Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-04-11

. Mr.. Smrlski made most eytrlor.
binary run In the Sixteenth Ward.
Cutting down the Democratic majority
to almost nothing for such strong
man as Peter Kiolbassa. stamps Joan
+. Sn,,ilski rs the most popular Polish.
American In Chicago.
The victory won by Hen. Joseph =.
Martin and James \. Quinn in the
Twcnty-fOurth Ward was notable
one. The election of Mr. Walker as
Alderman was due to the untlrng eff.
forts of those gentlemen.
To William X. Alderman. You can
now come hcine. The election Is over.
Ex-Sccretary Foster says that Mrs
Ill Hung Chang has at least LOCO
dresses. And yet at times her husband
has to worry alcng without even vel.
low jacket.
The new President of the Orange
Free state expresses the hope that tho
.Africnnder will never forget his Bi.
bic and his gun" 1t Is a combination
"::;gland has hated to run against ever
since the days of Cromwell.
Is anything serious troubling Raise:
Wilhelm of Germany! No arrests for
lese-niajeste have been reported for q
period Of fully q week.
II the tramps have anything to say
In the proceedings of the anti.tramp
convention they will doubtless advocate
tie adoption Of resolution supporting
the good roads movement.
A Russian dispatch says that "thc
ear has engaged typewriter AMI re.
duced his body guard" IT the czarlna
understands her business the reduction
Of the body guard probably will not be
continued long.
In view Of the fact that the consu.np.
tlon Of the nameiess little abomlnations
that are smoked In lieu Of pipes and
cigars Ii several billions annually 1t Is
hardly q surprise to learn from Ken.
lucky that the largest tobacco planter
In the world has failed.
Herbert Spencer declares that so
ciety II advancing to higher forms
through the decline of mllitancy. The
philosopher does not explain why the
decline II attended hy such tremen.
dons preparations for fighting. but this
may he one of the Ia vorablc symptoms
There Is a touch of irony In the fac,
that the spread of civilization has
placed modern weapons OF war in the
hands OF unclvillzed races. ana thus
enabled them to defeat the armies of
enlightened nations. as was recently
Illustrated In the signal triumph of the
Abyssinians over the Italians.
a correspondent who has been look.
Ing through the pine regions OF Min.
nesota asked a t.mbcrmnn what his or.
ders were. Our orders" said the fore.
man. "arc to strip things clean" The
old world IL indebted to similar instruc.
lions In the past for many of Its waste
and desert places.
The latest estimate of llliter,es over
10 years Of age In the United States IL
O.3?l. IO?. or 1873 per cent. OF the whole
population. This IL a large number,
but rs the proportion In 1870 was II
pcr cent. the public schools Of the
country may be cOmpilmented OH their
solid growth In usefulness.
Between the years 1885 and 1905
England's Increase In naval strength
wns 10 per cent. that Of France ~
per cent. RUssla's II per cent. and
Germany doubled the number Of its
warslips. Not Il shot was fired at sea
IN that decade, but II Is evident that
the time will come when there will be
such laundering on the deep as Nep.
tune never heard before.
Greater New York will have an area
or $50 square miles. making 1t the
largest American city and nearly three
times the size OF Philadelphia. but
London spreads over GSS square miles.
The consolidation will advance New
York to the position OF the worlds sec.
ond city. and as Its rate of growth Is
nearly double that of London It should
he the first before the end OF the com.
Ing century.
4 British ship which has been taking
soundlngs In the South Pacific reports
depth In three places near the Tonga
Islands OF over 10000 fec,. which
breaks the record by 5000 feet. The
deepest holes are not In the middle OF.
the ocean, but within 100 miles OF
land. Their depth Is greater than the
height OF any known mountain. Specl.
mems OF the bottom ut $4,000 feet prov.
cd to be the usual red clay found In all
the deepest parts o: the ocean.
4 London critic calls attention to the
fact that "the Engllshman has to lie.
pend for dlctlOna ries Of his own native
speech mainly on the labOrs OF Amer..
can scholars" Several homemade die.
tlOnarle have a certain vogue In En-.
gland. but they are circuinscribed and
unsatisfactory. and hence the leading
American works OF that kind. being
more comprehensive and including the
established speech Of the masses as
well as the classes, are widely used and