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THE SUNDAY CHKONIcLe CHICAGO JUNE 7 189(5 ber of the Marquette club and a stanch de PAY ROLLS INSJAR CHAMBER HERO OF FRONTIER WARS BEN FRANKLIN IN BRQHZE is a great-great-grandson of his great progenitor If disembodied spirits of mortals take cognizance of human affairs we must suppose that Dr Franklin is pleased at what is being done here today in his honor and the part assigned to one of his offspring MONUMENT 13 UNVEILED WThen the applause that followed Mr Medill's closing sentences had subsided Rene Bache the descendant of Franklin was introduced by Mr Medill as the statesman philosopher's great-great-great-grandson Mr Bache accompanied by the sculptor Park stepped to the monument and seized the halliards that bound the stars and stripes around the bronze figure of Franklin Mr Bache's part of the exercises was to pull the strings hard enough to slip the knot that held the flag He looked like a muscular young man but when he gave a hard tug at the strings they simply pulled taut and the knot remained firm Mr Bache looked ap-pealingly in the direction of the speakers' stand "Pull hard" was the advice he received "I have pulled and can't budge it" replied the descendant of Franklin and he gave the strings another jerk Then a man with hands that looked as if they were in-crusted with cinders reached over Mr Bache's shoulders and gave the strings a pull that threatened the equilibrium of the monument There was a snapping sound and then the flag fell in graceful folds around the base of the monument revealing the heroio behold in this park the dignified figure and features of the "father of his country" which noble quartet will warm the patriotism and elicit the admiration of Americans as generation follows generation THIRD OF ITS KIND There are only two bronze stautes of Franklin to public view in the United States! one in Boston the other in New Tork A third is being constructed in Philadelphia and it is high time he was its foremost citizen and shed luster on that city On one of the streets of Washington there stands a marble statue and those three were I could find There was none at all in the vast west I confess to have been an admirer of Dr Franklin since boyhood His writings maxims and doings made a deep impression on my youthful mind I saw that he was an unselfish helper of kind and sympathetic friend of the struggling poor and sought in every way in his power to aid them As I grew older and studied his career more deeply I began to discover what a multifold and far-reaching mind he possessed and that all his thoughts were centered in promoting the good and advancing the welfare of his contrymen Still later I found that he was mighty in creative statesmanship and that nearly a quarter of a century before the declaration of independence was proclaimed to the world and which he helped to frame there was born in his brain the grandIdea a political union of all the British colonies fn America He studied the scheme carefully and formulated on paper a plan of such union based republican principles equal rights personal freedom and self-government He believed at that fender of everything that pertains to the Swift administration He handled the al leged investigation of the pay rolls of the previous administration last year and secured the indictment of several employes but since then nothing has been heard of the caees At every opportunity he has expressed himself as firmly of the belief that nothing was wrong with the Swift pay rolls that an investigation of them would prove useless except to prove their purity and honesty and that no employe of the Swift administration could possibly be guilty of the things charged against them from time to time MAYOR AGAIN HUNG IN EFFIGY North Side Business Men Clean the Street and Have Fn With City Officials When people have to turn out and clean the streets for the care of which they pay taxe they are not likely to be overfriendly to the administration which has brought about this deplorable condition and allowed it to continue The property owners aSM Orchard and Willow streets are no exception to the general rule and they have been having lots of fun with Mayor Swift and incidentally doing the street cleaning work which his bureau of street cleaningeis by a pleasant fiction supposed to do The streets in that vicinity have been deep with mud and filth for a year Never was it stirred up by a sweeper and a man with a broom or a cart would cause a panic in the neighborhood so unaccustomed has the sie-ht become Most of the residents became resigned to the condition of affairs as in deed taxpayers all over the city nave Deen forced to do but a few of the more aggressive were not content to wade through mud dailv and nisrhtlv to reach their homes Merchants who were obliged to drive their horses and force their wagons through dirt from one to two feet deep were appealed to and last week a grand street cleaning cam paign was started Everybody turned out with brooms and hoes and shovels ana in less than an hour the accumulated dirt of months was removed from the streets and piled up Most of the piles were carted away in the wasrons hired by the business men but one was reserved for decoration A dummy representing Mayor Swift was rigged ud and placed on the throne of filth and then signs were hung on the pile reading like this: THE PEOPLE WANTED NOW THEY HAVE GOT HIM ARMLESS MAN WANTED 1 THIS IS SWIFT'S WORK For days the big pile of mud with its uniaue inscriptions and the mayor of Chi cago in effigy upon it was the center of a laughing crowd and curious people make trips to see It from all parts of the nortfl side OPPOSE MERELY MUZZLE ORDINANCE Mascoutah Kennel Club Has Something to Say to the Mayor on the Subject The ordinance recently introduced into the council through the efforts of Herely which seeks to prohibit the appearance of dogs on the streets at any time of the year unless properly muzzled has excited the strong opposition of a great number of dog owners The Mascoutah Kennel club the leading organization of its kind in the west ha3 sent to Mayor Swift a letter giving sev eral reasons why the ordinance should not go Into effect Among other things tne let ter says: The nronosed ordinance is unsound unreasona ble inhuman contemptible and inapplicable It la unsound because the very argument wnicn is used to support it that unmuzzled dogs fre- miftntlv Inflict Injury on human beings is con- trwerted bv the srreat number of instances in which almost inestimable service has been ren dered by unmuzzled dogs who would na-e De nnwerless if muzzled It is inhuman and unreasonable to require a dog tn bp muzzled everv time he is taken out lor exer- flap Humane societies and benevolent individ uals in fill countries have provided drinking troughs for dogs but of what use is a bowl of running water to a securely muzzled dog And how Is the unfortunate animal to pluck the grasses and herbs which Its Instinct tellsit will act as anerients alteratives or tonics? It is contemptible because it encourages spiteful Interferences among neighbors and is inapplica ble because its enforcement would require a police force ten times as large as this city's The dog ordinances now on the statute books are not and never have been thoroughly eniorcea ana how can it be expected to enforce a law requiring the closest vigilance of an army of police Kennels are maintained in all parts of the coun try for the purpose of raising and selling high class dogs A large sum of money thus invested would be lost by the passage of this ordinance Most of the dogs owned by our citizens are gentle and kind and would scarcely attack a human being under any circumstances It Is well enough to de mand protection against dangerous dogs as should be demanded against dangerous horses or other domestic animals but it is carrying the matter en tirely too far to say that all dogs shall be punished for the occasional shortcomings of some of their number This club has a membership of about 150 com posed largely of our prominent citizens and pro fessional men all of whom respectfully protest against the passage of this ordinance Many objection were also filed by indi vidual owners of dogs FATHER'S BRUTAL DEED Roan Murray Kills His Babe and Beats His Wife Nearly to Death Cedarvillb June 6 Roan Murray a dissolute character who has been on a spree several days went home late last night and found his wife and 1-year-old baby missing They had gone to a neighbor's house where Murray found them He commanded his wife to go home with the baby but owing to his drunken condition she refused Murray then procured a hatchet and rush ing in on his wife and baby began a vicious assault on both Before others could Inter fere Murray had badly injured both wife and baby beating the latter frightfully on tha head with the pole of the hatchet He then went home where he was arrested A crowd of villagers had received a report that the wife and baby were both dead and they organized a lynching party When preparations were completed to take Murray from the town marshal they discovered that the prisoner had been spirited to Xenia where he is now in jail The baby died this morning and although the wife is in a critical condition she is trying to shield her husband and prevent prose cution Little Sisters G-et It Last night ended the voting contest which has been conducted the past three weeks at A Rothschild Co's to determine the three most popular charities in Chicago This enterprising firm in order to celebrate in some fitting way the first anniversary of their entrance into Chicago's commercial circles offered $1000 in gold to the three most popular charities of Chicago to bo deter mined by the public vote From the first in terest has been maninested to a remarkable extent and the large number of little white ballots that have drifted into the boxes day after day has been very gratifying to the projectors of this novel charitable undertak ing Ballots were daily distributed and a large number of benevolent causes were in the list from the start From among them three favorites promptly made themselves known Of these the fresh air fund twice obtained and for some days held first place but in the end the friends of the Little Sisters of the Poor proved "too many" for the other popular charity and it was loroed to give way be fore the friendly onslaught of superior numbers which the champions of the "Little Sisters" brought to bear on the vote and the latter gained first prize The home for the friendless took third place almost at the be e-inning and kept it steadily until the end which though they would have been glad to receive a larger prize is of much comfort to the well-wishers of this most worthy in stitution The money will be divided among the three winners in proportions of $500 $300 and $200 The vote as regards the winners last night stood as follows: Little Sisters of the Poor 10494: fresh air fund 9491 homo for tho friendless 3197 Other good causes which have shown themselves dear to the public heart are: The Hahnemann hospital Flor ence Crittenden mission Visitation and Aid society Michael Reese hospital and St Vin cent's orphan asylum Over 140 organizations in all were represented by a small or large number of votes Diamonds "Watches Jewelry And wedding gifts at lowest prices Bros' old stand Masonic Templ Giles 1 Secret Session of the Civil Serv ice Commission Held "Witness Cook Examined Behind Locked Doors Regarding a Sidewalk Luther Laflin Mills Not Invited to the Hearing Little Evidence of Value Adduced From the Man Under Suspicion Star chamber sessions again characterize the investigation of the city pay rolls and yesterday a secret examination was held in the private office "of the civil service commission The republican members of the-commission were closeted for two hours with Cook the most important witness in the case against David MacDonald superin tendent of the sidewalk department The public was barred and every move made by the commissioners and its representatives was with the utmost caution and secrecy At the conclusion of the session the only an nouncement that could be secured from the officials was that "Cook has told us that he remembers nothing' Whether this movement was for the pur pose of hushing up the scandal that is bound to arise when the real facts in the MacDon ald case are known and whether it was a move on one part of the administration to save another part from criminal prosecution is a feature that probably will not develop until the examination of witnesses in that particular branch of fraud is resumed Tuesday But it is a fact that Commissioner Wal ler the only democratic member of the board was not present at the hearing that Luther Laflin Mills attorney representing the Civic Federation and the Citizens' as sociation was not present and was not in formed of the hearing although he com municated with the office of the commission during the morning it is also a fact that when Mr Mills called at the office at 12:30 o'clock after Cook's testimony had been taken he was not told of the continuation of the inquiry without his presence and it is a further fact that Assistant Corporation Counsel Hamlin and Secretary Pheips of the commission began the taking of testimony from Cook alone and in a secluded spot to which all access was denied the public and representatives of the press who have here tofore been admitted to all meetings of the commission on such business COOK HOLDS THE KEY Cook's iknow-ledge of the Fulton street sidewalk ocase involving the "high official" who has been vainly sought for a week or longer' has Taeen considered more important than anything yet brought out or to bo brought out in the Baumer case Upon it depended the success of the commission to get at the bottom facts regarding MacDonald's connection with the case his collection of $75 from" the Pierce estate for work done by city workmen with city mate rial and on city time and if yesterday's ac tion proves a barrier to the commission and makes it impossible to get at the facts there will be disappointment among the members of the Citizens' 'association who gave their money freely on the understanding that it would be used to conduct a fair impartial and stricty nonpartisan investigation But whatever may be the result of the secret ses sion of yesterday the fact remains that it was held and that at the conclusion Attor ney Hamlin a personal representative and political appointee of Mayor Swift made the announcement that Cook had told noth ing of value ana awn remember any thing about the case" The fear previously expressed that the employment of one branch of the Swift political machine to ferret out the fraud "committed by another branch of the same organization has found new expression and it is more strongly the belief of many that the ultimate result will show the utter fallacy and fraud of such a demonstration in the name of "reform" and honest administration" of the city govern ment The private examination of Witness Cook began yesterday at 10 o'clock For several days detectives had been searching for him to serve the subpoena of the commission When he was finally found at his home in Ravenswood he became indignant and threatened to throw the detective out of the house His order to leave the premises was not obeyed The subpoena was read to him despite his effort to avoid it but even after service had been secured he announced that he would pay no attention to the mandate of the civil service board But for some reason he changed his mind and appeared at th office of the commission this morning BEHIND LOCKED DOORS When he came in Secretary Phelps who appears to have assumed authority to man age all the affairs of the board sent for At torney Hamline andwithout waiting for the members of the board to appear and order the statement of 'Cook taken officially and without notifying Luther Laflin Mills representative of the Citizens' association they began an investigation in private Repeated demands for admission were refused mem bers of the press and the door was finally locked to bar out all intruders Later on Commissioners Hotz and Clark appeared and were admitted Whether they ordered the secret session closed or not was not stated but in a few minutes Cook was dismissed and the doors were opened President Clark refused to make any statement regarding the case but admitted it was a continuation of the public examination Attorney Hamline elected by President Clark to explain the extraordinary action assumed an air of superciliousness and at first declined to make any statement Then he said "Cook was another 'didn't remember' witness He said he had done more or less contracting work and had1 four men working for him at one time He didn't remember their names and was-unable to give anything 'definite as to where they lived He had never rendered a-'bill ta-MacDonald and kept no books I did' notiask" him whether he ever received the money from the Pierce estate for I was -af raid he would answer no He did say however that he never received more than $40 for any- single job of work Apparently his les'senfwas well learned and he knew just what to say to our questions He claimed to have known MacDonald for twenty-two years and-denled having had any business connection with him in the contracting work" Cl as the examination a part and a continuation of the publid'lhyestigation?" "It was" "Will it be made- a part of the record?" "It will" ao-'n io This admission? Efronsi the attorney who has time and again boasted that he was certain the Swift pay rolls were absolutely free of all fraud and dishonest actions made th secret session appear more extraordinary than ever Luther Laflin Mills was surprised beyond measure when informed there had been a session of the commission and the examination of a witness of such importance in secret and without his presence "I was not Informed of the intention of the board to do any such thing today" he said "In fact when tha officer came to me to tell me he had served the subpoena on Cook I got the impression that Cook would not be there today I was in a chancery court all morning and the commissioners knew of that However It may have been perfectly regular and proper for them to go ahead while they had Cook and secure a statement I will state now however that Cook's statement of the case will be equally as public as any that has yet been heard by the commission" Attorney Hamline who conducted the ex amination in secret yesterday Is an assist ant in the office of the corporation counsel and was placed there as a reward for political services to Mayor Swift He Is a mem- Frank Gruard Famous Scout and Fighter Visits the City Meets Old Companions Who Were With Him in Days of Peril Story of Adventure With Sitting Bull's Indians Told by a Ohicagoan How the Intrepid Plainsman Brought His Party Out of Danger Frank Gruard who for over a score of years was one of the most famous and in trepid scouts of the United States army in the western country left town last night to assume the general management of the Big Horn Basin and National Park Transporta tion Company at Cody City Wyo Gruard's neme and daring are known to every sol dier west of the Missouri river For over a score of years Gruard who is half Sandwich islander and half Sioux was chief of scouts of the western army and during all this time he was a stirring figure in all great Indian campaigns It was not until the last week that Gruard ever left the western shore of the Missouri He came to town four days ago and has wandered like a lost spirit about the Audito rium Annex ever since Had it not been for FRANK GRUARD "Buffalo Bill" "Pony Bob" Major Burke and General McCook who are warm friends of the swarthy scout it is probable that Gruard would have beat a hasty retreat to his own country GRUARD'S RECORD FOR BRAVERY The stories of Gruard's bravery are many but the tale of how he safely led a recon- noitering party under command of Lieutenant Sibley from the rifles and scalping knives of a horde of Sioux in the campaign of 1871) is graphically related by John Fin- erty who was a member of the expedition in his book "war rata ana tnvouac- The reconnoisance began on July 6 scarce ly a fortnight after Custer met his fate and lay along the Little Big Horn river With twenty-five picked men Sibley left Crook command and started on his mission Rid ing in advance were Gruard and Baptista Pourier also a famous scout Fmerty his narrative says: E-arly on the morning of July 7 we were again In the saddle pressing on cautiously toward where the scouts believed the Indian village to be When we had reached a point several miles from our late bivouac and close to the Little Big Horn river Gruard motioning us to halt ascended rock moved directly in our front leaving his horse slisrhtly below the crest We observed the intrepid scout's movements with some interest Soareely had the scout taken a first cautious look when a peculiar motion of his hand summoned Pourier to his side Both scouts now keenly ob served the country from between the rocks on the summit of the bluff through their glasses Their observations finished they mounted their ponies and came galloping back to us in hot hasle FORCED TO FLEE FOR THEIR LIVES "Be quick and follow me for your lives" cried Gruard We mounted Immediately and all followed his lead: He led us through bluffs of red sandstone which formed as it were the footstool of tha mountain chain as we were obliged sometimes to make our horses leap down on rocky ledges as much as six or seven feet perhaps in order to follow his course Wa soon reached a bluff of sufficient size to conceal our horses on its westerly side while those of us who were provided with field glasses went up into the rocks and awaited to se what was coming "What did you see Frank?" asked Sibley "Only Sitting Bull's war party" the scout replied Wa did not have long to wait for confirmation of his word3 Almost as he spoke groups of mounted savages appeared on the bluff north and east of us Every moment increased their numbers and scattered out in the Indian fashion they seemed to cover the hilly country far and wida Most of them were in full war costume "They appear not to have seen us yet" observed Gruard "Unless some of them hit upon our trail of this morning we are comparatively safe" Gradually the right wing of the war party approached the ground over which we had so recsnt-ly ridden Suddenly an Indian attired in a red blanket halted looked for a moment at the ground and then began to rids around in a circle INDIANS FIND THE TRAIL "Now we had better look out" said Gruard "That fellow has found our trail sure and they will be after us in five minutes" "What then are we to do?" asked the young officer in a calm steady voice "Well we have but one chance to escape" said Gruard "Let us lead our horses into the mountains and try to cross them But in the meantime let us prepare for the worst" Then we left the rocks and went down amonj the soldiers where Sibley told them that should retreat be found impossible they were to fight until the last man fell The retreat was begun at once and after marching five miles at a brisk trot and thera being no sign of pursuit the column halted for an hour to rest and eat Once more on their way the soldiers had gone but a short distance when the packer of the mule train cried out "The Indians!" The narrative of Mr Finerty continues: Gruard and the rest of us looked over our right shoulders and saw a party of the red fiends in their war bonnets riding rapidly along that flank at no great distance "Keep close to the left close to the woods" said Gruard to Lieutenant Sibley Scarcely was the warning uttered when from tha rocks and trees upon our right came a ringing volley "Fall back on the woods" cried the scout and every horse was wheeled toward the timber on tha left My horse stumbled from the shock of a bullet but bora me in safety to the edge of tha timber under the rapid Indian fire PARTY PREPARES FOR A FIGHT We soon had such of the horses as could keep their feet tied to the trees near the verge of the wood where also Lieutenant Sibley formed us in a semicircular skirmish line The trees and fallen timber served us admirably for breastworks and we blazed away for some time with right good will We could see occasionally the Indian leader dressed in what appeared to be white buckskin and wearing a gorgeous war bonnet directing the movements Gruard thought he recognized in him White Antelope a Cheyenne chief famed for his enterprise and skill He led one charge against ub and every man on the front of the skirmish Una fired upon hm and his party We did not know until long afterward that our volley put an end to his career but so it was The savages evidently aimed at our horses thinking that by killing them all means of retreat would be cut oft from us Meanwhile their numbers continued to increase We could distinctly hear their savage encouraging yells to each other and Gruard said that Sioux and Cheyennes were allied in the attacking force As tha volume of the Indian fire seemed to increase "No surrender" was the word passed from man to man around the thin skirmish line RETREAT IS ORDERED Suddenly a hand was laid on my shoulder It was that of a soldier named Rufus who was my neighbor on the skirmish line and as I turned round he said: "The rest art retiring 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the Old-Time Chicago Compositors Are at the Ceremony Five thousand persons saw the statue of Benjamin Franklin unveiled in Lincoln park yesterday afternoon The statue is Joseph Medill's gift to the city of Chicago through the Old-Time Printers' association and its location just west of the edge of the Lake Shore drive opposite the high bridge that spans the lagoon is one of the prettiest spots in Lincoln park The Lincoln park hoard built a platform for the guests invited to participate in the exercises attending the unveiling of Mr Medill's gift The seats on the platform were filled nearly an hour before the time for beginning the exercises and the grass plot outside of the ropes was crowded with spectators who stood ten deep eagerly watching the preparations being made to unfold the stars and stripes which hid the heroic bronze figure of Franklin from view The old-time printers who were the special guests of the occasion were the first to arrive and they were accompanied by their wives and children Some of them are still setting type others are working machines but many are in other lines of business and are prosperous citizens John Smyth who used to set type years ago was conspicuous among the veteran members of the craft Mr Smyth was one of the active managers of the affair and was one of the busiest men in Lincoln park Old "Bob" Figg was another conspicuous figure on the platform and so was James Hutchins MANX OLD-TIMERS THERE Mark Crawford at present superintendent of the bridewell Sam Pinta A Fyse and Sam Rastall formed a group near the square occupied by Professor Brooks' band Cahill who abandoned the case for politics years ago wore a badge of the committee on arrangements Frank Sheldon Ed Davis John A Daley Jim Bond Thomas Carroll Tuttle Charles Bond Mason A Langley and Abe McCutcheon occupied the first row of seats on the stand and told stories about the old days of printing in Chicago Among the other veterans present were Mike Carroll Gus Crowell John Anderson Walter McDonald Dan Halloran Madden George Root Thomas Sullivan A Adair Joseph Carolan and For rest The sculptor Park mingled with the old-time printers and explained to them the history of the statue Mr Park is a Chi-cagoan He used Dupleses' portrait of Franklin painted in Paris in 1779 which is now in the New York Museum of Natural History as his model The statue is 9 feet 6 inches in height and stands on a granite pedestal 12x12 feet at its base Mr Medill was an early arrival and was conducted to the speaker's stand which was erected right in front of the platform There he was joined shortly by Lambert Tree Judge Tuley "William Onahan Mark Crawford Carroll Nate Reed William Penn Nixon of the Lincoln park board and Rene Bache the descendant of Franklin who came here from Washington to participate in the unveiling of the statue of his Illustrious ancestor Carroll who was chairman of the occasion made a brief address of welcome and then introduced Mr Medill the donor of the statue THE PRESENTATION SPEECH Mr Medill's welcome after he had stepped to the front of the speakers' platform was cordial and hearty The old-time printers who with their families occupied seats on the platform applauded vigorously and the rest of the crowd echoed their enthusiasm so well that several minutes elapsed before the veteran editor could proceed Mr Medill spoke as follows: Old-Time Printers and Fellow Craftsmen of Chi-cagp We are assembled here for a purpose especially interesting to printers and generally to all branches of "the art preservative of all arts" I shall not attempt to make ft biographical sketch of the subject of thi3 occasion having already done that recently before you but will restrict my remarks to what seems appropriate to my duty at this time My particular part of the proceedings is to present through the old-time printers to the craftsmen of Chicago a statue of Dr Benjamin Franklin Jn enduring bronze standing on a pedestal of im- III i 7' I Ms in ia Iff 1' VVJ- win' faMSAjZVt JOSEPH perishable granite and by favor of the liberal-minded and public-spirited park commissioners It is to stand for all time on this beautiful and conspicuous place in the heart of charming Lin-coin park From shady grovea and smooth walks It will look out on the "unsalted sea" And here Jet me tender to the park board the sincere thanks of the printers -of Chicago as well as my own for th use of this lovely spot of ground As the custodian of this mounment I have chosen the Old-Tima Printers' association beoause it membership erabracta veterans from all branches of the printer's art and admits members from affiliated trades and professions It is a social organization to promote good-fellowship smooth down ruffled rivalries celebrate the recurring anniversaries of "our patron saint" and relate the reminiscences of the risa and progress "of the printer's business in Chicago At the south entrance of the park stands th lifelike bronze prototype of the great emancipator and national unionist Lincoln Near by this monument sits on hi3 war steed America's greatest and most victorious union general Grant And here stands the pre-eminent philosopher and states- -i yvnnin And I hope ta ere loom At open as all his of on lb FRANKLIN IN LINCOLN PARK proportions of Franklin in bronze The kindly face seemed to smile benevolently upon the old-time printers who were regard ing Sculptor Park's masterpiece with pride PRETTY PART OF THE CEREMONT The prettiest incident of the unveiling was the participation of thirteen young girls in the ceremonies emblematic of the thirteen original states They were: Mary Downie Helen Cnapp Emma A Gaul Winnifred Burke Agnes Mill Kate Scharle Emma Seibert Mary Riley Hattie Newton Alice Riley Loretta Smyth Laura Considine Marguerite Keeley Professor Brooks' Second Regiment band played "The Star-Spangled Banner" and the Lexington and Webber quartets sang the words of the famous old song Alderman Kahler president of the Old- Time Printers' association accepted the monument from Mr Medill on behalf of the association and then transferred the charge to the Lincoln park board William Penn Nixon on behalf of the park board accepted Sculptor Park's statue Among other things Mr Nixon said: It seems eminently fit that Lincoln park which is pre-eminently the park of the people should be chosen of all others as the abiding place of this nooie representation or Benjamin Franklin who was par excellence a man of the teoole Beeiii ning life in a Boston chandler's shop leaving that to become an apprentice in a printing office at the ui ne luunu minseii in i'niiaue-lphia a homeless wanderer with only a few cents in his pocket Overcoming many difficulties he made rapid strides in public confidence and before he was bu years old was one of the best known and most highly respected men in the two conti nents but he never forgot his humble beginning and never ceased to work for the uplifting of sn uggling numanity utners may have been more eloquent and enthusiastic in discussing the wrongs of the people but none was more assiduous in righting those wrongs or wiser in his efforts for tne protection ot human rights He is written down in tee annals of his country as "phtloso pner ana statesman" but it was his life as workman and as the auihor of "Poor Richard's Almanac a publication which did more than anj other to make the homes of that day happy ana prosperous that brought him in close touch witn- tne people and still keeps hia memory green BSTABROOK'S ADDRESS xi Lstabrook orator of the day was imiouucea Dy chairman Carroll after the quartet naa sung "Rally 'Round the Flag' Mr Estabrook was in good voice and his nri dress held the interest of the crowd from the opening sentence He eulogized Franklin ana spoice flatteringly of Mr Medill for the spirit the editor displayed in presenting the statue to Lincoln pars xxio citizen or unicago" ha said "to wiiowe iiDeranty we are indehtert fr heroic bronze is pre-emlnentiv 1he ma in Chicago best qualified to speak of the life wnicn it commemorates But Mr Medill is as moaesx as ne is generous 'I have erected mis statue to liranKlin' said Mr Mediil not to giority myself not even to glorify i ittuivuu Liiait were inaeeil saiDerPnnns- have erected it rather to the giorv of Ampri- can manhood I wish it to stand forever as a laiunaer to tne young men of my country to eiuuy tne nie oi this simple sturdy stalwart character that their own lives may piunt uy it jn ueierenco therefore to this purpose oi tne donor it is perhaps appro prime uiat a youn? youn? enough I hope not to hav shaped his character beyond that a young nan should have been requested to Epeak of the life and times or Benjamin Franklin on this occa sion and to deduce therefrom his individual conclusions I am deeply grateful to Joseph meum ior compiling ine to undertake it POEM FOR TH3 OCCASION jonn linn tne po-t or the occasion read an ode to Franklin the concluding verse oi wnica was as iollows: Wherever truth prevails throughout the earth Wherever reason reigns and minds are free Wherever toil commands a cheerful hearth Wherever plenty smiles on industry Wherever honor's paid to honest worth And manhood's robed in manhood's dignity Wherever Franklin's words and deeds are known The millions claim ana love nun as their own xne quartet sang Minnows wnicn was placed on the programme at the special re quest of John Smyth and then Pet- tibone of the Employing Printers associa tion delivered a glowing eulogy upon Ben jamin Franklin The quartet and audience sang "America" to the accompaniment of the band and then the exercises were de clared to be at an end Mr Medill was surrounded by friends who warmly congratulated him upon the magnifi cence of his gift to Lincoln park ILLINOIS CENTRAL Reduced Rates South and West Round trip excursion tickets will be sold on June 9 and 23 to the south in cluding points on lines of the Illinois Cen tral and (except New Orleans and Memphis) also to the west and south west including points on the Illinois Central west of Iowa Falls inclusive at one fare for the round trip plus $2 Particulars of Illi nois Central city passenger agent 99 Adams strett BRONZE STATUE OF BENJAMIN early day 1754 this continent should and was destined to be one free nation composed of self-governing citizens The plan of government which he devised bore a remarkable similitude to the state and federal governments which thirty-five years later he helped to build His idea of 1754 which received wide approval in the thirteen colonies but was rejectetd by the mother country Uvea in men's minds till the time was ripe for its adoption as the framework of the great plan embodied In the constitution created in 1787 by Washington himself and others Franklin was an ardent nationalist from the time he devised his scheme of a colonial union and during all the half century that comprised the rest of his life After the contention with England over American rights became acute he opposed a reconciliation unless all the colonial grievances were removed And after the war broke out he was sent by the congress to New Tork to hear what terms of peace the British general Lord Howe had to offer at a time when the American cause looked gloomy and almost desperate Franklin would listen to no terms that did not acknowledge national independence to the revolutionists Otherwise he said the war must be fought out to the end And then he went to France to induce that nation to give to the struggling insurgents the assistance that was absolutely essential to achieving independence -and obtained it By the Judicious and persuasive use of his wonderful brain lie secured the powerful help of France and victory and independence were the rewards of his efforts His old dream of helping to found a mighty free republic in North America was near its realization and he lived to assist in its accomplishment WITHOUT EQUAL IN SOME THINGS Some men were superior to Franklin in a particular specialty and others may have been his equal in two or three things but no man known to history ever equaled him in all the things in which he was great Think over the many matters Franklin excelled in and then search for his peer in all or half of them Tou will discover that he was more nearly a universal genius than any man of ancient or modern times He possessed a 111! Jr WAV ft MEDILL brain that seemed to grasp and comprehend every subject of human thought It is hard to name any of greater deductive powers In that process of reasoning by which we arrive at the necessary consequence starting from a premise who was nuperior to Franklin unless it was Bacon? Who was more persuasive in his argument unless it was Webster? He discovered hidden things by deduction and proved them afterward by experiment He seemed to be endowed with intuitional Insight in his investigations and his reasonings were al most as conclusive as mathematics He left a wonderful impression on the minds of his genera tion But among all his pre-eminences he was most remarkable for his sympathies for poor unfortu nate sunering humanity Such in very brief was the great man whose statue will now be unveiled to your eyes revealing in bronze the counterfeit self of America's eminent printer statesman philosopher and philanthro pist Dr Benjamin Franklin I have great pleasure in informing this audience that the flag veil will be withdrawn by Rene Baoht of Philadelphia a journalist who is a lineal descendant of Dr Franklin through hia daughter Sarah jrho married Kichgrd Bache He.