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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-21
THE EDUCATIONAL "OUJLOOK. ,

Tile tenth annual educational mum.
Der Of The Outlook puts side by side
personal sketches Of two great cducat.
ors. with unusually fine portraits of the
two men. One of the two II an Amerj.
cnn-'lie great scientist, Joseph lie
COnte. who has been the nblest Amcri-
can advocate of the theory of evolution
as being In unison with the doctrine of
Christianity. The other Is the famous
and eccentric English scholar and OK
ford professor. Benjamin JOwctt. md
the sketcl, II based on the recent bj.
ography which has attracted such wide
attention. There are half.a. dozen or
more other articles relating to timely
educational topics: u refined love story
by Margaret sutton Briscoe: an i'm.
inenscly interesting installmcnt of Mr..
Justin McCnrthy's STORY of Glnd-
stones Life" touching upon the Ala
bama Question and the Irish rnivpr-
sity contest: the second part Of Helen
NJ. North's valuable and beautiful Illus.
trntcd How to See an English Cathe.
trnl: u readable paper on "Pilgrim's
Progress" by the pastor of the church
at Bunynn's town. Bedforl--the Rev.
John Brown. ID. d.. and much else of
Interest. The cover has u strongly
drawn reproduction Of the statue of the
"Lemnlan Athena" now known to he u
copy of Phdlns's great work. the
parts of which were brought together
In a strange way. ,S3 II year The Out.
look Company. IL Astor Place. New
York
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-21
RABBIEEAR WHEELER DONNEC

Said the Chicago city Railway Com
pany TO It's cable men: I'VE would like
20 cut your wages"
Said the cable men: "Nlt."
Said the Chicago City Railway Com.
pany: ''Of course. not"
There are Council galleries to br
packed yet. and the company Is afraid.
For the present II regards liz men rs
an Instrument To bc usa,; in falSlfying
public opinion, and 1t does not care 10
put on the screws. Later. # 1t AMI lis
allies succeed In heating the city Il will
do with It's employees as it pleasrs.
There will b. fifty years without re-
dress. In which II may grow fat upon
the prOrrr:y of the people.
It's spokesman was "omp"llc,l to con-
fess that he was proposing n reduction
Of wages while the company was r.
ceiving u big dividend, but the program
of The future cOnteniplntes much larger
dividends. without nny corresponding
increase to labor. The proposition H.
for one grand monOpOlisti, grab.
Sentiment Is wasted IN such u cor
poratiOn, and the victorious emplo! es
might have omitted The cheers sug-
gcsted by an emotional individual, who
was hardly responsible.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-21
Death OF GEORGE H. FRENCK.

George II. French. one of the best
known caterers in Chicago and son Of
the first proprietor of the old Briggs
House. has passed away, and by his
death Chicago loses one of her nOblest
citizens.
George II. French had been in the
catering business In Chicago since he
was n boy. His father was one of the
pioneer hotel men In Chicago. and In
1853, when william Briggs built the
hotel ut Randolph street and Fifth ave-
nue., George II. French took charge.
The hotel was opened In April. 1854.
and he conducted the house with John
Floyd until 1858, when financial re.
verses compelled n dissolution of part
nership. Mr.. French remained with the
house for years, and il was there that
the younger French received his first
lessons In catering under the direction
of his father. George II. French, Jr..
began In the business when a mere boy
ana after leaving the Briggs House was
connected with several catering con
Germs In the city. A few years after
the big fire he went to the Chicago Club
as caterer and remained there until
about 1870, when he became manager
for Kinsley.
He remained with Kinsley five years,
and was one of the most popular man
ayers that establishment ever had. He
left there TO take charge of the Bre-
vn,pt IIntnl In MnliSnu Strant Ha ra-
turned TO Kinsley's in 1856, ana re-
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-21
THE MADOENeD RUSH FOR GOLD.

40 far rs the reports Indicate. there
never was such wild ami tlOugiitless
rush to newly discovered gold fields IN
II now being made to the KlOndike
country. Many people seem to look
upon II ~ u summer jaunt. the only
real difficulty Ming the distance. Tie
difference between that and CnlifOr-
mia. they seem to- think. II that 70 r.
fonr or five thousand miles further. II
Ii. Indeed. four or i've thousand miles
further. and. besides. n a region U nj.
most perpetual leo and snow. Those
who start now will get there ut the bc.
ginning nj such winter ~ they have
never known. where the mercury
drops IN hfty ar sixty degrees below
zero. and the ground II 40 deeply frozen
that dynamite will hardly break II ,n.
Those who thus go will not find gold.
but they Will ind cold In plenty. More
than thar, they will fnd starvation,
and death. They IRE going to a corrr.
try where winter continues for ten
months In the year. aud where there
are not more than four g0od working
months altogether.
They Will save money and health
ana time II they postpone the journey
until next spring. II they wait uurFl
then the reports Of fabulous wealth IN
that country Will be u gvod deal
scncer than they are now. amt they
Will In glad they stayed mt hoNIe.-
Times Herald
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-21
VaCaliOA DAy 4.

In the Lake Regions OF Wisconsin,
Northern Michigan, Minnesota. Iowa
and South Dakota, along the lines Of
the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
Railway, are hundreds OF charming 10.
calitles pre-eminently fitted for sum-
mer homes, nearly all OF which are 10.
Gated on or near lakes which have not
been flshed 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 a 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 u few hours Of
travel, by frequent trains, over the fin.
est road In the NOrthwest-the Chica.
90, Milwaukee and st. Paul Railway.
Send 2-cent stamp for copy Of IVA.
cation Days." giving description Of
the principal resorts, and list of sum-
mer hotels and boarding houses, and
rates for board. to Geo. II. HeaffOrd.
General Passenger Agent, Chicago, Ill.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-21
PARK BALkS SHEET RAILWAy
EXTENSION.

The West Park Board has refused Ia
allow the West Chicago Street Rail.
road Company to extend It's Ke,lzic
avenue line across Washington and
Central Park bOulevarls. This blocks
the completion of the line for the resi-.
dents of that thoroughfnrc north of the
Chicago and Northwestern tracks.
These residents secured the necessary
frontage for the street car company.
and the authority Of the city also has
been granted. The company intended
to extend the line from West Madison
street to West North avenue. ana from
Its present southern terminus to West
2?d street West Park Commissioners
Andrew J. Graham. the only Demo.
cratic member Of the Board. II leading
the fight against the street railroad
company.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-21

AprOpOs of the new ''sslf-cOllecting'
letter box which the pOstOitice people
have put on the market, the following
extract from n letter written to well.
known Chicago business man by his
sister during his absence from the city,
II good:
You asked me, brother dear, to tell
You infinitely everything that happened
mt home while you We're SO fur away,
so must tell you about our new letter
box. They say It was selected as supe.
riOr to twenty-five other inventions; II
IL one OF the flve-dOllar ones. Well,
father studied It, and understood II.
"MOther said: 1T was altogether too
complicated for daily use. would hinder
the pOstman, that n good plain box, of
which the pOstman and the family
should each have a key, would be far
better she said-'whO Is going to en-
trust anything very valuable to this
box, whicl, could easily be carried
away bodily
last evening our fair guest from
Idaho deposited letter In the box,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-21
FRAUDS M the DRU0 TRADE.

The State Board OF Pharmacy Inns
acted wisely In declaring war against
npOthecarles ana grOceis who nre denl.
Ing IN nd'l'terated drugs and chemicals.
For some time past an investigation
has been going otl, and the discoveries
made by I'll" chemists employed for this
work are startling. ~ the result IL h
said TINT more than 2OO arrests will In
made In t'.is city.
Frederick NJ. schmidt. resident mem.
her of the beard, says that among
other peculiar things discovered by the
state chemists may be enumerated "bo-
mX' which contains no bOraX. "llthia
tablets" which contain no form of
iithin. "luinine pills" which contain no
auinlne AMI cream Of tartar" contain
Ing ~ per cent of plaster OF paris.
Comparatively recently several fakirs
Hooded the LEGAL drug market with n
new "tastcless quinine" Sufferers from
ngue ana other forms of malnrinl dis
eases purchased the new drug eagerly.
hoping thereby to escape the bitter
taste of the old familiar product Of Pc.
ruvian bark. They did escape the taste,
but they couldn't shake the ag,le. That
"tasteless lulnlne" was pulverlzcd
plaster of paris.
1t IL this sort of imposition that the
Board Of Pharmacy aims to prevent.
The use of plaster of paris In the arts
has been known from earliest times. 1t
Is pSDpciaI,y valuable for interior dccO.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-21

proved. Investigation should bring IN
light the guilty parties and their nun.
ishment afterward should he an easy
undertaking. In the meantime II can
bc stated with the utmost certainty
that the city records bear upon their
face conclusive evidence that the city
has been robbed deliberately of an i'm.
mcnse amount Of revenue. Even cas-.
ual Inspection of the looks shows that
fully half million dollars has been I'm.
accounted FOR.
As u single instance Of what the roc.
Or,ls show the case Of the Rock Island
Hallway shops mt Forty.seventh street
and Wentworth avenue may he cited.
The hooks Of the water office prove TINT
the water meter Of the Rock Island
shops for January. 1896. registered
711.OOO cubic feet. This was about the
regular monthly average for that es-
tablishment. In February the meter
registration dropped to $4,000 feet. n
loss Of 261, 900 feet In one month. In
March It dropped to 333, 900 feet. fur.
tlicr loss of 177.OOO feet. From this
time forward the meter readings were
wonderfully low. In December the to-
tai registration was only 10000 feet. n
drop Of G2i.OOO feet from the January
figures. The total for April. 1897. was
1Gi.WW feet. Then came n now city
administration and a change in the
water office. In May the registration
took n sudden Jump TO G,ij.OOO feet.
These figures speak for themselves.
They point Enthusiastically to fraud. The
figures for january. 1850. and for May.
1907. furnish a fair basis from which to
compute the losses In the Intervening
months. The water office records show
that In the sixteen months referred to
the Rock Island shops used ~. 1870. 900
gallons Of water. Experts declare that
the actual amount consumed must have
exceeded 12.OOO.OOO gallons. This rep.
resents u net loss to the city. In this
particular instance. of $1,000 revenue.
And there arc Otlicrs--scOrcs Of them
certainly. hundreds of them probably.
Shake up This department Of the public
service: place II upon civil service
basis and order thorough system of
renovation and rcOrganlza ton. The
way to reform Il to reform. Go to the
bottom of this matter --'rImes. Herald.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-21
This fall each ton Of anthracite coal

This fall each ton of anthracite GOal
will cost every manufacturer. every
merchant, every family $3.50 more than
It cost Last fall. That Is, the price Of
anthracite coal has advanced In. thu
past Year little more than 40 per cent.
WhXT Because the mines aH becom.
Ing exhausted? Because the wages 0c
miners and employees OF coal railways
have risen? Because the cost OF pro-
ductiOn has Increased? Because last
years price was below tho price Mt
which dealing In coal Is profitable? Not
Mt mlf. The sole reason Ii that several
men who had control over tho neces-
sar' mines ana railways. organized a
trust ITO decrease the output ana to
raise the price," or course there are
laws both Federal and State against
1t. OF course there are certain instincts
or humanity against III. but the coal
trust cares nothing for such trlties as
law ana humanity.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-21
THE PACKERS ROBBERY.

The regular biennial scandal In the
city water office Is now fairly launched.
II former precedents ale to he followed
this subject will be- aired sufficiently To
demonstrate Its utter rOttenness, and
then 1t will suddenly drop out of sight.
What the Chicago water Office needs Is
not palliative but cure. 1t Is high
time to put an end to the wholesale
robbery which hns long been carried on
In that particular branch of the public
service. Stop this serial story of plum.
der.
Apparently the records of the water
office are EOneycOmbed with crooked
ness. Entries have been altered and
erased, signatures have been forged
and stamps have been cOunterfeited,
Who has done this work remains to be
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-21

NAMED there until he went into bust.
ness for himself. In 1850 he organized
the George II. French Catering Com.
mny and opened rival concern to
Ninsley mt 81 state street. The place
was elegantly fitted up and had large
patronage from the North Side. 1t did
not prove financial success. and In
lSo2 the company failed and Mr..
French accepted n position with the
Weber Catering Company.
When A. l.. Gage organized the Wei.
lington Catering Company In 1909 and
secured the concessions ut the worlds
fair for n large number of cafes,
George II. French was selected to take
charge. He managed the Wellington
cafes ut the worlds fair until It's close
ana then accepted managerial posi-.
ton with the Drexel Cafe COMPANY.
which was organized about that time.
He was manager of the Drexel Cafe nt
the time of his death.
Mr.. French leaves a wife. formerly
Miss Dow. n sister Of DIR. Dow of Hyde
pnrk
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-21
Assessor 0RAY'S GOOD wORK.

No official who ever lived within the
limits of this city has won 30 mucl,
praise as has james J. Gray. the popu.
lar Assessor of the Town of North Chi.
cagO.
Born In the town. no man knows the
people of that section of the city better
than Mr.. Gray.
He knows their wants and apprc
ciates their necessities.
He has pleased every one by his fair
and honest assessment. and cnn hold
the office as long as he lives IL HI
chooses to.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-21
MAY DIvORCE RAiLROADS AND
STOCk Yards.

The directors Of the new stOck-yards
company, known as the Chicago June
ton Railway and Union Stock Yards
Company, has under consideration tho
division of the concern into two separ'
ate organizations, one to have the rail
road feature and the other the live
stock business. The matter will be de-
cidcd al the next meeting of the direct
0rs, to be- held early in December. The
railroad business of the company en-
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-21
POSTMASTER GORDON IS DOiN0

Postmaster Gordon Is meritlng the
confidence bestowed upon him mt the
outset of his career.
lie is wedding out the barnacles at
the postOfiice. and is advancing men Of
merit to their places.
The removal by Mr.. Gordon of the
fellow Harrington Is u step In the right
direction.
II meets with the approval of all good
citizens.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-21

The civilized world will sl,udder In
sympathy with Spain in view of the as.
sassinatlon of her distinguished states
man and premier. CanOvns del Castillo.
lie died rs Lincoln, Garfield and CarnOt
died. struck down without warning for
no fault. but rs the penalty Of holding
an exalted station which made him the
target Of crazy discomfort. Scnor Can
Ovas had served his country well, &C.
cOryllng to his lights. and his lights
were those Of a loyal spanlard OF the
latter half Of the nineteenth century.
For fOrty-Odd years he had occupied
seat In the cOrtes, and Tor the greater
part Of thirty years he had been at In
tervals member Of the ministry. The
life ana soul Of his party, he has been
Its unchallcnged leader In late years In
or out Of power. 1t was his distinction
rs minister Of finance and the colonies
In 1866 to draw up the law for the
abolition Of the traffic In black. slaves.
Another Of his titles to fame was his
having been the first to hoist the stand.
ard OF legitimate and constitutional
monarchy, ana his fidelity and capacity
obtained for him the supreme direction
Of the Alfonsist party. His career Ii.
fiecketl throughout with notable public
service. Nor IL his record that of n
statesman alone. As a member Of the
Royal Academy md OF the academies
Of languages, history and the fine arts,
he has been equally distinguished. He
was n man Of great erudition and fire..
qucnt und valued contributor to tho
periodicals Of the day. Writing history
and poetry has been his diversions.
Much TINT CanOvas has said and done
has found no favor on this side Of the
Atlantic. His point Of view was not
Oupx-lt WAS not even the point Of view
.Of the most advanced civillxatiOn-but
lIt was that Of his country. His patriot.
Ism was unIucst'0ncd even by those
who had reason to detest the methods
by which he sarOve to maintain the ter.
ritorial integrity Of the empire ut the
expense Of colonies which had tired OF
home tdRS and yearned for independ,
enco. The motive Of the assassin has
not bR0n disclosed. Anarchist IL tho
convenient word which II fitted to his
name. aud NO doubt his dastar,ily deed
was tho fruit Of anaN hlstic teaching.
An effort will no doubt be made to
fasten the net upon the friends Of OF.
pressed and frenxie<l Cuba. We hope
1t will not b. successful. Cuba's canse
Is too just to be thus besmeared. and mo,
real friend Of Cuba can contemplate
tlio n,ryft.r Of CnnOvMs with nnythinY
but horror.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-21
AFTER M'CARTHY AND NEWMAN.

The Board Of Education are after
Mccarthy ana Newman hot sticks re-
garding the filling In of certain school
grounds. ana now certain West Side
taxpayers claim that Mccarthy and
Newman took dirt of Attn avenue, be,
tween Madison and Harrison streets.
and sold the same to the West Park
Board ut SO much n load, and claim
also that they filled Park avenue with
the same dirt.
Fred Fielder, assistant architect of
the Board of Education, II involved In
charges which j. Il. Cuumins, q con.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-21

plOys large number of men and uses
about thirty locomotives. with n track
system aggregating nearly 300 miles.
Il. A. Valentine of Armour Il Co. has
just been elected member of this com.
pany. to fill the vacancy made by the
death Of f. J. Martyr. a few months
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-21

CAUTIoN.-There ID Q white soap
shaved up and sold a. Dobbins' Elec.
trio. It Is Q fraud and will ruin clothes.
The genuine is never sold except in bars,
stamped Dobbins' Soap Mfg. Co., Phila.
delphia, and In wrappers with pictures
of Mrs. Fogy.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-21
hoping II would he speeding on its way
while she still silent in tho r,Orniuu

ut was to ask friend In Wisconsin
to meet her ut the train the next day.
When the pOstman came, he was a new
man. had not yet obtained the key. and
her letter Is still safely In Uncle Sans
care.
"For hcr. she must rcwrite It and go
to n distant mail box. and run the risk
Of her friends meeting her tomorrow.
II anything more funny happens about
Our new letter bOx I will tell YOU"
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-31
WEATHER BUREAU REPORT.

UNITED STATES DEPA ARTMENT OF AGRICUL-
TUBE, WEATHER BUREAU, SAN Francisco, Jan.
80. 1887, 3 P. M.-Weather conditions and general
forecast:
The following are the seasonal rainfalls to date
as pared with those of the same date last sea-
son and rainfall, for he past twenty-four hours:
Eureka %. SO inches, last season %. 81. pas, 81
hours l2 Red Bluff 1890, last season Is. 81. last
a hours &C; san francisco 1928, last season
1924, pnst "a hours .O4; Fresno 5.13 last season
4-O9, past "A hours .02; san Luis ObispO l1.5s
las, season I" 25 past "a hours -: Los Angeles
STA, last season 5.9l, past "a hours -; San
Diego 6.S4, last season 2 50, past "a hours -;
Yuma :. Sc last season .46. past "a hours
san Francisco datR-Maximum temperature 81,
minimum At. mean so.
The storm which was central over Vancouver
Fri ay morning has moved rapidly Overland, and
the second storm is central tonight on the oregon
and Washington coast. High souLheasterly Wi ds,
Win heaNy RAIN may pe expected slohg Ihe q oaSs
from san Fran cisco north ward for the next Sd
hours. Rain has fallen from San Francisco TO
Seattle.
Ihe pressure has risen over Wyoming. Utah
and Southern Idaho. It has also risen over
Southern California and Arizona
The temperature has fallen over tn Sacram en- to
Valley aid also in Utah. Elsewhere it has re-
manned stationary.
The following maximum wind velocities are
reported: Fort Candy, 36 miles hour, from the
southeast; Eureka 81 miles, from the southeast.
southeast storm signals are displayed along the
coast Of California from san Francisco to Eureka
Forecast made at san Francisco for 80 hours
ending midnight, January 81, 1897
Northern aIifornia = showers early sunday
morning and in the northern portion Sunday aft
ernoon; fresh southeastery winds.
southern California - Cloudy Sunday; fresh
sOutheasJery winds.
Nevada-Cloudy Sunday and probably rain in
northwest portion: cooler in northwest portion.
Utah-Clopdy sunday.
ARIZONA Fair Sunday.
san Francisco and vicfnity-Rain Sunday morn
ing, probably clearing in the afternoon: fresh
southeasterly winds. ALEXANDER Meade,
Local Forecast Official.