at relief; 331 All poor,
busy, hopeful and economical; 331 Relics of the Court House fire;
332 East-bound trains; 332 The blessed mother-in-law; 333.
CHAPTER XXIX.
Social Re-organization
:
Thirty-nine churches burned; 335 Scattering of Congregations
by the Fire; 335 North, South and West Side circles; 335 Hospital­
ity and Benovolence; 336 None rich by inheritance; 336 Absenteeism
not favored; 337 One circle in the far future; 337 No true Aristoc­
racy in Chicago as yet; 338 Development of Clubs; 338 The
Chicago, the Standard and the Fortnightly; 339 The Literary; 340  The Union; 340 The Illinois; 340 The Union League; 340 The
Iroquois; 341 Relief and Aid Society; 341 Its most devoted servants;
342 Home for the Friendless; 342 Nursery and Half-Orphan Asy­
lum; 342 Old Ladies' Home; 343 Historical Society; 343 The
CONTEA'TS.
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Athenaeum; 344 Young Men's Christian Association; 345 Humane
Society; 345 Secret Societies; 346 Union war Veterans; 346 The Art Institute; 346 Chicago as an art centre and art market; 347 A
glance back at a primitive time and place; 348 The Declaration of Independence read from a pocket-handkerchief; 349.
CHAPTER XXX.
Panic of
1873.
Fire of
1874.
Whisky Ring:
One bank safe failed in its duty; 350 Consternation first and delib­eration next; 350 Banks begin again to pay out money; 351 Strin­gency two years later; 351 Clearing-house certificates not used; 352   Collapse averted; 352 Failures; 352 Food products a better financial basis than stocks and bonds; 353 The great savings-bank disaster; 353  State, Bee-hive, Fidelity and German Savings-Banks; 354 Building Societies and their mission; 354 Relics of the past made foundations of the future; 355 A new blow on the old sore spot; 355 Last straw on
the backs of the Insurance Companies; 356 Citizens' Association to
the rescue; 356 The companies forgive but do not forget; 356 The
new army of fire-fighters; 357 Bursting of the Whisky Ring; 357
Let no guilty man escape; 357 Enormous seizures of property; 358   Sensational trial, verdict and sentences; 358 Strongmen broken down;
359 Indemnity to "Squealers"; 359 Seeming financial disaster, but
real return of health; 359 Uniform integrity of the Mayors of Chicago;
361.
CHAPTER XXXI.
The Beauty Spots:
The luxury of the poor and the rich; 362 South Park Commission; 363 Its Fire losses; 363 Early purchases and improvements; Drexel
Statue; 364 Hardship of boulevarding some streets at the cost of
others; 366 Pay-as-you-go policy; 366 Equipment needed by a park; 367 Table of areas and distances; 367 Beginning of West Side Park System; 367 Douglas, Garfield and Humboldt; 368 Great boulevards on the West Side; 36S Future beauties; 369 Acres and miles of West
Side system; 369 Lake Shore Drive, the glory of the North Side; 370
Primeval sand-hills; 371 Exclusion of shore railways; 371 Blossom­ing as the rose; 372 Miles and acres of the Lincoln Park System; 373  Original cost and present debt; 373 Successive Commissioners; 374 Park system still beyond present needs; 374 Increasing means and
decreasing 'demands; 375 Bought and paid for; a free gift to the
future; 375.
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CHAPTER XXXII.
Riots and their Suppression
:
A city of homes safe from certain dangers ; 376 Trade Unions necessary and proper; 376 The Pittsburgh Riots ; 376 First troubles in Chicago ;
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Assembling of forces for defence; 377 Outbreak and bloodshed ; 378 Points to be defended ; 378 Gen. Torrence's disposi­tion of forces ; 379 Military supports police ; 379 United States Reg­ulars ; 380 Unanimity in the defenders , 380 The threatened avalanche scattered at the start; 381 Fear of the mob succeeded by jibes at the military; 381 Thankless task of the militia; 382 The Anarchists' movement; 382 The prime movers ; 383 Their folly ; 383 Differ­ence between labor-unionists and anarchists ; 384 Trouble at'McCor-
mick's Reaper works ; 384 The "Revenge" circular; 385 Parson's
speech at the Haymarket ; 385 Explosion, wounds and death ; 386  Arrests; 386 Trial, conviction and punishment; 386 Judge Gary and Prosecutor Grinnell ; 386.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
Pullman:
The grand plan and its originator ; 388 An unpromising spot;
389 Magical transformation ; 389 The workers and the work 390 ;
Corliss Engine ; 390 Architecture; 3QO- Sewerage and disposition of
sewage ; 390 Water supply ; 391 Pullman sewage farm ; 391 Lesson regarding Chicago sewage ; 393 Growth of a car; 392 A train a day produced ; 392 Health of the town ; 393 Temperance ; 393 Personal
liberty; 393 Free public opinion ; 394 Religion; 394 Aspect of the
town ; 394 Flats and other homes ; 395 Statistics of population ; 395
Savings in bank ; 396 Spontaneous good order; 396 The labor
troubles of 1886 Arrival of the walking delegate ; 397 Mr. Pullman's reception of the committee ; 397 His answer; 397 Finality of the inter­
view ; 398 The strike is
on;
398 Attempted socialist intervention;
399 Foundrymen come forward ; 399 End of strike ; 399 Piece-work
at Pullman; 400 Perhaps a key-bearer; 400 The cap-stone is peace; 400.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
The Thrifty Eighties:
Vastness of the million; 401 Then and now; 401 Chicago in
1891; 401 Her relative position; 402 Other World's Fairs; 403
Growth of Chicago since the fire; 403 Present growth and what it
means; 404 Demand again overtakes supply; 404 Good-bye to Gur-
don Hubbard; 404 The Newberry fortune; 405 Walter L. New-
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berry's Chicago history; 405 His public acts; 40b Personal character­istics; 407 Mr. Newberry's will; 408 Judge Skinner; 408 Litigation; 409 Location of permanent library; 410 Dr. Poole's remarks; 411   The building itself; 411 John Crerar;
412
A few of his business connections;
412
Mr. Crerar's will; 413 The Crerar Library; 413  A message from beyond the grave;
414
The Armour Mission and its
founders; 414 Its ways and means; 415 Manual Training School;
415 William B. Ogden's will; 416 Fate of his well-meant charitable effort;
416
Difference between New York and Chicago charitable bequests; 417.
CHAPTER XXXV.
The World's Columhian Exposition:
Undertaking of the World's Columbian; 418 Act of Congress;
418 Conditional on certain funds; 419 Funds provided; 419 Inn. keepers, etc., pledged against extortion;420 Naval reviews; 420 The
true anniversary; 420 President's proclamation; 421 Four organiza­
tions; 421 Fifteen great departments; 421 General officers; 422
Board members; 422 Statistics of previous fairs; 423 How Chicago
compares; 423 Action of States and Territories; 423 Action of the
general government; 424 Government exhibits; 424 Outlays hitherto
and in the future; 425   Action of foreign nations; 425 A mile square of land and more if needed; 425 The lake and the water
courses; 425 Statue of Liberty; 426 General architectural scheme;
426 Machinery Hall; 426 Fisheries island; 427 General Miles in
charge of military features; 427 Troops and Indians; 427 Possi­
ble sham battle; 427 Pride in showing how few soldiers we need;
428 Lady managers; 428 Lady delegates; 428 Their powers and duties; 429 First meeting; 429 Speeches by Mrs. Felton and Mrs. Palmer; 429 Mrs. Palmer's report of her foreign trip; 430 How roy­
alty and aristocracy look at the movement; 430 Princess Christian;
431 Mrs. Palmer's address to the Commissioners; 431 The Auxiliary;
432 A Congress of Congresses; 433 Building plans and costs; 434  Other necessary outlays; 434 ,000,000 to be laid out; 434 Fire
department; 434 Building materials; 435 Sewerage; 435 Aspect of
the ground in December 1891; 435.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
On New Year's Day,
1892:
Chicago bent on business; 437 The idle man a lonely man; 438
Doing only one's duty is not enough; 438 The beauty of
it;
439
Debt-paying, peace and plenty; 439 Suppose labor were exceptional; 440
Effect of success not all good; 440 Woman in her new place; 441
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Men judged by acts, not by thoughts; 441 Ecclesiastical trials; 441  Two creedless churches; 442 Central church; 443 People's church; 443 Non-partisan movement whereby ballot-box frauds were stopped; 443 No Chicago fortunes based on public plunder; 445 New York
Chicago's elder sister and senior business partner; 445 Chicago not
yet the ideal city; 445 Smoke, dust and mud; 445 Remedies possi­
ble; 446 Money growing plenty; 446 Village-like characteristics; 446
Patience under wrong; 447 Seats in street cars given up to women;
447 What's all this? 448 Overcrowding of streets arising from over­
building of houses; 448 John W. Root and the Chicago construc­
tion; 450 Colbert's record of 40 years' growth; 451 Each historian laughs at his predecessor; 451 On the shining height; 451.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, XIX.
INDEX, 453.
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