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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-28

In the many Inventions connected
with torpedo boats and torpedo catch.
ers the question of inyisibility seems to
bc yet unsolved. In proportion as the
sea-golng qualities of this type of YES
sci are improved by increased size. so
does the essential quality of n torpedo
boat-the power of remaining unseen--
disappear. Paints of various tlnts have
been tried, but no particular one has
been declared the best. Tho United
States navy has adopted greenish
shade. to correspond with the sea: Ger.
many has adopted II muddy yellow:
and France. after experimenting with
gray, has finally decided upon black.
1t Is admitted by experts that a black
boat can be perceived with glasses at
n greater distance than one painted
gray: that gray boat can be distin-
guished under the electric light much
more easily than n black one; ana that
one painted green can he seen at n
great distance by u practlsed observer
stationed In good position. But when
the question of paint has been solved,
the great enemy to invlsibility, smoke.
remains. In the daytime the line of
smoke from the pipe may be distin-
guished above the horizon before the
outlines of the hull of the boat are seen,
while at night the smokeplpe of tor
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-28
COW ELECT TANNER,S RETURN.

Gov..e!cct Tanner has returned from,
his wcll-carncd rest In the South. nnd
he Is now preparing to efface tho las,
traces of Aitgc.dism In the State insti-
tutlOns Of Illinois.
1t - hoped that the work will be
thoroughly executed. not that NIL Of
.Aitgcld's appointments were bad. but In
order that the public may not bc left
u single reminder OF Altgelds advent
into public life In this State.
John Il. Tanner II u man whose roc.
ord M u politician gives the assurance
that he will not fail In the performance
Of this particular portion Of his duty.
An enincntly practical politician, Nj.
Tanner Is u disciple OF the sound ami
enduring political doctrlne--to the Vie
tors belong the spells.
lie has an army OF patriots. all WILL
Ing to serve the state. from which to
make choice. and his sound discretion
and good Judgment may safely In ~.
II, Il upon to pick out the very best avail.
able material. With u good working
force ut his command. Gov. Tanner will
give Illinois one Of the best admins.
tra,ions II has ever had.
lie II u man Of affairs: he knows
every foot Of this State; he Is acluninr-
ell with half the population In every
town In the country: he knows tho To-.
callties AMI the conditions and needs Of
the people.
He understands the workings of the
State institutions and he can be trusted
to see to II that they are run In the in
tere SITS Of the community instead Of the
office holders.
lie hrs four years now before him
with which to round ont u most hOnOra-
be career. and one of which he ana his
children may be Justly proud. He made
square and manly fight and he won
as he deserved to win.
He enters upon the duties of the high
office. to which he has been elet ted by
enc Of the large st mljorltles ever given
u gubernatorial candidate, ulhampered
by II single ante-clection promise,
lie Eagle wishes him the fullest
measure Ca success in the new ana
broader sphere Of political action which
i now opened up TO him.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-28
THE CHICAac IA. GLE.

spells cf office for the members of IT,.
We MUST say tina, we certainly agree
with the politicians view of the ma.-
ter.
We cannot coincide In the view that
the Bumocracy of Cook County and
Illinois Is at all comparable from the
standpoint of stability and efficiency
with the Republican county and State
organizations. Neither 10 we think
that such men as Henry l.. Hertz. VIII.
lam l.orimer and James rease will br
easier sQuclchcd or driven from the
party councils since they have attained
the prestige and influence of office ant!
patronage
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-28

To Judge Carter the public II indcbt.
ed for his fearless ana impartial de.
fcnse Of the election system ana for u
striking demonstration that II cannot
be attacked or evaded with impunity
Every such conviction ns that Of Nor.
rissey and Dick IL notice to the pub.
liz that danger. disgrace AMI punish
ment await any man who willfully.
rccklcssly or negllgcntly Offensls
against the system OF honest ana fair
election.
There have been In tho past numcr.
Ois violations Of the election law by
Judges AMI clerks. They have been
drunk when on duty and have commit.
ted other Offenses. Generally nothing
has been done to them. oven when
their mlstleeds were notorious. Az q
consequence tough election officers
have felt they were safe. no matter
what they did.
Judge Carriers cOmmendnble action
will do much to dispel tlint belief. and
will make men who accept offices I'M.
der the election law feel that they will
10 punished II they violate Its pro-
visions. AS for the Judge who VIA,
bound over to the Criminal Court on the
charge Of defacing ballots, and thus
deprlving citizens of their votes, he
should he sent to the penltentiary II
his guilt IL proved clearly.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-28

In Vienna u man and his wife have
been arraignei. charged with til. mur.
der of IN unknown number Of persons
for the purpose OF selling their bodies
for the dissection table. The evidence
Ii 80 far Incomplete. though It strongly
points to the guilt Of the culprits. 4
year or two ago, In the snme city. u
similarly unobtruslve domestic couple
were found to have been engaged In
cnticing to their home servant girls In
search of place and numbering then,
for their clothes and the little money
they might have about them. These
latter persons were convicted AMI eyp-
cuted. How II may fare with III. for.
mcr remains yet to Inc decided. The
introduction upon the hanks OF the blue
rolling Danube OF the crime which
Burke and Hare made no appnlllngly
celebrated In Edinburgh three.,luartcr
OF a century agO IL calculated to give
pause to the merry. pleasurc.lOvinI
viennese. and make them look rs wa
rily about Them as the EdlnburRhers
were enforced to do l., the period men.
toned. when they were byOOdcd over
by terror greater thnn any ever IN.
splred by tho OLD Nan OF the Noun.
tain,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-28
" CAN'T HURT BADsNOCH.

SLEEPY" Burke. u self-confessed
thief. burglar aud all.round law.break-
or. has made an assault upon the char.
ac.crs OF four of the best police OIL.
cials Chicago has ever had.
The attack comes IN the shape of a
confession by Burke in which the
charge Is made that Inspector Shea and
Assistant Chief Ross were implicated
in the disposal of n quantity of bonds
which Burke helped to steal several,
months ago. and that Chief Balcnocll
and Inspector Fitzpatrick knew Of
these genilcmen's alleged connection.
with the affair and condoned it.
Even to those who are no, personally
acquainted with Chief Radcnoch oi hi.
record rs citizen and Il man of honor
iio denial of Burkc's yarn. SO far IA |,
affected him. would be necessary. he.
cause no thinking citizen would ncccp,
the word of such u notorious criminal
against the reputation of an official OF
Mr.. Eadcnocls standing. TO thos,
who are acquainted with Chief Had
enocli. the fact that Burke attempts
even Indirectly to connect him with the
affair stamps all the rest Of the story
rs being false.
Mr.. Badenoch has proven himself an
efficient ana incorruptible official.
AZ for the other gentlemen. they arc
all experienced officers. who have mad
their way from the ranks to high and
honorable positions on the force. and
the records made 10y them In their up
ward course give the lie to the story o,
the thief.
They will no doubt know how to tax,
good care Of their rpputa ton,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-28
rHE CiviL SERVICE COMMISSION

\ morning contemporary. In discus.
sing current political matters. says:
The election of II machine man and
a spokesman for Mayor next spring
would mean the practical abandonment
Of civil service reform"
IL the fraud and humbu- at present,
entitled the Civil Service Commission.
and which had its headquarters In tli'
city hall. can only he abolished by the
ele, ton of n machine politician rs may.
or. then 1t Is to he devoutly hoped that
just that class of u man will he elected
to office. The Institution which our
contemporary mistakenly calls reform
has been distinct disadvantage to the
cause of good municipal government.
and the sooner 1t Is wiped out of exist.
encr The better II will he for the com.
munity.
The commission Is composed Of three
old barraclcs vino have spent most Of
their lives at the public crib. They are
trio of musty knownothings who
have allowed their bigotry to get the
better Of even their discretion.
Their unfair discrimination In the So
lection of employees and servants Of the
city has been 80 publicly patent that
1t has become a public scandal. II Il the
talk Of municipal circles everywhere.
Their course of action has very seri.
ou.ly impedcd the present active and
able mayor of the city. and It has nrous.
ell the angry protest and determined op
po.ltion of two Of ChicagO's most cs'
tecmed department cliefs-Firc Mar
shall Swenic and Commissioner of Pub
lie Works DOwncy.
There Is no doubt that should they
continue their career on Its present
lines. they will succeed In reducing thu
efficiency Of the police and fire depart
mcnts to u minimum.
| II there ever was any good In thu
civil service law II has been all extract
ed from It by Messrs. Clark. llotz IN,
| Waller.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-28
FOR A NEW REVENUE Law.

1t Ia to- l. hoped that Mr.. Dunlap
Smith and other eminent Chicago bust
ness men will Keep up their good work
ut Springfield this wiutrr In favor of Il
new revenue law.
Without u new revenue law the FIJI
turc of Chicago as u municipality is
anything hjd bright.
The present revenue law is obsolete
and cumbersome.
To say that 1t Is ineffective Is draw
Ing II very mild. indeed.
Chicago. very fortunately for her.
self. h"s lal in the pas an earnest
champion of revenue reform In the per-
son Of Mr.. Dunlap Smith.
Much depends upon that gentlcman
and some of his friends in the com.
mcrcial and professional world. IL &
new revenue law * to he passed at the
coming session of the Legislature.
II IL too had to have to admit 1t. hut
It Ia entirely from our unsclish bust
rrss men AMI not from our well-pai,l
officials that we must expect reforms
| to- cmnuatc.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-28

England learned a great many things
from the loss of her American colonies.
but nothing more important than that
colonies left to govern themselves. and
lnterfcred with only IN the way of sup.
port and protection. are source of
strength to Il nation. while colonies
treated only rs u source Of revenue are
a burden and weakness. In Canada.
In Australia. In South Africa. the Eng.
llsl have established healthy common.
wealths that would probably be- lost to
the home government II any modern
ministry could be guilty Of the blum.
dering policy adopted toward the Amer.
lean colonies In the last century. but
that keep to their allegiance now he.
cause II l. mainly sentimental and i'm.
poses no burdens. And England profits
greatly from them. India. on the other
hand. the English have still regarded
very much rs II was regarded by the
commercial Adventures who first took
possession of II. as u source of wealth
to be drained. rather than rs q field to
he cultivated. Now. when the country
does not even produce enough to feed
Its own population. while the enormous
cost Of holding and administering !,
still increases. India Is a weight on Eng.
lands hands. But the great example
Of n false colonial policy II that oi
Spain. She lost her colonies In South
Africa because she never did anything
for them but to rob them. and while sh,
has held Cuba she has treated 1t Onl.
as u source Of revenue. And now Cuba
II impoverished and cannot he made e
pay for the cost Of maintaining Spanisl
rule. and spain Is likely to lose 1t alto
gethcr. II for no other reason than tina
she cannot afford to hold 1t. To the Ina
bility or unwllllngncss Of Spain to lear,
the obvious lessons of history. we car
easily trace the decline of her power
and glory. England. on the other hand
has prcspered by adapting her colonia
policy to modern development. Wher
ever she has followed the Spanish plai
of mere military occupation. she still
has trouble ahead.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-28

Maryland pOt.hunters. In their Illegal
war Oh the ducks. employ. among other
nefarious implements. gun from
twelve to fourteen feet long. with a
bore like n cannon, and using half a
pound OF powder to prOpel two or three
pounds OF shot mt each discharge. These
guns IRE arranged on swlvels In the
how OF punt. and when used against
the birds ut night slaughter them by
the hundred. The State game wardens
are showing unusual activity this year.
and. as they are strongly supported by
public opinion. the good effects OF their
work will soon be manifest.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-28

4 man at Narbonne. France. lost 4
iOO.franc note In a funny way recently.
He was In a restaurant ana took the
note from his pocket to pay for his din.
ner. when. as the note lay upon the
table. n gust OF wind Topped It into the
soup. Fishing 1t out. he placed It upon
the edge OF the table to dry. whence Il
slipped to the floor. Just then along
came hungry little poodle. ana. snifY.
Ing at the note. he cot good whiff OF
the soup. snatchcd up tho note AMI
swallowed II. The owner OF the note
then sued the owner OF the poodle for
the 100 francs. and the courts have de-
cIded TINT the Inter must pay.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-28
: fact not generally known that

1t II fact not generally known that
the public eXecut!oners of europe.
even where the office does not pass
from father to son. have an etiquette
Of their own. intermnrry and are quite
rs exclusive IN their limited circles rs
are the rulers OF their respective coun.
tries. Nine. Dcibler. who died the
other day In Paris. besides being the
wife OF monsieur de- Paris" the pub.
lie executioner of France. was the
daughter Of NJ. RnsenOeud. the eXecu.
toner OF Algeria. who. although -
years OF age. still exercises the func.
lions Of Ills office. NJ. and Nine. Del.
bier had lived since the execution OF
valiant aud Henry In n little cottage
IN Anteuii. Rue de BlllancOurt. for
they were obliged to give up their house
In Rue vicQ dAxir owing to threats Of
the anarchists. She was a small. pref.
~ woman. tim!d and retiring. and en-.
tertained only the official guests OF her
husband or his few personal friends.
The French papers have snld that she
wns Urn nlda lighter Of samson. the
eXecutiOner who guillOtlned Louis XVI.
This IL u mistake. Charles Henry
Samson had only one grandcl,lld. Hen.
~. horn In 100. and made "AlOnsieur
lie Paris" In 1910. He was dismissed
from office In 1910. charged. 1t Is said,
with having accepted brlbes. He died
In 1884. lie wrote the famous ME.
mOIres DIES Samson" which would be
Of Infinite historical value had their
author not been blessed with an inap.
proprlate Imagination.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-28

Mr.. George Lecliipitcr the owner Of
the Great Builders supply Company
OH West Madison street is being urged
by business men all along the line to
make the race for Alderman nexf
spring In the Twelfth Ward. NJ.
Lcrhlcitcr has splendid qualifications
for the office could he he induced 10
make the race. but he Is a very busy
man. as his business takes up the mos.
of his time. However. should Mr..
Lechlciter accept the nomination he
would certainly he heard from in the
Council maintaining and upholding the
rights Of the Twelfth Ward citizens AMI
taxpayers.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-28

The T1nsvaal Government has q
double object In view In demanding e..
100000 Indemnity from the British
South African Company to cover the
damage done by JamesOn's raid. The
expense caused to the BOers by that
expedition probably did not reach u
tenth Of that sum, but they are thrift.
~ folk and see In the event chance
for profit. besides which they aim to
punish the company for Its unwarrant-
cd Interference In their affairs. The
cOmpany's prompt disclaimer Of Jane.
sons enterprise did not avail with
public opinion at the time. since It's
responsibility was clearly proven. nor
win 1t carry weight with the Beers.
but 1t will probably need all of Presl.
dent Krueger's sagaclty to collect the
line without involving his state In fresh
complications with the British Gov.
eminent.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-28

The significance Of the Fourth wards
action In its bearing on the coming al
dermnnic election by having named
Hon. Joseph Beifeld rs II candidate Is
emphasized by news from the Thirty
second, The organization which elected
Alderman William ID. Kent to the Coun-
al! asked him TO recommend n oandl-
date to succeed him. lie has Indicated
Walter &. Nelson the well-known real
estate man, AMI Mr.. Nelson will be non-
inated by the regular organization.
Th!rty-srcond ward residents are
thanking their lucky stars that they
can have such n man rs Nelson rs their
representative in the City Council.
What Chicago sadly needs Just now Is
more men like Kent, Harlan, Nelson
and Belfe!d 10 protect the peoples
rights In the Common Council Of oul
great city, Let the good work go on.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-28
THE SONS CF 1HeiR FATHERS.

AS usual. tho newspaper tyros are
cracking up the men who live on their
reputation Of being sons Of their faith.
Lincoln. Fred Grant and others have
all been slated alrcndy In the press FOR
cabinet positions. Even "l'rincc" Rus.
sell Harrison Is down ON the list. "Thu
prince" Is the foolish snob who at !,
cabinet dinner to which he was lnap.
prc?rlatcly admitted put to his sire.
then President of the United States.
the following question:
FEATHER. how many vessels have you
get In your navy nOwY"
"rhc sons Of their fathers are nbou,
the NEST nauscntlng features Of Amcrl.
can ofiicl,ll,loni.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-28

The bogus medical diploma factory
recently discovered In Illinois. an Off
shoot OF similar one In Philadelphia.
which tlOurlshed like green bay tree
for many years, distributing its parch'
ments to every Ignorant knave ana I'M
poster able to pay the price demand
ed, invites the attention OF the police
and magistracy. Illinois should set
about the purgatlOn from her territories
of this ro0st of unclean birds with as
little delay us possible.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-28
Concerning the jarrah tree of

Concerning the jarrah tree of Aus.
tralla, which Il largely used for street
paving in London ana other European
cities. Sir John Forest, OF Australia.
speaks thus: "rhe demand for our Jar
ruh and karrl timber In London AMI
other large cities for paving shows that
probably In n short time this will be
one of our greatest items OF export.
All along the Southwestern Railway,
the railway to DOnnybrO0k. the rail.
way to the Collie coalfelds. ana the
railway to BridgetOwn. splendid Jar
rnh country exists. With these increas-
Ing railway facilities ! look forward
to II very large Increase In this valua-
bic export. hope we will not leave 1t
to the citizens of London. Chicago and
other places to use this wood for paw
Ing. but that In our own cities ana
towns we may see the municipal cOun-
ellis taking advantage of this wonder.
fully suitable product"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-28

A few years ago n citizen In Berlin
unwittingly gave sentry some slight
Otfense. The sentry killed the citizen.
ana the Emperor promoted tho sentry.
the other day Il citizen In Berlin acci-
dentally brushed against a lieutrh-
ants chair In public cafe. The lieu
tenant killed the citizen, ana the EN-
peror. or the EmperOr's military code.
protects the lieutenant from punish
ment. And now some German papers,
recklessly regardless OF leze majesty.
are saying the code should be revised!
Yes, the world does move.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-28

that COync was winner. the Blount
men accepted defeat gracefully. and the
following elected ticket was unanl-
mousiy indcrscd:
President. +. T.. Coync: fist vice.
president. w. II. Cameron: second vice.
president. Dr. Charles DAWSON: treas
urer. j. !. Straw: secretary. +. T.. Hem.
street Cameron and straw are Getty
men.
Resolutions were adopted Endorsing
William T.. Mason for United states
senator.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-28
Large numbers of sicIl,an ln,,nlgr,,

Large numbers OF SicIi'an Immigrants
continue to arrive ut New Orleans.
From one steamer 1.:tS OF them were
landed. aud there were many pictur.
esQue scenes rs the eXc!:ahle strangers
came ashore. Many OF them knelt
down and kissed the dicty boards OF
the wharf. Then they arose n'nl made
the sign OF the cross. Tho fervOr with
which relatives ana friends greercd one
another was remarkable. Bearded men
rushed into each others ar'ts and kiss
ed with the abandon and vigo" of long
parted lovers. Everybody talked al
once. and the noise was terrific.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-28

Mr. Charles II. McGrath, who won
many friends for himself and for that
institution when he was assistant cash
Ter OF the Fort Dearborn National Bank,
has opened rp an office of his own nj
G.52 Stock Exchange Building. Mr.. Nc
Gratl II one Of tie best posted men on
financial mntieis in Chicago, and he in
herits all of the business sagaclty and
shrcwlness OF his father, the late John
j. Mciirath. than whom no man was
ever more highly respected in the bust
ness circles of this city.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-28

which It would sell "w;shboi,cs" In
thousand lots. This request has reveal.
al to the company new source OF IN.
come. and one not wholly un!mrpi tnE..
Hitherto the skeletons Of the manner.
Gus fowls It uses have becn ground IN.
to fertilizer. but having discovered that
there Is n demand for "wisl,boncs'' to
lie used for various decorative and sen.
tlmental purposes. the Kansas City
men think that by properly pushing the
trade they can get more fer this one
bone than they have been receiving for
all the rest.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-28
col. REND'S CITIZENSHIP CON-.
MISSION.

The admirable proposition Of Colonel
W. L. Rcnd to establish u commission
to Inquire Into the qualifications Of per.
sons applying for naturalization should
be adopted In every State OF the Union.
II certainly should bc framed Into u
law NJ Springfield this winter.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-28

Many readers of The Eagle are con-
stantly writing us In favor of Hon.
Andrew !. Ryan. the popular lawyer.
for the Democratic nomination for City
Attorney next spring. We heartily
agree with Mr.. Ryan's admirers that
he would make u good City Attorney.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-28

The German insurance companies
made a large increase In business last
year. The number of people insured
was 13+,725, representing an outlay Of
The Germans evidently
intend to do this business at home
themselves, The restrictions put upon
certain American companies desiring
to do business In Germany have not
been forgotten.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-28

For president Of the Republican Club
Hon +, T.. Coyne's county ticket won
in the Twelfth ward against that head
ed by +. NJ. Blount. The meeting Of
electors was held IN Recital Hall of the
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-28

II you have tried DObblns' Floating
Borax Soap You have decided to use II
all the time. II you haven't tried 1t
you owe 1t to yourself to do so. Your
grocer has 1t, or will get II. BE sure
that wrappers are printed In red.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-28

A Kansas City firm that makes can.
ned soups OF various sorts was sur
prlsed to receive from Rhode Island tie
other day an inquiry rs to the terms at