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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-31
AN IOIOIIC SYSTEM.

The hOuse-tO-hOuse delivery and col.
lection of mail was started In Chicago
Thursday. After more than a month
of preliminary working Daniel +. Ca
hill, Acting Superintendent Of City De-
livery, announced yesterday that
enough boxes had been secured by res
idents living In one substatiOn district
to warrant the introduction Of the new
system.
The plan will be set In motion from
Station n In Hyde Park. The station
Is In charge Of Superintendent ]. :.
HendricksOn, who has everything In
readiness for the new work. How
ever, 1t is not believed the carriers of
Station n will be overburdened by
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-31
TO TAX ALL BROKERS.

Each person in Chicago who Is en-
gagged In a brokerage business Of any
kind will te forced to take out n license
and pay a fee of $25 II the ruling Of
the City Collector to this effect Is s,is-
tanned by the Corporation Counsel.
This will include bankers. excepting
those connected with national banks.
and commission merchants. including
merchandise. produce, and grain brok-
ers. In addition to the real estate and
insurance brokers who are now re-
Quired to pay the fee.
Corporation Counsel Beale. In IN
opinion submitted to the Collectors de.
partment year ago. held all classes of
brokers were liable to the fee Of S25.
The ruling, except as 1t applied to In
surance ana real estate brokers. was
no. enforced. This ruling has been
placed In the hands Of Corporation
Counsel Thornton for an opinion.
The ordinances requiring all brokers
to take out license was passed In
1883. and Is briefly as follows.
1T shall not he lawful for any per.
son to exercise within the city the bust.
ness Of mOney.chan banker. broker,
or commission merchant, including
that Of merchandise. produce. or grain
broker. real estate broker. and insur.
ance broker, without a license there.
for"
The fee of &25 was fixed by an Ortlin-
ance passed by the City Council last
spring.
4, Is asserted by the Collector that
this ordinance applies to members Of
the Board Of Trade and all commission
houses. and to bankers who nre not
connected with national banks. Two
thousand insurance brokers paid the
fee last year and over five hundred
have made their payments since the
tax was due on July -. Real estate
men have never contested the pay-
ment Of the fee. although many ~
them have avoided taking out licenses.
The Collector rules this year that not
only the main offices Of the real estate
brokers are subject TO the license. but
also S25 must bc paid for each branch
Office In addition. This decision may he
opposed by the Real Estate Board.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-31

vious to the formation Of the assocla.
ton In February. 1896.
There Is fund which Is constantly
growing with the payment into the
association by brewers Of 10 cents for
each barrel produced. Any member of
the association failing to live up to the
brewers agreement forfeits all rights
In this fund. AS the fund now amounts
to nearly $1.OOO.OOO. no probability ex-
lists Of the agreement being violated.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-31

United Stntes, and the Senate instantly
restored to him the drawback, and the
awback Is to him and kindred inter.
ests In the Till as signed by the Presi.
dent.
Mr.. Armour did not propose that
there should I've any interference at all
with his free trade In tin. 1t was free
trade which placed the people Of the
United States under the necessity Of
paying the tariff tax and enabled Mr..
Armour to have his drawback and sell
his products to the people of Europe
at n price relatively less than he sold
II to the people of the United States.
lie pnid n tpriff tax. but the drawback
to him gave him the free trade denied
to others.
Mr.. Armour slaughters an immense
number Of cattle. gathering them from
all quarters Of the country. A tariff
tax Of - per cent on raw hides, mon.
strOus tax, gripping the leather indus
try of this country. Its boot and shoe
manufacturers and imposing added
cost Of foOtrear upon every man, won.
an and child In the country. will enable
Mr.. Armour, as other slaughterers Of
cattle. to gain additional price for their
hides. VIII the benefit thus obtained
reach cattle raisers? Will the money
that centcrs In the Armour exchequers
by reason of this tariff tax he employed
to ennOble, TO dignity. TO enrich Ameri.
can labor, as Is the pretense Of Repub.
leans. n,,ologizing and defending the
mOnstro,is enactment!
Glue that was free Is now dutiable at
2ta cents pound. or. a. mixing rates
Il u favOrite device Of Republicans
when they wish 10 conceal the enorm.
ity Of the benefit they give to the man.
ufacturcr and therefore the enormity
Of their imposition upon the cOnsum-
ers Of the United States. II valued ut
above 10 cents per pound and not above
81 cents per pound, II II % per centum
nd valOrem: valued above 35 cents per
pound, Is cents per pound and 10 per
cent. nd valorem.
The American labOrer. for whom II is
said tariff destructive Of commercial
freedom r. primarily laid, may devote
his day to figuring out from this state.
mcnt Of the protection placed upon glue
what his share of the benefit will he,
and II he cannot ascertain to his salts.
faction let him present himself mt the
Armour Office and demand his share
md see what his reception will he.
How much Of that tariff benefit will 20
to hlmY How much will wages be In.
creased In the stock yards Industries
by reason Of the various benefits the
Dingley bill has conferred upon those
interests?
There will be excuse In the new tariff
for increasing the selling price Of hides,
of glue and Of albumen under certain
circumstances. There will be still the
benefit Of the drawback Of tin. But
where the American operative shares
In the benefits thus given to capital
some member Of the conference com.
mittee. some Allison Of Iowa or Ding.
ley Of Maine may point out. hut the
average American citizen who hns his
wits about him II unable to zee.
Whatever Mr.. ArmOurs money con.
tributiOn to the campaign Inst fall. he
has II back In the Dingley bin. how
many fold he alone will Ike able to say.
Chronicle.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-31
HON. ROBERT M. SIMON.
Cook Countys Popular Recorders Of Deeds

istrntion. Altogether the bids and the
report Of the City Engineer proved
stickler for the wise heads In the City
Hall. and created a widespread inter.
est akin TO excitement.
To outsiders the figures submitted by
the coal men indicnte that either they
are In possession Of inside Information
In regard to the strike and anticipate a
speedy settlement Of the trouble mt the
mines or they are taking long chances.
The hard coal contract price to the city
was considered low year ago mt 1856
a ton. The highest bid this year Ia
1926. A corresponding reduction In
the bids on soft coal Is also made In
the bids Of the dealers.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-31
WHITE HAS ALREADY BEATEN
DRAKE.

In Iowa Drnke. Governor Of that
Commonwealth, II running away from
the Republican party, which only last
March he asked to renOminate him,
and the Republican party, IL running
away from Drake. Both OF them
clearly fOrcsee the election OF White,
who will be- carried into Office by us
large a popular vote ~ was given to
that sturdy Democrat, Horace BOies."
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-31
lie Works returns by having all down.
town sewer cleaning done mt night.

It may surprise the friends Of COun.
~ Recorder Simon to learn that II was
only a few years ago that he competed
in rOad races. And what II better. he
won two warm scOrches from the limit
mark. Mr.. Simon returned from cOun.
try trip yesterday. His 'cOnstlts" did
not know he was back, and consequent.
~ his Office was not besieged by the
usual thrOng. Arthur ]. StackpOle,
the veteran trainer Of racing men. call.
cd on him. "Reminiscences few thick
and fast. ana StackpOle reminded
Bob Of the times he trained like Q
demon to defeat "Jim" Pollock. Harry
Reynolds and other Ravenswood wheel.
men. Mr.. Simon readily recalled them
and enthusiastically discussed the days
when StackpOle trained him. The two
talked for hours, and when StackpOle
left he was under the impression that
the recorder intended arranging road
rice among his employees, just to show
them that he still retained some Of his
former speed Tines Herald.
The death OF II. NJ. Higgins at San
Diego. Cal. removes from the world
OF music a man who played some
what important part In the early must.
cal history OF Chicago. II" was not
the first musical dealer In the city. Us
has been stated. There were two or
three who preceded him. hut he wCs
tho first one who published music theie
to any extent. Prior to his location In
Chicago he had taught music both In
New York and Wisconsin. In 1855, In
com ecti0n with his brother, A. +. Hig.
gins lie opened music store on Ran.
dOlph street. which soon become the
musical headquarters. The trade was
largely devoted to sheet music. and
the firm published many songs ana bal.
lais Of the popular sort. Though not
a trained musician In any sense. he was
sufficiently up In the business to know
what suited the popular taste, aud the
firm made some money. The business
was closed out about 1871, and II. NJ.
Higgins went to California. where he
invested his earnings In fruit rancn,
which he named Bonnie Brni," a few
miles south Of San Diego. He became
quite well known In Southern CalifOr.
MIA by seedless lemon which he rails.
ed, though for some reason II never
made the success In the market he had
anticipated. He was a man OF eccen.
trio disposition. had been for years a
radical spIrituallst, had domestic trou.
bles. finally lost much Of his property.
and died comparatively poor. His
death will cause much sorrow In tho
region where he lived. a. he was wide.
ly known and was much esteemed for
his geniality and hospitality. notwith.
standing his many reverses aud dlsap.
pOintments.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-31

their new duties to-day. There are
only four Of the boxes in the district.
They belong to G. T.. Crefin, 4726 Wood.
lawn avenue; II. C. Overman, G34O
Madison avenue; =. X. Hardin. G233
Cottage Grove avenue; and 3. l.. Burn
ham. 4SG 5Sth street.
More than 2JO,OOO circulars explain
Ing the new system have been sent to
the residents Of Chicago from the local
DOstOfiice,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-31
PRESIDENT HEALK.

The longer that Daniel Healy IL pres.
i,lent Of the County Board the more the
people think Of him. He II IN honest
man and determined man.
The way Mr.. Hcaly runs the Board Of
Commissioners IL a.pleasure to the tax.
payers and an honor to the county.
Long may he wave!
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-31
"JACK" WARRINGTON 10 90.

1t Is reported that that very active
Democratic politician Of the Twentieth
Ward. Mr.. Jack" Harrington, II to
lose his place as Superintendent OF
PostOfiicc Carriers. Jack was very
active In politics Inst year. mixing up
In most Of the ward shIndies and going
rs u delegate to one Of the Democratic
conventions. He got his promotion mt
the request Of a lot Of "heelers" and
ought to 70.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-31

CAUTIoN.-There 70 Q white sosp
shaved up and sold 90 Dobbins' Elec.
trio. It 10 fraud and will ruin clothes.
The genuine 10 never sold except In bars,
stamped Dobbins' Soap Mfg. Co., rhils.
delphia, and in wrappers with pictures
of Mrs. Fogy.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-31

American tourists In Europe have
been estimated to spend In Europe
from $4,000. 600 to 500. 1000 900 year.
or an average Of 81 900 each. The New
York Herald says this figure ID too
high. Many take brief pleasure trip
abroad on $500. and business travellers
are not lavish In their outlay.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-31

It's a nice thing to own real estate
In Lake View with Jim Wilson Us AZ.
SCISSOR. Taxes raised 100 per cent. ana
property falling In value.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-31

As soon as States Attorney Deneen
gets through with "the cheap skates"
In the Mangler business he should
turn his distinguished attention to the
Others" For instance, the public
would be delighted with nm Opportu-
nifty to read a few columns of lues-
tons put to one =. Hull, chief high
roller of the General Electric legal Cd
forces. There IL lot Of fun coming
Daily News.
Drake of Iowa IL wise man. He de-
clines to run for Governor because the
people are SO tired Of him that they will
beat him out of sight II he dares show
his head as candidate. In brakes
case they say "Once was enough for
them
Superintendent Davidson of the city
department of sewers IL after an apprO'
priatiOn of from $4,000 to $4,000 with,
he says. the backing of Alderman Pow
ers of the finance committee, for the
purpose OF substituting the modern IN
termittent system of rushing the pipe
sewers In place of the present wagon
flushing and chain cleaning system
with its gangs of men and dump carts.
Intermittent flushing tanks Were eX-
perimented with under the late Carter
II. HarrisOn's administration and prov.
ed n success.
Superintendent Davidson says the
general adoption of the intermittent
tank flushing system would save the
city a large sum annually. In the mean
time he purposes to alleviate the evils
of the present system as soon rs Com
missioner Mccain of the Board Of Pub
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-31

Assessor Wilson has assessed some
Of the Lake View lots almost One.third
Of their value.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-31

Why don't the police stop gambling
ut "the old Senate" 175 West Madi.
son street? How much IRE they paid
for letting 1t run?
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-31
sA0LETS.

Lake View II the highest taxed town.
ship In Cook County.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-05-21
MODIFIED THE ORDER.
Fee Agreements to BE Partially Er.
amined by the Pension RuHeau

Fec Agreements to BE Partially Ex.
amtned by the Pension Bureau.
Commissioner Of Pensions Evans has
modified the order he issued a week ago
doing away with any examination by the
office Of fee agreements of attorneys. In
an order issued today the commissioner
makes 1t the duty of the record division
TO examine fee contracts and powers of
attorney to ascertain If they have been
properly executed before a duly author
lied officer. Fee agreements and powers
OF attorney executed before an officer not
required to use a seal, whose official char
acter is not authenticated by a proper GER
tificate. arc to be returned to the attorney
Interested for certificate of the official
cha racter Of the executing magistrate. Fee
ag1 eements and powers of attorney eye
cuted before any officer who is required to
use the seal. but who has failed to affir
the same to his certificate, are to be re-
turned to attorneys tc have the seal At
tached. The order provides, however. that
II fee agreements or powers of attorney
ere informal In any other respect than in
cicafed they are to be stamped and filed in
their proper case without further action.
The commissioner abolished all examina-
tions Of fee contracts some days ago jn
order to secure the four clerks who are
doing that work for other work Of the
tureau, acting on the principle that attor-
neys themselves could be depended upon
to terd 10 such matters as their Contracts
with clients without the supervision Of
the Once.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-05-21
PROGRAM FOR THE TARIFF
Republican Senators viii Hold Confer
ence Monday.
An Effort VIII BE Made to Reconcile
Differences OF Opinions Regard
ing the Pending Bin.

The republican senators will hold a eau
Gus Monday after the adjournment of the
Senate to consider various questions in
connection with the tariff BILL The first
effort will be to devise plans to expedite
the consideration of the bill and there will
also be an attempt to reconcile differences
OF opinion as to the merits of some fea-
lures of the bill. Some of the schedules
are Objectionable to many of the senators
ana the suggestion has been made that IT
is advisable to settle such differences in
caucus rather than in the open Senate.
Inc principal object of the caucus how
ever, is to agree upon plan for the lin,ita-
ton OF the time for debate, and under tho
present rules 1t is recognized that this can
be done only by mutual consent wb.t
the tariff leaders will first attemn+ 10 ,o
secure an agreement among ren,blioon
senators to restrain any desire. thew NV
nave Tor general speeches, and thus throw
the responsibility for whatever DELAY that
may occur upon the Opposition.
to have Senats asreeo upon the program is
ment on Monday or Tuesday Of naSt 49,
ana 10 follow this by immedfateIv ta Ltng ~,
sneaesds sne senedules and making no other set
chamber. If this plan could he ;n.lnts me
py caucus II would, of course he mai
.tlany strengthened. This agreement NAV
De diH'cult to obtain without some amend.
ments OF the bill. but the advocates of the
caucus plan believe these changes NAV
dited VAC "oih eApe-
Inere are now Indications that the de-
pate may not be so greatly prolonged as
at nrst seemed probable. The democrats
populists and silver republicans all aver
tnat tney Will consume no unnecessary tine
with speeches. The democrats profess to
be especially anxious that there Should be
no delay. 0e
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-05-21
WILL FOUND IN AN URN
Sensational Feature in the Contest Over
Jacob Davis Estate.
Document is Alleged to Have Been
Hid In the Urn Containing
His Wife's Ashes.

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, May 21-A will
declared to be forgery and discovered
In the urn containing the ashes of the tes-
tator's dead wife Is one of the sensational
features that will be presented ic the con-
Davis. the San Francisco millionaire, philan-
thropist and patron of arts and sciences.
Davis was born in Philadelphia and was
man of hobbies. Not the least IF these
was a desire to collect the remains of his
relatives in the old Dunkard churchyard
at Germantown, Philadelphia, where he
expended over $4,000 in erecting white
marble headstones over their graves. He
also caused to be built an addition to the
old church, and it was during a visit to
Philadelphia to attend to the completion
Of the structure that he died in October
last at the Continental Hotel.
Mr.. Davis was at one time head of the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children. an active member Of the Academy
of Sciences and took a deep interest In
the state mining bureau.
During his life he not only gave them
great deal of money, but made them pres
ents of statuary and rare minerals. On
the night of his death. 1t Is stated, Davis
sent for John Senderling, a relative, and
requested him to write at his dictation
what he intended to be his will. Sender
ling had nearly completed the document
when Davis suddenly declared that his
pulse had stopped beating. A few min
utes later ne died.
This uncompleted document Senderling
submitted to the American Trust Company
and to lawyer in Philadelphia. He was
advised that while there was no signature
10 the paper such documents have been
construed by courts to be Wills and he ac-
cordingly filed it with the trust company
About three weeks after Davis death, and
after Alex. Boyd, his partner, and E. B.
Mastck, his lifelong friend and attorney,
had searched high and low for will with
out avail, the document now before the
probate court making Lizzie Muir and Mrs.
Belle Curtis the sole legatees of the dead
millionaire mysteriously appeared.
1t is alleged to have been found In the
urn containing his wife's ashes. The docu-
ment was filed for probate. and is now be-
ing contested by Catherine Stead and Jo-
seph Wilson, a niece and nephew, respec-
lively, who set up that the paper is a
forgery, is not the last Will of Davis, or, If
it is the will, was made at time when he
was of a weak mind and under undue in
fiuence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-05-21
BIG GAMBLING SCHEME.
Objects of the Syndicate With Which
Jesse Grant is Connected.

SAN FRANCISCO. May 21.-t has leak
ed out here that the concession obtained by
Jesse Grant and his associates from the
Mexican government for lands surrounding
the famous hot springs of Tia Juana, across
the boundary line, covers also a privilege
for running lottery and gambling devices
1t is said that Grant does not intend to
enter the business. but that eastern people
are prepared to take control Of this feature
OF the concession, while Grant attends to
the colonization and development of the
mineral waters.
The identity Of the eastern people Is no.
known, but 1t has been learned that the
Dwyers are figuring on the purchase of the
Rierson and San Antonio ranches. some
miles below Tia Juana, to be used for rais-
ing racing stock. A local real estate man.
VINO Is handling the matter for Grant and
his associates. is authority for the state
ment that the intended purchasers declare
they will build the finest rambling ho,,se
IN the world at the springs, to cost s2 OO0 :
900, to include every game of chance
known. with a lottery connection The
deal is to be closed this week.