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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-04-01

though the canvass meant great per.
sonal Inconvenience 10 him and his
election a great loss TO his large and
growing business.
Although the Democratic chances
We're not bright at the time, Mr.. Loef.
fer consented to make the race.
He brought great deal of strength
to the ticket, and, with Mayor Harri-
son, was elected.
As City Clerk he has made model
officer and he has instituted number
of reforms, which are greatly appreci.
transact with the City Clerk.
Mr. Loefiier was renominared by &c.
clamatlon, and will he reelected by an
immense majority.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-04-01

The best candidate for alderman of
the Sixth Ward to honor with your
votes Is Mr.. Robert X. Sloan, the indie
pendent business mems candidate. His
past record and his well-known career
as one Of ChicagO's solid and highly re-
spected business men should command
for him the support Of all good citizens
In the Sixth Ward April 4.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-04-01
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e. sl4glly, q Cag@ CDiDoy, entitled
Prayer % las Caifie snliisa wliA
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-04-01
sAGLETS.

The Democratic town tickets without
exception are taking important part in
the campaign. Unlike the Republican
town tickets, they are strong and by
their strength add rather than draw
from the municipal ticket. In the West
Town Peter Kiolbassa Is the leading
figure in the campaign. lie Is a candi.
date for Supervisor, and makes short
hut effective speeches. In the North
Town James Gray for Assessor and
Vincent Perkins for Supervisor make
Il team that adds great strength 10 the
ticket ana gives the campaign twO eX-
cellent speakers. In III" South Town
Henry Stuckart for Assessor and
Thomas Shannon are the popular candl-
dates, and are making a lively fight.
%6A
Henry Stuckart Is winner for South
Town Assessor.
49,
Many Republicans talk OF DIR. Vim.
cent G. Price for United States Senator
from Illinois and Hon. T.. Il. Moore for
Governor.
40
Along with men Ike .illlng, Smulski
and Mayor should be classed Edward
Muelhocfer Of the Twenty-second Ward
and Charles ii. Rector Of the Twenty
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-04-01

The Legislature will have a chance
to show Its hand when the bill author
izing the city Of Chicago to sell electric
light to private consumers comes up
for passage. The city now has an effi-
cient electric light plant, and II the
Legislature gives It the necessary per.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-04-01

for election are good, and he will prove
the right man to guard the taxpayers
interests In the City Council. Turn out,
voters Of the Fourth Ward. and vote
for Elmer Il. Baldwin for alderman on
April 4.
~e1oA
Vote for John T. Russell for Alder
man Of the Twenty.ninth Ward.
For Town Assessors. those faithful
servants Of the people, james J. Gray,
Henry Stuckart and james r. Melon.
aid. should bc reelected by rousing ma
jorities.
>G0A
Julius Solomon Is the best Collector
ever elected In the North Town. Vote
for him April 4. and urge your friends
to do likewise.
Vote for julius Solomon for North
Town Collector.
%GA
For the best hardwood floor In Chi.
cago patronixe Mr.. +. b. Moore, 4s East
Randolph street.
Hon. James J. Townsend, the popular
broker. now hns the finest Office on In
Sale street. Don't forget his number
116 In Sale street.
40
Vote for Robert X. sloan for alder.
man Of the Sixth Ward.
~6A
Twenty.clghth Ward Republicans
were wise In nominating Charles H.
Rector for alderman.
Hon. Chas. Alling has made splen.
did record In the City Council. repre-.
senting the Third Ward. He will bc
reelected April 1 without opposition.
~SA
Vote for Hon. Rudolph L. Hurt for
alderman Of the Ninth Ward.
Hon. George DuddlestOn has stood
for the best interests OF the taxpayers
OF the Eleventh Ward and all Chicago.
Eleventh Ward voters should vote to
re.clect Alderman DuddlestOn April I.
Vote for Hon. George DuddlestOn
for alderman Of the Eleventh Ward.
%6
| Mr.. Vim. j.. vOltner, Independent
candidate for alderman Of the Twenti.
eth Ward, Is deserving Of the votes Of
nll good citizens. He should be elected
to the Council April 4 by good round
majority.
The receipts of the Gas Trust should
be taxed.
Vote for Honest John +. Smulski.
40
1t Is whispered at Springfield that
three well-knOwn persons have made
the necessary arrangements to kill the
Gas Frontage and Gas Consolidation
bills, pocket the coin and adjourn the
Legislature April IA, whether the
"cheap members Of the House" like II
or not. as one of the three expressed II
the other day.
~6A
John Hin Jr. Is to be Chief of Police
In case Zina Is elected. When Zina
was president of the Board of Trade
Mr.. Hill was his right.hand man.
%S
The Gas Trust middlemen and 20.
betweens who operated at Springfield
two years ago are said to have made
nice sum by "holding out" on their
victims, the brlbe-taking legislators.
Many OF these only got 0ne-third the
sum allotted to them.
40
When the villainOus gas frontage and
consolidation legislation Is wiped Off
the statute books by this Legislature,
the City Council can grant franchises
to five or six new gas companies. And
with healthy competition the people
will get 50-cent gas!
~0A
1t Is said that the majority Of the
men who voted for the gas consolida-
ton bill at Springfield only received
$3.50 each. Cheap enough.
The Legislature will have a chance
to show Its hand when the bill author.
izing the city Of Chicago to sell electric
light to private consumers comes up
for passage. The city now has an Ell.
cient electric light plant, and II the
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-04-01

Elmer j.. Baldwin, the well-known
real estate man, Is by far the best can
didate In the field for aldermanic hon.
Ors In the Fourth Ward. His chances
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-16
Mn.Ic nnd Eating.

dined the other day at a restaurant
where the dinner is served to the ac-
compartment of an orchestra. We had
liking Cotton" with the oysters and
rag time with the soup. Then the or
chestra slid into that always beautiful
intermezZo of "Cavalleria Rusticana. d"
They played it much more slowly than
I remember ever to have heard it be-
fore. The head waiter fidgeted and
gnawed his lip There was misery in
his eye. At last he disappeared in the
direction of the musicians, and a mo-
ment later the intermezzo began to gal
lop along, presto, prestissimo, and at
the end of it the orchestra struck up a
two step. The head waiter came back
relieved.
"We can't have slow music here,
madam, >, he said to me when asked
him about il. "We'd never get through,
and wants to get off early. People eats
too slow when they plays slow music"
And when looked around saw that
knives, forks and spoons were moving
to the tempo of the twostep. Every body
was hurrying. The head waiter knew
what he was about.-Washington Post.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-16
WASHINGTON is NOT SURPRISED.
Eickers Are "Soldiers of Fortune" Whom
We Have disappointed.

Washington. May 1s.-High officials
in the war department We're reluctant to
discuss the Cuban situation yesterday
afternoon. The dispatch to the Asso-
ciated Press was read with interest. but
did not cause much surprise among
army officers who were we'll Informed
about the Cubans. especially those who
are known as soldiers of fortune" and
who have been bitterly disappointed be-
cause the island was not turned over to
them Immediately after the Spanish
surrender. There is an impression also
that the intention OF General Brooke TO
see that the 50. 900 are distributed
among all the Cuban troops has caused
disappointment among the many gen
erals and other high officers who were
evidently expecting to secure a large
share OF the money.
The belief was expressed that the sit
uation in Cuba is serious and that care
full and diplomatic management will be
needed. 1t was stated that no orders
would be issued to General Brooke. as
ne had ample authority to deal with
any situation which might arise. There
seems to be a belief that General Gomez
has contributed to the delay in the pay
Tnent of the money.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-16
MINERS IN INDIAN TERRITORY.
President Mitchell Appeals to Washington
Against Their ExpuIsion.

st. Eouis, May 16. - John Mitchell,
national president of the United Mine
Workers of America; James Boston, and
Attorney L. G. Harley, representing the
same organization, had a conference
here yesterday regarding the big min
ers strike now on in Arkansas and
Indian Territory There are $500 union
miners with their families living in the
Territory. They have been on strike
since last March and efforts are being
made to have them expelled from the
territory.
President Mitchell and his conferrees
decided to appeal to Washington against
this proposed action and sent the fol-
lowing telegram to the secretary of the
interior: Il understand application has
been made by representatives of in
terror department to have miners who
are members of the United Mine Work
ers of America elected from Indian
Territory. We desire a hearing before
order is issued eXpelling these people,"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-16

and profane language. Insulting Captain
Barker and Offering threats. The Cuban
police We're ordered TO arrest the NAL
contents and general street fight fol-
lowed in which one laborer was killed
and several persons were wounded. in
Guiding three members Of the police
force.
As the Cuban populace became very
insulting and threatened revenge an
outbreak was expected. and the Second
United States infantry regiment was
ordered into the city. The troops are
now patrolling the town The Cubans
are well armed. and firing was heard in
Declute street, near the custom house.
although this was probably only harm
less mischief, as the Second infantry
patrol on Investigating the locality
found no one who could be made respon-
sible.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-16
ABBREVIATED TELEGRAms.

Sir Henry Irving is seriously i'll at
London with an affection of the throat.
Secretary Gage has returned to Wash
ington from a two weeks vacation
spent at Hot Springs, Va.
Fire destroyed the feedhouse of the
United States Sugar Refinery at Wau-
kegan. Ills. Loss. $50 OCO.
Anson NJ. Stratton, known as the
pioneer of Coney Island" died. aged e.
years. He left fortune of s2,0O0.00O.
Miners at Victoria. b. c., are shadow
ing a. D. McKinnon. who made a rich
ore find and refuses to reveal the To-
cality.
Charles Blaze was sentenced at Still
water, o. T., to five years in the peni-
tentiary for passing a counterfeit
nickel.
Joseph Pekerek. a Bohemian laborer
who was bitten by a rabid dog at Chi
cago, two weeks ago, died of hydro
phobia.
The Manitou hotel and Casino at
Manitou Park. twenty miles up the Ute
Pass from Colorado Springs, burned
Loss, $4,000.
The new Davis Iron Mining COM
pany has been organized at Ironwood,
Mich. with a capital stock of $780, ,O0O
divided into 1000 shares of s25 each.
General Charles L. Leiper assistant
adjutant general of the department of
Pennsylvania, G.. A. r., is dead at Phila-
delphia. He had a fine war record.
Governor Roosevelt has decided to
call an extra session of the New York
legislature to revise the law passed at
the late session for taxing corporation
franchises.
While walking in his sleep John Jan
sen fell from the porch in the rear of
his home, at Chicago, to the ground
below, a distance of eighteen feet.
Three ribs were broken.
August Smith. OF Berlin, Wis, who
recently attempted to kill his wife
with an axe and then hacked himself
with the axe and took Paris green, was
taken to the Northern Hospital for the
Insane near Oshkosh. His wife is re-
covering.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-16
STRIKE WORSE THAN EVER.
Shovelers at Buffalo Refuse to Work and
the Monthly Men Quit.

Buffalo, NJ Y, May 1.-THE dock
situation is worse now than at any
time since the opening Of the season.
The monthly /men-the men who work
inside of the elevators-are out and
have agreed to remain out until the
grain shovelers' and the freight hand
lers' strikes are settled. Today every
elevator here will be idle unless new
men can be secured TO take the places
of the monthly men. which is said to be
improbable owing TO the fact that it re-
quires considerable experience in op-
Grating the machinery of the elevators.
Bishop Quigley and the leaders of the
grain shovelers held a conference yes
terday that lasted until o'clock last
night. The grain shovelers claimed
that Conners had violated all the es-
sential provisions of the agreement that
the Lake Carriers association had made
with the union. The bishop summoned
many witnesses before him. At the
conclusion of the conference the bishop
addressed a big meeting of the grain
shovelers. This new strike is against
the continued employment of the nom
union men now working. and the bishop
in his speech indorssd the strike on this
issue
Boss Scooper Nevels was set upon last
night while returning from work by
crowd of boys. Before he reached home
a crowd Of women numbering over 100
Joined in the attack upon him, beat him
badly and took away his revolver.
Nevels was rescued by the police. Later
in the evening a scooper named Cliff
ford, employed by Conners, was set
upon and compelled to draw revolver.
The police arrested him for carrying
q concealed weapon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-16
FOREST FIRES IN MICHIGAN.
Blaze Three Miles Long and Half a Mile
Wide Near iron Mountain.

Iron Mountain, Mich, May 16.-Forest
fires are raging to the west and south
of this city. a fire northwest of this
city Sunday was started by a wood
chopper leaving a campfire, and the
wind, which was blowing a small-sized
gale, famed it into a conflagration. \
stretch of a half-mle wide and three
miles long was all ablaze. Three farms.
owned by Edward Harvey, Theodore
Jacques and Richard Bennetts, of this
city, We're in the path, and the buildings
and stock We're only saved by hard
work. Edward Harvey loses about 200
cords of newly-chopped wood that was
piled in the woods.
The fire shifted to the east and at
p. m. the fire department was called
out, but found that the fire was be-
yond the city hydrants and not accessi-
BILE. Later the wind changed and sent it
toward the river. Another fire started
near the compressor works on the
henominee river, south Of this city, and
burned considerable standing pine and
cut hardwood Unless this section gets
a good rain, many farmers near this
city will be burned out by forest fires.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-16
Iowa BOYS Home.
TO BUY DEWEY A HOME.
Subscriptions Invited by n National Com
mIttee In Washington.

Washington. May 16.-A national
committee, consisting of prominent
officials of the army and navy and
leading government departments,
formed for the purpose of raising
money to buy and present a home to
Dewey. has issued an address to the
people of the United States. 1t sets
forth that the expression of gratitude
of the American people should take a
more enduring form than that given
in banquets and evanescent demon
sirations, and suggests that it take
the form of 4 home for him in WASH
ington, the scene of his future duties.
For this purpose subscriptions are in
yited
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-16
Filipino. Banish Foreigners.

London, May 16.-The following dis
patch has been received by Lloyds from
Manila: Owing to the orders of the
revolutionists all English employees have
been forced to leave the rice mills and
to come here. Native employees will be
left at the mills. A protest has been
filed with the British consul" The
tunta here publishes a cable from
Aguinaldo, as alleged, in which he de-
clares that he has no intention of sur
rendering or ceasing the war with any
thing short of independence.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-16
Hanson Cab. ON the stage.

Clement Scott used to think the first
hanson cab driven on the stage was in
Andrew Halliday's "Great CITY," at
Drury Lane, in April, 1867. But an old
playgoer writes to him: 1.-The first ham
som cab that was ever driven on the
stage in my recollection was at the
Olympic, under the management Of
George Wild, in the early part of 1S41.
1t was in a drama by Laman Blanchard.
called 1.-THE Road of Life; or, A Cab
mans Career
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-16
BRUTAL NIurder OF AM ola Woman.

Hastings. Mich, May 16.-Mrs. Sarah
Newberry, OF Yankee Springs township
aged 10 years, was assaulted Sunday
evening and killed. She lived alone In a
little log hut ten miles from the city.
the disordered condition of the hut
shows that she made desperate strug-
gle before she was assaulted. Robbery
was evidently not the motive, as what
little money she possessed was found
in the pocket of a dress in the room
where her body was discovered. A half
witted youth named Charles 2. Smith
has been placed under arres.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-16
Anti-Pass LAWS "a, work.

Madison, Wis, May 16.-Several of the
employees about the capitol building who
went home to spend Sunday paid rail-
road fare On the return trip yesterday
morning for the first time during their
official lives. They had an idea that
their passes would be good until the
hour the law is published, which was
set for p. IN. yesterday. but they
found the conductors had instructions
to put the new rule in force yesterday
morning
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-16
Strike closes snIns1e m1Ils.

Menominee, Mich. May 16.-All the
shingle mills on the Menominee river.
except those of H. Harding and the
Marinette Lumber company, closed
down because the shingIe weavers and
sawyers went out on a strike. About
$50 strikers are on the streets. The
saw mill owners refuse to grant the 20
per cent. increase demanded and they
will employ non-union men unless the
old employees come back without de-
manding concessions
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-16
TELLS OF THE WHISKY TRUST.
Paid High Prices for Properties 1t Wanted
To Control.

Washington. May 16.-General John
McNulta receiver of the Distilling and
Cattle Feeding company, was a witness
before the industrial commission yester-
day. General McNulta began his testi-
mony by giving some of the details re-
garding his receivership for the whisky
trust. 1t was found, he said, that one
distillery at Nebraska City, Neb., had
been sold for 600 at private sale, and
later was bought by the Distilling and
Cattle Feeding company for $4,000.
There was another case in which one
who was later an officer of the company
had purchased distillery and sold it to
the company for $3.50. coo more than he
gave for it. These and other things re-
suited in the witness filing bill against
a number of individuals, including some
officers, to recover large sum OF
money.
General McNuIta in the course of his
testimony showed that the collapse of
the trust was due to the extreme ad-
vance of prices for the products, and
that the speculation of officers of the
trust in its shares on the stock market
demoralized the organization. He also
admitted that as receiver of the COM
pany he had entered into a general un-
derstanding or agreement with its lead
ing competitors throughout the coun-
try TO maintain prices. When corn went
up cents they raised the spirits one
half cent per gallon and the reverse,
he acting as umpire Going into the
trust, he testified, had proven a detri-
ment to all but a few. The Carnegie
works and similar concerns, where
plants involve such tremendous cost. il
permitted to go on, he said, will abso-
lutely control the country's markets.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-16
Combine of Telephone Com panies.

Detroit, May 16. - The Free Press
says: c. J. Glidden. of Lowell. Mass.
and his associates who recently secured
control of the Michigan Telephone COM
pany, have acquired a controlling in
terest in the Wisconsin Telephone COM
pany. capitalized at s1.200, 900, which
operates telephones in Wisconsin. The
transaction is of special Importance. in
that it places under one management
the telephone interests in Michigan,
Wisconsin, Minnesota and North and
South IOa knfa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-16
Dewey win Visit Chicago,

Chicago, May 16.-The committee in
charge of the Chicago postoffice corner
stone ceremonies has received word
from Senator A j. Beveridge, of In
diana, who is now at Hong Kong, and
to whom the committee had intrusted a
special invitation to Admiral Dewey.
announcing that the admiral will be
here for Chicago Day" Oct 8.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-16
spaldinr bicycle Trust.

New York. May I6.-R. L Coleman.
president of the Western Wheel Works
of Chicago. has renewed his option for
the sale of the bicycle plant to A. G..
Spalding The combination being en-
gineered by the Spaldings viii by the
acceptance Of all options held BY Spald-
ing control a large percentage Of the
output il the United States 1t will
possess facilities for making a complete
bicycle every five second Its capital is
TO be $4,000 OOO
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-16
Chicago River on Fire Again.

Chicago. May 16.-The stock yards
fork of the Chicago river was set on
fire yesterday. The tug o. 3. Green had
just towed the schooner Ford River to
dock. Either sparks or lighted match
ignited the gasses stirred up from the
bottom by the tugs wheel. The flames
burned all the rope tenders from the
sides of the schooner and bl:stered the
paint on its p.ankng. When the water
became quiet the fire died out.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-16
Hay Is Higher This Year.

Canajoharie, n. Y, May ia sum-
mary of twenty-five reports from the
leading seaboard and interior markets
received by The Hay and Trade Journal
shows an advance in the price of hay Of
20 per cent. over the average price for
the year ended May r. 1885
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-16
People.. Party Organization.

Kansas City. Mo, May 16.-The
annual meeting of the National Reform
Press association and national reor-
ganization committee of the peoples
party with under one hundred dele
gates present. convened today. 1t
will decide on the policy for 1900.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-16
Fi,z Can Fiph, at Coney island.

New York, May 16.-The police board
yesterday granted n license to the Co
ney Island Sporting club. The week be-
fore last. when the applications Of all the
clubs. came up, this club was denied a
license. The application was renewed
and this time granted. The granting of
the license will allow the Fitzsimmons-
Jeffries match to come off there
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-16
DixolwIns Ano.ner rieht.

Buffalo, May 1e--Champion George
Dixon added another to his long list of
ring victories by winning from Kid
Broad. of Cleveland. in twenty rounds
In the Olympic club last might Broad
was in the best possible condition. but
Dixon carried considerable superfiuous
fiesh- -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-16
coner.gauou .oox a uron.

Oshkosh. Wis, May 16.-The tile floor
of the east vestibule of the First Pres
byterian church collapsed Sunday night
at the close of the service. About forty
people were in the room and fifteen or
twenty fell with the floor, six or eight
feet, to the ground. No one was seri-
ously injured and the damage was small.
The accident was caused by dry rot.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-16
schaefer Beats slosson.

New York. May 16.-"Wizard" Jake
Schaefer. of Chicago. beat George SIos-
son Cthe "Student'O, of New York. in an
exciting game of 1s-inch balk line
billiards at the Lenox Lyceum here last
night. The final score was 600 to AIS
in favor of Schaefer. and $500 in stakes
to say nothing of many thousands in
side bets. changed hands on the re-
suit