HAS THREE TIMES THE CIRCULATION
OF ANT PAPER IN THE COUNTY.
NDON
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Editor and Proprietor.
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VOL. 2. CONDON, GILLIAM CO., OREGON, FRIDAY. JUNE 24, 1802. NO. H.
THE OFFICIAL AND LEADING PAPER
OF GILLIAM COUNTY.
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GLOBE.
Knterrd nt (he hlof.ce at CoiuIuh, Oftgon, at
itcuml-cUn mull matlrr.
orriciAi. IUBKCTOKV.
United States.
Prestdeat,... Bkwjamin IUskihon
Vlca I'rusldeut Uvl J. Mokton
Hecretaryof Htata ikUK Hi.aiks
Hwretary of Treasury Ciiah. Kohtkr
Hwretary of Interior J W Now.
Heorataryof War Stbthk H. Ki.kim
Honr.taty of Navy B. V. 'Ihacv
r-ostmaater-Oeneral Jon h W a i w a m a k km
Attorney-General ...-W H. H. Mlixc
batir.tary of AgrUultura Jeukmuii Ki'mk
lata of Oregon.
(lorernor H. 1'kmnoykb
Beoretary of Htata VV. McHhiu
Traaaarer mil. Mktmjham
BapUof rublia lustraolou K. II. McKlhov
. , J. H. MlTCHKM,
6nun J, u, Dw.rii.
Oon'.man... B Hkhmahx
frluter KiuwkO. Bakkr
SR. H. H IRA ll AH
W. r im
R. 8- B.
Seventh Judicial DUIrlrl.
Joint Senator Ciiari.kh Hii.tiiw
Ircait Jadge W. I Hraiikiiaw
l'rMooutlng At.oroey - W. H. Wli.wK
Gilliam County.
Representative W.J. Mulkky
Jodgv. ... W.J. Makinkr
fA-l..l... I'1'' - WOOM.AHM
Commissioners w j. k.owahi.s
fieri , Jat P. Lucas
BharlfT. W. I. Wtw.ox
Tnaurr 8. Kwmo
AaaMtr Davio Mason
Surveyor ; H. . IIuri.rurt
Hihoil Huperiuteadvnt .wtH Parskk
Coroner ..R K. Hawkins
Block inspector Alkx Dutiiii
Coadon Precinct.
Justice of the Peace GsoimsTatoii
Cunsiable ............. - ....Dam Kiksmart
Unloa Paelflo Kallwar Tlma Card.
TrelnserrWe end leave Arlington ai folio we:
Atr-ROUMD.
Train Na. faat malt, eAvea Arllagton dally
at 1:15 a. a. M
No. R, Aiiantlo eprss, leave Arlington daily
at 8 57 r. a.
' . WSST-BOOND.
Train No. 1, faat mall, leaves Arlington dally
at 11:40 a. a. M
No. 7 Atlaotlo azpreaa, leaves Arlington dally
at 1 40 r. m.
HRITXRR BRAMCH TRAINS.
Train No. 81 arrive from Heppner dally,
ot-t sour atii:i..
fiO.
Si lvavs I jr lleppuer dally, except Hun-
day, at 8:47 r. M
r.. .. . . . . .
To
nr.una tl ket. soki ana hg( cneriea
through to all points In the t'uiu-d Htaie ana
Canada. . B. COI.UNB, lifket Agent,
AF. A A. M. MT. MORI A II LODGE. Xo. Hft
, Mtated coinramit atl. in on flr.t Ktarday
venlngs after first Mondava of acb monin. H
)iarnlnbre'hrn In gooda'and ugare cordially
invited to attend. P. r. CABOX, W. M.
USRaT Halstrad, KocroUry.
KEV. W. C. WIHB WILL HOLD SERVICES
. every 3l and 4tb Hiin'lav lu ranh month at
;ndon, morning and evening, and at Matmy
srhoolhonse at i p. in. Every 1st and ltd Hundny
he will preach at Mayvllle.morulugan evening
.TRY
ED Ii. WILEY'S $10 SUITS
For gentlemen, worth $20 for wear. Twelve cloth samples, fashion plate
and measurement blank free. Postage, 6 cents.
Ed L. Huntley & Co., Wholesale Gentile Tailors,
184 MADISON STREET, CHICAGO, ILL.
When ordering samples please mention Cohdox (Gilliam county,
Or.) Glow. -
I). CANTWKLL.
Lost '. Valley Saw: Mill.
CANTWELL BROS., Proprietors.
AH Kinds of Surfaced Lnntor, Rustic,
All timbers 4x6 and larger discounted 10 per cant, in
foot. All lumber discounted 10 per cent, for cash.
Condon Livery and Feed Stable,
SOUTH MAIS STREET, CONDON, OR.
Charles Fix, Proprietor.
Good horses for hire at reasonable rates. Special attention given
to transient stock. ,
Fat cattle for my meat market taken on accounts. Your trado is
respectfully solicited.
EXCHANGE
P. SKELLY, Proprietor,
KEEPS ON HAND
Fresh Beer, Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
IEESH WALLA WALLA STEAMED KEG BEEB UPOK I0E.
A. fine billiard parlor in connection. When you feel like having
little amusement call around and see Pat. He will treat you well.
TjR. 1. J. UMAX,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Condon, Or.
ORlco Oregon ave., next door to (llobe olllce.
I)
K. JOHN XICKMX,
Condon, Or.
OITIi'e at residence of
avenue.
Major Lucas, Oregon
J
AY P. LUCAS, County Clerk,
DOM A IX UNH Of
LAND AND NOTARY BUSINESS
In ntat and careful manner.
M KOKUE TATOM,
J JUSTICE OF
THE PEACE,
Condon, Or.
Colleritlons made and prompt returns given.
W. DA It 1,1 SO,
'Notary Public and Conveyancer,
Condon, Or.
Collections made with dispatch. ,
Kprtneu's the 0rman-American and the
North et Fire and Marine Imuran-e Company.
F
OR KKI.IABLE FIRE 1NBUKANCE
AffLY TO TIIR
Pmcenix or Hartford."
Cath AueU, pfiHM.tf.
Herbert Halatead, Agent, Condon, Or.
riOSDON-IXlXE ROCK DAILY BTAOK LINE.
p. M. Itlnebart, Proprietor.
leaves Condon every morning (Sundays ex
cepted . at :' o'clock, and a rives at Loue Rock
at VI . via Matney and Lost Valley.
Para. S9.00. Kound Trip. S3.50.
g 8. GKIPKR. H. M. HOS8,
' Carpenters and Contractors,
' Ooa'doa, Or.
Alt kinds of rariei.ter werk done with dls
paU'h at the mot reaMtuabi charges.
Office On street wherever yoa can And them.
a. ooodwix,
'painter and Paper-HanoeR,
Condon, Or.
All kinds of painting and papering done at
modcra e rates. Olve me a cbauue.
P08TOFFICE VARIETY 8T0RE,
Rock, Or.
J. B. OofT, Proprietor.
vr. alwavs on hand Medicines. Caara and
Tobavcoa. nne Candles, Bcbont Bupplle., Toilet
Artlcli-a. Btatlonery, Harps ami Toys, and every
thing else usually found in a country variety
store.
Everything I handle Is flrxt-claos, and my
prices are the lowest. Utve nie a trial.
J. WALKER,
Contractor ano Builder,
Condon, Or.
I have learned this bin I nets thoroughly, and
am pn-paiwi to do all kinds of work lu this Hue
it mouvrate rates, i ry me.
ONE OF-
A. CANTWKLL.
Celling and Flooring Alwayi oa Has!
number of
V SALOON. -
THE CHICAGO EXPOSITION.
Mr. Chikls Donates a Number of Rare
and Beautiful Palm Trees From
His Conservatory.
William Sannderg. Executive Exposi
tion Commissioner for Canada, says that
a large and excellent exhibit from the
Dominion is assured. It will be espe
cially notable in the lines of agriculture,
dairying, minerals and manufactures.
The principal commercial organiza
tions of Mew Orleans have united in a
petition to the Btate legislature of Lou
isiana, which assembles this month, to
make a World's Fair appropriation of
$50,000. A bill making such an appro
priation lias been drafted. ' '
George W. Cbilds. the Philadelphia
philanthropist, signalized his visit to the
World's Fair grounds by planting a lin
den tree on the "wooded island." Mr.
Cbilds has donated to the exposition a
number of rare and beautiful palm trees
from his conservatory. He is very en
thusiastic over the fair and its prospects.
The New York State building at the
exposition, as shown by the plan which
tbe commissioners bave approved, will
be one of tbe most commodious and ar
tistic of all. It will measure 97x193 feet,
be two stories high and covered with
"staff." treated to represent marble.
Thn estimated cost is from $80,000 to
$100,000.
JOHN B. CLARK.
GENERAL CARPENTERING,
Condon. Or.
Alliums or carpenter wort aonewitn neat
ness and dlspab:h and at very moderate ratta.
RUNUTOS-FOHilL DAILY 8TAOE LINK.
E. A. Nelson, Proprietor,
raaa raoa aaUMUTONTo
Fossil .6 00 Retnrn.tlO 00
vv lie & 00 Ke urn. 9 00
Condon 4 00 Return, T 60
Clem S 00 Ketnrn, ( 00
Olex. 3 00 Return, 3 00
Loaves Arlington everr morninc (Hunday ex
cepted' at 8 :30 o'cl ock, la dae at Condon at w.
a., ana arrive ai rossu ai i r. a.
BENNETT S
DEPOT '.' HOTEL,
ARLINGTON, OR.
Headquarters for T. P. A. N. W.
Adjolnlnat the depot, It Is v. ry convenient for
paftsenier from the back country who
have to leave by night trains.
llitr nird Dtut$ch gnprochtn.
Franeai$.
On parle
So Chinese. Meets all trains.
J. W. BENNETT, Proprietor.
The WratedFrencb Sura,
Warranted DUDnniTIN P' or monrt
to cure
ru iiuvwiiiiiM refunded.
Is Bold of A
POSITIVE
CUARANTEE
to euro anr form
of nervous dlsca.so
or any disorder of
the generative o
gans oi eitlicrsex v
vhpt'.cr arlslnc
fmtnthaexcessive
.BEFORE
tisool Btlmulanta, AFTER
Tobaci
iroorOplum.orthrouBb youthful iniiiwvw.
tlon.overlndulpfuce, Ac .suoUas Loss of Brain
Power. WakrftnnpiM.Ecarinffdotrn Palmlmiia
Uck,8emInalW'rriknoai,IlYi;ter)a, Nervous Pros
tration, Norturncl Emissions. Le jcorrhcra, Dls
llneat,Wcak Memory, Lojs of Power and Impo
lency, whlchif neRlecteloften IcaU to prematura
old a?a and inianlty. Price 1.00 a box, 8 boxes
forts.oa ficntbymallcnreociptof price
A WBITaE.V CilTAUANTEB is given tor
every 5.C0on!crrecelvcd,torefund the money If
a Permanent cure 1s not effected. Wa hare
tdouBsndsoI testimonials frorao'd and young,
of both sexes, whohavaboen permanently cun d
ty theuseof AphroUiUne. Clrcolarfrea. Address
THE APHRO MEDICINE CO.
Waatara Branch, Sox S7. Pobtlajw. oa
FOB 8ALB BY
7L. W. DARLING ft CO., Condon. Or.
Fabsr's Golden Female Pills
Believe Sappressed
Meusirnaiion. uaea
sncceesfully by tho
ande of prominent la
dles taonCA'y. Thor
oughly reliable and
sale. Worth twenty
times their weight In
gold for female imp
nlaritut. Merer known
tofalL
Sent by mail aealed
lor Address
Aphro Midlelni
COMPANY,
tTestern Branch,
Box 7. Portland, Oregoav
FOB BALg BY
I,. W. DARLING CO., Condon, Or.
Our Wonderful Remedies.
Dr. Grant's Syrup of Wild Grape Root.
The great blood purifier and
is the product of Oregon soil. Retail price, f 1.
Dr. Grant's Kidney and Liver Cure.
For the cure of Bright's Disease, Diabetes, Biliousness, Sick Head
ache and all kidney troubles. Retail price, $1.
Dr. Grant's Native Discovery.
The great female remedy. For
necuhar to females. Sold
price, $1.
Dr. Grant's Cloalo.
. Tho great dyspepsia conqueror; will positively cure dyspepsia and
all its kindred ailments. Every bottle sold under a positive guar
antee to effect a cura or money refunded. Retail price, II.
Manufactured by O. W. R. CO.. Portland, Or.
For Oale by L. 7. Darling & Co., Condon, Or.
OCCIDENTAL MELANGE
Kid Gang of Apaches Committing
Depredations in Arizona.
SILVER BONANZA REAR PHENIX.
Records and Insignia of the Chinese High
binder Organization Discovered
by Sacramento Cops.
Helena, Mont, sapphire and ruby
beda comprise 8,000 acres.
The 8antaFe rana a potato train daily
from Loa Angeles to Chicago.
A veritable silver bonanza baa been
struck at Mesa City near Phoenix.
Complaints about tbe Soldiers' Home
at Santa Monica are becoming frequent.
Extensive niter beds bave been lo
cated in Death's Valley near Besting
Springs.
Tbe turquoise stone fonnd near Phoe
nix, A. T., has been pronounced of a
superior quality.
The Arizona Board of Territorial
Equalizers met recently, and will raise
the taxes on all railroads in the Terri
tory. San Diego is still striving for the erec
tion af a plant to work the iron ore from
tha Tempustete mines in Lower Cali
fornia. The snpply department at Mare Island
is being investigated. There are charges
of favoritism which excludes legitimate
bidders.
Tbe Kid gang of renegade Apaches are
committing depredations in Arizona
again. Murder and theft are their em
ployment.
The wood camps in the mountains in
Nevada are opening up for tbe reason's
work, which promises to end earlier than
usual this year.
Prospectors from the New river coun
try ridicule the story that the Sal ton
Baa in would become a lake tnis season,
similar to that of last year.
W. G. Bailey, who with his family
were supposed to have been lost on the
Colorado Desert, have been rescued.
The hardships of the party are described
as terrible.
It is stated that 3,000,000 pounds of
wool will pass through the hands of a
local merchant at Albuquerque, N. M.,
this season.
The Monarch mine in Silver City.
Nev., is being guarded by a shotgun bri
gade. The property, which is very val
uable, is in litigation, and tnere are
three claimants.
A combination of lumber dealers in
Southern California has caueed the stif
fening of prices. The mountain dealers
have bad difficulty in competing witn
the Oregon trade.
A Boston syndicate has purchased
1,500 acres near Deming, N. M. The
land will be irrigated through force
pumps and wells and rendered valuable
(or farming purposes.
The various Phcenix (A.T.) banks and
mortgage companies bave levied attach
ments on the Phoenix electric-light
plant, aggregating $10,500. The failure
is said to be complete.
The heirs of George Hearst Phoebe
Hearst and William R. Hearst have
brought suit at Pboeuix, A. T., to quiet
title to the San de laa Boquillias y No
gales land grant. This land includes
that occupied by settlers on the San Pe
dro river, taking in tne town oi r air
bank and the greater portion of the
Mormon settlement of St. Davids, as well
as other valuable valley land.
The Sacramento police made a search
of premises occupied by highbinders,
and recovered, hidden in the basement.
a locked box containing the records of
the organization and ail the insignia of
the vicious society, including the short
sticks passed around to members when
ever the murder or robbery of a hated
Chinaman is proposed, to notify them of
a meeting. The capture is an important
one, and may lead to much desired in
formation.
The Victoria (B. C.) Co(om$l contains
the first chapter of an exposure of a hot
bed of the vilest corruption in the very
heart of Victoria, systematic seduction
of girls of tender years by men who hold
responsible positions and enjoy tne con
fidence and respect of the entire com
munity. The paper demands that the
authorities take cognizance of the curse
and act promptly in its eradication,
stating that the names, dates and
fullest facta are in its possession and
ready for use.
system tonio. Purely vegetable, and
the cure of diseases and complaints
under a positive guarantee. Ketai
CONGRESSIONAL MATTERS.
Caminetti Unable to Get His Debris Bill
Before the House Monument to
General Sherman.
The House has passed tbe bill giving
$50,000 for a pedestal and monument to
General W. T. Sherman.
Senator Blackburn has introduced a
bill appropriating $1,200,000 for the pro
curements under contract of fifty mor
tars and carriages for the defense of the
Pacific Coast.
The Department of Agriculture issues
a statement showing the imports of
American corn Into Germany for the
first three months of this yearcompared
with a corresponding time last year,
have increased from 1,110,000 bushels to
5,848,000.
Mr. Caminetti has been nnable to get
his mining debris bill before the House.
and tbe result is that if the House ad
journs on July 4, the date which is con
templated, tbere will be no chance for
the bill to pass. It reauires unanimous
consent to bring it up, and that cannot
De obtained.
It i understood that Captain Louis
Kempff is assigned to the command of
the new coast-defense ship Monterey,
which is nearing completion at the Union
iron works in California. In order that
be may superintend her fitting out be
will receive Preliminary orders to her
during the present month.
Oates of Alabama called np the bill
modifying the Revised Statutes so as to
dispense with the proof of loyalty dur
ing tbe war of the Rebellion as a pre
requisite of being restored or admitted
to tbe pension roll of any person who
otherwise would be entitled there
to, nor shall proof of loyalty be neces
sary in any application for bounty land
where the proof otherwise shows the
applicant is entitled thereto, providing
no soldier admitted to the pension roll
shall receive back pay. This act shall
not extend to any person under disabil
ity by the fourteenth constitutional
amendment. The bill was passed.
Representative Hermann has suc
ceeded in passing a bill extending for
three years tbe time of settlers who are
purchasers of forfeited railroad lands,
and whose time to make payment ex
pires September 23 next. McMillan of
Tennessee antagonized the measure, but
when Hermann explained the history of
tbe bill he withdrew bis objection. Her
mann read to the House resolutions
passed by the Republican and Demo
cratic County Conventions of Waseo
county, Or., where many people reside
on forfeited fond along the railroad. He
also read petitions from the State Grange
and Alliances, asking: for this legislation
and stating that by reason of the failure
of the crops many persona were .nnable
to pay lor nomes.
Senator Dolnh has secured from tbe
Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds a favorable report upon his bill
. 41 , . . 1 .
vi increase me uiuii oi me cost oi a
public building at Portland to $1,000,000 ;
also a favorab.'e report of bis amendment
to the sundry civil appropriation bill for
the same purpose. The Senator says he
will secure the passage of his bill through
the Senate at the first favorable oppor
tunity, but hardly hopes for a favorable
consideration in the House. He fears
also, if he succeeds in trettintr the amend
ment to the sundry civil bill, the House
will refuse to concur and it will be
dropped out in the conference, and he is
not certain that it will not be better to
defer the attempt nntil the next session
after the Presidential election.
EDUCATIONAL NOTES.
President Eliot Gets Into Hot Water by
His Disparagement of the Public
School System.
Shorthand iB to be taught in the Boa-
ton schools.
There are 5.S99 whole and 1.821 frac
tional school districts in Michigan.
The public schools of St. Louis frive
employment to over i.uuo teachers.
New London, Conn., has been selected
as the site lor the uatholic summer
school.
Embossed books for the use of blind
persons have been prepared in more than
250 languages and dialects.
Mrs. Sidgwick has just been appointed
principal oi rsewnham Uolleee. Univer
sity ot Cambridge, England.
There are 530 women students in the
University of Michigan, distributed
throughout all the departments.
In one of the public schools of New
York city there are 710 children, all but
ten of whom are of foreign birth and
language.
In Pans the common public schools
are provided with medicine cases, and
instructions are pven for the nse of
remedies.
The New York Legislature passed
bill making the teaching of music in the
public schools compulsory. Governor
Flower vetoed It.
Jacob Gould Schurman, Cornell's new
President, is yet a lew years under 40.
but a noted-scholar. Twenty-odd years
ago he was a clerk in a grocery store on
rnnce iawara isiana.
President Eliot of Harvard, not satis
fied with the mess he made bv his Mor
mon speech, has again got himself in
hot water by his disparagement of the
American public-school system.
Cornell University has given Presi
dents to three universities Schaefer to
Iowa, Jordan to Stanford and Andrews
to Brown. Eight members of its fac
ulty bave declined college presidencies
The school of architecture of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania is to have
"traveling scholarship in architecture.
anlth an annual (niVkma nl .1 AAA .ktl.
will enable the holder to study the best
m oasis in Europe.
BEYOND THE ROCKIES.
Minister Enters a Crusade Against
Church Fairs, Etc. '
KANSAS WHEAT OUTLOOK GOOD.
Schemes to Defraud Hotels at New York
Discovered New York Board
of Education.
The New York Grant monument fund
is complete.
Chicago has an elevated road, and is
elated over it.
In Minneapolis 7.877.947 barrels of
flour were made last year.
The exports of gold no to date this
year have been exceptionally light.
The cotton acreage of Tennessee will
be 10 per cent, smaller than last year.
Chicago Board of Trade market quota
tions wiU soon be distributed free to the
public
A jilted woman in Chicago hired a
prizefighter to spoil her former lover's
beauty.
The wall-paper trust has been incor
porated in New York with $14,000,000
capital.
A yonng Methodiet minister has been
arrested at Atlanta, Ga., for jumping
board bills.
Gas is to be manufactured in Loner
Island and piped nnder the East river
into New York.
Colonel W. B. Remy. Judge Advocate
General of the navy, has been placed on
theretired list.
Louisiana's Supreme Court decidaa
that the "Jim Crow" law does not apply
to interstate passen-nr- .
The New York Board of Education is
preparing to wipe out all saloons. ia -the
vicinity of schoolhouses. v v
The Kansas crop resort shows wWt
acreage equal to last year, with an ex
cess of corn, but backward.
For three vacant chaolalm
United States array over 4,000 applica-
tions have been p'aced on file.
For killing a secro Sactinn Rna An
derson of Greenand. Fla.. haa been
threatened with a aegro uprising
United States troops 'tom. "been sent
to the scene of the troubles between
stockmen and rustlers in Wyoming.
Tbe city of Chicago, feeling that its
attractiveness is somewhat at stake, has
organized a society for the prevention of
smoke.
Mississippi planters in the river bot
tom are moving for a permanent reduc
tion of tax assessments on account of
overflows.
The crops in Kansas are in grand
shape. Corn is growing well, and the
wheat is heading out. In Nebraska, too,
the crops promise well.
An ordinance licensing gambling
houses in Omaha was Bigned bv -the
Mayor, and they are running wide open
in violation of a State law.
There is talk of submitting the Lou
isiana Senatorship to a vote of the white
people ot the State, the Legislature be
ing unable to agree on a candidate.
The descendants of the immortal Daw
Crockett will celebrate the 106th anni
versary of that deceased hero and states
man at Rutherford, Term., August 17.
An nnknown foreigner has created a
reign of terror in Cambridge, Mass., by
stabbing a number of women, whom he
accosted on the streets alter nightfall.
Owing to the long sea' on of spring
rains, much of the bottom lands in West
Tennessee, heretofore planted in cotton,
will this season grow corn or some other
crop.
Rev. J. W. Wilson of Indianapolis has
entered upon a vigorous crusade against
church fairs, grab bags, rattles and all
other schemes to raise funds for church
purposes in illegitimate ways.
The labor organizations of New York
city have begun war upon the Chinese.
it ib uieir purpura to arouse ag inst me
Mongolian such a cyclone of public ha
tred as will drive him from the town.
A large and finely equipped hospital
has been dedicated in Atlanta, bearing
tbe name of the late H. W. Grady, ed
itor of the Contlitution. This memorial
is the result of a popular subscription.
A New York insurance company will
put up a building having twelve stories
and a high gable, with a street frontage
of 86 feet 6 inches. It resembles an
Egyptian obelisk.
Dr. Nagle of the bureau of vital sta
tistics says that so cosmopolitan has New
York become in recent years that more
than 100 languages and dialects are
spoken in the city.
Governor John Young Brown of Ken
tucky has signed the bill compelling all
railroads in the State to provide separ
ate cars for negroes. The law will go
into effect in ninety days.
The Interstate Elevated railway of
Kansas City is to be changed from a
steam to an electric system at a cost of
(600,000. It is expected that the recou
truction will be completed so that the
line can be run by July 1.
One of the largest and hardest log jams
ever known in the Northwest has been
forming in the St. Croix river at Eagle
Island. It is over five miles long, and
the logs are piled np in all shapes, and
it contains over 150,000,000 feet.
The Wigwam in Chicago, where the
Democratic National Convention will
meet, has a frontage of 500 feet on Mich
igan avenue, and is 350 feet in width. It
is the largest convention hall ever
areeted, and its full capacity is 30,000.