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J T l I f fl MONSTERS AND I d I I I 1 1 I g TION OF CLARK STREET BY DINOSAUR J I strength not yet weakened by easl easly y shook OS off its assailant and andis andIS is 1 sweeps Its scale armored tall taU i ul on the tyrannosaurus Thun- Thun lt J-d J d anger and pain reverberated d the giant brutes battled In their le The combat covered the enz en- en z f f n nm om the Art institute to Park not noL Central tracks and Michigan cra rs swung from side to side elde and furrows In the earth fountains crushed In steel via via- Illinois Cent 1 I lOCo locomotives and was shivered Into frag- frag rag rag- ng og blow of the dinosaurs dinosaur's tall tail q 01 Burled BurIed In the lne Ruins Infra In Michigan avenue escape esca e. e tho the Studebaker theater and the wel v ie e smashed In the Victoria Victorin wrecked and the avenue was rick irick stone twisted steel girders IsH while hundreds of ot men were i I tHe tue demolished buildings ill all was forgotten otten In the novelty novelty I zt It t To the frightened helpless 0 gazed at the struggle be- be rIL monsters tho the veil of ten had bc ben been n toni asunder and the they terrible scenes which had been inhabited the earth crip rr's the lake rout front thi the tho two mon moa Blood poured from froin the Uie theas as stron strong a streams from the gutters with reddish black thing so o horrible as tho the appear- appear nuo u choked as It was with Ith the and the hundreds of or dead drad caught helplessly In the gr demons was over witnessed 4 at Was Terrific long as-long as drawn out but It tat 1St in An the end the tyrannosaurus i l for the dinosaur The atUT were becoming weaker il 11 times the they gave gaye way and tho the thod thed d to io be stretched str helpless and de- de derth derth rth but each cach time It seemed to each time It struggled th U the combat rn r oC Michigan avenue venue and Madl- Madl aur gave O up the struggle and on- on With n a mighty might spring It began he f the Montgomery Ward building nud nd sealing scaling off ort hundreds o of ck ek and nd stone lone facing The exposed Il le l girders of the tho inner structure uto cute a ann Onn foothold and It climbed mashing windows window and stripping the sId dt of the building as it crawled led ledI I 4 to 1 II roof of the great roat building I wasat waat at Its heels hels and the dinosaur eff effort rt to escape by springing up to er per Again the tyrannosaurus tolt fol- fol at t W was S renewed feet above the men In the street treet gazed with terror wondering how ho the struggle k Awaited Carrion or cr came cime with an unexpected massive tower lower of or the tho building rocked 1 th the weight of or HO tons of struggling to tho the strain bent slowly iU ui only in n h hesitation lU oo with It the UtU with a tremendous crash tOo feet Jeet below b a. a k Both Roth the huge mont tele lan ven U while th ir bodies were Ih death Hocks flocks of ot the great re-ot re ered c over the scene cen ready r themselves the flesh Cf 11 1 L gor gors gort os upon dUG k-h k worl worked ed such Much fearful t lv In Progress a a. scene cene of o wilier wilder combat was being en the tho to arrive in herbo the morning were werl f 1 Tt comparatively el hordes of huge ti-d ti b by ng half lizard halt half t. t t iQ lagoons s from Lake Llo Michigan v f 5 r an and Ichthyosaurus tri vc ve rl there Wl were re a number whIch r t nce in the downtown districts ern m rn we n huge hugl specimens s o of the tue cJ both submarine I mon mon- Int nt t. t t to toe ke sight More formidable and anil III the gigantic amphibious pr PI a beast beant which O Oc I c or 1 of or tho the 8 age e of or ofil rep rep- 00 10 il y r R ago Q 1 It 11 1 had a long thick taU tail 13 LJ- LJ y l' l J. iiii a long flexible neck thick hod straight massive IJO th 4 It was a herbivorous orous lor l'or food and spent ent most ol oh ot er tt while mostly on oil one e did not hesitate sUate to attack other lher r. r as the terrible events Int ir In t firs if of the ute Invasion In proved d. d rt repulsive brute brule which had inI InIn in In I lagoons was the 1 ulAr beast when I Ic Ilc It Il c v yr f stood tood about abouL forty fort feet bl high highe h. h k e a Ja ched d back along the J t rt riI f 50 o F Feet tt Length WO Fee Feet Feel 3 iS t dinosaur a n. carnivorous 01 foL ur r Uly COO 00 foot 4 feet feel long whose bOIl body wa was not on only I incrusted with scales but surmounted with a ridge of or hornlike scales These various aMous sorts orts of or monsters had filled Lincoln park on the morning of or the first days day's ay Invasion There w were vero ro so many of or them theta that toot In a comparatively comparative short space of time they completely destroyed the park eatIng eatIng eating eat eat- ing first the tops of ot the trees and then thon uprooting even en the trees themselves Then for tor lack of or other food foodS the beasts bt turned their attention to the zoo A great crowd of f the brayer part of oC the population around Lincoln park watched the tho terrible battles between between between be be- tween tho the antediluvian lan monsters and the beasts of the modern era It was a. a scene which will never be forgotten for for- gotten 0 J 0 Zoo Animals Fight Intrudes Intruders Long b before tore tho the attacked iii the iho animal houses 8 the affrighted roars and screams and of ot the Lisa elephants lions llona tigers and leopards and the bellowing of the buffalo could too be heard all nil over the northern part of or the city Th The lion and tiger ca cages es were attacked fir first t. t A giant dinosaur seemingly Impelled more by curiosity It than an anything else heaved Its Us way along alon the th walk In front of oC the cages ca es and with a R sweep of Its formidable claws tore the iron gratings graUn from rein before the lions and tigers r Tho The latter although terror terror strick- strick on did not fiot hesitate to 11 fight s-h s t With one awful roar the big male lion leaped at nt tha th throat of or the dinosaur and he was wed folio almost Instantly by tho the two female lions lions' and three of or tho the tigers All AU six Bix ot of the tho Jungle beasts lar land 4 upon tho the om one dinosaur It was WEtS of the carnivorous us ustY tY tye nd a royal a In h the dinosaur ur was as slain rollow-jt-d rollow 1 but tout other huge e mo monsters at rs crowded up and took tok rt III art in n the tho unequal l combat and n within a few minutes mn the carcasses of or the lions and tigers were trampled and torn Lorn to pieces The elephants fell tell easy prey pre to their larger arger antagonist and In 1 lc than an tour Our the zoo had hall cea ceased ed to exist and the antediluvian monsters ruled supreme in Lincoln park The battle attle on the lake front and tho the destruction of ot Lincoln park marked the climax of ot the second day of tho the invasion In of or prehistoric monsters Tho first day had brought the and terror but no loss of human life lIfo or destruction of ot property The second day hind had brought scores of of or nil all species and while tho the gigantic beasts showed no disposition to ut- ut attack tuck tack man yet they were destructive of property Every lvery time lime a a. dinosaur hulked its way through n a street It left heft u a wake of ot demolished buildings and ruined pavements behind It o t Pavements Pa Were Ruined Ruine At the end of or the second day all of or tho the district looked like the aftermath of or a n terrible earth earth- quake Michigan avenue n from Park row to the tho rives was a mass of or ruins Of Or the Montgomery Ward build building ing InS nothing was left but the skeleton of or steel street had suffered severely the Heyworth o alone escaping serious Savings Sa and Tribune buildings injury Tho The Hartford building was g untenable Th Tho First National Hank flank building had been bean preempted by bv th the and had hind been let alone wone by the monster murla but the was partly wrecked under unde the weight o of a score of or urta who seemed to be attracted at nt- traded by its low structure and its glittering gUtterIng dome The elevated ele loop structure bad been smashed mashed in a. a dozen places Most of or the bridges over tho ago river were ere only masses meRses of or twisted steel and 10 low In the water nil all having haring been crushed lJ by the dine sauna In their stupid efforts to cross the stream 01 ot on structures not built to withstand their weight Out In th the stockyards district property had not euf suf suffered so 0 severely e as might have havo been supposed U Up Ui d the only attack upon to the evening e of oC the second day the live hive stock pens hens was na b by the and thes thea ae beasts hen destroyed only a n few hundred 1 head of ot live 11 stock 0 I 4 Business Was Forgotten i Of at course all Idea lee of or business in tho the downtown dI was abandoned Yin The h streets were full of oC the d of or demolished A. A the em 11 pavements were torn tom up electric trolley were thrown down am tim the shreds tilled filed with tanked tangled lt d dIte wires Ite All MI the surfer surface of ot had hat stopped running and elevated ele car ears care course Harly I In the afternoon before the t battle resulted lithe li is In Inthe the tyrannosaurus and the lbs dinosaur had hod the ruin of ot the tho lake lithe front and the Michigan n onu a a proclamation signed by b the mayor haib hai hall b been n posted In conspicuous places place in all parts of th thi tho briefly th tb the recited the mayor maor eHy eFty cH In tn the tho proclamation lion necessity It of taking prompt steps to tb rid th the city It of ot th thi the monster stud unwelcome visitors Upon his own voll olt 11 citizens to servo nerve as ns a com corn tI n ho he named len lending Ho lIo requested ll nil all tho the men si so of public t U named to meet ly at Pullman to devise way 05 its in inhabitants Inhabitants In- In and aud protecting rind and meanS for fur rescuing the tho city habitants It was 10 o'clock that night before all aU tho the member members the committee eo on public safely reached the open of fey few and in a n. presided In Pullman The mayor house detailed this the th awful destruction already alread wrought words word monsters on ani In a n single ln lc day by b the th giant threatened the people which outlining the n peril on tile tho next da day 0 w Pubic Safety Committee Meets Pro Prof o 0 oth 01 was J There attempted to launch a a. learne of ot Chicago th the th University lt In to give thel of or the thO mon monsters monitors t He description and to toll teU of the millions of or years year whid scientific names earth cartt the roamed elapsed since the huge hUJe had disquisition was out cut short by th the mayor But Dut hl learned who exclaimed exclaimed- e are c caile 11 monsters these I what little matters It It The Tho question quos ques M tho the t. t earth Q or how long lon ago JO they lived upon of or them as quickly as ns possIble et t rid I tion rion is how to p get to solve said Hi Lh three problems there are Now ow met business addressing the assembled mayor again monsters these got to kill km have M First WI we o famine among our pee pea take e steps tep to prevent wo we must ta clean the tho elt city elty to prevent ent an pi plo lIt Third w A must mUfit l Hordes of gigantic beasts swarm down from the north and overwhelm the city leaving leavIng leav leav- ing it a mass of wreckage tangled iron piles of brick and stone killing tens of thousands thousands thousands thou thou- sands of the inhabitants Parks turned Into deserts great skyscrapers leveled by blows vs from the tails of the I monsters and entire population population tion Hon threatened in the panic I and pestilence that follow the invasion The Tho problem will be e the most I 1 solve There ore are hundreds of ot these th se gigantic moo mon stem Mere already alread In our oil city How many hundreds o thousands more may b be coming we have havo no means 01 us knowing But DuL we have hava got Kot to kill them The Dill oIti weapon I can think of or Is cannon Ordinary t this rifle but bus lets iet will wUl not avail Q 0 Appealed to the Government Obviously then we must appeal to the JOV III lit ait-lit We e cannot look to our own military post im ii I a aid because e I am oJ advised by tel telegraph graph that Foi Pots t Sheridan already lias litis been destroyed Therefore w- w w must look to oUtside military posts To save c tim tim- timI I telegraphed to the president of oC the United Stat Stati t today d telling him of oC our pre predicament and ami asking for Cor help hell Tho The commandant of ot Fort Sheridan has hns h Added his hla entreaties to mine I have a tel telegram ram s from the secretary of tit war var which I will wUl read To To fo Mayor of Chicago Pullman Ill First FUst Third and Seventeenth SC batteries Held field artillery with eighteen guns JUns en route Chicago from Fort Crook Omaha Thirteenth Twenty Twenty third ansi and Twenty fifth batteries with twenty-four twenty guns en route from Jefferson barracks St St. Louis First Third anti Eighteenth regiments of oh Infantry en route from Fort Crook Fort Thomas and Jefferson barracks All Allsho tomorrow od sho should arrive Chicago Keep mo me SECRETARY OF WAR WAn Th The Tue r tending reading of this telegram from the secretary ot t f war var was received recel with cheers It restored cour cour- age It H- H gave the Lisa committee of ot safety Batet a 0 basis to work on n. n Plans were carefully laid Work ork was wa mapped out ut Committees were named antI ansi at C G o'clock In the the committee of at one hundred d decided to di di- or for a few hours' hours rest It IL had hall already rno Into two bodies In order that its Ite committee of or public safety should be In constant session lla day and light night si v- v Made No Impression The first battle between the and the artillery which reached Chicago o from St. St Louis on the morning after otter the committee of or public salet safety had assembled as- as assembled as lO 1 In lit the opera pera house hOURC at Pullman made mado no Impression Impression sion 2100 on Oft the Invading In monsters The various batteries or of artillery came by special train on Oh the tho Chicago and Alton and ond detrained some somo distance from the tho c center of ot the elt city The Tho horses however how how- the strange and terrible danger almost vcr ever scenting th became Unmanageable g 1 C r at its st The cannon therefore had to bo be hauled to the downtown district and to the stockyards by hundreds of or ormen men who tugged enthusiastically at nt long ropes attached to the field pieces Taking Its position on l Lake lk k Front park In front of or the Illinois Central passenger station the ont So Seventeenth battle to the tho monster mon mon- battery of artillery prepared to give sLur ster which were roaming In the park The Tho first shot aimed at a huge hugo dinosaur di In front of the tho A Auditorium hotel found roun l Its mark and the mom monster ter leaped d high In the air as a three Inch shell the tho fu fuse timed to a n dot exploded near near its shoulder Tho The great beast was killed almost Instantly t Recognized Recognize Wan Man as Enemy The Thu shot however produced unexpected results In Inthe Inthe Inthe the park between the Illinois Central station anti and the theArt theArt of Art Institute were a score or more many them of the ugly carnivorous species Instead o of taking to flight as had 1 be helm been n hoped l they would the mobsters monsters mon mob aters seemed to recognize man as their enemy for tor the tho first time and prepared to lo do a little fighting on their own account Almost with one accord a a. dozen ozen ozen of ot the hugo huge beasts insensible of danger began leaping In great terrifying bounds toward the battery of khaki clad clod artil artillerymen The battery worked its six guns Gun with feverish wild It was |