The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-11-23

both, all aged. 1t was an important
event for Chicago, the spokesman said,
and would no doubt lead to closer COM
mercial relations with the South and a
great increase of trade.
SIXTY THOUSAND men and women in
Chicago, who believe the Bible should
be read in the public schools in a non
ectarian manner, have signed petition
to that effect, which will soon be pre-
sented to the Board of Education. Sig
natures are still being obtained. The
petition is being circulated by the Wo-
mans Educational Union of Chicago.
RUMoR has it that Chicago is to have
q 1ew line of railroad connecting it with
the Pacific coast The Canadian Pacific
is building line into this city from the
Northwest to connect with its 500 Line
at Lake Superior. and by that line with
it's main system. The construction of it's
new branch has already been common
ced. Grading, putting down ties and
laying iron are now in progress, and the
work will be pushed to completion with
all possible energy. These operations
are being conducted in the quietest man
ner and in way not to attract atten-
ton. The work is being done apparent
ly under other auspices than those of
the Canadian Pacific, and in such way
as to permit the management of that
road to deny automatically all connec-
ton with the new enterprise until it is
ready for actual operation.
A Buffalo despatch says that the grain
blockade there is increasing and the
situation is becoming serious. All the
elevators are full and the railroads can
not meet the demand for cars. "a score
Of vessels are tied up to the docks all
along the creek awaiting their turn to
get to certain elevators"
The terrible accident at Cleveland on
Saturday evening, says the Time Herald,
whereby eighteen or twenty lives were
lost by the pitching of trolley car into
an open draw on the Cuyahoga River,
ought to be warning to Chicago, but
it probably will not be. We have thirty
or forty OF just such bridges spanning
the Chicago River and its branches, over
which hundreds of cars, carrying thous-
ands of passengers, are crossing daily,
and they are not one whit better pro-
tected than was the Cleveland bridge
There are few, il any, safety devices
employed. and the only protection we
have against unforeseen accident is the
strength, or the courage, or the presence
of mind of the conductor or driver in
charge of the car. The passengers as a
rule are helpless and have no means of
self protection, and in the event of a
car being dropped into the water would
be drowned like rats in trap, as was the
case in Cleveland.
The Washington correspondent of the
Evening Post, apparently we'll informed,
declares that the business community
AOOA OOiAOW hO uioA IL OfOA bhO AouuOAc
of new bond issue. II the emergency
should arise for the borrowing of more
gold to replenish the gold reserve, the
President will put out more bonds, re.
CARELESS of whether Congress is in ses-
sion or not. The amount of the issue
and the time are two things that neither
the President nor any other man or set
of men can tell with positiveness at this
writing. The conditions prevailing when
the occasion shall demand rehabilita
ton of the gold reserve will determine
these points. II the drain be accompan-
led by panicky features. then the reserve
may be permitted to run down as low as
s50.000,000, in the hope that Congress
may do something with an object lesson
before it's face. II, on the contrary, the
situation should be such that it would
be dangerous to let the reduction get
under too great Roadway, it may be
deemed the part of prudence to put
stop limit at s65, 100000 or s75. 100000.
The United States court of claims has
dismissed the petition of the New York
Indians who claimed from the govern
ment 81. $4,000 because Of the alleged
loss of certain lands in Kansas.
THE National Grange, at Worcester.
Massachusetts,, last week adopted reso-
buttons calling upon Congress ito equal
ize the protective system by extending
to the agricultural staples and American
shipping in the foreign trade that just
measure of protection to which they are
entitled so long as protection is the con
trolling aud public policy Of the nation"
A report is current in Havana that the
insurgent leaders, Gomez and Maceo.
have been bought by the Spanish gov
eminent.