Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-08-02

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Of the Cook County Democracy.
Few can carry them out. Mr.. Schwab
could; and, as dramatic as you please,
he planked down 500, 600 Of good Steel
Trust money In payment Of the Bald.
wins he stole many years ago. Every
man who has wanted to 60 back and
make good" will envy Mr.. schwab
the sensation and the pleasure he got
out Of the gift.
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Senator, I don't like your questions
a bit, I did not like them yesterday,
and I don't like them to-day. ana
not responsible for what others write
or say" retorted Admiral Dewey when
Senator Patterson tried to force upon
the Admiral the writings Of others as
his own views. Coming from most wit.
nesses. this language might have been
classed as insulting to member Of the
committee. But Dewey Outranks q
United States Senator and had tho
courage to Talk out bluntly. The Ad.
mirals retOrt. however, Ii a reminder
that In courts and before committees
there Ia too much disregard of the right
OF witnesses. Most men who mount
the witness stand do 10 unwillingly.
Many sacrifice business interests AMI
even friendships to tell the truth. With
out witnesses the American law would
fall. Therefore, the witness Is entitled
to the utmost courtesy, but he more
often gets abuse. This 10 an evil which
often balks Justice. People dodge the
witness stand and evil results follow.
II tile Judges generally were to assert
themselves, and c0nfine lawyers to the
evidence. rather than to the abuse Of
witnesses, the interests Of justice
would be much better served.
Much has been said Of the audacity
Of man In building his home In spots 10
dangerous as the slopes Of Mont Pelec
have proved themselves to be. Yet all
history affords illustrations Of the calm
fOrgetfulness with which the race
erects Its dwelling places OH the sites
Of the most dreadful catastrOphes. We.
suvius still smokes over beautiful Ma.
pies. Lisbon rises, beautiful and I'M
posing, where 'c0nvulsiOn Of nature"
once brought unutterable fright anu
desolation. The japanese still crowd
the coasts Of their tide.swept islands
and the Chinese huddle along the
banks Of the Hoang.Ho. 1t IL not very
many months since Galveston was
overwhelmed by food, yet new Gal.
weston In being built Oh the dangerous
site Of the wreckage and the people Of
the city are ready to take their chances
Of similar disaster In the future.
There Ii absolutely nothing to prevent
Ia second tidal wave from the Gulf, yet
the city pursues its duly task, appar.
emily unafraid.
Great Britain has been represented
In the United States by thirty-one diff
ferent diplomats since George Ill. sent
George Hammond over In 1901. Only
seven OF them have had title. and
only three Of these, Of whom the late
Baron Pauncef0te was one. were lords.
The Hon. Michael Henry Herbert, who
Is to succeed Lord Pauncefote, IL no,
even barOnet. He IL honorable" be-
cause he IL the younger son OF the heir
to an earldOm. He has served In Wash
ingtOn as secretary Of the British lega'
tiOn there, ana Ii skilled diplomat. He
believes In the AnglO-Amerlcan ALL
ance, as he married an American wife
In this respect the Duke OF ARGOS, the
retiring Spanish minister, Is like him
The new Spanish minister, Senior d.
Ojeda, Is not so well known as MIR. Her.
bert, for he has not been In Washing
ton before. He comes here from Tan,
gier, from North Africa to North Amer
lea.
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Many cures for insomnia have been
recommended, from counting an imag
mary flock of sheep as they jump one
by one over gate, to extracting the
cube root OF number in six figures
but they all fail ut times. The latest
cure, according to medical paper, Ii
automobiling. Now, II the village
school teacher will only take ride
every afternoon In tifteen-hundred
dollar automobile, she will sleep like 4
top ut night-that Is, II she does not
lie awake wondering where the money
Is to come from to pay for the horse
less carriage. There are some remedies
more attractive than practicable.
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Railway travel Is fast losing Its per
lis. According to reports recently made
public in London, not passenger was
killed on any English railway In 1901
and only eleven people who We're moi
passengers received fatal injuries
American railways may be better
equipped than those across the water
but they have not yet approached TIT
new English record for safety.