Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-08-29

I'D fcnateS Oh nallualllus wits unless
he original receipts are shown. in.
end to contest all such writs In fu.
lure. All but primafacie good claims
ire to he fought
With the purpose of letting the pub |
lie know rs much rs possible of the re-.
bates due. the Comptroller three years
ago issued printed lists for general
Using these. the holder of
any receipt could refer by its number
to the corresponding warrant number
and ascertain whether any rebate was
due him.
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All Milwaukee will turn out on Sun.
day to greet the County Democracy.
Any sidewalk contractor In the city
can build concrete catch.basins. dis.
regarding the use of bricks. according
to members of the Board of Local I'm.
and it Is urged that the
sidewalk concrete firms are so numer-
Gus that 1t would be impossible to
make pool against the city. The
board members are considering this
remedy against the alleged exorbitant
charges exacted for catch.basins in
paving work.
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Not a red milk can to be seen in
Chicago!
superintendent of Public Service
William Mcl.aren favors the plan of
Engineer Cooley for draining the Cal.
umct region through the Illinois and
Michigan canal. nj Il cost of S2.5D.ONO.
instead of connecting with the drain
age canal ut u cost of S12.OOO.O0O. Mr..
McIaren says the adoption of this
plan would serve the needs of the 10.
cality for years to come.
The County Democracy II the only
real Democratic organization in Cook
County.
\ Berlin professor has discovered
that seven out Of ten girls who take
piano lessons are attacked by nervous
affections. 1t was long ago discov.
cred that people who have TO listen to
them fall Il prey to nervous prostra.
ton.
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We hope that some good old mother
In lsraei will turn around before enter.
Ing the pearly gates ana admit to the
children that no one ever had fits
through eating orange peel, or secured
curly hair through eating the crusts.
1t has been, suggested that the fail
urc of the college athletes 10 make
good in the Kansas harvest field was
due to the disregard Of football rules.
The farmers insisted on making the
"halves" of rather over thirty minutes
duration each.
Scientists think there Is gold at the
north pole, II they can furnish good
reasons for this belief the pole will be
discovered right away.
An
Tie debts OF Alexander and Draga
are SSO,OOo. They will now be paid.
Perhaps the massacre was not a matter
Of politics after all. 1t was very bust.
nesslike.
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A national gallery Of art seems a
lifting complement to the great Ii.
brary of Congress. and q bill to estab.
lish such an one Is to be urged upon
Congress AT the next session. One
rich man offers q million dollars to.
ward an endowment. The owner of
the most noteworthy private collection
in the country Is reported to have Of.
fered TO give it. 1t Is understood that
the Corcoran Gallery at Washington
would he incorporated in the new In.
stitutlon, and 1t Is positively stated
that other famous collections would
he merged with it, wholly free of cost.
II this was a nation of mere dollar
chasers,' as some unfrlendly critics
have said, here is evidence that the
characterization has ceased 10 he true.
out OF the strong comes forth sweet
ness. as in SamsOn's riddle. II Is the
very earneStness with which Ameri-
cans have pursued the practical that
has given them leisure to appreciate
beauty, and moral right to possess it.
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One of the things that Americans
are always growing about is the right
To talk. This is merely mentioned 10
call attention To the consistency of Il
national celebration in the name of lib.
crty which is especially designed Ia
cause lockjaw, which Is the most dan
gerous form of interference with free
speech that Is known.
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\ German non-commlssioned officer
has been punished for brutally treat.
ing private soldiers. But then a non
commissioned officer Is not burdened
with maintaining the traditions and
honor OF the army.
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4 theatrical manager who proposes
to recruit his chorus exclusively with
society women" can hardly he CON-
plimented as an innovator, According
TO the passionate press agents every