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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-14

The operation Of the postal savings
bank system Of Great Britain IL Of
great benefit to the people Of that coun.
try. Too much stress cannot be laid
on the Importance Of such a system In
developing habits Of thrift In the young.
Much Significance attaches to the fact
that 80 many OF the depOsItOrs are chill.
drcn. II the youth Of the present can
be taught the value Of money and In.
duced to save. the number Of spend.
thrills will Ike remarkably less In the
next generation, ana poverty aud want
will be far less prevalent. Postal saw.
ings banks have done much to allay
discomfort In England and to render
government more stable. Why should
this country do less to promote the wei.
fare Of its people and increase their In.
terest In the maintenance ana well-be.
Ing Of tho Government? In Great
Britain the sums standing to the credit
Of depOsitOrs In the pOstOfiice bank
amount to nearly S5OO.OOO.OOO. In this
country. with Its larger population. the
deposits In few years In u postal saw.
ings bank doubtless would be large
enough to absorb the entire national
debt. How much better the people OF
this country would feel about 1t II the
interest on the national debt We're going
to the small savings deposltOrs instead
OF to large money holders, a cOnsIdera-
bic proportion OF whom are foreigners!
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-14
NEW LAWS FIRST USE.

The first Grand Jury to he drawn IN.
der the new jury law was selected 10y
the jury commissioners Wednesday
and will serve for September. The
new jury Is made up As follows.
Peter Haywood. sos West Adams
street.
VIM. =. Love. 314 North State street
John Willig. Morgan Park
Thomas NJ. Galiger. $500 Langley nv.
enuc.
T.. Richard Lay. oU2 jackson loulc
ward.
Marvin 4. Dean. Evanston.
Edward e. Waller. River Forest.
Edward Foreman. 22W Prairie ave
nue..
George +. Fisk. 2SO} T'aulina street.
Joseph q. Rev. 1tD Dearborn ave
uue.
Charles \. MAR. 33S North state
street
Cuthbcrt Macarthur. $40 sawyer ave
nue..
r.. \. Mcyscnlcrg. 141 Astor street.
Thomas =. Crtittpntlpu. 1908 Madison
avenue.
W. II. Cairndutf. % st. James place
Francis NJ. Finck, River Forest.
Il. T.. Brownell. TOO Yale avenue.
Edward +. Grcenougl,. Evanston.
Charles q. Dawes, Evanston.
q. NJ. Kiesling. Blue Island.
Joseph i. Charles. Evanston.
Nt.....,,., ,ss.,,, f.tc N1,.,t,t,ruu ,,vnu,,n
Henry II. Ferris. 1I41 Oak,lalc ave.
nue..
The new Jury IL composed entirely Of
business men Of whose fitness for serv-
iCp the commissioners were assured bp-
fore they were selected. Under the old
law Il became the practice for politi-
clans to control the juries. II any po-
lit,cal light with slight pull wanted
to spend two weeks In the service Of
the county at 81 u day he had only tn
pull the wires and he would bc 50.
lpctcd.
Under the new law the service il
compulsory II the vcnircman IL eligible
to service. and II he fails to put In an
appearance at the converting Of the
jury a deputy sheriff Is sent out with II
cnpias ana the erring member II
brought before a Judge. Here he II
charged with contempt of court. and
II his absence IL not satisfactorily OK
planned he may le fined or sent 10 Jail.
While the new Grand Jury was
chosen by lot. u number of prominent
AMI wealthy citizens are included In
the body. NJ. \. Dean IL secretary Of
Sprague. Warner 4 Co., T.. \. Ncysci,-
berg IL secretary Of the American Rail.
way Construction Company. Morris
Selz II the senior partner Of Selz.
Schwab h CO.. manufacturers of shoes.
Charles \. MAR II u retired capitalist.
Il. T.. Browncll II President Of the
BrOwnell Improvement Company. antl
II. Richard lazy In Of Marshall Field X
Co.'s Wholesale department.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-14
STATE COMMITTEES CH0sEM

The members Of the State Board Of
Equalization held their opening session,
IN the Senate chamber ut Springfield
Tuesday morning, all the members In.
Ing present.
Upon motion Of Charles A. Works.
State Auditor James \. Mccullough,
was made temporary chairman and W.
II. Eubanks temporary secretary. rhc
oath Of Office was administered, utter
which, by reason Of prevailing mo.
ton. Chairman Mccullough appointed
two committees.
The Committee ON Rules: r. =. ray
lOr. Theodore 4. Rogers, william A.
Wall. Frank T.. Martin and Albert
ObcndOrf. The Organization Commit
tee IL ~ follows: Samuel NJ. Pierce,
George +. Mcknight. q. \. Works,
Frank l.. Robson and John l.. MclScn.
nA. ,.e.
An adjournment was taken for M
hour In order to give the committees
time to make u report. The rules com
mittec reported unanimously In favor
Of the same rules which. have governed
the hoard for the last four years. I'll"
report was adopted. The Committee
on Permanent Organization reported
j. 4. Mccullough ~ permanent chair
man, W. II. Eulanks permanent SEER"
tary: adopted. Following ARE the cont
mittecs:
Committee on Equalization Of Per
sOnal Property: Louis ID. Hlrschein.er,
chairman: Andrew McRusli. Solomon
Simon. Thomas y. Leavltt. John W,
Larimer. Richard Gable. John II. Boyd
Committee on Equalization of lands:
W. u. Cadwallader. Challunan'
Charles i. Pierce. Theodore =. Rogers,
+. J.. Martin, W. \. Wall, Albert Obc:'-
dorf. Louis ID. Hirschcimer.
Committee on Equalization Of Town
and city Lots:
Samuel Il. Barnes. chairman: l.. :.
mon, John Il. Crittenilen, Richard Ca
die, J. y. Long.
Committee on Assessment of Rail
road Property:
Charles \. Works. chairman: Thomas
i. Pierce. 4. =. Rogers, i. 4. Robin
son. W. \. Wall, j. \. Larimer AMI
Henry \, SEVERN.
Committee on Assessment of Capital
Stock of Corporations:
George T.. Mcknight. chairman; J. }
McIicnna, +. l.. Martin, Thomas y
Leavilt. Joseph +. Long. John =. crit
tenden.
\ motion prevailed that when this
meeting adjourn 1t adjourn until n"A'
Tuesday. u. 4. Robinson was elected
doorkecpcr. The meeting then uI
jOurned.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-14

The fact that the great tenor's name
Is Jean Mecbzislaw Reschke, and not
DE Rcszke, rs commonly supposed, may
be blow to some of his admirers, but
1t will not impair his popularity. This
fact has been brought out In cOmmu.
nlcatiOn which he has found necessary
to make In order to deny that he Is not
an old man, as was reported. ana COM
PEELED to make NJ" for all his youthful
parts. He calmly declares that he was
born Jan. 3, 1850, mt KOzija street ana
the tracks. In Warsaw. The tenor Is
therefore ~, quite II ripe age. ana 1t
will not bt necessary for him to begin
his farewell" tours for several years.
a man OF AZ In 9ny other business
would not be considered u chicken, but
a tenor OF that age IL In the bloom Of
youth.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-14
JOHNNIE CAFES GAN0 IN TROUBLE

What's the matter with Mr.. Johnnie
Gates Illinois Steel Company?
\ Milwaukee dispatch dated We'd
nesdny night says:
Milwaukee, Wis.,, Aug. ia large
amount of property ut the Bav View
works of the Illinois Steel Company
was seized by the Sheriff tonight to
Company amounting to SGO,539 ~, and
apprehension Is felt at Bay Wow that
serious financial troubles are th,cntcn-
Ing the big steel company.
Included In the property attacnol Is
u large amount Of steel billctS. the
workshop ana contents. the storrrooM
AMI other property believed to be- IA
empt from the blanket mortgage
which covers the big plant al Ray
View.
The claim of the Newport Mining
Company IL for the balance due on ST.
ono tons of ore sold to the, company
from its mine on the GOgebic range in
Northern Michigan.
The claim of the mining company
arises from the sale of 35,UOO gross
tons of Gogebic ore and $1,000 tons of
Cromwell ore to the Illinois Steel
Company, for which payment WAS
made In notes coming due monthly.
Tho purchase price Of the $1,000 toms
of ore was about $4,000 AMI Of this
sum xl74.1O7.4O has been paid. or the
x!M 71VG7 agreed IN me mid for tha
$4,000 tons of ore the Newport Mining
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-14
THE OUTRAGE ON BARBER.

Adam Barber L. the best veterinary
surgeon that the City of Chicago has
ever had.
lie is an honest man.
He Is u CAPABLE man.
And he saves the City of Chicago an.
nually many thousands of dollars by
his carefulness.
n short time siucc h. was ordered Ia
examine lot of applicants for the 20.
siti"n of patrol wagon driver
He examined them.
No man In Chicago knows n driver
better when he secs one than Adam
Barber.
He drove Chicago's first steam fire
engine thirty-six years ago and has
had a deal of experience since.
80 when II" examined the applicants
he marked those who could drive 1OO
and those who couldn't drive Al.
The dudes on the Civil Service
Board found fault with the markings.
They couldn't understand why all
who passed were marked 100.
They thought that some of them
ought to have hccn marked ~ or S'la
or 81 9.1O or something else.
The veteran ID. Barber simply ~.
piled that either u man could drive or
he couldn't.
There was no half way business
about It.
And he was right.
And The Eagle Ii glad to see that his
honor the Mayor and Chief Of Police
Ripley have promptly rcinstated DIR.
Barber In the place lie fills so well to
the satisfaction Of all good citizens.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-14
our DESPiCABLE LAWS.

n scoundrel named Bates ruined the
lives of three poor. trusting young girls
in Chicago by marrying them and pre-.
tending to each that lie was u single
man.
For doing this awful work he Is not
punished hut fetcd.
Instead of hanging ~ lamppost or
rotting In the ground somewhere. he Is
now drawing II large salary as an at
traction in Il dime museum.
No wonder our laws are dcspised.
As nation we are becoming worse
than China. with bribery In all our leg.
islative bodies and bribery everywhere.
When we get So low rs to lionizc mel,
who destroy helpless women 1t is time
to trample on the so-called law and or.
ganize II vigilance committee.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-14
THEY REPUDiATE THIS KLONDYKE
CONCERM.

The indications are that the Alaska
Transportation and Development Com
pany. which IL capitalized for 5000
OOO. occupies suinptuous offices In the
Fisher Building and advertiscs that 1t
cannot fail to earn from S:5O.OWO.OOO to
S1OO. OOO.OW In the next two years. Is
going to have trouble In getting some
Of its alleged hackers to admit that
they ARE hackers In reality.
II Is also intimated that the informa.
ton given out to the effect that George
X. Davis. LOrin e. Collins. ex-NlayOr
Dewitt G. Creglcr. ex-Nlayor Swift or
Senator william Il. Mason would he
the President of the company was
without the knowledge or consent Of
any Of them.
Ex.Alayor Swift said he knew moth.
ing about the company. and had not
given permission for his name to he
used.
Frank W. Buskirk. assistant general
passenger agent Of the Erie line. who
Is also given rs hacker. says that the
nearest he ever came TO having any
connection with the company was
when he was solicited to buy stock and
refused.
Sidney Il. Jones, city passenger agent
Of the Chicago, indianapolis ana Louis
vile Railway Company. was seen nj
his home. 1850 Park avenue. and had
this to say: II invested In some Of the
stock Of the company on the recon.
mentlntiOn Of two Of my business ac-
Quaintances who have holdings In the
organization. I understood that ex-
Mayor George Il. Swift was u stock
holder and was anxious to bc elected
President Of the company. have also
been Informed that senator Billy
Mason. Trolley Wire Hull and Samuel
II. T'rudc. who was rrpudiatal by
South Town voters last spring when he
imagined he was In the race for Super
visor. are stockholders"
!. II. Wicket. Of 3OS state street.
also named ~ u hacker. said Wednes-
day: "Day before yesterday DIR. Il. W.
Hartlon called me up on the telephone
AMI wanted me to take some Of the
stock. I told him that would be In on
the deal. DIR. Harlon has taken care
Of my interests In the concern. nnd nm.
Ill tomorrow, when shall have talk
with him. l shall not know just how
matters stand"
George Il. Davis II ut Fox Lake. He
has been out Of the city for a week.
and Il not exNscteu to return for q
month. I.orin G. Collins II on n wheel.
Ing trip to Wisconsin. and n not en-
l,ectei home before Friday. Frank J.
Reed. general passenger agent Of the
Indianapolis and Louisville Railroad,
who Ia given ~ hacker. has been out
Of the city for several days, but will
return soon.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-14
AN UN0RATEfUL COMPANY.

The South Side Street Railway Com
pany II ungrateful. When the Council
passed the ordinance providing for /.
cent fares the officers Of that company
told the employees that II It went Into
effect the earnings Of the road would
he so reduced that wages would have
to he lowered, but that II the ordinance
was ont OF the way wages would stay
rs they were.
Therefore the men We're advised to
turn out ana do what they could for
their own sake and that of their en-
ployer To kill the ordinance. They took
this advice, They petltioncd ANA they
threatened. They bulldozed the alder"
men and the Mayor, The latter disap-
proved of the ordinance and the former
refused to pass II when sent back 10
them. They were afraid of the adverse
votes of the traction company employees
who exaggerated their numbers
A. IL turned out, few of those whose
terms expired last April got back. Their
cowardlce did not save them.
The ordinance having been defeated,
the South Side company was morally
bound to leave the wage scale alone.
Nevertheless 1t Is getting ready To cut
down the pay of the men who work on
the cable ears. They do not relish IL.
but they feel that they are helpless,
The company used them to protect
itself apniust lower fnrps and fearing
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-14

The new minister from Bolivia. the
first. by the way, ever accredited by
TINT country to this. In spcnkins Of the
resources Of Bolivia, said that there
was more gold there than there Is In
Klondyke aud that ono I'LL not have to
freeze or starve to death to got II.
There Is not a stream In Bolivia where
gold cannot DO washed out. All that Is
needed, he says. II capital uMl mo'lern
machinery. There Ii q great deal OF
truth In this. but up to tho present time
few Americans have fouu,l Il profitable
to put very much capital In South
American enterprises. owing to the IN.
stability Of the governments.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-14

the alluring hope of large financial re-
turns for the investment of nickel.
II the investors coin drops into cer-
tain spot he can open a drawer and
secure all the nickels which other luck
less fellows have lost. Hut as a matter
of fact the drawer remains closed.
The machine swallows all the coins
which are fed into IL. The player al
ways loses: the drawer always wins.
This can hardly he called a gam
bling device. 1t Is a machine for rob-
berry. The dupc who loses his money ut
faro. or roulette. or poker. at least has
some chance to win. Besides. faro and
games Of that sort are played by the
classes which have money to lose.
whereas the slot machine preys exclu-
sively upon the dinncr-pail brigade.
Smash it.--Times- Herald.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-14

Kansas City has nm ordinance impos.
Ing fine Of two dollars ana hnlf on
every clectOr who falls to vote mt n
general election. But tho Supreme
Court Of Mlssoori has Just declared tho
ordinance invalid. on the ground. SO It
Is stated. that It Is degrading to nsso.
cIate the franchise with money value.
1t might he we'll to experiment with a
suggestion. made some time ago. that
a capltatiOn tax Of, say five dollars per
annum. be laid upon every voter. to be
remlttcd II he casts his ballot on cleo.
ton day. and vigorously collected II he
does not. Put In this form, the propo.
sitIon might pass the ordeal Of the
courts.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-14

or let any one else make or hold mar.
garIn on his premises. It Gun only he
introduced In plnces designated by the
municipal authorities. The quantity of
butter contained In It cannot exceed 10
per cent. All premises In which It IL
deposited must bear a notice to TINT
effect, and all receptnclcs Of It must be
plainly marked on every side. Heavy
penalties IRE to be inflicted for viola.
ton Of the law, and many packages
have already been seized In Martinique
which came from the United States.
though they arrived before the prOmul.
CATION Of the law.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-14

Company acknowledges the payment
Of $56,O7O.O3.
James II. Price, auditor at BAY
View for the Illinois Steel Company.
appeared to he greatly worried TO night
over the seizure of his companys prop.
erty. lie declared that the trouble IL
only temporary and would soon be- adj
justed to the satisfaction of both tho
mining company and the Illinois steel
Company.
When asked IL this attachment was
not likely to be followed by other
lcvics In various cities where the com.
psny II operating plants Mr.. Price said
he did not think SO.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-14
SMASH THE SLOT MACHINE.

slot machines, which have been I'M
der the ban In this city for several
years, are now creeping back into the
saloons ana other places Of public re-
sort. These machines are not the ia
mlliar devices for selling confectionery,
chewing gum and other merchandise
Of that sort. hut gambling machines
intended for no other use than the rob
berry of the poor.
The saloon slot machine holds ont
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-14
TEH CHICAGO HAaLH.

Therefore those employees are quite un-
able to understand why the company
should feel 1t necessary to swell profits.
already excessive. by cutting down
their pay.
Perhaps they wish now they had not
been So ready to do the dirty work of
an ungrateful corporation and help de-
feat an ordinance which would have
conferred on all Chicagoans the great
blessing of cheaper street car farcs.--
Tribune.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-14

A German publication revives the
idea OF restoring Metz to France. This
was advocated by Bismarck In 1871,
but the advice Of Won MOitke prevailed,
he holding that It was necessary for
military reasons. The newspaper says
that the presence Of Germans In Meiz
Is constant menace to the French,
who will never forget their thirst for
revenge SO long rs the Germans retain
the city. 1t thinks that the Germans
should take this FIRST step toward recon.
cIliatiOn.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-14

A special cable dispatch from Paris
says that the Countess of Ancastcr has
publicly announced that ''dancing has
become n lost art" We are constrained
to believe that Lady Ancaster Is in cr-
rOr. While It Is true that the stately
minuet and the Quadrille Of another
generation have gone the way of all
earthly things, other dances which be.
long to n higher form of nrt still hold
the center of the stage. Who was It
few years ago that restored American
diplomacy In Paris to the lofty position
It once heidi 4. Jefferson Coolidge.
And what means did he employ to win
that diplomatic triumph? Loie Fuller
and about hundred yards of cheese
cloth. Certain forms of the dance have
disappeared, but others remain un.
changed Ond apparently Interchangeable.
The dance performed before Herod
when John the Baptist was behended
was the star attraction of the Midway
during the Worlds Fair. To-day It Is
keeping the dime museum circuits busy,
The cOtillOn has gone and the polka and
the schOttische IRE going. But what Of
that? The new dances make up In lntl.
tude whit the older ones have lost In
longitude. High art In the dance Is no
longer measured by gracefulness and
gentccl department. 1t Il measured
with n yardstick and Is entirely a mat.
ter of altitude. The dance undoubted.
~ has degenerated. But SO long as a
young woman Of little grace and less
modcsty can earn on the stage rs
dancer" larger snlary than Is paid to
the President of this republic It is hard.
~ fair to classify dancing among the
lost nrts,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-14

A controversy appears to have broken
out between the House Committee OH
Accounts In Washington and an under.
takcr Of that city, which may have an
especial interest to citizens generally.
1t relates to the bill presented by the
undertaken aforesaid for funeral ex.
pcnscs of the late Congressman Il. y.
Cooke. The bill, amounting to $3.50.
has been dlsallOwcd by Chairman Odcll
Of the Committee on Accounts on the
ground that II II excessive, exOrbitant
and unreasonable. II this IL to be tax.
on rs fairly representative of the cost
Of u Washington funeral II Is not sur.
prising that 30 few of "Cncle Sans"
officials die there and "nOnc resign"
or some other representative of the
Government who II sure Of burial ut
the public expense can AFFORD to indulge
In such q luxury. For the ordinary
citizen the only choice left would seem
to Ike between living always and being
buried IL the ''pOttcr's field" One item
Of the bin was $50 for embalming and
another $45 for three days spent In
travelling from Washington to Chicago
and neutrality-suspicious. and other
expenses, Of course, being furnished by
the rnment-sOmethinR more than
the per diem Of member Of Congress
for the same time. The subject Ii n
grewsome one and In touched upon with
due respect to the memory Of the late
Representative. In view, however. Of
the almost absolute certainty with
which these questions crop out after
each congressional funeral. It might be
well for Congress to settle them for all
time by fixing by law the rate Of com.
pensati0n to he allowed undertakers
under such circumstances.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-14
Mv0H SCHO0L BUSINESS AIvAITS.

Despite the fact that itS auditors
Office IN choked with the unpaid bills
Of contractors the Board Of Education
could not secure u quorum Wednesday
evening. and adjourned for one week.
Otto Gresham has qualified IN mem.
her Of the board and was present.
Representatives Of the Building
Trades Council were present to see
what the hoard was going to do about
dlschargIng all non.uniOn men now ON.
plOyed. The labor delegates Thought
the strike threatened on the school
buildings might lie ordered this week
rather than wait the action Of the
board next week.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-14

After the contuncly Of years has
been heaped upon tho women Of Chi.
cago because Of the supposed abnormal
size Of their feet revenge has come In
the statement by a st. Louis physician
that the greater portion Of the women
In that city are In danger Of death from
lockjaw by reason OF tight shoes. A.
they say In the play. ut IL for Chicago
to laugh"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-14

turn which Mrs. Smythc Of Atlanta
gave to her dagger. Her husband had
been candidate for the collectorship
Of Georgia. but had been turned down
by the President, who appointed nc.
gro barber to the position. Finding that
oil her ncighbors had indorsed the nc.
gro In preference to Major Smythc. she
has thrown them into CONSERVATION by
Offering to rent her mansion to the ne.
gro at a nominal sum. No one but a
woman would have thought Of that,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-14
Oleomargarlne has been prohibited Ia

OlcOmargarlne has been prohibited In
Martinique, Algeria. and all the other
French colonies, under the provisions
Of a law passed In France last April.
1t provides that no product which IL not
exclusively made OF milk or cream or
both, with or without salt or cOlOrlng.
can be brought In or SOLD under the
name of butter. All products which
have the same appearance as butter
ana are used In the same way are to be
designated as "margarin." 1t is fur.
ther forbidden to any one manufacture
Ing or preparing butter to make or hold