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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-28
DRAINAGE BOARDS FOOLISH
SCHEME.

The drainage trustees are commit
ting gross blunder. which may de.
serve even more severe name. In their
project to construct water power at
Lockport aud Joliet. The Lockport en-.
terprisc has progressed to the point Of
obtaining bids for the work. The
Joliet scheme II still In allegiance.
awaiting the sanction Of the Illinois
and Michigan canal officials. The two
undertakings will cost about xSOO. 900.
and II they are carried through to com
pletion every cent Of the money px-
pended will have been iilchcd practi-
chilly from the necessities Of Chicago.
These water power works are not In
the slightest degree necessary to the
completion of the channel for drainage
purposes. and In fact they may serve
to ohstruct the hOwngc to such u de.
gree that the provisions of the law will
not be- violated.
The law says that water shall not he
turned into the new drainage channel
until provision has first been made tn
obtain 3OO.OOO cubic feet per minute.
Then. after that. for eacb 1OO.OOO n,ldi.
tiOnnl inhabitants over 1.:OO.OOO nddli
tiOnal water to the extent Of 2O.WW
more cubic feet must le provided. The
city now contains about 1.IW.NO In.
habi,nnts. and by the census Of hoo II
will be fully 2OOO.OOO. Then 40 thou
sand cubic feet Of water per minute
must In passed from the lake into the
channel below Rol1y street. The drain.
nge trustees IRE strnlning nll their
means to provide the necessary flow.
age ut the present time. nnd II is sim
ply suicidal for them to attempt the
construction Of water power works
which will diminish the hOwnge In the
future. The commissioners should In
making provision for such enlarge.
ment of the South Branch from Lake
street to ROlN'y street ~ will enable
them to deliver the 40 thousand cubic
feet per minute instead Of wasting
their spare money making water pow.
cr between l.OcklOrt aud Joliet. Why
are they not attending to this nrces-
sary work? The channel il intended
primarily for drainage purposes. That
feature of its usefulness II the nll.ini.
pOrtnnt one and should le disposed Of
satisfactorily before u thought is given
to any other aspect Of the wOrk.--I'rib.
mo
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-28
SAD DEATH or ALFRED HANKiNS.

Al Hnnkins. the well-knOwn sporting
man nNd owner Of fast horses. WIS
caught In u folding bed on Wednesday
and strangled to death.
Albert Hnnklns was horn ut Mcllen.
~, Ill.,. ~ years ago. In his youth he
learned the trade Of n harness-mnkc r.
In 1Sar' he went to Montana during the
mining fever. and went into mining at
Virginia City. He returned to Chicago
In 1897. hut went back To Montana the
same year. and remained at BlnckfOOt.
Mont, for two years. being Interested
IN mining. while he conducted a saloon
and clubhouse. From there he went to
Snlt Lake City In 1914. and engaged In
similar business. While nj Salt Lake
city he Joined the Mormon Church.
Ills next move was to White Pine.
New. where he spent the summer Of
lS,IS. In that year he returned to Chi.
cagO. having gathered considerable
fortune. and opened gambling house
or clubhouse. at 81 Dearborn street.
Rome time later he moved to 1?1 South
Clark street. and still later he conduct.
cd the "dlnner.Iair' game ut 134 South
Clark street. This last place he gave
up seven years ago. ana since then he
had devoted himself chiefly 10 his farm
ana his racing stable.
Mr.. Hankins' stock farm of 4SO acres
" ut Hurlburt, Porter County. Ind,
where for years he has been breeder
Of racing horses. Five racers ARE at
present on the farm, ana according to
Fremont SlOnn. his trainer. three IRE ut
the stables Of the Harlem track. These
are GOlightly. Golden Rod. and tilt
Edge. Mr.. Hankins owned the famous
stations Aristldes and Grenada, and
also MalcOmb, the sire Of the dam Of
YO Tambien. He has left property val
ued ut x5O,OOO. Hr carried no life in
s,lrNnce.
In 1872 Mr.. HankiiIs was married to
Miss Ella Thorpe. Of Chicago. whO
with two daughters. Mrs. j. X. Black
stone ana Cora He'll. survives.
No arrangements have Yet been made
for the funeral. George liankins, broth
or Of the deceased, said that the burial
would he ut McHenry. III.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-28
PROSECUTE the Doc CAICHERS.

The brutal assaults committed by
two hall .intOxicated dOg-catchers upon
West side citizens recen,Iy should
arouse the decent people Of this city to
compel m Overhauiing Of the whole
dog-catchlng department and the pros
ecutIOn of the Offenders. The conduct
Of u uniformed policeman while the as
saults were being committed Is u dis.
grace 10 Chief Kipley's force.
For protesting against the cruel tort
ure Of dog which had been dragged
from It's Owper's doorway. a man was
knocked down with slungshOt, Kicked
In the face, ana almost stamped to
death.
The captured dog had a little play
mate, the l2-year-Oid son Of Its owner.
Dog and hoy had been playing on the
doorstep when the city's servants drove
up and threw wire moose over the
dogs head. The child tried to raise his
shaggy companions body NO the weight
Of 1t would not hang from the wire ana
strangle the animal. and for this the
little fellow received q savage kick ~
the siue.
4 young lady said II was a brutal out
rage. One Of the clty's paid ruffians
heard her anu reeled forward to wipe
out the stain on his honor when the 20.
liceman who had witnessed the whole
AFFAIR from the seat OF the dOg-catchers'
wagon thought 1t time to intervene, as a
crowd had gathered, and some OF the
more enraged were calling for a rope,
so he helped his drunken charges onto
the wagon and the trio drove away.
These men should be run down and
punished, and the department they dis.
grace should he cleaned out. 1t IL no
ease for embarrassing board, hut for
an honest and vigorous investigation,
and for a criminal prosecution OF the
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-28
CHiCA0O REAL ESTATE INVEST.
MENTS,

The leading real estate dealers Of Chi.
ragO report to The Eagle tl,at solid I'M
prOvement In distinctly noticeable In
the realty market--nOt u real estate
''l,OOn,." but u steady betterment In
sympathy with the prosperity In com.
nlercial aud Industrial lines.
This IL one Of the surest Indications
Of returning confidence In the business
world. Real estate az a rule II much
more stable than other lines Of invest.
ment. II II the lust to decline In ~.
Rod OF general depression and among
the last to recover when prosperity re-
turns. Generally speaking, It moves
slowly except during unhealthful pe.
RODS Of unstable Bloom imitation.
For some time past Chicago real ~.
tate has been ut lOw-water mark and
there II every reason to believe that the
reaction which II now apparent In the
upward tendency inaugurates u long
period Of steady improvement. Expert.
ence has shown that such u result may
logically be expected. Chicago hns
IW"SVV sutoVku puutVS uuu IcGIOuS W
financial depression before and Judi.
ciOus investments In read estate mt such
times have laid the foundation for
many Of the most substantial fortunes
In this city. The crisis Of 1873 was
followed by period Of depression
which brought down lpal estate. When
the reaction came such men az Field.
Letter, Farwell ana CrOsier invested
heavily In real estate holdings, ana the
results abundantly verified their busi-
ness judgment.
Unless all present Indications are at
fault another favorable opportunity for
judicl0us investments In this line In ut
hand. The man who has faith In Chi.
Cages future and confidence In Ma own
business judgment can hardly go astray
In the present realty market.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-28
UNJUST TAXATION.

Assessments Of ~ Chicago banks IN
Assessor Cummings district show u
gross inequality In the assessment.
which illustrates the whole train OF
evils flowing from the illogical and
ridiculous taxation system under which
every Chicago business enterprise has
been suffering for years.
In order that the taxation Of the
hanks should In fair. giving 10 one al.
vantage over any other. II il necessary
TINT the taxes Of all should bc levied
on nm equal percentage Of the added
capital. surplus and profits. Yet NJ far
from this readily nttainnble ilenl are
the present assessments that they run
all the way from 1lD per cent Of the
capital. surplus and profits To ~ per
cent Of them. AMI two banks are not
assessed ut nll.
II Is natural that those assessed
above the customary ~ per cent mark
SHOULD cry out against the handicap
that has been placed upon them IL the
benefit Of their competitors. Yet they
suffer no more. comparatively speak
Ing. tlnn do thousands Of other M,si.
ness institutions IN the city. The CON.
,litlOm results from the confused nid
disor,lcrly methods Of levying taxes In
Cook County. methods which II II to the
interests Of the predatory politician tn
maintain.
If II lR true TINT any one Inns made u
"lWtful Of money" by enabling South
side business men to dodge taxes. M
nm attorney II said to have bOastcd Of
having done. that phase of the business
II Just u cOrOllary Of the rest Or II. The
farrlcnl nOn.system Of Cook County
taxation invites anu rewards rascnlity
and Furnishes honesty.
There cnn never be equitable taxation
In this city until the towns and offices
nrr consolidated. and they will never
in consolidated while the people leave
the matter to the politicians.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-28

active participants. At Is not only cvi.
dence ~ the pohtical debauclipry that
distributes city jobs to rutfians and
thugs. but It shows a condition that
menaces orderly government. This in.
cident nearly provoked n lynching. and
unless II brings proper punishment and
reform In the personnel Of the pound.
masters underlings u repetition of 1t
may occur any time u couple Of dog.
catclers and n policeman start on Il
sunday spree.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-28

authors. The only matter for regret IL
that the suggestion Of the plan for con.
structing a harbor by local taxation
has given u hint to Congress that may
inspire opposition to Government ap-
preparation for harbor Improvement at
this point. Congress might he likely
to say that II we want a deep harbor
we can tax ourselves to pay the ex-
pcnsc. ns some Of our own people have
urOuOsp,1
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-28

office more than the discovery Of the
present condition of the bridge was the
knowledge that II will continue to get
worse and might become u menace to
life and property.
The injury to the bridge has been
caused by the work the United States
Government has been doing In the riv-
or. Before dredging was begun the
channel was hut fourteen feet depu,
willie the State street. as well us some
Of the other bridges. was built on the
lmsis of Il fOurtecn-foOt bottom. Now
the channel at the north end of the
bridgcis twenty.One feet deep. while at
The south abutmcnt II Is twenty feet
deep. The result has been that not only
has the center pier sunk. hut II has
been followed by the north and south
ab',tmcnts. and the foundations have
been greatly weakened.
The settling of the bridge has not
gone on from day to day without at.
trncting attention. Passengers on the
street cars have wondered why the
jOlts they received at both ends Of the
bridge were becoming more proiOunc.
rd ny The days went by. and drivers of
heavy wagons who had good teams
have been more than surprised when
coming OF the bridge tO run up against
the edge Of the nbutncnts and stick.
With pedestrians the sensation Is do.
cidedly peculiar. \ person walking
across when II heavy wagon Is making
the trip Is shook until he hardly knows
whether he IL afOOt or horseback. and
the engineer up In the little house has
long since given up trying To get any
satisfaction ont Of u newspaper during
the busy hours Of the day.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-28
STATE SIREET BRID0E DANCER
Gus.

State street bridge. heavily freighted
with human lives, may soon tOpple into
the river. Day and night the murky
waters are eating away the submarine
support of the center pier and the abut'
ments. and q disaster with terrible loss
Of life II more than possibility. The
discovery was made when an examine
tion Of the bridge by the city engineers
department showed the structure to be
unsafe and badly out of plumb.
1t was found that the north end of
the bridge had settled more than three
inches In the last few months. and that
from the top Of the engine house the
bridge was over seven inches out of
plumb. What interested the engineers
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-28
vacation Dsya.

In the Lake Regions of WISCONSIN.
Northern Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa
ana South Dakota, along the lines OF
the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. PauI
Railway, are hundreds of charming To-
calities pre-eminently fitted for sum.
mer homes, nearly oil of which are 10.
Gated on or near lakes which have not
been fished out. These resorts range in
variety from the full dress for din
ner' to the flannel shirt costume for
every meal. Among the list are names
familiar to many Of our readers as the
perfection Of Northern summer resorts.
Nearly all Of the Wisconsin points of
Interest are within q short distance
from Chicago or Milwaukee, and none
Of them are SO far away from the
"busy marts Of civilization that they
cannot be reached In q few hours of
travel, by frequent trains, over the I'm
est road In the NOrthwest-th Chica.
90. Milwaukee and st. Paul Railway,
Send 2.cent stamp for copy of IVA.
cation Days." giving q description of
the principal resorts, and q list of sum.
mer hotels aud boarding houses, and
rates for board. to Geo. H. Heanord,
General Passenger Agent, Chicago. III.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-28

CAuTIoN.-Thsrs q white sosp
shaved up and sold % Dobbins' Flee.
trio. II d . fraud and win ruin clothes.
The genuine 10 never sold except In bars,
stamped Dobbins' Soap Mfg. Co., rhils.
delphis. and In w5sppsEs with pictures
Of 4rs. Fogy.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-28
sA0LELS.

While hlluding to Scion II. Cases In
famous garnishment act, a law journal
properly says that the act us hut step
In advance Of the time In the OLD cOun.
try when they allowed the body of a
poor debtor to be taken In execution"
Cases are now before the Supreme
Court In which the validity OF the act
IL contested.
The School Board investigation OF
the Mccarthy & Newman "tilling In
school ground scandal has tizzled out
as all School Board Investigations gen
orally do, but--mOre anon.
Chief of Police Ripley left Tuesday
night for weeks vacation In the Lake
Superior region. He will spend his time
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-28

Die dogs which mny happen to gain an
instant's freedom. Many eases hny.
been reported where these men hav,
even enticed un'nuxxled hut iiccns.s,
dogs from private grounds into IN,
street or to point where they could IN.
seized ana carried AWAY to the pound.
TINS petty system Of imposition has
ca"se' vast annoyance. II must not In.
given u chance to thrive another scn.
son.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-28

The hest business men In Chlcuy.,
dine regularly at the Northwestern On.
.er'hg Company on Randolph street.
opposite the City Hall. The lannon's
Aacheri ana BOehmian pale beer are
kept on drauRht constantly. and all
lovers Of good beer say the products
OF the great Northwestern Brewing
company cannot In excelled anywhere.
In this country.
FOR n0urishment drink the famous
Aacherl beer. brcwcd by the North
western brewery.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-28

The construction Of n new nunn,,,
station nt Chicago avenue To cost S:,sl.
NM II contemplated by Commissioner
OF i'ubIic Works Mc,snnn. Ou Wed.
hesi'ny the Commissioner. aftcr n ,our
~ inspection at the Chicago oycuu,.
st"t'oii' returned 10 the city hall con.
v'need That something must I've dom.
immediately to increase the supply or
water from that important plnnt.
During his Investigations air. NI,..
'nhn learned that during the swift mi.
h'hisfrntion u decree Of the CIrcui,
Court had been allowed to tnkc the mn,
OF ten acres Of "innhe" innd In the rcnr
OF the water works from III. city uuJ
give II to Lincoln IHrk. III. i,n,, mn,
known of this transfer until Il WINS ~.
ported To him by the engineer WIN IL
making u preliminary survey or tho
chicago avenue premises and wulncs.
dny he asketithe Inv department to an,
OUT why the case had not been ap,enl,,I
anu ci'rriel to the higher courts before.
the city was allowed 10 lose the land.
y looked nt the machinery mt I'M.
pumping station carefully" suii Air..
McGnnn. ''rhe pumps have not been
working well. ana wanted to se. wl,nr
was the nIatter. There In only one pumn
ut that station worthy Of being called n
pump. !. new station will have 10 be
Oniit there sooner or later. and IN my
op'hion the sooner the better"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-28

MIR. Geo. w. Russey. the leading AM,
most influential member Of the Chi.
"ngo Republican Club. reports that thu.
cum members nre very sore nt the
treatment they have received from the
Republican administration. During the
campaign Mr.. Russey caused tho clul,
members to make many excursions To
canton and elsewhere ut their own cx.
pense In President McIiinley's behalf,
ana since the election the Chicago Re-
puni'cnn Club have received no re.og.
hit'oh Whatever. Mr.. Russey ami n
committee OF stalwart members Of ,l,,
club are to read the riot net to Mnrnx
Aurelins Hannn when he arrives In
Chicago.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-28

KctxIc avenue property owners arc
bound to have street eur service. ana
Andy Graham. the ObstructiOnist. will
therefore l1 sQuclched agnin.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-28

hunting ana fishing. nnd expects to re-
turn Kept. I. Assistant Chief Of Police
Lewis will In acting chief Of police
during Chief lilplcy's absence.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-01

thought. 1t Is good to hear happy
laughter, 1t is good to watch these
baby smiles.
But laughter cannot be only
grotesque. but very dreadful as well.
To hear n maniac laugh. os one of the
most terrible experiences. To hear a
hundred laugh as one does in nearing
the Isola del Paz2i at Venice, Is fore
taste of the lower regions. HI
Farther on in the downward path of
life, when the end is very near, the
failure of the mind is often proclaimed
by violent laughter The old man is
back again in the scenes of boyhood,
and is going over In dream the days
of long ago. I remember we'll lying
awake in London lodgings, through an
Otherwise still June Night, unable to
sleep 1c" the loul.' inrassnnt laughter
pealing from the room above. whore
the old man of the house lay dying.
When 1t ended, just before dawn, the
old life ended 1t; and in the morning
his daughter came in to an
nounce the fact and to express the
hope that 1 had not been much dis
turbed. The old man, she assured me,
had been in no pain but had been GO
ing over his boyish days again; the old
brothers, long years dead and forgot
ten, We're with him; and they were
cricketing or gathering apples, or
gathering apples, or swinging, or swim
ming together across the old brook, all
that sleepless night. one was glad II
was so; but the laughter had an
awful sound.-November Forum.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-01
The Dlsuse of Laughter.

Has laughter gone out Are we never
again to have the honest guffaw-thc
loud laugh, which, as the poet says,
bespeaks the vacant mind? is his
really Il true account of the rationale
of exclamation? If so, probably 1t has
gone out, at any rate in polite circles.
Because we are nothing now, If we are
not cultured and refined; and to be
vulgar and to be ignorant are worse
offenses than any more explicitly for
hidden in the Decalogue. And yet it
almost seems pity too. 1t is not well,
well, surely to lose any innocent and,
happily, infectious expression of pleas
ure in a world so bedeviled as ours.
Alas! | fear there is no doubt that
the power of irrepressible laughter is
the gift of youth, and youth only,
whether in nations or in individuals.
Passing the drawing room door the
other afternoon, could hear inside
peal after peal of silvery, girlish
laughter. 1t was Miss Ethel, who was
entertaining her school friends with
tea and bread and butter and jokes.
That is the time of life for laughter.
| dare say the jokes would not have
made me smile. But when the spring.
tide blossoming, and the sap is rum
ming upward in the trees,a and the vernal
woods are bursting into leaf and echo
ing with song, and. wherever you
look, all is verdure and joy. almost
anything can move quick laughter Or
there is an earlier stage. when Baby is
being tickled hyMamma and crows with
delight. Or, though this, 1t Is true, Is
often silent, there is that most beauti-
full of all sights--the little blue-eyed
boy or girl, who lies in the white cot
at dawn and smiles, and ripplcs with
laughter at some innocent, childish
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-01
Precinct No. 1t--1Os1 east Fourth
South street

{, .vN'..et W.
49," en,r,o.,r, ,,,->-,crpAr WAN
precinct No isEtnnax Of The Fourth
ward meetino house. corner west Tenn
Me ana ssvSnth Sontb streets
prscinct No fgE1011 south First
weet
Precinct No. 1a-Annex Fifth ward
meetin,- bouae
P,seinct M 15-1iOf Indiana avenue,
Nvsil,ensbsx,, .+ore
precinct No If.vacnnt store room.
corner Rio Grande avenue and Seventh
woat
prec,not No 17-s,xtb ward meeting
bonse
Trnrtnct No 1S-store room corner
r7irst West and t-ifth south streets
precinct No. ie--13a west FIFTH south.
s s WALKER Estates stable.
Precinct M on-Clift's Dancing
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-01

ember 4th to December card, inclusive.
The trial of C. NJ. Phelps and j. r.
Mcmillan on the charge of killing John
Egan in this city last June will COM
mence before judge Norrell a week
from tomorrow.
In the case OF the North Point Con-
solidated Irrigation company VS. Salt
Lake county ct al. the plaintiffs bill of
exceptions were submitted and filed by
Judge Norrell today.
-. A. Faber and I. Rosenfeld, by their
attorneys, McGurrin & McGurrin. filed
a suit against d. A. Hatfield in the
Third district court today in which a
dissolution of partnership. an account
ing and the appointment of n receiver
to take charge of all books, papers,
etc, is prayed for. The parties are
conducting a wholesale commission
business at 107 West, Temple street un-
der the firm name of Hatfield 81 Co.