The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-04-06

THE death of A. G. Hesing, which &C.
Cured Sunday, says the Inter Ocean,
may be said to have removed from Chi
cago conspicuous landmark. He was
one OF the most notable men this city
ever had. For many years he was the
Bismarck of Chicago and Cook County
politics. His iron will and intensity of
conviction would have made him great
power through the sheer force OF his
personality. but with the Stats Zeitung
under his control, he was almost auto
cratic for years.
OWNERS of property along the lake
shore between Lincoln Park and Evan
ston will make a vigorous effort to in
duce the legislature to pass bill enabl-
ing the people in that district to vote on
a proposition to extend the park system
northward as far as Evanston or farther.
Senator Humphrey has introduced such
a bill in the senate, and it is now in the
hands of the judiciary committee. Rep
resentative Crafts introduced the same
bill in the house, but no action has been
taken on it.
The options held by syndicate on
fifty Wisconsin paper mills expired at
noon, April /, and the proposed $40, 000,-
600 deal has fallen through. The fail
ure of the deal has been plainly fore
Swallowed the past two months. Failure
to secure promised English capital is
believed to be the cause of the miscar-
rage of the deal.
GOVERNOR MCKINLEY paid friendly
visit to President Cleveland Monday.
The governor was warmly received in
the capital by Ohio men.
ELECTIONS were held in Ohio and
Michigan Monday. In most Of the
larger cities republicans we're victorious.
MAYOR STRONG, of New York, has
notified Police Commissioners Murray
and Kerwin that their designations
would be acceptable.
THOUSANDS of Germans showed their
love and admiration for Bismarck by
celebrating his eightieth birthday on
Monday.
THE Spanish government has called
out 10000 reserves, owing to the re en-.
forcements sent to Cuba.
AN army of $4,000 men, only about 500
of whom are Englishmen, has been sent
against potentate in a remote corner
Of the Hindoo Koosh Mountains, India.
The mountain prince has demurred to
certain demands OF John Bull, and the
latter is pursuing his time-honored
course.
A NUMBER of patriotic Japanese in
Tokyo have decided to erect tower la
Eiffel in honor of the national victory
over China. 1t will be 1000 feet high
and will cost s35O,000. This sum has al
ready been subscribed and designs have
been solicited from engineers in various
European countries.
A PASSENGER on the Ward Line steam
er Yumuri, which arrived from Havana,
at New York. Monday, stated that the
situation on the south side of Cuba was
of serious nature. The government
was sanguine of it's ability to suppress
the instruction. Two thousand Span
ish troops had just arrived from Spain
at Santiago, and six thousand more we're
expected soon. The revolutionists were
however. making a firm stand in some
small towns in the province Of Santiago.
The Paris correspondent of the Pail
Mall Gazette refers to the "hysterical
extravaganza" of the French press in
regard to Great Britain, and quotes
Henry Rochefort as saying: France is
submitting to series of humiliations in
sending ships to Kiel to salute the vic
tories of Woerth and Weissenburg. But
worst of all, she has endured the insults
of Great Britain without protest. Why
does she not hide her fag?" The Temps
demands an apology or a reprisal and
says: THE speeches of Ashmead Bart
let and Sir George Curzon, an eastern
commercial traveller, are not of the
slightest Importance. but we are aghast
at the indiscretions of Sir Edward Grey
and Joseph Chamberlain"
IT is said at the Japanese legation in
Washington. that the young japanese
who shot Iii Hung Chang probably will
be sent to the mines OF nothern Japan to
serve his life sentence. The locality is
much like Siberia. and a sentence there
is dreaded by the japanese as little
short of death. The unofficial reports of
the sentence make no reference to the
trial or conviction. 1t is understood 10
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