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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-21
NJ MORE PROMOTIONS ron BRAY.
cry.

There will he no more promotions for
bravery or efficiency either. In the po-
lice and fire departments Of Chicago.
thanks to the Civil Service Reform
law.
Hereafter. the fireman who savea
human life simply does u heroic deed.
and takes his own life In his hands.
He can only he promoted by being
able to answer the questions of the
civil service dudes who now control the
fire department appointments.
\ policeman may he shot all to pieces
fighting thieves or burglars or rioters.
40 promotion will reward him for
bravery.
ON the contrary. II his early cduca.
ton has hcen neglected. he must re-.
main. unrcwardcd. AT the foot of the
ladder. while some skulking laggard.
who has been better educated. goes ~
the top.
CiNil service reform" IL u great thing
for injustice.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-21
THE NICKEL ron JANUARY.

one of the most absorbing stories We
have ever read IL "'Tlle Great White
Diamond" by Max P"mberton. IN ,h,.
Janunry Nickel Magazine. Thougl,
the heroes of the adventure are sco,,n.
drcls and blacklegs. one cannot hut fol.
low their strutagein with thrilling IN.
tcrest and hope they may finally sue.
coed In their S1WO.COO job In spite of it,
dubious morality. AZ usual the Nick.
ell has u large number of superb repro.
drc,ions Of famous paintings. Of which
the "Chlltlren's Ward In the Hospital
IL truly pathetic. Raymond Blntllwayt
contributes an Interesting "Tulk with
Jerome X. Jerome" accompanied by Il
portrait OF the well.known author and
u picture Of his study. Among the Dol :
traits Of fOOtlight fnvorltes VIZ note
Helena Modjeska. Amy Busby. Miss
81. cyr and olga Netlersolr: Mildred
Aldrlch's chat Il always Interesting. III
show their appreciation of the great
strides which bicycling has made In
popular favor. the publishers this
month devote n special department IA
that sport. Besides photographs of
noted racrrs-Zimmermnn. Sanger and
Bald-therc Il some good advice about
winter bicycle riding. tandcns. brakes
aud so forth. Besides this. there are
several other good short stories and
editorials On timely topics. which al
together. make the January Nickel
Magazine II veritable marvel when the
price. = cents. IL considered.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-21
OHiCA0O'S OFfICiAL DOC THIEVES

IL It not about time that the city OF
Chicago abolished Its dog stealing de-.
lmrtment:
II IL all right enough to tax dogs. hut
when they are licensed the animals
ought to be exempt from cOntiscatlon.
The document for which every dog
owner In Chicago pays So bears upon Its
back u notice to the effect that the
animal must he securely muzzled be-
tween the dates of June l and Sept. 30
This Ii all right. too.
But licensed dogs are being taken up
every day In midwinter by the official
dog catcliers. ana the more valuab BILE the
dog the more certain Its chm noes Of cap
ture. 1t IL estimated that ten thOusa nj
valuable dogs have been thus unln W.
fully taken mp by the city dog stealers.
Aud II Is an open secret that any one
desiring To obtain n well-bred canine
for Il fair sum can DE accommodated In
the vicinity of the city dog pound.
An investigation into this matter by
the City Council would unearth some
truths that would put ordinary crimi-
nails to the blush.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-21
lie Manufacturers Record publishes

The Manufacturers Record publishes
some statements Of fact which are Of
especial interest In view Of the move.
ment to establish closer commercial re.
lations between the West and South.
More than 40 per cent. Of the worlds
cotton Is raised In the Southern States.
yet the cotton crop Of that section IL
exceeded In value by Its grain crops.
which aggregate about 30 million
bushels per year. More than half Of
all the standing timber In the United
States IL In the South, and Iron ore ana
coal are In unlimited supply. while
nearly every Southern State has an
abundance Of good water power to sup.
plement the advantages Of cheap fuel.
From 1880 to the close OF 1904 the cot.
ton manufacturing industry In the
South more than doubled. ana the cap.
ital Invested IN II was increased about
i've times. The consumption Of South.
crn cotton mills Ia ut the rate Of about
a million bales Of cotton per year.
which IL half that OF the mills In the
Northern States. The South has three
million cotton spindles out Of total Of
eighty.ave millions In the world. and
expects to add 10000 more within the
next twelve months. ".rhe room for
expansion Ii almost without limit"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-21

entire load. thus saving much labor.
Another advantages Is the saving In
wear and tear Of the engines and dy-
namos by the evening up of the load.
This Is point Of great Importance.
As the battery current Is always avail
able. 1t Is never necessary to force the
machines. which Gun run easily all
the time at never more than three.
fourths of their capacity. This gives
a saving which much more than cOun-
tcr-balances the cost Of the battery cur
rent. At one large station the records
show conclusively that the batteries
having only "a per cent. efficacy, the
actual cost of the coal used IL less than
It would have been IL the batteries had
not been Installed. The company has
therefore been reaping all the advan-
tagcs of the service. and providing ef.
fectively for all the exlgencies of the
ma ximum load for much less than a
steam plant would cost them. More
than once. when the station has more.
the batteries have satisfactorily fur
nisllcd the current for the whole sys-
tenn. The makers of the batteries evi.
IDENTITY have the utmost confidence In
their quality and efficiency. They I'm.
dertake to insure and keep In repair the
whole plant at per cent. per annum of
the original cost.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-21

The unreliable character Of news
from Cuba Ii illustrated almost daily.
Sklrmishes are magnified Into battles.
signal victories turn out to be unini.
pOrtant encounters. and 30 It goes.
Much Of this grows out OF the fact that
neither the Spaniards nor the insur-
gents seem to be able to hit each other.
More than once II has occurred that
after a great Spanish victory Inns been
announced the news will come that two
or three persons were killed by them
and perhaps half dozen injured. The
statement OF Winston Churchill, an
English officer, shows that the insur.
gents IRE no better mnrksmen than the
Spaniards. He says II appeared to him
that tons Of lead poured over the heads
of the staff OF Gen. Valdez, with whom
he rode, the General himself being a
conspicuous figure upon white horse.
Yet under such ridiculous circum.
stances as these reports Of Spanish
victories come daily. And yet the reb-
els hold twO-thirds OF the island, and
Spain Is continually sending more men.
The only thing that seems certain
about this war II that some one IL doing
the tallest kind of lying.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-21

A curious, and to many puzzlinG. stu
alton IL presented by the election OF
Spain to act as arbiter In the cOntrO.
versy between Colombia. Ecuador and
Peru as to their respective boundary
lines. SPANS superior knowledge OF
the merits of any such discussion.
through her former possession and
archive records, must he evident; but
the confidence evinced In the mother
country Is rs remarkable as 1t IL excel
lent. But IL 1t confidence In Spain us
an impartial judge OF what was once
her own! 1t pleases us better to be-
lieve that we have In this IN exhibition
Of the confidence of these South Amer
lean republics In themselves. and their
unfalterlng conviction that nothing can
ever re-establish Spanish domination
In any corner of the continent. Spain
may some day he called upon by Cuba
to settle In friendly way some little
dispute In which the island republic
has become involved. but not for a
generation or TWO. probably.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-21

A conjecture Is gaining credence that
Lord Salisbury. In view Of Secretary
Olney's now famous July dispatch. will
eventually propose u virtual partner.
ship between the United States and
Great Britain for the government of the
lower half OF the American continent.
1t will be remembered that one of the
subtleties put forth ut the time the Ol.
ney dispatch came to public knowledge
was that Great Britain was an Ameri.
can power before the United States
existed. and that. rs she was anterior.
she would continue to he paramount
where she already enjoyed territorial
sovereignty. The Monroe doctrine i'm.
pugns no right. territorial or other. pos.
sessed by Great Britain on this cont.
nent prior TO the foundation Of this
government. Great Britain II entitled
to everything that belongs to her. She
IL entitled to that without any partner
ship with the United States. The Mon.
roe doctrine has no bearing on her law.
full possessions. mo entangling ALI.
ances." Il phrase originally used In ref.
erence to European relations. has lost
none Of Its force to-day In the direction
OF Its origin. II Il. however equally
fOrcible and equally conclusive rs to
partnership or alliance with any mon.
arch!cal power on this continent. At
the time tho Monroe doctrine was grow.
Ing strong In its infancy 1t was pro.
posed to this government to join cer-
tain European mOnarchles for the pur.
pose of controlling the destiny of pOr-
tlon o: America not attached then or
now to the United States. although
near Its southeastern Atlantic shore.
The proposal of Il partnership with
European crowns was refused then,
when this government was feeble. 1t
was refused solely on the ground Of
principle. That principle Is equally vital
to-day. when this government IL strong.
There can be no partnership between
the republic of the United States of
America and any monarchy for the ac-
cOmplshment OF any purpose. A blunt
refusal by Great Britain to recognize
the efficacy of the Monroe doctrine will
be less offensive to the American peO-
pie than a proposal to enter into a part
ncrshlp with them for Its enforcement.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-21

a surprising discovery has lately been
made In Amsterdam. Holland. of some
very old maps made between 1IO5 and
ITO. showing the regions In Central
Africa which have In modern times
been reiiscovered by Livingston and
Stanley. The maps are based on infor-
nation furnished by Portuguese trad
ers, and are surprisingly accurate. The
course of the Congo river. under an.
other name. Is laid down. The maps
are accompanied by writings giving In.
formation derived from the blacks of
the great lakes which form the sources
of the Nile. ana which Livingston and
Stanley called the Victoria Nyanza. All
the modern discoveries were made by
men who did not know that this terri.
tory had been to some extent explored
and mapped nearly two centuries be.
fore. The Zambesi territory was bet.
ter known to the Portuguese in 100
than It Is to modern discoveries. They
had considerable settlements at the
mouth of the Zambcsi river. but these
were overthrown by wild hordcs of
blacks. and all trace of them has long
since been lost.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-21

The death OF George Augustus Sala
removed unique aud brilliant person.
age from the world OF literature and
Journalism. He was pre.eminentiy u
self-made man. coming up out OF pow.
erty, and eventually becoming man
OF the world Of extraordinary and va.
rled accomplishments. He began life
In an atmosphere OF art, his mother
having been u musician ana actress OF
considerable reputation. His earlier
tastes inclined him to the profession OF
art. During his youth he had expert.
ence as a miniature painter. scene
painter, mOdeler and designer. etcher.
engraver and illustrator OF books. 1t
may have been In the latter capacity
that he was induced to turn his atten.
ton to literature. In any event, he
soon began fugitive literary work. writ
Ing special articles for newspapers ana
magazines, which mt last attracted ut
tentiOn and led to his association with
Dickens In the Household Words. af-
forwards with Thackeray In the Corn
hill Magazine. ana subsequently In his
editOrship of Temple Bar. His success
also made for him permanent place
us newspaper correspondent, In which
capacity he gained reputation that
was worldwide. ana an acquaintance
with all the prominent men OF his time.
During his career he also found time
to write some books. but they do not
compare In interest with his CORE.
spOndence and short sketches for perl
0dicals. He had a knowledge OF the
world, keenness Of observation, an ar
tlstic temperament. light touch, ana a
brilliancy OF style which admirably
fitted him for work of this kind, ana IN
1t few of his contemporaries eXcelled
him. He began life, as already said
In the dlrest poverty. hut for many
years he had commanded Ills own price
for his work.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-21

association Is In get West Madison |
street from Jefferson to Centre ave-
me thoroughly cleaned. substantial
progress has been made in the matter
of street Improvement. hut there are
other matters which will I've taken M in
due time. and the trolley question is
one of them. T.. u. Ellis presided OH
Wednesday. and about fifty merchants
of the region Indicated were present.
The city authorities. stirred up 10y the
meeting week ago AMI by the labors
of the committee then appointed. made
some efforts Tuesday toward cleaning
the street. Meanwhile. the owners and
tenants of several blocks have a private
contractor at work. and the asphalt on
Yves, Madison street IL actually visible
for some distance. Chairman Ellis.
commenting on this. said the executive
committee had seen Mayor Swift ana
Commissioner Kent. both of whom had
told the same story about the city hav-
ing very little money. However. they
promised that West Madison street
should bc treated us well rs the First
ward The street railway people had
promised to remove the snow from
their tracks hereafter. instead Of piling
| IL i'm the cutters and leaving IL there.
The committeeman of the several
blocks reported that Il majority of the
| frontage would pay an assessment fot
F! street cleaning.
Seven bids for cleaning were Opench.
| ranging from 2ia cents to : cents per
front foot These bids were referred
To u committee. consisting of T.. ~.
Ellis. \. !. Graham ,trcasurer,. John
Berry. !. W. Gchrig and John G. Spry.
with power to act.
The committee will determine which
| IL the best hid AMI ask those interested
| to send their checks In advance to
Treasurer Graham. In this way the
| funds will he on hand to pay for the
work. Every man will bc an inspector
In front of his own store to see that
the cleaning Is properly done.
| John NJ. Smyth said that the associn.
ilon had other objects than street clean IL
ing. II was organized to promote and
| develop the best interests of West Mad.
issVh S'''V' WHY way iHV
| Of that street were the interests of the
| whole west division. The first thing to
| he done I'm order to have West Madison
| u great business street was to make II
| thoroughly clean. \ good beginning
| had been made. The next thing was
| to have the transportation facilities the
best possible. \ trolley line on West
| Madison street had recently been sug-
gestcd. The members of the nssOcia.
ton should he In a position to see that
any such use Of the street be to its
hest interests. Mr.. Smytl drew glo-
rious picture Of the future Of West Mad
ison street when the inevitable growth
of Chicago compelled u further en-
large,ncnt Of the business district. lie
moved the appointment of u commit
tee of five to consider the trolley qres.
tion with relation to the further devel-
opinent Of West Madison street. with
power to act for the assOcin tiOn. AMI
having behind II the pledged AMI united
strength of the business men Interested.
Mr.. Smyths motion was adopted by
reclamation. Tile committee appoint
ed consists of John NJ. Smyth. Walter
+. Dwight. Hermann W. Strokcr. Clns.
+. Fcssrn,len and John Berry.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-21

George Gould Is reported to have
given public expression to the opinion
that the public authority would be Jus.
titled In spying more tlan 1t does about
the charges made by railway cOmpan.
les. Although Mr.. GOuld's remarks
had special reference 10 intramura pas
scnger traffic. they were Of general APP
pllcatiOn and were obviously intended
to be. Mr.. Gould takes the rather sem
sible view that the proper thing for
government to do Is not to tax the com.
panies on their earnings. but to give the
public the benefit Of lower fares. PeO.
pie are as much astonished to hear the
son Of the late jay Gould talking In this
fashion as were the Jews In the days
of old to see Saul among the prophets.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-21

That portion Of the message OF Gov.
O'Ferrall to the Virginia Leglsla ture
which recommends legislation for the
determination Of race truck gambling
ana In which he stigmatixes the prosti.
tuition OF the turf to the enrichment OF
the bo0kmnkers and thugs as shame
aud disgrace to Virginia. has In It the
ring Of manly courage. 1t will evoke
hearty responses Of c0mmenda ton from
the true lovers Of hOrsemanship In the
North who are struggling to rescue the
trOttlng assOciati lions and fair grounds
from the domination OF the gambling
fraternity. The race track gambler IL
gone from Illinois. In time he will have
to quit the country.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-21

The suicide of Mr.. Peter Mct;cocl,.
the great Milwaukee Spectator, was
undoubtedly result of what Is 80 often
and SO politely referred to as ''thc high
pressure Of American business" Mr..
McGeoch had lived under this pressure
for years before. collapsing. lie was
long one of the most envicd of Western
"iinanciers." Ills operations on the
Chicago Board of Trade were on mag.
nihccnt scale. When he lost half a
million In wheat public admiration for
his nerve" was not misplaced. rs he
showed when. after subsequently los.
Ing three millions In attempting a cor.
ncr In lard. lie again attacked the mar
ket and won the fortune which "put
him abreast even Of Armour MS n pro.
duce operator" This was his status
when he blew out his brains. Admir-.
cd by thOusnn ds. considered by his com.
pctitOrs II marvel of business sagacity.
envled by those who were unable to
initiate him. he laid down on his con.
tracts" and retired from business In n
way which can surprise no one who
knows what his business was In Its es-
sentlnl realities. Essentially the life
lie had been lending was that Of gam.
bier. His operations Ind no more to
do will, real business than II he had
been denllng faro or playing three.card
monte. lie produced nothing. distrlb.
uted nothing. All his operations were
"in restraint OF trnde"-that liz to say.
they hindered the exchange OF pro.
ducts by which hunger II fed and ma.
kcdness clothed. Every dollar of his
winnings was the result Of n mere bet
on the success or failure of attempts
to suspend the natural laws of trade.
His tremendous nerve" failed Mt last.
and the high pressure OF business
claimed one more victim.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-21
A NICE EXAMPLE.

The court house elevators are used
every day by thousands OF people.
Yet they are never subjected 10 city
inspection.
In other words. the city ordinance
upon the subject OF elevator Inspection
Is a dead letter In the court house,
although it Is enforced In all other
buildings In Chicago.
No one knows either the day or the
hour when some horrible catastrophe
will happen In the county building. and
numbers of lives lost In the Out-of-date.
clumsy and dangerous elevators.
These elevators lead to the court
rooms and are always OvcrcrOwded.
Why they have never been Inspected
Is n mystery, but 1t Is alleged that 1t
Ii due to the pig-headedness OF certain
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-21

There Is just now quite II run on
storage batteries for central station
work, and station superintendent give
extraordinary reports of their value.
The batteries We're primarily intended to
help out the station ut the time that the
greatest amount of current was needed.
Steam plants We're formerly used for
this maximum load service. but 1t Is
now found that batteries OF. the same
capacity come much cheaper. The rea-
son for this Is that they are ready for
use at all times. and, as they can be
switched on during the one or two
hours Of the maximum load. they do
away with the necessity Of running
steam plant too hard at any time. sun
days. when the output Ii small. they
come In most handily, as they carry the
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-21

According to recent reports from Eng
land spinners there have succeeded In
experiments with rnmie TINT may have
an important bearing on the spinning
industry Of the world. One leading
company Inns been enga ged during the
last year In treating inmie and spin.
ming the product into yarn. which has
sold In the open market mt u sntisfnc.
tory profit. 1t IL believed that rnmic IL
destined to play I'm important part In
linen and hemp manufactures. 1t IL
admirably adapted for the manufacture
OF cortlnge. bagging. sail canvas and
other fabrics liable to exposure to the
elements. Its strength of resistance IL
twice that of hemp. by peculiar pro.
cess ramie Is given the aspect ana tex.
ture Of wool. hut as u fabric It gives
GOODNESS instead Of warmth. Manu-.
facturers Insist that II cannot super.
sede wool. but will In time take the
place Of cotton In the warp OF mixed
fabrics. In the manufacture OF silk
II can Ike used to great advantage. as II
In very similar to that material In tex.
ture. luster and In dneness Of hber.
It Ia also said to have replaced the cost
~ line cotton thread used In the various
products Of Lyons, France. which have
to undergo an expensive treatment In
order to acquire high lustre. There
seems little doubt that II will eventu-
ally replace cotton thread. The devel.
opment Of ramle has been much retard-
ed by the lack Of suitable machinery
to work It. The agrlculturists OF the
Southern States have for the Inst ten
years been trying to diversity their
products by the cultivation OF ramie.
ana good results have been obtained.
The agitation over ramie In England
win. no doubt. bring about greater
production In this country.