Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-02

becomes spot where one we'll may
pause to stop and think of the giant
struggle, Of the splendid devotion
and Of the gallant efforts of the hon
ored dead. The light from the past
glorines their deeds, even as
The white and common daylight streaming
through
Some rich cathedral window diu. with saints,
Falls on the clasped hand Of some stony
knight
In palpitatine crimson.
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The strikes throughout the min.
ing districts Of Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, and Colorado during the past
few days indicate once again the
deep unrest that prevails among the
working people. Look where you
may, East, West, North, or South,
and the same unrest is manifest.
The educated mechanic at Pullman
Is on strike and the grimy miner at
Minonk Is ditto. Strike Is the cry on
all sides, and In reality It is a dan.
gerous state Of things. What will
result from 1t neither the optmist
nor the pessimist can tell, but this
we do know, that the present condi.
tion Of things has been coming on for
years, and We can only hope that the
end will not be supremely evil.
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Postmaster Hesing, the very Ma.
poleon (no, excuse us, the very Won
Moltke) Of postmasters, ever on the
alert to push, rush and forward let.
tiers, Is about to reform the mail de.
livery In the outlying precincts Of |
Chicago by attaching the carriers in
such localities to bicycles. There's a
movement for you clear up to the
twentieth century. No more wall.
ings over 1.-THE letter that never
came" After this, Excelsior" Is
Wash's motto much more than It Is
that Of New York State, and he
should blazon II on his bicycles.
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Another elaborate opinion" on the
never.ccasing. always standing, time.
honored lake front question has Just
been given by the United States Su.
preme Court, from which, for the
present ut least, 1t seems that the
city OF Chicago has exclusive control
Of the lake front as against the
United States. So far SO good; but
as against what our esteemed contem.
porary, the Evening News, calls the
"All Hog" how do we stand? That's
the burning question.
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Once again with the carly summer
time comes the old, old story that
the commission men are about to in.
augurate hegira from banana
land, on South Water street, to
we'll, nobody knows where. Well bet
peck OF onions that they will do
nothing Of the sort. However, bust.
ness men on that street want more
room; that's q self.evident fact to
any person who will takc morning
stroll through the tropical atmos.
phere Of our Chicago Covent Gar.
den.
The new Chicago .postofiice-when
we get 1t, remember that facts to
be ten stories high, to cover all the
ground now occupied by and sur.
rounding the Government ruin. and
to be built In three years ut q cost OF
81, 200, 900. All Of which reads nicely,
and will DO very fine when we get 1t.
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The 1octored cigarette, the sweet
smelling doctOred cigarette, must 20.
The City Council has SO ordained,
and "Cholly" Is inconsolable. How
awful, and just as the lemonade sea.
son was commencing. Cawn't a fel.
lab have any pleasuah? It's terri.
BILE, such an assault On the ironed
hat and creased trowsers gentry.
Cruel, cruel Council. Well, never
mind; the Chicago City Council has
not yet dared to issue a ruthless edict
against chewing gum. "Cholly" can
dissipate yet, In spite Of the naughty,
vulgar Aldermen.
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Aid. C0ughlin has opened a war OF
determination on the Chicago opium
joints and Is out for their scalps,
and is backed In the war by the
Civic Federation, w. e. II. IT,,
and other moral associations.
Go for them, Alderman; strike
till the last .pipe iend is
overthrswn and the last opium slave
is free. Seriously, Aid. Coush has
entered on a good work. The opium
habit Is gaining alarming ground In
Chicago, and legal intervention for
its suppression should not be de.
layed. Worse than all other evil
habits, 1t Is a horror and a curse to
It's worshipers, and the sooner 1t Is