Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-04-16

elected. though. before the middle Of
June mt the latest. for only one more
set Of primaries can be held this year.
and the State Convention is called for
June II. The committee will meet soon
on call Of Chairman KOcherspergcr to
settle this question.
We regret to learn that ex.Wcst
Town Supervisor Dennis +. COnsidine II
dangerously sick with fever ut his
home. 1920 Fulton street.
Mr.. Fred Bangs. Of the great law
firm Of Bangs. Wood 4 Bangs. II
strongly bncked by Republicans for
Judge Of the Superior Court.
Everyone should attend the benefit
concerts to In given mt Central Music
Hall Thursday. April y. s:i5 p. M. ana
saturday. April 30. 2:3O y. H.. for the
benefit Of the Chicago Maternity Hos.
pitnl and Training EchOOl for Nursery
Maids. Those great masters Of music.
Lat haume, Bendix, Ysaye. Mnrteau.
and Geraryly. have world. wide reputn.
ton. and they will give you n rare mus.
ical treat. Don't miss this opportunity.
It's for u good cause.
Hon. James +. O'DOnnell, Of Bloom
ingtOn, ILL.,, will make n strong Demo.
cratic candidate for State Treasurer.
He has made his mark In the Illinois
State Legislature ~ one Of the nblest
members Of the lower house. and what
II more. NO man ever dared question
Mr.. O'D0nnell's honesty AMI integrity.
When Grover Cleveland had mes.
sage to send to Congress dealing with
mighty, not decatlent, power his pur.
pose was clear. his sentences We're ring.
Ing and even an unfriendly house burst
into applause ut the vigOr and thorough.
ness OF I'M executive who knew his
mind and said II.
Contrast the fOrceful message Of
Cleveland on the Venezuela matter ana
Its reception by Congress with the In.
vertebrate performance Of Mckinley
and its reception In either house.
And what q cue and motive for pas.
sion had Mckinley! Cleveland was hut
maintaining almost an abstract prOpO-
sItiOn, one that had no immediate Ill.
rectness, ut least no such concrete and
flaming Idea. az stirred the popular
heart In February Inst. After long de.
lay Mckinley addressed himself to the
subject w lnmely aud hNltingly that
hardly anyone knows clearly wna. he
means, yet all men see that he means
nothing fOrceful and inspiritcd.
A hoy Of 10 and a little girl were
walking down street Of a New York
town few weeks ago when the girl
suddenly screamed, aud her companion
saw that wire hanging from a pole
had brushed against her face and scar.
ed 1t. Grasping the wire In his hand to
pull It away from tn, child, he dropped
dead ut her feet. Investigation show.
ed that wire from the telephone cir.
cult In falling had crossed an electric
light wire, and thus had become charg-
ell with the powerful current. IgnOr-
ant Of all this, the boy had, with man
~ instinct, sought to relieve the child.
1t doubles the sadness OF the result to
know that II his instinct had been
trained to modern conditions. he would
have caught the child away from the
wire instead of touching 1t himself;
ana that the sacrifice of his life was
needless. The extraordinary preva-
lence OF the electric wire imposes the
knowledge Of two facts upon every
person bordering upon civilization,
facts which have to do with life and
death, for oneself and those about one.
The first concerns prevention. Every
man. woman and child should be
taught to avoid touching a wire hang
Ing In the air or lying upon the ground.
The probabilities are that 1t IL harm
less. The possibilities are that 1t Is
deadly. 1t may he "alive" In itself; or
1t may be SO lightly charged us to be
harmless In itself but deadly through
having fallen upon live wire. Who
ever sees hanging wire should trace
Its source, and II 1t seems dangerous,
keep guard that no person or animal
touches It, and report 1t instantly to
the authorities. Prevention Is better
than cure, but every one should know
also that person struck down by cleo
trlcity Is not invariably past resuscita-
ton. Several extraordinary cases are
on record where after even two hours
OF seeming death latent life has been
revived. A young electrician In Pitts.
field, Massachusetts,. accidentally re-
ceived In his body three times as many