davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-04-07

made up and other matters OF SINH.
lar import to the local statesmen.
The new council will have forty.
two Republicans and twenty.six
Democrats. This gives the makeup
OF all stan ling committees to the
Republicans, the same as last year.
The Republicans will also have the
naming Of the sergeant.at.arms Of
the council.
Isaac n. Powell, the present ser.
geant.at.arms. was defeated Tuesday
for the Supervisorship OF the South
Town, and will be a candidate for his
present place before the new Council.
As he has now no opposition he will
probably be reelected. For Chair.
man Of the Finance Committee. the
most important craftsmanship In the
council, Aid. Madden, the present H.
cumbent. will be chosen. As leader
Of the Republicans In the Council
Mr.. Madden's ability has been recOg
nlzcd by the new members, and II II
said that when the Republicans &c
into caucu, for slate.maklnv at least
thirty will back Mr.. Madden for
Chairman Of the Finance Committee
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-04-07

THE whale fishery was at one time
an enormous industry In the United
States. 1t reached its height in
1854, when 6O2 ships and barks,
twenty.eight briggs and thirty.eight
schooners, with a total tonnage Of
2Os, 800, were engaged in II. by 1875
the fleet had dwindled down to 100
vessels, and II Is doubtful II fifty ara
now at sea. The introduction Of
kerosene and the increasing scarcity
of whales seem to be the causes OF
this decline. Some remarkable voy.
ayes were made in the old days. The
Pioneer, Of New London, sailed in
June, 1854. for Davis Strait and
Hudson's bay, returning In Scptem.
Der, 1855, with 1891 barrels OF oil
and 22,650 pounds Of hone, valued at
100000. In 1S47, the Envoy, OF
New Bedford, was sold to be broken
up, but her purchaser reftted her
and she made voyage worth sl32,
A5O. On the other hand a vessel
made Eve years voyage, and on hei
return the captains lay was only 4s5.
But, as the Nantucket captain, whose
vessel returned from q three years
voyage as clean as she went out, re-
marked: "She amt got a bar'l o. lie,
but she's had q mighty fine sail"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-04-07


THE production OF wheat In Ar.
gentina is increasing at q rate that
astonishes the statisticians The
area seeded to the grain has more
than doubled in the last three years,
the collapse Of the speculative boom
having wonderfully stimulated agri.
culture. The area sowp to wheat
last year was 9, 100. 900 acres, against
2,sOO,O 900 10 1890 and only 400, 900 In
1880. An exchange tells Of one farm
In the province Of Buenos Ayres on
which $4,000 acres Of wheat were
grown last year. This Is more than
double the area Of the celebrated
Dalrymple farm In North Dakota,
and II Is being cultivated ny an 1tal.
ian who went there rs an assisted
emigrant. Some OF the English trade
papers have referred to the increas.
Ing competition Of Argentine wheat
as one OF the causes OF the very low
prices now being paid for our grain
on the eastern side Of the Atlantic,
and anticipate a much bigger com.
petition In the near future. They
seem to think thst this and other
sources Of supply may be counted on
as assuring very cheap bread to the
toilers In the United Kingdom for all
time to come.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-04-07
GOOD MEN BEATEN.

Henry c. Bartling, the Democratic
candidate for As :esso: In the North
Town, made gallant fight under
great disabilities. He had In the
first place a heavy Republican major.
ity to overcome, and a mot popular
antagonist as we'll as a shrewd and
strong campaigner to run against. In
addition to this, he had to face the
unreasoning opposition Of one Of his
own party organs. Under the cir.
cumstances he made q good race.
The defeat Of Henry Ebertshaeuser
In the Twentieth Ward Is one Of the
most regrettable incidents Of the
campaign. Mr.. Ebei tshaeuser, who,
by the way, made u splendid race,
would have made IN ideal represen.
tative Of the ward. and the voters Of
the Twentieth do not appreciate what
they have lost In rejecting his ser.
vices. However, rebuff on first
experiment has never daunted u true
politician, and 1t Ia safe to predict
that ere long Mr.. Ebertshaeuser will
be heard from again In the TWEEN
tleth Ward.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-04-07
TIE British Parliament Is to

THE British Parliament Is to be
asked to pass bill which might we'll
be introduced In our own State Leg.
islatures. 1t fOrblds the placing of
advertisements on rocks, trees, sea
beaches and other natural objects
whose beauty may he thereby de.
faced. The advertising mania In
this country has been carried to dis.
graceful and exasperating lengths.
No spot Is sacred to the vandal with
the brush and paint pot. In the
Adirondacks, along the Hudson,
among the Rocky Mountains, In the
Yosemite, wherever foothold can
be had, the beauties Of nature are
defaced with glaring invitations to
buy pills, liver pads, stove Polish,
glue and cigarettes. The face OF ma
ture is made a billboard that vendors
OF patent medicine and other mer.
chandise may advertise their wares.
The English are TO lie commended
for putting a stop to this kind of
dissertation. Our own legislators
may get around to 1t II they can ever
spare the time from talking politics
and sandbagglng the railroads.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-04-07
WEST SIDE DEMOCRATS HAPPY.

TIE EAGLE congratulates the PEG.
pie and voters of the West Town
upon the nificent Democratic vic.
tory Of last Tuesday. The West
Town Democratic ticket was wisely
chosen and the campaign was ably
conducted. The nominees were all
exceptionally popular, but the popu-
larity OF the head OF the ticket
Mortimer Seaman - was little
short Of phenomenal. Mr.. Seaman
ran away ahead Of his ticket
everywhere, and even In the
Eighteenth and Nineteenth Wards
led such Old.time Democratic wheel
horses as Aldermen Mah0ney
and Powers, All OF the cam
didates were elected by safe
majorities, but Seaman was sew.
eral hundred votes ahead OF the next
highest man on the ticket. THE
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-04-07

THERE Is trouble ahead for the
musical critics. Don Fernando Diaz
de Mendoza, a granice of Spain, is
about to adopt the stage as a profes.
sion. Don Fernando. ETC., is not only
as blue.blooded as a dog-show cham.
pion, but he Is extremely sensitive to
criticism. lie shoots with both hands
and upon the slightest prOvocation.
A hint that he hatted on high c or
that he parted company with the key
ut any time during the performance
of an opera would be sufficient to
send Don Fernando around the news.
paper offices with a pair Of slx-shoOt.
ers and belt full OF cartridges 1t
Is somewhat reassuring tu know,
however, that he Is not q particular.
ly accurate marksman, having shot
at his antagonist In his latest duel
twenty-five times without scoring a
hit Unless he improves In this re.
spect he could not hope to meet the
American critics on equal terms
Most of these gentlemen delight in
feats OF brOil and battle, and II Don
Fernando were to 20 blazing away a
dozen of times without hitting his
man he would find himself slated
over the head with "Hullah's History
of Modern Music" or the libretto Of
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-04-07
MIx.Up IN THE SOUTH Town.

The result Of the election 10 the
South Town has been somewhat sur.
prising. or course, Democratic as
we'll as Republican politicians knew
and acknowledged the fact that
Henry Best was q strong candidate,
but the popularity Of Aid. Henry
Stuckart, his opponent, was also we'll
known and admitted. Stuckart has
always been q winner since
he entered politics, and 1t
was expected he would run
away ahead Of his ticket. Instead
Of that. Mr.. Stuckart was beaten,
while the balance Of the South Town
Democratic ticket was elected This
Is just where the surprise comes In.
The newspaper attacks directed
against Alderman Stuckart would
naturally be supposed to also hit the
ticket of which he was the head.
That Mr.. Stuckart's colleagues did not
suffer points to tie conclusion that 1t
was not the newspaper attacks that
defeated the gentleman named. 1t
looks to a disinterested observer as II
there was some detection In the Dem
ocratic ranks on the Sonth Side e.ec.
ton day.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-04-07
POWERS AND MAHONEY.

That Aldermen Mahoney and Pow
ers should win out In the sister
wards, the Eighteenth and Nine
teenth, caused no surprise, as there
never was any doubt about the mat.
ter from the first. or course the
bowling dervishes who turn their pul.
pits into political rostrums TO make
capital and pelf for themselves and
their churches, the good and godly
people Of the Civic Federation and
Christian Citizens movement, and
the would-be political dictators Of
a section of the daily press had TO In.
clude the names Of these two respect.
able and honored citizens In their
black lists, and demand their defeat
and retirement from politics. The
voters Of the Eighteenth and Nine.
teenth wards were so deeply moved
and largely influenced by the at.
tacks, denunciations, and hys.
terltal demands Of the good and
holy people that they elected
both gentlemen by increased ma.
jorities, Mr.. Mahoney receiving the
largest plurality ever given a candi'
date In the Eighteenth.
The taxpayers and voters Of the
Eighteenth and Nineteenth Ward,
know what is good for them. The,
are not slow to understand and ap
preciate good and faithful representa-
tion OF themselves and their inter
ests, and this they have had from tn,
two gentlemen who have for so Ions
represented In the Council the two
great West Side wards.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-04-07

THERE must be some reason for
the increase Of lawlcssness In this
country and most people will not
seek far to find 1t. There Is u grow.
Ing contempt for the forms and the
authority Of law that is only too Sig.
nificant. It does not mean that the
people are lacking In respect for the
law, but that they are sick and tired
Of Its NATURALIZATION. The men
why lynch assassins are In the wrong,
Of course, but they are not without
excuse; the citizens who tear up the
tracks Of marauding railroad com.
panies rather than invoke the aid OF
the courts are also justified to some
extent. The lynchers know that the
assassin, II left to the law, will evade
justice for months or years and may
escape 1t altogether. As for fighting
q railroad corpoi alton 10 the courts,
no man of sense dreams OF such
thing nowadays. All the tricks and
devices that can be invented by high.
salarled lawyers are against the citi.
zen, and the interminable delays and
extravagant cost OF litigation can be
borne only by q wealthy corporation.
Justice, or that which Is now called
justice, Is In most cases ut the dis.
posal OF the wrongdoer. The victim
Is forced out OF court by technical.
tiles, the delays OF the law or the
sheer weight of money. That Is why
lawlessness Is spreading. Men have
no reverence for the law which pro.
tects only the lawbreakers.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-04-07

THE population Of Russia at the
beginning of this year numbered
about l24, 900, 900 souls. These are
distributed In the following manner:
In the fifty government, of Russia
In Europe there are about $4,000. 600
Inhabitants; In the Vistula country,
$500, 900; In the Caucasus, 5000, 900;
in Siberia, 1850, 900; In Asia, 9, lOO,.
900; aud In Finland, 1850, 200. The
Russian army In time of peace mum.
bers about $780, men, which, com.
pared to the population Is but small
number. Other countries, such as
Germany and France, have already
more than one per cent. of their pop.
ulatiOns permanently with the colOrs.
Should the Gar choose to follow the
example OF other European powers,
he would be In command of by far
the largest number OF men, under
one sovereign, In the world.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-04-07

REV. THOMAS DIXON, JR., Is u New
York clergyman who has evidently
been west OF Buffalo. At all events
he has a clearly defined idea If the
greatness and the resources OF the
West. He realizes that the narrow.
ness and the self.satisfactlon OF the
East are menace to the nation.
Speaking on this theme Sunday night
he said: I'VE Of the East do not un.
derstand the West. Our ideas OF
that section and its people are crude
and puerlle beyond understanding.
Kansas and Iowa are as much ahead
Of New York 10 average intelligence
rs the slums Of this city are beneath
the jewellers In the green fields OF
New England. The East Is manifest.
ly unfair to the West In everything
that emanates from that section. We
are narrow.minded and provincial.
We have failed to meet the questions
Of the day with the same broad view
that has been shown by the West.
He never spoke truer words In his
life, but his voice is as Of one crying
In the wilderness. The troglodytes
have wrapped their heads In skins
and do not hear him.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-04-07

ENaINEERs are as prone to color
blindness as the rest of humanity,
and signal lamps are as apt to break
as any other kind Of lamp. There.
fore, one OF the French railway com.
panies is conducting a number Of ex.
perlments with a view to abolishlng
colored signals altogether. The
semaphore arm will be Of tremen.
dously tough glass, and will be II.
Eliminated by q powerful incandes.
cent lamp placed near the pivot on
which the arm swings When the
signal Is at danger, the light will
shine straight ahead; when II Ia
"pulled off," the rays will be In.
clined, 50 as to still render the aru,
visible to the driver.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-04-07

The advance Of surgery can furnish
few more singular illustrations than
is supplied by an operation in one of
the London hospitals, whereby the
breast Of a blackbird was fastened to
q woman's face as substitute for her
nose, which had been so damaged that
II had to BIO removed. The woman,
who had been a .housemaid In a hotel,
had been struck In the face by a de.
scendlng lift, which caused the in.
jury that led to the operation. The
operation has proved perfectly sue.
cessful, with every appearance Of the
woman being provided with a useful
nasal appendage, though how II will
perform its functions when the cure
Is complete remains to be seen.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-04-07
REPUBLICANS ARE RESPONSIBLE.

Mayor Hopkins hit the nail on the
head when he said day after election
that the character OF the legislation
that would be enacted by the present
Council would be the best proof OF
whether or not the political complex
ion of a municipal body really count.
ed for anything. "The people," said
his Homo, evidently believe the Re.
pub,icans the more honest and capa.
bic, else would not have forty.two
Republicans out of body Of sixty.
eight members"
Now II the people were right In
their superstition II will be demon
strated beyond all do lbt, for the Re.
publicans will have everything their
own way In the Council now. "But
do you expect the Republican Council
to support you?" was asked. "rhere
won't be any need to support mel
these gentlemen a'e all that the Re
publican press claims them to be,
was the prompt reply. "lf," con
tinucd the Mayor, "the Republican
Council Is honest and straight there
won't be any necessity for Mayor
vetoes."
The Mayor Is right. The RepublI
can Council will have to bear thu
full responsibility for the next year.
municipal legislation. ....
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-04-07
Largest weekly circQ.
latiOn in the city and
county Of any paper
published in CHICAGO.
THE SPRiN0 ELECTION.

The result of the elections just
held in the different towns and wards
OF the city Is, under the circum.
stances, fairly satisfactory from
every point OF view. While neither
party can lay claims to victory, good
men as rule have been elected to
office. That the Democrats made as
good q showing as they did was to
have been expected, as Chicago Is
normally overwhelmingly Demo.
cratic.
Some political observers profess to
be surprised at II. however, the cause
OF their establishment being based
upon the general tide OF Republican
victory now rising throughout the
country. Chicago, however, has demon.
strated before now that even under
the most adverse circumstances she
is and can be counted upon always
to be safely Democratic. While the
Republicans have increased their
majority In the City Council, that
should not be taken as any indica.
ton OF the prevailing trend Of politi.
cal opinion, for the wards In which
the gains were made are not wards
that have In the plst been strictly
Democratic by safe ma, orities.
There is, nevertheless, one fact
that the two last elections should
teach the Democratic managers, and
that Is that II will require unceaslng
vigilance. attention and real hard
work to make up between now and
next election the inroads that have
been made on the Democratic ma.
jority In Chicago. The fall election
Is approaching and the campaign
will be opened by the Republicans In
a few days. There is no necessity
for CONSERVATION on the part OF Dem.
Ocratic leaders, but there should be
no apathy. The party leaders
should be up and doing II
Cook county Is to be carried next
fall. Time was when Chicagos
enormous Democratic majority made
all Cook County safely Democratic,
but that time has, for the present, at
least, apparently passed. The leav.
ening influence Of the Republican
county towns will be felt after the
count of the votes passes outside the
city limits and felt sorely. 1t will
take the liyelest kind OF campaign
TO win the county offices for Demo
cratic candidates next fall.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-04-07

A WRITER In the Christian Regis.
ter says that the great Witwatersrand
reef In Africa, from which the bulk
Of the gold Is extracted, IL III miles
long, and that the ore Is richer ut q
depth OF Zoo feet than ut the sur.
face. The expectation Is that when
depth Of 800 to 100 feet Is
reached the deposits OF the precious
metal will be found to be on nearly
level plane. The gold claims are
grouped together In lots OF twenty or
more and worked by companies.
johannesburg, a city OF 10000 Euro.
pean inhabitants, has spung up there
as n by magic. 1t has its churches,
theaters, club houses, schools, libra.
ries, and stock exchange which, In
architectural beauty, will compare
favOrably witt anything In New
York City. This would seem to be
only a beginning. Gold mining In
that region Is In Its infancy, and un.
doubtedly the operations now being
extended will ere long aid enormously
to the present annual production OF
gold, that for the whole world being
estimated for last year at not less
than $50 millions. 1t begins to look
as II the longer the silver men stand
In their own light by insisting on
their product being rated at more
than double its actual value the more
will they reduce their chances Of OBJ.
tanning the desired recognition for
the white metal on any terms. 1t
will take but few years more at the
present rate Of increase In the pro.
duction to give the world all the god
that prOtitably can be used for money,
except for subsidiary purposes.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-04-07
CHicA0O HEi0HTS.

The Chicago Heights Land Asso.
citation has awarded a contract to G..
II. Fuller for the construction OF
eighteen miles OF sidewalk. work 10
b gin at once. Activity ia the build.
ing line has already set In at Chicago
Heights. Several cottages are In
course Of construction, which will
cost about ~, 200 each. w. E. Cane.
dy, President OF the Canedy.Otto
Manufacturing Company, has award.
ed a contract for the construction OF
a modern residence. to be 10 :ated al
the corner OF Main and Aberdeen
streets, and will cost about $1,000.
During the past week large number
Of lots were sold, and the present indi'
cations are that Chicago Heights will
keep pace with her former good rec
ord, during 1894. Several large
plants are negotiating with the Chi
cagO Heights Land Associat on fol
the removal of their factories
The Michigan Central Railwa,
Company have completed arrange
ments for the construction Of side
tracks to Charles p. Parish & Co..
factory, which will enable them Il
make connections with the Chicag,
Heights Belt Line system.
The Inland Steel Company, located
between the Michigan Central Rail
way, the Chicago and Eastern iii
nois Railway, and the Elsin, Jo.ie
and Eastern Railway. Is running II
full blast, and the managers stat
that they have every reason to lool
forward to very prosperous season
This company manufactures stee
spec;alties such as are used In tn
manufacture OF agricultural imple
ments, pillow points, harrow teeth
plow beams and various other shape
and angles. They have been In busi
ness for thirty years.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-04-07

AT Seattle, recently, the Oregon
Improvement Company wanted forty
men, at 90 a day. to repair a wash
out. The superintendent picked a
number Of men about the City Mis-.
sion and other charitable institu-
tions, and they agreed to be ut the
depot In time to 60 on the train.
When train.time came he found only
seven men on hand out Of his forty
unemployed" and they proved SC
worthless that they were discharged
after u day or two. And this while
thousands Of men are roaming the
country in search of work.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-04-07

The height Of the absurd has been
reached In Connecticut city, where
certain Cinnamon have bOycotted q
Sunday school because they suspect
one OF their teachers, who Is the
wife of police sergeant, OF having
given testimony as to the where.
abouts Of their smoking dens. The
spectacle of these converted pagans"
interdicting the institution which
converted them, because 1t inter.
feres indirectly with their heathenish
vices, Is enough to make Confucius
cachinnate In the tomb, and Mencius,
the Celestial philosopher, turn over
and roar with glee In the silence of
the ancestral temple!
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-04-07
THE anarchists OF Europe q,

THE anarchists Of Europe seem ut
present quito as much 10 danger from
their bombs 10 are the monuments
and people against whom their ter.
r0rs are directed. The villain who
tried to destroy the beautiful Church
OF the Madeleine In Paris was blown
up by his own bomb, when II was
struck by q door which swung hack
after he had pushed It open. That
door will certainly become famous In
the legends Of the church, as time
rolls on. Only the other day Bourdin,
the anarchist, was killed by the bomb
with which re was about to destroy
Greenwich Observatory. The enc.
mics Of society will not be cncour.
aged by these accidents.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-04-07
Pun The BLAME where II BE-
LONGS.

Unreasoning and chronic party
kickers in seeking out some means OF
explaining the defeat OF the West
Town Republican ticket, are now en-!
deayoring to throw the blame upon
the shoulders OF the old-time leaders,
who in the past were invariably sue
cessful. To say that any blame
should be attached TO such men as
Henry l.. Hertz, Joseph Bidwill and
william Lorimer, is to say that
which is untrue, for no men
could work more loyalty faith.
fully and persistently in any
cause than they did for the
election OF the West Town Republi-
can ticket. But 1t should be remem-
bered that the Republican leaders
have always admitted the West Town
IN be "hopelessly Democratic" When
ever the Republicans won out In that
division Of the city, and 1t has been
seldom, 1t was under exceptional cir
cumstances This time the circum-
stances were all In favor OF the
Democratic ticket. James l., Mon
Afghan, the Republican noml-
nee for Assessor, proved himself a