Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-24

far more practical. Is the arrangements
the Colonial Office Is making for the
study and treatment of tropical dis.
eases. Hereafter medical applicants
for appointment Ia the tropics Will be
required to have passed ut least two
months Of special study upon this sub.
ject In institutions specified and to give
evidence of their knowledge by passing
q special examination. 1t Is certainly
an indication of better things that sci.
cntifc inquiry Is now to bc made rs to
the nature, causes aud treatment Of dis
eases peculiar to tropical regions. Much
has already been done IN the study Of
yellow fever. the bubOnic plague. etc.
II Is also now known that malaria Is
caused by a parasitic organism intro.
duced into the cOrpuscles Of the blood
by the mosquito AMI perhaps by the com.
mon fly. The effects of the bites of the
tsetsc fly are probably due to some kind
Of parasite or bacterluni. A knowledge
of the causes Of disease Is Of prime I'M
pOrtancc, whether In the tropics or else.
where. but too little attention has here.
tofOre been given to the proper regimen
In health and disease In tropical re-
giOns. n subject In which America Is
now scarcely less Interested than Eng.
land.
The London Mail recently called at.
tention to the excellent work done by
ss,1,A L.
calls ''nmbassndOrs Of commerce." The
consular reports Issued daily by the
Department OF State testify to the
truth OF the eulOgium passed upon our
cOnsuls In tho Mail by Andrew LOrlng.
or the character Of tho work done BY
one Of these Ambassadors" In regard
to bacon for the English market Mr..
LOring says: "Iie made an exhaust.
I've inquiry Into the subject ana finally
sent report to his country telling the
farmers what sort Of pigs to breed
from. how to feed them. when to kill
them. how to cut them up and how to
cure them. He has since. he tells me.
had heavy correspondence on the
subject, ana expects to see some pack
Ing houses established which shall cure
for the British market alone"
A curious feature Of tho recent crisis
between England and France was the
buying Of British cOnsOls government
bOnds) and other British securities IN
the London market by French inves.
tors. 1t was made perfectly plain that
not a few Frenchmen believed that
the country their own nation threaten.
ell to fight was 50 much more secure.
at home and abroad. and better able to
survive q great trial without interna.
tiOnal disturbance ana danger to vest.
ell rights. that they smOthered their
French pride and let prudence direct
their Investments into British property.
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United States Pension Commissioner
Evans has compiled from official
sources the American casualties on nc.
count OF the war with Spain. and places
the total number OF deaths ut 5000. OF
which 1O7 were officers. The lives lost
In the destruction of the Maine are
considered In the same light as mortal.
ity In battle. OF the total deaths, eighty
officers and $500 privates died Of dis.
ease In the various camps. and since
the close OF hOstilities In Cuba sixty
one men died OF wounds which they
received In the service.
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| p,o coudinv ~ 4 Snn ton, 10 ,,oo, ,,u ,
from Sparrows Point. Md, to Bombay.
India. by the Maryland Steel Company
Is a further indication OF the inrOads
which American manufacturers are
making In markets heretofore monOpO'
lized by Great Britain. The same com.
pany has booked an order for $500
tons of eIghty-three pound steel rails
for a railroad In Ireland. thus actually
boarding the British lion In his own
den.
Three Of the men who took Ware,
house and Gas Bill Doodle are now can
dldates for Speaker.
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Inc Gas trust hAd an aWful nerve
to buy up the Legislature and to Sc
cure the passage Of a measure killing
all opposition to 1t when II had no fran
chise from Chicago to do business It
self.
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II the people of Chicago permit them
selves to be robbed by an Octopus
which has no legal right to exist. they
are not entitled to any sympathy.
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So the Peoples Gas Light & Cok'
Company has no right on the streets
of Chicago!