New-York tribune., 1901-07-15
TOPICS IN CHICAGO.
PUBLIC BATHS-NASON CONFIDENT OF
RE-ELECTION-CHAN IN
PARK SYSTEM.


s'.aan 10y has been forced TO dodge the police
whenever he wanted to take plunge In the lake,
and apparently il never occurred TO anybody else
that the big expanse OF water might be used FOR
bathing purposes at least not until Maxine
NaStn3owitct Kovalevsky, OF the University OF ST.
Petersburg, came here and expressed wonder at
the lack of bathing facilities for the poor people
He found only FIVE bathhouscs owned by the city.
and Of these closed for repairs Then he
west TO the park the Lake Front and asked
why the natural bathing beaches were not i'm
proved by the addition of shelters and dressing
rooms Nobody could tell him, but 1t set people
thinking. and the result is place opened to-day,
which is the first of five which private fndivid-
uals have promised build The house itself cost
only $500. 1t is co feet long. II feet wide and
divided into two compartments. for men and
: boys and another for girls A fence divides the
beach the lake The only expense will be for two
attendants. The bathing suits have been given by
several women interested in the plan TO provide
similar lighthouses at other points the north
and south sides of the downtown district.
Professor KovaleVsky was the object OF some
% good natural banter while here. He to re-
ceiye degree from the University of Chicago. and
TO have taken part in the deeennial celebration
but he forgot that the Russian calendar is eleven
days behind that used by English speaking people
and when he reached Chicago the university was
deserted But he has had ample revenge. The
other night he interested spectator of the
meeting OF the City Council. and ne was referred
THE man who discovered Lake Michigan for
Chicago"
Whether the city will follow the example of Its
citizens and erect lighthouses on its beach prop
erty Is not known. Mayor Harrison is in favor of
it, hut insists the city has not even the $500 TO
spare TO erect one house
Another matter that interested the Russian pro-
fessor the presentation of medals to police
men and fremen who distinguished themselves in
the year by acts Of bravery. He present when
these prizes were awarded TO eight employees OF
M ed
as Luther Latin Mills recited the stories OF the
deeds which had won these honors. In fact. when
he was shown a cartoon in a local newspaper in
which it suggested that other medals be given
70 citizens who dare of the bridges
over the Chicago River turn In truthful tax
schedules he WAS indignant. and suggested that
publication which treated of such matters in the
light which this did would be suppressed in Russia
The Rev Edward II. Sheldon is in town. gather
ing material for a book. He says IL will be
wholly different from In His Steps, He has
mapped out his work for the three weeks that he
expects to be in this city. He will preach two
sermons, and the balance of his time he will
main in the levee district Summing. He has been
asked TO address the Servant Girls Labor Union.
but has not accepted the invitation
Senator BILLY" Mason back from his va
cation sooner than he expected when he learned
THAI ex-Controler Dawes had come TO be-
gin his campaign for the Senatorship Senator
Mason pgred about the streets. shaking hands
and holding conferences with Senator CuIlom He
announces that they have settled upon the man
who is TO succeed Mr.. Dawes Controller of the
Currency. He Insisted that President Mckinley
: wotid appoint an Illinois man. and that he would
accept the suggestions Of the States Senator's
You see sure Of reelection. so that must
be considered when the selection is made My
-. views. know viii suit the President. He will
appoint a from this State because both Mr.
Dawes and Mr. Eckels from here" said the
Senator.
Senator CUllom sure that his COL
leagues views were bound to suit President McKn-
ley. He intimate that Mr. Dawess suggestion that
his chief assistant succeed him might be adopted
While the educators are in Detroit talking about
fads and their influence the schools, Mr. Ab-
bot. a school trustee, has forward with a
scheme to aid both teachers and pupils He in
sists that the lack OF interest taken in chidren's
work BY their parents IS responsible much Of the
lack of success. He said
What we should have is something like the
old fashioned Friday afternoons when was boy
and our fathers and mothers to hear us re-
cite lessons and speak pieces. We never liked it.
perhaps. but it was good thing for us We knew
that II We failed, our parents would hear Of Il,
Nowadays some Of the fathers and mothers don't
Know what their children study, and / met one
woman who did not know the name OF the school
her boy attended Things different now and
"o13a De hano 10 get people TO the schools in the
hight when the parents could be presen, and learn
what was going On There could be music and the
the 10 Bosra o. and adnaaion Rn has
not approved the -trustee's suggestion.
Franchises granted by the municipality may be
the local Rese ssas and Sa Sai9 rose % % ss
nard iisht between the city and corporations
they can be assessed and the assessment collected
chicago VIII not be so poor formerly. The reVe-
franchises owned controlled by a corporation
shall be made in its schedules This never is done
as nat the assessors would be dealing with in
purely local Franchises would be difficult to ascer-
tain Is ad1nitted a suggested method OF procedure
Is explained as follows The Chicago City Railway
eo-npany is assessed s5.o8eeo its real and per-
SONG! property: That leaves sls.eoo.Ooo as a basis
mated that the stockyard franchises alone are
worth over s5.0l3.661
Indications are that the park system Of the city
Lincoln Park Board has taken hold Of the work in
manner so businesslke that It has startled the
other boards and many improvements which have
been talked about for years VIII probably be made
now.
pu5lics property has been left TO take OF itself
is shown in the case Of the big statue Of police
man which marked the site in Hayrnarket Square
where the anarchists riots occurred and the officers
space that two huclster's wagons Would take up,
and, although the market place is big enough for
five hundred vehicles, IL was determined remove
the statue. because it i'm the way The people
thought monument erected TO commemorate an
act Should be kept within mile or so of the place
where # took place. but the big bronze cast was
taken out TO Union PARK IN spite of the protests.
cal attention until the commissioners woke up and
decided TO take lock at it. Then they found that
yalnes OF the men who fell in Hay,narket Square
.'It wouldn't make any difference anyway" said
one ce the commissioners. The names were never
put on the shields because the statue fund was
we put II UP N Eaymarket Square had TO
buy the globes for the lamps in front of il ourselves
ard charge the cost TO the general fund
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