Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-04-04
COslectOr--A. ]. S4Ockoff.
SupervisOr--Pcter ]. YOungQuist.
Clerk-LOuls II. Messenbrink.

Congressman WOO,lmnn of Chicago
has introduced bill providing that
no Insane person or person who IL al
legged to he insane, whether charged
with crime or otherwise, shall be in
generated In any asylum or hospital
In any Of the territories Of the United
States or In the District Of Columbia,
until such person shall have been
brought before u court Of record In the
judicial district In which he or she re-.
sides. or In the district In which he or
she IL alleged to have become insane.
ana adjudged to be insane In open court
by the unanimous verdict OF a jury OF
twelve men," The second section Of
the bill provides that amy person, or
the members or officers Of any firm or
corporation, who shall keep, detain, or
cOnflne any insane person. or person
alleged to be insane, who has not been
committed or tried and found to be In.
sane as provided In section I Of this
act shall be guilty Of a mlsdemeanOr.
AMI upon conviction thereof shall be
sentenced to pay a fine Of not exceed.
Ing $500, or Imprisonment for not more
than one year, or both. such fine and
imprisonment In the discretion Of the
court"
On the strength Of experiments with
the ROentgen ray scientist has come
forward with a pamphlet to claim that
the sun Ii nOtan incOnceivably hot body.
but a habitable globe, with an ideal
climate. 1t sends to the earth vast cur.
rents Of electricity which, In passing
through our atmosphere, IRE converted
into light and heat. According to this
theory the earth Ii magnet. solarixed
In space. and between all heavenly
bodies exists an interactlOn Of electro.
magnetic currents. These currents from
the sun are fully returned to II, because
the reaction OF the other heavenly bod.
les equals the sum total Of the suns
electric discharges. In regard to the
creation Of the earth, the author has no
explanation to offer. but he says the
sun Ia not going to cool of, man will
not disappear. nor will the earth ever
become frozen ball on account of the
suns loss OF heat.
Three engineers Of high reputation
have been looking into the project of
ship cana! from the Ohio River at Pitts.
burg to Lake Erie, and have Just sub.
mitted an entirely favorable report to
the Pittsburg committee. They agree
that the canal can be constructed ut
moderate cost, and that the water SUP.
ply Ii abundant. The traffic between
Pittsburg and the lakes Is now carried
by ten railroads, and amounted last
year to 53,OOO,OOO tons. chiefly iron ore,
coal and lumber. Finally. the engineers
make the surprising statement that the
canal would pay for itself In three
years. rs the annual saving In freights
would be One-half. 1t IL probable that
Pittsburg will now take hold of the en-
terprlse with determination to push
1t through In the course of Il few years.
The object of the manufacturers of
Dobbins' Electric Soap has been for
thirty-one years to make this sOap of
such superior quality that 1t will give
universal satisfaction. Have they sue
ceeded? Ask your grocer for It. Take
no other.
The Chicago aud Alton Can Send Win.
ter Tourists In Through Pullman
Sleeping Cars,
~ TO California through
q n sunlit, verdant fields
.~ perfumed with the de-
-" licious scent Of oranges
and roses: to Hot Springs, Ark, via the
shortest and most comfortable route;
Ind 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
'rville, General Agent Passenger De-
,artment, 1O1 Adams street, Marquette