Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-11-16

taxes our credullty pretty heavily. The
river may be there, but II It Is we must
suspect that 1t Is the product of some
very recent CONFUSION Of nature.
It Is often said that "troubles are
friends In Disguise; but this can only
be so when we know how to avail our.
selves of their friendship. When we do
not know how to do so, 1t may easily
happen that through the darkness In
which they encompass us no ray OF
light can pierce, and out Of the bitter
ness no sweetness can arise.
A new incident for "tale of mys.
terry" was the robbery of ton and
quarter of silver on London street.
The men In charge had for few mo-
mcnts left the van in which 1t was being |
conveyed from the railway station. and
when they returned It was gone. 1t Is
noteworthy that the incident OF rob. |
berry of n tugboat In recent story call |
cd the attention Of London bankers to |
the possibility Of such piracy. and the
practice of sending treasure by tugs
was stopped.
There are few, II any. In whom we
cannot find something to esteem II we
search for 1t; but we often allow their
wrong.dolng to form SO thick a cloud
over their whole nature that all the
bright spots are hidden from our view.
II we had more Of that charity which
believeth all things and hOpeth oil
things, we should be quicker to detect
the good. slower to mark the evil, anx-
ious to bring out and develop the form
or. and glad to cast the mantle Of 81.
lence over the latter.
There never was a time, It Is safe to
say. when the crimes of burglary and
highway robbery were as common In
| this country as they are just now. Sew
eral reasons can be advanced for this
d!squieting state of things. The large
number Of persons out of work and
who really do not want work explains
It in part. Then the chance Of large
returns on small risks II another factor.
But far above and beyond these ren
Sons are the patent facts that the pun.
ishment fixed for these crimes by exist
ing laws Is not adequate, and. further.
more, that such laws as are on the stat.
ute books are not properly enforced.
The manufacturers In the valley of
the upper Fox river, Wisconsin, have
united In petition to Congress to cause
the Wisconsin river to be turned into
the Fox ut Portage. What they want.
of course. is to increase the supply Of
water in the Fox river between Lake
WinncbagO and Green Bay for manu-.
featuring purposes. Incidentally they
do not object to improving navlgat ton
In the Fox. Why isn't 1t good scheme?
The Wisconsin IL good for nothing for
navigation anyway, ana never was ex.
cept for RATS. BY all means let Con.
gress turn the waters Of the Wisconsin
. away from the Mississippi and into
: Lake Michigan to compensate for the
water that Chicago Is going to draw out
OF Lake Michigan and pour into the
Mississippi. This cOmpensating ar
rangement ought to quiet the nerves OF
: those who are worrying about the dis
. astrOus effects Of the drainage chan
mel upon the level Of the great lakes.
3 The Delaware tribe Of Indians In thu
Indian territory number 15l persons
The court Of claims at Washington ha'
!. rendered q Judgment In their favor
. and they will In few days receiy'
;. 500, 600 In cash. Something over |
!. wear ago the Government paid then
;. nearly $1.OOO.OOO In cash from trus
8 funds belonging to them, held for man.
years by the Government, and the re-
suit Of these payments and other
d which have been made to them make
IS each menber-man, woman ana child
4 of the tribe worth $4,000. There ar
/. one or two other Indian tribes that ar
y even richer than the Della wares, but a
|. compared with the white race. tn
Delaware are nearly Ave times as ric
per capita as the Inhabitants of tn
II British Islands. six times as rich as tn
l. people Of the United States, nine time
d those of Germany, and twenty.si
=. times those OF Russia. Pretty goo
,e authorities say that they are capabl
II OF taking care Of their property, al
there IL little danger that they will l
cheated out OF 1t by whites.
IT While the first rumOrs Of an lntentiO
n. on the part of Russia to extend Its inf
:" ence into the oriental seas ana secul
u. a fOOthOld In Korea We're very proper
re discredited. the later reports show ju
tifcatiOn for tho view that the Russia
Government has Intentions which loo
Q. eventually to some such outcome. tn
ke feeling IL common to many EurOpea
Is. centers. and In London, of course, IL Il
10 cause OF considerable anxiety. Rig
n upon the heels of the indications Of 4
pa endeavOr on Russia's part to cOer
China into granting certain impOrta
concessions comes the hint OF pre-
., pectivc alliance between Russia al
Japan. 1t has been announced til
Count Yamagata Is earnestly In fav
~ of some such maneuver, and II his dol
y" ina ling influence prevails In the Japa
~ csc council Of ministers an alliance |
=" tween the two Eastern powers won
be the outcome. The rumOr Of such
understanding between Russia and j
It'll pan seems to find credence much mo
is readily than the report of treaty
y" tween the northern power ana Chi
lat In spite of certain friendly moves
lte the part of England toward Japan
we latter has some reason to doubt the s