Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-04-05

hear of sewer being flushed. OF the
unsanitary lodging houses being
closed, of the mountains Of garbage he
ing removed. or indeed of anything be-
ing done to combat filth, the friend and
propagation. or promote cleanliness. tho
sure enemy of disease. While I am
and have always been u loyal supporter
of the principle Of home rule. cannot
help thinking that In this case it
would be better II our local Health de-
partmcnt could be abolished. and the
public health placed In charge of the
state Health Department. The latter
institution at least makes u SHOW nj
prosecuting fagrant vlolatOrs of the
sanitary laws.
DOMINlCK y. LAKES.
Chicago. April =.
Chicago Eagle:
In the election just closed there or-
Cured an incident which was one of
the most extraordinary have ever
heard Of, involving as 1t did n tacit ne
acknowledgement by the head Of the po-
lice department Of the truth Of an i'm
piled charge OF fragrant dercllctlon of
duty OH the part of a large proportion
Of his own department, an almost di-
rect insult to a number of his subordi-
nate officials and u nasty reflection upon
tho city administration in general.
Tho incident was as follows: A num-
bcr Of self-cOnstituted guardians OF the
public morals demanded that ON cleo
tion day the Chief of Police shift the
entire Harrison street detail officers to
some other district. and to bring in the
detail Of an outlying district to take
their place. The grounds advanced for
| this demand were that the men Of the
Harrison street district could not he
| trusted to do their duty OH election day
In the First Ward. The imputatiou
was that these men would take part
with, ana aid In that election, the ele-
ments Of disorder, and wink at. II not
assist In, violations OF the law. The
public press Informs us that the Chief
acIuiesced In that demand, without
even asking for proof Of the implied
allegations, not to speak Of resenting
the reflection upon the flower Of the de-
partmcnt. The men were shifted and
new men put In their places.
Can the Oldest citizen OF Chicago rc.
cnll such Il slap In the face for "the
| HnestT" =
Can II be possible that the city nd
mlnistratlOn realized, in toleratlng this
extraordinary procedure, that IL
| amounted to u vote OF want of conf
dence In the police force. fearful act
Of censurc by the executive upon the
blue-cOats OF Chicago?
10 the great body of the citizens it
looks like an acknowledgment that the
police Of Chicago are In league with
the law-brcakers, II not actually law
breakers, themselves. 1t Is strange If
the Chicago police can forget this the
greatest insult ever put upon them. The
public would not have been surprised
TO have seen every man In the district
from the captain down hand In hs res
, Ignatlon when the transfer was ordered.
4. u. NJ,
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| ~ uIt iu u htSViOot ih
cagO the other day revealed II guam
tity OF intiammable asbestos. The fire
chief OF Chicago has observed that
much of the asbestos In use In large
office structures Is not only not fire.
proof, but highly cOmbustlble. The.
quick burning construction buildings
are warranted to have 1t soon over
with.
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Hawthorne wrote In his notebook;
mo place ever took SO strong hold OF
my being rs Rome, nor ever seemed so
close to me and so strangely familiar,
l seem 10 know 1t better than my
birthplace, ana to have known 10 long
or" Tho words furnish one of many
reasons why the proposed statue of
Hawthorne In the Eternal City will be
Il lifting mamOrial.
~
The plcasantest fact which descen-
dants of the Irish race have to c0ntem-
plate is that emigration has materially
decreased. The island Is capable Of
supporting 100000 In comfort, leav.
ing surplus OF food for export.
Brighter conditions at home and disap.
pointing experience abroad are combn-
ing to induce the young to remain IN
their native land.
%0A
Castro has been president Of Yene-
zuela for six years'-off and on.