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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-08

1t Il to be hoped that the death Of
prize fighter Con Riordan In Syracuse,
n. T.. from a blow given by Rob Fltx.
simmons, will put stop to this brutal
izing sport. The fighters were only
sparring for pleasure, but Con Riordan
had been drinking very heavily, and
when he received blow on his chin
he fell never to rise again. There were
two clots Of blood on his brain, one OF
which weighed Az ounces. Fitzsim-
mons has been held to bail In $4,000.
on charge Of manslaughter In the first
degree. II this occurrence stops the
business Of prize. fighting for amuse-
mcnt 1t may be the best use to which.
the life that has been lost could be put.
II there were no prize. fighting the lives
Of all would be safer than any skill In
fist-fighting can render any person
while the brutalizing sport Is practiccd.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-08

,hc same caps can I've bought over %
per cent. cheaper At ANY otlrer store In
town. II Is saN licutenant's cap
costs 81, and some members Of the
fore. assert that the same article can
he bought fOt - In other stores.
1t used to Ne that these goods wcr,
supplied tos'hc force through a regular.
ly appointed purchasing bureau. This
may stiilAe the rule. but the stutemcn,
has been made that the purchase OF
these caps IL made by the individual
mcmlsSs of the force. II this he true
the question naturally arises. why ar,
they compelled to go to the same store
and why are they forced to pay more
there than they can buy the goods To-
plspwherey
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-08

The wrangle In the County Board
over the patronage controlled by that
Institution II not edifying. but II IL not
unnatural.
IT thematter ut issue were merely the
few jobs In the gift Of the board II
would he regarded us u contemplate
exhibition of petty avaricc.
The game. however. II u bigger one.
The struggle is not for the jobs; It II
simply the preliminary skirinish Of the
big mnyornlty battlc that comes of
next spring.
Martin Il. Madden and George II.
swift are simply fighting for vantage
ground. and the Republican victory Of
lust election day will undoubtedly be
used by either one or the other for per-
sOnul advantage. CandOr cOmpels the
statement that Mr.. Madden's claim
seems to he the stronger of the two.
The Republican county ticket noni.
mated last summer and elected later
was Matldcn's ticket.
II was forced through the conven
tion Notwithstanding the opposition Of
George Il. Swift AMI his friends. VIII,
wanted different set Of candidates
nominated. II does seem but natural
that Mr.. Madden should expect the sup
port Of the men whom he was no large
~ instrumental in boosting into office
On the other hand. Mr.. Swift dc
clnres that he IL entitled to another
chance to run for the MnyOralty. Ev
erybo,ly knows the grounds upoi
which Mr.. Swift bases this claim. The,
are unreal and unfOunded. but anon,
the rank and file Of the Republican
party there are some who give then
cre,lence.
II IL not likely that these claim
will cut much figure with those win
have In hands the framing Of the part,
policy ana the nominating OF candI
dates for high places. For that reasOl
II for no other. Aid. Madden seems 4
have far and away the best OF tn
fight. The t,issle In the County Boar
may or mny not 20 his way. II Il
should win II will make his. nhvnntag
all the greater. Should he lose. Il
can AFFORD 1t, and yet be first choice d
the big race.
Meanwhile the preliminary skirmis
In highly entertaining. and Democrat
as well M Republicans IRE watching
closely.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-08
The death of Robert c. Winthrop will

The death of Robert G. Winthrop will
hardly call to mind distinct person.
atty out of the state In which he lived.
Yet ut one time he was one of the fore.
most men In the United States. He was
Speaker OF the House of Representa-.
tives while the argOnauts Of California
were driving oxen across the plains,
fighting mosquitoes OH the Chagres
River or facing gales Off Cape Horn.
He was deemed II worthy successor In
the Senate to Daniel Webster when
Webster became Taylor's Secretary Of
State. lie was young man mt time
when men now well Along In the sixties
were making faces mt u world they
knew nothing Of. Mr.. Winthrop was
much the same type of man as Edward
Everett. He was born rich and always
moved In the most exclusive society Of
Boston. He was distinguished rather
for culture than for originality or rO.
bust thought. AZ Everett's polished
grafton at Gettysburg was obscured by
few remarks Abraham Lincoln made
on the same occasion, so was winthrop
submerged when the storm Of the civil
war shook the community In which he
lived. But lie went down gracefully
and uncomplainingiy, occasionally up.
pearing afterward to give one Of his
polished orations mt college commence.
ments or other similar occasions. lie
was learned man; In fact he knew
about all man could be taught In one
lifetime, but there was always Qnes.
tiOn II he would ever have been heard
Of had his lot been cast among either
hand or brain tOilers. But he was q
man Of high personal character and hi'
influence was always thrown ON tho
side Of controversy which he believed
to he right.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-08

such occasions n greater number Of
times than either Daniel Webster or
Edward Everett. He was the orator of
the day when the corner stone Of the
Washington monument ut Washington
was laid In 1S4S; he was orator ut the
25Oth anniversary of the landing Of the
pilgrims Mt Plymouth Rock, Dec. q.
1870; at the iUOth celebration of July 4
In Boston. 1870; Mt the unwilling Of the
brOnze statue Of Daniel Webster in
Central PARK, New York City, In 1876;
at the Bunker Fill celebration in 1881,
and at the Yorktown 1OOth anniversary
Oct. 10. 1881. He also delivered his
oratton on the completion of washing.
ton monument in 1856, thirty.seven
years after his Grafton when the corner
stone was laid. His orations always
were masterpieces Of appropriate rhe.
toric and elevated patriotic thought.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-08

Paper, being nearly air tight, will OK
clude cold, and should he used more
than 1t now IL. Some builders place
paper between the boards Of house,
and we should do well to follow their
example In smaller matters. Farmers
have found that the extra warmth &C.
cured by lacking several thicknesses
OF newspapers around the inside OF
henh0uses, etc, has saved extra food.
A layer of paper under carpet IL pro-
ferable to cotton, which In sometimes
used. ana II the paper made for the pur-
pose cannot he obtained, several layers
OF newspapers will do nearly az well.
Papers spread between bed coverings
will take the place Of extra blankets.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-08

out of the deaths of the many who
have succumbcd to smallpox ut Mil
waukee in the last few weeks comes
life. or Mt least n promise of It. to tlious-
nnds who otherwise must have died
from an attack Of the dread disease.
DR.. Macmillan HerzOg. Of Chicago
went to Milwaukee to make a study of
the malady In the hospital there, and
now claims to have discovered the
cause Of vaccinia and of smallpox.
The cause Is not n bacillus. but n still
more primitive form Of animal life
called an amOcba. which lives rs n para.
site on the bacillus or bacteriOn. Fur.
thermore. he snys the micrObe Of vac.
cinia In the attenunted form Of the mi.
crobe Of smallpox. and II 1t he intro.
duced into the blood 1t so strengthens
certain elements of the vital fluid TINT
later they can get away easily with the
nor. nttenuated vicious form. DR.. Her.
zog Il not the first to suppose that tho
virus Of smallpox II parasite Oh the
bacteria to which the disease II usual
~ credited. but he goes beyond ali
others In announcing himself TO hav,
discovered That "ull diseases nre due Il
nmoebOid bodies In the blood. and no,
to bacilli." For instance. he says tn
berculOsis IL not due to KOch's bacillus
but to n little amOcba. heretofore calle,
q spOre. living on the bacillus. lie say,
II II first necessary to get u perfect cul
ture from the disease to he experiment
cd with In order to secure the poisonous
parts for the incubation Of chosen mi
mails, which will furnish the counter
acting effects. In order to make per
feet culture the germs must be fed an,
fnttened. and lie has succeeded In de
veloping a culture medium superior t
that used by DIR. Koch. lie makes til
astounding statement TINT many Of til
vaccine points used In Milwaukee ar
aduiterated, being impregnated wit
cr0tOn oil instead Of containing lymp
from the COW. for which reason peOpl
yaccinated a short time ago have fnlle
victims to the disease. He rightly cllal
ncterixcs us Infamous brutes the me
who make this substitution and thus b,
come "murderers for less than tiv
cents per human life"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-08

The warlike Trenchmen IRE drawing
the lines still more closely about the
little nation Of Madagascar. All dipl0..
matte relations between France and
the native rulers have now been broken
or. The "Hovas," as the people arc
called, are concentrating ut the north
crn end Of the island, where hOstilitlcs
may commence Mt any time. Tho Mad
agascar Premier, who seems Ivy no
means ignorant Of the usnges Of mod
ern warfare, has announced that he
will AFFORD protection to the Methodist
missionaries In the country and to GER
tain other foreigners. including the
French mt the city Of Tamatavc. 1t IL
to he hoped that the French will bc
equally considcrate toward the natives.
although history thus far shows little
evidence Of French courtesy In dealing
with uncivilizcd foes.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-08

iings,'" ~ Joel Benton: "Abdul-Kas-
sim and the Iron CAsket." by Sheik
AbttuIfah Hussein; ~Alexandre Dumas.
Fifs." by AlphOnsc Nilliers: "The Mad
mans Story" by \. l.. Krebs; Russia
In Central Asia" by Olga SkObalOff;
shenandoah" by Helen w. Grove;
"The Ghost Of Periandcr's Wife," by
Anna Olcott Commelin; My Castle In
the Air." by David la Costa: "Doro-
tby's Match Making" by Violet Etynge
Mitchell: ''T'o My Lady Fair" by
Frank Holland: I'm Months Of Dark.
ness" by Captain Howard lay
ton; Good Night" by W. II. 1.ucken
bach. DID: "rhc Last Meeting" by
Leon Mead: "The Washerwoman's
Ode" by G. Buckley Chester; 40,
Against Georgius." by Katherin,
Bates; "New York's Arab Colony" by
Thomas wOrtlstiell; and "A1l Sorts" b,
Jos. w. Ray. Jos. W. Kay. publisher
- East 10th street. New York. Sui,
scriptiOn. S1..O u year.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-08

An Alabama iron foundry has a $780,
600 contract from the Japanese Govern
ment for iron pipe to be used In build
Ing water works ut Toxic, ana II cotton
mill ut Baltimore has contract for
2OO.OW yards of cotton duck from the
same source. These are the fellows
who are licking the Chinese 80 thor
Oughly. 1t IL to be hoped no power
will interfere with the fight until the
laps have pounded into the stupid
heads of the Chinese the necessity for
orders of this kind; In other words. the
necessity for them to abandon their
century-Old conservatism and to adopt
measures of internal improvement bas-
ed upon Western methods. What the
Chinese need IL to have civilization
pounded into them, ana the laps are
doing that SO successfully that 1t would
be almost crime to stop them.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-08
LAWYERS CHALLENGE TO WOOD.
MAN.

To the Editor:
| enclose you my challenge 10 Wood
man. Also corrected vote In the dis
trict, and II you will run them together
You will Oblige me. If WOOdman could
but be made to agree to my proposition
the ballots will show that am elected.
~ FRANK LAWLER.
ITO Charles w. Woodman: Upon
the face of the returns You vii! To.
cciye the certificate OF election AZ Con-
arcssmnn from the Fourth District Of
Illinois.
This Il one of the most honorable
positions within the gift Of the Amcri-
can people, and any citizen accepting
the position should feel that he was the
choice Of the people In the district from
which he is elected.
believing you would not accept the
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-08
THE MARQUETTE CLU6.

How would It do for the Marquette
CluD to take n day or from its other In
vcsrtgatiOns ana Investigate tts own
finances: From the testimony In the
Mca,lowcrOft trial II appears that n
borrower ut the bank put up tDO Mar.
luette Club bonds ($6,O,tD among 9TH
er collateral to secure n loan of $i.4OO
and that nothing ever has been real
tied from the note for the loan MOI
from the cOllaterals. A club engaged
In n great work Of reform should not
have any worthless promises To pay
afiOat for doubtful uses IN growing
money ut doubtful bnnks.-ChicagG
Herald. Dec. 3.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-08
LOCAL CivIL SERVICE REFORM.

1t IL ditHcult Tor the average cItiHcu
To figure out whether the much-vnunt-
ell reform wave for civil service In nll
branches OF the public administration.
locally. Il Democratic. Republican or
Peoples party movement
1t was begun In good faith by DEM
Ocratic city administration. II has en-
listed In It's behalf both the other ele-
inents of political life: Its death will be
the result Of the fatal conflict between
all three.
There IL such thing rs u public gal
lery.
There the uninitiated sit ana thunder
forth their applause. sometimes In the
shupe of vocal exhibitions of throat
DOwcr and sometimes In the shape or
votes.
The uninitinted are the vast horde
who constitute the majority or the
voters.
The initiated are the few who fool
them.
Those who are not Interested In party
pDlItlcs watch these grand stand plays
and there are outsiders who estimate
them at their true value.
To many citizens of Chicago Will
come home the question whether or not
the attempt 10 divorce the police from
Inalitics'' will he successful.
For the answer to this question all
depends upon the honesty Of purpose
and the ability to accomplish of the
men to whom the work has been In
Trusted.
The Eagle does not raise any ques'
ton ~ to the former proposition, bu'
M to the latter II has some doubts.
Time and experience are good foun
dntions upOu which TO base cOnclu
sLOns.
In this ease what kind of a fo'unda
tiOn do they make!
Nothing better than this: Upon then
have been erected many n house OF
cards.
There have been In the history oil
Chicago police boards. They have beei
good enough in theory. in practice the!
have been failure.
VIII the new movement bc any more
successful:
Upon its result depends that of an
other reform Of a similar nature. Can
the ordinance for civil service In nj
other branches Of the clty's work be car
ricd into successful operation!
The test Of time has shown tina
natural causes will have natural at
fecis.
The police force will not be divorced
from politics for the reason that II ~
creation Of political forces.
There IL n local popular fallacy tina
the Chicago fire department IL inde
Inndent Of politics. The truth Of tn
matter IL known to all politicians; no
to the public.
The Chicago fire department IL no
and never has been divorced from pol
tics.
The efforts OF Mcssrs. lIanlinc. FL
and Rubcns may DE well directed, thei
theories may be all right as theories
the infalliblc tests-timc ana e%pcr
cnce-wlll prove In the future as the
have In the past, that cause must hay
its natural effect.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-08
here was CONSERVATION In one of the

There was CONSERVATION In one of the
Astor families the other night. because
they found tramp In bed on the fourth
floor. Well, where did they want to lind
him In bed? Not ON the first floor, we
hope. What, by the way. are beds
made for? Surely rs places OF nesting
and repOse for weary humanity. And
Is not tramp weary humanity? Isn't
he, In fact, the weariest kind of human
ity going? Here, then, was produced q
condition equivalent to great success In
the enterprises OF life, for the things
best suited to one another came tOgerl,.
er us II by natural affinity. Yet the AS.
tors were not satisfied. Truly the pos.
session of great wealth makes people
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-08

Those who complain that the coun-
try IL being filled up. should note the
statement OF Edward Atkinson. to tie
effect that there IL enough tirst.ratc
wheat land, ut present unOccupied. In
the single State OF Texas to produce oil
the wheat now grown In this country.
Some one else figuring on area and
population says that, with the same
number In proportion to area that New
Jersey counts. Texas would be support.
Ing 83. 500. 600. or more than all counted
In the last census for the United States.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-08

position II YOU Thought you were sct
fairly elected. and iwine firmly con.
WINGED that I have received the votes
of a majority OF the yosers III the
Fourth Congressional Dis'f'ict. I would
appeal to your honor and manhood to
submit with rr an agreed case to the
County Court. whereby the ballots cast
in the late election can I've fairly
counted and the wishes VI the people
expressed az they really voted. Re
spcctfully. FRANK LAWLER.
"Chicago, Nov. %. 1894"
The following In the corrected vote
cast for Congressman In the Fourtl
| Congressional District:
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-08

A man who had cursed fate for many
years because he had suffered from II
hole In his throat has discovered that
the aperture IL an inestimable blessing.
1t saved him from u hanging. which
Il Judge said should continue uninter-
ruptedly until he was dead. The hole.
It was feared, would Interfere with the,
efficiency Of the rope, ana now the re-
prieved person will pamper the aper-
ture during long and, possibly, happy
life In prison.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-08
OUR SPRINGFIELD BUREAU.

THE EAoLEwill maintain Bureau
at Springfield this winter In order to
keep It's readers we'll posted on the
work Of the two branches OF the
Legislature, swell as on the politi.
cal situation and the various phases
Of the Senatorial fight.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-08

Andrew Carnegie says that n man
who dies rich dies disgraced." There
are people In this world who think that
II man who lives rich OH the unrequitcd
sweat ana earnings of his fellow men
lives disgraced. The fact that Carne-
Gle may bestOw away during his life
ill-gotten gains does not remove the
disgrace from the method by which
the wealth was procured.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-08

unreasonable. On this famous occa-
sion the tramp. by going to bed when
he found bed, and going promptly TO
sleep, did just the right thing. And
they sent for the police. What would
they have done II the tramp had found
that there were peas under the mat
tress and called for new bed furniture?
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-08

In Mexico, Romero and Verastagiu
had hate between them, and picked
quarrel about woman for whom
neither of them cared" to hide the true
cause of quarrel. Other countries.
other manners. In some countries men
really quarrel about women, and then
they pick q quarrel about something,
else that the wOman's name may not
be brought In. They IRE not so deli
cate in Mexico.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-08

Stripped of all verbiage ana reduced
to Its ultimate analysis, the report Of
the National Arbitration Commission
concerning the Pullman strike recon-
mcnds compulsory adjudication Of Ia
Dor differences by the Federal authOri-
ties, through national strike commits
sion whose mandates are enforced by
the United States courts.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-08
7HE NEW POLICE GAPS.

WIN somebody say who is getting the
benefit of the 'rake-Off" In the new POI
liccmen's caps? All the members OF
the force are compelled to buy these
caps AT the same store, and II Is said
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-08
The Eagles
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EVERY WEEK IN TINE YEAR.
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NOTICE..

The EAGLE can he ordered ut Chas.
Macdonald & Co. s literary emporium
aud book store, 55 Washington street,
and at all tirst-class news stands
throughout the West.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-08

Tho late Robert G. Winthrop came
near holding the position of our nation
nj orator. lie Ofiicinted greater num-
Der of times than any other American
as speaker ut patriotic events of nation
al importance. He was called upon ON
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-08

The Hawaiian Gazette wants Editor
Charles A. Dana to visit the Sandwich
Islands. III he does" says that jour-
nal. ''0ur beautiful women will crown
him with leis and sing to him the low.
sweet notes of our native music and
put to his lips the lotus fruit, which
will pass him into dreams OF tropical
rest" II Mr. Dana decides to go we
advise him to take n bOdyguard along.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-08

The authorities Of Indian Territory
complain that they can not hire good
Indian policemen to be shot ut by the
Cook gang for less than Sl5 per month.
1t ls worth the money.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-08

Fargo has Il keen nose for business.
1t threatens to become Il formidable
rival of Sioux Falls as divorce CEN
ter.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-08
mar PRELIMINARY SxiRMisH.

Total. ..s,Tii 14,Oi7 2.17i 3W
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-28
THE THREE ALTERNATIVES
Which President stickney Of the
Great Western Outlines,

Which President stickney OF the
Great Western Outlines.
II see." said GLOBE reporter to
President Samuel 'Stickney. OF the Chi
cago Great Western. yesterday after
noon, "that the Chicago, st. Paul &
Kansas City Is on the prescribed list.
In other words, that the American Rail-
way union has NAKED 1t as one of the
lines against which it proposes to ex-
pend its power in the Pullman boycott.
In case of any interference from A. II.
U. people in the manipulation of your
trains today. what would your company
do?"
''rhat," said President Stickney. sis
a somewhat hypothetical question. You
might equally as well ask what would
man do il held up by robber,
whether he would throw up his hands.
fight or run. This would depend en-.
tirely OIL circumstances"
''What would any railroad company
dO?" asked the reporter.
but three alternatives would present
mselves in such case. First, a
company would endeavor to induce the
men to move out full train, including
the Pullmans. Failing in this. it would
then try to get other men who would
take 1t out. The third alternative
would be not to get the train out at all
certainly not to send it out bobtailed."