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

expense or my physical health. Hut
80 long as have the consciousness IN
my heart that have done right have
no fear. Were the criticisms made
true would hang my head and be
afraid Of It. but am not. I invite hon.
est criticism at all times. hut I hate
carping critics and I despise men who
resort to It. A man in public Office be.
comes the target for all ill.minded men
and lll-mann critics. MY history
has been no different from that Of my
predecessors and yours will not. thOug,
l hope It will he In some respects. But
do rs intend to do-as you think In
your own conscience what Is right and
honest and you need have no fear.
'Demand to know of the Civil Ser.
vice Commission whether II has stuffed
the pay rolls. II the people furnish the
money your Mayor will print the pay
rolls. not IL the Council proceedings,
but In some reputable newspaper, from
the day he caL,e into ONCE down to to.
night. You may think your Mayor Il
warm. He IL warm. He has n right
to be. II this sort Of thing continues
the time will som come when honest
men will spurn public Office, win re.
fuse to be Aldermen or Mayor. have
been driven almost to my gmve an,l
have been brought here from my bed.
where I ought to Ike now, to answer
such criticism, unjust and carpiny.
1t II a shame and the people ought 70
rnlly to the support Of IN honest public
servant"
England Is becoming more demo.
cratic. So hostile Is public sentiment
to class legislation that the Duke Of
Cambridge Of the royal family, a
pompous, laundering parsonage, was
compelled to withdraw from parlia.
fnent his application for q pension Of
$1,000 a year as a retired commander.
in.clIief. Tories and toad eaters sought
to console the old gentleman with fine
phrases, but the bulk Of the people are
laughing at their own triumph and
ut the confusion Of the defeated duke.
Out Of the public he already gets by
reason Of his dukedom and his rein.
ton to her majesty Of England 10000
year. He drew as commandment.
chief Of the army $4,000. This he no
longer has, but he wanted $1,000 u
year for life In lieu Of It. He will still
he a burden upon the public purse to
the extent Of $1,000 additional az a
colonel of the guards. Even hcred.
itary old taxeater and placeholder
ought to manage to get along on that
which Is already paid him from the
public purse and not ask for an add.
tional $1,000 year. England Is be.
ginning to smoke out the privileged
people. They may have as much fun
as they please with that which Is their
own, but they do not want them to
have any fun at all at the expense Of
the multitude. And they are right.
Accident insurance companies are
contemplating putting an extra charge
for policies on those who are bicycle.
riders, but the necessity for such nc.
ton Ii not apparent, In view OF the
statistics on this point gathered by the
Wheel, which has examined list Of
1000 claims allowed by one Of the
largest companies, and finds that the
cause was falls on pavemcnts In S31
cases; carriage and wagon accidents
number 243; there were III cut with
tools and glass; In % casss weight
Of some sort fell on the person injured;
the bicycle accidents are "a. Thus Il
seems that person Is sever times an
liable to hurts while walking on the
sidewalk as when riding a bicycle ON
the street, more than three times IN
likely to be hurt In wagon. and almost
twice as likely to be cut by glass or
tools.
The raxlng Of q chimney.stack Ia an
interesting operation, and was seen
t. great advantage the other day at
Stafford, England, where a Lancashire
steeple- jack took down a chimney two
hundred and seventy feet high. with
a circumference Mt tho bottom Of nine.
ty.twO feet, and estimated to weigh
four thousand tons. The chimney wall
was cleared for about eight feet from
the ground, on the southern side, and
"uprights" of timber were driven In
until the greater part Of the weight
Of the superstructure rested on the
timber, which was set on fire. Fed by
petroleum, the fire In a few minutes
did Its work. Leaning for a moment,
the whole chimney suddenly fell zlg.
gag to the ground, exactly In the place
intended. There was little noise. but
the force Of the fall was sufficient to
sunder the j0inted bricks as cleanly
as though they had been detached by
hand.
Now will be grand chance for Rus
sin to cross over into Armenia and end
the Turkish atrocities. This would bt
harder blow to England than 1t would
be to Turkey, for England Is the back
err OF Turkey, and her cOwardice and
treachery to the cause of Christianity
and humanity are responsible for the
Outrages In Armenia. The blood of thu
100000 murdered Christians In thu,
province IL on England's hands. Ell
glands petty jealousy of other nations
and criminal selhshness have bOlstcred
up a twelfth century Aslatic despOtisn
In Eastern Europe, and she sits idly
and stOlidly while this despOtism ptr
petrates atrocities which recall the saw
agery OF Genghis Khan.