Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-05-07

choice of the Democrats of the district
JOlinG. Neumcistcr. ex-city clerk. has
returned from California. lie has been
announced as a candidate on the Dem
ocratic ticket for County Treasurer. He
said: II am not seeking the nomination.
but I understand I am considered. and
I would accept the nomination.
J. ]. Sandstone has announced his
candidacy for the Legislature from the
Fifteenth Senatorial District.
The Spanish fleet at Manila isn't like
LISTERS popular "Caesar" brand of
American Laundry soap. II won't
float.
Martin Il. Madden denies most en-.
phatically that he Is u candidate for
State senator.
Hon. +. y. Baird and Fred A. Bangs
are sure to be nominated for the Supe-
riOr Court bench.
In view Of n possible county conven.
ton as early as June the Republicans
are beginning TO show signs Of activ.
ity. Already word has been passed
along that new deal Is to he expect.
cd. and that no Allen bill legislators
will he renOminated. either as majority
or minority candidates. The possible
exception Is Senator John Morrison Of
the Seventeenth District. The RINK
and file IRE also in rebellion, ana have
served notice on the leaders TINT I'M
less certain elements who are oh.
noxiOus to the people are kept down
the workers will do nothing. In other
words, It Is generally recognized that
new blood must compose the county
ticket, and outside OF one or two RI.
nominations the disposition IL to turn
down all the barnacles.
One important feature Of the Repub-
llcnn situation II the rebellion against
sam Raymond. The place Of County
Treasurer had been practically prom
ised him on the ticket rs u sop to the
Tribune. sam, however, II generally
regarded ns u hOOdOO, ana after the
recent Alderman finscO, also charged
To him. the understrappers openly re-
volted. Many men who We're candi-
dates declared they would put NJ Il
new ticket II sam was not withdra wn,
ana In the Twenty-fOurth, his home
ward. notice was served on the lead
ers he could not have his own delega'
ton. As u result, the indications are
Mr.. Raymond will be promised some
thing equally rs good" and the North
Side influences will he thrown to J. w
Suddard, which, with the solid West
Side already behind him, means that
Mr.. Suddard Is pretty sure to he tht
Republican nominee for County Treas
urcr.
No stronger man can be named fol
County Treasurer than Hon. j. W. Sud
dartl. OF the Tenth Ward. He II uni
versally beloved by all who know him
A characteristic step has been taken
by Russia In its progress In the IN,
East in the decision OF the government
to establish an academy of philOlOgy
ut VladivOstOl, from which II Is pro
posed to graduate IAN elite of interpre
tiers, cOnsuls and business men" tt
serve the interests of that empire. A
letter In the New York Times says al
Russian students will be admitted Il
this academy who have first been grad
uated from a classical, professional
military, or theological school. III.
curriculum will include courses In geOg
raphy and history of the Eastern cOun
tries, all European languages, ana thu
various languages ana dialects of East
ern Asia. The design of the govern
ment evidently Is that Russia shall bt
represented In the East by officials who
will have been trained as experts In all
that pertains to that region, and who
will thus be in position to admins
ter upon Russian interests with intelh
gence and success. The outcome, how
ever, goes far beyond what may b,
characterized as the merely selfish am
bitlOn Of Russia, as 1t will make fol
the interests Of civilization.
The first steamship constructed fOl
use in war was the Fulton, designed by
Robert Fulton for the United States
navy; and her destruction by the eXplo
sion of her magazine Ii brought to mint
by the Maine disaster. The design In
cluded an engine to throw hot water
over an enemy's deck and into the port
holes. The scheme was never brought
into practical use. Accounts OF thu
vessel crossed the ocean and grew OIL
the way. One description, published II
Scotland. said that the Fulton, "by
mechanism, brandishes three hundred
cutlasses with the utmost regularity
over her gunwales; works also an equa
number of heavy iron spikes of grea
length, darling them from her sides
with prodiglous force. and withdraw