Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-12-22
HON. DAVID E. SHANAHAN,

The Next Speaker Of Il
countries settled by descendants of
European stock-have increased from
11O.OOO,O0O in 1900 to 5OO,OOO,OOO in
1900. And he predicts that ut the end
of the coming century (2OoO the 5OO,.
100000 will have become 1,5OO.OOO,OOO
or more. 1t Is not conceivable that the
twentieth century will be more warlke
and destructive of human life than the
nineteenth. which has been more
crowded with wars than any previous
| century of the Christian era. There.
fore. the threefold increase of the popti.
lations of Europe and Of countries Of
European origin and sympathetic civil.
izaton which has occurred In the pres
ent century is not unreasonably antlcl.
| patcd in the next. Meantime. the vel
low and black races are not increasing
at all. Time and tide fight on the side
of 1.-THE noble Caucasian" But try to
think of the American people of \. ID.
2OOO-415.OOO,OOO of them! What n
Presidential campaign they will have
when that year rolls round!
| Or. Parkhurst Is not wholly accurate
when lie asserts that newspapers in
this country are run purely as a bust.
ness enterprise to make money. 1t Is
| true that there are many instances
where newspaper owners fondly en-.
deavOr TO make their newspaper prop.
critics pay, but. without invldlous dis.
our most esteemed contemporaries who
proudly rise above such merccnary con-
sidcratlons. And there was the late
Marcus DAILY, who never thought OF
money while publishing the news. And
Senator Clark, who supported journal.
ism with u lavish hand. And Sena tor
Pettigrew, who never counted the cost
Of his journalistic enterprises. And
we presume that at one time or anOth.
er two.thirds Of the members OF the
Senate and the House have cheerfully
engaged in journalism without
thought of the burden OF expense.
Knowing all this, We feel that we may
safely rebuke Mr.. Parkhurst for his III.
considered words and for his unjust
fling ut our noble profession. We have
already in New York and Chicago sew.
eral newspapers which we might call
endowed newspapers" but we suspect
that even DIR. Parkhurst himself would
not point to them as models Of journal.
istic excellence. 1t appears to have
been proved that 'endOwing' a news.
paper does not necessarily assure Its
power for good or lessen Its power for
evil.
~
II hero be man who loses oil
thought Of self In the effort to serve a
worthy cause, William Kridor, Chicago
tagman, deserves niche OF his own In
the temple where the deeds OF brave
men are kept green In memory. 1t was
KrldOr's duty to guard the crossing of
the Pittsburg and Fort Wayne Railroad
ut SD street. He was standing near
his watchmau's shanty. watching the
approach OF a passenger train, when a
woman came In sight and without no.
ticlng the train started to walk across
the tracks IN front Of 1t. KrldOr shout
cd Il warning, which was not needed.
Perhaps the woman was deaf, perhaps
she was only In hurry. At any rate
she kept on ana Kridor saw that she
wonld probably he struck by the train.
lie had already complied with the
strict requirements Of his duty, but he
| was not yet satisfied. He rushed for
ward and attempted to drag the woman
back out of the danger which threat.
ened her. She resisted and In an in.
slant the engine struck the two, Kri-
dor was crushed to death under the
wheels. The woman he was attempt
ing to save was also struck and severe.
~ injured. KridOr's death was mod
estly mentioned In the newspapers. In
reality he deserved as much praise as
II he had rsked and lost his life in
leading u forlorn hope on the battle
field He had given all he had to give
in the interest of an unselfish cause.
\ St. Louis woman, Mrs. Frederick
IIebner, has shown how burglars may
ne prevented from making success of
their calling. Their method Is easy
Let women follow Mrs. Hebners en-
ample aud face burglars boldly instead
of screaming for the men folks. Is 1t
not n fact that most men are afraid of
women? Is there not good basis for
the famous Caudle lecture stories, for
the adventure stories in which Mr..
Pickwick came oil second best in con-
tests with the fair sex, and for the gen.
eral belief that about twO-thirds of the
husbands of the world are "henpeck.
ed?" Many bold burglar would fight
Il man who should try to thwart and
arrest him. But there Is an inherent
dislike on the part Of nearly all men to
try conclusions with a woman. Even
brutal men might be deferred by the