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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-21
a NEW CRY CHARTER.

Almost everybody admits that the
prcscn; city charter II inadequate for
the needs Of u metropolis like Chicago.
The Civic Federation has drawn up n
new city charter hill. which. II Is likely.
the next Legislature will pass.
The main objects aimed ut In the pro.
posed city charter hill are to provide
for u separation ut executive and legis-
lative functions: to give tn the admins.
tration more harmonious action and
greater continuity: AMI to properly pro.
tect the interests Of the public In the
public property.
Its principal provisions cover these
points:
First The Council selects It's own
president ami stands independent Of
the Mayor. who can not preside and ln's
no vote In any event. The aldermen
are to be elected on the minority rep
RESERVATION plan. ,hirty.six from wards
or districts and twelve on general
ticket. One.half each year. They are to
be paid salary Of x?.:DO per annum.
Second. The Mayors term Of office II
heightened to four ~ years AMI liz II
made ineligible rs his own successor.
He has a seat In the Council, with the
right to debate. hut no vote. He APP
points heads Of departments without
the consent Of the council. In case Of
vacancy In the office Of Mayor the
council does not MI Il. but the office de.
wolves on the heads Of the executive
DEPARTMENTS In u designated order Of
succession until the next municipal
election.
Third. The administration II vested
I'm five great executive departments.
whose heads are appointed and are re-.
movable by the Mayor.
=. These are: Department Of Accounts
and Collectors under the city Comptrol-
Ter.
Department Of Finance under the
City Treasurer
Department Of Public Works under
the Commissioner of Public Works.
Department of Law under the Coz
poration Counsel.
Department Of Public Safety under
the Commissioner OF Public Safety.
This department includes the police.
fire and health departments ana also
sanitary and safety inspection.
Fourth. In all cases where special
privileges. popularity called franchises,
are granted. II competition Is possible
advertisement must De made for pro-
posais; the proposed ordinance must
DE adopted by the Board Of Control
composed of the heads Of departments
and contain the terms and conditions
ON which such grant can he made: and
after passage by the City Council. the
Mayor still retains an absolute veto of
the ordinance.
All materials and structures In. over.
upon or under the street must belong
To the city upon being put In place and
the grantee obtains the privilege Of use
during the limited period for which the
license IL given and which Is thirty
wears In case of elevated railroads.
twenty years for surface street car
lines aud ten years for heat or power
plants, electric lights. private switch
tracks. etc. for such rental as the or
dinance provides and on which the cost
of construction Is 10 he credited.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-21

In the Hannlgan trial In New York
recently, where plea of insanity was
put In for the defendant, who had shot
his sisters seducer over the girls dead
body, an expert nlienist called by the
defense was about to be asked hy.
potheticnl question that covered thir.
ty.six typewriter pages and would
take an hour and half to read. but
the Judge would not permit the witness
to answer It. still, even rs reduced.
the question was an hour long, aud the
bored witness admitted that he did not
hear the whole Of II. That he could
keep all the facts alleged In It In mind
Is impossible. The hypothetical ques.
ton has It's place In criminal trials.
but ingenious lawyers should not he
allowed to carry 1t to n ridiculous OK.
trpmp.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-21

There Is often great loss of property.
and sometimes OF life, In the severe
electrical storms that rage ut certain
times Of the year In Russia. To pro.
tect the houses of the peasants. which
are frequently struck by lightning. the
Russian Government has recommended
that the pensantry be encOurn ged to
plant white poplar trees around their
dwellings. to net as lightning rods. This
suggestion arose ont of some lnvestlga.
lions concerning the liability to light.
ming stroke Of certain species of trees.
made Ivy Russian electrician. and the
Government Forest Inspector. They
spent 100 days In the great forests near
Moscow. and Of the 5D7 trees that dur.
Ing that time were struck by lightning
they found 3O2 were white poplar. not.
withstantling the fact that that species
In comparatively rare.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-21
he seeker after an "undiscOvered

The seeker after al undiscovered
country" does not need to 70 to Dark
est Africa. There are. 1t Is known. vast
spaces Of the North American continent
which have never been penetrated by
the white mans foot, or II any explOra-
ton has been made no record remains.
The Canadian Geological Survey with
In a year has entered upon region
hundreds Of square miles In extent. Of
which all past maps have been cOnjec.
tural. the streams laid down being imag.
mary. This country. so far from being
a desert, Ii tlmbered region, valuable
II opened to transportation, and capable
OF producing wheat. He who would
build his lodge In vast wilderness can
find location long way this side Of
the pole or the equator.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-21

The result Of Great BrItuin's per.
emptOry demand upon the Chinese
Government Is u signal illustration of
the potency of threats of force when
directed against the Oriental empire.
Tie British powers. after waiting for
the due consideration Of their request
for redress OF the Chinese outrages.
collected their warships within omin-
Ously easy reach Of the Chinese ports
were Immediately compiled with. u
demonstration" would be made on
Chlna's coast. The response to this de.
mand was almost immediate. China
consents practically TO- all the demands
of Great Britain and offers promptly
to degrade Viceroy Liu and punish the
perpetrators of the outrages. Liu II
one Of the adOrnments of the vicious
system Of officiallsm which comprises
Chinn's governing power. Like the
other pOtentates who. under the I'm.
perinl government. have control Of the
different provinces of China, he gov
ems his district without much sense
OF accountability to any one. The
weak imperial government II powerless
to maintain anything like official de-
cency and order In Its various subor.
dinate states. and I.iu. II seems. II but
one of the worst of these offenders.
He stands for type Of Chinese official
corruption. and that he II In league
with the worst elements In Chinese NO.
clety seems to I've unquestloncd. That
the imperial authorities have been
stirred up to take action In his case and
degrade him II the best proof Of the
wholesome effectiveness Of the drastic
measures taken by Great Britain. So
long as there was chance that Great
Britain would consent to parley ana
handy words, the Manchu rulers were
quite Indifferent whether those respOn.
sible for the outrages were punished or
not. 1t was the sign of an intention to
use physical force. II need be. that
called them to terms.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-21

Lieutenant General Schoheld, who
retired from the command of the army
recently, Is the last OF the war generals.
His distinction was achieved In one
of the latest battles of the civil war
the battle Of Franklin-and now he
leaves no successor whose part In that
great war was more than that OF an
under officer. Grant. Sherman, Sheri.
dan. Sch0feld! With these names the
history OF the civil war concludes, and
hereafter the commanders OF the army
will be men who bore but subordinate
part In 1t. These facts show how re.
mote that great war Ia, even to those
who had some part In It. A few more
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-21
IMPROVE MADISON STREET,!

West Madison street business men
look with favor upon the proposition
for "a trolley line down that thorough
fare and across the bridge. That Is,
rhey favor such m Idea. provided the
line furnishes good and frequent sery-
ice and gives transfers from all inter-
seeing and connecting lines.
This question came up AS a new issue
at the meeting Of the West Madison
Street Business Mems Association, In
the lodge-room OF the Haymarket
I'heater Building. Wednesday after
noon. The present main effort OF the
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-21
A movement is going forward In Phil

A movement Is going fOrward IN Phil.
adelphla to restore Independence
Square to Its condition Of hundred
years ago, and through recent net OF
the Legislature the city Ii ut liberty to
proceed with the work. This will re-
quire the removal Of some costly build
ings that have been permitted to In
trude ON the historic square, but the
citizens, almost without exception, tn
vOr their condemnation. When the
famous Independence Hall and its sur.
rOundings look just as they did when
the Declaration was signed, public Opin-
Ion will protect them from any fur
Their encrOachment as long as the re-
public stands.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-21

years and all that vast army will have
passed AWAY. and history will begin to
adjust the relation Of events. When the
next change In the head Of the army
occurs. In 1909. there will scarcely bc
oven II subordinate left who took any
part. none certainly that took q dis.
tinguished part. In the civil war. Gen
cral SchOtield retires carrying with
him the best wishes Of his countrymen.
During the war he showed himself to
he n great soldier. equal to every emer.
gency. and always holding a place Of
distinction wherever duty called him.
His rank IL with the greatest Of Amer
lean warriors. and he will long he H..
membered as one who fought CALAMITY
for the flag Of the Union.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-21
WELL DONE, OBSERVER.

The Eagle congla,ulatcs it, wide
awake contemporary. the Observer. III.
on the handsome makeup ami very in.
trrcsting character of it, Christmas
number.
Mr.. John j. Finn Is the able AMI
energetic editor. AMI his co.lahorrrs
have our best wishes over their unequal.
flied sjirrpsS
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-21
THE CHICAGO EAGLE.

county officials who refuse to allow the
city inspectors to do their duty.
building Commissioner Downey. who
is an excellent public official. should
make the county authorities obey the
law. and upon their refusal to do 80.
should bring the matter promptly be-
fore the grand jury.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-21

The United States Life Saving Ser.
vice. like the POstofiice Department. Is
one Of those institutions that performs
Its duties with the highest efficiency
and fidelity. Last year the Govern.
ment life.savers rescued 5,3S: persons
and saved property valued ut $0,145..
OS5. The total number OF lives saved
since 1871 IL 67,25S. which IL about the
strength OF the Union army at Gettys.
burg
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-21

only system that IL successful In re.
pressing the kind Of vagruncy that de.
velops In the professional tramp is the
workhOuse system. If this Is properly
managed It serves both as Il punish.
ment and a corrective for tramps and
place Of relief fer the needy and honest
unfortunntcs who are unable to find
puu1Ovmput
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-21

There Is only one way to deal efYec-
lively with the tramp, and that Ii to
set him to work. The jail has no ter
rOrs for him. 1t Is, on the contrary. but
hotel In which he 10 sure Of better
food aud lodging than he gets else
where, with the single drawback that
he cannot leave when he wishes. The
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-21
NOTICE..

The Eagle can be ordered ut Chas.
Macdonald 4 Co.'s literary emporium
aud book store. IS Washington street
L. II. Jackson's wholesale and retail
cigar store. 1O5 Washington street. and
1t all first-class news stands through.
out the West.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-21

There IL u movement all over the
world to build railroads. Japan. as
everybody knows. Is spending millions.
India has big roads to build. Even
little Siam has scratched up $3,OOO.OOO
for railroad material ana warlike
stores. African schemes are filling the
English mind with the promises OF
great gain. New schemes are coming
up In South America.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-21
HEhLY IS Ri0HI.

Preslden, I1caly. of the County
Board. has the sympathy of Il majority
Of the people IN his fight against the
narrow-minded management of the
training school for nurses In the County
Hospital
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-21

In this country the deaths from light.
ming average 225 year, ind the loss
OF property from tie same cause Is
$l.5lO.OOO u year. The chance of be-
Ing killed by lightning during the sea-
son Is about one In 10000. but this
does not greatly lessen the sense Of
danger when Il nimbus cloud looms up
and forked flashes play around the
nelghbOrhOOd.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-21

Northern Alabama Is rapidly becOm.
Ing a great coal and iron center. Its
coal Ii being sold oil through the South,
Ia shipped to New Orleans and sold to
ship companies. is used on nearly all
the railroads. Its iron Is sold all over
the South and the Northwest, and the
furnaces have all they can do for
months ahead.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-21

Engineers are making wonderful pro.
gress. They are now super-hea ting
steam up to 500 degrees to get more
power out of 1t. Wonderful results
are expected from the general adoption
of such extraordinary super-heat ting.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-21

The most obnoxious feature about
the "sick man of Europe" is that his
malady always threatens to become
contagious among bis neighbors.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-21

We regret to learn that since Barney
Barnato, the London Kafiir king. has
wife and several children. 1t will be Inn
possible for any American girl to an.
mex him at present.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-21

Sicily Ii burdened with an overpro-
ducti0n OF birthstone. Sicily should
reach out for the markets Of the world
particularly the next world.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-21

The subject of our sketch. Mr.. Jacob
NJ. Horn. has made Il record for him.
self for being one Of the hardest and
most jealous workers ever elected to
the Office of West Town Assessor. He
was always to be found at his desk.
with open doors for all. ana the only
enemies he made were u lot of wealthy
The Yale expositor., 1895-06-28
DON'T STOP TOBACCO.
How to Cure YourseifwhiIe Using IT,.

The tobacco habit grows on man
until his nervous system is seriously
affected, impairing health, comfort and
happiness. To, quit suddenly is too
severe a shock 10 the system, as tobac-
co, to an inyeterate user becomes q
stimulant that his system continually
Graves. Baco-Curo is scientific cure
for the tobacco habit, in all its forms,
carefully compounded after the form
ula of an eminent Berlin Physician
who has used it in his private practice
since 1872, without a failure, purely
vegetable and guaranteed perfectly
harmless. You can use all the tobacco
you want, while taking Baco-Curo, it
will notify you when to stop. We give
written guarantee to permanently
cure any case with three boxes, or re.
fund the money with 10 per cent in
terest. Baco-Curo is not substitute,
but scientific cure, that cures without
the aid of will power and with no in
convenience. 1t leaves the system as
pure and free from nicotine as the
day you took your first chew or smoke.
Sold by all druggists, with our IRON
clad guarantee, at S1.00 per box, three
boxes, thirty days treatment), $3.50,
or sent direct upon receipt of price.
SEND SIX TWO-CENT STAMPS FOR
SAMPLE BOX, BOOKLET AND
PROOFS FREE. Eureka Chemical q
Manufacturing Company, Manufac-
turing Chemists, La Crosse, Wisconsin.
The Yale expositor., 1895-06-28
ADA ORCUTT CRACKED,
nafap1unf
MORTGAGE SALE.

Whereas default has been made in the pay
ment of the money secured by a mortgage bear
ing date the fourteenth 0D day of April in the
year one thousand eight hundred aud eighty
four GSSD, executed by Amanda l.. Hubert and
Chancey A. Hubert, of Berlin, st. Clair County,
Michigan, To Henry Hubert of the same place,
which said mortgage was recorded in the office
of the Register of Deeds of the County of st.
Clair, and State of Michigan, in lber 30 of
mortgages on page 3i1, on the 10th day of April
I'm the year one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-fOur CSS4), nc O'Clock a. IN. ; and where
as the amount claimed TO be due on said
mortgage at the date of this notice is the sum of
one thousand one hundred and ninety-seyen
dollars and seventy-0ne cents (Sii977D of prin-
cipal and interest, and the further sum of
twenty-five dollars rs an attorney fee stipulated
for I'm said mortgage and provided by statute,
which is the whole amount claimed 10 be due
and unpaid on said mortgage, and no suit or
proceeding having been instituted at law TO re-
cover the debt now remaining secured by said
mortgage or any part thereof whereby the
power of sale contained In said mortgage has
become operative.
Now therefore, notice is hereby given that by
virtue OF said power of sale and in pursuance of
said mortgage will be fOreclosed by a sale of the
premises therein described at public auction To
the highest bidder at the easterly front door of
the Court House in the City of Port Huron in
said County OF -. Clair, that being the place
where the Circuit Court for the County of st.
Clair Is held. on the third (Jrd) day Of Septem-
Der next at ten O'Clock in the forenoon of that
day. which said premises are located in the
township OF Berlin, in the County of St Clair,
and State OF Michigan, and are described in
said mortgage as follows: The east half Cd of
the west half (i) of the southwest quarter Cd of
section thirtY-fve (35A in township six 60, north
of range thirteen C13) east.
Armada, Mich. June 4, 1895.
BERT c. PRESTON, Mortgage.
Attorney for Mortgage. 5-13
The Yale expositor., 1895-06-28
Real Estate Transfers.

The following real estate transfers
were recorded in the Office of the reg
lister of deeds since our last issue:
James Bearss to Clarence Bearss,
land in Riley; consideration $4,000.
storfer, land in Port Huron; consider
alton 5000
Robt. McGurk to Samuel Martin,
land in Capac; consideration 81 ,225.
Almra Stalker TO trustees of Jeddo
burial grounds, land in Grant; consid-
Grafton $40.
Geo. A. Wolvin to Nelson Mills, land
in st. Clair; consideration $1,000.
: Abigail Tousley to Felix w. Tousley
land in Port Huron; consideration s..
Cora Il. Cook to Felix w. Tousley
land in Port Huron; consideration 81.
Babetta Rolling to Christina Rorsow
land in Ira; consideration $3.50.
Elizabeth Tavernier to Allen Appel,
land in Port Huron; consideration
81 800.
James A. Magary to Eta Magary
land in Casco; consideration 81 300.
Edward +. Percival to VIM Bullman
land in Port Huron; consideration $3.50
Maggie Edgar to Emma f. Campbell
land in Pt Huron; consideration 81 900
A. Dixon to Harry Monroe, land in
Port Huron; consideration $3.50.
Daniel Shame to Mary +. Kelly, land
in Port Huron; consideration 81.
Eugene Kelley to John b. Kelley
land in Port Huron; consideration 81
Eliza Barber to II. c. Siegel, land il
Capac; consideration $75.
The Yale expositor., 1895-06-28
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE.

Default having been made in the terms of a
certain mortgage dated the 10th. day NJ Novem-
Der, 1894, and recorded in the office of the Regis
ter OF Deeds for st. Clair county, in Liber n OF
Mortgages. on page $50, on the 18th day of No
yelnber, 1884, at 80 a. m, executed by David C.
Smith and Catherine Smith, his wife, to Bost-
wick II. Noble
Whereby the power of sale In said mortgage
has become operative, and there Is claimed to
be due at date hereof the sum of Nlnety-One
Dollars and Thirty-eight Cents, (S9l2s), ofprin-
eipal and interest, no suit at law or In equity
having been instituted to recover said amounts.
Notice Is hereby given that said mortgage will
be foreclosed by a sale OF the mortgaged premi-
SEES at public auction or vendue, to the highest
bidder at the front door of the City Hall In the
City of Port Huron, in said county, (that being
the place for holding the Circuit Court for the
county of st. Clair, ON the 23rd day of Septem-
Der, 1895, at O'Clock In the afternoon OF that
day, to satisfy the amount of said principal and
interest due on said mortgage together with an
attorney fee of fifteen dollars (SihO0), aud the
costs OF this foreclosure
Said mortgaged premises are described as
follows, as is shown by said mortgage; A GER
tain piece or parcel of land situated in the
township OF Brockway. County OF st. Clair and
State of Michigan, being the west part of that
part of the west half OF the northwest quarter
of Sec. four. town eight north, range fourteen
east lying north of a road running through said
section commencing ut the Intersection of the
center line OF said road with the west line of
said Sec. four: thence north 4 degrees with the
west line of said Sec. four, twelve chaus and
ninety-One links to the northwest corner of said
section; thence north eighty-seven degrees east
along north line OF said section. eight chains and
ninety-fOur links; thence south 2 degrees II
minutes east, iivo chains and forty links to the
center line of above mentioned road; thence
south fOrty-five degrees aud fOrty-five seconds
west along said center line OF road eleven chains
and fifty links 10 place of beginning, containing
eight aud fourteen one-hundredths Is LILO acres
OF land as surveyed by }. ID. Carleton In Septem
Der, 1862.
Dated this 22ud day of June 1896
BOSTWICK X. NOBLE,
HARVEY TAPPAN. Mortgage
Attorney for Mortgage. S-l3
The Yale expositor., 1895-06-28
VACATION DAYS.
A Delightful Place to Spend Them.

A Delightful Place to Spend Them.
The approach of vacation days is a
time for selecting some interesting
place for summer outing. A few
places combine so many advantages
that will quickly suggest themselves
when vacation plans are canvassed.
One of these is always Bay View, rich
in varied recreatiye delights, social and
educational advantages, and growing
more interesting every year. This
seasons summer announcements are
particularly attractive, filling nearly
sixty pages of the Bay View Magazine,
and beautiful with u hundred half
tone views. The Flint d Pere Mar
quette Railroad has secured a quantity
of the Magazines and placed liberal
supply at their ticket office in this place
for the public. All persons planning u
vacation, or intending to attend some
summer school will be interested in the
Bay View announcements The public
is invited to call for copies.
The +. q Z. Nj. R'y will, as usual
make very low rates to Bay View.
Besides the low priced summer tourist
tickets now on sale, half-fare tickets
to Bay View will be sold from July
to II inclusive, return limit August 10,