Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-04-25


that lesson n New orleans early In the
present century renewed It. II she
lima gines the United states is feeble on
the water now she will put herself In
the why Of learning this lesson over
again.
The old question of which has the
better chance, the city boy or the
country boy, Is again agitatlng the
Eastern editors. II they will look
over the list Of the nations most emf.
nent men they will find that the ques.
ton Is pretty thoroughly answered.
But the country boy Is rapidly becom.
Ing an extinct species. and fifty years
from now he may not be known.
Mr.. Depew estimates that a war on
account Of the Venezuelan boundary
dispute would cost the United States
exactly a round $1,OOO.OOO.OOO, and lie
says that the man who owns most Of
the Venezuela swamp In dispute has
offered to sell It to him for $20,OOO.
According to Mr.. Depew's mnthemati.
chi system Of ethics, q question Of prln-
clple Is nothing In comparison with
question Of principal and interest.
Probably $500 would have paid for
the ten dumped In Boston harbor. Docs
Mr.. Depew think 1t was cxtrnva gancc
to dump the ten?
Robert q. lngersoll Gun appear twice
one season In Milwaukee. draw an au.
llencc Of $1,000 each time and turn
nearly rs many dollars away. There
IL no other city in the country where
the brilliant pagan can pick up dollars
30 easily. He Is the greatest honey.
maker ON the platform, and Is said to
average $1,000 for every lecture he de-
livers. II he saves all of the money he
makes he will literally have dollars to
burn some Of these fine days. a brother
Of the great infidel is a plain everyday
sort Of farmer In Waukesha County,
Wisconsin, and the two men bear a
very strong family resemblance.
The London Times concludes TINT It
would cost Spain $50, 100000 and take
three years Of hard work to suppress
the Cuban rebellion. II TINT estimate
In correct, It means that Spain will
never succeed. She hasn't got the
money, and she can't get 1t. Her treas.
ury II depleted, her credit Is notorious.
~ bad, and her taxes, which she has TO
collect almost at the point Of the bayO.
net, are barely sufficient to pay her
running expenses. II Cuba can only
prOlOng her struggle another year she
will win her freedom.
Canada II vast country. but IL gives
us a vivid Idea Of the emptiness u
some Of Its huge spaces to read TINT the
Quebec Legislature has passed res0lu.
lions authorizing the Government to
erect hunting territories out Of such
lands In the Province ~ nre remote
from settlement and unit for cultiya.
ton, "the territories not 10 exceed 100
square miles each, 10 be leased ut nm
annual rent u not lesA than - per mile
for periods Of not more than ton years."
The strength of a country tint can az.
ford to rent hunting preserves mt 500
n county Ia not to he measured by its
extent on the map.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, Of Virginia, has
been appointed Consul General MT Ha-
vana, succeeding Mr.. Williams, whose
resignation was recently sent to tho
President. Gen. Lees appOi itment IL
Of great Significance AMI shows that
President Cleveland IL much alive to
the condition Of Cuban affairs. lie was
conspicuous Confederate soldier and
since the war has held Important pOlit.
ical offices. Undoubtedly his princi.
pal mission will be to investigate tho
situation In Cuba Will, great thorough.
ness, and no man In the United States
Is better qualified than he to perform
that duty. His reports will he of the
highest interest and trustworthy for
the use of the Government In Its official
action, as well rs for the Information
of the people. We are likely TO hear
something now besides what IL dinned
into our ears by the sensa ,lonnlists aud
fabrlcatOrs Of the 'Junta."
The sinking Of the Edam by collision
In the English channel was similar In
some respects to the sinking OF the Ore
gun, OIL the Tong Island coast, some
yeas ago. The Edani remained ti0at
nearly three hours after she was struck
ana her passengers and crew were able
to get away In the boats. The Oregon
also went down slowly, and her passen-
gers and crew escaped In the small
boats. But had the Oregon been alone
on the sea after the cOlliding vessel had
disappeared large number of people
would have been drowned, because her
boats could not have accommodated
them all. The Edam IL licensed to car
~ 1000 persons. Had that many been
on board when she was struck there
would have been heavy loss of life In
spite of the slOwness with which the
steamer went down ana the fact that
the water was smooth Mt the time.
Something ought to be done to make
the number of boats on steamer bear
closer relation to the number OF pas
sengers she Is licensed to carry.
The California courts have been do
ing some good work of late In dealing
with murder cases. Within the past