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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-23
Lawn AND LINEN COLLARS.

A Pretty Accessory OF Dress Once the
P~rerosatye OF the widow.
The narrow turnover lawn collar which
once was the special %prerogative Of widows
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-23

A Brooklyn tailor ha- thi- sign hanging
on a pnir of trousers in ~" window.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-04

Gumdrops Gunther Is receiving interest
upon millions Of dollars of school funds
while thousands Of Chicago children
are going without education because
there Is no accommodation for them.
No school houses for the children
while Gumdrops draws interest on mil
lions of dollars Of school funds.
That Is what County Clerk Knopf
says. and he is u pretty shrewd finan.
cier. who does not make statements of
this kind without having first looked
into the facts.
Mr.. Harris. the chairman of the
school Board. says Mr.. Knopf does not
know what he Is talking about. but In
the next breath he ndmits that ut liz
true that our building fund now in the
City Treasurer's hands amounts to e..
100000"
This reply admits the main point, and
the explanations" which follow IRE
inconsequentinl.
The admission Of Chairman Harris
brings up another reflection. namely,
that while the city Of Chicago appar.
emily has no money to do anything. II
yet has SD.5OO.OOO from all sources in
Gumdrops Gunthers hands "fOr the
City Treasurer to draw interest on" as
County Clerk Knopf says.
1t II now up to the City Council to
put II stop to all this.
Gumdrops Gunthcr must disgorge. or
"a In nN t.. ,s,t H..
'gorged."
Within two months the annual ap.
preparation bill will be up for consid.
Grafton.
ChicagO's Aldermen can refuse to In.
sert the item which increases to such
an extraordinary extent the provision
of the State law for the remuneration
of the City Treasurer.
The people demand that the City
Treasurer he paid u reasonable amount
for his services. and no more.
They demand this Of the Council and
Of the Mayor.
Comptroller McGann says that the
remuneration Of a city official cannot be
changed during his term OF Office.
We might reply by asking how about
Mayor HarrisOn's salary. but It IL not
necessary to do that. because the Comp.
troller also admits that this of course
applies only to the provisions of the
statute. and that any additional "ar.
r"ngements" made by the City Council
could be changed whenever the annual
appropriation bill Is under discussion
and comes up for passage.
What will the Council and the Mayor
do In the premises?
The people will wait and seq. and
later they will act accordingly.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-04
MiiNM B. LEEDS.

W. Il. Leeds, who will assume the
Presidency Of the Chicago. Rock Isl
and and Pacific Hallway this week, IN
no stranger to railway work. although
for the last seven years he has been
connected with Industrial enterprises.
For eleven years Mr.. Leeds was In
active railway service with the Penn.
sylvanla Company. Mr.. Leeds IL only
10 years old. He Joined an engineering
corps In the field In July. 1883, aud two
years later became assistant engineer
OF the Columbus division Of the Penn.
sylvanin. subsequently he was made
engineer OF maintenance of way Of the
Cincinnati division Of the Pcnnsylva.
mia system. He then became superin.
tcndent Of the LOgansport division. He
left this position In 1894 and identified
himself with the American Tin Plate
Company. Of which he has been the
Vice President until the company was
merged into the United States Steel
Company some months ago. He IL close.
~ Identified with the enterprises Of W.
II. and J. II. Moore. ana represents the
latter's interests In the Rock Island.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-04
THE SATURDAY EVENING POST

Commenting editorially on the mr.
ticles by Senator Beveridge. now up.
pcaring In The Saturday Evening Post.
tile December Review of Reviews snys:
ANY American who wishes. to UNI
'derstand what the Russians are doing
In Manchuria. and to grasp the mat.
tor NO firmly and understa ndingly that
he can shut his eyes nnd see It all,
must rend u series Of papers from the
pen Of Senator Beveridge, Of Indiana,
now appearing In The Saturday Even.
Ing Post. Of Philadelphia. Mr.. Bever-
idge's first article In this series ap.
peared ON Nov. ~. This energetic and
brilliant young statesman. who took his
seat In the Senate two years ago with
remarkable knowledge Of the Philip
pine situation based upon several
months Of travel and study on the
ground. has now been spending the
half year since Congress adjourned In
rcvisltlng the far East. going this time
by way Of Europe. and crossing Sibc-
rin and Manchurla under circumstance
which give him I'm intimate acquaint.
ance with the newest aspects Of the
expansion movements OF the Russian
empire. Hardly any other man In pub
liz life has Mr.. Beveridge's power OF
vivid statement"
senator Beverltlge's next article In
this series. "A Diplomatic Game for
an Empire" Ii an inside chapter OF
international negotiations. and tells
how Russia outwitted England, made
an ally Of France ana took from Japan
the fruits Of her victory over China.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-04
JAHvARy COSMOPOLITAN.

Are England, Scotland and Ireland
destined, ultimately, to become part
Of "rhe United States Of America anu
Great Britain? IL the startling inquiry
which william II. Stead makes In tho
January Cosmopolitan. He has been
one OF the prophets Of Great Britain.
ana has, ut all times. been able to SEE
In advance Of his contempOraries-as
events have proven. He has been,
studying the new conditions brought
about by the Industrial combinations
and reaches the conclusion that Eng
land and the United States are destin-
el to be more closely united and that
as soon ~ the English people wake
up to the absurdity and general use
lessness, M has been shown In the
BOer War, OF king and aristocracy.
the trend will be immediate In the Ill
rectiOn Of union with the people of
the United States. However much one
may differ from Mr. Stead, his specn-
lations will be found vastly interesting.
He IL the first British subject who has
had the courage to suggest such an out
come
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-04
STEALING the STREETS.

The Richardson Coal Company. which
occupies the east half Of ElstOn avenue
for quite Il distance north Of Division
street, needs some attention from the
authorities.
Commissioner BlOckI has set out to
Dust large corporations which he says
ARE occupying without warrant Of law
three blocks Of valuable land IN Dix
street, u little north Of the Chicago and
Northwestern Hallway station and ~.
Ing close to the river.
The ground IL estimated at $4,000
square feet and the value to he In the
neighbOrloOd OF $1,OOO.OOO. judging by
neighbOrlng tracts. 1t II, according Ia
city plats. occupied by thu following
firms. against which Mr.. BlOcki has
asked Corporation Counsel Walker ia
proceed for immediate removal. under
the decision In the Elsensirath case In
the State Supreme Court:
Chicago Packing Box Company.
Amcr.can Hide and Leather Com.
pany.
OFT Lumber Company.
Goolwllle Box Company.
Chicago ana Northwestern Railway
Company.
Eisendrath Leather Company.
"These persons all paid rent Mt one
time" Mr.. Walker said. Then the
practice Of paying fell away and was
not renewed until after the Eisendratl
decision. shall look up the whole
question ana probably ask the Occu
pants to move within a specified time.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-04
SENATOR MASON'S GOOD WORK.

Through the efforts of Senator Mason
the new chairman of the committee on
pOstOfiices and pOstrOads. President
Roosevelt has amended the civil SER
vice rules by striking out the maximum
period of fOrty-fve years, beyond
which age President Mckinley, on July
81 last, ordered men should not be Tux
en- into the p0stOflice service.
Senator Mason held that this worked
hardship to old soldiers. who. under
the new ruling, could neither come into
the postal service originally nor be
transferred to it from another depart
ment.
At the request of the soldier organ
lzntions Senator Mason took the matter
up with the President. Saturday tho
President amended the civil service
rules by striking out this age llmita-
ton entirely.
This Is the first triumph Senator Ma
son has achieved since he went 10
the head of the committee on postottices
and DOstrOads
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-04
SETTLE THE TRACTION QUESTION
QUICKLY.

An early settlement Of the traction
franchise question.
This Is what everybody who has
spoken NJ the public hearing before the
Council committee Oh transportation
has demanded.
The representatives of the Real Els
tate Board, the Civic Federation, the
Citizens Association. the Municipal
Voters League. and all the other pub
lie and business bodies who give their
views on the matter, are II unit in this
The position taken by this paper has
been taken by every speaker before the
committee, and the arguments advanc-
cd are In direct line with those used
i'm these columns two weeks ago.
No matter what may be said by poll
ticians who want Il platform to run up
on, or by foolish theorists who desire
UtOpian state of affairs that can new
er be attained here below, the fact re-
mains that the people want this trac-
ton question settled and settled quick
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-04
AID. SMULSKi IS Ri0HT.

Failure of the garbage collectors to
haul away the refuse threatens pes
thence In the Seventeenth Ward" as
serted Alderman Smulski. "'rhe streets
are made the receptacles of garbage.
The cans are overlooking, and the
garbage collectors remove only the pm
per and light refuse. ! shall ask the
Council Monday night to allow the use
of permanent boxes where the cans
are inadequate"
In South Chicago people are COM
planning of the failure of the dead-ani-
NAL contractor to do his duty. Com
plants We're filed with the police yes
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-04

There IL no longer u Luke Collcrau
on the force to fill the part of scape-
goat.
The front Office" has been nut ont
Of business with many and prolonged
hallelujahs. and yet gambling honey.
combs Chicago.
Here is what the Tribune has had
to say upon the subject:
Gambling Is running wide open in
Chicago. especially in the downtown
district. When Mayor Harrison and
Chief of Police O'Neill were told about
this. they expressed surprise, even
though they have had special squads
Of detectives looking for the tiger.
They promptly issued the familiar nj.
timatum that there must be no gamb.
ling In Chicago
Mayor Harrison and Chief O'Neill
explained that the trouble lay In the
failure and inability of the detectives
to find the headquarters Of the various
policy companies
How strange that the great sleuth,
O'Neill. should be forced to confess
himself surprised when positively In.
formed ~ the newspapers that there
Is gambling In Chicago.
How wonderful that the Mayor. the
man of destiny" should be- unable
to attend to one of the simplest
though most important details of his
official duties. namely, the suppression
Of the vice Of gambling.
And all through ignorance of the
facts.
Who Is responsible for the blindness
Of these two good men 10 u condition
which everybody else secs staring
them on every hand?
Can II he. after all. that there Is
still somebody In the front office"
throwing dust In the eyes of the an.
gelic Mayor and his Admirable
Crichton" of Police Superintendent
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-04
0UNTHER'S GREAT GRAB.

Win the Chicago City Council, when
considering the next appropriation bill,
continue the extraordinary arrange
ment by which 1t Is made possible at
present for the City Treasurer to draw
n fabulous sum annually In the shape
of remuneration for his servlcesy
This question il one which Just now
vitality interests the citizens ana tax.
payers of Chicago and one which, On
account Of present conditions In muni-
cipal affairs. Is being very generally
asked.
The city funds, we are told are In
adequate to give us proper police ana
lire protection or proper public service
Of any kind.
Yet Gum Drops Gunther's enioli-
ments amount to over SIj,WN year.
1; Is In the power of the City Council
to regulate the emOiuments of the city
Treasurer. and the public of Chicago
expects that body to do its duty In the
premises.
Under the existing arrangements be-
tween the City Council and the Treas
urer, that official Is now pocketing sew
cnty-iive per cent of the Interest on
Sg,JOOOOO of the public funds.
According 10 the last report Of the
finance committee this enormous sum
Is now In the city treasury. and placed
out at interest in the various national
banks by Gum Drops Gunther,
Gum Drops claims lie Is paying the
expenses of his office out of the re-
Enumeration allowed him: hut this Is u
mere bagatcllc, as three or four clerks
who are paid very moderate salaries,
suffice 10 run his office for him.
Under his remarkable arrangement
with the City Council, Gum Drops il
now being paid for his services AT the
rate Of SAP 10000 per annum. ralcular.
ed upon the basis OF = per cent being
allowed by the banks as interest on the
city's deposits.
This, however i being done under "a
very unusual and extraordinary "ond,'
tlon of affairs.
Cum Drops does not always have on
hand such an enormous sum as nine
aud halt million dollars. Sometimes
tine amount on hand shrinks as low as
a couple Of millions.
But the average for the year l. very
. largely in excess of the sum mentioned
last.
This Is proven by the records OF the
CompirOler's office, which show that
one of Gum Drops predecessors drew
over $4,000 as interest on the clty's
funds, while another more recently
elected drew over sl94 900.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-04

last spring. went to Europe with let
ters from the highest American ON.
Gals to the ministers Of finance ana
other leaders In industry and commerce
In all the great nations. Fresh from
an Intimate association with the indus
trial and financial problems in this
country. he was peculiarly fitted by
aptitude and training to appreciates the
bearings Of this problem abroad. The
Keynote of his articles IL that "the
Industrial world II as yet by no means
PROSTATE at our feet. We have before
us u long campaign Of hard work." II
IL the aim of Mr.. vanderlip's articles
to point ont the directions In which this
hard work must he done. They have
been written with unusual ciearncss
and vlvacity. 80 that the general read.
or will find them AS entertaining rs the
capitalist ana manufacturer will find
them Instructive.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-04
AGAINST The POLICE AND FIRE.
MEN.

Mayor Harrison In u III Of virtuOus
economy hns started II campaign
against the policemen and tiremen Of
Chicago.
He opposes the proposition to Increase
the salaries Of the men who are charged
with the protection Of the life and prop.
crty of the people of Chicago. because.
fOrsOOth. the city II not able to afford
II.
He says the city of Chicago IL 80 bad
~ of financially that Il cannot afford to
pay It's patrOlinen and flrcmcn the same
salaries that men performing the same
duties are paid In second and third rate
cities
The Mayor has even gone so far as to
threaten the pOllccmen's Protective As.
sOciation. which has been instrument.
tai In starting the movement and all
cOuntennnce II. with discharge from
their Jobs for their alleged tcmerity In
asking fair wages.
Tho Lizard of the City Hall has even
gone further and limited at u possible
attempt on his part to pick flaws In the
civil service law In 40 far rs II II sup
posed to protect the bluecoats In their
places. In order that he (HarrlsOn)
might be In position to hold yerita.
bic sword Of DamOcles over their
heads: In other words. that he might
be In n position to intlmidate tile pO.
licemen and freinen of Chicago from
doing something which they have II To-
gal and constitutional right to do.
And vet this II the selfsame Mayor
who stands for GumdrOps Gunther ana
his $4,000 per annum foe!
No wonder the public. IN view Of
these startling facts. II exclniming.
what sort Of Mayor have we. any.
how"
When II comes to question OF paying
the hard. worked patrOlmcn ana firemen
adequate wages for the work which
they perform. We have I'M exceedingly
economical Mayor. but when II comes
to making arrangements with City
Treasurer who II political pet and
betlfellOw. under which the latter, In
permitted to draw fees or emOluments
to the amount Of $4,000 n year. we
have very extravagant Mayor.
II the Mayor made arrangements for
the proper remuneration OF the City
Treasurer, there could he nearly enough
saved by such Il transaction to pro-
vide for II substantial Increase In the
salaries Of the patrolmen and firemen.
Hut Harrison Is not doing anything
either for the sake Of financial econ.
Omy or for any other kind OF good gov
ernment In this city that does not con-
stitute u grand stand play.
There II political capital to be- made
ut the expense of the unfortunate blue
coats. but none by making GumdrOps
Gunther discharge the duties of his Of
flee for reasonable remuneration.
Harrison has Ind the support of the
police department In the past, but he
thinks he can get along without 1t now,
ana Harrison. the ungrateful. has been
always ready to throw his friends tn
the wolves whenever he thought such
course necessary to his own safety
ana welfare.
Nobody could say much against Har.
rlsOn's specious plea about the city he
Ing unable to stand for II substantial
Increase In the salaries of the police
men and tiremen, II the action, or, rath-
or, the inactiOn OF the Lizard of the
City Hall In regard to the remuneration
of the City Treasurer did not stand out
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-04
the WORLD ALMANAC.

In another column Of this issue ap-
pears the advertisement OF the wonder
book of American publicatiOns--Of tho
acme of the compiler's and printers
art. where mechanical excellence. lit-
erary perfection ami the zenith of ac-
curacy of detail are combined In u vol
ume Of over GOO pages that sells at the
popular price of % cents.
We refer to the 1902 New York
World Almanac ana Encyclopedia. bct-
ter known rs "The Standard American
Annual"
And so 1t Is. II Is more to Ameri-
cans than is "Whittaker's" to the Brit
iSh.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-04

tcrlay TINT five dead horses had been
lying In that suburb from two days to
several weeks undlsturbcd. The health
department attributed the failure to re-.
move the animals to the cold weather.
CONTRACTOR Mcdonald admitted he Ind
been notified Of the complaints from
South Chicago. and said he would rem.
cdy the nuisance at once.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-04
SCRiBNER'S ron JANUARY.

Scribner's Magazine has seldom had
a better union of great subject with
the right man to treat It than In the
series which begins In the January
number on "The American CONNER
cial Invasion of Europe" Frank A.
Vanderlip, on resigning his position as
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-04
SULLIVAN IS NO JUDAS.

Roger &. sullivan, whom Mayor Har'
rlson hates because he Is brainy and
able young Irish..\merican who has
grown ricl, through his own exertiOns,
II no Judas as l.Oefiicr II.
Everybody hOnOrs him for sticking ia
his friends.
Although he may he on the wrong
side In the local political controversy
he has never betrayed either u friend
or n cause.
lie Is no Judas, MS I.Oefiler IL.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-04

Henry NJ. Shepard for Mayor IL the
battlecry of all true Democrats. Harrl-
son Is so dead that he Is a putrld rom
iniscence. Judge Shepard is the man
to unite the Democracy.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-04

". This has been demonstrated be.
yond yea or nay by the public hearings
before the traction subcommittee.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-13
PERSONALS

Mr.. L. L. Burts, of Charlotte, is in
the city.
Mr. ]. H. Pou returned from Smith
field yesterday.
Mr.. A. o. Davis, of Wilson, was in
the city yesterday.
Mr.. w H. King left yesterday for a
visit to Pinehurst,
Mr.. w. D. Carmichael, Jr., of Durham,
was here yesterday.
Prof. ]. A. Jones, of Fayetteville, was
in the city yesterday.
Rev. ]. II. Shore, of Franklinton, was
IN the city yesterday
Mr.. N. H. Johnson, of Warrenton, was
in the city yesterday.
General w. r. Cox left yesterday for
his home in Edgecombe.
Mr.. w. B. Snow returned yesterday
from a visit to Chapel Hill.
Mr.. J. B. Pearce left yesterday after
room for a visit to Goldsboro.
DR.. A. B. Hawkins and Mr. William
Bailey arrived yesterday from Louisburg.
President John c. Kilgo, of Trinity,
was here yesterday on his way to Pitts
boro.
Mr.. n. B. Broughton left yesterday for
Richmond Va, where he will spend
Sunday
District Attorney Harry Skinner left
yesterday for a visit to his home in
Greenville.
Mr.. Thos. r. Rand went to Sanford
last night to visit his sister. Mrs. H. C.
Williams
Mr.. Frank Beasley. of Granville, who
has been visiting relatives in the city.
left yesterday.
Rev. ]. w. Jenkins left yesterday for
Kinston in the interests of the Method
list Orphanage.
Mr.. Maxwell J. German, who has been
in New York for some days, returned
home yesterday.
Judge H. G.. Conner, of Wilson, was
here yesterday returning to his home
from Chapel Hill.
Ex-Governor Jarvis, who has been in
the city on legal business for some days,
left for Greenville yesterday.
Rev. b. b. Culbreth, of Kinston, re-
turned home yesterday after a visit to
his son, Rev. Marvin Culbreth.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-13
Mrs. Zaidie Jones Smith Dead,
washington PoSt.)

washington POSt.)
Mrs. Zaidee Jones Smith, who for nine
years was the soprano of the choir of
St. Matthew's church of this city, died
al the Stratford Mount Pleasant, yester-
day morning at eight O'Clock. The fun
eral took place from the Church of the
Sacred Heart, Fourteenth street and
Whitney avenue, at five o'clock this af-
ternoon. The interment was at Newburg,
N. c., Mrs. Smiths native place.
Mrs. Smith was the wife of Mr.. Claude
w. Smith, of the Southern Railway Com
pany and at the time of her death was
on her way, accompanied by her husband
and mother, to Newburg, from Raleigh,
N. c., it being hoped that a change of
climate would benefit her health. Mrs.
Smiths girlhood was spent here and her
voice, of remarkable sweetnss and clar-
ness, will be long remembered Her only
child, Zelda, died about year ago, and
the mother never fully recovered from
that loss.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-13
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-13
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-13
Neck Ribbons.
Wash Tafetas.

Plain Taffeta Wash Ribbons, all silk
in all the new spring shades-white ant
black-widths 8, IL, 22, 40. so
prices &c., Zoe, 12c, lac. and Ice