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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-16
THURSDAY EVENING, AUG 10, 1891

SOME of the Northern democratic
newspapers that have been denouncing
the Senate for passing the German tar
if bill, and urging the House OF Rep.
resentatives to defeat that monument OF
"perfdv and dishonorn by preventing
that bill from becoming a law, ii 1t
should require all the winter to do So
are now prophesying revival OF bust
ness and general prosperity as the nee
essary effects of its passage. But the
newspapers referred TO not only obey
but believe in the powers that be, or
rather, profess to do so. The German
bill will not do all they now say 1t WILL
but it must have beneficial effects, as 1t
removes entirely the high tax now I'M
posed upon salt, wool, lumber, hemp
flax, and many other raw materials;
lowers, by one-half, that on iron and
coal and reduces considerably that on
sugar and manufactures. The bill is
not all that could be desired, but, IN
der the circumstances, it will do.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-16
Tour to the North.

On Tuesday, August the list, ia' a'
the rsonally conducted tours toi1e No'.
via the Pennsylvania Railroad. vi! t- '.'
The patty will leave in special Pa..msH ~, ~.
and the tour includes Watkins elm A'l E...
Fails. the Thousand Islands the TaHi' o' w
st. Lawrence. Montreal, Au 50 e a4i-.
Lakes Champlain and tieorse. >sFst'-' . 81.
down the Hudson river. Tie roGni-if!g, q. ia,',
including all necessary expenses tom w..
ington is 500 Tickets from otAe' .;',''' +.,.
proportionate rates. Tourist agent Al d ri ~.
cron will conduct the party. Foi e.
scriptive itineraries, and reservation IN IN
on the train, address Tourist i-eAi l.,s.
sylyania Railroad Company Broad '''
Station. Philadelphia.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-16

Kcrn's Brewery, at Port Huron. Mich, was
destroyed by fire last night. Loss $4,000
Two men who were assisting the fromen in
stringing the hose, was seriously injured by a
falling wall.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-09
TOO MvCH Of TINS.

The following appeared In the I'D.
vertising columns Of the dailiss this
week:
7 WILL PAY 800. REWARD FOR INFOR.
1 motion thss VIII lesd 70 the idsntiaestion
Of the young man Of fair complexion. wsaftns
q: ::y w ~; A s ~ ss sn:
1884, st A''A''. 1I;fSt l. snS P HHS 'SErAvE
The bicycle nuisance will have to
be abated.
Wild-eyed ruflans are riding down
children all over town.
Loafers on wheels are worse than
loafers In buggies, for they cannot
be caught after doing the damage to
persons and property.
It h astonishing that some Of the
bicycle cranks have not been shot
like mad dogs long before this. They
certainly do more harm In a year
than all Of the mad dogs Of . sum.
mer put together.
Fast bicycle riding In the public
streets must be stopped. AZ the
police are % inefiicient In this u
In nearly everything else, Q good
vigilance committee ought to be
called into existence to try the shot
gun remedy for the protection Of
pedestrians In Chicago.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-09

II can control for its own ends. To
secure such one 1t will have to
drive Scales out Of Office. and to this
effort 1t is giving all its attention.
Democrats recognize in Judge
Scales a jurist Of force, ability and
independence. They are confident of
re.electing him because his record in
office gives every reason for his re.
election. As a man he Is a DENT.
crat; as Judge he is wholly without
partisan bias. He has done his duty
as occasion demanded, and has not
been coaxed into unwarrantable con.
duct by newspaper blarney nor driven
into II by newspaper threats.
Democrats Of Cook County will not
be Influenced by the frantic efforts of
the Republican organ to stir up fac.
tional opposition to Scales. They
are familiar with the methods which
the political sage Of the Tribune has
been employing so long, and cannot be
caught with his chaff.-Dlspatch.
THE EAGLE indorses every word of
the above. The Democratic county
convention will nominate Judge
Scales for second term to the office
he has 50 ably fllled--and the people
will re.elect him. He Is the right
man In the right place.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-09

MUCH senseless prejudice has been
aroused against 4 certain New York
society which protects little children
from cruelty, but some of the recent
developments indicate that 1t Is at
least blessing to some babies. It
appears that when poor mother Ia
neglectful Of her babe the fact Is
made public, but the society officers
complain that their work among the
rich Is never made known. For in.
stance, how many New. Workers. heard
of the case OF q society woman who
was In the habit of tying her babe to
the chain which controlled her pug
dog, until the society put an end to
the arrangement Nor does anyone
hear of the society's efforts to put an
end to the traffic In various patent
ed devices used by well.to.do moth
ers and which are designed to help a
baby to jump or to walk. The de.
vices are sold because too many
mothers In New York are only too
glad to get rid of their babies and
yet will not pay for q competent
nurse. One patented tool was meant
to strap a baby In its bed and to pre-.
vent 1t from kicking the clothes of
by binding the legs together. An
other continuance was meant to keep
q baby's mouth open by force.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-09
RESIDENCE FOR f. j. DEWES.

+. J. Dewes, the wealthy brewer,
10 going to build q beautiful resi-.
dence at the southwest corner Of
Wrightwood avenue and Hampton
court at cost Of 900, 900. The lot
Is lis by 1874 feet, and Of this the
house will occupy 80 BY 10 feet, leav.
ing ample space for lawns and out.
buildings. Cudell 4 Herr have de.
signed the residence. which will be
two stories, attic and basement, In the
rocco style Of architecture, of stone
construction on all sides. The en-.
trance is to be aanked by sculptured
figures designed by Max Mauch, and
balconies and entrance doors will
be of artistic design In wrought iron.
In the rear of the house will be q
parked lawn with fountain In the
center, back OF which will be the
barn, connected with the house by
an open arcade In the Italian style.
The stable will cost $4,000.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-09
DOiN0S At CHiCA0O HEi0HTS.

James II. Ross, the newly elected
Mayor, signed the first ordinance
passed by the new council last week.
TIE measure Is for grading and ma.
cadamizing Otto boulevard from
Fourteenth to sixteenth street. The
contract went to Eggleston, Mallctte
4 Brownell, who also were awarded
the contract for improving Center
avenue from Fourteenth to Seven.
teenth street in q similar manner.
The Abbott Machine Company, OF Al
Canal street, has decided to locate
In Chicago Heights. The buildings
required will be Of brick, cover one
acre of ground, and cost about 49,.
900. The concern employs about I2i
men, and Is valuable addition e
the big manufacturing interests oil
Chicago Heights.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-09
the GAMBLING QUESTION.

The May Grand Jury distinguished
itself by making an attempt to kill
of public gambling and to reform
mankind generally 1t did not get
very far In this direction, however.
1t stopped for lack OF time and, no
doubt, OF opportunity.
There Is nothing unusual about
this. We all have seen well-directed
efforts to purge the world OF all that
is evil In 1t fail time and again.
Chicago has had mayors and minis.
tiers, philanthropists, and grand
juries, from time immemorial, striv-
ing with might and main to prohibit
gambling and reform gamblers, but
the record has been one OF failure.
Gambling cannot be stopped SO
long as men feel q disposition to
gamble, and the inclination In this
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-09

ONE would never think OF the
largest city In the world as having
any connection with agriculture ex.
cept as forming q market for such
products, yet recent agricultural re.
turns state that London has under
crops $4,000 acres, exclusive Of nur.
sery gardens, and that there are prac-
tically within sound of Bow Bells
1890 pigs, $500 sheep and nearly
g, 900 head Of cattle.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-09

direction Is, we are sorry to admit,
growing Instead OF diminishing.
That the main body Of the grand
jury was honest In its abortive at.
tempt to reform the people OF Chica.
70 Is possible, but that the section
or clique Of the jury that is response.
Bile for the attack on the city admin.
istration used their position as mem.
bers Of the highest inquisitorial In.
stitutiOn known to the law In man.
ner deserving of the contempt
Of all good citizens, and for
the basest Of party purposes,
there can be no doubt. This clique
prompted the framing of a report
rejecting upon the city adrninistra-
ton and charging collision on its
part In a public vice that can no
more be stopped than can the social
evil In the circles in which some of
the members Of this same clique live
and move and have their being.
Nothing was said in proof Of the
charges, no evidence Of collision or
even Of federation on the part Of the
city authorities was adduced either
before the Grand Jury or 10 its re.
port. Yet this aggregation Of cheap
politicians undertook to asperse the
characters Of the chef officials
Of the city In the rambling and ven.
omous, II meaningless, diatribe
which they call a report.
The public, however, Is fully alive
to the real anlmus Of those charges.
The "bellwether" Of the commit.
tee that provided around the streets
Of nights looking for material for an
attack on the city administration Il
a disappointed politician very much
out at the elbows
He Is out Of job at present, has
been defeated for the office of com
mitteeman from his own ward, and
Is no longer able to while away hi.
spare time, which 10 all Of It, In the
expensive Clark street saloon that
until recently was his eadquarters
Being accommodated with q "job" on
the Grand Jury by the Republican
County Board, he probably though,
II his duty to his party to make cam
paign thunder against the Demo
Gratis. Viewed in the light Of thu
full facts, the noise kicked up by tn,
grand jury resembles more closely ar
asinlne bray. The public will not b.
misled In this regard, and will con
tinue to rspose confidence In one o
the most honest and capable chic
executives who have ever been place.
at the head of the affairs Of thi
city.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-09

CIRCUMsTANTIAL evidence has add.
ed another to its long list of suffering
victims. A prisoner serving Q life
sentence for the murder Of a man
some years ago is soon to be. liberated
because the man he was found guilty
Of numbering Is alive and we'll and
has only found out that he had been
murdered. Judges, juries, and wit
nesses should be more careful In sift.
ing circumstantial evidence and less
eager to give confessed murderers the
benefit of legal technicalities.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-09

ONE result Of the coal miners
strike Is likely to be the greater use
Of liquid fuel In the industries In
which heat forms an important fac.
tor Owing to the abundance and
cheapness of coal, comparatively lit
tie attention has been given to the
possibilities Of petroleum, tar and
oils Of other kinds as fuels. Since
Mr.. McBride's followers laid down
their picks, however, large users of
fuel have been investigating, aud the
discovery has been made that liquid
fuel Is not only better but cheaper
than coal or wood. In this country
the experiments with oil have been
few and not altogether satisfactory.
But In Europe the results have been
highly profitable. On the Caspian
Sea all the steamships use liquid fuel.
the saving over coal being estimated
at IS q mile for the larger vessels.
English railways have also used oil
with success, and In Russia petro.
leum is gradually superseding other
fuels. Considering the low price OF
crude petroleum In this country and
the inexhaustible supply available,
1t will be singular II that combustible
shall not soon come into favor as a
fuel. Its small bulk, perfect con-
sumption and economy In the matter
of fremen certainly entitle 1t to q
trial. Another advantage Is the
fact that when properly burned 1t Ia
absolutely smOkeless.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-09
ROGER @. SULLIVAN FOR COUNTY
CLERK

Roger G. Sullivan will make u
model County Clerk. His ablo
management OF the Probate Clerks
ONCE has raised him high In
the public esteem. No county Oiice
was ever better ofiicered, and Mr..
Sullivan himself Is the most urbane
and courteous of officials. He will
receive the Democratic nomination
for County Clerk without question.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-09

UP to within few years ago the
life insurance cOmpanies-some Of
them. at least-made practice Of
contesting nearly every death claim
for any considerable amount In which
there was the slightest pretext for
Withholding payment. All sorts Of
petty legal devices were resorted to
In the hope Of deferrlng II not evad =.
ing payment The dead were Sian.
dered and the living were made
wretched by this plan Of campaign.
Finally the companies discovered that
they were killing the goose that laid
the golden eggs. Men refused to take
out policies because Of their fear
that payment could not be. secured
without q legal fight, and policy.
holders stopped paying premiums and
allowed their policies to lapse for the
sams reason. That brought the com.
panies to their senses and II IL now
very rarely that q death claim 10
contested. It seems, however, that
some Of the accident companies,
which are Of comparatively recent
date, have not yet learned this les.
son. They have adopted the same
quibbline, dilatory, litigious policy
that made trouble for the life com.
panies. They contest the most equit-
able claims on technical grounds, and
they are falling into the same dis.
repute which proved disastrous u
their predecessors. 1t may take some
little time for them to realize theil
mistake. but sooner or later they will
discover that obtaining money under
false pretenses 10 not q profitable
business In the end for insurance
companies or anybody else.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-09
REFLECT JUDGE SCALES.

The virulent attacks Of the senior
Republican organ upon County Judge
Frank Scales ought to convince Dem.
ocrats that that gentleman deserves
we'll at their hands. The Tribune
seems to want q County Judge whom
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-09
Largest weekly circQ.
latiOn in The city and
county Of any paper
published in Chicago.
NOTICE..

The EAGLE can be ordered ut Chas.
Macdonald s. Co. s literary emporium
and book store, IS Washington street,
and ut all flrst.class news stands
throughout the West.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-09
the MAYOR'S WISE POLITICAL
COURSE.

Democratic leaders met last week
and prepared plans TO solidify the
party and dress up q firm and united
front The meeting was attended
by tho most representative men Of
the party In this county, and from
the tone and character Of the state.
ments made there 10 every reason to
hope for harmony and satisfaction
all around IN the party ranks.
The meeting was not held for the
purpose Of fixing up cut and
dried slate, but with q view
Of taking such steps 20
would insure the nomination Of Q
ticket next Tuesday that will be sat.
tsfactory and representative.
A number Of candidates for the Va.
rious ofiices were discussed. bat, %
before stated, no cut.and dried slate
was agreed upon. Mayor Hopkins
was present but did not take part Ia
the debates No member Of his cab.
met or person prominently connected
with the city administration was
present. The Mayor has deter.
mined that the rank and ale
OF the party shall dictate
its affairs and not any irou.clad ad.
ministratiOn machine. Therein Mr..
Hopkins again displays his shrewdness
as q politician, as we'll as his fairness
and capability as a party leader.
BY retaining from debating states
or naming candidates, he gives the
lie to the parrot cry Of the Republi.
can press. Ever since Mayor Hop
kins took the chair vacated through
the death OF Carter II. Harrison, these
frenzied organs of fanaticism have
turned the walls OF their wrath upon
him. They had not quite exhausted
them upon the grand old man who
had passed away. 1t was useless ia
waste their vituperation upon the
dead, so they turned upon the young
man who took his place.
For years the people Of Chicago
had been familiar with, and grown
weary Of, the cry Of dictator" and
machine boss" against Carter Harri.
son, and at last, seeing the merits OF
the man themselves, they threw to
the winds the advice OF the false
philosophers and guides Of the press
and rallied to his side In protest
against calumny and untruth.
They now see the same batteries
Of infamy turned against the man
Who fills his place.
The people will not be deceived In
the case OF Hopkins any more than
they we're In the case OF Harrison.
The shining qualities OF the man
cannot be dimmed or hidden by the
fogs OF Misrepresentation. His lead
ership ia civic as In political affairs
will be the salvation Of his party In
Cook County, for the people will
never fail to discern the true merits
OF a faithful public servant and mark
their appreciation by their votes.
The non-interference OF the city
administration In the affairs OF the
party In the coming campaign, be-
yond aiding In the light TO elect the
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-09

ticket that will be chosen. Is the
wisest policy ever adopted under
similar circumstances
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-09

The wine which French chem.
list makes out of potatoes Is probably
the beverage served with tho 5O.cent
table d'hOte dinner.
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-29
KANSAS RAILROADS.

The Rock Island road will place an
armed guard on their train between
Kansas City and Norton for the recep-
tion and entertainment of robbers and
mobs.
From Herington: The reservoir that
the Rock Island is building will be more
like a fine lake than an ordinary reser-
yoir. It will be nearly quarter OF q
mile long, from so to 200 feet in width
with an average depth of from to
Is feet of water. The lake will be
beautifully fringed on all sides with
stately old elms, oaks and ash that have
been growing long before Kansas joined
the sisterhood of states.
Topeka Capital: Two very painful
accidents we're reported at the Santa Fe
shops. Samuel Wendlen, machinlst e
helper, while removing an engine frame'
loosened large iron bar which fell on
his right leg. fracturing it. The wound
ed man has wife and eight children
entirely dependent upon him for sup
port. The other accident occurred tc
Joseph T. Maze while drilling large
piece of sheet iron. The braces gave way
causing it to turn around with great
force. 1t struck Mr.. Maze on the right
thigh, making a very painful wound, al
the sharp-edged iron cut long gasi
nearly to the bone. The wounded man
was removed to the dispensary wher'
the cut was sewed up and at last reports
he was in a favorable condition.
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-29

NEW YORK, June 28.-Despite the most
stringent efforts to conceal the fact, the
details of a somewhat serious accident to
Thomas A. Edison, the great inventor
have just come to light.
Mr.. Edison has been at Ogden, n. j., fol
the past eight weeks, hard at work develop
ing his magnetic ore separator, returning
home only to spend Sunday. On Friday
evening last he was sitting on the porch OF
his boarding house at Ogden, when, in some
unaccountable manner his chair gave way
and he was thrown backward on the porch
striking heavily. 1t gave him great shock
Friends ran to his assistance, but ne got VI
and said he felt no pain.
Mr. Edison is worse and unable to leave
the house. The physicians are puzzled. NJ
bones IRE broken. 1t is feared that som'
serious internal injury may have been sus
tanned. 1t is hoped that the present trouble
may pass away without any serious conse
quences, but this only the next few days cal
| determine. In the meantime his famil!
| and friends are worried over his condition
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-29
A CLINCHER.
The Federal Judicial Depart
ment Issues an Opinion.
Mails Must be Carried in the UsuaI way
and Refusal to Handle Any one
Car is Obstructing the Mails
All Liable for One.
New Mexico Division Tied Up.

President Debs. of the American Railway
nnion, has issued an order for strike on
the entire Santa Fe system. The men are
ordered to remain out until the discharged
.rnnloves are reinstated. Not wheel is
MOVING on the entire New Mexico division;
SaveraI arrests will be made If the United
States rnarshals succeed in getting here from
Santa Fe. The passengers are making tne
best of the situation. Judge Leeds, OF SANTA
Fe. has issued an iniun ctlon restraining tne
strikers from interfering with the property
of the company in New Mexico. Inls comes
from Ration.
From Las Vegas the wires bring TINS +;
Railroad men here are quiet. but their oe-
termination not to move Pullman - very
apparent The presence of United states
marshal and a number of deputies loadeo
down with guns had no effect upon tnem;
Engineer Jerry DeLong and Fireman Reed
Oldham we're in the cab of the noon train
from the south ready to start out at mo-
.nent's notice should the Pullmans be re-
moved. but refused to bulge otherwise. A
telegram came from Manager Frey dlscharg
ing these men, and it has Just been an
nounced that a general strike has been or,
dered on the whole Santa re system uhlL
| these men shall be restored.
And from La Junta this: Ihe througn
passenger trains are being held at TINS polht
on account of the boycott on the Pullman
cars. Some forty fremen have been ols
charged for refusing to go out on these trains al
and one engineer from the south end. Inc
| company is feeding about 100 passengers