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

The sultan OF JOhOre Is dead. ThC
world owes great deal to his memory.
lie had S1O.OOO.OOO worth Of diamonds
aud resisted tho temptation to hire out
as hotel clerk.
We learn from a morning ,contcm.
porary that q ''quiet wedding" wns Gel.
cbrated at Chicago tho other night.
Observation leads us to believe TINT
loud. boistcr0us. noisy nuptials no long.
or ore en- wrigglc, anyway.
We fail to see why the tidings that
the Duke Of Dino paid $15,2OO for set
Of armor at the Splitter sale should bc
cabled all the way from Paris. Uncle
sam pnid Andrew Carnegie vastly
more thnu that for set and found II
full Of blowholes.
At GubbIO. In Italy, u spiritualist me.
dunn recently promised to put q moth.
or In communication with her dead son.
When she saw flames and sulphurOus
smoke coming out Of the cabinet. sue
was convinced that he was damned.
went staring mad, and will not recover.
The medium Is to be prosecuted.
Declares they must ecOnOmixe,
A true wife's spirit then she shows.
And promptly with his wish complies;
To every bargain salc she goes,
And buys and buys and buys and
buys.
kansas City Journal.
President Diax Of Mexico has rccov.
cred his health and has projected
changes IN the national constitution
that will he great Improvement. The
various States Of the Mexican republic
are now Empowered to levy Import du.
ties and to coin, money. Diax proposes
that these powers shall Ike witlitra wn
from the States and be reposcd exclu.
sively In the general government, and
bis amendments will be adopted.
The United States Supreme Court
has a novel constitutional question to
decide. 1t IL whether the Maryland
Legislature had right to pass tho net
providing that "hnbitual drunkartls''
In the city Of Baltimore be committed
to tho Keelcy Institute Of Maryland ut
the cIty's expense. by what right can
the State compel the city to support Mt
its expense the habitual drunkard In
an inebriate asylum? How often must
person get drunk to entItle him to
such generous public consideration?
Nobody need be nstOnlshcd at the
news Of the failure Of Bellamy colony
In Paraguay, but great many people
will undoubtedly be astOnished to learn
that there Ind been such a thing us u
Bellamy colony In Paraguay or any,
where else. Yet We are informed TINT
a number Of Australians. not previous
~ inmates Of insane asylums. are now
returning to their island continent sat.
isficd with their failure to establish,
that ideal community which Mr.. Rel.
lamy described In his "I.OOking Back.
ward" They return poorer. but II
would be incorrect to describe them ~
returning wiser. Folly such Us theirs
II hopeless.
Pedestrians who put themselves IN
the way Of bicycles. or fall under
wheels and stop their progress. must be
punished. Things pertaining to the
wheel. II the Figaro can be relied upon.
IRE managed better In France. Every
pedestrian Ia to be supplied with u bell
and signal horn, which he shall sound
on crossing street whenever he ca.
pies cycle OH tho horizon. At night
the foot passenger shall carry on his
breast a lantern containing u lighted
candle. France shall be entirely lev.
eled, In order to save cyclists the an
ROyance OF hill.climbing. The tax on
cyclists shall be abolished. ana tax on
pedestrians shall be substituted. Any
foot passenger who, by his awkward.
ness and want Of attention. shall Occa.
sion the fall Of cycllst by allowing
himself to be run over shall be liable
to a fine Of 100 francs, and for II repc-
tition of the offense shall be transported
to u mountainous region.
The growth anu Importance OF the
present movement In favor OF munich
pal reform, now happily extending over
the entire country. II seen In the third
National Conference for Good city
Government ana the first annual meet.
Ing Of the National Municipal League
held short time since ut Cleveland.
The number Of disinterested ana pitri-
otto men. both theorists. idealists and
practical workers In reform, present at
this meeting Is happy augury for the
future OF reform In cities. The govern.
ment of our cities has been a sad blot
upon the fair escutcheOn of the repub-
lie. BY means Of such organization
as these, and every rightly objected
effort for reform In this direction. we
shall confidently expect that the right
will prevail. The trouble with so much
OF the reform effort Ii that It only tries