Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-06-29

affect all citizens both good and bad.
1t is rather curious that thirty years
after the close Of the war 1t IL SO din.
cult to determine the exact date when
II ceased. The interior department
has just held that the war closed July
I. 1865, when the blockade Of the
Southern ports was raised. Tho Stu.
preme Court has assigned August 20,
1906. as the end of the war. The coun.
try generally has always accepted the
date of the surrender Mt AppOmatox,
April o. 1856, as the true close of the
war. Many soldiers have asserted that
the proper date for the ending of the
war was the date Of the last armed
conflict between troops, which occur.
red curly In the summer of 1855 on the
Rio Grande. Confederate officers have
cOntended that the wor did not end
until the Shenandoah, the last Of the
rebel privnteers. sailed into the harbor
Of Liverpool and ran down her fiag in
the summer of 1850.
'"rhc drinking cups" exclaims the
Gloucester (Aiass) Daily Times In a
d0ublc-leaded editorial. ''havc disap.
peared from the fountain on Western
avenue. this side Of the bridge. Their
removal Is an outrage, as they arc not
worth stealing. and their frequent
disappearance not only puts the city to
expense, but thirsty travellers to inucl,
incinvcnience. At this season Of tho
year." argues the Times with much
force. "such facilities for stacking thirst
are not only benson to travellers. but
with the saloon at every corner they
',ccoii,c active temperance work as
well. Dy oil means let the Clippers he
promptly replaced as fast ~ they dis.
nppear!" 30 say We all of us. The
authorities of Gloucester IRE under n
solemn obligation to hunt down the
conscienceless thieves that have stolen
those clippers. 1t Ii their duty to spare
no pains to bring the miscrepnts to jus.
tice. Civilization demands this mt their
hands. In the interest Of law, order,
temperance. and good government Let
them not falter. The eyes of the world
are upon them. Dipper.stealing In
Gloucester must cease.
Rev. Louis Archer. Of Battle Creek,
according to dispatch In q Chicago
paper, Ii In trouble. And the charge
against him is kissing Mrs. John II.
Waters violently, forcibly and against
her will. The minister in his own be
half admits that he kissed Mrs. Waters.
but adds that Il was merely the kiss
Of sanctiacatiOn." OF course II the
clergyman Gun convince a Michigan
jury that he has new brand Of Oscu.
lati0n which can be used without any
harmful effects he may get Of scot
free. But we advise him to exercise
wise discretion In introducing his new.
tangled kiss. There II danger In SOW.
Ing any sort Of kiss broadcast. The
"kiss Of sanctiiicati on" may do tho re.
cipienf no harm. She may even like II.
But nm emotional, nervous, muscular
husband II quite likely to distinguish
no difference between the "kiss OF
sanctificati0n'' and the Old.fashiOncsl
kiss which keeps our divorce courts
busy. And before the minister Gun OK.
plain the difference he II liable to have
his eyes blnckened, his nose broken
ana handful of teeth knocked out.
We believe Brother Archer would do
well to keep his "kiss Of sanctlticatiOn"
for home consumption.
I.aidlaw, the clerk whom Russell
Sage used as shield against a crank
Of the injury intended for Sage. II now
bringing Ills fourth suit for damages
against the multi.millionaire. In tho
first trial I.aldlaw was nOnsuited upon
a point declared to he taken wrongly.
In the second trial he secured yer.
dict, but Sage got another trial because
the court made an error. On the third
trial the Jury disagreed. probably he.
cause u man had been placed upon Il
for that purpose. This clearly Illus.
tratcs the uncertainties OF litigation.
There IL no question that Sage used
I.aidlaw for shield. that I.aidlnw
was thereby injured. ana TINT he de
serves recOmpense for saving Sage
from mutilatiOn and perhaps from
death. and yet months Of time ana no
one knows how much money have been
wasted. with no outcome In sight. There
IL no end to the laws delays when a
rich man like Sage IL party to u suit.
The Quips aud Quirks known to Gun.
ming lawyers. the corruption Of juries.
the errors OF counsel and courts are
utilized to thwart justice. The Laid.
law.Sage case ought to be decided In
twenty.four hours. Russell Sage may
win In the end against Ills clerk. hut It
II pretty small man who would fight
a suit brought by another under such
circumstances.
The purpose and effect Of the new II.
bel law amendment passed by the Leg.
islature Of Illinois Ii to remove the In.
ference Of malice from a newspaper
publishing aflibel through mistake or
misapprehenslon Of the facts where,
on the truth being presented to II. a
correction or retractiOn II printed as
cOnspicuously as the libel. 1t does not
relieve newspaper from liability for
actual damages caused by libel. hut
only from those exemplary or punitive
damages which have followed from tho
inference Of malice. This bill IL III.
rectly In line with the constitution of
Illinois, which provides that "every
person may freely speak. write ana
publish on all subjects. being RESPONSE.
BILE for the abuse of that liberty. and IN