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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21
Liability FOR INJURIES.

Representative Edmiston, of the
Forty-fourth District, proposes to in
troduce a bill in the House which
will be of great interest to railroad
employees. 1t provides that every
railroad company operating in the
State shall be liable for personal in
juries suffered by an employe while
in its service in the following cases
/. When the injury is suffered By reason
of any defect In the condition OF the ways,
works, or machinery in use in the business
of such corporation or OF some person in
trusted by it With the duty of keeping such
ways, worss. or machinery IN proper con-
dltion.
.. When 81 injury results from the
negligence of any person in the service of
the corporation to vi hose orders the work.
man at the time Of the injury sas bound to
conform and did conform
, When the injury results from the act
or omission of any person in obedience to
any rule, regulation. or bylaws of such
corporation.
4 When such injury was caused by the
negligence of any person in the service OF
such corporation. who has charge of any
signal telegraph Office switch yarl, round
house. locomotive, engine. or train, upon a
railway. or where such injury was caused
b. the negligence of any person, CO.
empioye. or fellow servant engaged in the
same common service in any OF the several
departments OF the service OF any such
corporation. the person SO injured obeying
or confocmin. to the orders of some SUI
perior
1t also provides that the damages
recoverable shall be commensurate
with the injury sustained. unless
death result from such injury, when
in such case the action shall survive
and be governed in all respects by the
laws now in force as to such actions.
Contracts between employees and rail-
road companies, by which employees
waive the right to collect damage in
case of in iury. are declared void by
the bill, and defects in machinery
shall be deemed prima facia evidence
on the part of the railroad corpora
tions. The bill is an expansion of
the co-emplOye measure, about which
there was so much talk last session,
and it in effect repeats the s.. coo linn
itation as to compensation for the
loss of life by railroad accident
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21

GERS and to deed TO the city fran
chise TO use the instruments for the
nominal sum of 81. The company
also agreed to sell telephones for ex-
change purposes for s25 each. In
consideration OF the offer the COM
pany asked that the city should fur
nish its own plant and telephone
service. Each subscriber could be
furnished with service, it was stated,
for $50 a year. of which SO would be
profit. The company offered to take
twenty-year 3 per cent. bonds in pay
ment. and closed its communication
by saying that the proposition was
in the power OF the city to
accept. The matter was sent to
the Judiciary Committee The
City Engineer sent in an estimate
for extending the two-mile tunnel, in
accordance with an order OF the
Council. 1t was referred to the FL
nance Committee. The estimated
cost of extending the tunnel is s7,s,-
600 The report of the Finance
Committee recommending awards for
land damages on account of the con-
structiou of the Twelfth street via
duct was confirmed. These awards
were made: C. L. jerks, No. 523
Clark street, $500: Martha E. Buck
ingham, No. 547 Clark street, 81. 40:
Edwin O. Gail, Nos. $50, 81 and $50
Clark street, So, 250, So, 900 and 81, 600
res pectivcly. The report Of the Com
mittee on Schools was confirmed. 1t
provides for new buildings as follows:
Four-roOm addition to Wicker Park
School, Sl0,0 900: siX-room addition to
La Sale School, S24, 900: Anderson
School, Division and Lincoln streets,
new twelve-room building. $50. 900:
Vest Forty-third and Harrison streets,
new eighteen-room building. SO, coo:
four-room frame building Park av-
enue and West Fiftieth street. Sl0.-
600: Hyde Park High school. Kim
bark avenue. &ll5, 600
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21
FOR A CONSTITUTIONAL CONKEN-
TON.

Representative Ferns resolution in
favor Of a Constitutional Convention
presented in the House was submit
ted to Speaker Crafts. who amended
it in some particulars and who prom
ised to support it. The proposal also
meets with the approval Of Gov. Alt
geld. who suggested a Constitutional
Convention in his inaugural message
last week. There are many Republic
can members of the House who will
also support it, but it is not believed
that it will receive the necessary two
thirds for adoption. Here is the
resolution:
WHEREAS, The provisions of the present
Constitution or the state Of Illinois are too
restrictive in their character and are in
sufficiel.t for the existing aud future de-
manGs Of the people: and.
WHEREAS. The rapid Increases of the
agricultural population throughout the
State. As well a. in the mum Der ana wealth
OF our cities and the extraordinary amount
of capital Invested IN railroads manufac-
turing aud commercial enterprises. all de-
mand legislation which cannot be had un-
der the present Constitution; and,
WHEREAS. The great mass OF tailoring
/ people OF this great state demand neces-
sary and legitimate legislation for the pro
+ lection ( their rights; aud.
/ WHEREAS Our present judicial system
Is involved aud intricate. and Is not con-
sisient with the proper discharge OF busi-
ness In our courts, aud should be read
iu.ted or modified therefore. be It
Received, b. the House OF Representa-
tivss the senate concurring herein. that a
convention IS necessary to revise. alter
and amend the constitution OF this State
and the question Of calllns such conyen-
ton shall be submitted 90 the electors ol
the state at the neN general election. a.
provided tor by Art i4of the present Con-
stitutlon.
The resolution wa, referred 10 tho
Committee on Judiciary
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21

A PERSON by the name Of Sizemore
has just begun period OF seven
years meditation in the Tennessee
Penitentlary. For some reason not
stated, Mr. SiZemore's honor was ag-
grieved and he sent the offending in
dividual a challenge to fight duel.
The challenged party, either because
he feared the accuracy Of Mr. Size
more's aim or because, unlike Mr..
SiZemore, he was conscious that the
old days of chivalry are as mythical
as Don QuiXote's windmills, had the
challenger arrested. Now this pic
turesque disciple Of the days that are
gone is Jumped in with "nIneteen other
prisoners -burglars, bigamists, and
such like vulgar perSons-in a six.
line dispatch from Chattanooga, and
thus an end of his proposed excursion
into the field of honor. So the gal
liant bark Of romance grindS upon the
rocks Of fact: the code duella collides
with the code legislative and goes to
smash
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21

THE people who ho!d with the emf
nent Italian scientist, Casare Lam
bose, that genius is only form Of in
sanity will find bit of conflrmatory
evidence in the fact that William
Watson, who was given f200 by the
British Government for writing the
best ode upon the death of Tennyson,
has gone mad. In newspaper Offices
however this confirmation was not
needed to strengthen the general con-
viction that all poets are cranks.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21

DISCUSSION still goes on as to the
delivery of mail in large cities through
pneumatic tubes. Why should it not
be sent all over the country in the
same way? 1t is time of great en-
terprise-a ship canal from the lakes
to the sea, tunnel under the North
and East Rivers and New York City
itself and the utilization of Niagara.
What is to hinder the establishment
of a pneumatic tube service between
New York and the West so that the
operator at the former point can press
button or pull lever and send
mali flying TO Detroit or Chicago With
the speed of the wind? There would
be nothing half so remarkable in it
as there is in the telephone, and that
has become an old story.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21

Mr.. r. SUFFERIN TALLER, who Isl
crack driver of four-in-hands, has
been blackballed by the coaching club
CT New York. 1t is supposed that
his rejection was caused Dg jealousy
on the part of some of the younger
members of the club. They were as
tired of listening to concentrations
of Tailer's ability in ''tooling drag"
as the Athenan was of hearing Aris-
tides characterized as the Just. Mr..
T. can take vengeance on his enemies
by joining big circus as driver OF
the golden chariot, whose dozen or
score of steels will be absolutely out
of sight of the simple equine quartet
of the fashionable coacher.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21

THERE has been a custom in Ken
lucky to marry runaway couples from
other States upon the consent Of a
guardian appointed by the local Pro-
bate Court, in case either of the par
ties was minor. An Ohio man.
whose minor daughter was married
the other day in Covington after this
fashion, has raised the question
whether such an appointment of
guardian is legal when asked for
without the consent of or notice to
the parents of the minor. And now
a lot of people on the borders of Ken
lucky are shaking in their shoes lest
the decision should show that they
have never been legally married,
when they have been acting for years
on the assumption that they were.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21

DISTRESSING reports come from une
Ohio Penitentiary that the health of
Harper, the bank wrecker is failing
These reports would not be so dis
tressing did they not seem like the
preliminary to pardon, sure to be
followed by rapid recovery on the
part Of the invalid. 1t must be re-
membered that there arc banks in Ohio
that Harper has not yet had the
pleasure of wrecking.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21

NEW ENGLAND is the author of
great many things new besides the
first part of its own name. Nearly
all the isms, a goodly portion of the
valuable inventions and larger selec-
lions Of religion than have ever been
known in any other country owe their
origin to New England. The latest
New England fad comes from Con-
cord, the home Of Emerson and the
place where the shot heard round the
world was fired. The Board OF Edu.
cation Of that historic town sends
out wagons to gather in the children
to the schools after the manner the
mail Is collected for the Boston Post
ONCE. The plan OF giving all the
children a ride twice day has
proved so popular that several other
Massachusetts towns have adopted
it, What will the Massachusetts
boys do now that like TO play hockey?
And isn't there danger that the COM
ing generation Of New England men
and women will forget what feet aud
legs were made for.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21

to Ex-Governor st. John, similar
amount in 1880 to the starving set
tiers of Kansas. These are niggardly
benefactions on the part of the man
who leaves SIS, 5000 to his heirs,
but they indicate faint streak OF
human sympathy even in Jay Gould's
perverted nature. Let us hoped, for
the fair fame OF humanity that he
did other good acts which he world
knows not of
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21

field. bringing amendments TO the
city election law. already printed in
THE EAGLE. and the adoption of
which they will urge. They explain
ed the amendments to Mr. O'Donnell,
Chairman of the Elections Committee
of the House, and he has promised to
introduce a bill embodying them, and
to push it to passage as speedily as
circumstances will permit. The
amendments are regarded with favor
on both sides Of the House.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21

EDITOR CHILDs of the Philadelphia
Ledger long ago won his way into The
affections of the printers, rs well as
Of other professions, by his gener-
ositY, and now he has ingratiated
himself with the flremen For saw
ing part of his building in the recent
fire he sent them check for So, 900
and gave them a bountirul supper
besides. 1t was an expensive banquet
for Mr. ChlIds, but his generosity ap-
parently can 0utrun any amount of
disaster.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21
THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING.

Aid. Thomas Gahan rendered his
resignation as Alderman from the
Twenty-ninth Ward Monday evening
at the meeting of the Council 1t
was accepted, and Aid Swift, who
was in the chair, on the motion of
Aid Mann, appointed Aid. Mann,
Aid. Kent, and Aid. Sexton to draft
suitable resolutions. Aid. Gahan
will be member Of the State Board
of Railroad and Warehouse Commits
sioners under the Altgeld administra-
ton and his resignation as Alderman
is with a view of accepting the place
rendered him by the new Governor.
Mayor Washburne sent in a mes
sage recommending that an ordinance
regulating gas connections be passed.
The communication called attention
to the recent explosions and suggested
that the proposed ordinance provide
that all gas companies be compelled
to place stop-cOcks on each supply
pipe outside the building, so as to be
accessible to firemen. Inasmuch as
odorless fuel gas is about to be intro
duced the Mayor says action is inn
perative The Fire Marshal sent in
a communication on the same sub
iect. Mayor Washburue sent in a
report on the committees recent trip
to Washington. 1t contained a
transcript of the speeches and con.
cluded with paragraph stating that
there were reasonable grounds to hope
that the committees efforts mad been
successful. Aid. Lutter sent in an
ordinance requiring I'll trains to come
to a full stop at all street railway
crossings. The ordinance was refer
red to the Judiciary Committee. Aid
Conway sent in petition signed by
the property owners along Irving
Park boulevard and Milwaukee ave
nue. fayoring the grant Of Il franchis,
TO the Chicago and Jefferson Urban
Company. Aid. Kenny secured the
passage of an ordinance restricting
the use of Wallace street by thu
Chicago and Western Indiana Rail
road Company and asking the Cor
poration Counsel for an opinion OF
the Councils power to order q re-
moval Of the same tracks, Aid
COughlin obtained the passage Of an
order asking the Commissioner q
Public Works to report by what au
thorlty siaduet was being built a
the foot Of Van lluren street and OF
deflng q st1ppage 81 The work uutl
an investigation could be- made
The THROWN Telephone and Tclo
guph COMPANY sent LEA e0mmunI
eatlnn swing that thv cts naId
muilon dolIas traf laf tplophon
agyac 81 tb.uh s,s0 aHo Nas ue
poHt fhf mmuuf aaeod n ,f.
a sl,e VI ta Gay Hr a eaeh a'' ll
tsephouts etNltl b ~ 0It. .t
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21
NEW LEGISLATIVE Bills.

One of the Chicago members is
preparing to introduce bill to pro-
hibit horseracing in the State at I'M
seasonable and unreasonable periods
of the year. The period for the first
year will be ninety days. between
June | and November L. Thereafter
two periods of thirty days each will
be provided for between May ard
November, the same as under the
New York law. The bill is intended
to prohibit such exhibitions as that
at Garfield Park last winter and at
Hawthorne this winter The ninety
day period for this year is intended
to satisfy some of the Worlds Fair
directors. who have made representa-
tions on the subject to the gentleman
who is preparing the bill.
Representative McInerney says he
will not persist with his bill for a po-
lice board for Chicago. He finds pub
lie opinion, as expressed by the press.
opposed to it. The Circuit and Su-
perior Court Judges in whom it was
proposed to vest the appointing power
are also hostile. Under the circum-
stances he does not think it wise to
present the bill at all.
Under Sec. of the sanitary act
the Trustees of the Chicago Drainage
| District are empowered to-
Enter upon, use, widen. deepen and i'm
prove any navigable or other waters. wa
terways canal or lake. provided that the
public use thereof shall not he unne cesar
| lily Interrupted or interfered with and that
the same shall be restored to its former
usefulness as soon as possible, and provided
| further that the Trustees shall not occupy
any portion of the canal outside of Cook
County except to cross tie SANE.
This provision was intended to
give the Drainage Trustees the con.
troll of the Illinois and Michigan
Canal within Cook County. or such
portions as might be necessary for its
purpose. Some time ago the Trus-
tees determined to construct that
portion of the proposed drainage
channel as les between Ashland ave
nue. and Summit for part of its
route. 1t made application soon az
ter to the Canal Commissioners fol
the surrender of the portion OF the
canal indicated. The Canal Commits
sioners have not yet acted on that ap
plicatiOn. They appealed to Attor
ney General Hunt for his interpreta
ton of the law bearing on the sub
iect. He had not rendered the opin
ion at the time he retired from Office
last week. The Canal Commissioner
have now applied 10 Attorney Gen
eral Maloney. lie will give them
hearing at his office TUESDAY ~ mex
week and has Invited them AN 10 bi
on hand H. has ais Notified thl
Drainage Trustees through NJ
HALEY Of Joliet, ONE II their atlor
news, 20 ie an haud The whole mat
ter will then By discussed and de
fhlrd
Tho ATTORNEY Generai sill he ID
lehlcasO tHr Verh atieHdlas iN nm
Important etsts in which the stats B
lntrlestHi aa'l m1f ranfef witH tN
+ lmiular lHslfes uhllr HHerr
FIHinn ammlssmH uUl.hlHf
#Hl NlHWH W.le Heaf snHs
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21
They Paid Big Prices.

Il. NJ. Miles, of San Francisco. has
just returned from the Upper Yukon
River, Alaska, where he had beer en-
gagged in gold mining. The miners get
from $40 to $50 day worth of gold
dust, but they have to live on game ana
fish and have almost no vegetables.
Mr.. Miles tells how the miners met a
trader and the extraordinary prices paid
for the most ordinary commodities of
civilized life. I'VE had subsisted," he
says, ION bear meat and other game so
long that we willingly parted with
nearly all we had to get some civilized
eatables. Well, this trader-his name
was Emmons-sold the several sacks of
spuds he had with him at the rate of
from 80 to so cents potato. His -four
sold for $40 sack, and we We're just
glad enough to pay So pound for the
very poorest quality of tea he had
with him. He had several sides OF ba-
con in his stock, which he disposed of
at 81 a slice. A few sacks of the de-
spsed bean brought 81 pound.
We had been out OF tobacco for
nearly two mouths, and had drawn but
little solace out OF pipefuls OF dried
leaves and moss. When this fellow APP
peared on the scene we took him to our
hearts as benefactor and gave him
ounces of gold for plugs OF tobacco. An
ounce OF gold brings SIC in Alaska and
SO at the mint here.
We bought hundred weight OF
onions, for which we were assessed six
ounces of gold.
You must not think from this appall-
ing price-list that we We're starving to
Heath. We had plenty of game and fish,
but that kind OF grub pals on the appe-
lite.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21

TnE convict Maggie, contributed bY
the British Government g. the social
maeeup Of this country, has not only
been permitted TO land, but 10 stay
landed, A. lac asks the authorities
what they are going % Do about It
his thumb may bc observed at his
nose. ana the motion Of his fingers
cannot be- construed into an expires
Sion oi respect llut MF Magic could
hardly be- expected 20 respect eos.
ifnmrnt chat epull let hlm gee past
quarantine.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21

Mrs. PEARsALL of New YORK, who
recently secured South Dakota d.
vorce, gave an elegant entertainment
at Sioux Falls in honor of the sever
ance of her matrimonial ties. Is the
divorce blowout to become a promi-
nent feature of future social func-
tions in our beloved country?
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21

AMERICAN boys contrive so many
ways to obtain personal injuries that
nothing they could do would be alb
soluteiy surprising. Still, the San
Leandro Cal, lad who fell from a
hayloft and pierced himself with the
horn of the family COW must be given
credit for originality.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21

A NEW word. "hyiennikin, has
been coined in Boston to describe a
reception given by the ladies of a
camera club. 1t is not word that
anybody would sit up late at night to
admire, but it is as good as "enthuse"
and better than "electrocutiOn.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21

THE only portion of Jay Goulds
fortune which will insure to the pub
lie good is the l per cent tax which
the New York State law levies upon
all inheritances. This will make the
New York State Treasury from one
half a million to one million richer.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21

A TELEGRAM announces that a
woman somewhere in England swal-
lowed a razor, to the serious incon-
venience of her digestion. At first
the act seems one of carelessness,
but, in Justice to the woman, it must
be said that she first closed the razor.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21

EMIN PAsHA is again alive and
well after untimely takings off from
various causes and in places far apart.
Some day Emin really will be dead,
and the question of how people can
be induced to believe it forms prob
lem of no little difficulty.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21

A WOMAN, assuredly not informed
as to the facial invulnerability Of
Johan Most, recently spoiled a good
whip by laying it across his bullying
cheek However, criticism of her
Judgment is not meant to imply that
her heart is not in the right place
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21

OF course, the plot to steal Gould's
body and hold it for $1,000, 600 was
mythical. In the first place the
body could not be secured by the
most ambitious thief, and, in the
second place, the state of the market
does not justify rating of 81, 900 O00
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21
In,okins Nemesis.

Auslccritlcs sometimes say worse
things In conversation than they do
In print A certain ecclesiastical
prima donna soprano, who lahOrs I'M
der che twin deluslon that She pos.
sesics rare voice aud a pretty vie.
recently addressed somewhat mild.
looking epltle thus.
mi Pedal Point you are hccnm.
lHa quite Tea seraphle 500 hateuJ
said ANYTHING nasty t0f m0nth
NhovHp0n tha scribe amllrd attn
hr1Yrnlf teHlsniiY anA said
fMhi juht 5000 awe s a1errfttf
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21

NJ. GoUNoD claims that he got his
finest inspirations while he was hav-
Ing quiet game Of cards. Most
men find their inspirations when they
have been scooped at similar games,
and have to borrow money for there
fares home.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21
AN esteemed contemporary has al

AN eSUeelHeu contemporary mas us
covered a would be-s suicide who took
off his clothes before plunging into
the lake and afterward presented q
diamond pin to the man who pre-
vented the carrying out of his pur-
pose. The only thing lacking to this
story is somebody to believe it.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21

RUSSIAN authorities have just sem
fenced twenty-three persons to death
for participation in cholera riots.
The idea is apparently to rob the
microbe of its terrors by showing that
it is not the most dangerous thing
that the unwashed peasant may en-
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21

THE possibility of getting from Pu-
get Sound to .Chicago for $40 seems
alluring. People with $40 and lit
tie leisure may forget, to their ulti-
mate sorrow that the distance from
Chicago to Puget Sound is as great as
that from the Sound to Chicago
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-21

SOME residents of Washington OBJ
ject to the use of wash" as an alb
breviation and are advocating a
change to own" Still it must be
admitted that there is pleasing and
healthful suggestion in the old style.