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The times., 1897-09-21

RARE opportunity for live business man;
can buy $1,000 nice stock OF good
selling shoes for 81 500 cash; business
established. fine corner room, rent free
for nine months; reason fol selling have
other business. Call or address No.
Sth st. ne se2l st
The times., 1897-09-21

WILL SELL your rurnuure; Will store
your furniture, VIII accommodate YOU
wlth loan on same, no interest charged
HDerai dealing drop postal and viii call
MARCUS NOTES, 63T La ave. au26-IuIo
The times., 1897-09-21

FOX -Brass-trimmed crib and hair
~, mat s.e tFeSS ehlld's walnut Folding bed;
maj matt tress' 500, cost S165; other suites. ike
pew, ., 10, SI2; 6 folding beds. 81 IN
%, OAK and leather chairs pretty sbaped
lockers, and a choice lot OF fine house
.tHiIhishings too numerous 10 mention, being
lhe contents OF Mr.. Bakers house. OF Is
,bot sbSIeet, and sold on account or Leaving
ave a." se2O-36
The times., 1897-09-21
WANTED HOUSES.

WANTED-To rent by prompt, permanent
tenant, small house, with convenience ces:
handy to 9th st. and Pa ave. Address
PROMPT, this office. sci O. st
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-10-30
SENSIBLE WAFER PLANS.

When In the two years preceding the
advent Of Mayor Harrison In the City
Hall the revenue of Chicago was de.
pleted by SlOO.O0O through an exercise
Of favoritism In the payment OF water
robntes II Il high time for drastic and
clean@ut ordnance that shall deny
discretion To any public servant tn
place one water taker ut disadvantage
ana extend favorable rates to another
water takcr. The Mayors suggestion
to the common council that authority
be given him TO appoint a commission
for the purpose of adjusting water
rates ana correcting the evil of dis.
elimination met with no objection,
wherefore the Commissioner of Public
Works, the Superintendent of the Wa
ter Bureau, three aldermen ana two
reGll estate men, to serve without com.
pensntion. will be appointed to prepare
an ordinance which will prevent. IL
honestly executed, all such scandalOus
favOritism rs has been witnessed In
the Pullman contract for water or In
the advantages given to Armour n Go.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-10-30
the EAGLE AND THE MAYOR.

The Chicago Eagle. with a paid.up
circulation Of over 10000 copies week
~. has no favors to ask from thugs.
murdcrers and thieves. and much less
from Mayor who tolcrates and pa
tronizcs them.
II has climbed steadily up the ladder
of success by maintaining sturdy
Independence upon all subjects.
Its best patrons are the successful
business men and respectable citizens
Of Chicago.
II has no use FOR criminals and never
got a cent from thugs ar mur,lerers.
For while The Eagle believed tina,
young Harrison would make a good
Mayor.
II is now satisfied that he Is going tc
prove himself to be the worst Mayor
Chicago ever had.
lie has turned his back on the hest
men in his party.
lie has taken up politically with tn,
worst gang that ever existed.
His County Central Committee Is /:
frightful body. individually and collec
lively.
His city arpoin,ces are of the wors
description.
The Eagle is paironizcd by people o
all nn,ionalltics. and In this broat
land all natlonalitics ought To blcnt
together to make one harmonious
| American Whole.
But this bad Mayor believes in hui
one class. Of one nationality. and in
stead of honoring that nationality II,
dShonors II by selecting nine-tcnths oi
his employees from among its TOUCHES,
members.
The Eagle Is bound by no ties except
those which in honor bind all tru,
American citizens.
1t cannot shut its eyes to the result
| Of 1larrison's misr,llc.
Harrison stands for misgOvcrnment
ihugism and everything that is wrong
In municipal mismanageinent.
From the gang who surround Mayor
Harrison politically The Eagle could
never expect anything In the way %!
| dcccncy.
They are mostly fellows who neither
read nor write. and who make their
money either by getting people Jobs or
keeping resorts for lewd women.
The Eagle dcfles the Mayor and his
lirelings TO disprove one word Of this.
The Eagle has fattened on fighting
tough Mayors.
II bolted with his father IN 1891 when
that worthy had 10 other newspaper
to support him. and without fear or IA.
vor II will fight Harrison. Jr., harder
than II ever fought Crcgicr. because Il
believes Harrison. Jr.. TO be the worst
Mayor Of the two.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-10-30
CORRUPT ELECTION JUDGES MUST
BE PUNISHED.

The Seventeenth Ward election eases
are to be heard before Judge Water
man soon. and some startling disclO-
sures are promised. II II believed As
sistnnt States Attorney Barnes will
conduct the prosecution Of the eases.
President Cole. Of the Municipal Voters
League. believes the strongest cnse Of
fraud ut the polls has been worked up
In the history of Chicago. He also as-
serts that this II the most fragrant AMI
daring instance In the city's history Of
q deliberate attempt to steal an election
and defeat the man that was really the
peoples choice to elevate another who
fell u good deal short Of getting the
required number Of votes.
Ii II understood that some Of the evil
dcnce II To he very sensational ana will
directly involve the opponents of AID.
Walsh In what will appear to bc u col.
fusion to defeat the reform candidate.
There Is fear expressed even ut this
early day that outside Influences may
bc 40 powerfully and mystcriOusly OK.
erted In this ease that q conviction viii
be obtained only through the creates,
care ana watchfulness. and by feeling
the way step by step I'll the ballot jug
glers are In Joliet.
There II ground for the belief that
parties backing the election clerks ana
judges who are charged with the fraud
are In u position to put obstacles In the
way Of Justice. II II argued by those
fully acquainted with all the facts thu,
the men who were really responsible for
the electiOno of Revere do not take kindly
to the thoughts of conviction Of their
henchmen, for they fear that In tho
supreme test, with the penitentinry
staring them In the face. they may turn
States evidence AMI make some start.
ling disclosures. The aim. therefore
will be on their part TO defeat the ends
Of justice by hook or crook and not
allow u conviction.
The trial promises to be teemlng will
an undercurrent Of those contingencies
that were charged by many during til,
latter part of the Luergcrt case as be
Ing In existence. The Municipal Voters
League has such Il splendid case In thi,
Instance that any outside influence,
which might rob the penitentiary OF
two or three INSCRIPTIONS rascal'
would prove sorry spectacle In Chi
cagO or In Illinois. Among the interest
Ing disclosures at the trial Is the fncI
that votes We're taken from the Demo
cratic candidate, Maggie, ana added Il
the vote of the Republican nominee
while NJ the same time Walsh wa'
stripped of nearly 100 votes In one pre-
| cinct alone 10 elect Revere and defea
the league. or Independent candidate
All the figures and data and mntcria
evidence 10 prove this fact are In N,
possession Of the State.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-10-30
P6OBE THE WAFER OFFICE.

Mayor Harrison should Use the pow
or conferred On him by the Council and
appoint II commission which will rip
up the decaycd planks of the water Of
flee ana find ont what Is underneath.
The history OF that department has
been one of frauds and steals ami In.
competent service for years.
The disappearance of $3O0,O0O in un-
authorized and questionable rebates Is
not the least of she trouble. The city
works pump quantity of water
which, by comparison with cities
abroad. Is simply enormous, yet water
famines in the second stories of houses
over extensive areas are frequently
causing discomfort and threatening ep-
ilcmics.
The city of Birmingham Is cOmfOrta,
BILE with - gallons day per capita.
Liverpool gets 30 gallons. Glasgow
gets 33, Leeds -. Inhabitants of these
cities and of their cnvirons have all
they require for household use ana for
public baths. Water office figures In
Chicago show Il consumption of the
enormous quantity of Ia gallons day
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-10-30

MiCHAEL BRAND DEAD.

Hon. Michael Brand. eX.meml,er of
the Illinois State Legislature and the
Chicago City Council, and prominently
connected with the brewing interests
of the West. died Tuesday at his resi-.
dcnce. ~ Cedar street. Continued H.
health, added to the shock OF the death
Of his wife last June, was the cause Of
his deccaso.
Michael Brand was head Of the brow.
Ing company which bore his name
from 1872 to 1850. when he retired
from active business. Prior to 1872 he
was associated with Valentine Busch
In the proprictOrship of the OLD Busch
brewery. which was established In
1873. Mr.. Brand was elected TO the
State Legislature during the early part
of the war, serving through the term
of 1S'i2'GI. Al the expiration of his
term he retired temporarily from poll
tics, hut re-entered the field In 1873.
when he was elected member of the
City Council, serving two years.
Mr.. Brand was born In Odernheim,
Ilheinhessen, Germany, March 23.
1894. In his youth he was apprenticcd
to brewer ana travelled extensively
through France and Switzerland to
perfect himself In his chosen trade He
was In France at the time of the revo-
luton of 1913 and synpathized with
the republican party. After the success
of his party he started brewery In
France, continuing In business until
the downfall OF the party IN 1852. when
he decided to emigTte to the United
States. He spent II year In Detroit,
Mich.. ana came TO Chicago in 1853 to
join Valentine Busch In his brewery
enterprise. When Mr., Busch died in
1872 Mr., Brand retained the Cedar
street brewery, operating under rhe
name of the Michael Brand Brewing
Company. \ new brewery built in
1878 on ElstOn avenue was sold, with
the interests of Mr.. Brand. to the Uni
ted States Brewing Company In 1889.
Mr.. Brand had been II member of the
Board of Trade since 1862. He was Il
stakeholder in the Illinois State Indus
trial Exposition and u director in the
International Bank of Chicago. lie
was u member Of the IrOquois Club.
Mr.. Brand was married in 1859 to the
daughter of Michael Darnstoetter, the
Detroit brewer. His wife died June 10,
1897. Three sons survive him. Virgil
NJ. Brand. Horace l.. Brand ana .Armin
W. Brand. Funeral services will he
held from the residence at = O'Clock
Friday afternoon.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-10-30
HARRISON Will DO NOTHiN0.

Mayor Harrison Inns promised AID.
Scl'lakc that Immediately upon his re-.
turn from New York he will make n
thorough investigation into the com.
plants against John Mclaughlin. pres.
ldient Of the Twenty.ffth Ward Club.
which charge him with selling city
jobs. In the meantime. Paul Waller.
the plumbing inspector who made an
affidavit that Mclaughlin held him III
for 500 to secure the position he holds.
remains on duty. although II II under.
stood Mclaughlin and some Of his
friends weren't the city hall early Tues.
dry to get him suspended pending
the investigation. In this they failed
to make their alleged influence good.
AID. Schlnke can bct his bottom dol.
lar that Harrison will do nothing IN
this ease.
II Investigations are to bc started IN
all matters Of the kind. where will they
end!
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-10-30
LOESCH AND REFORM.

The scheme 10 get possession of Rock
well street from Monroe street TO Har-
ward street for the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company made no progress NJ the
meeting of the Council Committee on
Streets and Alleys West Tuesday.
The measure which would give 10 an
enormously wealthy corporation for
nothing the best part of II mile of II
public thoroughfare still reposes In the
inside pocket of Aid. Murphy, chair
man Of the subcommittee TO which the
matter was referred.
Aid. Brennan declares that the Ordl.
nance viii De strangled, and adds that
II should die n violent death, because It
was an attempt 10 take valuable city
property without giving any cohhprnsa-
lion In return. The ordinance itself Is
one OF the most barefaccd propositions
ever Introduced In the City Council. II
vacates the east thirty-threc feet of
Rockwell street and turns II over 10 the
railroad companies. The west thirty
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-10-30

BRENNAN VERSUS THE PENNSYl.
VAKiA CCMPANY.

AZ the Council meeting of June ~
Alderman Conrad Knhlcr offered n
measure. which is recorded IN the Conn.
ell proceedings In this Misunderstanding
way:
Alderman Kahlcr presented an orli.
nance amending an ordnance r,uulr.
Ing the T.. G.. &. n ~. L.. the G. ana \.
W. railways and the &. and y. r.. rail.
road to elevate the plane Of certain
tracks. passed Jan. ~. 1907. providing
Tor the vacation Of Rockwell street.
etc.. which was referred 70 the commit.
tee on streets and alleys. W. ID.
No one seemed to pay special a;ten.
ton to the ordinance at the time. Int
when the Committee on Streets nn,l
Alleys West took up the measure II
was found to be u gift of Rockwell
street to the railroad company. One.
half Of Rockwell street Is already occu.
pied by railroad tracks: the O,slinun nee
would vacate the remaining half of the
street. ana give the whole Of the pub.
lie tho"oughfarc 10 the corporations.
the only compensation to Do given 10
III" city In return was the elevation of
Es tracks by the railway company.
When the Committee on Streets AMI
Alleys West met. the ordinance was re-.
rerreh 10 u subcommittee. There /, yet
remains.
THAT ordinance will never come bc.
fore the Council ~ cnn prevent It. and
! think ! can" said Alderman Brcn.
nan. 1T Il nothing hut an attempt 10
steal nearly n mile of city street. with.
ont giving the city any compensation
whatever. The railroads have half tina,
street now AMI they want the whole Of
II. They won't get Il II ! can stop
them. The ordnance Is In tho hands
OF subcommittee and I think It viii
stay there"
1t IL charged thar sharp practice was
attempted when the ordinance was first
introduced In the Council. and there
was u plan to smrggle II through after
the fashion of the notorious Northern
Pacific ordinance some years ago.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-10-30
GREAT INCREASE IN BEER SALES.

Either the beer war or the hot wealth.
cr. or both. are given credit for the I'm.
usual sales of beer In Chicago during
the month of October. Brewers seldom,
stamp their beer until II is sold. and
the receipts NJ the internal revenue of.
fice ARE taken rs u criterion of the beer
trade In Chicago. For the first twenty.
one days of October the local revenue
office has sold $11D.'D5 Of beer stamps.
The tax IL an even dollar u barrel. and
therefore 1ID.'H)j barrels of beer have
been sold. During the corresponding
period of last October stamps were
sold for io4.12O barrels. showing nm In.
crease this October of 25.o15 barrels.
or over 1000 barrels a day. The brew.
crs say that the hot weather had some.
thing to do with the increase. but re-.
gard the bulk of the sales ~ Indicating
that the Chicago brewers have Just
that much better Of the Milwaukee
brewers In the fight.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-10-30

the firm to urge them TO make a settle.
mcnt with the iWxmnkers.
James BrennOck and W. IT. Beck.
man reported that dhe firm had empl,a.
ically refused to recognize organized
workmen and that the only manner il,
which the federation could now aid
the boxmakcrs' union was by declaring
u bovco.t.
This was unanimously agreed to. The
boycott covers the following concerns.
Nelson Morris \ Co.
Farhank Canning Company.
y. VI. Rothsclild n Co.
The Cereal Dat Company will ic no
tiii%i that IL II uses boxes mada by Mel
son Norris Il Co. the boycott will also
I" placed upon It's products.
All establishments In which Mr.
Morris IL Interested will also he placed
In the unfair list.
AT the mex; meeting OF the federation
resolutions will he presented instruct.
ing the delegates to the American Fed.
GRAFTON of Labor convention at Nash.
Vile 90 have the boycott extended ia
/
This boycott will no the mos, nor.
sis'enily carried out Of any ever dc.
'Iared. said James II. Payne. "Wr
VIII work night and day. ana IT will nor
h' long until you will sec little strikers
posted NIL over the city.
Nelson Morris Il Co. have notified
TIE Federation of Labor that organized
lahor. which the law recognizes. shall
never bc recognized by them. lie has
declared war on all workingincn who
desire so better their condition. lie is
the lawbreaker. and We will cndcuvor
10 hnd out IL the masses of this co,,p;ry
VIII stand by him or ilgh, for their own
Interests"
other members Of the executive lo M
say that IT the firm does no. agree IN
recognize union Labor before the end of
'hrec months the boycott will he modp
perpetual.
the rumor that n boycott would u,
'evi'd has been common property for
several days. Last Friday night n
member Of the executive board Of ,hc
Federation Of Labor was approached
ana urged to prevent che action being
taken.
There are other ways IN which Won,
can whip the firm" the anxious jndi.
'idual II reported ns saying.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-10-30
sAoLETs.

Politicians on both sides are much In
'eres'ed In the trial Of the Ave election
officials Of the Seventeenth Ward. who
were Indicted for tamperlng with bal
lots In the Wnlsh.Ileverc al,lerman.c
contest. II IL said that both Democratic
and Republican managers of prOml.
nence nre involved In the fraud. ana
that rather than serve penltentlary
sentences the defendants will "sQuear
on the bosses who used them as tools.
Strenuous efforts are known to have
been made to induce states Attorney
Deneen TO be easy In the prosecution.
The attempt was also made to call Oft
the election commissioners legal rep
rcsentative, Attorney W. W. Wheelock,
placed on the docket for trial before
Judge Waterman indicates that the pO-
litical gangstcrs We're unable to stop
the proceedings.
.AdOlph Freese, John j. Hannahan
and Patrick Ferris, judges of election
In the fifteenth precinct OF the Seven
tcenth Ward. and John McAIullln and
\. J. Purves, the clerks, are the defend
ants In the eases. They are charged
with making fraudulent returns To rs.
sist In placing stephen Revere again In
the Council after the voters of the
ward had repuiiated him. Frcese was
released on a $1,000 bond and dillgent
search has failed to discover his
whereabouts. Those who are prosecut-
Ing him say he has been sent To Ger
many, ana that his bond Will he for
feltcd. Maurice O'COnnOr, the city gas
Inspector. was one of Presses surcties.
Revere was O'COnnOr's colleague In
the Council for several years.
There are Republicans and Demo
Gratis alike among the five Indicted Of
!iclals, and all will he prosecuted re-
gardless of their political affiliations.
The Civic Federation Is interested In
the ease ana hopes that an example
will bc made of the men who are
proved guilty. The fact that both Re-
publican and Democratic politicians
have been pulling wires to have the
cases quietly dropped shows that there
IL no feeling of parisanship among the
gang, ana the election board believes
the State will push the prosecution
cOnscientiOusly. The penalty for nj
tering election returns Is from five to
ten years imprisonment in the pen-
Tertiary. Ii the men who We're hired
to do the Job turn States evidence Il
political sensation viii follow that may
deprive the Seventeenth Ward of sev-
eral of It's prominent leaders Of both
parties.
The Illinois Central land-glTbb!ng
steal ut 9th street IL going right on, II
Is claimed. without interference frG!n
the city authorities,
Although It Is still early in the game,
politicians on both sides are beginning
to figure on the county tickets TO be
nominated next year. The plan adopt
ed in 1896, placing their ticket in the
field In February, is favored by many
Republican leaders, ana several states
have been made and discussed by the
men who hope to dominate the convcn-
tiOn. More than 215,000 votes were
east in Cook County by the party for
Mckinley last fall, and on the basis Of
representation of one delegate to every
200 votes there would be nearly LOO
delegates In the next county conven-
ton. There Is some talk Of reducing
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-10-30
THE TOUGHEST or HELL HOLES

Thanks to It's detectives The Eagle
has obtained the names of some of the
toughest of the lcwd women who fire.
q'ienf the wine rooms I'm the rear of
the tough political hell hole.
In case Of further provoca,ion this
paper Will print the names and records
of these abandoned creatures. together
with the names of the married men
and single church members who are
he nalnstay and chronic customers OF
this headquarters for sluggers.
Aud don't YOU forget II!
Because man Is n Democratic com
mfsteclan. Is that any reason why he
should he permitted 20 have lewd won.
on frclhcn,ing the wine rooms attached
to his saloon. Mr.. Mayor
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-10-30
FEDERATION OF LABOR DECLARES
A BOYCOTT AGAINST NELSON
WORMS G COMPANY.

The Chicago Federation of Labor,
through Its executive hoard, has taken
M the cause of the striking boXmakerS
and declared a boycott against Nelson
Morris d Go. and every interest with
which the firm or its members are In
any way connected.
The action was taken at n meeting of
the board held at 49, Washington street
10 hear the report Of the committee
which waited upon representative of
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-10-30

per capita. estimated on a population
Of 1.1JO.UO.
Where does II 60? Some Is used for
parks. some for hydraulic elevators.
and some for power in ether forms. hut.
dcduct.ng for all these things. there is
still enormous waste. When families
are periodically furnishing for water.
ana stock yards packing house owners
can get all they want for tapping u
pipe. II is time for an investigation thai
VIII extend farther than the office In
the city hall.