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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-01-30
GOOD FOR RHODE.

Superintendent Rhode Of tho bureau
Of street and alley cleaning submitted
to Commissioner Of Public Works Dow.
ney a new plan for letting contracts
for street cleaning.
Mr.. Rhodes scheme Il to have tho
contractors do their work according to
area. lie snys this h the plan followed
In most other cities and claims that Chi.
cngo would profit by Its adoption. Mr.
Rhode showed to the commissioner q
schedule Of the cost Of street cleaning IN
several ether cities.
Commissioner DOwncy told Mr.
Rhode he did not care to indOrsc new
plan for letting street contracts whai
his term NJ office was 80 near out. lie
instructed the superintendent. however
to submit his plan to the Mayor.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-01-30
AlD. PLOTKE AND THE DEPART.
NEWT 6TORE8.

II IL to bc hoped that Alderman y. NJ.
Plotke will be as successful In his fight
On the department stores rs he has
lheen In his crusade against the theater
hat.
The department stores are the rulna-
tion Of Chicago to-day.
They have almost entirely destroyed
retail trade In the outlying districts and
almost 10000 stores are vacant In con-
sequence.
Taxes keep going up for the small
property owners, a. the taxes Ut the
Marshall Fields keep going down.
The closing Of 10000 stores greatly
decreases the value Of property. never
,heless. and throws at least W,OOO per-
SONS out OF employment.
How many thousands are starving In
consequence Of this state OF affairs!
Alderman PlOtke, who IL bold, able
and resOlute, will earn undying famt
by declaring u relentless war upon de
lsartment stores In the City Council.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-01-30

that a saving of 100000 can I've effect
Improvement. and a saving of S1U1 .1O1
on bridges. tail race. etc.; that the con-
tingent expenses Of s5OO.OOO are un.
necessary. and that the item Of depart.
mental expenses could safely I've re-
duced by S1OO,OOO These omissions
and reductions amount to 1896. 1910
| which. IL deducted from the S3.6S5.-
6iS.14 demanded by the majority.
sanapparentd deficit of s3t9.SI3.G4.
while the amount that would he raised
by the proposed additional taxation
would be s4.SOOOOO.
The committee calls attention to- The
large expenditures proposed by botl,
the ma jority and minority reports. hav-
| ing in contemplation the establishing
Of u great water power near Lockport.
as well ae below Joliet--a matter On.
| tircly foreign to the expressed purposes
Of the sanitary district. which may re-.
suit in the building up of other COM
munities and interests nc the expense
Of the property owners of Chicago. who
are thus taxed for that which must in
the end depreciate their holdings.
The Revenue Committee dcprccates
the constant calling for additional
amounts to I've expended upon public
improvements by the different boards
intrusted with the levying of taxes Mt
this time. They believe economy should
he introduced into the public service.
and now. when all business houses are
curtalling expenditures and cutting
down salaries. an opposite course
should not he taken Ivy public officials
The members OF the committee agree
upon the Importance Of opening the
drainage channel at the earliest possi-
BILE date. but they further believe that
the application to the Legislature mt the
present time may 40 burden the district
with added requirements that such
opening may be long delayed beyond
the time a wise and judiciOus expcndi.
ture of the funds now under the control
Of the trustees would make possible.
In view Of all this the committee rec.
commended the adoption Of +. \. Cum.
mings' resolution protesting against
the proposed tax levy and asking TINT
the Real Estate Board take all hOnOru,.
bic measures necessary to defeat such
unwarranted legislation. Upon motion
Of George l.. Warner the Revenue Com.
mittee-Georgc Birkhoff Jr.. +. A. Cum.
mings. 4. II. Flslhburn. Willis u. jack.
son. l.. A. Scebcrger. Dunlap Smith.
william A. Bond and Joseph DOnners.
bergcr--was unanimously instructed to
take the measures required. Mr.. War.
ner explained that while the committee
Of bankers had been found willing To
compromise upon one.half OF the tax
demanded. II should liz borne In mind
that the bankers might profit by any
bond issue. while the real estate men.
who are unanimous In the opposition tn
any additional tax whatsoever, would
have to put up the money.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-01-30
MARSHALL FIELD BACKWARD As
usual.

There was a great hulln baloo short
time ago about Marshall Field. who
gave something to establish the Field
Columbian Museum. hut inasmuch as
the people gave the ground upon which
the museum In located and the building
In which 1t exists. II Is pretty hard to
sec where Mr.. Fields gift comes In. ex.
cept rs cheap ana cheeky wny to per.
petunte his memory. Within the rec.
objection Of man. he has never been
known to contribute to amy charity,
ana while every other dry goods house
In the city chIppcd In cheerfully for the
cold sufferers. one looks In vain for his
name In the list Of the charitable donn.
tors.
Although Mr.. Fields personal proper.
~ assessment has not advanced mate
rally since 1871, his wealth has al
vanced 2.jOO per cent. Chicago has
been the beneficiary Of very little Of It.
excepting the privilege Of calling thu
Art Building In the South Park thu
Field Columbian Museum.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-01-30
REAL ESTATE NEW FI0HT II.

Chicago real estate dealers, as repre-
scented In the Real Estate Board, have
most empha tlca!ly declared against the
additional tax of ] per cent. for 1898
and 1850 proposed by majority of the
Drainage Trustees. This declaration IL
the result Of an adjourned special meet
ing of the board. at which the report
Of the Revenue Committee on the sub
ject matter was submitted. Critlcising
the majority report Of the Drainage
Boards Finance Committee, the Rev
cnue Committee of the Real Estate
BOARD points out what savings can H.
made on the $685.. CASIO demanded by
the drainage people.
II IL pointed out that the tax levy OF
1893, amounting to Sl,ls9,955, Is omit
ted from the majority's report; that
x76s,7i3 can be saved from the cost Of
carrying the channel through Joliet;
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-01-30
SCRisMER,s FOR FEBRUARY.

The most novel thing In Scribncr's
for February Il the appearance OF {.
ID. GibbOn Us the writer Of the notes
which accompany his first series Of
sketches portraying "I.onilon As Seen
by &. u. Gibson" A. u writer he sees
things with that fresh eye for what II
significant and picturesque In character
that marks his drawings. He II intense.
~ Interested In the pageant Of the lion.
don Streets" and he tells you why.
His dra awnings (made during his resi-.
dence In l.Ondon) are studies from real
people. and suggest entirely new types.
These articles. which will continue for
six months. add new Gibson gallery
to the Paris and New York types al.
ready famous.
The series on "Great Businesses" II
opening up an entirely new Held Of In.
formation for magazine readers. Many
Industrial articles on American sub.
jects have been published heretofore.
but In this series for the first time j.
the reader shown the mans brain ut
work behind the enterprise. The sec-
Ond paper on "A Great Hotel" by Jesse
Lynch Williams, shows the intricate or.
ganixltiOn. the many checks and bal
ances and economies, the advertising
and executive ability, that go to the
making OF the peculiarly American de.
| velOpment.-the great hotel. This story
Ia told with the practiced literary touch
OF a young man who has earned dis
tinct!On as a writer. The many pie
lures made from actual scenes, ana the
astounding facts and figures that ac-
company them. make the whole article
a complete revelation Of a business that
Is mystery to most people.
There Is no New York magistrate
whose appointment was hailed will
more satisfaction than that OF Robert
&. Cornell. who for years had been Il
student OF the social problems of thu
poor. Some Of his observations during
a years actual experience of the Office
are embodied In his article on "Th'
City Magistrates Courts" Almost 10.
600 eases come before each magistrate
In a year. and Judge Cornell Shove
what kind of people they are, and thu
humor and pathOs of their pleas. Thu
odd types Of people who appear there
have been skctched from life by Ken
meth Frazier. The article will add Il
the information Of many people wh'
think themselves authorities on philan
thrOpy.
In the essay "The Last Plantagenet'
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge finds /
congenia1 theme for his analytic facul
~ in study of the real character O
Richard III. as compared with Shak
speare's Interpretation of 1t. Senator
Lodge believes that II Richard hat
been +" little more thorough and lit
tie more cruer' he would have died e,
good old man." and he would have lef
an immense reputation as 1.-The kin.
who stamped out fcudalism, opened thu
! door 10 learning and civilization
brought crown and people together
consolidated the English monarchy
and set England on the triumphan
march Of modern days"
The second installment of Richart
Harding Davis SOLDIERS of Fortune
introduces "A lot Of interesting charac
tiers and shows the President of tn,
little republic and the curious circl'
that surrounds him. The picture Of III
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-01-30
THH OEzIOAaS HAqLD,

In small South American capital IL
graphic and amusing. There II more
vigor and action In this tale than in any
previous story by Mr.. Davis. 1t Is full
Of dramatic surprises.
There are three short stories. Robert
W. Chambers. author Of ''The Red Re.
public" appears with u Breton tale of
mystery entitled "Thc Messenger" Not
only are the plot and characters strik-
ingly new. but the rich imagery and
the play Of fancy make il a charming
bit Of literature. 1t strikes new note
In contemporary fiction.
4. Grant La Fargo tells In "Pial
Azon," a Canadian Indians tale Of he.
roism--,hc character study Of an old
trappcr in the Laurentidcs.
Another kind Of heroism Is narrated
by W. II. shelton In the sketch ~
Woman"
The art features of this number are
very attractive. Il. A. Abbey contrib
utcs the frontispiecc scene from grea,
novel-an exquisite dra wing Of Kowena
and Rebecca In "1vanhOe." Scgnntini
the leader Of modern Italian landscap,
painters. Is briefly described. with sev
on reproductions Of his paintings. Mrs
Il. II. Blashtield writes Of "Thc Nina
ture Portrait" with special rcfcrcnc,
to some recent examples Of the work.
The Field Of Art contains illustrated
accounts Of the Mozart monument II
Vienna. the Old Cheshire Cheese I'M
of London. etc.
Other departments and poems com
plcte the issue.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-01-30

vices at the family residence, IL Lake
View avenue. the remllns were inter.
red at Graceland. The services were
in charge Of Joseph Brucker. and the
Gcrmania and Orpheus Maennerchors
sang. The active pallbearcrs were all
employees Of Mr.. Madlcner. They were
Charles Naumann. william Pfeiffner.
Otto Schrt. Peter Gunkcl. Emil TIER.
Henry SEIZURE. william Baudcr and
Fred Riechers. The honorary pallbcar.
ers were Peter Schuttler. Christopll
Hotz. Joseph Theurer. Francis Lack
ner, Henry Lecp, Herman Paepckc, ID.
j. Leffens and Edward t'ihlpin.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-01-30
NOME AND COUNTRY FOR FEB.
RUARY.

Beginning with the February issue,
which II the initial number OF Vol.
XIV. tho Monthly illustrator Publish.
Ing Co. announce some important
changes In their popular magazine.
II will appear In u new dress. hut I'M
der the old familiar title Of Home ana
Country. u name which stands for all
that II dearest and hest In the hearts or
the American people. In uccor'lanc"
with these views the magazine Will b"
enlarged Onc.thlrd above its present
size. and new departments added.
Home and Country is already a well
come visitor In thousands Of American
homes. and with every number issued
the circle Il gradually but steadily
widening.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-01-30
HOTiCE.

The Eagle can be ordered at Charles
Macdonald & Co.'S literary emporium
and book store. IS Washington street,
T.. II. Jackson's periodical and news
Depot, o. Clark street,
Robt. e. Burke's book, stationery.
Deriodical and newspaper depot, $40
Division street,
Sherman House news stand,
Palmer House news stand,
fremont House news stand,
Security Building news stand,
southeast corner Of Madison street
and Fifth avenue.
And at oil nrst.class news stands
throughout the West.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-01-30
the DEPARTMENT STORES AND
CHARITX.

What have the big department stores
Of Chicago given to alleviate the suf.
ferings Of the starving poor!
Very little.
Aud this little In most cases was
wrung from the small earnings Of their
half.pald employees.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-01-30
OBITUARY..
CHARLES KERN.


simplicity marked the funeral SER
vices Wednesday over the remains Of
Charles Kern ut the family residence,
1890 Grand boulevard. None Of the
many organizations of which the de-
ceased was u member took part In the
ceremonies, ut the request of the fam
lily, although representatives of many
of them We're present, including large
delegations from the IrOquOis Club ana
the Cook County Democracy. In the
receptiOn-ro0m, where the caskct lay.
flowers filled every corner. There was
no music. Rev. Howard Agnew John
stOn, pastor of the FOrty-iirst Street
Presbyterian Church, preached the flu
neral sermon from the words Of the
hymn, my faith look NJ TO Thee, Thou
Lamb of Cavalry" After the bcnedic-
ton Mr.. Kern's associates In the differ
cnt organizations paid their last trlb-
ute to him. The intcrment NJ Oak
woods was private. The pallbcarers
We're: Il, l.. Brand. W. Hesing. W, POr-
ter, u. NJ. Phelps. &. l.. FELTON,, Frank
HOyne, George Bonner, II. Waldo
Howe, T.. A. Howe, Il. Crandall. James
l.. Allen, Richard Barger, W. NJ. Sat
terly. Judge Ewing, W. Anderson, w.
II. Burcky. Charles Beifcld, Colonel
Conley. l.. A. Turner, W. J.. Shepard,
Joseph Leroy, Otto Neff, J.. Kinssner.
At the request of Mrs. Kern. made
through DIR. Johnston, the pallbearers
performed their duties without uncOv-
ering their heads. Mrs. Il. l.. Ball, of
Terre Haute. Ind. II sister of Mrs.
! Kern, was the only person who attend
ed the funeral from u distance.
| FUNERAL OF FRIDOLIN MADLE-
NER.
The funeral of FridOlin Madlencr was
held Wednesday, Following the ser
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-01-30
THE MAYOR;8 PR0MPTNESS De.
SERVES PRAISE.

Mayor Swift has covered himself
with glory during the crisis through
which the city has just passed. His
timely appeal for aid for the poor was
answered In a generous manner by the
generous people Of Chicago.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-01-30

Miss Hall. the pleasant little member
from Cook County, has not Introduced
a single bill since the session opened.
Miss HOssy's heart Is set on having II
resolution passed endorsing the Cuban
rebellion, and 1t Is real mean OF the
Legislature not to pass N.
The herald., 1897-11-23
National Bank Changes

The latest bulletin Of the comptroller
of the currency, dated November 15 1897,
gives the following among other
changes:
Applications to Organize National
Banks Approved-The National Tx
change bank of Clayton. New York. with
capital of $4,000. by the following per-
sons: II. i. Grant, Jacob Putnam, John
Foley and others.
The Exchange National bank of Mey
ersdalc, Pennsylvania, with a capital OF
100000 by the following persons: a. I.
John. Meyersdale, Pa; Samuel p. Maust
and others.
Application to Convert to National
Bank Approved-The Nevada bank Of
San Francisco, California, to The Ne
vada National bank Of San Francisco,
with capital of $3,000,0oo.
Liquidation-The Government Ma
tional bank of Pottsvlle, Pa, has gone
into voluntary liquidation by resolution
of its stockholders dated November S,
1897.
The National Live Stock bank OF Fort
Worth, Texas, has gone into voluntary
liquidation by resolution Of its stock
holders dated November !, 1897.
Insolvent-The First National bank
of Helena, Mont, Eugent Il. Wilson ap-
pointed receiver in place Of Sam j.
Brown (resigncd), to take effect No
vember 10, 1897.
The herald., 1897-11-23
A HURDLING STEER
a Bovine That Jumped Over Four
Strand Wire Fence and Back

At the recent horse show some of the
especially trained hurdlers made pretty
fair leaps over bars set in the arena and
there was much applause from the fair
spectators when one or another Of the
animals took the jump neatly and clean
ly. All of this was creditable to the
horses and the applause was deserved.
1t is at least q question, however, wheth-
err the best Of the "hurdlers" could he
induced even by the use of whip and
spur to take one of two leaps made by
a young steer out on the extension of
Fifteenth street at the head of the hill
leading to Centropolis.
The steer was one of large herd be-
ing driven from the stock yards to pas
ture. Just inside q four-strand barb
wire fence was pond. The steer was
apparently thirsty, and, spying the wa
ter, it seemed to take the measure of the
fence for moment. Then, with only
very short half run it rose at the OBJ
struction, as horsemen would say, and
sailed fairly and cleanly over the fence.
The act was so surprising in steer and
so gracefully done that herders and
chance riders on the road gave vent to
applause.
One of the herders dismounted O mo-
inent later, crawled between the lower
strands Of the wire fence which was too
high for him to even think of vaultiny,
circled around the drinking steer and
gave crack with his bull whip. The
animal without even O preliminary run,
The herald., 1897-11-23

23 to 80, block 49, Harrison Curtis u Sweet
ser's subdivision: $500.
C. n. and c. Kimball to A. G. Bartlett
Lot Is, block 2, Washington Street tract;
$3.50.
T. f. Garland to G. V. D. Brand-Lot is,
block 4. J. W. Mcbride q Cos subdivision
of Pomona; $780,
D. A. and NJ. J. Wagner to G. A. Blunt
Part Sec 81, N u; $500.
X. +. S. de Dodson to L. r. Dowan. rus
tee-Lot 70, block 0, and lot IS, block l3,
Rudecinda tract; s12o
c. NJ. and t. l.. Clark to X. A. Danielson
Lots q and %. Pnney Hotel tract; 800.
II. Fl. and NJ. A. Markham to e, X. Long
den-Lots 10. II and II, block 1913, East San
Gabriel; $225.
H. Macneil ct al. to Mrs. Atha C. Gilli
land-Part lot 3. block 76, Rancho Providen-
cia & Scott tract; $500.
BiXby Investment company to w. y.
Clark-Part Rancho Los Cerritos; $3.50 0G0.
j. A. and L. NJ. Anderson to M. b. Welch
Lot 40 and part lot As, Waverly tract $500.
A. J. and e. A. Miller to A. Lennon
Lot 5, Marlborough tract; $500.
]. NJ. Browne to w. sThompson-Lot 26,
block c, Shafer & Lanterman's subdivision
OF Montague tract; 5000.
S. s. and H. s. Fawcett to r. A. Fawcett
Lot 6, block 113, subdivision of Rancho
Providencia and Scott tract: $l2o0.
S. Il. Foster to F. II. Daley and r. II.
Webber-Part lots % and 23 Is. l.. A. Imp
Cos subdivision: sS1O.
G. H. and A. NJ. Z. Bisby to W. A. Clark
Part Rancho Los Coyotes: s71i1.
M. Pinkerton ito r. w. Brown-Lot A.
Wiesendanger tract; $500.
SUMMARY
OeeuS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 43
nominal OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Is
Iotal ......................... Sab, III
The herald., 1897-11-23
SAN FRANCISCO MARKETS
Call Board Prices Of Cereals and Ship
q mentHaReceived

SAN FRANc1scU. Nov. 22.-wheat-
Strong; December LIZA; November. 1.39N
+ Barley-Easier:r December. S6ls; May, SS
+ Corh--Larg'e' yellow, 9O4921ac.
. Bran-1S.G0 per ton.
Z Flour-Family extras. 4.55@465; bakers
extras. 4.S004.40..
Wheat-Shipping wheat, 1SSA for No /
and lao for choice; milling wheat, 1.41A@
1.4SA.
Barley-Feed, s5G921s; brewing, 1O21s@
Ito.
Oats-Poor to fair, 1o6AN11O; good to
choice, 1.121aM1.17h; fancy feed. 1.20cl1. 25;
gray. 1.10Q1.15; Surprise. 1.2OGl 25; black,
for seed 135M1.5O; red. 1.3On1.35.
Receipts-Flour, quarter sacks. 80, $50; do.
Oregon, 1856: wheat, centals, As. 59t; barley,
centals, 11,720; oats, centals. 21S5; beans,
sacks, 100: corn, centals, 3510 potatoes,
sacks 1895; bran. sacks, Is; do. Oregon
1899; mddlings, sacks, 100; hay, tons, S19:
straw. tons, 20; mustard seed. sacks, 314:
wool. bales, 115; hides, number. 354: raj
sins, boxes 1926; wine, gallons, GO, 100; bran
dy, gallons. 2500
The herald., 1897-11-23

rose to the fence from the inside and
leaped over it even more gracefully and
cleanly than it had done before and re-
joined the herd without even a toss of
its head to show that it was proud of it's
unsteerlike accomplishment.
Talk about your steeplechase and
hur(!ling horses" said the owner of the
herd to d passerby who had witnessed
and enjoyed the steers feats, ."I'll back
that steer against the best of the horses
at the last horse show and give them
odds, tool never saw the steer before
today, either. I'll just bet none of them
would even try to jump fence like
that. kansas. City Star.
The herald., 1897-11-23
ON CHANGE
What Was Done Yesterday on Wall
Street

NEW YORK, Nov. 22.-There was not
much change in the character of the gem
eral dealings in the stock market today.
but some special stocks showed marked
strength and others marked weakness.
Trading was for the most part dull and
narrow, and resulted in small net losses
generally in the railway list. The Northern
Pacific stocks were notable exceptions in
this part of the list, and developed quite
aggressive strength as the day proceeded.
The preferred stock closed with net gain
of 13s cents, and the common with net
gain of H. The motive for the buying was
the statement of gross earnings for the
second week in November, which showed
an increase over the corresponding period
of last year Of s1S1137, or over As per cent.
Following strong statement for the first
week. the effect was to create strong de-
mand for this stock by the operators, which
carried the price up In spite of the selling
for London account. The feature of the
days trading was the conspicuous strength
shown by the stocks of local corporations.
n the other hand, the coalers were nota-
bly, weak. Outside of these the market
was dull and without anything of general
interest. One OF tho incidents of the day
was the first payment to the government
by tho Union Pacific reorganization COM
mittec on account of the foreclosure sale.
The amount of tho payment was s13 621 ,25O.
Tho transaction was effected by the trans
fer of credits from the common account
Of cash deposited in ono of tho city banks
to the government. which leaves the money
OIL deposit in the same bank. the bank hav-
ing placed government bonds in the treas
ury at Washington as security. The trans
action was completed without creting a
rise in the money market. The remainder
of the purchase price is to be paid in four
equal instnllments the first sof which will
be paid on December 9th. and the. remain.
ing at intervals OF ten days. Each install-
mcnt is about $500, 900, and no apprchen-
soin is felt that 1t will create any disturb.
once in the money market.
The bond market was quite strong, ana
Hhowed considerable activity.
Total sales were A1.6So000. United States
fsurs Of 1907 rcso %c. bid to tAM. and sold