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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-10-14

back to Chicago a few hours before
the Chicago chief of detectives. This
did not help him. rs he was suddenly
compelled to- visit come friends in the
country. The fishing has been par.
ticularly good at the bridewcll during
the last four days. About eighty
thieves. confidence men. green goods
handlers aud shell workers have been
provided with hotel accommodation
during the festival at tue expense Of
the city. They forgot to notify their
friends of their address and have been
living In scclusion. Captain Colleran
thinks the relief from the big crowds
on parade days has done good to his
patients aud he does not intend to let
them get away until the visitors have
departed
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-10-14
CAPTAIN COLLERAN'S SPLENDID
WORK.

Captain Luke J.. COlleran, chief Of
detectives, made record during the
fall festivities. He practically made IL
IA safe 10 wear diamonds In the crowd
ed thoroughfarcs AT night as in safety
deposit vault. He corralled all the
known thieves ana pickpOckets. kept
them In durance. and as a parting shot
will have them lined NJ so that their
photographs will be taken and their
features known for the benefit or the
police In other cities on like occasions
While he was in New York he per
suaded Chief Of Detectives McCluskey
10 hold several Chicago thieves until
after the fall festival. This was never
done before by the New York police
"Frenchy" Nichols was corralled In
this way and kept in Jail until his
fingers grew weary from inaction.
Barney Birch was In Hobokcn when
the tip was sent out that Captain
Colleran was In New York, and he got
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-10-14
CNICAGO'S GREAT BANKERS.
Continued from Page Two.)

and continued as such until last year.
The present officers Of the bank are:
President, Ernest A. Hamill; Vice
President. Charles l.. Hutchinson;
Cashier, Frank W. Smith; Assistant
Cashier, ID. 4. MOultOn; Directors,
sidney \. Kent, John II. Dwight, Ed
win q. Foreman, Charles II. Wacker.
b. NJ. Frees, Charles II. Hulburi.
Charles II. Butler. Ernest A. Hamill
and Charles l.. Hutchinson.
Organized with capital stock Of
$3OO.OOO In 1881, the Chicago National
Bank has total assets computed ut
$l3.655. 4l45O. This hank Is one Of
the stanchcst In the city. The deposits
aggregate 81, 4Sl, j4G.S4, the capital
stock IL $5OO,OOO, the surplus fund
$500. 900 ana undivided profits are xi,ri..
1896. The cash assets amount to 49,.
800, 2O3.33. The year Of its Organixa.
ton the bank had individual and bank
deposits amounting to 1897, $50, and ten
years later the deposits footed up $40.
O50,256. The highest figure In deposits
was reached during June Of the pres.
ent year, when they amounted to over
$13.OOOOOO. In 1887 the bank stock
was increased to $5OO.OOO. During the
five years ending In 1887 dividends Of
per cent. semi-annually were paid;
for the five years ending In 1892 semi.
annual dividends OF per cent. We're
paid, and since that time 3 per cent.
dividends have been declared quar-
terly. The bank IL ut the southwest
corner of Dearborn and Monroe streets.
Officers and directors are: President.
John II. Walsh; Vice President. An
drew McNally; Cashier, i. NJ. Bl0unt;
Assistant Cashier, 7. NJ. Jackson; Di-
! rectors, G. X. q. Billings. Andrew Nc.
Nally, Maurice ROsenfeld, j. Il. Walsh,
F. NJ. Blount, John NJ. Smyth and WIN.
lam Best.
Although the youngest of the national
banks In. the city, the America Nation.
al Is one Of the upper ten." This
bank was organized by the share
holders of the American Exchange Ma
tiOnal Bank and of the National Bank
of America, ana succeeded to theil
business Feb IA, 1903, with a capita
Of &l,OOO.OOO ana a surplus Of 500. 900
The deposits Of the two hanks alb
sOrbed ut the. time Of the transfer
amounted to $7.?O0.OO0. The last re
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-10-14
LARGEST
WEEKLY CIRCULATION
IN CHICAGO.
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP.

What would municipal ownership Of
quasi-public utilities do for the people?
This question can best be answered
ny stating what 1t has done for the
people.
With the telephone under the control
Of private corporations the subscribers
pay from $50 To $l75 year for it's use.
The new telephone tariff by the Swiss
government Is - a year for cOnnec-
tons In the home town. and a CORE
spondngly low rate for out Of town. On
special messages the rate Of three min
utes Is q cents for thirty-one miles, I'D
cents for sixty-two miles. and Is cents
for larger distances.
With gas works owned by private
capital the consumer pays from ~ to
Sl.15 thousand cubic feet for the ilu.
minating material.
Under pubic ownership Leicester,
England, has reduced gas to ~ cents.
raised wages II per cent, and clears
Sl2j.OOO year.
And this Is not an isolated instance.
One hundred ana siXty-two cities In
England. Scotland and Wales own and
operate their gas plants. and they have
uniformly proven the plan superior to
private ownership.
As for the railroads, municipal own
ership has proved success whenever
tried. Russia. Norway. Sweden, Bel
GUM, Denmark, Germany, Holland.
Japan. France. Portugal. Italy. Aus
trla and Hungary own all or part OF
their railways. Japan owns over half
her railway system. and Is ncrenslng
the ratio. She made $3,70O,OOO on her
railroads last year.
Street car service under private own
ershlp Is not perfect by any means.
Employees are worked hard and poorly
paid and the city treasury gets slight
benefit.
In Manchester, England, part Of the
street car service Is let TO private oper
ators for 10 per cent. per annum on the
valuation. Nine millions Of dollars into
the city treasury and and cent fares
would not De bad for Chicago and 9th
er American cities. Under that kind OF
arrangement watered stock would pay
The other way. Turn about Is fair play
Huddersfield England street rail
wayscost S+33,oO0. The money was Dor
rowcd AT 81 per cent. street car fare
is = and 3 cents; employees work elgh
hours per day; uniforms free: watin;
rooms at nineteen principal functions
uses steam power: population abOu
135v0; saves from nothing up, OWN;
to how much II put into improvements
These are few facts gathered from
authentic sources.
What would municipal ownership o
Iuasi-publlc utilities do for the people
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-10-14
TEARING UP CITY PAVEMENTS.

ON all newly paved streets the city
has II bond from the contractor who
laid the pavement guaranteeing that
his work viii be kept In good repair for
ten years. should the new telephone
company, or any other corporation, tear
up one of these pavements the city
probably would forfeit all its rights un-
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-10-14
EA0LETS.

Mayor Harrison deserves credit for
driving the loan sharks from the CITY
Hal. Now II he will only discharge
his heads Of departments and chief
clerks who have been receiving rake
offs from the sharks he will do the pub
lie some good.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-10-14

II the coal furnished by the Weaver
Coal 60. is good enough for the Chi.
cagO Edison Co. and other large con-
Germs, why did Jake Frank insist that
j. l.. Snydacker Il Co. be given q con-
tract for 1000 tons Of coal at $40 per
ton, instead of awarding the contract
to the Weaver Coal Co., whose bid was
for $685. per ton? Twenty-Five cents u
ton on 1900 tons Of coal amounts to
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-10-14
STEALING our STREETS.

NdIkeT ~ Ouhies = tuuhtiS. VII hi-
ston avenue. covers a public alley. for
which the city of Chicago gets no COM
pensation whatever.
Some one at the City Hall was set |
tied with for this, as 1t is rumored that |
the sum of $1,000 was put up at one |
time to quiet an investigation into 1t.
The Chicago and Northwestern Rail
River off by constructing new dock
outside of the dock ut the ruins of the
old Air Line elevator. Two pile drlv-
ers began work late on Saturday night. |
and by q o'clock Sunday the dock had
been completed. Filling in is all that
remains to he done.
The section Of the river taken is trl.
angular, having face on the river
front Of over one hundred feet. At the
west end 1t Is thirty.flve feet wide, and
Its value will be several hundred thou
sand dollars.
West Of Wells street bridge the
dock runs in straight line along the
Northwestern yards to the east end Of
the old elevator. The elevator was
burned last summer. and the site was
acquired by the road. Just here the
dock line slants northward, ending at
the docks Of the Durham Towing Com.
pany In a little slip. The elevator dock
was in bad condition, and when the
pile drivers were lined up In the dark.
ness, ostenslbly to repair It, they took
q line continuing the river front Of the
railroad yards.
Many old rlvermen maintain that the
! river bottom there never belonged to
the road, and that there IL no shadow
Of justification for appropriating 1t.
The Union Hide and Leather Com.
pany, or its successor, the Lake Tan.
ming Company, occupy thirty.tive feet
Of the river for distance Of 500 feet
south Of Division street.
The Gas Trust occupies the river for
thirty.ave feet for 1000 feet south Of
Division street.
: EIsendrath's taunery IL out thirty
: feet on DIX street, and thirty.fve fee,
on Sangamon street.
The Philip Rim Company, ut CrOsb!
: and Division streets, occupy the side
: walks with their lumber and do not pay
the city for the room.
The Artcsian Stone and Lime Com
pany Is said to have fenced In Ohi'
street ut Campbell avenue. and abs
most Of Campbell avenue. 1t advertise
In the Champion Of Graft.
The Mayor has vetoed an order o
the Council granting permission to |
: manufacturing industry to trespas
upon an alley. The Mayor vetoed til,
order upon the ground that propert!
: owners abutting had not consented
; and that no compensation to the mu
nicipality had been provided.
The Mayors veto IL proper. The rea
, sons assigned are not proper. TIL
Mayor should have told the Common
Council bluntly that In recent decl
: sion OF the Supreme Court 1t was pro
vided that the Council has no author
ity to permit trespass upon the city
? highways. The decision Is c.ean.cu
and unequlvocal. No compromise !
? suggested. Compensation or no com
pensatlon, consent Of property owner
:, or no such consent, the Council !
D without authority to give a grant o
u the kind.
The Supreme Court said: 'There
nothing In any portion Of the genera
incorporation acts which cOnfers pow
err on the municipality to devoting
Il street or any part of 1t to mere pr
n vate use."
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-10-14
TIIH CHICAGO HAGLE.

the Public Library Board favored pur- I
chasing coal of ]. l.. Snydacker Il Go.
at $40 per ton. and the board turned |
down the bid of the Weaver Coal Com
pany. which was for 1886 per ton. |
How about this. Jake Frank?
Clark Howell. editor Of the Atlanta
Constitution. says Bryan will be re-
nominated and the Chicago platform
will he rcafiirmed by the Democrats In
1000. He might with equal certainty
add that Mr.. Mckinley will be re.elcct-
ell President of the United States.
~6~
John II. Brunjes Is a strong Demo-
cratic candidate for President of the
County Board.
william II. Fahrney. of the Twelfth
Ward. Is talked of by the younger elc-
ment in the Republican party for state
Senator In the Second Senatorial Dis
trict. Mr.. FNhrncy says: ut must he
either the Senate or Congress. as I
wouldn't take certificate of election
on gold platter for the lower house."
Grand army men are strongly In IA
vor Of nominating their old command
or. Major Edward A. BlOdgett. for Gov
ernor OF Illinois. Every old soldier In
Illinois loves popular Ed" BlOdgett.
who. they say. would poll an unprece-
dented vote IL made the nominee for
Governor.
~elM
Il. II. Moore and Frank q. Lowlen
are both considered good gubcrnatorial
timber.
~eA
i. J. Swltzer can carry the Twelfth
Ward for Alderman.
~eA
Hon. Kickham Seaman would prove
n strong candidate for either States
Attorney of Cook County or Judge Of
the Superior Court. The rumor that
Mr.. seaman had quit the political arena
was unfounded.
%6A
Alderman Fowler would make n
great Mayor. He IL all right.
@9A
n"e .smnus Popu.r Mayor Hon.
.acon y. nehn'' woun prove STRONG
nep""''e'" c""o'""'e ior s'''e Ite"s'
urer.
U.,o y >,u.r,. s.-.n. ,..,,..
,.,,,n..,.u o.. ,.. 49,. 49,.
hnvon., hoo,, -, ,."r,,.nr,, .,.n. .,".
nominating Morris for Attorney Gen
eral. That's a horse Of another color
40
AIR. n. n. Harris. cnsSicr M tho r,rs,
Nntionnl Bnnk Of Chnmnnipn. In m,
newly elected President of the IllinoI,
: R,nEer.. Association.
..
Inc Eagle VIII sake the ercates
, p,casutS iu p,'"'ns 'nv ,,, hume" vi NV
sses IN ."e lily inI "nu Co"".!
Dunu"s Wno wnuck up VIII" 'n'
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.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-10-14

snug sum Of money. No wonder there
Is so much talk around town about this
Public Library coal contract. The end
has not yet come. as the Public Library
Board coal contract matter will have
to he settled in the courts. as the Wea-
yer Coal Co. intend to fight for their
rights.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-10-14

Sol LewlnsOhn, the representative
Jewish Democrat, Is talked of for City
Treasurer. Mr.. LewinsOhn resides In
the Thirty second Ward.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-10-14

The Chicago Edison Company finds
the coal furnished them by the Weaver
Coal Company up to the standard In
every particular, yet the engineer OF
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-10-14

Jake Frank, the eX-pawnbrOker, 1t IL
claimed will soon be hauled into court
to explain his actions In the recent
awarding of the Public Library coal
contract to j. l.. Snydacker L. Co.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-10-14

How much does w. N. Eisendrath
pay the city for the use OF the Sanga-
mon street subway for sewer instead
of u streetY
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-10-14

w. n. Elsendrath says he pays $500
a year ut the City Hall for the prlvl-
lege Of occupying sangamOn and Dix
streets. Does this 60 through the reg
ular channel or by way OF the Cham
piOn Of Graft?
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-10-14

#, How much does the City Hall get
out Of Eisendrath Tor the use Of San
CANON and DIX streetse
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-08
A $4,000 BANQUET
Is Being Arranged For Dewey In
New York.

New York. May s.-Admiral Dewey
has cabled to this city his acceptance
Of an invitation to a banquet to be
given in his honor by 100 prominent
citizens.
It is likely that Admiral Dewey win
return to this country as soon as peace
negotiations with the insurgents have
been concluded He Will return via the
Suez canal and will come to New York.
While the exact date of his departure
must depend in a large measure on the
conclusion of terms of peace with the
insurgents. it is expected by the Wash
ington authorities that the hero of Ma
Mia will leave the Philippines within a
week or two.
Thirty-seven citizens already have
announced their intention of subscrib-
ing 800 each for a banquet in honor of
the great captain. and there is no doubt
that the list will be filed by the 63 9TH
ers necessary to make the one hundred
men and the $4,000 planned for.
Thus when Admiral Dewey does ar
rive, which it is believed Will not be IN
til late in August or early in Septem-
Der, there viii await him, in addition
to the civic celebration, which will be
most Ella borate, a banquet, the most
splendid ever prepared for an officer.
President Mckinley and Secretary of
the Navy Long will be invited to the
banquet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-08
THEY ENTERTAIN CHOATE.
American Ambassador Guest Of the
Hardwicke Club, Before Which
He Makes q Spsech

London, May s.-Ambassador Choate
was a guest on Monday of the Hard
wicke club, where all the leading Judges
Of the supreme court and the most dis
tingufshed members of the English bar
had Assem- led to welcome him
The ambassad doris speech, replying for
the American bench and bar, was sin
guIarIy happy, and was punctuated
right through by the hearty laughter
of EngIands legal Iuminaries- Mr..
Choate said:
We are all lawyers here, of course,
except the judges, so I suppose we can
speak our minds freely I feel much
at home It is characteristic Of the
AngIo-Saxon race to make ourselves at
home wherever We go Our nation has
now followed your example in that re-
spect- Penned up at first between the
narrow confines Of the Mississippi and
the Atlantic. We made ourselves pretty
much at home over the whole continent,
and last year, following English exam
pie, but avoiding your actual footsteps,
we proceeded to make ourselves at home
in many new places both far and near
In speaking of the American law
yers it should be remernb ered at the
last census they were go 900. and they
are not all men either We have the
privilege Of addressing and associating
ourselves not only with learned broth
ers but now and then with learned sis
tiers, and I can assure this gathering
they are associates who are inspiring in
triumph and consoIing in defeat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-08
NOT ALL IN THE CHURCH.
DR.. Briggs Sermon on Truths of
Religion-

New York. May Spreading to the
congregation of Holy Trinity church.
Rev DR.. Charles A Briggs said:
"Au truth is not in the sacred deposit
of the church All truth is not in the
drift OF tradition
He who would grow in knowledge
must use all the talents God has given
him We can not know the whole truth
of any doctrine until we know the whole
truth Of all doctrines. The new methods
of study. the critical and scientific pro-
Cesses Of investigation which in our
times dominate all the realms Of knOwI-
edge inevitably require changes in the
realm or religion and theology also
There are men in every age who op-
pose the advance Of truth They depre-
cate any advance in the knowledge OF
the truth. any nav methods of study.
They desire everything to go Just as
before, and We should hold and trans
nit the truth Of religion exactly as we
have received it Such thing is impos-
siole in a living, growing, thinking
church
our age is an age of the most exact,
pai1staking and thOrOughgOing critical
scholarship. Holy Scripture has been
searched by critics as never before. and
the result is that it stands forth before
the world in its native historical beauty
wealth and power and the holy. divine.
eternal work OF God to man Nothing
OF any biblical value has been lost or
impaired The church doctrine of the
Bible as defined by the church stands
forth more glorious than ever Nothing
has been injured but human traditional
opinions about the Bible which have
never received the sanction of the holy
church.
1t is characteristic Of the new the
oIOgy that it believes in the Holy Ghost
a new age Of the world is at hand an
age OF love and Christian knowIedge-
an age in which the Divine Spirit will
smile at all agnostictsn and pierce
every doubt with the invincibIe two
edged sword Of truth
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-08
WITH PAPA'S GUN
a Dead Nebraska Soldier'sSweethear
Commits Suicide

Beemer, Neb-, May 8-Mary v1ach,
the 10 year old daughter of a farmer re-
siding near this city, committed suicide
while respondent over the death Of her
soldier sweetheart. George Hoar, who
fell before CaI0ocan while fighting with
the First Nebraska HOar was q neigh
boring farm boy and the two had at
tended the same country school The
sorrOwing girl took her fathers shot
gun and retiring to her room went to
work deliberately to prepare for her
death She removed one Of her slippers
and placing the muzzIe OF the gun over
her heart pushed the trigger of the
weapon with her toe Death was in
stantaneous- The girl left a letter to
her parents saying she could not bear
her grief longer and preferred death
An hour after the ira gedy the girls
father returned from the postOffice
bringing q letter from young Hoar.
which he had written Just before going
into the battle in which he was killed
The letter said that he was anxious to
return to Nebraska but he would never
ask 10 be mustered out until the enemy
had been defeated and the Nebraska
regiment could return a body with
al the hOuOES of COuQuerOrS-