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

Conditions may @ mlsrcpresentetl.
or even concealed. but results are facts
which inevitably accrue. and must
some time or other come home cOnvinc-
ingly to all who think and can reason.
ChlcagO's death rate grows. Listen
tn this from an able and truthful daily
contemporary. 1t IL statement Of re-
suits:
The death rate Of Chicago as shown
by the health department records to
date indicates an increase of 10 per
cent over last year. There are material
reasons for fearing that the increase
Is likely To continue.
Allowing for causes not within mu.
nicipal control. II IL undeniable that "A
large proportion Of the Increase Il due
to causes chargcablc to the abOmlnnble
administration of Mayor Harrison
Ocullsts and physicians unanimously
agree that the smoke which the indif
ference or political interest Of tn,
Mayor tOlerates throughout the city IL
injurious to health. Its filth IL drawn
into the organs OF respiration. II.
microbes corrupt the tissues Of tn,
throat and lungs. That they impair the
organs Of digestion Ia equally certain.
The dust Of the streets added to tn,
smoke has largely aggravated the In
crease In the death rate. The admins
tration has proved itself hOpelessly In
competent to deal successfully will
any problem OF the city government
The complete collapse OF the finances
Of the city carries with 1t Il train o
baleful consequences.
An intelligent administration Of cit.
affairs would long ago have completes
an effectual enforcement Of the smOk
ordinance and would keep the cit.
streets clean by simple methods of usinI
the cheap and ineXhaustible water sup
ply of Lake Michigan.
An increased mortality rate Is an
other of the malignant legacics to b
bcqucathcd to Chicago by the Harrl
son NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
What Is above quoted from tn
Chronicle has been said time and agail
in these columns. and that, too, on tn
sclf-samc subject, But We reproduc
our contemporary article on this yer.
vital subject because the truth canno
| be told too often.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-04-19
MiNWE0EK.

The subject of Minwegen. II meas.
urcd by the relative or individual i'm.
pOrtance Of the person concerned,
would hardly he worth reverting to
this week were 1t not for the fact that
there Is some doubt In the public
mind rs to whether Minwegen or
"ChOlly" Walker Is de factO the Acting
Mayor in the absence Of Carter II. Har.
risOn,
Both Minwegen and Walker hail
from Mr.. IIarrison's own ward, and
each has his peculiar claim upon the
right to speak and act for the Mayor
1t Is to be hoped, however. that the
"ChOlly boy" statesman Is the actual
Acting Mayor for much though the
general public may differ with Walk
er's ways, he is not to be compared
with Minwcgen.
IL 1t were not for the fact that he
probably speaks for the city admins
tration, the yawp of Alderman Min
wegen, of the Twcnty-tirst Ward, con-
corning Foreigners (as he puts IT. In
the service of the city would only eX'
cite u smile.
But Mlnwegen Is Il close political
friend of Mayor Harrison, representing
the Mayors home ward in the City
Council, and this gives serious as
pect TO the affair.
Minwcgen, however, was poor tool
| for the city administration to choose to
put forward its newly tangled anti
foreigner" policy.
where did We hear thai
name before;
Certainly not in connection with tho
| Mayflower's voyage. We do not be
lieye that anybody of the name of Min
wegen came over In that boat. W.
have not heard of any Minwegens be
ing among the Plymouth Rock folks
nor yet among the early Quaker set
tiers of Pennsylvania, nor even amen;
| the Dutch pioneers of New Amster
dam.
We have never heard of any Of tn
signers of the Declaration of indie
pendence being named MinwegeI
Wonder what stock Minwegen cam
Of, anyway. He Is so stern and SO
we're and haughty-like in his tall
about all fOreign-born citizens ON tn
police force (and he no doubt regard
them similarly In all walks of life tina
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-04-19
SONS or THEIR tAFHERS.

one of the most amusing features of
the approaching fall campaign Is found
in the alleged attempt to put Robert T..
Burke out Of politics through the in
strumcntality of n number of youths
who are cudcavOring to earn fame on
the strength of their fathers names.
Thus we are gravcly told that Melville
T.. stone. .Ir.. Palmer. .Ir.. MacNeagh.
Jr.. Roswell W. Mason. Jr, and II mum.
her of other juniors are coming to the
front in the Twenty-iirst Ward, with
toraliawks and scalping knives thirst
ing for the political gore of Robert Il.
Burke. At the head of the pliilanx IL
one Colin Fyfc. who l. generally sup
posed tn he in the pay of the city of
Chicago to attend to its law business.
but who. II now seems. is busted In
looking after precinct primary politics.
Fyffo. by the way. represented the city
of Chicago In n very important law
case last week. in which the city lost.
Hut too much cannot he expected from
Mr.. Fyfc. He Is busy now In helping
his boss. Acting Mayor Walker IAN.
other son of his father to beat Mr..
Burke ut the primaries In the Twenty
first Ward. and You know a man can.
not be In two places at one time ,as Sir
Boyle Roche put IT. unless he II II bird.
Up In this same Twenty first Ward
resides Carter II. Harrison. ut present
Mayor Of Chicago ALSO u son Of his
father. and Carter II. Harrison. Jr. II
Interested with Walker. Jr.. and
Palmer. Jr. and Stone. Jr. and Mac
Ncagh. Jr.. and Mason. Jr.. In doing M
Robert Il. Burke ut the approaching
fall primaries. The Amnlgamntc,
Union of the Sons of Their Fathers
may learn. however by the time these
primaries are over. that "thcrc are 9th
crs." when they hear from the voters
they may be prepared to make m effOr,
to do business upon their own merits
4 peculiar side of this joke Of thu
campaign Is the fact that nll the long
legged. long-carcd sons of their fathers
now hopping around the political field
are confined to the Democratic party
and the entire brood Is stabbed just al
present In the Twenty-trst Ward. Il
they should ever break loose ana dis
persc throughout the city the rest O
the unfortunate citizens will simply no
be- In 1t. Let us hope for the best.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-04-19
EXIT LiNDBLOM.

Robert Lindblom has made up his
mind TO resign his position as IA men,
her of the city civil service commits
sion, and furthermore, 1t Is announced
he has determined TO make his home
in Milwaukee.
Wen, Chicago will undoubtedly be
able 10 sustain the loss.
There may be some residents of this
town who imagine that Mr., Lindblom's
activities as an official and citizen
were Indispensable 10 It, but the Eagle
has never been of that way of think
Ing, This journal also believes that
The majority of the people of Chicago
are of the same way of thinking rs
Itself in this regard. For the benefit
therefore Of It's readers and with the
knowledge that the announcement will
bring great JOY 10 thousands of gal
liant hrcmen and policemen as we'll as
many other loyal and honest employees
Of the city Of Chicago the Eagle takes
pleasure In herewith reproducing the
official announcement of the exit Of
I.Indblom:
Robert Lindblom, President of The
Chicago Civil Service Commission, will
leave that office, aud the city, too, on
July !. He made this announcement
last evening "wednesday In Mllwau
kcc. where he went for the purpose OF
establishing a grain brokerage office II
connection with the Milwaukee Cham
her Of Commerce.
II Il understood that Mr.. Llndblon
has grown weary Of the Chicago Boar
III Trades attitude toward his aileg"'
methods Of trading, and Is therefor
seeking the more congenlal field In MI
waukee.
In January he was suspended frol
the privileges Of the board here 10
a period Of one month, the charge bs
ing trading after hours" At TIL
treatment Mr.. Lindblom protested, an
It Is said 10 have settled his determine
ton 10 leave the city.
Mr.. Lindblom's fOur.year term on tn
Ciyil Service Board. Of which lattcrl
he has been president, will not expir
until midsummer, and he announce
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-04-19

II Is hut natural TO suppose that he
never came over here In u boat. He
was born In this country. sure. hut
then. where did the original Minwe
gems come from? That's the question
They weren't bog hoppers." that's
certain. Otherwise. Minwegcn would
never say such hard things Of that
class of people. But maybe Minwcgcn
had no ancestors. maybe just grew.
Or, pcrlaps, he "cvolutcd" from the
real original Americans who former
~ inhabited the tree tops hereabOuts.
Hut wherever the original Minwegens
came from or whatever may have been
the particular force Of nature TINT pro.
duccd the particular specimen of the
family who now represents Mayor
Harrison's ward. one thing seems more
than probable. namely. that Minwcgen
didn't grow up in Chicago. III he did,
he would have known more about the
police force than his talk concerning IL
would Indicate. He would have heard
something of it's record. he would have
known that the two greatest detectives
who ever served on II were men whose
fathers were foreigners -one Irish. the
other German. he would have known
that the best chief the force ever had
was foreigner" by birth Austin j.
Doyle. lie would have known that the
most heroic acts in the execution Of
law. the preservation of peace and the
rescue Of human life have been per-
formed by men with German. Irish
Polish or Bohemian names. He would
have heard of the IIaymarkct nl,issa'
Ger. and the herOism Of the foreign
crs'' who there stood side by side will
nativc.born citizens In the breach OF
danger and saved this city from an
archy.
| Hut what IL the list of talking abOu
Minwegen. a man whose highest con
ccptiOn Of the duties of an Alderman
Is the cleaning of u garbage can. th,
flushing Of u man-hOlc ar the nailin,
down of u loose plank IN a defectiv,
sidewalk. II u critic whose structure
are worthy of but little notice.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-04-19

his intention yesterday of serving ont
that period. leaving Chicago finally
whom the term is ended. lie will. how.
ever. oversee the management of his
Milwaukee office during the intcrvcn-
ing months. Chicago Tribune.
The Eagle has long believed 1t would
be desirable for MIR. Lindblom to come
To this laudablc conclusion. 1t takes
pleasure now in fclicitating him upon
the only thing he ever did that this
paper thoroughly and heartily agreed
with. The Eagles only misgiving in
the matter is that Mr.. Iindblom may
change his mind. Heaven forbid.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-04-19

fellow man. he is the ideal public OH
cial All the ructions about the pay
rolls and the few hundred dollars a
month thus involved may serve the in.
Scrutablc motives and ends of the trust
press of Chicago. but will not serve to
throw discrcdit upon the present man
agcmcnt of the Drainage Board.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-04-19

The Gentlemen's Home Journal ad-
vlses its readers to side step all fruit
salads. They are diabolical affairs de-
signed to impair digestion and make
innumerable unhappy homes. Fruit Is
all right In Its natural shape, but when
it is worked up into salad 1t Is a trOu.
BILE producer Of great magnitude.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-04-19
EA0LETs.

AT the very moment Wniie tHc Unteu
Stntes II seriously considering the on
actment Of legislation restricting I'm.
migration. Canada Is making the most
energetic efforts In her history to ut.
tract new settlers. She Is ut work not
only In Europe, but In this country. II.
Illustrating the success which her agents
are meeting. 1t IL asserted that In the
fiscal year which ended on the 3Oth Of
April last no less than $4,000 persons
from the Middle and Western States OF
the Union took up land In Manitoba and
the territories embracing the provis.
iOnal provinces Of AssinobOia, Sas.
katchewan and Alberta. Concerning
Manitoba the general reader In this
country IL well posted. but what does
he know about the provisional prov
inces? AsslnlbOla lies north Of North
Dakota and eastern Montana and has
an area Of OO,3iO square miles. Al.
berta comprises 100000 square miles,
and lies north of western Montana. Sas.
katchcwan Is north Of AssinibOia. Its
area Is 1li,OOO square miles. The mer.
curry goes pretty low In these regions
In the winter season, but there IL little
snow. while the air Ii dry ana the sky
Is generally bright, 80 that cold Is felt
less there than where humid atmOs.
phere prevails. There are frequent. WIS.,
Its of melting weather heralded by the
Chinook wind, and except during Jan.
uary and February the climate Is not
severer than in the region Of the great
lakes. Once MI this country was sup.
posed to be doomed forever to the status
Of Il wilderness dotted with trading
posts of the Hudson Bay Company.
| Now II Is recognized rs available for
| the production of No. hard wheat, In
crops ranging from thirty to sixty bush.
els to the acre. When Canada comes
into the Union this great region will
be well settled with prosperous farm.
ers. 1t seems to be n far better cOun.
try In many respects than that toward
the east. During the past half cen.
fury there has been II steady stream Of
immigration to the United States from
Eastern Canada, The people whom II
brought here have bettered their condi,
ton, and have never evinced desire ia
go back. 1t is significant of the super
iOrity of the Canadian territory further
west that 1t Is able to attract settlers
from the United States.
>6
There is IN impression abroad that IN
this new era of industrial consolidation
young men have much diminished Op
p0rtunity to rise to positions Of emf
nence. 1t is argued that the number OF
"jobs" where men can be independent
and make their own fortune is steadily
decreasing, in spite of the growth OF
our manufactures and commerce. DR.
Albert Shaw, editor of the Review Of
Reviews, in a university address befOr,
fine audience Of young men ut Chi
cagO undertook to show that these ap
prehensions are exaggerated. He de
MED outright that money Is more thar
man In the modern world of business
, the reverse he asserted to be the case
A generation ago, when man coul'
get 10 per cent OH his money In SAT
investments, a fortune OF $4,000 woul'
yield Its possessor comfortable IN
come, sufficient to enable him to liy
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-04-19
Ae1

The intOlerant state OF mind Is In
furious both to the State ana to the In
dividual. 1t goes with conceit aud
deadly PRIDE The strange thing Is that
men are apt to plume themselves upon
their intolerance. 1t Is evident that
mans conduct and nations conduct
should he the result OF thought and
Judgment; but intolerance stops
thought and destroys Judgment.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-04-19

The death Of Rev. I. Dewitt Talmage
cxcites an immediate personal interest
among thousands. probably we could
truthfully say millions Of people. The
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-04-19

one of my girls marry one Of your
boys" The above conversation occur
red on a street car. between couple
of ladies', who We're returning from the
meeting of a club, of which both were
members. Volumes have been written
on Causes OF Crime" but one OF the
largest factors responsible for crime 10
represented by the mothers who do not
think 1t necessary to be 80 particular
with their boys as they are with their
girls. 1t is this double standard OF mo-
ralty, which is held up by so many
women, that Is wrecking homes, de-
stroying health, running girls and boys,
deadening the public conscience and
filling our penal institutions. As Is the
sowing so shall be the reaping. In the
penitentiaries OF the State Of Iowa
there are $50 men and 20 women. In
the reform schools 200 boys and %
girls. Is not this legitimate harvest
from the sowing of such mothers? An
other pertinent point Is the fact tha'
All of the male inmates of the peniten'
tiaries are under 80 years of age; 2?l
under % years of age, and lOS under y
years of age. There Is q fearful ar
raignment In the above statistics OF
the mother who is not $50 particular
with boys as she would be with girls
of the women who uphold "doublt
standard of morality for men and
women.
New-York tribune., 1902-09-07

Christmas tree was loaded with gifts all the
employees being remembered in a substantial
manner Some Of the men received gold watches
on which their names were engraved Whle
others received fur overeoats. An elaborate
supper was served. and an orchestra furnished
music for dancing. Dr.. and Mrs Webb led the
grand march
Living on the shore OF Lake Champlain makes
possible the enjoyment Of boating and yachting
\ new EIfrida was completed for DR.. Webb
I. bout two years ago 1t is 14I feet long. its
extreme beam is IS feet inches, and it has a
draught Of AZ feet. It's test speed is nineteen
miles over a nine mile course.
The family spends most Of the winter here.
as a rule, and many winter sports are enjoyed
Immense toboggan slides run from hilltop out
upon the ice covered surface Of Lake Champlain.
Snowshoe parties. skating carnivals and many
other sports, including ice boating, pass away
the time.
New-York tribune., 1902-09-07
THE COPTS IN THE SOUDAN.
ENGLAND BARS THAT COUNTRY TO THE
MISSIONARIES OF ALL OTHER
CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONS.

AT the time when Lord Kitchener first as
sumed the administration of the Soudan, after
destroying the power of the Mahdl at ohldur-
man. he issued decree prohibiting Christian
missionary work of any kind in the great de-
pendency contided to his charge. He declared
that it was necessary to organize the government
or his vast satrapy upon solid basis before al
lowing missionaries to re-enter the country. HIS
action was explained and confirmed a little
later by Lord Cromer, the British Plenipoten-
tary in Egypt. who took occasion on his first
visit TO Khartoum to assure the native chiefs
and sheiks assembled to meet him that there
would be no Interference with their Mahometan
faith and religious customs. and tnat the great
college founded at Khartoum in memory OF
General Gordon by the English would have
nothing in its instruction that might be caIcu-
lated to WcaH the population from the faIth OF
their fathers.
The pledge thus given 10y the British Govern
mont has been maintained during the tour
years that have elapsed since then, in the sense
that the great territory so rightly described as
the sad Soudan" still remains as strictly barred
as ever by the Anglo-Egyptian authorities to the
agents Of the various missionary societies OF
Europe and Of America. None of them have
been allowed to resume operations in that part
Of Central Africa which they were forced to
abandon some eighteen years ago by the Dervish
nsurrection The rule is enforced with equal
mpartiality against the missions Of the Roman
'atholic Church and Of the various Protestant
denominations. But OF late an exception has
been made in favor Of the COpts, who are no"
busily at work in Outstanding the natives
True. they receive encouragement from the
English Government but their presence IS toll
Grated and no objection IS offered to their work
Of proselytism.
It may he well. therefore. to give some eX-
planation here as To- who these Cnpts are that
enjoy privileges and immuuities withheld from
all other Christian denominations the more so
as the most astounding ignorance prevails con-
cernin, them. even among the white races IN
the Orient Briefly speaking, they are natives
Of Fgypt-accordinE 10 many. the ahorislnes OF
the Land Of the N.le-and represent, In re-
U,ious sense. the lowest and most degraded
form of Christianity Christianity OF the same
type that prevails in Ahyssinia. and which Is
so dIstinctively Oriental In its character that 1t
Is difficult at times TO define the dividing line
that distinguishes It from the faith Of the
Prophet Ethnographicaly speaking the Copts.
who number about a nth of the entire popula-
New-York tribune., 1902-09-07

five, In a good year $500 loads of hay are cut
and 5000 barrels of apples are produced The
force of help employed varies from 80 to 500.
according to the season and to the building op-
erations that are IN progress.
The wants Of the men employed are care
fullv looked after. One Christmas great party
WAS given in one of the large barns. to which
not only the employees. but practically the whole
town of SheIburne were invited An immense
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-03-21
REV. JOHNsON's ADDRESS.

On depositing copy of the Holy BIZ
bile, Rev. NJ. c. Johnson, of White
wright, spoke as follows
aye shall know the truth, and the
truth shall make you free. Jesus.
When we come to study the Bible,
our only infallible rule Of faith and
practice, we are at once face TO face
with the most potent factor in human
progress. The Bible contains the
spiritual biography Of man in all
ages, and is full of the passion and
tragedy which make up the subsLan-
bal history of our own day and gen
Grafton. Between its lids every life
problem is presented and solved; no
temporal or eternal interest is over
hooked, and our race apprOximates
completeness alone as men are gov.
erned by its commandments and
strive to reach it's divine ideals. Upon
its truth all human society and gov
TTDment must stand, or. repudiating
its light, must surely fall While,
guided by its truth and made inyinci-
BILE by it's inspiration, the people OF
God are shaping that historic trend
which is to eliminate in popular en-
lightenment, complete reformation
and universal revival
In tracing the relation of the Bible
10 human elevation we must bear in
mind the fact that all written history
rs comparatively modern. Dynasty
had succeeded dynasty, civilizations
had fourished and decayed, while
great kingdoms were forgotten long
ages before the reception of the divine
law upon Sinai. But, while this is
true from the time the human intel
3ect began TO explore the fashionable
Raws Of the universe. and to make the
forces Of material creation it's serva-
tors, man has been endeayoring to
herald his fame, perpetuate ms name
and lmmOrtaliZe his influence We
trace these iOngings in the marks
Tgures and characters which have
been chiseled upon everything in the
world capable of expressing and pre-
serving desire. But while man has
thus sought to perpetuate his name
and accomplishments. he has ever
been confronted by the relentless law
-Da change. This law has metamor
A1hosed the countenance of rock-faced
mountains, rearranged the entire
Ehore-llnes OF stupendous contIu
fents, and, in it's seeming moods OF
nirth. hurled places of exaltation into
liquid graves while Gaping with pc
Tennial snow the once bosom of the
deep. This law has strewn the entire
path of material existence with the
wrecks Of time, the corrosion of ages
and dug the deep graves in which
whole animal species were buried .,
has been no less relentless with man
The frozen vomit of volcanoes en-
cease the most magnificent cities ever
Built, the loamy accretions of the val
3ey shroud the capitals of once might,
empires, while the grinding sands a
ahe desert have ob1iterated the fertile
TfeIds Of entire kingdoms and desc