Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-08-19
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gan. he surprised and delighted his
friends by revealing powers Of oratOry
Of which they had not supposed him
master.
In person Senator Cullom II tall and
spare, his hair black. his forehead
high and massive. and his features mo-
bile and clearly cut. The Senator pos
sesses a natural ease Of carriage and
grace Of manner, which has In no
small degree contributed to his popu.
larlty. Senator Cullom II sixty-ninc
years Of age. Of robust strength. ana
enjoys the vlrile vigOr Of n man ut
twO-scOre. His has been a fiatterlng
public career. Summed up In few
words. he has served eight years In
the Legislature Of his State, during
four years Of which he presided as
speaker Of the House; six years In the
House Of Representatives mt Washing
ton; upwards Of six years as Governor
OF Illinois, and up to this time nearly
seventeen years In the Senate Of the
United States, making over third Of
a century in the public service Of his
district and state. II his public life
has been characterized by one CONTROL.
Ing idea more than another II has been
that Of bcneiltting the Industrial and
labor interests Of the people ut large.
There are years Of usefulness yet he
fore him, and should the day come
when the American people shall call
upon him to All the chair occupied by
those two other great sons Of Illinois
Lincoln and Grant-the record Of his
past affords the surest guarantee that
the destinies Of the Republic may safe
~ be entrusted to his keeping.
In printing this brief sketch OF the
career Of the Hon. Shelby NJ. Cullom, a
man whose public acts have for 30
many years been constantly before
the people Of the State and the coun-
try, The Eagle does NO In the hope
that 1t may ut this time In some degree
supply the great demand for the In
formation 1t contains.
The United States weather bureau
has published the results Of Investiga.
tons 1t has made a. to the value Of
property destroyed and the number Of
lives lost In this country, by lightning,
for q series Of nine years. The records
are reasonably complete and the show.
Ing IL as curious as 1t Ii interesting.
In the last nine years 312 persons
have been killed annually by light.
ming. hut OF all the years considered
that OF 1905 was the most disastrous.
400 persons having lost their lives In
that manner. Last year the mortality
was 367. and In the entire nine years
the average number killed was five to
euch million Of population. Fatalities
are less frequent In cities aud thickly
settled localities aud most common In
agricultural sections Of the country.
OF the states having most deaths
from this cause Ohio takes the lead,
the average being - for each 100000
persons engaged In farming. The
greatest proportion Of fatal strokes Ii
found In the Missouri valley, the great
plains and In the region Of the Rocky
Mountains. Last year 1850 buildings
were destroyed or damaged by light
ming, which involved loss estimated
ut $l,446SSO. or other property lost
the report mentions 004 cattle. 800
horses, 80 mules. l16 pigs, 420 sheep.
the estimated total value Of which was
$4S,257. This makes the total loss Of
property $1,485,137, caused by only
TO lightning strokes. 1t Is stated that
SO far as the loss Of life Is concerned,
practically all the fatalities take place
In the five months from April to Sep.
TENDER. most of them being In June
and July. The report says that much
OF the damage caused by lightning
In the agricultural districts might be
avoided by grounding wires" at
proper distances along lines of wire
fences, (which are death traps to
stock, the fatal shock being inflicted
often through the medium OF the wires
at considerable distance from the
point hit"
After falling In his attempt to reform
at one fell swo0p the warning instincts
Of the world, Gear Nicholas has com.
menced work on reform entirely
within his jurisdiction. He has decided
to wipe out the dark blot on civilization
existing for more than two centuries
the penal colony of Siberia. This pro-
posed reform Is eminently practical and
In line with the theory that charity be-
gins at home. The Siberian exile sys.
tenn OF punishment, as 1t has been car.
ried out In Russia, was clumsy,