Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-10
Side Hon. John T.. McGOorty and
Charles IL. Mitchell are talked of.

side Hon. John +. McGoOrty and
Charles II. Mitchell are talked Of.
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Deputy Sheriff George G.. Lenke will
keep his eye on wrOngloers of the
Northwest Side.
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The City Council gang say they can
handle u rope with a moose as we'll rs
some OF the other nOvices who have
ropes" on the brain.
Eleventh Ward Democrats are boom.
Ing Hon. James J. Townsend mighty
hard for Mayor Of Chicago.
Martin u. Madden viii he at the
front In State politics In 1890.
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The Fourth Ward Republicans
proved mt their annual election that
they still love their old leader, Hon.
Martin Il. Madden.
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Mr.. Morris DrOsdOwitz, the well.
known Milwaukee avenue business
man. will prove II strong Republican
candidate for City Treasurer.
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Hon. Lawrence Y. Sherman has most
influential backing In his contest for
Speaker Of the House. George NJ. Boyd
has many friends In Cook County. much
To the surprise and chagrln Of Dave
Shanahan, who may consider himself
lucky II he even succeeds In getting mp
pointed to good committees. The pres
ent Speaker. Hon. +. G. Curtis. IL strong
ana popular, AMI Hon. I. II. TrOwbrldge
will not be without his following In the
race for the speakership. lie II n pros
porous druggist Of Marsellles. He II an
Ohio man. who was educated In Michi.
gan and who came to Illinois as a youth
and settled In Marseilles In 1876. In
Board OF Supervisors from La Sale
County ana held that office until 1906,
when he was nominated for and elect.
ed to the Legislature. He was IN act
I've member and did service on the
mines ana mining committee as chair.
man. His work on other committees
was also satisfactory. He IL 90 years
old.
The people mean business this win.
tor. Members OF the Legislature who
sell out to corporations will Ike watch.
ed, Indicted and jagged.
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How much will the corporation law.
yers shell out to cheat the farmers OF
the elevator billY
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The party that stands by the elevator
trust this winter will be beaten In iii
nOis In 1900.
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The Elevator Trust Is sending fol
new members to nix" them against thu
repeal of the Infamous warehouse law
passed ut the last session.
The farmers have still some rights II
Illinois. The Elevator Trust must go
The grain dealers and farmers are II
arms against the Elevator Trust.
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The warehouse bill created the Ele
vator Trust. Repeal It.
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! LeprOsy Is regarded as one of the old
. est maladies OF the human race an
also as one OF the most mysterious.
was known In Egypt 1000 years befor
the Christian era. and In China an
India In the earliest times, and, not
wlthstandng the great progress o
modern science. 1t still battles research
The subject Is likely to be Of .speca
concern to the United States since tn
annexation of Hawaii. which was fire
: from leprosy till 1910, but now IN
nearly ten lepers to every hundred @
+ Its population. The subject OF lepros
\ In connection with the Hawaiian Is
ands Is discussed by DR.. Burnside Fo'
ter In the North American Review. ID
I Foster points to the fact that, Will
|, leprOsy was common In Europe IN til
middle ages, 1t Is almost absent nov
This seems to indicate that the powt
' of the disease has become lessened du
Ing the ages. A singular fact In co,
nectlOn with this most dreaded of h,
man maladies Is that attempts ut lnoc'
+ lating human beings or animals hay
J. failed. with possibly a single exception
r The disease, moreover, ID not regarde
b ~ hereditary. and probably 10 cont