Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-08-09
Police Instructed to Garry It Out to
the Letter and Show No
Favor.
Legislation May Follow Prohibiting the Manu-
facture Of All Such Devices in This
State.
This Would Forever End, It Is Claimed, a
Most lnsidious Form Of
Gambling.

sistency." this Office has received infor-
nation that gambling In back rooms of
saloons IL now quite common and gen.
eral In Chicago. An old.time Central"
man was among those who discussed
the subject during the week.
He said: EVERY copper on the bent
knows that there are saloons where
games in the back rooms are tolerated
and must be winked ut or overlooked
by the patrolmen."
These games include draw and stud
poker. and there IL no limit to the
wngcrs except such as the players may
see ut to fix for themselves. These are
the games which lead to all kinds of
crimes. including robbery. suicide and
even murder. Many II young man IN
employment as u clerk or some similar
capacity will sneak into one of these
snide back room games who would not
go into n regular openly-conducte,l
gambling house. This Il the class
which furnishes the embezzlers. the
suicides and even the murderers-
men who. when finding themselves
skinned rs Suckers will quarrel
and kill or he killed In the brawl.
Many people hold that 1t would be
much better to have open gambling
than these back room skin games. And
yet the public II conned into believing
there arc nb wine rooms.
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II the reports from Democratic Con-
gressional headquarters ut Washington
are to be- accepted ~ being accurate
there In certain to be a reduction Of the
Republican majority Of thirty.nlne In
the House II not an actual Democratic
majority as u result Of the coming elec-
tiOns. 1t II hard to fOrcsee Just now
what the result Of such condition
would he. but In view Of the pend
ing questions Of great Importance now
before the administration, It would he
yond doubt he far reaching aud Of in
ternatlOnal moment.
Franchises Of 6fty.three lines now
owned and operated by the Union
Traction Company expire In 1908. The
list includes oil the important principal
and crosstown lines on the North and
West sides. Secretary George @. Skies
Of the street railway commission has
compiled a table showing the fran
chises affected and It IL set forth In the
statement that twenty-seven Of the
franchises were granted to the North
Chicago Street Railway Company and
twenty.six to the West Chicago Street
Railway Company. Many Of the fran
chises, as Indicated BY asterisEs, are
subject to the act Of 1865.
Following is list Of the expiring
franchises:
State street, from Lake to Carh
streets, by Division street.
sClark street, from Washington
street to Fullerton avenue.
Clark street, from Fullerton avenue
10 Diversey boulevard.
Wells street and Fifth avenue, from
Randolph to Clark streets.
Center street-Clark street to Lin
coin avenue.
Lincoln avenue-Center street to Bel
mont avenue.
Ashland avenue-Belmont to Grace
land avenue.
Belmont ayenue-Llncoln avenue 4
Robey street.
Robey street-Belmont avenue +
Roscoe boulevard.
Roscoe boulevard-Robey street I
| Western avenue.
Division street-Wells street to ely
bourn avenue.
'Clybourn avenue line-Divisiol
street to Fullerton avenue.
sedgwick street-ChIcago avenue 7
Division street.
sSedgwlck street-Divlsion street I
Lincoln avenue.
Garfield avenue-Lincoln avenue :
Racine avenue.
Racine avenue-Webster avenue I
Center street.
Center street-Raclne avenue to Lin
coin avenue.
'Larrabee street-Chlcago to Llncol
avenues.
Webster avenue-Racine to Lincol
avenues.
Sheffield avenue-iincOln avenue I
Clark street,
sChicago ayenue-Clark street I
Larrabee street.
Division street-State to Clar
streets.
sDlvision street-Clark street to Cly
bourn avenue.
Graceland avenue-Evanston avenu
to Ashland avenue.