July 3, 1898

An alligator has been sent to the Horticulture building from someone in Iowa.

Guard tackles black box... One of the guards, instructed to stop every person not having an official ticket attached to their camera... caught sight of a man with a suspicious looking black box, rushing toward the Main Court. Hurrying after him the guard saw there was no ticket... and informed him he would have to get a permit to use that thing. "Don't need a permit", replied the man, as a crowd gathered as the man seemed to be making fun of him. The guard repeated himself,"I don't want to make you any trouble, but", ... "I don't intend to buy a permit and you can't make me", stated the man. "Now look herer mister", replied the guard, who was getting mad. "I don't need any permit and I'm going to use it right now, just watch me", the man shot back as he winked to the crowd. With this he walked to a seat, sat down and opened the box, extracting a sandwich and other eatables, while the crowd gave the guard a laugh.