that the men were probably lost in the woods of Michigan or in Canada. One man wrote to the paper that perhaps they were marooned on some island in Lake Michigan, though there are no islands in the lake anywhere within two hundred miles of the course they could have taken.

The Journal sent a member of its staff to various points along the east shore of the lake hoping to find either the wreckage of the lost balloon or the bodies of its occupants, or both; and to investigate the numerous rumors that had been received. An industrious and painstaking investigation was made, but all efforts were unsuccessful and at length they were abandoned as hopeless.

Grimwood was a young man but twenty-two years of age at the time he embarked on his venturesome voyage in the ill-fated balloon. He had only recently become a reporter for the Chicago Evening Journal, having come from Joliet but a short time before where he had been engaged in newspaper work. His parents lived at Bristol Station in Kendall County which had been his boyhood home. He was spoken of as a young man of great promise, and his untimely end was deeply mourned by all who knew him, and, indeed, the public shared to a remarkable degree in the grief felt by his relatives and friends.

So deep an impression was made on the public mind by the sad fate of young Grimwood that at a matinee performance given at the Adelphi theatre a tableau was prepared of the "Lost Balloon," which became the leading feature.

A MEETING OF PRESS MEMBERS

A meeting of members of the Chicago press was called for the purpose of passing suitable 'resolutions in memory of young Grimwood, and was held at the office of the Journal on the 20th of August. In the Tribune's report of the meeting in the next day's issue we find that Elias Colbert of the Tribune 'was chairman, and W. K. Sullivan secretary. Others present at the meeting were Guy Magee of the Inter-Ocean, C. A. Snowden 'of the Times, Andrew Shuman of the Journal, John F. Finerty of the Tribune, and James Maitland of the Post and Mail, the man who at the last moment left the balloon before its ascension. Appropriate resolutions were passed and several persons made addresses. Mr. Shuman spoke highly of the young reporter who had lost his life in so tragic a manner. He said he was among those who had seen Grimwood depart with Donaldson, and could never forget the impressiveness of the scene. "The youth, after the balloon was cut loose," he said, "took a slow, lingering look around, as if conscious that he was taking a last farewell of life and all that was dear to him. Even those who had not known young Grimwood personally could not help feeling touched by the lonely and dreadful circumstances surrounding his fate."

GRIMWOOD'S BODY FOUND

At the time of the meeting of the press representatives spoken of above there had been no certain intelligence received of the fate of the aeronauts, as we have seen. But a few days later word was received that a body had been discovered lying on the beach near Whitehall, Michigan, and that there was no doubt it was that of young Grimwood. Again a member of the Journal staff, this time Mr. E. E. Wood, was dispatched to the scene to gather all the facts.

In

In the issue of the Chicago Weekly Journal of August 25th, the files of which are preserved in the Newberry Library, are given the results of Mr. Wood's investigations. Wood's dispatches gave the details of the finding of the body identified as that of Grimwood. The discovery was made by a mail carrier passing along the lake shore, and when the body was found a life preserver was fastened about the waist which was broken and was seen to have no sustaining power. the pockets were found letters and cards bearing the unfortunate man's name, sheets of paper upon which he had commenced to write the account of his trip, and a watch which had stopped at twenty minutes after eleven o'clock. This gave the Journal occasion to say, "For the first time in almost five weeks of harrowing anxiety an affirmative answer can be returned to the question repeated so many times every day, 'Have you heard from the lost balloon?'"

Thus after this lapse of time, during which all had been speculation and theory, not a single fact, other than the report of the schooner's captain who saw the balloon skipping along the surface at seven o'clock in the evening, had been ascertained. People pictured the possibility of Donaldson and Grimwood still alive and floating about, buoyed up by their life preservers, or wandering in the forests. of Michigan or Canada; but gradually the conviction became general that the "mandevouring lake," as Lake Michigan was called in an old Indian legend, had engulfed them and left no sign. Professor King, the aeronaut, had held firmly to the belief that the balloonists were still alive but lost in the wilderness. So had the managers of the Hippodrome. So widespread had become the interest during this period of uncertainty that reports came from many points of balloons seen floating in the air, such reports coming from regions near and remote, even from as far away as Canada. Every speck in the sky was magnified into a balloon. As proof of the utter unreliability of these reports not one of the supposed balloons thus reported ever landed or were afterward heard of. Then came the finding of bottles enclosing messages, also scraps of cloth imagined to be part of the wrecked balloon, but all these evidences lacked credibility, and the mystery had remained as deep as ever until the discovery of poor Grimwood's body.

The body was found, says the report printed in the Journal, "on the Michigan shore near Stony Creek, about fifteen miles from Whitehall," at a point almost exactly east of Milwaukee. The finder was a mail carrier by the name of A. Beckwith. The body was divested of the outer clothing and boots, and a life preserver fastened in place. In one of the pockets a small field glass was found, a gold watch, and a small fruit knife having engraved on it the initials, "N. S. G." There were also found some notes he had made while in the balloon. As the words of a man uttered or written in the presence of death possess a strange and melancholy interest these words, though the writer was at the time unconscious of impending doom, seemed like a voice from the grave.

The notes were as follows: "From the earliest days of childhood, I have always had a presentiment that some time sooner or later, I was bound to rise. There are some people who make sport of presentiments but, after all, a presentiment is a handy thing to have around. Where would I have been to-day if I hadn't had a presentiment? In accordance with my presentiment, I have risen, as it were, to a 'point of order.' Like a great many politicians, I rise by means of gas. I regret the fact that there are only two of us-Professor Donaldson and

myself as I would like to belong to the 'upper ten.' Professor Donaldson seems to be a very pleasant gentleman, although a philosopher and an aeronaut. Although it is scarcely an hour since I struggled into eminence, the restraints of my position are already beginning to be irksome to me and wear upon my spirits. I cannot help reflecting that if we fall, we fall like Lucifer, out of the heavens, and that upon our arrival upon earth, or, rather, upon water-for we are over the middle of Lake Michigan-we would be literally dead."

Before starting away on the journey Grimwood had remarked that he intended to write a humorous account of the trip, and this was the manner of its beginning. It is abruptly broken off, interrupted in all probability by the threatening storm and the impending danger.

Mr. Wood had the remains of young Grimwood brought to Chicago where they were taken in charge by his grief stricken father, Mr. William Grimwood, who accompanied them to his home at Bristol Station, Kendall county, Illinois, where they were laid in the village burying ground.

No positive evidence of the fate of Professor Donaldson was ever discovered. A report was received of a body seen floating in the lake, but nothing further was ascertained in regard to it, nor was anything seen of the balloon itself. Diligent search was made along the shore where Grimwood's body had been found but without result.

An item in an issue of the Journal some months later makes this sarcastic reference to the tragic event:-"Barnum is going round telling people about "The World, and How to Live in It.' The way not to live in it is to go up in one of his balloons."

CHAPTER XXXVI

RAILROAD RIOTS OF 1877

HARVEY

D. COLVIN ELECTED MAYOR-REFUSES ΤΟ YIELD OFFICE TO SUCCESSORHOYNE DE FACTO MAYOR-MONROE HEATH ELECTED-HARD TIMES OF THE MIDDLE STRIKES-CONDITIONS AT CHICAGO-MASS MEETING OF

SEVENTIES-PITTSBURGH

WORKINGMEN-INCENDIARY

SPEECHES-STREETS THRONGED BY

CROWDS--AU

THORITIES LOSE CONTROL OF SITUATION-MENACING CONDUCT OF MOBS-INADE-
QUATE POLICE FORCE-VIGOROUS MEASURES RESORTED TO-PROPOSED MEETING ON
WEDNESDAY EVENING PREVENTED-BATTLE AT THE ROUND HOUSE-VOLLEYS AND
CHARGES-MOBS AT HALSTED STREET VIADUCT--MASS MEETING OF CITIZENS-CON-
FLICTS CONTINUED AT THE VIADUCT-TURNER HALL ON TWELFTH STREET-MOBS
GATHER IN THE STREET-CHARGED BY THE POLICE-REFUGE SOUGHT IN THE HALL
-RIOTERS
ROUTED ARRIVAL OF UNITED STATES TROOPS-STRIKE

COMPLETELY

ENDED AND ORDER RESTORED-WARM PRAISE FOR THE POLICE-COMMERCIAL CLUB
OF CHICAGO-LIST OF CHARTER MEMBERS-MERCHANTS CLUB UNITES WITH THE
COMMERCIAL CLUB RECORD OF WORK DONE BY THE
HOLMES' POEM ON CHICAGO.

CLUB-OLIVER WENDELL

THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN 1875 AND 1876

ARVEY D. COLVIN was elected mayor of the city on November 4th, 1873, and in the usual course his term would have expired in November, 1875. But the question of the reorganization of the city under the general incorporation act of the State having been submitted to the people at an election held April 23rd, 1875, and carried affirmatively, operated to keep the mayor in office until the third Tuesday in April of the following year, the date fixed by the new charter for holding the municipal elections.

When the time came for the elections to be held in the spring of 1876, the Council passed an order for the election of city officials to be held, but omitted to mention in the list the office of mayor. Colvin set up the claim that as there was no vote for mayor provided for he was entitled to hold the office until the next date for a city election, that is until the spring of 1877.

The people became much excited over this proposed act of usurpation, and at a mass meeting convened at the Exposition building, attended by some twenty-five thousand citizens, it was resolved that a mayor should be elected, and Hon. Thomas Hoyne was named as the candidate. On election day Hoyne, being the only candidate, received 33,064 votes, with only 819 scattering votes opposed. Excepting for the mayoralty, there were two complete tickets in the field, of which one was

the Colvin or Democratic ticket, while the other was the Municipal Reform or Opposition ticket. The latter ticket won.

In passing upon the election returns the Council refused to recognize the vote for mayor. But on the following 8th of May the newly elected aldermen took their seats, and the opposition being now in the majority, the vote for mayor was canvassed and Hoyne was declared elected. One of the most exciting and hazardous periods in the history of the city government now ensued. Mr. Hoyne waited on the "hold over mayor" at the old City Hall, known as "The Rookery," and demanded that he surrender the office of mayor. This Mr. Colvin declined to do. The mayor's office was guarded by police and a serious conflict between the rival bodies of supporters seemed imminent. On the 18th of May Mr. Hoyne assumed the chair as presiding officer of the Council. He was recognized by all the departments except those of the Police and Comptroller. The dispute of authority was finally referred to the courts where the case was decided in favor of Colvin. A short time later the Council issued a call for a special election for July 12th. At this election Monroe Heath received a large majority of the votes cast and he entered upon the duties of his office without further opposition.

THE ADMINISTRATION OF MONROE HEATH

Monroe Heath was mayor of the city from July 12th, 1876, to the spring of 1879. Heath was a man of the rough and ready type often found among the western pioneers, a man distinguished by a certain simplicity and directness that won him a high measure of confidence among his fellow townsmen, which he gained especially while filling the office of alderman from the Twelfth ward for several years. Although possessed of slight educational equipment himself Heath recognized the value of trained and able men among his associates in the administration, though generally independent in his judgment. His aim was to maintain the financial credit of the city through a stormy period, and though lacking in initiative he was a force for a conservative policy when determined and systematic retrenchment was found necessary.

One keen observer said of him, "he gets through by main strength and awkwardness," and while it was no doubt true that a brilliant man in his position might have accomplished more than he did, his steady resistance to what he considered unreasonable popular demands was of more value than a so-called "forward policy" could have been under the circumstances. In the extreme test to which he was exposed during the railroad riots which occurred while he was mayor, he was subjected to much criticism for his failure to act promptly in suppressing lawlessness and disorder. But though slow to realize the danger he took vigorous measures when once aroused, appealed to the governor of the state for troops, and called on the citizens to form themselves into armed organizations to assist the authorities.

At the end of his term of service Mayor Heath retired to private life with the esteem and favorable regard of the great body of his fellow citizens. Mr. Heath died at Asheville, North Carolina, October 21st, 1894, at the age of sixty-seven years. The causes of the riots above referred to and an account of the accompanying incidents will be given in the following paragraphs: