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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-16
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RiDiCULE AS A WEAPON.

The New York sun takes an extreme
illustration to bring into disrepute the
methods FOR spelling reform" that are
being urged by Funk ana Wagnalls.
Rule is al! the sun was asked to sub
scribe TO and this rule is: "Change
final ed to when so pronounced; and,
II double consonant preccdes, drop
one of the consonants.' An unadorned
refusal would have filled all the re-
qnlrcmcnts OF the case but instead the
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-16
IMMIGRATION STATISTICS.


,u. " i,.. a., ,'o, :" zen, iIe's"r. re-
po. ."". ,nt '',a' u'' ,. y. ,,l,''-
',a,.' ., my ~ tne .n''cu s'a,es
.,ns '"s ,so .we"!h.e !e'ns e"u ,,
.un oo' io''. was iv."iV;ov. e
- n.,."S ~, -, .nn no W." u""s ,,",
p.''v" vas 'i'-'V'o'"' 50 WA. O.c.ir"
y. .n". .n'', ~, was uue W io.e's" 'm'.
's .. nese "snr's "re "o' iu',e
"',"'"e' "v"e'er. ine's Is o''h'
,', "S w.,. US u .orw"r" now Vi popu.
u..,o,i. n" ,,s. u na .ne Ms! l'sea. year
.neie "cie 'v'ovV l".,''s""".s. o"' -io''
oov persons o'her ''n'n e"nn passeh'
se's went rom 'he '"lteu SUITES W
EUROPE u"r'"s '"e same per'o". SUM-
oi 'ne.i were 'ore'gners WHO c"n'e ne,e
!n,enu'hS 10 STA! p"t chahssu TIER
minus. o'hsrs were persons OF lore'sn
plr'h gong paek 10 their oiu MONIES 10
pa! VISIT ana intending 10 re."rl'
ne" '"e' no SO 'he! VIII pe p". uoWn
US new ,ii'h'srhhts. great "eai vi
ms uo"p'e counting mas peeh "one'
b"t aI.ef an ded"c'iohs are maze the
per cent. oi 'hcrense ""e 10 Immigration
IL ":of'hous' vi the ten ana q th'ra
millions VINO came Detweeh 1911 anu
ieo" SIN ana third miiiiohs' or VIA
per cent? were males ana rour miiiiohs
were iehaies. Inc latter were ulViaed
yer! "heI"aiV among the "iHerent
races. VI t"e irish Immigrants 1"fa
per cent. were women. Inc sexes were
80 evenly ba'nhced that apout ever!
irisnhah eau nave ah irish VIE u ne
PREFERS one. Next come the Ieutohs'
with little over forty.one women OUT
OF every hundred Immigrants. Al the
FOOT OF tue list, rs iar ~ european
countries wh'ch nave sent :'ahy people
mere are concerned. come ths itaiinhs'
n httie less thnn Z: per cent. OF them
were women. Inc proportion IL grow
ing. however. Inc per cent. OF iemales
III 1871 was little over ~. Dut IN 1870
u rose to 70 10. Vi the total imm'gra'
ton OF ten ana third miii'ohs the
Teutons from Germany. Austria. anu
the Netherlands composed htt'e over
three millions. a million ana a th'rd
came from ireland. ana l.0OOVO from
Great Britain. the Danes, Norwe'
CLANS. ana Sweues together rooted M
l.1oO.OW. ana the Slavs. Magyars. ana
Caechs 0sOooo. Inc iatiii races con.
tributed only s'I.ooo. OF these 'o0.oo
being Italians. of the migration @'.'
per cent. was Tentoh'c, the total num-
Der OF males arriving Deihg l,Soo'OW
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-16
Low ESTIMATES MADE.

Bids for cleaning the streets of the
city In that portion outside the down.
town district were opened Tuesday.
The bids and bidders were: Thomas
Fox. $3.50 mile: W. j. Monkey. x22;
james II. Burke. $25: John y. Cooper.
S27. Commissioner Kent said the con.
tract will probably be awarded to Fox.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-16
NOTICE..

The Eagle can be ordered at Charles
Macdonald Il Co.'S literary emporium
aud book store. IS Washington street,
l.. II. Jackson's periodical and news
depot. % Clark street. Robt. T.. Burke's
book. stationery. periodical and news.
paper depot. 34o Division street. and
at all ilrst.class news stands through.
out the West.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-16

but In this particular case the obscrv.
ancc appeals to Il young generation
which is more susceptible to the spirit
of gratitude and quicker to respond to
its benign:ty than are many of larger
,rv,x-.I,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-16

io'ul uSStlS .St'b,'bbb
The report was accepted by the
Finance Committee and the trustees.
Patients suffering from contagious
diseases being conveyed to the new iso-
lation hospital will not he compelled to
suffer the pains of ride on the rough
streets in one of the present style of
ambulances used by the Police Depart
mcnt Some time ago Miss Ada c.
Sweec, of the Columbian Ambulance
Association, told Commissioner Kerr, of
the Health Department. TINT the Assoc
citation would give $3.50 toward the pur-
chase Of IN up to date ambulance to he
stationed at the isolation hospital and
to DO used for transporting contagious
cases only. The Studebaker Company
agreed to construct the ambulance,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-16
EA0LE7S.

=. +. Sherln. Secretary Of the Demo.
cratic National Committee and cl,nir.
man Of the subcommittee on press and
telegrNphlc accommodation ana fncili.
ties for the Democratic national con.
ventiOn to be held In Chicago July :,
announces that It II desirable that np.
plicatlOns for space for working RI.
pOrters ana correspondents In the con.
ventiOn hull be made with tile least Dos.
sible delay. No application for work.
Ing space filed later than June II will
be considered. All applications for
press AMI telegraphlc accOmmOtla lions
should be addressed to \. +. Sherin.
Secretary Democratic National Com.
nhttee. I.Ogansport. Ind.
Albert NJ. Billings. capitalist AMI or.
iginal owner Of the Peoples Gas Light
and Coke Company. which for years
supplied the entire West Side with gau
IL being sued by Attorney G. ID. r..
Smith for x!O.OOO for fees which he
claims were earned In the service Of
Mr.. Billings and never paid. Smith
testified In Judge Adams court that for
eight years. between 1885 ana lSss.. he
was the attorney Of the Home National
Bank. owned by Billings. the gas com.
pany. md also attended to transactions
involving many millions OF dollars for
the defendant. He negotiated an In.
vestment Of x1I5.OOO In the Memphis
Street Car Company ana subsequently
q further investment Of 500. 900 In the
same. IN order to secure the first sum.
AMI that said street car property IL now
worth 100000 lie said that for this
ana other legal business he was not
paid one cent. Mr.. Billings defense Is
said to he that the salary Of Smith from
the bnnk ami gas company paid linn IN
full for all his work.
BY II decision of the County Superin
ten,lent Of schools quarter section Of
land north of Hue Island will remain
In the school district Of that town. Nor
gan Park denied control Of the property
ana wanted to annex It.
The annual meeting of the Firemen's
Benevolent Association was held In the
quarters Of Engine Company No. II
10 Dearborn street, Tuesday evening
Five trustees were elected for term
OF five years. They are: n. Il. Miller
NJ. I.oyce. l.. Walter and J. G. Finders
The following II the treasurers state
ment for the year ending May I. lS!Ai;
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-16

which will be fitted with electric lights
and swinging touches. for $500. AS the
actual cost will he much more. 1t will
he in the nature Of donation by the
Studcbakcrs. Commissioner Kerr will
raise the necessary 1885,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-16
POLITICAL BULLETIN.

As the various parties candidates
this standing bulletin that
and records Of the seeking their suffrages
far the only ticket field
alone be published at
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-16

The enthusiastic wheelman In an ugly
sweater ana Indifferent knee trousers
may not be prepossesslng, but he means
something as finger board. One hun
dred years ago our ancestors trotted
about In knickerbockers with fancy
hose ana ornate silver buckles on their
shoes. At the present rate delegates to
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-16

Fnnce. never too gallant when the
essentials of womnnhOOd are ut issue.
has tdst decided judicinlly that Mt 30
an unmarried woman becomes an ''Old
maid" In our far more favored M.
ton young person not welded ut that
age Is just budding into the. ripcness Of
wOmnnhOOd.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-16

About the time when the European
powers have got Africa evenly divided.
cleared up the Oriental problem. re-
formed China and decided how to re.
gard the Monroe doctrine they may be
able 10 take hand In protecting mis-.
slOnaries and Armenians In Turkey.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-16

uHu roses; 10 IiOt SprInvs, ArK" VIII tHe
shortest and most comfortable route;
and to Texas via. the most direct and
popular line. All points In the repub-
lie of Mexico are best reached via the
Chicago and Alton.
1t affords pleasure to Mr.. Robert SOM
erville, General Agent Passenger De-
partment, 101 Adams street, Marquette
building, Chicago, Ill.,, to quote the low
est rates ana arrange satisfactory itin-
erarles for winter tours. Write to him
to-day.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-16

A Chicago man claims to have invent.
cd a device by which prize fighting can
be made perfectly harmless. Corbett
and FitxsImmOns probably are using
this invention on the quiet.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-16

An enterprlsing correspondent wires
that ~ hunter in Bracken County,
Kentucky, cut down tree to get n
'possum, and when the tree fell found
that it contained four 'possums, two
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-16

A street car conductor in New York
was knocked down the other day by
Col. Robert FitxsimmOns and, just to
show his magnanimity. the latter r..
fused to charge anything for the i'd
vertiscment.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-16

To California through
sunlit, verdant fields
perfumed with the de-
llciOus scent of oranges
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-16

A New York newspaper mentions
George Munro, founder of the dime
novel. In the same breath with Dante.
Homer, Burns, Milton, Keats AMI Poe.
rs zone Of the bencfactors Of the human
racc." Who did Munro ever bencfact
other than the vendors Of bowie knives.
Winchester rifles. sombreros and war
paint!
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-16

coons. five squirrels and a hundred
pounds Of honey" We presume that
a closer examination will also disclose
n copy Of "Gulliver's Travels some.
where II that outfit.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-16

And now they shy that the Venezue.
Ian blue book has been tempered with.
and TINT the facts have been distorted.
We are not surprised; the Schomburgx
line itself was crooked.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-16

A Washington dispatch says that
prominent resident Of that place has
been discovered to be violently insane.
and It Is now thought that he hns been
mentally unbalanced for several years"
OF cOnisc such thing would not easily
be noticed In Washington.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-16

An cnvious st. Louis contemporary
asserts thnt several Chicago families
have Joined colony In the Holy Land.
but no one In Chicago knows where It
H." Jerusalem!
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-16

by decision of the County Superln.
tentlent Of schools quarter section Of
land north of Hue Island will remain
In the school district Of that town. Nor.
gan Park denied control Of the property
and wanted to annex 1t.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-16

The window shade manufactare
have formed a trust. 1t ought to he
pretty easy for that combination to
keep the public In the dark concerning
Its movements.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-02-04
Notice of Trustees Sale.

Whereas, on May oath, 1896, j. Lobert
made, executed and delivered a deed Of
trust, to the undersigned, l.. Orynski,
wherein and whereby the said Lobert as
signed and conveyed to the said Orynski,
certain property located at 104 West Com
merce street, In the City of San Antonio,
Texas, in trust for the benefit of certain
creditors, and authorized him to sell said
property for cash, in the regular course
of merchant tailor's business, until
enough cash should be realized TO lioui-
date all debts secured therein, and If
such cash should not be realized after
period Of five months, then upon writ
ten demand Of a majority in interest of
said creditors to sell at auction enough of
said goods for cash to produce sufficient
cash wherewith to liquidate said debts
after giving ten days printed notice of
the time, place and terms of said sale by
posting same at three public places in
Bexar county, Texas, one being at the
court house door thereof, and
Whereas, said five months having
elapsed, and not enough cash having
been realized from the said sales Of the
said property wherewith to liquidate said
debts, and majority in interest Of the
accepting creditors having notified me in
writing, since the expiration of the said
five months, to sell said property at auc.
ton in accordance with the terms of said
deed Of trust, now,
Therefore, l, L. Orynski, trustee of
said property, hereby give public notice
that will proceed to sell, In whole or in
lots, at auction, at 104 West Commerce
street, San Antonio, Texas, enough of the
remainder of said property to produce
sufficient cash wheTewith to liquidate
said debts; said sale will take place be-
tween the hours Of one and three o'clock
p. m, Tuesday, February 18th, 1896, and
continue from day to day between the
same hours. Witness my hand, this the
9th, day OF January, 1896.
l 29tf l.. ORYNsKI, Trustee.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-02-04

st. Louis will spend $4,000 in
changes so as to fit the exposition
building for the republican con-
vention. There is also a likelihood
of the city building an armory for
the assembling Of the national
guard and the state drill. With
these two additions to her hall IA
cilities there will be no reason why
the big bridge city should not be
the convention city OF the country.
She is centrally located, has good
hotel Accommodations and is so hot
in summer that the conventions
would dispatch their business in
the shortest possible time and ad.
journ. All in her favor.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-02-04

Is there any irony in the con-
gratulations which the st. Louis Re-
public forwards to Galveston over
the seating OF Crowley in the rep
resentative chamber of the nation?
There are none apparent and the
congratulation seems to be made
in good faith, but it does not add
one whit to the pleasure of the
Pirate isle. Crowley was the bitter
pill which Galveston prescribed
for the district without the re-
hottest idea that 1t would have to
take the dose herself. 1t was not
down on the bills to elect Crowley,
but Rosenthal. Fate was more i'm
partial than political machinery.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-02-04
CAN'T FOOL HANNAH.
She Knew Her Business and Would Not Be
Cheated.

She Knew Her Business and Would Not Be
Cheated.
The other day little old woman ar
rived at the Detroit, Grand Haven &
Milwaukee depot from the interior of
the state, and as baggage she had an
old trunk bound around with gener-
GUS quantity of clothesline. She wanted
to go to the house of her daughter in
the northern part of the city and walk
ing up to one of the hackmen at the
door, she said:
Don't undertake to come any of
your games over me, for you can't
beat Hammer Smith to save your life. F"
II wouldn't cheat you, ma'am," re-
piled the hackman.
And you'd better not tryl I'm the
woman who broke tin peddler's arm
for tryin' to cheat me out of two
pounds of paper rags. How much to
take me up to my darter's on Forest
avenue-me and my trunk?'
"a dollar and half, ma am"
"a dollar and halfr' she repeated,
as her arms went up. "I'1l never give
1t! I'll see you billed and baked afore
I'd give you even a dollar! told you
in the beginning you couldn't beat
Hammer Smith"
Regular price, ma'am," said the
hackman, and it's long drive up
there"
"Makes no differencel" she snapped,
as she set her jaw. I've bin thinkin'
the matter over fur the last two hours
md I0n1f
cents. Why, we'd yoke up our oxen
and drive ten miles for 81. 5O.'
'1'm only asking regular rates,
ma'am. You can't find anybody to
take you up there for less"
'Then I'll walk"
"Yes'm, but you have trunk"
Then Hammer Smith will carry her
trunk on her shoulder. Fifty cents or
MOP"
Couldn't do it, ma'am."
"All right, sir-all right I've car
ried bushel of corn five miles on my
back, and that trunk don't weigh half
as much. Hammer Smith knows her
business and don't you forget itr'
Better git in, ma'am."
mo, sirl Fifty cents or no ride"
And she went back to the baggage
room and claimed her trunk, and was
about to shoulder it, when the special
officer protested and said he would
have it sent up for rs cents and she
could go on the car.
well, that may be, she replied as
she rubbed her hands on her dress.
eyes, you may send it up and I'll take
the boss keers and git thar some way,
but if two shillin's don't pay the bill
when the trunk comes out, look out fur |
Hammer Smith! I'm willin' to pay all |
a thing is with, but when anybody |
tries to beat Hammer they'd better fool |
with a wagon load of razors!'-Detroit |
Free Press.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-02-04
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, '9t

Terrell's mule continues to show
his heels to the sultan. His latest
is to kick that old turban for a
$lOO,0O0 indemnity for the looting
of two missionary stations, and a
firman for their immediate rebuild
ing. There is something refresh
ingly cheeky about that mule. He
is at least in marked contrast to
the impotent growing of the
English lion whose voice does not
rise into a roar.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-02-04

There is no indication that the
wet nurses who have undertaken
to strengthen the Alger boom will
effect anything. The western and
northwestern support is going al
most exclusively to Allison, and
what does not start out that way,
but centers around Davis Of Min
nesota, will in the end swing to the
Iowa man. 1t is useless for Alger
to attempt the dark horse role
with his blanket on.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-02-04

The fight that has been waged
for the past month in the congress
sional conventions will soon be
transferred to the state conven-
tions. From there the appeal will
be to the national convention, and
1t will then be more apparent to
what purpose all this waste of
machine oil has been made.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-02-04
WORSE THAN NIGHTMARE.
Woes of the Man Who Roomed With an
Undertaker's Drummer.


Partner, I'm the most miserable hui
man being on topside of earth this mo-
ment," exclaimed a we'll dressed man
at one of the city hotels the other day.
'Oh, have suffered the incompatible,
unspeakable agonies of the condemned,
and still live to tell the story. If I
could have died amid it all, Just closed
my eyes in peaceful sleep eternal, how
sweet would death have seemed! But
l couldn't die; l had to live and bear
it."
The man spoke with an earnestness
that could not be misunderstood, and
with all the infinite fervor of a human
heart.
"Why, what on earth is the trouble?'
his stranger-friend of the moment
dared ask.
"Just listen to me. Last night was
put in a room with a chump who trav-
eled for some undertaker'ss establish
ment. He had models of coffins in the
room and all sorts of things suggestive
of death and the accursed waters of the
River Styx. But that wasn't all He
snored- Great Scott, how that man
did snore! l didn't sleep a wink all
night long, not single wink, and 1
have just come down to write tel
egram to my firm to let me leave
town. When / went in the writing
room who should come near but that
drummer who sells coffins, and he has
nervous way of talking aloud every
word he writes. He sat down beside
me and began writing as follows to his
firm:
"'Dear Sir: Atlanta is no town for
collins. Nobody ever dies hers. I
haven't sold half dozen casket screws
since l hit the town. Embalming fluid
has no sale here. They drink good
whisky and never die
well, sir, it was too much. 1t drove
me mad. My mind is scattered over
the face of the earth. ! can't think.
And yet I've got to room with that
chap again tonight. He is a living
ghost. / sincerely believe he is the
most nervous man 1 ever saw in my
life, the most weird, uncanny creature
alive. He talks in his sleep about
collins and stiffs, shores like a sawmill
and even talks as he writes. It's aw-
full ATLANTA Constitution.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-02-04

st. Louis Republic is severely ex-
ercised over the republican situa-
ton over the river in Illinois. 1t
becomes the Republic to look a
leedle oud for it's own state. The
margin is getting narrow and it
may require all the power Of the
democratic press in Missouri to
prevent party slump in that
state. Pull down your vest, Mr..
Republic and let Illinois barrels
alone.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-02-04
An Awkward Admirer.

He lin the conservatory)-Why did
you lead me on to proposal, if you in
tended to refuse me?
She-You do me great injustice.
What have done to make you think
loved you?
Helm every waltz with other men
you kept them almost at arms length,
but when Waiting with me you leaned
your head on my shoulder, and let me
almost carry you.
She-That was to keep my feet of
the floor, so you wouldn't step on my
toes.-N. Y. Weekly.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-02-04
To the Creditors of the San Antonio Build
sers' Supply Company.
The State of Texas, County of Bexar:

1ne otate VI Iexas, county OF BeXar:
You are hereby notified that the San
Antonio Builders Supply Company, of
the County of BeXar, State of Texas, on
the 18th day OF January A. ID. 1896, exc
cuted a deed OF assignment conveying to
the undersigned all Of its property, for
the benefit Of all of its creditors, share
and share alike; and that the undersigned
accepted said trust and has duly qualified
as required by law Hereunder.
All of the said creditors of the San An
tonic Builders Supply Company must,
within four months after the publication
Of this notice, make known to the under
signed their and each of their consent in
writing, and within six months from the
date Of this notice, file their and each of
their claims, as prescribed by law, with
the undersigned, who resides at the City
OF San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas,
which Is also his postoffice address.
Witness my hand, this 2lst day Of Jan
uary A. ID. 1896.
25 Pit u. j. STEVENS, Assignee.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-02-04

It will be necessary for Spain to
interpose against the murder Of in
nocent women and children in
Cuba, by her troops, before she
finds fault with the resolutions Of
congress moving her to greater
humanity in the conduct Of the
war. The barbarities there are Of
a piece with those in Armenia.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-02-04

Houston elects her aldermen this
spring on the go-as-you.please plan.
That is, every citizen will vote for
all the aldermen. The wards as
such will have no voice in electing
their representative in the city leg
islature. How it will pan out is a
matter for the Bayou City to wres.
tie with.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-02-04

Freedom Of speech is the demand
Of all liberty loving peoples, but
when that liberty degenerates in
to unbridled license it exposes the
man who abuses his liberty to the
contempt and condemnation OF all
right minded people. There is no
politics in this, only good Ameri.
can horse sense.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-02-04

Great weather for ducks, and
the sportsmen will not have to
seek the lagoons contiguous to the
coast in order to find them. They
are coming inland in vast flocks
since the late rains.
Southeast Texas is in the soup.
Southwest Texas is in the swim.
Cattlemen in the west are happy.