New-York tribune., 1901-11-18

his colleague on the bench had disposed OF MS
part of it In battle in court which lono"eo
between the bench and bar the judge shouteu
such words as, Il will not permit Juggling WIN IN
the law In my COURT and III you persist iii
using such language 1 shall prevent you from rom
practising your profession in this court "illio
here to be insulted" Nothing like the scene has
been elsewhere presented In the courts III OAi
cago.
The first gun in the fight against the supreme
Courts ruling on the taxation OF capltal $50 80
of CORPORA tions has been fired. Ever since .e
higher tribunal directed The assessment OF COM
panies under the new ruling for the pach I .aAe
OF 1900 1t has been understood aliions noss 80
closely identified with the interests Th,s
that some one would contes. the issue inns
has been done in the suit for an ln!ulic'ioii II
in the name of the Chicago Union anu l AZ
Chicago Consolidated Traction coIlpaiies IT.
underlying companies in the street raiiwas - a.
Gle are to he included in the effect OF ueSs, uJs
on the application. II the injunction siiou,a s
issue from the Federal court and the contest
ants thus win success in their frst NOV -
is expected that they will next attempt " ~ ~
strain the State Board of Equalization ION ~
forcing the rules of the decision In taxing tis
corpora tions for 1901, by which they w. ~;
actually attack the entire decision. otheL aS S
corporate interests are not involved or iiicluoeN
in this attack but eagerly awalilns us 80
clusion as guide to probable action on tiiei
part and in their interest, The teacner tt
and the general public feel as deep an interest
in these new moves as they did in the Original
decision. Something like S3O0O0o.oU, theoreu-
cally, at least, is involved, whenever way 'iie
final adjudication goes.
Bobby" Burke's successor in the oil inspect
ors office has presented a problem IN arithmetic
which is being examined by the Ieauilis
public Mr.. Harper has been collecting anu
turning over the oil inspecting fees Tor one
month. His returns and report with esIihls ~,
and by comparison with the hgures on pui n. ne
administration during four years are as loIioNS 90
Harper's collections for month. S2ooi 10
Burke's average collections for one ,onn
month INSTRUMENTATION ..-.---...- i'h'o w
Aggregate for year under Harpers o ,oo M
average ooooO W W
Yearly collections reported by Burke. l3ooo w
Mr. Harpcr will remain with the regularly ap-
pointed successor Burke. NJ. @. Holding, VINO
has agreed to turn over to the city all IL fees over
and above salary allowance OF S6,opo q year
Burke indicted and charged with Keeping
Sn3 eO. and is now awaiting trial or luT liei
proceedings charging conspiracy TO defraud the
city and twenty other counts In tins conhes
ton the figures now being presented have 10 90
with the views of the people generally heio as
TO the situation.
A subway trolley in the big downtown district
of Cnca go-this is the drift of the sitting process
through which the street railway problem and
the renewal of franchises is passing IN the hands
OF the council committee transportation ana
the Council itself 1t is another expression .or
the statement made previously here that the
chief consideration in the opinion of the alder
men is better facilities of transportation The
four cent fare proposition, length OF franchises
compensation to the city-theSe and other phases
of the bargain plans have taken second place be-
fore the new demand for an underground system
of street railways the part of the second city
in the United States. How it be accom-
plished. so to get the compa nes some COM
pany to agree to terms of this nature, and when
it can become fact are details the special COM
mittee promises to work out at once Mean
while the people glad to believe that the
thing is to be done
Nine. Sarah Grand. author not critic, she
insists has been led to say many things in Chi
cago during the week. She has been inter-
viewed on ail proper subjects, has been quoted
at length in the newspapers and has lectured
before club gatherings. Rudyard Kipng is a
genius, she says but he knows nothing about
women. She has said nice things about Amer
ica's Hawthorne and Emerson, while deploring
contempora neous literary conditions, both in
this country and in England And Joseph
Chamberlain. TO her mind, is the greatest states
man of them all Her visit, because she has
heen willing to say many things. has at
tracted more than ordinary attention
Two divorce proceedings have developed in
literary circles with striking features.
George Horton. author of Like Another Helen
and other novels, former United States Consul
at Athens. Greece, has sued for separation from
his wife, charging statutory offence and NAM
ing a prominent Board of Trade man CO.
respondent The sister of Mayor Harrison.
Sophie Harrison Eastman, has secured in Da-
kota divorce from her husband Barrett East
man. dramatic critic and newspaper writer.
Mr.. Eastman intends to remain in Chicago at
his work. Mrs. Eastman will go East with her
brother Preston Harrison, and will probably
reside in New-York City.