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4 common, very annoying, and Serious
species of crime, which is growing worse ln-
stead of better, is the theft of horses and
buggies, hitched in the business parts OF the
city, while the owners 60 to their Offices. A
favorite field OF operation is in the ne'ghbor-
hood Of the Chamber Of Commerce, where
hundreds Of vehicles are left during the
course Of the day. One day lastwee sixteen
cases of stolen buggies were reported, and
not day passes when there are not several
such cases. The police seem to be notably
inefficient in their treatment Of these crimes.
They recover but q small proportion OF the
stolen property, and apprehend none OF the
thieves. We know Of no single species
of crime that illustrates so vividly the
utter decentralization Of the police force, for
there is no property that may not be 80
readily traced, OF where the loss is so
promptly reported, and the property 80 &C.
curately described. Here is chance for the
new City Marshal, whoever he may be, to
demonstrate his own capacity and the in
capacity Of the late Board
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GAMnET7A. though guilty Of good Deal OF
G1ly bombast and Fnnch fanfa1onnade dur
ing the latter part Of the Ffanco-Pzussian
Wsz, Is entitled to the credit Of the most
sensible action taken in France for many
years, in refusing to fight duel with the
nwaggering journalistic bully c4saAoSAc.
Theirs was . Ittle characteristic concait in
declining on account Of this party, France,
and the Republic" but the effect il not
changed thereby, and the beneficial example
viii not be lost II he has the courage to main
tain his position This viii require more
courage, Is = matter Of fact, than it would to
fight CAssAosAo, though the latter is
IN expert aud professional duelist. But
GAnxrrA il in q position to break
down the present necessity in Paris, which
would b. a1ly il 1t were not 50 murdasous, Of
sighting 4 dual svszy time = journalist sz
nhik HAa sPsak = plain ruth. Nov Tint
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Ihs ways Of officials are frequently past
comprehension, and our Board Of Public
Works il not always an exception. It is diff
cult to understand, for instance, why they
should order the renumbering Of Wabash
avenue Just at this time. The only effect is
to change the numbers from every Is feet, as
1t present, to every 20 feet, and it can only
benefit email number Of store-owners north
ot Congress street, and will be of no especial
benefit to them Yet 4 new Directory has
Just been issued, and there viii be no other
foz year to come; it will be worse than val
ueleas to III the residents on Wabash avenue
if the numbers are changed, and source Of
constant confusion The change will involve
considerable expense to individual house.
owners, and We fancy it Will meet With vary
general resistance,
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Our readers may have noticed the excite
ment occasioned abroad by an article printed
in the Golos, of St. Petersburg, which gave
statement Of an alliance between England
and Russia, which was to restrain the ag-
gressive tendencies Of the German Empire
It now turns out that the statements Of tho
Gozos we're the very reverse Of authoritative.
The Journal de St Pears6urg and the Mos
COW Gaseze both repudiate the assertions, as
well ~ the inference Of authority given to
than Several German newspapers, such as
tho Ministerial Post, Of Berlin, and the No
tsonat Zatung, Of the same city, SCOT at the
Idea suggested by the GoIqe and do not refer
to England in terms that exhibit any marked
degree Of fright on the part Of Germany.
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that officers have felt that they could do
whatever they pleased, and the Board would
treat it lightly Complaints against ohcers
have become so serious thing to those who
complained that they have practically ceased
While thus 1enient to those under him, and
to all intents and purposes reducing the torce
to an undisciplined a1m insubordinate body,
be has been the most violent and pugnacious
in his own insubordination- He has been
possessed of notion that his Office was
constitutionally maintained, and therefore he
might bid defiance to a1l Law and all other
governmental authority. He has now run
his full official life, and with his associates
will step down and out of office, and as
private citizen, governed by intelligent and
upright purposes, will be far more useful to
the community than he has ever been as q
Police Commissioner.
We confess that, in being relieved OF the
Police Board, the public have the serious
question presented to them, Whit will succeed
it2 We are clearly of opinion that slngle
officer at the head of the police, clothed with
summary powers, and himself responsible, IS
the wisest policy; but this policy is exposed
to the danger OF an incompetent and unpr'n-
cipled officer, responsible only 10 those whose
agent and accompice he is in political and
other schemea We trust the Mayor will give
us City Marshal who, while personally COM
petent for the duty, and man Of personal
rectitude, will also be free from all responsible
ty for, and ali association with the wretched
administration of the police force during the
pact
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rule, that great revivals born of excitement
and sensation have accomplished much lasting
good Nevertheless, no one will doubt the
sincerity Of Brother MoopIs intentions, and
no one can fail to recognize the manly manner
in which he has borne himself before the IN
usual quantity and quality Of these audiences.
He will, therefore, receive most hearty well
come home, and no one, not even his most
bitter religious or irreligous opponents. Will
begrudge him the welcome. He will be all
the more welcome because Chicago needs him
nour more than ever
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GAxBE1rA refuses to fight, CAssAoEAo threat
ems to kick him on sight. Very well It he
does, it will then be time enough for GAM
BErrA to shoot, and he may do it On the spot
II not, let him turn IL CAssAosAo over to
the police, who will attend to his case. There
is no city where personal assaults are more
severely punished than in Paris, and CAssAo-
MAO win pay dearly for the luxury Of kicking
his antagonist GAMBE1TA can do his coun-
try more service in setting new precedent
relative to dueling in France than he can by
any number OF grandloquent speeches IN the
AssambIy
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The Prince of Wales has done very sens1-
be thing, and, as it is rare that the Prince Of
Wales does a sensible thing, it should be set
down to his credit He has introduced smok-
ing as an afterpiece to English public din
ners. He set the fashion at the last dinner
of the agnculturists by lighting his cigar
almost rs soon as he had taken his last mouth
ful, and every eone followed his example.
This has long been an American fashion, and
has proved an excellent aid to digestion, =
promoter of sociality, and an antidots for the
stupid speeches which usually follow the IN
troductiou of the wine and walnuts-
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THE WEILAND CANAL,

Those who read the description, printed in
The tribune Of yesterday, Of the work al
ready doae on the enlargement Of the VEL
land Canal must have been struck with the
completeness Of the scheme and the magnif-
cence Of the engineering. The work conten1-
plates, ia effect, an entirely new cana1. In
stead Of the present ditch, which is only 80
feet in width at the water surface and SO
feet at the bottom, there will be, when COM
p1eted canal 1870 feet wide at the top, 100
feet at the bottom, and II feet deep. This
will furnish 8 channel for the largest ships
and propellers on the lakes to pass through
the canh with ease. They will be protected
against danger and annoyance by the most
perfect system Of embellishments, and locks,
and reservoirs,-the latter devised for the
purpose Of furnishing an immediate supply
of wafer to the portion Of canaf lowered for
passing through the locks, and thus prevent
ing current The locks are 270 feet long and
Is feet wide, while propeller 250135
feet in Dimensions is one Of the very largest
has lockage Of $50 feet, and runs around
Niagara Falls on the Canada side from Port
Colborne On Lake Erie to Port Dalhousie on
Laks Ontario. The entire canal will be fed
from Lake Erie, and, to accomplish this, the
dredging OF Port Colborne will be one Of the
mos. costly parts Of the work the excavation
at this point is to be II feet below high-water
marx, and the piers Of the canal will extend
1,800 feet ont into the lake. The work at
Port Colborna viii cost $4,000, 900. The
present channel of the Welland Canal il to
be enlarged to the required Dimensions for
aboat 18 miles from Port Colborne; from
this point for miles an entirely new bed
viii be made, which will give two independ-
en-. canals from Thorold to the outlet At Port
Dslhousie, one for tha smaller and ons for
the larger vessels, which will insure greater
dispatch for both. For large part Of this
distance thu channel will be lined with mass
i've Stone vslls IS feat high, and taparing from
feet thiaknens Il ths hass 10 3 fsss 1t tho
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top. It is believed that the entire work will
be completed within three years from last
winter, and the cost is variously est1mated at
from 50, 5000 to $4,000, 600. AS tho
work is to be OF the most perfect and mass
i've description, it is not unlikely that tho
final cost will reach the latter figure.
This enlargement Of the Welland CanA Is
Of the most vital importance to the entire
grain and provision producing Northwest,
and to Chicago as the distributing centre OF
the Northwest It will furnish permanent
competition during the season to the railroads
and the Erie Canal and, as it runs through
foreign territory, is owned by foreign capital,
and is constructed in the interest of Canada
and Montreal, there is no reason to appre-
bend any pooling Of interests or other CON-
bination calculated to break down the advan-
tages Of this competition. It is sure to have
great advantages over the Erie Canal,
even if the Americans should undertake
its enlargement To begin with, it will be open
probably four weeks longer during the sea-
son,-say two in the spring and two in the
fall, since it is better protected from the
ice-gorges which collect in the pocket where
Buffalo is located This Of itself would be
sufficient to overcome the competition Of q
New York canal that could offer equal dimen-
sons and equal equipments. Another ad-
vantage the Welland Canal will always have
is greater protection againstthe rapids than
a canal on the American side can command,
which will make large difference in the cost
of towage in favor Of the Canada canal An
other reason why Chicago and the Northwest
must regard the enlargement of the Welland
Canal with especial favor is, that it will be
built with English capital, and, as Western
shippers have to pay toll in either case, they
will prefer to pay it to those who expect the
lower interest on their Investments The dif-
ference may be fairly understood wher it il
stated that the Canadian toll On Wheat is six
mills, while the State Of New York charges
two cents,-nearly four times as much.
A warrant for the tAoroughness OF tho
work on the Welland Canal is found in the
fact that the description We have given Of it
was taken from the Buffalo Commercial Adper-
Hser, which represents interests that are d.
rectly antagonized by the improvement, but
which cannot deny the inevitable results. This
journal says, editorially, that the Welland
Canal "has a more direct bearing on the
ways together" and adds:
It IL designed expressly to divert the immense Vest
ern b1eadstuds rads from the Erie Canal the Cana
exporting business Of New York to Montreal. Ths
engineers charge Of ths improvement state boldly
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. The public should be deeply grateful to
the New Yorker who has carried the amend
tnents to the Postal law into the courts He
offered book to be sent to Philadelphia and
rendered the old rites Of postage. The Post
master refused to transmit the package An
application has been made for mnndamus
to compel him to do so. The bill filed in
support of the application makes some strong
points against the validity Of the express
compan;es' amendment to the lay.
, 1875-07-18

41su business done By the places OF amuss-
ment is fair index of the times. It is
worthy Of remark, therefore, TINT, while New
York City has had but one theatre open,
Chicago has had three theatres open during
the past week, in addition to BARSuN's Hip
podrome, which has been visisted by tens Of
thousands Of people. All the places Of
amusement have done living business, while
81 The Two Orphans" at Hooley's, the only
really meltorious attraction offered, has
been playing to crowded houses. We do not
believe there is city in America that can
make similar showing in the dull, heated
season, in the very middle Of summer. The
da1ightfulness of Chicago weather during the
summer ought to make this city the greatest
amusement centre in the country at thiR time
Of tho year.
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We desire to draw particular attsntion to
prescription which has been printed BY the 81
eatifc american which IL said to have pEoTads
practical and efficient rsmedy for the cnruaS
love of strong drink. It ia described ~ follow:
There il ; prescription tn US In England for -
cu-o Of drunkenness, BY which Thousands M satd
havs been assisted In recovering thamseves. 1os y
ce1ps came into nosorety through the edorts Of 1o
He had falIeu into auch hahttnal drunkenness hs ~
most earnest efforts 70 reciaiua himself proved uns'
ing. At length he sought tbs advice of IN snts1.
physician, who gave him pre41tpttou,-wbEs =
followed faithfully for seven months, and Ut ths =
Of that time had Lost al desire for liquor. sAhouga
had for many ye.zs been led cspvs,-~hlch hs ssss
wards pubt.ahed, and BY which 30 many dzuaf.s@
have been assisted 10 reform. q follow: sstsaa
a roH f1e arasns pepp<ra.t-saak<r. eltoen draees:
sptr1t of nuf1n<o. ese draehna tao4cs dty. 1nI
" supplies tho plaza Of tho accustomed liquor, ~
prevents that Absoluta physical and moral prost.ao.
that follows sudden brsaftnR from ths uas of s8~
latirg drink.
We can scarcely conceive that tbs scie"slhe
Ameyicon would hAvs printed this without basoe
satisfied OF its efficiency. He commend ~
therefore, to ths consideration Of our physsetaes
and druggists. There ire many men addicted 70
strong drink who are worthy objects Of corna9fe'
Grafton, lost beyond their own mental and uaos"
II powers for recuperation snd reform. Il taefe
10 anything in ths world that can he them o.
Of the alough Of despond in which thss aoo
themselves, It II blsssing which ought 70 -
disseminated.
Every large daily paper in receipt OF ne"-
telegrams from Ill parts OF tho eoootsy u n'o"
OF less at the mercy OF its correspondents ID ~
spect Of the truthfulness Of the news fof"Atue@
in this mapner. It il tbs aim Of TIE IaDoSf
to employ noue but reliable correspondents. ="
to publish nothing but truthful news occaaon
lilly, however, No arc made the victim Of c'scom
stances beyond cur control. such was Tho -
in the matter Of IN alleged outrage Upon Hioo'
woman near Io1ist an account OF when ~
peared IN our issne Of July IL Tho correspond
ent who gent us tho dispatch mentioned ae on
of party Of mon who committed Tia hsoa
outrage Mr. Wu1IAn KEaR, afraight-eondocto
On tho Chicago 4 Alton Railroad. Has'pg take
raina to inquirs into tho facts Of tho casa, "
have ascaztsinsd that tho aceount 10 far ~
related to Nj. KaRR, Wa IN absoluts falsshoot
having no foundation In fact, and not even I suf
gestion OF truth. Mr. KKRn wa not eonnect<
With anv such bFutslity. II any occurred ~hk
b BY no MANS elsar. ~ tAs shAr9s fssts inert
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occasions and in very malicious manner,
animadverted upon the exposure Of Chicago
to danger from fire, and called upon the in-
surance companies to withdraw their capital
from this city, if something were not done to
lessen that danger. In commenting upon
these unjust articles, The CHICAGO TRIBUNE
has heretofore confined its replies to showing
that Chicago Was spending all the money it
could afford and doing much to perfect its
Fire Department and increase it's resources for
extinguishing fire. At the same time, it has
asked the pertinent question. whether New
York itself vas SO secure against danger from
fire that it could assume to dictate to insur-
ance companies as to the feasibility OF taking
risks in Chicago. The World, however, has not
seen fit to answer this question except in
general terms but at last We have very
direct answer, coming from the New York
Journal Of Commerce, an old, reliable, steady,
and unsensational newspaper, which is never
alarmed without cause. It appears that the
Board Of Fire Underwriters, the Commits
sioner Of Public Works, and the Chief Engi-
neer of the Croton Aqueduct, whose knowl-
edge touching the water-supply Of that city
and its distribution is complete, ara agreed
in the decision that the city is in great peril
for the want of increased water facilities,
and have asked for an appropriation of only
$50000o to make the necessary improve
ments for securing the city against imminent
danger from great fire. Upon this point
the Journal Of Commerce says:
But this immense naturn ad'antaee xn tah q ia
zarr ~ 10 en.antx w ;mn4orsd md s Ssnt Nv ~
tho mark It's far inferior to The requision upon
which would be occas.oned by serious conaagr4ton.
Ihis alasmnely tfue OF inc lower part o. no ty,
to+sr .na-t mt mt 1 for @ tha ~ conrsnsnt,v M .csa.th.
rivers, the downtown wards would be exposed to de-
atruction in the event Of fire gatning head~sy in
h'sh wind md OF eoufss, tho vhos city would % en-
saarra =, nn-or, -, .hs ..v nn.t, h~a-.nts 80
nut At intervals no greater than one street apart and
to these the croton must be supplied by mains and
pipes much larger than these now generally N o'e'
Co"paleo Will 3ne !ooS "n4en "oo''1 onAo0
to New VOTE IN case ora great connas1a''on'
tn1s sum @ 1rlnlne, anu Se'' "neA 'u7 que7-
uon OF appropriation calne oe'o17 tne noafo
ot Aldermen IT was oe,eA'ea' NV upon
erounos OF economy of oeoaaso 'oe Htp4o-
praauon YVES unnece1safy' w. pone5 4''u.
ponucal reasons anu oscAaS9 'As l41no4.'' ~
tne A1oef'nen u, c71uo1 na's 1o ~ 80
pat'onaBe: 1A' 'o"' '"-' y o,.," ~ 49,.
upon aoln''s ae'e-o 1910 $50 ~ |
.ee*ac''f11t'' '' "441 =. .:. -.
A1oe1neu AoaJ S7| " e0eoueeA "AsA "A'S
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The Irish are usually accredited with =
monopoly of the "bulls, " but tho Germans
may well dispute the claim If We accept as a
sample one Of the toasts proposed at the
SoHuRz banquet in Berlin It reads:
Ihs Dsut.che frau and tho American grl, each 70
good In her place and way that we acknowledge tbs
suuertority Of both and seek through them tho moro
srfeot union and harmony Of Germany and America
The sentiment was SO admirable that there
was no prejudice against its construction,
md the toast WIS received with tremendous
cheering. It reads very much as though it
had been written originally in German BY an
American and translated into English by
German. 1t may be taken, however, ~s q
graceful way the German adopted TO eonoed'
the superiority Of the American e1rl' ana a'So
<1tk rer&0
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7O-MORRoW'S ADJUSTMENTS.

Ho0LEYrs THEATRE-Rando1ph street, between
Clarh and Ia6alle Engagement Of tie Union Square
COMPANY. The Two Orphan"
, 1875-07-18

MECHANICS INSTITUTE An Me-nenbers Of
the Mechauics 1nstuts, Of Chicago, zre hereby re-
nneeta to sepd edr and address for tha pur-
bope a cop4Ietin9 the list OF membership. By order
IL g. WHlTCOMB Secretary,
65 WA&hi0Rton-St.
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An Associated Press dispatch from san Tna.
cisco dryly conveys the information that "Cd.
61kNBERaER, the United States Commissions,
has been chosen Prime Minister for life OF ~
Navigator Islands," Furthermore, ths s=cas
bumorist adds, "and he has accepted tho poei-
tion." The gallant and mysterious Colona1
thus enyiably provided for at the public erpeoas
Of his compstriots, Is keeply remembered IN ssa
Francisco, where he used to spend With laT'a1
band the income be derived through some nh
discovered channel from tho United 6tssaa
Treasury. OF late years be has perpesualIy run
M and down the earth On "mlssions" Of which
the diplomatic results have been IN pteest7
inverse ratio to the amount Of money expanded
to promote them. Fired by vague p1ojsd
Of annexation, which was to supplement on
Arctic property in Alaska with some oo'a
resf swsitering in midi Pacific, Col. sEK1s11aofs
managed to extort the uss Of soop
from the Government, and recently sst out o.
his mildiy-predato.y excursion with ida
CARGO Of rust-eateu muskets and fsw hund1ed
weight Of ball cartridges. Tho NaTigatof
Islands, better known as the Samoan gsoun
were the boundary OF bis ambition Ih1ther D
took himself and his munitions OF war, and. r.
tar realizing tho absolute failure Of eveJ ~
tempt to establish IN American ''protectorash
gracefully compromised with fortune, and,
quote the dispatch, IS accepted the position g
Prime Minister" All things considered. S
looks like tho shrswdest economy to depct
every vague plenpotantiary OF tho 8rKH5zHoa
order 70 those bAm7 islAnds, In which Baroa
GRoa's sort Of diplomacy can be exercised It :
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ATTENTION, s1R KNIGHTS Stated conclaTe Of
Chicago cornmandery, No. l9, E. r. Monday evening"
July i9 LET'S. for business aud work On X I. 0soer
Vix,ttn1 Sir KNIGHTS eourteousy invited. Bg order OF
the Fn COM G. A. WILLIAMS, Recorder.
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ACADEMY OF MCs1c-Haleted street, between
Maaisuu aud Monroe. Engagement Of Rohert Nc.
Nxda Bory Odore and !" Dick Hit DAzee Eyea-
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wished to study medicine, she found all the
English schools closed to her. Fortunately
for her purpose, she had energy and plenty
of money. She hired the whole staff of the
best medical school in London to repeat to
her the lectures they vera giving their mas
culine students. She thus established new
school, with herself as the sole scholar.
When she had finished the course, she ap-
Piled for examination to the Society OF
Apothecaries, one Of the nineteen bodies
authorized to grant medical licenses The
rules Of the Society only required
thst an applicant should have been
instructed by authorized lecturers" Hrs,
ANDERSON was therefore examined She pass
ed brilliantly, and was licensed to practice.
Bet the door by which she entered the pro-
fession was at once shut and locked. The
Society of Apothecaries changed its rules, 30
that applicants had to show that they had
studied sin a recognized school" AL the
nineteen licensing corporations now have this
ru1e- AL Of them decline to acknowledge L.
censes granted by foreign universities. En-
glish women are therefore legally excluded
from the medical profession They can
practice, il they choose, but, Like all other
unlicensed doctors, they cannot enter any of
the public services, and cannot sue refrac-
tory patient fur fees
A partially successful attempt has been
made to do away with this effect Of an obso-
lete prejudice. The General Medical Council
Of Education and Registration, which is the
representative Of the nineteen icensing cor
porations, was asked BY the Ministry to con-
slider the advisability Of registering the medi-
cal degrees granted to women BY certain
eminent foreign universities and Of admitting
women to medical study and practice IN
England There was an animated debote.
The strongest opposition to the reform came
from Dr.. Woop, Of Edinburg, who de-
clared that women did not have tha
strength of nerve and mental endurance to
stand the sight Of blood, suffering, and agony
which were needed, and that womanly
modesty and delicacy forbade them to study
or practice the art Of healing the
sick. 1t wss Scotch speech,-we1l
put, not lacking in reason, bitterly consery-
alive. It was argued, in reply, that the
duties Of nurses, Sisters Of Mercy, hospital
matrons, ETC., go successfully discharged by
women, all involved the disagreesble parts Of
. doctors practice that women were &C.
to be indispensable in the sick
room and that one great class Of diseases
could be treated better by women than by
men. Tha result VILE vote that " women
ouaht not to b dahazzed from studying