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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-03-21

to get loan ut bank: Everybody
knows that no such consequences will
attend Astor's evasion of his taxes. Ii
Is matter uf common notoriety that lie
did only what rich men all through the
nation do hahitully. His case only cs-
capcs beiug typical because of his per
sonal uotoricty and the size of the es-
tate involved. II he had escaped pay
mcnt Of Il debt due IN individual 10y
committing perjury or even by Juggling
with the title to his property his course
would have been widely r1,rolmtcd
AMI criminal prosecution might have
followed TO cvadc payment vt a debt
to- the people Is only regarded as clever.
Mr.. Astor Is the heaviest land owner In
New York city. If he lodges payment
Of taxes no one profits So much 10y taxa.
ton of other people rs he. 1f the streets
In which his houses stand were not
lighted. cleaned and policcd his rents
would fall on. 1t might be worth while
for the people OF New York to consider
the wisdom Of shifting the burden Of
taxation from the things Astor can hide
away tn his broad acres Of city blocks
always open to the view of the assessor.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-03-21
THE LEAGUE IS SUCCEEDING.

The meeting at Central Music Hall
Monday night shows that the people
Cf Chicago are becoming fully alive to
the Significance ana potentialities Of the
Municipal Voters League; but other
aud pcrlals even more important evi.
dencc to the same effect Is found IN the
growing NERVOUSNESS Of thick-and-ilin
lartixsiils as to the effect whlcl, the
league will have upon the success OF the
party tickets IN the various wards.
The league stands upon proposition
which II 81 self-ev!.leI;ly right. which
Il 50 incontcstably. which IL 50 plainly
necessary that even under less capable
nnd energetic Infringement II would bc
factor OF Importance In the presen,
city campaign. The proposition Is sim.
ply that the city Council should bc
honest ana intelligent. When 81
thoughtful. experienced ana cOuserva.
tive a man rs Judge TWley declares
from a public platform that for willful
disregard of public interest. for unfnitll'
fulness to It's trust. for open AMI bare
faced bribery AMI corruption the pres
INT Council stands unparalleled In the
sub.lmeness OF It's infamy,' 1t Is evil
dent that the issue which the lea ut
has made should Ovcrsl,adow all other
actul ana possible issues in municipal
politics. The league will 10 much this
year and next year 1t will do moic.-
Chicago Daily News.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-03-21

Mr.. W. II. Tarnow. proprietor Of the
Northwestern Storage Warehouse tone
Of the largest In the Western country.
situated at tlGI TO 1851 NOrtl, Western
avcnic,. Is u typical ChicagOnn IL thir.
ty.tbrec years residence In the Worlds
Fair city can establish ones position
In that regard. lie Is ~ years old. of
strong figure. alert. Intelligent face.
quick In movement. earnest In every
cXlr, sslOn. and gives an impression Of
unusual strength. After having been
engaged In grocery business for mum.
her OF years he entered Into the coal
and grain field. IN which he was so sue
ccssful he decided to build the North
western Storage Warehouse. which Is
second to none In this city. His Is.
tabllsllmcnt Oh North Western avenue
II well known over the country. and
the place has that appearance OF solid.
ity and permanencc which are recOg.
nizrd ~ the strongest possible creden-
tlals for the man who maintains them.
cOlIse, ucntly 1t IL not surprising that
Mr.. Tarnow numbers among his many
patrons the best people Un the North
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-03-21

The city Of Boston has become the
leader of the high license procession.
Innkeepers of the first class must pay
$1,000 license: retail dealers selling
over n bar must pay $1,000 AMI grOcers
selling by the bottle must pay $3.50.
\ new license for bOttlcrs Of liquor,
500. Is established. 1t Is said that SIX
~ hotels. 200 saloons and 100 grOcers
will pay the new elevated price for CON
tinuing IN business. Tho chief trou-
bic with u system of too high liccnses
il that 1t causes the dealer to ccono-
mize In the purchase Of his stock In
trade. and his customers are hurried
into u premature delirinm trenIens or
to death by alcoholism from atroclo,is-
~ had liquor. This has been II feature
of the Boston retail liquor traffic Tor
the hest part Of the present generation.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-03-21

After all 1t seems England Il not the
Iandgrabl,er she Is credited with be.
ing. Down In Lee County, Iowa. IL q
little strip OF land over which that
State and Missouri has been quarrel
Ing for nifty years. Now Uncle Sam Is
going to stake II on aud decide which
Common wealth really does own IT,.
Blood has been shed on account OF It,
fc,,ds. family and otherwise. have
grown NJ. because of It. and Its total
value either rs pasture or timber hhd
does not amount to rs much rs one
weeks expense of the engineers who
are to survey 1t and decide Its owner
ship. Probably In this question of value
lies the reason why England has NOT
nut In n claim for 1t. No one has even
limited there Is gold In that strip. Not
q word has been said Of u British set
tier who was there before the original
survey. No whisper of a treaty be-
tween the Indians and John Bull has
crept out of the woods, and. In fact,
so far as the records go. the British nag
never has been hOisted there. England
must he asleep. then, or the land Is not
worth anything. Or perhaps the uni
verse grab ber has not heard OF the dis
puted territory. In any event the case
Is worthy of more than passing inter-
est. John Buli, II he does know OF this
land war, has some deep motive be-
meath his apparent Indifference. II he
does not know of 1t, he IL mallgned aud
IL not on the lookout for every little bit
of the earth about the ownership of
which there II u question. u he does
know Of II. this Is his time to estab
lish his claim. lie has Jameson and ills
ban nd. ana the gallant buccancrr prob
ably would not want anything bette,
than u brush with the native Nilsson
rian. lie might mass his i;0rr cNter'
nInatOr somewhere near the strip IN
dispute, cut the wires again, and
make another dash for the glory
OF England, and, incidentally
some land thrown In. England
too, might he glad to have Jane
son take the chance. The Doctor l.
something OF white elephant u, pres
ent and II Missouri would do for hin
what Dom Paul failed to do, the British
would feel relieved and Jameson would
once more inspire Laureate Austin
this time TO try his hand at an cpl
taph.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-03-21

Side and In the city Of Chicago. Those
who have furniture to move or store
should not fail to see Mr.. Tarnow's
storage house and tea inning outfit before
going elsewhere. Separate. clean and
dry rooms. with Keys. and reasOnnbl
rates to all. lie makes u specially Of
and gives prompt attention to all orders
for packing and shipping. Mr.. Tarnow
Ii In the front rank Of Chicago's self
made business men. lie Is married
AMI resides In u pleasant home corner
Belmont AMI llOync avenues. Mr..
TarnOw II u director Of the wcll.known
Deerlng Building and Loan Assotla-
tloil. nnd L. u member Of It's most I'm.
UOrtant committee. that of nppraisc.
incnt. to which he has just been elect
I'll for the second thrce-yvar term. lie
was educated In the Ncwberry school.
and II also u graduate Of Vim. G..
Frlck's German school. Mr.. Tarnow IL
nm active Republican. and has several
times been mentioned for Allrrmanic
l,OnOrs. hut has never been an active
candidate. However. he Is we'll thought
OF by all who know him In the Twenty.
sixth Ward. where he resides.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-03-21
---------------------- -
ASTON THE TAX DOD0ER.

John Jacob Astor. q person whose
name ought to Indicate his ability to
pay his honest debts, appears In the
public prints Of New York In the con-
temptible role of cvadlng his Obliga.
lions to the public treasury. II MIR.
AstOr We're less eminent IN individual
there would lee general expression OF
the belief that he had pcrjurrd himself
To swindle the public treasury. AS Mr..
AstOr belongs To the class which IL mere
~ eXhilarated when other people are
IN doing what II done by less fortunate
persons Is stealing. which violates the
social cOnvenances when II INDUCES
In irregularities classed among less re-
fined folk as adultery--Mr. Aston In
short, being one of the class guarded
against the yulgarity of plain speaking.
has doubtless done nothing more than
10 indulge In u little polite cqulvoca-
lion through motives of thrift \ year
ago Mr.. AstOr admitted his possession
al personal property to the value. for
taxing purposes, Of S2,JO0.00O. This
year he takes his solemn oath that he
Is reduced to x250.OO worth of personal
property. Some curiosity Is expressed
In New York to know what he has done
with II. The Aston collection OF pie
lures, statues. Jewels and bric-a-brac
In the big house ~ Fifth avenue and
Sixty-hfth street has not been moved,
ana people who know declare II worth
x2,iaO.NO itself. There IL no apparent
falling on In the quality Of the Aston
hOrsefesh. nor has any cutlery arisen In
financial circles over scandalous deplc'
ton Of the Astor bank account. FOi
this remarkable shrinkage In the Aston
assets no plausible explanation can be
given--unless IL he the answer To the
ancient conundrum about the 12year'
old boy who never had II brother ~ sis
ter, yet begged aims for his baby niece
The boy lied, hut who dare say thai
about an Astor: Doubtless most people
will believe that AstOr by direct per
Jury or by fraudulent temporary con
veyance Of his property To other hands
swindled the revenue officials. hui
what harm will come 10 Asfor through
this conviction: Will Lc suffer In sOcia
standing as he might II detected cheat
ing at game Of cards: Will his credit
suffer as II would II he made q fraud
ulent statement Of his assets In order
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-03-21
THE LOBSTER IS DOOMED.

rrof. Francis Hobart lIcrrick pre-.
diets u gloomy future for tho lobster.
lie says II Is In course Of ultimate tx.
tinction. Its enemies are too many
for II. 1t will die on. not because Of
any fault or dep,uvity of its own. but
bccaii II Cannot Increase fast enough
to keep M with the demand for II. Yet
this, while II may not he fault. IL
certainly u sl,OrtCOnliilg. 1'rOf. Hobart
shows that the average size Of the lob.
stcr Il Decreasing. The chances Of Its
growing to Its proper stature are dinIiI-
fishing steadily every year. II Inns even
greater fccun,llty than the rabbit OF
Australia. but Its capacity for self.
preservation II not equal 10 the inb.
bits. This argues deficiency In brain
power. which the warmcst friend Of the
lobster will have to admit. II In coil.
sOling. from one point Of view. to re-
fleet that the woes Of the lobster are
not because Of OvcrcrOwdlng. II has
not incrcas ul I'll In the matter Of pOpu.
latiOn II has begun to crowd upon Its
means of subsistence. Mnlth,,sln nlsili
cuts no figure In the case. II IL not n
theory. but u condition that ConfrOnts
the lobster. NnpOleOn's wars reduced
the stature of Frnchmcn an inch and
u half. The war on the lobster II lnv.
Ing like result. except that the phys
ical degeneration In its case II much
more marked and startling. What II
to be done: Nothing. The appetite
for lobster. once formed. Il inappeasa'
bic. The war will go on til the lobster
IL extinct. 1t IL written On the pages
Of destiny and on the worlds bills Of
ca.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-03-21
THE FUTURE or SIBERIA.

Baron Nor,lcnsk iold Is of opinion thai
in the coming century Siberia will oc.
cupy the same position rs n bread pro.
Queer for Europe that America has held
for long time past. lie says that north
OF the parallel of about 80 degrees the
country Is mostly immense deserts.
without forests. aud SO cold as To FOR.
bid cultivation. But south of those
deserts there Is the greatest forest belt
in the world. extending mos, of the
way from the TRIAL Mountains to the
Pacific coast. South Of this forest belt.
up to about 80 degrees Of latitude. are
the great Siberian plains. having a
black soil of unsurpassed fertility. Al
comparatively small cost this soil could
he made to produce cncl, year great
crops of wheat. rice. aud maize. These
could bc exported during the summer
season through the waterways Of the
Irish. Obi. Ycncsci. and Lena. with
their numerous branches. and In the
winter by the Siberian railroad, which
will touch all points Of Importance on
these fertile plains. The rivers and
their Ira ncl,cs will iw connected by
numerous canals and the railroad I'm.
isllcd carly In the next century. and
then an era of enormous development
In Siberia will have begun. Port Dick.
son. at the mouth of the Ycnrsei In the
Siberian Sea. which was discovered
by Nor,lcnskj Old. Is named by him rs
one from which navigation to the Allan.
tic Ocean can be performed without
much difficulty when It has been con.
ncctcd by telegraph with the coast sta.
tons. So rs to receive inforn,a ton about
the rapidly changing lee conditions In
the siberian Sea.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-03-21

The German Kaiser seems deter
mined to express his contempt for
everything English. The Ink Is scarce
~ dry Oh his telegram to President
Kruger of the rransvaal when comes
the news that he has forbidden tho
use of the British mOnocle by officers
of the German army. lie says that the
use of the slngle-barreled cycglass Is
a ridiculous afrectation." ana he
won't have II.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-03-21

lean sport and On the American spirit
of fair play OF most sweeping ana
contemplate character. The sole salts
faction to Americans II that almost
without exception the English yachting
leaders ana the English press have
taken the American view of the matter.
That Lord Dunraven prefers the silly
fO'castie gossip Of the Nalkyrie crew
AMI the tritiing evidence Of his own per-
turl'ed eyeslght to the honest. cumula-
tive and convincing Testimony OF the
builders. owners. captain and crew OF
the Defender. simply goes to show to
what innate stul,bOrnuess leads man.
The course for the New York Yacht
Club Is, however, clear.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-03-21

The report that Lord nnnrnvcn's let
tiers to the New York Yacht club mere
~ acknowledge the receipt of the re-
port OF the committee on the Nalkyrie-
Defender controversy and contain no
apology II more or less In harmony
with all that his lordship has done up
TO date. That he should still insist on
his view Of the water-line question Is
not simply n question of stubborn opin-
ion. but Is in addition reiteration OF
u slur on American yachting, ON Amer
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-03-21
lutcly certain that they did not dis
cover America.

Several Russian war ships are win
tering IN Klau-Chau Hay, and Russia
has secured In this harbor one OF the
most important gateways OF Northern
China. Its position Is convenient to
COrea, ana 1t Is one OF the sea portals
OF Pekin. A coal field Is situated with.
In 100 miles OF the bay, and near It Is
one of the best iron mining centers OF
China. While the other powers of Eu.
rope are making faces at the Monroe
doctrine Russia Is walking or with
prizes that seemed beyond its reach a
few months ago.
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
cceded? ASK your grocer for II. Take
no other.
Peat has been lost sight OF because
coal IL SO cheap. Now TINT coal Ii
slowly advancing In price on account
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-03-21

John T.. Smulski. who was nominated
by the Republicans for Alderman ut
the Sixteenth Ward. was born In Feb
runry. 1S'ai. and has been II resident OF
the ward for some seventeen years.
His father. william Smulski was the
founder of the pioneer Polish newspa-
per Of America. the Polish Catholic
Gazette of Chicago. now IN irs twenty
eighth year. Mr.. Smulskl, tho nominee.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-03-21

Carrying the war Into Africa some.
times reacts dlsastrously on the carrier.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-03-21

II the north pole was not to he found
by an American 1t Is matter of salts
faction that the dlscOverer should be
a Norwegian. Next to the PhOeniclans
the Morse have been the worlds great
est scafaring race. and It IL not abso-
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-03-21

The Gaylord Herald wound up a CON-
pliment to a young schOOlma'am with
q good word about "the reputation for
teaching she bears" The next day
the sclOolma'am met the editor and
chased him down the street with a
blue umbrella. AMI every jump In the
road she screamed that she had never
taught shc-bcar IN all her llfe."
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-03-21

10 California through
sunlit, verdant fields
perfumed with the de-
llclOus scent OF ora nges
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-03-21

An investigation Of the Baltimore jail
last week brought to light the fact that
one towel was made to do duty for
siXty-three prisoners and 1t had to last
whole week. That towel Is now In
good condition for service In u country
printing Office.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-27
Local Daily Weather Report for the
Morning News.

Forecast for Georgia: Nearly clear:
light. southwesterly winds
Comparison of mean temperature at Sa-
vannah, Ga, on Feb. g. 1896. with the
normal for the day: Temperature-Nor-
mai, 81; mean. 81; deficiency for this date,
3; accumulated deficiency since Jan. !,
1896, 15s
Comparative rainfall statement: Nor
NAL, II; amount for Feb. 26, 1896, 90; de-
parture from the normal, Ill: total de-
pSNT T.ii since Jan l. 1886. LOO.
temperature s.
The hight of the Savannah river at Au-
gusta at a. m. Goth meridian time) yes
terday was so feet, a change of 90 feet
during the preceding twenty-four hours
Observations taken Feb. 26, at p. m.
,5th meridian time, at all stations, for the
Morning News.
Boston, p, W S, 6, clear.
New YORK city, y, W NE, IA, showing.
philadelphia, t 80, W NE, s. cloudy.
washing va ton city. I 40, W NE, light, part
Norfolk, t 40 W E. v 6. clear.
iatteras, [ As, W ", light, clear.
c Mltngeof g. " nv SW III eie clear
Atlanta, 60, W SW, V IA, clear
savannah, 60, W SW, g, clear.
ja JACKSON f "; sWg hy i flgar' clear
Key West. t Sc, W NE, V light, clear.
Tampa, IS, W w, V light. clear.
Mobile, Sc, W S. IS, clear.
Montgomery, [ 81, W SW, s, clear.
New Orleans, 81. W S, v s, clear.
galveston 60, W Sc, 8, clear.
corpus Christi, 62, W Sc, V 10, partly
cloudy.
Palestine 81, W sw. V light. clear.
Memphis, Sc, W S, v ~. clear.
PittsbuTg, t IS, W wv, Y ), E Clear riouuS'
Bunalo, 26, W NE, V light, showing
Detroit, 81. W z, light, clear.
Marquette, AZ. W. S, V 26. cloudy.
st. Pau. 81. W Sc, light cloudy.
Davenport, 50. W S. light, cloudy,
x Ean ESsi Gity, C. ss IS s. 81 Gle Clear
oklahoma, 81, W S, v 10, clear
North Platte. 60. W w, IA, partly
Dodge City. t 60. W S, V light, clear
Rainfali1New York city. .16 inch; Phil
adelphia, Ol inch; Buffaio, trace.
T. temperature wind; " velocity.
Savannah, Ca, Feb. 2s. 1896. 8 p. M
Weather Synopss.-The storm center.
which was shown by last nights map to
be north of the lakes is now over Virginia
ana North Carolina. Another depression
is moving southeastward from Manitoba
and Is now centered over Northern Mime
sofa and Wisconsin. The area of heavy
air still covers the Gulf of Mexico. The
south winds which are flowing over the
Mississippi valley and western states un-
der the influence of the storm in the north
occasion high temperatures over the coun-
try, which they traverse Points as far
northwest as South Dakota have the
same temperature as Savannah
No precipitation has occurred during
the past twelve hours, except at New
York and Philadelphia, where light snow
has fallen.
The Atlanta coast winds from Key West
to Hatteras are westerly and from Hat
teras to Boston are northeasterly. The
velocities are light.
William NJ Dudley.
Observer, Weather Bureau
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-27
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
CONTINUED from Seventh Pace


that she Is LEAKING badly. She had burned
up everything for fuel before putting into
Louisburg.
Lewes, Del, Feb. 24.-schooner Edward
g. Allen True, Mclaughlin, from Tampa
Fla, for Wilmington, Del. arrived al the
Delaware Breakwater to-day and reports
that at ! O'Clock yesterday afternoon, in
latitude 81, longitude "a, fell in with aban-
doned schooner Il. L Slaght, from south
ern port for Philadelphia with lumber.
The derelict was boarded and was found
to be badly waterlogged. Two dogs were
taken off, and the vessel, being a danger
Gus obstruction to navigation, was fired.
The Slaght was badly damaged by a storm
and Waterlogged, and her crew was taken
off by a pilot boat and landed here a few
days ago.
Philadelphia, Feb. 24-Steamer Tafna
(Br), from st. Jago, reports during the
passage encountered severe west and
northwest gales, during which stove bridge
and sustained minor damage about decks.
Steamer Maine (Br),, from London and
swansea, was aground on Duck Greek
flats, Delaware Bay, on Sunday morn
ing for short time, but sustained no ap-
parent damage.
Schooner Maggie ]. Lawrence, which
stranded on Pea Island Feb. 10, has been
given up as a total loss. Vessel and cargo
fully insured.
Tug James sank at Hanover wharf. She
will be raised on Tuesday.
schooner Amy wixon, Of Portland, went
ashore at the mouth of George River,
near this port last night during a heavy
southerly blow, and pounded heavily. She
was pulled off to-day by tug and toWed
into port. Part Of forefoot and shoe are
gone. She will go on the railway.
Portsmouth, n. H., Feb 24.-Schooner
Racehorse- Henshaw. from Rockland for
New York, with lime, had her sails blown
away by the heavy wind of Saturday, and
was obliged to put into the lower harbor
for repairs.
Plymouth, Mass, Feb. PA fishing
schooner, reported as the Emerald struck
on Browns Shoal at 8 p. m. 21st and was
hoated at l a. m. to-day, with assistance
of the. Gurnet life savers, without mate
rial damage
Reedy Island Feb. 24-Schooner Hettie
J. Dorman, from Newberne, n. c., for
Atlantic City, n. j., was supplied with
fresh water by Norwegian steamer Hol-
gum Feb. p, p. m, latitude 32:12, longi-
tude 74:42. The Dorman had lost deckload
boat and water casks. The vessel was in
good condition.
Vineyard Haven, Feb. 4.-Steamer
Cola CBr), Nelson, from Arecibo, p. r.,
for Boston, arrived here to-day for coal.
Had continuous heavy westerly gales from
the 18th to the I'D, during which shipped
heavy seas over starboard quarter and
stove boat; also had bulwarks on forward
deck started. VIII proceed after procur-
ing a supply of coal.
Schooner Everett Webster, from Boston
for Baltimore, for western port, ground
ed on Falmouth flats Vineyard sound
this afternoon She f1oated at high water
tonight and proceeded.