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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-06-28
HARMONY maj DOES MOI HAR.
MONIZE.

Ii certainly does not now look as If
the great Democratic harmony" com
mttce. and the fraternizing of ex.
President Cleveland and ext;ov.
crnor Hill. is likely to produce very
much of that desirable commodity.
after all. On the contrary. all the
signs would now Indicate that 1t Is
likely to have the very opposite effect.
and that such may he permanent. at
least so far as the leading spirits in.
volved In 1t are concerned. Indeed. it
has set the Hon. william Jennings
Bryan OH the war path IN such u way
as to threaten another outbreak of the
peculiar policies and principles for
which that gentleman and his follow
Ing stand. Nor does IL seem likely to
cement any extraordinarily friendly re-.
lntions among the party leaders In the
East. In fact. II seems to have aroused
n rivalry there over the succession tn
the Democratic national nomination.
and David Il. 1lill forms apparently the
storm center of the political gale which
has arisen over this subject.
Whatever may he produced In the
way of harmony In the Democratic
party. 1t would seem. must come II
come II does at all. from some other
source than public discussions Of Is.
sues over which there has been bitter
| intcrnpcinc strife In the past.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-06-28
CAMPAIGN or SLANOER BOUND
10 FAiL.

In nm anonymous communication to
one Of our morning contemporaries. an
individual makes an attack upon the
mode In which the police pension fund
II administered. and incidentally
makes IN uncnllrd.fOr personal on
slauglt upon Robert n. Burke AMI for
mer Captain Luke Il. COllcran.
The temper and unimus of the COM
municntiOn In such as to give pretty
good Indication Of the identity Of the
writer. The alleged shrinkage Of the
police pension fund II used simply and
solely as means to take n thrust nj
Burke. and the ostensible motive Of
the writer. namely. an apparent sOlici.
tudr for the institution In question IL
plainly hypOcritical blind whereby
the writer hopes to mask the personal
spite AMI spleen that II at the bottom
Of the whole affair. The evident dc.
termination to twist every occurrence
that can possibly he tortured into II
cnlumniatiOn of Mr.. Burke has now he.
come so plain to most people that these
attacks 10 longer have any effect. The
conspiracy. whose object II evidently
moral assassination, has simply over
reached itself. and we are much mis-
taken II It does not eventually react
upon Its promoters.
Meantime Mr.. Burke will pursue tn,
calm and even tenor Of his way. stand
ing faithfully and Loyalty by friends
AMI principles.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-06-28
A GOOD wow UNDER ADVERSE
CIRCUMSTANCES.

\ step in the right direction was
taken 10y iii" City Council last Monday
night when the following order was
submitted 10 that body and passed
unanimously:
Ordered, That the Corporation Coun-
sci be and Is hereby directed to pre-.
pare and submit TO the City Council a
draft of an ordinance for system of
municipal subways or tunnels for the
accommodation Of street cars. cOnduits,
tubes, wires and pipes of all descrip.
tions; said ordinance to provide for the
payment for such subways by the issue
Of bonds that shall be by their terms,
a lien only on the property created ana
the revenue thereof, and in case of
foreclosure the buyer at such fore
closure sale TO have the right to use
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-06-28
GETTING AFTER THE HEAL7H DE-
PARTMeNT.

The Health Committee Of the city
Council IL after the City Health de-
pnrtment with sharp probe. and II
IL to be hoped that the good work will
be kept up until the BOXERS Union
IL thoroughly investigated. Aldermen
Snow. Lltzlnger and Ieiningcr have
been appointed to Investigate the
charges that the Health Department
had neglected to perform Its duty IN
the enforcement Of the city ordinances
In the case Of the IT. Luke Society fire
horror. At u session held by this lnves.
tigating committee the other day there
were some amusing and some highly
Interesting Developments.
One health official. for instance.
told the committee the Health Depart.
ment had been charitable toward the
hospitals that had failed to take out
licenses. because the department recOg
nlze,i their necessity.
Charitable" II good. but the state
ment concerning the necessity for IN.
licensed institutions where unfOrtu-
nate patients are strapped In bed. and
finally allowed to perish by the dozen
In u fire trap takes the cake"
For that reason" continued this Of.
fetal. 1--WE We're not vindictive toward
~. L,ke's. though we had prosecuted
that society for operating without II H.
cense."
would 1t have been vindictlve II yO'
had compelled this hospital to obey tl,t
lawy' Alderman SNOW asked.
I'VE would have closed every hos
pital In Chicago II We had compelled
them to secure frontage consents befor,
they could operate In residence dis
tricts."
After the committee adjourned Al
derman Snow said he would prosecut,
u thorough investigation Of the IT. LUX,
Society disaster.
Health Commissioner Reynolds asket
the committee II he should prescott,
all hospitals that had failed to take OF
licenses.
That is II question for you to deter
mine, not this committee" said Alder
man Snow. You ought not to ash
this committee to assume your rrslIOn
sibllity for enforcing the law. II an
other 81. Luke Society disaster SHOULD
occur you would say you had not On
forced the law because we told you moi
To do so"
Alderman Snow Is evidently Il man Ol
| ability, intelligence ana assortment
and his talk has the right ring to II
! II il about time there was good and
"omplet" shaking up of ChicagoS do
nothing Health Department, ana it Il
10 men Of til" calibcr of Alderman
Snow that the citizens look for work
in this direction.
! Keep the good work IN.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-06-28

tion of the company's property in each
of the six towns. the principal advance
being in the South Town. where $1,000.
OOO was tackled on. In Hyde Park
100000 was added and in the North
Town SiGON0.
The valuation Of the personal proper.
ty Of the Chicago Telephone Company
was more than doubled. the company
filing no schedule The valuation of
the Board of Assessors for 1901. S2.!se,..
40. was estimated, as was also that
Of the present year. which the board
placed at S5.I1S.DIO. The heaviest in.
crease was In the South Town. where
the beard added S1.1OO.OOO.
The Chicago Edison Company also
will be one of the sufferers unless the
Board of Review comes to its aid. 1t
failed to- submit any schedule by which
the board could be guided. so its valua.
| ton of 1901 was increased S2.2IaOOO
| The most notable advance was on the
South Side. where the valuation was
increased S2.OO0.OOO. The hoard added
S6JO.HD on the North Side.
The Commonwealth Electric Com.
| pany. which filed no schedule. will find
its personal property valuation in.
creased to S2.WO.OtD. The Assessors
estimate last year was S2!'j.'nD hut
this year they added S4U.OOO for Lake
| View. S31j.OO for Lake SiS5.WU for
Hyde Park. and Si2o.WD for South
Town.
| Changes In the valuations may I've
made by the Board of Review. hut ii
Is believed the assessments will he kept
higher than last year.
What does this new crusade against
our useful local corporations mean !
Are the Assessors determined to close
MP or put an end to the public enter.
priscs in which they are engaged. or
are they only making work for the
Board of Review Most people are in.
clined to the latter view. This double.
barreled system of valuation may I've
useful to the assessing bodies rs a
means for keeping the members busily
engaged In remunerative work. but
that Ii about all 1t il good for. so far
as the average citizen can find out
While the corporations are harassetl
and harricd. there does not seem to be
much increase In the public funds. The
city Is going to the dogs financially
faster than ever before. there not being
enough money now In sight to pay the
cost of the most rudlmentary work OF
municipal government. No doubt tho
Board of Assessors has great fun In
creasing enormously the valuations OF
the corporations every year. ana tho
Board Of Review doubtless enjoys
hugely the work of listening to reason,
why 1t should cut those valuation,
down. Hut the public benefits nothing
by the entire proceedings. while tho
corporations are being squeezed he
tween the upper and the neither mill
stones. Who invented this doublr.bar
relied system Of assessment. anyway!
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-06-28
TAX CRUSADE RECEIVES A SEVERE
SCI BACK.

The suit brought by the city of Chi,
cagO against the State Board of
Equalization, and which arose out of
the tax crusade last fall and winter
has received n severe set back and it
now seems not improbable that II may
ultimately fall to the ground. The
Eagle Is frank To say that il Is glad of
this because this journal has taken the
position from the start that this litiga,
ton was unwise. and ii successful
would entail great hardships upon n
class of corporations which have done
much for the upbuilding and the com
mercial greatness of the city of Chi
cage.
The suit was brought against the
state Board of Equalization to force
assessment as real estate instead of
trackage on railroad land alleged to be
worth $25O,OOOOOO The suit was to
have been heard Thursday before Judge
Creighton In the Circuit Court of San
CANON County.
4 committee from the Real Estate
Board, consisting Of Joseph Donners-
berger, George BlrkhOff, and Eugene
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-06-28
THE REAL CURE FOR THE POLICE
PENSION FUND.

There II only one way by which the
police pension fund can he saved. and
that Is by wise legislation In the Gen.
eral Assembly at Springfield. The law
which entities widows Of former pen
siOners to draw the full amount of
their deceased husbands pensions
should he repealed. and In addition the
pensions should he uniform AMI re-
duced to II moderate figure. say $40 u
month. or Whereabouts. 1t is unfair
that retired patrOlmen, who have work,
ed hard during their long terms OF ser.
vice for small pay, should he compelled
to subslst afterward on pensions not
half and occasionally not more than
one-quarter that allowed to superior
officers who had been In receipt of
much larger salaries during their terms
of service.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-06-28
HERE'S 4 WARM BVNCH.

The Referendum League and allied
organizations. We are informed. have
decided to put II complete Legislative
ticket In the field and may also MONT.
nate some candidates for county offices.
The organizations which are to form
the movement ARE said to be the Refer
endum League. Single Tax Club. Mu-
nlcipal Ownership League. Socialist
Democrats. Illinois Ownership League.
and probably the Civic Federation and
Legislative Voters League.
Phew!
What u warm bunch. AMI what
hades they will raise with plntOcrats,
arlstOcrats. and all other "crats" who
have any presumptuOus notions about
private ownership of anything on earth.
Look out for them.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-06-28

and operate said subways for -
years. the said bonds shall not he an
obligation or liability of the city of
Chicago. which city may he called
upon to pay. except as herein provided.
and the holders of such bonds shall
have no other recourse against the city
than Ivy the ordinance stipulated.
The only difficulty about the accom-
plishing Of the object evidently aimed
ut in this order Is the bankrupt condi-
ton of the city. An administration
that cannot even pay its police and fire
departments is not in a very good con-
dition to go into the municipal subway
business. and how long this state of
affairs Is going to continue heaven
only knows.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-06-28

Ffshbt,rn, was to testify as to the value
of the land In dispute. and upon their
testimony the city's case depended AT
the last moment these witnesses have
discovered that they cannot testify
now. and the case has been postponed
until September.
The Corporation Counsel. 1t Is said.
admits that the postponcmcnt puts the
city in u prp,licamcnt so far as the suit
Is concerned. and the indications are
strong now that the case eventually
will come to naught
At the time the crusade was being
made against the railroads by certain
busybOdies. who neglected their own
business to tell the Board of Euuali-
zntiOn how to attend to theirs. The
Eagle dccripd the movement. and as far
ns possible endeavored to show the in
Justice of 1t. II quoted facts and fig
,,res that could not he denied In sup.
port Of Its contention. aud It Is glad to
say It's arguments were borne out by
the action of the state Board.
IL IL possible that closer examination
of the true facts and circumstances led
the city's experts to the conclusion that
the value of the property In question
has been exaggerated. and that the
conditions surrounding II had been mis-
represented by the tax crusaders: and
therefore to the further conclusion that
they could not conscientiously testify
In the case.
However this may he. the case. we
repeat. In now likely to collapse alto
gether. and the railroads concerned he
thus enabled to escape an enormous
burden Of additional taxation.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-06-28
AN0 INER ASSAULT ON CHiCA0O'S
CORPORATIONS.

Our Woodworking Board Of Assess.
ors seem to be determined to put the
corporations located In Cook County
out Of business completely next year.
This would certainly appear to be the
case II one Is to Judge from the enOr-
nous increases Of valuation placed
upon a number Of them by the Assess
Ors In their estimates for this year.
The valuations In every instance placed
upon the personal and other property
of these institutions Is exceedingly
steep and In some cases doubled. ire
bled and even luadruplcd. The fol.
lowing figures speak for themselves:
Four corporations which failed To file
schedules Of personal property were
raised Sill GlO,;aD over their valuation
last year. Another, the Union Trac-
flon Company, suffered an Increase In
its schedule of ST,y6T,3l2, while the
board nearly doubled the valuation of
the Chicago City Railway Company,
estimating It's personal property in the
South Town at SG,225,OD.
The figures for the Chicago CONSOLE
dated Traction Company, distributed
through sixteen districts, aggregate
Si.07,:JS. In the North Town the in
crease in valuation over last year was
81 1879 In Lake View it was SITS
.25 in the West Town S22s SCI, and in
Jefferson sl75,ss6
The Union Traction Compauy's
schedule this year, with In" changes
made by the Assessors, is AZ follows:
rT,,,,, rnupopy N-s..s,r,;
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-06-28

Total .....,ST, ;32,iss Sl5,Jv,"o
The Peoples Gas Light and Coke
Company, which paid taxes on 5000,
80 last year. must send the treasurer
its check based on a valuation Of Sli,-
725r0 this year. unless the Board Of
Review decreases the valuation of the
view made change last year of
81 ,395,uO. The valuation OF the Board
of Assessors this year was estimated,
a. the gas company did not send in
any schedule. IL increased the yalua-
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-06-28

A notable tribute to the high cOur.
tesy of the late Lord Dutferln comes
from an Italian lady who had asked an
English friend to get some information
for her. An apology for delaying the
matter was met with the gracious and
significant response: "Never would I
think cOuntrywOman Of Lord Duff
FERN could be rude!'
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-06-28

What are the services ana skill Of a
physician worth to a sick millionaire
who believes the physician can make
him well? should the millionaire pay
In proportion to his wealth and tn"
value he places upon life? These 'r'
old questions with the medical profes
sion, and its answers to them were long
ago embodied In "cOde Of profession
ethics" to which the doctors adhere
with more or less rigidity. This code,
which permits the doctor to charge n
rich man more than poor man for GER
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-06-28

"OOm Paul" says he will end his days
In Holland. John Bull will never have
the satisfaction OF selling postage
stamps to "OOm."
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-06-28

President Cyrus Northrop of the Uni.
versity of Minnesota says that We are
In an era of sensationalism in educa-
ton. "The paradoxical Is taking the
place of the true. Rockefeller shares
the throne Of intellect with Shak.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-06-28


EX-Presldent Patton of Princeton
sees danger to the life of the nation in
the struggle for wealth and luxury.
He does not object SO much to the &C.
emulation of wealth or to the luxury
In which its pOssessOrs live as he does
to the methods by which money Is &C.
quired. The desire for luxury, he says,
is becoming general at the expense Of
the national conscience. Professors and
other schOOlmen are not uncOmmonly
haunted by this fear for the welfare
Of society. From the seclusiOn of
their studies they see only the struggle
for wealth, without observing the ef.
feet of the strenuous life on the char.
acter Of those who lead 1t. Because
DR.. Patton's fellOw-cltizens pursue
wealth with characteristic American
concentration 1t does not follow that
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-06-28

they have no other ideal than money
and luxury. The Idle enjoyment Of
wealth seems as dangerous as the race
after 1t. Benjamin Dlsraeli once nd.
vised a youthful philosopher to "pon.
der less and net more" He might
have said substantially the same thing
to those who tremble for the safety Of
the republic Mt every fresh aspect Of
the present industrial development Of
society.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-25
MUST POSI- LICENSES.
Retail LIQUOR Dealers Rounded Up by
State ReVenue AGENT.

Retail LIQUOR Dealers Rounded Up by
State Revenue Agent
State Revenue Agent Cunningham was in
the city yesterday rounding up those llquu
dealers who fail 10 post their state and
county licenses. He found number Il
casrs whore the law cquIrug these llcons :
10 be displayed being violated, but lid not
cause the viulators To be arrested, as It W
plain to him that they were ignorant Of tho
tact that they were statute hreukers. In
each instance the dealer was depending
upon brewery or n Wholesale beer handler
to take out his license for him. ana had left
said license in the hands Of the latter not
knowing any better. Mr., Cunningham found
several cases also whore the required bond
had not been made by the retail dealer.
though the amount OF the license n4d beau
deposited with the tax collector
After mlk ng these discovc les Mr. Gun.
bingham hid an interview with the brew.
cry ANA wholesale beer people and gave
them to understand that each retail dealer
must have his license and display It In his
place If business and must pc sonally oh.
taiu II from the tuN collector Iustead of
depending upon the brewery or wholesale
dgUler to get Il for him The brewcries nnd
wholesale dealers promised immediate com,
pliauee with the law In this respect In me
future, ana hereafter retail dealers will
take cut their own licenses and make their
own b ndS.
Mr.. Cunningham will visit Galveston to.
day and Investigate the liquor dealers there.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-25
CLOSE STUDY OF TEXAS
the SOUTHERN PACIFIC VISITORS
HAVE THEIR EYES o1sN.
impressed with Rice and with the Posi-
bilities for Improved Stock Farming.
A Broom Corn Enthusiast.

On Board Southern Pacific Special, June
A.-The train Of twelve Pulls1ans bearing
the go Texas visitors from the Northwest
pulled out of the union station ut Houston
at 0 o'clock this morning on tine, With
every excursionist seated eagerly waiting
for new scenes TO come to view. While
they waited for the signal to start, many
animated discussions concerning what they
had seen and what they expected to see
were entered into.
As the train now speeds west these ex-
perienced farmers sit looking at the heet.
Ing landscape. examining it with a critical
eye, turning only to ask question re-
garding the suhsoil. how y will hold water
and what can be produced,
While the trip has In 1t an element Of
pleasure, the Northern farmer IS out for
business and nothing escapes observation.
Every hcld of cotton. corn or sugar re-
ceiyes attention and the comments vary
as the prospective crop indicates pros
perlty or Its reverse.
The Illinois, Iowa and indiana farmer
is accustomed to well cultivated nel1s and
be easily. distinguishes case of thrift
from ,shiftlessness and bluntly expresses
trip west the party Is fayorably impressed,
and as one expressed it
II think better II Texas agricultural In
terests today than | have oil any part Of
the trip. We have been too much taken
UP With Sightseeing before, but as our
ming to attend to the business that brought
us here We have read glowing accounts
OF Texas possibilities and there has not
been a dearth Of real estate men to add
whole believe their stories are built ON
good Foundations
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-25
Scotch Directory.

Mr., William W. Anderson, an attorney M
this city, has complied a novel directory,
which has the merit OF being interesting as
wen rs useful on occasion, sir Anderson
IS q scotchman ana has made point or
gathering In n reference hook the names
addresses ana occupation NJ every Scot no
has ever met In this country thus secur-
ing for himself n unique collection NJ data
with regard TO number Of his country
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-25
Annronrlnte Badnes

The Southern Pacific immigration agents
ana their friends. who visited Houston
Monday night wore badges OF very
handsome design The badges were by
y inches of hne cream eotorcl satin ana
were held In place with button supplied
ny the Galveston business league me
wording on the badges was IN red prlnt
ana near the hottom. in green, was a
group Of various products OF the soil, sur,
STEAMER on which was printed, .,rbe tioI'
den Sheaf' AZ beaumont, Just before
their tram pulled OUT for Houston, the
party were supplied with small satn
badges w6ich read; 1--WE have discovered
that Beaumont is something more tnan mo
greatest oil city in the world
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-25
And College Prep
School of Music.
THE UNIXERSITY OF TEXAS

One hundred and twelve Instructors officers, than m 49,
FREE. colleges az
and
rmGcr
esofst
certificates Engineering sa to
Session
marlculaon fee payable $50 limitations
academic without charges 1'" Law
ton Foury
examinations the
Galveston Au"ess d. Allen
addIe
A" a. Lomax
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-25
A NALl-ARLE pRESENr-

Mayor Holt was Yesterday presented by
Mr.. lnghlm $. Roberts with neatly
bou.d edition Of di the city ordinances
aud clartcrs issued hy the city of Itous-
Roberts IS quito ID @. Hector II valuable
documents ami among other things at in.
tcrest I'm his collection hc h0s a complete
ST. NJ all the city directories eyer pub.
ILshnd In IIomstnn
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-25
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.

Mrs NJ r, Johnston. Mr.. c. r. John.
ston and Miss Mary Johnston wish to ey.
tend To their friends, aud especially 10 tbc
members Of the IRE department, Their Sin
cere thanks aud apnrccin ion for the Kind
ness und - mpnthy extended Ia them dnr.
ing their recent bereavement.