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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-04-27
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Active opposition to the bill grant
ing the Drainage Board the right To
levy an additional tax of approximate
BY S5,OOO01O TO develop the water
power OF the canal il 10 be opened at
once at Springfield. Representatives
of the Chicago Real Estate Board-W.
W. Baird, ". u. Kerfoot and II. :.
Dietrich who are now In Springfield
working for amendments to the reyc'
nue. law. have been asked To- keep an
eye on the water power bill, which now
awaits second reading,
Conservative citizens hold that as 40
definite plans have been outlined for
thc expenditure Of this big sum Of
money, should the additional levy De
sanctioned, the measure should not be
passed. They contend that the success
OF the project OF utilizing the waters OF
the canal 10 generate electrical power
and transmit this power 10 Chicago, is
problematlcal. So great Is the loss In
transmission, that II Is argued by many
that the transmitting Of this energy
from L0ckpOrt, thirty.siX miles away
TO Chicago, will not leave sufficient
current TO light the city's street lamps
and TO operate the pumps at the pump
ing stations. Fears are expressed, too
that with no agreement between the
city and the Drainage Board the latter
once granted the means to develop thu
water power, may sell the electricity
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-04-27

pRESENT FRENCH EMBASSY BUILDING
year Fish retired Queen Victoria leased
the house as her American legation. aud
Lord Napier. arriving shortly after Bu'
chanan's Inauguration. took possession
as British Minister. There were no
foreign ambassadors here In those days.
His Lordship was a dashing young no.
bic OF only 3S. He was accompanied
by Lady Napier, four children, a tutor.
a govcrness. a pompous butler, n cOnch.
man and two maid servants. Her lady
ship was regarded ut tho time as the
most beautiful woman In Washington.
During their three years IN the Rush
house 1t was the scene Of the most bril-.
liant functions given at tie capital.
In this house King Edward Of En-.
gland was entertained when Lord
Lyons was ambassador. In 1865 Lord
Lyons was succeeded by Sir Frederick
Bruce, who became warn friend OF
Charles Sumner. He remained master
Of the Rush house until he died OF
diphthcria, In Boston, during Grants
administration. He was succeeded by
Sir Edward Thornton, who built the
present British embassy. Soon after
Bruce's death Admiral Porter, succeed
Ing Farragut rs commanding officer OF
the navy, purchased the stately old
mansion and there remained until his
death. In 1894, when NJ. Jules PatenO
tire. former French ambassador. mar
rlcd Miss ElvcrsOn, Of Philadelphia
France first leased the property for NJ
embassy.
When France acquires the land now
being negotiated for 1t will be the sew
cnth patch Of foreign soil within .ht
| bounds Of Washington. Great Britain
was tae first purchases Of cmbass!
grounds. and then followed Germany
Japan. Mexico, Corca aud Austria. Th'
fifteen other foreign governments rep
resented in Washington rent their EN-
bassles or legations.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-04-27

not AFFORD to do the work and that the
purpose Of making the north shore
towns a part Of the district Is to in
crease the revenue Of the district In
order to complete the work already
started. Such plan, say the irate
property owners, would tax the new
part of the district without giving any
local returns.
1T Is a grating scheme" said Col.
Henry NJ. Kidder of North Evanston.
"Why do they go ahead and take meas
ures to get, us into the sanitary dis
trict before there Is any detailed prop
Osltion made in regard to what kind of
drainage system Is to be provided
for us? We want to know what We are
to have before we begin paying taxes
for 1t. feel sure that II such scheme
Is ever put through it will be long af'
ter the Calumet river district is con.
nected with the sanitary district, and
when there Is real need in Evanston
for such drainage.
"The dreamers speak of this matter
as II 1t We're no more of an undertake
ing than to run tile ditch across a 40
acre field, but l am one of the many
who believe that the cost of such q
branch would be nearly equal 10 the
cost Of the main channel"
Col. Kidder continued:
"It Is proposed to run a canal four
teen miles long along the west line OF
Evanston, starting from the lake at d
point in Wilmette, where pumping
works are to be situated, to lift TIT
water from the lake to the sewer. The
bluff at this point has an average
height of thirty feet above the lak'
level and Is battered by the stOrmies'
waves of Lake Michigan. In addition
TO the constant wearing away of thu
shore which would make the mainte
nance of a pumping station there very
costly, the bay is frequently filed will
anchor Ice that would render the op
Grafton of the works impossible.
greater difficulty would have to b,
overcome because of the fact that al
of Evanston and the greater part o
Wilmette are lower than the sewe
would be unless cuts averaging nearl!
thirty feet In depth were made"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-04-27

1t is further objected by the OppO-
ncnts of the plan that the north branch
of the Chicago River overfows with its
present drainage ut certain seasons.
and that 1t would have to be deepened
and wldened very materially to accom-.
mOdate the drainage from the north
shore district.
The idea Of a lake.level channel Is
said to be impructicable, as II
would necessitate a cut Of over thirty
feet for the first two miles and of about
twenty feet for tile following six miles
to bring 1t to Its junction with the river
near Bowmanvllle. At that point the
bed of the river is twelve feet above
the lake level. and 1t would be neces.
sary to have pumping works there to
lift this sewage into the river.
From the talk ut the Monroe. how.
ever, all the improvements" will be
carried out whether the people kick or
not.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-04-27
Age at Entering College.

1t appears from President Eliot's re-
port Of last years work at Harvarl
that boys enter college a trihe yonges
than they did a generation ago, and
fewer of them proportlonally are now
prepared by private tutors. The number
entering from public schools is steadily
increasing. DR.. Eliot thinks that the
excellence of the preparatory schools
ought still further to reduce the average
age of entrance.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-04-27

ty as n picture, and for three years has
earned her own way In the world as
stenographer. Mrs. Otis objections
were Overruled. Young OFT slipped
away from the military school at Ashe-
Vile, n. c.. to which his mother had
bundled him, and he married his hearts
idol. His mother refuses to forgive
him, and he Is now working for $3 a
week, but happy, while his bride will
hold her position until his income Is
larger
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-04-27
GAVE UP MILLION TO
WE'D TYPEWRITER GIRL.

Clarence OTIS romance, which cul.
minated In an elopement to jefferson.
vile, Ind. has sequel. He is the son
OF a Louisville widow Of wealth. As
he was but ID years old, his mother OBJ.
jected to his paying court to Annie Pey.
ton. She was one year his junior, pref.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-04-27
And the Continued Success of Carter
H. Harrison Dampens the Ardor
Of the Grafters.
But the. Green.Goods Smile Returns to Its
Place and Bunko Hopes
Arise
When the Plans for Using the State Central
Committee Are Loudly Talked
Over.

The auti-Harrison Democracy, who
believe in the Monroe Doctrine. of
Graft. Grin and Con. are In the dumps
these days.
The reelection of Mayor Harrison
was a sad blow to them and to their
visions of q reformed" Democracy
with Harrison and Burke left out, and
unlimited Graft i'm sight.
A general roundup of their ward
clubs was held at the general rendes-
vouz of Political Has Beens aud Men
With Records the other day.
Among the organizations represented
were the
Uippity Hop Club.
The Altgeld Wursts.
The Contractors Combine.
The Smart Aleck Cadets.
The Jones Van Guard.
The Grafters Union,
The Spells Banks Disposers.
The Green Goods Smllcrs,
The Sorrowful Safe Blowers,
The Indicted Politicians,
The Harrison Haters,
The Relies of DC.
The Intercepted Sewer Bcaters,
The Chosen HOLSTERS.
The Hippity Hops submitted re-
port that the chairman of the state
Central Committee would appoint his
executive committee before Christmas
aud would see to 1t that no Harrison
man got into the Democratic state con
yention from Cook County In 1902.
The Smart Aleck Cadets threw the
Assembly into a cave OF gloom by an
nouncing that after all they had don,
no one had sent In a bid for the Spoil
Banks.
This announcement was received
with groans by the delegates from the
Contractors Combine and the Graftcrs
Union.
In fact. this announcement had som,
interest for the general public. so The
Eagle digresses to state the facts In re
iatlon thereto:
The Sanitary District Trustees saw
their visions of millions of dollars prof
IT, from the spoil banks along the edge
OF the channel fade away Wednesda!
when the time for the opening Of bid
for the sale of the spoil came. Their
was not a single prospective purchase
in sight. II was a harder blow thai
the one the trustees received n rev
weeks ago when they discovered tina
the Western Stone Company Ownc'
about 100000 cubic yards of the fines
stone In the banks.
Information from stone men was I
the effect that the boards terms to bi,
ders were too hard as the spoil coul
not be removed within the eight year
specified The engineering committe
will now cast around TO see whethe
bids for part or all of the spoil can h
received on any terms, or whether I'll
board will have to wait till favorabl
opportunities come, and sell the stoll
to consumers direct.
The board located the Canal stree
bascule bridge approaches in such
way as practically commit II to the 2v
foot channel proposition. The eNpel
drainage commission, which Ii Is no
hoped may report next week, is dI
cussinG several plans besides this OF
for q 2O0.f foot channel, but the trustee
did not consider ii necessary to ava
the report before deciding. The brld.
il contracted for, and work will soc
begin.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-04-27
Rain In Arizona.

The people Of Arizona are returning
thanks for the heaviest rainfall there
for twenty years.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-04-27

II may be that the man in New York
whose stomach has been removed by
surgery will live, but most people have
no stomach for such operations.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-12-19
The M,KlNLEY MEMORIAL.

The national association formed to
erect a suitable memorial to William
Mckinley at Canton. Ohio, finds It's
work impeded by the project offered
by public men and residents of Wash
ington. The circulation of appeals for
both projects tends to confuse the pub
lie as to when is the proper object of
popular contributions. Any doubt
upon the subject should be dispelled
by a simple statement of the facts.
For some years there has been be-
fore Congress a proposal for a great
monumental bridge across the Potomac
at Washington. The idea is OF I'M
doubted merit and in due time some
such bridge will be built. Congress for
various reasons has not yet made the
necessary appropriation. One part of
this proposed bridge is a great tri-
umphal arch, which the Washington
committee suggests be built by popular
subscription as a memorial to Presi-
dent Mckinley.
This movement is not in any sense
a~ntagonistic to the proposition to erect
a monument to the late president at
Canton. President Mckinley recon-
mended that Congress construct the
bridge across the Potomac. connecting
Washington with Arlington, as "a
monument to American patriotism, -
and without doubt the construction OF
the bridge and memorial arch will be
authorized by Congress.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-12-19

There is danger that the religious
Significance Of Thank g wing day may
be forgotten. We so soon grow accus-
toned to our blessings that we accept
them as a part of the general order Of
things and naturally become migrate
fulfill by pure foggetfulness or indif-
ference. But as a matter Of fact most
things which come to us come by the
pure favor or courtesy Of others, and
how unworthy do we consider the in
gratel writes Rev. S. T. Willis in the
New York Ledger. He is one OF the
most contemplate. characters with
which we meet. We consider him even
uncivil who does not spontaneously
say or write Thank you" for the
fayors and kindness shown him by his
fellow man. And this word of CRATE
full appreciation is never lost. Even
IL II may seem to have no effect upon
aim for whom 1t was given, It will
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-12-19
Current News
and Views
NEED OF MORE SMALL anus.

NEED OF MORE SMALL BILLS.
United States Treasurer Roberts is
going to ask Congress to allow him to
increase the proportion Of bills of
small denominations issued yearly. II
permission is granted him more than
$40, 000, 900 of treasury and national
bank notes of denominations OF 500
and upwards will be reissued in small
er bills. There were outstanding on
Sept. 30 last 81 bills to the amount of
SCI, 900; 80 bills to the amount of
$42, SO1, 900, and IS bills to the amount
of 1910, 5T0, 900. These are no small fg-
ures, If they were to be compared
with those of ten years ago they would
seem enormous. Rapidly as these
small bills circulate-fves as well as
ones are small bills nowadays-there
are not enough of them in circulation
to meet the demands of a community
which is actively engaged in making
small payments for goods or for serv-
ices. This pressure for bills of low
denominations is only one of the evil.
dences of the general w%ell-being of tho
people. The retail business of the
country must be enormous at this time.
The wholesale business is done SC
largely with checks that there will be
no scarcity of large bills even after
such bills to the amount of S140, 000, O0C
have been broken up into small
change. Congress certainly should give
the treasurer the authority he asks for
and should do so speedily.-Exchange.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-12-19
NEW TRIUMPHs IN W OF
TRANSMISSION.

The completion of the second great
wheel pit of the Niagara Falls Power
Company calls attention not only to
the greatest electrical. engineering
achievement of modern times but also
to the wonderful development in power
transmission in all parts OF the globe
since the Niagara cataract was first
~harnessed.
This second wheel pit is said to be
the greatest slot ever cut in the earth
by man. This slot, which was cut
through the solid rock, is 463 feet long,
ITS feet deep and 1917 feet wide. At
the bottom of this pit will be the tur-
bine wheels, working under a head Of
las feet of water, capable Of furnishing
electrical energy estimated at 55. 900
horse power, made up Of eleven units
of 5000 horse power each.
This achievement at Niagara Falls is
the parent Of many wonderful power
transmission plants that have been sue
cessfully installed in various parts OF
the country, and which indicate the al
most lim.tless possibilities NJ this kind
OF power production.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-12-19

not be lost upon those who hear, nor
will its influence be powerless upon
him who bestows it. A cultivation Of
the thanksgiving habit will make to
grow the sense of appreciation, and
as a result our spirits will be sweet
ened, u souls enlarged and the whole
horizon of life beautiied. Then the
ordinary affairs of life will never more
be commonplace; our conditions and
surroundings will always appear in a
fresh light. This is significant. The
man whose family find in him a source
of endless delight and joy is n who
does not suffer the common relation
ships and the daily intercourse to be-
come colorless and arid. Such a man
keeps love alive by cultivating the
sentiment of affection. His face, his
voice, his deed, makes the ID courses
of life brim and sparkle with a full
current Of tenderness and feeling. So
it is again with the great artist who
sees the common in an uncommon
light and clothes the most ordinary
objects with beauty and charm. In
like manner the religious nature dis
closes its presence by the unfailing
freshness of it's feeling for all rela-
lions and seasons and customs and
days. It numbers its blessings daily,
and daily does it express gratitude be-
cause it feels deeply and gladly the
weight of its vast Indebtedness. The
years may differ greatly in the COM
forts and blessings they bring. but
Gods unbroken beneficence knows no
divisions of time. His bounty is an
unbroken eternity. All years, how
ever hard in the experiences they
bring, are years of ~blessedness; it
should be ours to receive what God
sends and to be constantly thankful.
We should thank him who has made
us and preserved us as n nation.
Who revealed this continent when
the proper time had come, and called
to its shores faithful and Cody men
who believed in Him and in men as
His children.
Who preserved the national seeds
planted in our colonies and united
them for liberty and independence.
Who made our young nation wise In
counsel and strong in defense.
Who paciisd the str.fes and eraei-
Gated the jealous,es that separated
our states and Joined them anew IN
one indissoluble union.
Who has given us the wisdom to es-
tablish free schools and free churches.
and has given rs brave hearted and
clear headed men to sacrifice and toll
for the public virtue and peace.
Who has given us an open Bible. a
risen Christ. a loving church and a
redeeming God.
Who crowneth this year of grace
with His bountilul goodness.
Oh, that men would praise the Lord
for His goodness and His wonderful
works to the children of men!
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-12-19

Naturally desire to see the grandest
and most impressive scenery en- route.
This you viii do by selecting the Den
yer & Rio Grande and Rio Grande
Western, The Scenic Line of the
World" and The Great salt Lake
Route" in one or both directions, as
this line has two separate routes across
the Rocky mountains between Denver
and Ogden. Tickets reading via this
route are available either via its main
line through the Royal Gorge, Lead
vile, over Tennessee pass, through the
Canon of the Grand river and Glen
wood Springs, or via the line over
Marshall pass and through the Black
Canon of the GunnisOn, thus enabling
the traveller TO use one Of the above
routes going and the other returning.
Three splendidly equipped fast trains
are operated to and from the Pacific
coast, which carry through standard
sleepers daily between Chicago, st.
Louis. Denver and San Francisco. Din
Ing ears Service a la carte) on all
through trains. If you contemplate
such a trip, let us send you beautifully
illustrated pamphlets, free. S. X.
Hooper, G. +. & I. A., Denver, Colo
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-12-19

In planning for our Thanksgiving
dinner, our minds naturally recur to
the time-honored dishes as roast tur-
key, pumpkin pie, cranberry sauce,
baked Indian pudding, ETC., and our
feast never seems quite complies with
out them. 1t is not always possible,
however, to have turkey and some
do not care for it. Roast goose, chick
en-, duck, pork, or beef may be suhsti-
tuted for it. Another nice dish is
mock duck" or pork tenderlolns
baked with a bread dressing favored
with herbs and onions. A menu that
is semi-old-fashioned but usually liked
is oyster soup, roast turkey with
mashed potatoes, turnips, baked
squash, pickles-sweet and sour-jel-
lies; a salad, mince and pumpkin pie;
fruit, nuts and coffee. 1t is well to
have some kind of light pudding for
those who do not eat pie. If oysters
cannot be procured, vegetable oysters
may be substituted. Cream tomato is
a favorite kind of soup.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-12-19
o. Jacobs on for ohest-Coids, BroD-
ohitIs, Group and rieurIsy.

~ Jacobs on for ohest-Colds, Bron-
chitis, Group and Pleurisy.
An outward application for bron-
chial difficulties is many times far
more effective than syrups, cough mix
ture, cod liver oil, &C., simply because
it pe%netrates through to the direct
cause, which is, as a rule, an accumu-
lation of matter or growth tightly ad-
hered to the bronchial tubes.
st. Jacobs Oil, possessing as it does
those wonderful penetrating powers,
enables it to loosen these adhesions
and to induce free e%xpectoration. Gases
have been known where approximations
have been examined after st. Jacobs
Oil has been applied, and the exact
formation was clearly shown, where
the adhesions had been removed or
pulled off the bronchial tubes. All IT.
ritation Of the delicate mucous MEM
brane Of the bronch@ is quickly re-
moved by the healing and soothing
properties of st. Jacobs Oil. In cases
of croop and whooping cough in chill
dren st. Jacobs Oil will be found su-
perior to any other remedy.
st. Jacobs Oil is for sale throughout
the world. 1t is clean to use-not at
all greasy or oily, as its name might
imply. For rheumatism, govt, sciatica.
neuralgia, cramp, pleurisy. lumbagO,
sore throat. bronchitis, soreness, stiff
ness, bruises, t%oothache, headache.
~backache, feetache, pains in the chest,
pains in the back, pains in the shoul-
ders, pains in the limbs, and all bodily
aches and pains it has no equal. 1t
acts like magic. Safe, sure, and
failing.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-12-19
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To prepare the turkey for the oven,
split the skin at the back of the neck,
take out the neck bone, cut it close
to the body. Draw the crop and the
in%testines; clean and wash thorough
ly; fill both crop and stomach cavities
with stufIing. Turn the neck skin down
under the back; tie a string round and
bring the two ends of the string ever
the wings and tie on the breast. When
ready to bake put the bird in the roast
ing pan add a little water, small
quantities of chopped celery, carrots
and onions, two cloves and a small
bunch of parsley. Basic with the
gravy every fifteen minutes. Cook in
a moderately hot oven for about two
and a half or three hours. The pres
sure of the thumb behind the second
Joint of the wing will readily break
the flesh when it is sufficiently cooked.
Take off strings used in dressing be-
tore serving on table. After the turkey
has been taken out add a little water
anu flour to gravy left in pan; boil for
a few minutes; strain and remove all
grease that comes to the top. Serve
In sauceboat.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-12-19
The rlrst Homestender.

DR.. Daniel Freeman of Gage coun-
ty, Nebraka. is known as the first
homesteader of the nation" He is hv-
ing on the first farm the United States
government gave away under the
homestead act. His home is on Cub
creek, about five miles WNH Of
Beatrice. His original entry of 100
acres has expanded until now it is a
magnificent farm Of 1000 acres, well
stocked and equipped with the best Of
buildings and modern machinery.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-12-19
.MNINn


The table for the Thanksgiving DIN
ner should be set with the prettiest
glass, china and silver that the house
affords. Little individual paper CUBS
with frills Of orange-colored tissue pa
per, at each place would brighten the
table. These are filled with nuts and
candies. Name cards are decorated
with a bow of orange ribbon or some
appropriate decoration as a pumpkin,
turkey, autumn scene, flower or leaf or
some appropriate quotation sketched in
pen and ink or painted in water color.
These Of course for a family reunion
are not necessary, but they serve to
make the table decorations more pleas
ing. Gourds followed out make pretty
receptacles for nuts. Pressed ferns and
autumn leaves also add much to the
table decorations.