Evening star., 1902-02-15

| on the kindergarten. child study child
training and kindred subjects.
| Mr. Hughes has the reputation Of being
one OF the most popular lecturers educa-
! tional subjects in Canada and the United
States. He is the author Of several stand
| ard educational books which are largely
| used In America and England Mr. Hughes
has held many important positions in edu-
| catlonal organizations, and is widely known
| as a writer on educational and Sunday
| school topics. He visited Jamaica in 1896
and wrote an appreciatiye account of the
educational system which was published in
Boston in the Journal of Education.
Native of Chile.
Senorita Huidubro delegate to the Inter-
national Suffrage Conference In Washing
| ton, was born in Talca. Chile. where she
| has spent most of her life. Spanish is her
native language but she has also a ner
fectly thorough knowledge of English She
| IS young woman with an interesting story
Her father. coming to this country on bust
and carried her to his South American
| home The senorita's 8 mother is direct de-
scendant OF Gov Silas Hopkins of Massa-
chusetts. one Of the signers OF the Declara-
tlon or independence and Of Mayhower an
cestry. Senorita Huidubro has come to
llVe for the present in Boston until she has
1uiiy grasped certain ideas which she will
carry out upon her return to her own coun-
try Boston Is not, however wholly for
eign to her, as she was sent there as a
child and remained for number of years.
Sehofita Huidubro Is a most impressive and
charming young woman. She is of splendid
PHYSIQUE. has culture. exquisite courtesy
ana charm of manner, and her conversa-
tion Is feast Of interest. Poetic magnetic
with the ease of grace Of one accustomed
to the highest social privileges she is a re-
markaoie marx ngure In Boston life, Her lee
lures are most popular. treating as she
does upon subjects which are as yet entire-
ly new In this country.
After the Corporations.
Miss Margaret A. Haley Of the Chicago
Teachers Federation has recently come
into prominence through her work In con-
nection with Miss Catherine Goggin and
ner feiiow-workers In school which. it is
declared, has saved Chicago millions of
dollars In taxes The appropriations for
schools in Chicago have long been made
quate. and whenever the board Of education
needed $lO00.OOO or $1,000 600 for any pur-
pose 1t has been In the habit, 1t Is said. OF
deducting 1t from the teachers salaries
A Few years ago, about 1000 Of the 6OOO
teachers In Chicago organized Teachers
Federation. Having reason to believe that
the shortage of money was due to the fact
that most Of the large corporations were
evading their legal taxes they appointed
and Miss Catherine Goggin, q committee
to investigate. Then 'the battle royal" be-
gan between two little schoolmarms and all
the most powerful corporations and trusts
In the state combined
The women's inquiries revealed a most
extraordinary state Of things. Up to 1875,
the TdLrOdOS OF hnnOlS na0 Deen aSSe98e6
an annual tax on their franchises In 1874.
the assessment was $31 600. 600; In 1873 only
$22,0OO.OOO. and from 1875 to the present
time they have not been assessed at all
In 1874. the franchises Of the two little
horse car lines which Chicago then had
were taxed at 81 600 900; but in 1880 the
franchises Of the 100 miles Of electric and
cable car lines in Chicago were not taxed
a cent. About 1875 the railroads apparent-
ly found out that 1t was cheaper to bribe
the officials whose duty 1t was to appor-
ton their taxes than 1t was to paw the
tax. Other corporations found out the
same thing. OF twenty-three large corpo-
rations that the teachers investigated, the
majority were not assessed at all, and the
others were assessed on only q small frac-
tion Of their actual property. These twen-
ty-three corporations were the gas and
coke company. the telephone company. an
electric company and twenty street rail-
way companies.
The women tried to induce the Ohic,als
to tax these corporations. They engaged
an able lawyer and took legal action 70
compel the officials to do their duty. The
corporations fought hard they exhausted
every resource OF evasion and delay. they
appealed the caSe up from court to court:
but the law was clear and the evidence
overwhelming, and the supreme court Of
Illinois has ruled that they must pay. The
decision. 1t II said. will add millions every
year TO the revenues OF Chicago. HereAf-
ter there viii be money enough to keep the
schools open the fun term and to pay the
teachers their salaries. All the other mu-
nacipalities In Illinois will also profit, by
the dec1si0n.