1895; and New York Times, July 25, 26, 29, 31, 1895.
“Do you ever see: Chicago Tribune, July 26, 1895.
One Tribune headline: Chicago Tribune, July 20, 1895.
“all,” Geyer said: Geyer, 283.
“I must confess: Ibid., 283–84.
“The mystery: Ibid., 284.
“Holmes’ Den Burned: Chicago Tribune, August 19, 1895.
“By Monday: Geyer, 285.
“I did not have the renting: Ibid., 286.
“All the toil: Ibid., 287.
“that he did not think: Ibid., 301.
“a large charred mass: Ibid., 297.
It was Howard’s: Ibid., 300.
Malice Aforethought
On September 12, 1895: For news reports on the Philadelphia, Indianapolis, and Toronto indictments, see Philadelphia Public Ledger, September 13, 1895.
“In conclusion: Mudgett, 255–56.
“It is humiliating: Quoted in Literary Digest, vol. 11, no. 15 (1896) 429.
Chicago’s “feeling of humiliation: Ibid.
One of the most surprising: Chicago Tribune, July 30, 1895.
“He is a prodigy: Schechter, 228.
EPILOGUE: THE LAST CROSSING
The Fair
Walt Disney’s father: Mosley, 25–26; Schickel, 46.
The writer L. Frank Baum: Adams, 115; Updike, 84–85.
The Japanese temple: Miller, 549.
The fair prompted: Jahn, 22.
Even the Lincoln Memorial: The fair’s success boosted Burnham’s prestige and helped get him appointed to the federal commission charged with building the monument. His own devotion to classical styles then held sway. See page 389 and corresponding note below. Also see Hines, 154–57.
“our people out: Moore, McKim, 245.
“possibilities of social beauty: Hines, 120.
William Stead recognized: Whyte, 53.
They asked Burnham: Hines, 140, 180–83, 188–89, 190–91. See also Burnham and Bennett, Plan; Burnham and Bennett, Report; McCarthy, “Chicago Businessmen.” 374. While helping design: Hines, 148–49.
Other cities came to Daniel Burnham: Hines, 347.
“If I told you: Crook, 112. See Crook throughout for an excellent if dry account of Sullivan’s decline after the world’s fair—dry because the work is a doctoral thesis.
“Louis Sullivan called: Hines, 232.
“To Daniel H. Burnham: Ibid.
“contagion: Sullivan, Louis, 321, 324.
“virus: Ibid., 324
“progressive cerebral meningitis: Ibid.
“Thus Architecture died: Ibid., 325.
Both Harvard and Yale: Hines, 125.
“He needs to know: Ibid., 254, 263.
“What was done: Daniel Burnham, “Biography of Daniel Hudson Burnham of Chicago,” Moore Papers, Speech, Article and Book File, Burnham 1921, Proofs and Biographical Sketches.
“It was questioned by many: Ellsworth to Moore, February 8, 1918, Moore Papers, Speech, Article and Book File, Burnham Correspondence, 1848–1927, Box 13, File 2.
In 1901 Burnham built: Hines, 288.
Of the twenty-seven buildings: Lowe, 122.
“Up to our time: Hines, 351.
“I thought the fair: Burnham to Margaret, April 7, 1894, Burnham Archives, Family Correspondence, Box 25, File 5.
“If I were able: Edward H. Bennett, “Opening of New Room for the Burnham Library of Architecture,” October 8, 1929, Burnham Archives, Box 76.
“You’ll see it lovely: Undated biography, Burnham Archives, Box 28, File 2.
Recessional
“It has today: Olmsted, May 10, 1895, memory no longer to be trusted.
That summer: Stevenson, 424.
“the bitterest week: Rybczynski, Clearing, 407.
“You cannot think: Ibid.
He beat the family horse: Roper, 474.
“They didn’t carry out: Ibid.
His wife: Rybczynski, Clearing, 411.
In the autumn of 1896: Anderson, 75.
On November 17: Ibid., 75.
“The request of Mrs. Ferris: Ibid., 77.
“miscalculated his powers: Ibid., 75.
In 1903: For details on the fate of Ferris’s wheel, see Anderson, 77–81.
“But one thing: Bloom, 143.
The fair made Buffalo Bill: Carter, 376; Monaghan, 422.
He died in Denver: Monaghan, 423.
“I went to Jackson Park: Lingeman, 114.
“It means so much: Hines, 266–67.
“No one should be: Prendergast to Alfred Trude (the letter is dated February 21, 1893, but the date is clearly incorrect, as the letter was written after his conviction; the return address is the Cook County Jail), Trude Papers.
“a poor demented imbecile: Darrow, 425.
“I am sorry for all fathers: Weinberg, 38.
They dumped: Darrow, 228.
In New York: Legend holds that a notorious belly dancer named Little Egypt made her debut at the world’s fair. Sol Bloom says she was never there (Bloom, 137). Donna Carlton, in Looking for Little Egypt, says it’s possible a dancer named Little Egypt was indeed at the fair but that many dancers adopted the name. Some sources also claim that Little Egypt’s name was Farida Mazhar. (Half a dozen spellings exist; I’ve chosen this one.) About all that can be said with certainty is that a dancer named Farida Mazhar likely did appear at the fair. Carlton says she “probably performed” (74) on the Midway and cites a source who contends that Farida believed “‘the title of Little Egypt belonged to her.’” George Pangalos, the impresario who brought the Street in Cairo to the Midway, stated publicly that he hired Mazhar to dance at his concession in the Midway and that she was considered one of the finest dancers in Cairo. And columnist Teresa Dean describes a visit to the theater in the Street in Cairo where she saw “Farida, the pretty girl who goes through
