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The Bossier banner., 1894-12-20

LIKE Oil Upon Troubled Waters is Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar upon cold.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Bossier banner., 1894-12-20

WHEN WRITING TO ADvEnTIsERs PLEAoa
state that yep saw the AaFsFsissasSs y eas
paper.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-03-17

neer Randolph that the board re.
quire contractors to keep the bernie
between the spoil bank and the ex.
cavation at least 200 feet The land.
slide on Section 5, which has prevent
ed any work being done by the Qua.
ley Construction Company, caused by
dumping the spoil on the soft earth
fifty feet away, brought about the
recommendation.
The attorneys report showed an
expense Of s1O.3s5 for February, of
which s4,7' was applied on purchas.
ing the right Of way, s3,74O on the
general account and $3.50 on sala.
ries. Thirty.seven lots have been pur.
chased in Manchester. Engineer
Randolph was instructed to present
a project for the keeping Of a gauge
record on all streams affected by the
drainage canal at the next meeting.
The board will meet at ] p. m. Satur.
day to discuss ways and means for
the purchase of certain tracts In
Bridgeport through which the canal
will pass.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-03-17
the MAYOR AND THE CAMpAi0K.

Mayor Hopkins Is to be congratu.
lated upon the wise and discreet
course he has followed In reference
to the campaign now In progress.
In times past 1t has been the Gus.
tom for the Mayor to take a hand In
behalf Of certain candidates here
and there during a spring election.
and to assist them by influence and
patronage both before and after
nomination.
Mayor Hopkins has made new
departure In this respect. Wherever
the contest has been between Demo.
Gratis for party nomination either In
the Town or Aldermanic elections he
has steadily declined to interfere.
The Mayor has very properly held
that to assist one candidate would
be to antagonize the other, and
where both are equally good Demo.
Gratis this would be manifestly unjust
and unfair on the part Of q Demo.
cratic Mayor. The Mayor has been
not only fair and Just, but has also
displayed shrewdness In marking out
this policy for himself Intermed.
ding In local contests has caused the
political death Of more than one
chief executive Of Chicago.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-03-17
4 FOOLISH FAD.

As THE EAGLE predicted from the
beginning. the Civic Federation has
developed a most pronounced case OF
Know. Nothingism. 1t has issued
a illumination against those Alder
men who, in the judgment OF this
self-constituted body Of public censors
aud would.be political dictators'
ought to be retired from public life.
In almost every instance the edict
has issued against Aldermen who are
either OF foreign birth or parentage.
The distinction which the Fedora
ton makes between the two classes
OF Aldermen is ostensibly based upon
so-called Doodle lines-that Is to say
the Goats" are those who voted for
certain ordinance and the "sheep"
are those who didn't, but the real
distinction is disclosed by the names
OF the men marked for slaughter
Now, referring to those charges OF
Doodle, THE EAGLE thinks 1t pity
that there should not be some
means OF making such malicious and
vindictive intermeddlers with public
life and affairs responsible for their
public utterances. 1t Is too bad that
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-03-17
Two MORE VETOES.

At the last Council meeting the
Mayor presented o veto Of the Ordi.
nance authorizing the North Chicago
Electric Railroad Company to con.
struct and operate street railroads on
Milwaukee and Lincoln avenues, on
account of an error In reference to
the percentages to be paid to the
city. The error was corrected and
the ordinance passed. Several items
In the appropriation bill were also
vetoed. The Mayor also presented .
veto of the South Side trolly ordi.
nances passed at the previous meet.
ing of the Council.
Alderman Charles Swlgart, Of the
Thirteenth Ward, made an eloquent
plea In behalf Of the retention Of the
appropriation for the garbage crema.
tory which the Mayor vetoed, argu.
ing that 1t was one of the greatest
needs Of the city. The Mayor also
vetoed the orders to stay the improve.
ment and collection OF assessments
for the same of number OF West
Side streets, as contracts have al.
ready been made and collection OF as.
sessments are In progress.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-03-17
PECULIAR TEST OF FITNESS.

Apparently the great test. In the
judgment Of our would.be reformers
of public life, OF the fitness OF the
aldermanic candidates for re.
election IL their votes in rela.
tlon 10 the so.called Watson
gas ordinance. According to these
good people, any alderman who voted
for the passage Of this measure
should be relega:ed to political oh.
livion, while those who voted against
the measure are worthy Of continu.
ance OF public favor
While this paper does not pose as
q champion Of the Watson gas or.
dinance, 1t cannot refrain from
pointing Out the fallacy and In.
justice Of this argument Those
persons who have raised the hue
and cry over the Watson gas
ordinance are the same who have
been for years inveighlng against the
gas trust and crashing their teeth over
the wrongs and sutYerings caused by
that monopoly. Now, was not the
Watson gas ordinance measure In
the line Of competition? 1t It was
not, what was 1t?
The reformers say II those people
were given that franchise they would
simply sell out to the gas trust. How
do they know thiss They answer,
I'VE know by the test OF past expert.
ence." According to the same test
there can never be any competition,
and the result must be abject surren.
der to the monopoly.
There IL one other aspect to this
case. How do the "reformers" know
that the men who voted for the de-
feat Of the Watson gas ordinance are
any more honest and deserving Of re.
election than those who voted for 1t?
without throwing aspersions on the
character Of any Of those gentlemen,
1t Is but fair to say that unworthy
motives and sinister influences bring
about the defeat just as often al
their passage Of public measures.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-03-17
DON'T DESERVE HELP.

The South Side Street Car Com.
pany wants to change a number Of Its
horse car lines into overhead trolley
lines. The object of the change Is to
make more money The corporation
Is making a great deal now. Its
stock sells ut $40. But It wants
larger profits, and hence 1t has asked
the Council to let IL discard horses
and use electricity. The Council has
passed an ordinance giving 1t what
1t asks for. The Mayor suggested
to representatives OF the company
who asked him to sign II that the
ordinance should DO amended SO
that this wealthy corporation which
was receiving additional favors
should light by electricity the prin.
cipal streets on which 1t Is to run its
electric cars This most reasonable re.
quest met with the customary an
swer-"the road cannot afford 1t. "
After such display OF hOggishness
as that there should lie no more
granting Of favOrs to this corpora.
ton. II 1t will do nothing for the
city the city should do nothing for 1t.
Years Of successful bulldozing seem
to have made its stockholders believe
that they can get. free OF cost what
ever they want. 1t 10 time to teach
them q lesson.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-03-17
Tvos F,oH1iNo FOR OPEN BRiDoss

Messrs. Durham, Mcmillan, Keith,
Nelson and several others interested
In towing are trying again to reopen
the fight made after the election Of
every new Mayor with the thousands
of people who use the suburban
trains of the Northwestern and st.
Paul roads. They protested to the
Mayor Wednesday against the closing
during certain hours Of the day Of the
city's bridge at Kinzie street and the
bridges of the two railroad companies
mentioned. The three bridges are
close together and none Of them can
be swung but one way, causing un.
usual delays. Under the last admin.
istration the matter was referred to
the Law Department, which decided
that Kinzie street bridge was one OF
those which should be closed during
the two busiest hours Of the morning
and the two hours OF the evening
when most people are returning to
their homes. This settled the mat
ter for the suburbanites, for the clos.
ing " Kinzie street bridge made II
of no advantage to the tugmen
when neither OF the railroad bridges
was opened. The men who called ur-
on the Mayor Wednesday said the tug
interests were greatly injured on &C.
count Of the closing Of these bridges,
that most Of the boats during the
hours when all bridges are kept
closed were In the habit Of running
up North Branch to coal up" no
large vessels being moved ut that
time. The interests Of the tug assoc
Citations, therefore, demanded that
the tugs be allowed to take coal
when they could do nothing else.
Mayor Hopkins promised that all In
terests should be taken into consider
ton In the solution OF the question.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-03-17
THE ALDERMANiC BATTLE.

There has seldom been 50 much In.
terest displayed In an Aldermanic
campaign rs there Ia In the one being
held at present, and this interest is
not confined to any one ward or dis.
trict, but Is felt by the public all
over the city.
The interest felt locally over the
different candidates Is demonstrated
by the keen competition, the number
of candidates, and the large vote
brought out at the primaries wher.
ever they have been held.
A good deal Of this Is due to the
fact that there rarely have bee n SO
many questions Of great moment to
the citizens OF Chicago pending In
the City Council.
Owing to the activity, ability and
honest determination with which
the various problems that have for
years confronted the people OF this
city have been pushed forward on
the road to a satisfactory solution
by Chicago's intrepid young Mayor,
the City Council has, within the
brief period OF his incumbency, been
made the scene Of local legislation OF
vast importance and OF the utmost
value to the community. 1t Is natura a
that the people should be DESTROYS Of
upholding the Mayor and backing
up his honest efforts by electing the
very best available men to the Coun'
Gil to cooperate with and aid him IL
his most laudable endeavors.
There Is NO doubt that the mex
Council will be strengthened and I'm
proved by the coming election. II
several wards old timber will b.
dropped out and new blood and vigo
infused into the municipal legisla
ture.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-03-17
0RiESHEiMER cor THERE.

That was a picturesque conflict be.
tween the forces OF Mr.. Fred Cries
heimer and Mr.. Watson Rudy In
the Twenty.fourth Ward. The man.
ner and style OF the campaign and
the discussions In the conventions,
while not particularly edifying, was
at least vigorous and entertaining.
Mr.. Griesheimer, according to all re.
ports, has won the nomination and
now he is deserving of election. 1t
is too bad that these party fights are
SO often kept up by Democrats after
the convention and into the election.
AS a rule, the result Is the success OF
a third person, to whom both the
parties to the quarrel are opposed,
but against whom they fail to unite.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-03-17

a band Of Know.nothing conspirators
can come together, hatch up a stew
OF Islander, calumny aud viliflcation,
and dish 1t out to the public through
the complaisant columns of the press.
1t is however a satisfaction to know
that the public at large can see
through the objects Of the Civic Fed.
Grafton and the so-called Christian
Citizens Movement, and that the
public has no sympathy with either.
That this IL so and that the Know.
nothing organizations and their or.
gans have neither force nor influence
is demonstrated by the best of all
proofs, namely. the success Of the
men who have been attacked in every
instance up to date In which they
have sought their party Endorsement
for reelection. For example, Aid.
John Powers, OF the Nineteenth, last
week swept aside all opposition (and,
in fact, there was none worth men.
tioniug). and on Saturday was nom.
mated by an overwhelming vote.
Aid. VIM. +. Mahoney, Of the Eight.
zenith Ward, has simply annihilated
the opposition set up against him
there. The people Of the ward are
proud of their representative, who
quietly laughs ut the mud .slingers
and then goes In and wins.
Aid. Mulcahy, of the Twenty.ninth,
was abused and attacked, but the
traducers had no one to support
against him, for there was not man
in the ward who could be induced to
run against him. AID John Kenny
was implored by his constituents to
take denomination, but he volun.
tarily retircs In the Twenty.third
Ward Aid. John a. Larson has prac.
tically won out in the race for the
Republican nomination, and so on all
through the list.
TIE EAGLE confidently predict.
that Know.nothingism will get an
other slap when these party nomina
lions will be ratified by the election
Of the nominees next April.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-03-17

NEW YonK's crusade against the
fcrrybOat Is to be initiated by the
Municipal Order League Of Chicago,
which purposes to begin hostilities
against persons who chew tobacco
and leave visible reminders thereof
In the street cars Tho street rail.
way companies have notices posted
In the cars requesting passengers not
to spit On the floor. These notices
might a. we'll be In Sanscrit for all
the good they do. The tobacco chew.
Ing and expectorating goes on with.
out intermisslon and without any
protest from the conductors, The city
health department Is to be asked to
stop the nuisance, but II Is doubtful
II 1t has either the power or the In.
clination to interfere. The only rem.
edy is to educate the tobacco chewers
up to point where they will volun.
tarily refrain from working their jaws
during the few minutes occupied In q
street car journey. Something might
be done meanwhile to induce them to
roOst on the grip car or hang over the
dash.b board when the craving for the
weed Is too strong to be resisted.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-03-17

ONE Of the most peculiar Wills ever
filed for probate In Belgium Is that OF
Nine. Mems, whose first husband
bore the name Of Verhaegen. Nine.
Mems died In Antwerp, o few months
ago, leaving her estate to all her rel
atives up to the twelfth degree Of
kinship ON both the fathers and
mothers sides of her first husband.
The only condition was that they
should make good their claims within
six monthA The news created great
interest In Belgium, where the name
Verhaegen is o common one. The
widow was reputed to be worth hun.
dreds OF millions. As o result, the
court was obliged to pass upon the
alleged rights Of 14,554 heirs. The
family.tree Of one heir alone covers
q space sixteen meters square. The
poor people are doomed to dlsappoint-
ment, as the estate turned out to be
worth only about three millions. So
many lawyers have been engaged that
their fees alone will swallow up this
amount,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-03-17

4uc TcIOTl suOWcu IoVoi VI Nouo"
ers issued Of sls,522, OF which Sls,-
1866 was in the engineering depart
ment and the rest in the law depart.
ment and on the general account.
This cleans up the last accounts OF
expenses incurred in making the ex-
ira river diversion.
Engineer Randolph estimated the
expenses of the engineering depart.
ment for March at 1895, 200. One
hundred and siXty.four men were
shown TO be at work for the sanitary
district. An agreement had been
made with the Santa Fe Road to
have its bridge across the Desplaines
River below the spillway raised to a
safe height. The recent floods have
shown the danger Of sweeping the
structure away at high water. The
expense will be $4,000.
The first result OF the inspection
made by the trustees last Monday
was recommendation from Engi-
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-03-17
FOR ST. PATRiCKS' DAY CELE.
GRAFTON.

Arrangements for the celebration
Of st. Patrick's Day have been com.
pleted by a committee composed Of
delegates from the different Irish so.
cieties Of this city. Receptions and
entertainments will be held by many
of the branches.
John T. Heating, OF Branch No.
80, A. o. H., will be the Grand Mar.
shall of the parade. lie will be es.
cOrted by the Knights OF st. Patrick,
mounted. 100 strong, and assisted by
the following marshals:
d. Cookery, John +. Finerty, W.
II. Joyce, Roger Sullivan, p. B.
Flanagan, E. Cummings, A. j. Ford,
j. f. Long, NJ. j. Kelly, James
Clarke, d. +. O'Connor, John BOWL.
ing, Il. O'Hern, L. Henley, j. +.
Courvy, Stephen Griffin, 4. II. Con.
nors, II. Cusack, NJ. McNerney, j. f..
O'Malley, w. Lyman, NJ. Mulcahy, j.
j. Mahoney, James haher, 7. II.
Keenan,, John Powers, W. Mahoney,
Il. Lyons, c. O'Donnell, j. T.
Nichols, the Rev. John p. Dore, the
Rev. +. ii. Kelley, the Rev. J. NJ
Scanlon, the Rev. +. McCaffey, the
Rev. NJ. O'Sullivan, the Rev. D.
O'Brien, NJ. Blacken, Col. +. +. Colby
Mai. l., Buckley, w. Hdulihan, Capt
J. Byrne, w. A. Guinea, p. OSul
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-03-17

Ivan, Miles Kehoe, J. II. Lynch, +.
Avnew, II. s. Hyland, J. Il. Strain,
NJ. J. Maloncy, 1gnatius Sheridan,
James McHale, NJ. j. Keane, Capt.
p. Coan, J. p. Mahoney, J. Foley, p.
\. Guerin, J. II. Carmody, J. +.
OBrien, p. J. Cahill, d. O'Shea.
The order OF the parade will be as
follows:
FIRST DIVISION.
J. 7. Heating in command. escorted by
Knights Of 81. Patrick, mounted.
Platoon Of Police.
Officers Of Jrish.American Council in car
riases.
Hibernian Rifles. Seventh Regime ut. ]. n. O..
Col. +. 7. Colby, Commanding zoo
rank and file.
Patriotic Sons Of Father Mathew, Uniform
Corps.
Cadet Corps. twenty boys.
Father Mathew 7. A. and d. Society.
SECOND DIVISION.
Gaelic Athletic Association Clubs. Thomas f..
Jones in command; cubs In following ORDER
Emnets, 1nnisfails, Davitts, Gratta,s, Emer-
aids, Brian Borus, Finertys. Liberators,
O'Connelle, Fitsgeralds.
Band.
Pullman Holy Rosary Cadets.
Ancient Order Of Hibernians, p. d. flannisan
In command.
Ofiicers A. o. II. In carriages.
THIRD DIVISION.
reud.
| Clan.na-Gael Guards. Maj. L. n. Buckley In
command
Company H. Capt. German.
| Company d. Capt. Reid.
Emmett Guards. Capt. T. A. Beckett command
ing.
| Citizens In carriages.
The different bodies will organize
for marching In Haymarkct square
and march south on Desplaines street
to Jackson, cast on Jackson to Mich
igan avenue, south on Michigan ave
nue. to Twelfth street, countermarch
to Van Buren, street, west on Var
Buren, to Clark street, north on Clarl
to Lake street, west on Lake to Mar
ket, and disperse.
The parade will be reviewed by hi
grace Archbishop Feehan from tn,
parOchial residence of St. Patrick''
Church, Adams and Desplaines streets
and by Mayor Hopkins aud the coun
ty and city officials from the Clarl
street entrance Of the Co unity Build
| tuD
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-03-17

RosEBERy Is called young man
for the high position Of premier. And
so he Is, by comparison with Mr..
Gladstone. But, bless your soul! at
~ Napoleon had lost Waterloo and
was costly locked up In St. Helena re.
fiecting on q career which for twenty
years had been on more exalted
plane than the amiable English earl
has ever reached. But then British
premier Is not expected to be Ma.
pOleon.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-03-17
Largest weekly circQ.
lation in The city and
county Of any paper
published in Chicago.
NO SURE THiN0.

Aid. Loetlier didn't have a sure
thing on the West Side after all.
Did he?
Mortimer Seaman was named for
Assessor,
Frank Kilcrane for Supervisor,
AL Hoffman, the brewer, for Col.
lector,
John Deuiack for Town Clerk.
All Of which proves that there Is
no such thing Us sure thing In
nominations.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-03-17

GENERALLY speaking, the slope Of
rivers flowing into the Mississippi
from the east Is, on the average,
about three inches per mile. Those
entering 1t from the west have an
average descent OF about six inches
per mile. The average descent per
mile Of the Missouri after 1t leaves
the mountains is reckoned about a
foot; the Des Moines, from It's source
to its conjunction with the Missls.
sippi, about seven and three.tenths
inches. The entire length of the
Ohio shows fall of even five inches.
The Mississippi, from the mouth Of
the Ohio to the Gulf, has fall Of
about two and one.half inches.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-03-17

LEST the announcement that the
railways have decided to pay no atten.
tion to the interstate commerce law
may mislead somebody into the be.
lief that the decision Is recent, we
will state that 1t Is as old as the law.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-03-17

THE stage Is to be elevated again.
This time the elevating process Is
not to be undertaken by society fc.
male with shady record and
friend with big bank account, but
by the managers Of what are known
as the cheap theaters--those temples
OF the drama where the general ad.
mission IL Is cents and where half a
dollar secures private box. The
managers have formed an alliance
against "poor performers and worse
dramas" and declare they will no
longer allow their audiences to he In.
suited by actors who cannot act, or
be tortured by the productions Of au.
thOrs whose energies could be ex.
pended more profitably In the propul.
sion Of wheelbarrows or the manipu.
latiOn of scoop shovels on the public
highways. The reform IL laudable
one. Cheap theatricals are not nee.
essarily bad theatricals, any more
than high-priced shows are necessa.
rily good shows. Some very good en-
tertalnments are given In low.priced
theaters, and the man who pays sl.5o
for q seat In fashionable theater
does not always get value received.
Tho managers Of the popular priced
houses, II they will stick together,
can accomplish the desired object,
and It wouldn't be bad idea II their
more aristocratic brethren would fol.
low their example.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-03-17

WITH all due respect for the old
proverb, when the average servant
girl gets through with piece Of val.
liable bric'a.brac 1t Is generally too
late to mend.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-03-17
CANAL EXPENSES FOR FEBRUARY

The budget Of expenses for Febru.
airy was considered by the Drainage
Board Wednesday. Clerk Judge Of
fered the following report on war.
rants authorized and drawn during
the month:
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-03-17

a hard worker and an enthusiastic
believer In his division of the city.
=.
Mr.. E. F. Rennacker will have, IL
Is claimed, the solid Twelfth Ward
delegation for the nomination of
West Town Assessor.
At the hour Of going to press, uu.
less things change materially, Mr..
Rennacker will capture the nomina.
tion In convention. One thing Is Ger.
tain, the Republicans could not
name a stronger man.
-.
Hubert Butler has succeeded In
making his nomination in the TWEEN.
ty.seventh Ward a certainty, and as
Republican nomination in the
Twenty-seventh Is equivalent to an
election, Mr.. Butler may be regarded
as the successor Of Alderman Haus-
sen, who goes down to defeat on his
record In connection with the Wat
son gas ordinance.
-
At this writing the indications are
that II. W. Duncanson, the Madison
street jeweler, will have the majority
Of delegates for the Aldermanic nom.
ination in the Twelfth. This will
not surprise many, as the best lead.
ers in the ward and the young men
have been with him from the start.
Mr.. Duncanson has the ability to
represent the Twelfth II nominated.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-03-17

THIS is good advice which the "We"
OF the Buffalo Times offers to him
self "Let us sober up"