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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP.

All OF the aldermanic candidates,
over 100 In number have received the
following letter:
Dear Slr-The Municipal Ownership
Central Committee Is preparing an ad.
dress TO voters. Accompanying this
address will be a brief statement of
the merits Of each candidate as re-.
spects the issue in which this commit
tee is Interested.
The committee is sOlicitous that 1t
shall not err in its conclusions regard.
ing the present or prospective atti-
tude Of candidate, and TO avoid pos
sible error lnclOses for your considera-
ton the committees classification OF
your attitude,
II this report is not correct pres.
entatlon Of your position you will
please correct same over your own
signature by answering the inclosed
questions.
You will please give the matter your
immediate attention.
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP CEN.
TRAI. COMMITTEE.
by II. g. WALL, Secretary.
Attached 10 each letter was the fol
lowing list of questions and blaul;
pledges:
!. Are yOu in favor Of, and at the
coming election, April J, 1904, will
you work for a favorable vote on the
following questions on the little ballot:
A. Shall the act of the General As
sembly Of the State of Illinois, entitled
IAN act TO authorize cities to acquire,
construct, own, operate and lease street
railways ana provide the means there,
for" approved May IS, 1893, in force
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19

knows when the scene may be repeat,
cd. The danger of panic Is always
present. and the moral of 1t IL this:
Never for an Instant forget that .ou
are one of the mob. Never forget that
solve that come what may. and al
though 1t cost your very life. you will
raise 10 cry and use no violence: and
pray for strength to keep the rcsolu.
ton
&ce
The lady whose birthday was being
celebrated when the Japs arrived al
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19

less Of murder on the plea Of insanity.
The courts may be wrong. but man
who smokes three hundred cigarettes a
day ought to 80 to the electric chair on
general principles.
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Job was the original khocker, but
his provOcatlon was very great.
This will be good time for the mis-
siOnaries In the far East to come home
and visit their friends.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19
HON. CHARLES j. VOPICkA,
Strongly Urged fo- Congress in the Fifth District.

veneer of civilization. In Japan there
Is constitutional government. absolute
freedom of religious belief. freedom of
speech. system of common schools
ami public education us good us that In
honest judicial administration. a broad,
wcil.balanced and modern system Of
government and u high type of civi!iza-
ton.
%cSA
The New York courts have decided
that u man who smoked three hundred
cigarettes Il day cannot be held guilt
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19
EA0LETS.

There are nearly 10000 known me-
dlcnal remedies,
.~6
Uncle Sam will dig that canal in a
way that will scoop the world.
~eIA
The whole world seems to be brush
ing the dust off It's war material.
-
Possibly Cubas success In raising
that S2aNO,OOO loan has given the
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19

Russia has an autOcratic government
Of the most antique form Of despotism.
no religious liberty, 10 freedom Of
speech. no ballot, no PUZZLE school sys.
TEN. no congress, no other legislative
body. no constitution, no tolerance Of
progress In any form and only thin
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19

Port Arthur has not begun cOntrlbut-
Ing to the magazines, ana neither does
she announce her intention Of going
upon the stage. Some people waste
their opportunities just terribly.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19
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A Boston man who had been steal.
ing Cor years and juggling the books
was discovered In his wrOngdoing pure.
~ by accident. One of the wonders
of the age Is the ease with which
books can be made by IN expert to
cover up shortages.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19

The girls are crying out against the
ruling that bank officials must not
marry on Il salary of less than $1,000
year. They think the officers might
ut least have waited until leap year Is
over. How contemplate II clerk must
feel when he refuses the offer of a
pretty girl and gives her the reason.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19

WnNt u strange, lncOmprehen6tDle
thing IL the behavior of human beings,
and how little even the wisest know of
It! One reads Of ThermOpylae and
Bnlaklava and the calm, hopeless fOrti-
tude Of men on sinking ships until his
blood burns and tingles with the tales.
The next morning the story of Il thea
ter fire stares him In the face ana he
learns how, In the twinkling of an eye,
gentle-mannered, kindly men ana WON
en- We're changed to maddened cattle,
shrleking with fear, trampling each
other into the earth, absolutely sense
less, absolutely reckless. Is there any
thing stranger, anything more terribly
Ing than this contrast? 1t Is the same
human nature which shows In the one
case and In the other. Even the man
| who wears the Victoria Cross on his
breast cannot be sure that in to-mor.
rows crisis he may not find himself
| fighting crazily with his fellows to es-
| cape some terror which he has not
even stopped to look In the face. There
lies the horror-the thought that each
| one of us carries this demon In his
breast, to be aroused he knows not
where or when, Has psychology any
| light to throw on the matter? Is there
any way in which a man may kill his
own wild beast? The only hope lies In
| sefstudy ana self-restraint. 1t takes
n body of people to make a panic, al
! though one person may start it; and
, here, rs In most affairs of life. the
greater force rules. The thing to do
then, Is to make reason that greater
force, instead of terror. Every indl-
vidual member of n crowd which may
become n panlc-strlcken mob Is under
obligation to see that his contribution,
his strength, counts for reason and NOT
for terror; and the man who fails In
such crisis must forever after count
himself a coward and murderer. The
whole country was hOrrified by the
Chicago theater fire. Yet no man
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19

No man knows the sound of his own
voice. He hears himself through two
channels-the outer ear and the eusta-
chan tube. He hears his friend through
the ear only. Hence, he would rather
listen to himself than to his friend.
Try your voice in gramaphone. At
first you will not recognize 1t. But you
will Immediately identify that of your
friend.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19
I6A

A Chicago bank Is trying to enforce
rule that Its employees shall not mar
ry until drawing II salary of ut least
81 600 Il year. or course 1t Is presumed
the restriction would not apply to II
fascinating $500 clerk who happened to
be proposed to this year by beautiful
blonde millionairess.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19

to eat any more than any other work.
ingman: he does not need to wear any
more clothes; he needs no more slei.
ter; no more warmth. But he puts on
more frills and feathers. He feeds his
vanity more. which costs money. The
cost of living cannot be fixed by any
standard. 1t varies from S3OOsR year
for some preachers TO S3OO,OOO a year
for some fashion leaders mt Newport.
Even a great Chicago bank has not
power to control the financial affairs of
the humblest family. 1t is one of the
commonest rights of the citizens of this
blessed country to spend all they've
got Certainly. it's mans right. even
il he be a Chicago bank clerk. to sup.
port Il wife on less than $1,000 n year,
IL the woman Is willing. The great
majority of married men in this coun-
try do it. And they are the intellec-
tual moral and political stay of the
republic.
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Sir John Lubbock said he was dis.
posed to think that the readers of the
next generation will not be the lawyers
and doctors. shopkeepers and manufac.
turers. but the laborers and mechanics.
docs not that seem naturalY' says
the eminent Englishman. "The former
work mainly with their head; when
| their daily duties are over the brain
is often exhausted. and of their leisure
time much must be devoted to air and
exercise. The laborer and mechanic,
on the contrary. besides working often
| for much shorter hours, have i'm their
| wOrktime taken sufficient bodily ex-
ercisc. and could. therefore. give any
leisure they might have to reading and
study" If the observation Is true in
England, II Is especially true I'm this
country. where thinking il less tram
mced by class and tradition. In
deed. the prophecy of Sir John Is in
a large way to be realized I'm this
country in this generation. American
workingmen are well informed. They
read and think. They invent machines.
And they are able to hold their own in
any discussion of current themes. Es-
pccially is this true of skilled work.
ingmen and those who exercise their
thinking In the trades unions. And
the farmers. Much of the straight
thinking Of this generation is being
done by the farmers. Conditions on the
farm are favorable to consecutive and
sound reasoning. The farmer has time
for a deliberate. long look ut things.
He has time to walk entirely round n
proposition and view 1t from all sides.
His conclusions are usually sane. In
fact. IL Sir John lubbock will examine
our history he will discover that our
"working classes have always be.
longcd to our thinking classes"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19
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Wages In Russian factories are
cents an hour and upward. There
are thousands vino work for Il cent nn
hour and tens of thousands who do
not receive 30 cents day for ten,
eleven and more hours work.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19

China Is willing to let the Russians
and Japs fight Oh her territory, and
spoil her crops, and take the gems
from her mines, and wreck her cities,
and annex her provinces, ana scourge
her peOple-but she gives notice that
II anything Is done to the tombs of
her ancestors there will be trouble of
seventeen different kinds all ut once.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19
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For some years the POstOflice De.
partment endcavorcd vainly to per.
suadc Congress to make certain
| changes In the classification of mail
matter. Then the department decided
| that under the existing law II had the
| right to do practically that for which
| 1t had asked the authority of u new
law. and proceeded to act accordingly.
Those who were aggricvcd by this nc.
ton asked Congress TO undo what the
department had done: but Congress has
not complied with the request. This
| experience IL so typical Ms TO deserve
analysis. apart from interest In the leg.
islatlon itself. Expressed nlgcbralcal.
ly. Congress refused to say that xyz
was the law, and then as emphatlcally
refused to say that Xyz was not the
law. 'There Is u wide difference" re-
marked Senator Dolllvcr, In discussing
this situation, "betwecn passing law
TO accomplish certain thing. and In
falling to pass Il law to undo It," Such
Il situation frequently arises. Our con-
stituents, State and national; our laws
and our court decisions all throw II
tremendous burden of proof upon those
who try to change the existing order of
affairs. II the national pure food laws
which have been agitatcd for twenty
years with only partial success We're
once on the statute book. 1t would take
more than forty years to shake them.
Those who propose new legislation
have the uphill task: those who resist
1t have the advantage of gravity with
them. Think of the slow progress the
metric system has made. and then fan.
cy the difficulty Of getting 1t displaced
in favor of the present weights and
measures. We're 1t In well-established
use. English adherence to pounds,
shllllngs and pence IL another instance
Of inertia In legislation. The attitude
Of reluctance toward change Is one of
tho saving forces In society. Surpris.
ingly great IL the number of wise prac-
tees Of the law which we enjoy be.
cause they were deeply embedded In
the past rather than because public
sentiment especially demands them.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19

a big national bank In Chicago has
served notice that 'employes Of this
bank receiving salary of less than
81 600 a year must not marry without
first consulting the bank officials and
obtaining their approval" officials Of
the institution explain with the state.
ment that II il foolish for a man to
attempt In Chicago to support wife,
to say nothing of family of children,
OH less than the income named. The
soulful interest here shown by THE
bank officials In the welfare of their
employees Is touchingly beautiful! Yet,
1t might be pertinent--Or maybe imper-
| tinent-to inquire as to what proper
ton of Chicago families actually do
live on less than $1,000 year. In the
absence of exact statistics, 1t Is safe
to guess that ut least half the families
of Chicago live on less than that
amount. The average income of fam
lilies in the United States Is less than
$500 year. Ii Is natural that In II
bank, where money Is the whole thing,
Income should be regarded as the prime
essential of happy marriage. But, as
a matter of actual fact, 1t Is the least
important, Who will say that the mil,
lionaire, with his unreasonable sources
OF income, is happier in his home life
than the mechanic who is limited to
his ~ Il day. The peal of merry laugh,
tcr---do you hear 1t come from the man,
sion! Or from the cottage? The IA,
diant, care-free loOls-dO you see it In
the face of the fine lady in her carriage
with her beribbOned and scented poodle
in her lap? Or In the face of the work,
ingman's wife. who, with her babe a,
her breast, and her hourly tasks, feels
that the world holds much for her
worth having? The things absolutely
essential to the happy home are
strangely few. Chief among them are
labor and love. Neither of these costs
money. But both Of them often fly
from 1t. A bank clerk does not need
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19

A woman can sIund II much better
TO have a rainstorm come UP when
she is out in her good clothes than
to have 1t clear up when she Is out
in her old ones which she wears only
in bad weather.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19

The per capita circulation is no.
s3o.2l. the highest point ever reache
in this country.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19
Porto Ricans dazzling misconception
of the beauties of independence.

They used to ask where all the pins
went to. Where does all the loose
change go?
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19

against big game like that" and SO
we spend our lives eating ut the lunch
counter instead of dining at the club.
We're all folks" playing the same
kind of a game. only playing 1t on diff
ferent scales. Now. how's your nerve
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-15

TAUNTON. Mass, Dee. 15.-Con-
WINGED that an attempt is being made TO
kin her. Jane TOppan, "a nurse. who ad-
United that she poisoned thirty-One per-
sons. is slowly starving herself to death
in the Taunton Insane Asylum, TO which
n court committed her for life.
She Imasines that everybody is seek
ing 10 poison her. and has fought the
encrts of the physicians and nurses at
the hospital 10 have her take uOurish-
meut in normal way.
The experts who have been watching
hes SIGHT now say that il cannot last
much longer. They now speak of her
impending death as a matter of days
and hours.
All the people who befriendcd her in
the course OF her trial would stin be
willing To help her, but she thinks they
are prosecuting her the worst Of all.
BY a strange Tetribuuon she is now
mentally passing through the agonies
which her victims suffered. No one but
the Taunton Hospital authorities know
how much weight she has lost, and they
are guarding the details of her case
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-15
4TH IHhUNES ELECT
il. MAY FOR COMMANDER
Ladies Auxiliary Gives COLLATION. and
Euchre to Spanish War Veterans
Command

The annual election of the Fourth I'm
mune Command. Spanish War Vet
Grams, was held last night IN the CONF
mand clubrooms. 7l9 Sixth Street north
west
The following officers We're chosen 10
serve throughout the ensuing year: Com
mander, Joseph l.. May; senior vice
commander, W. L. Herbert; chaplain
Samuel Bradford: officer Of the day.
Joseph BertinO; officer Of the guard
William c. Taliaferro; qulrtermaster'
Charles Richer Edward IL. Bryan,
Robert Fl. Bowdler and Frank PlaIz
were chosen trustees
II The largest number of veterans that
have attended any meeting held by the
command during the year We're present
last night
At the conclusion Of the election the
ladies' auxiliary gave a complimentary
luncheon followed by euchre.
over fifty couples We're present, ana
the affair was voted the most success
ful social function the command mas
ever given.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-15

Down the Pike with Mrs. Wigs
Books and Authors-Table Ring
Game-The Century Ride-Bam-
booZIe Game-Donkey Game-ROund
tie WOrld-Go-Ba ng-American Fire
-FOOtball-Tattered Tom
Ben, the Luggage BOy--Ragged
Dick-The Fast Mail-Uncle Sam 3
an-GOlf-Bicycle Race-Nest-
ed Bloclxs-American Jack Straws-
Peter Goddess Trip 10 New York
Old Maid-EmbOssed DOmiuCes-Out-
line of United States-And others.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-15

American Eagle-Game Of Famous
Men-Authors - Parquetry Blocks
Lotto - Steamship Puzzle Sectional
Birds-Donkey Participating Party
The Little COWDOy-Egg and spoon
Race-CrOQuet Sets-Amcrlcun Fire
Department-Pitc "A Riug-Painting
Outfit-Tiddledy WmkS-WhO's Whot
Rough Riders-Train Tor Boston
Little Ones Tea Purty-And others.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-15
SOUTHERN RAILWAYS
WILL LOCATE ALIENS
Anxious to Fan in With Proposals Of
the immigration Bureau to Dis
tribute Incoming Population

Several railroad men called upon Com
missioner General Frank T. Sargent, of
the Bureau OF immigration. today with
reference 10 the Commissioner plan TO
distribute aliens, as fast as they reach
the United States, i'm parts of the eoun-
try where they are needed.
The conferences were informal. IL
seems that the Southern and Southwest
on railroads are much more anxious TO
set immigrants than are the Western
roads.
Those from the South expressed them
selves as wanting as many italians and
other south of Europe men and women
as possible in many cases 10 replace ne-
gro labor
1t is said by the railroad men that the
planter the mill man. and the Southern
manufacture. generally, has come 20 the
final conclusion that the negro is not
reliable enough. nor Intelligent enough 10
make il possible for the South 10 dis
lance the North, and that something has
10 be done 10 overcome the Northern
labor advantage.
My idea, o." said Commissioner Sar-
gent this morning. lis 10 get the immi-
grants 20 parts of the country where
tney can best earn livelihood for them
selves, and az the same time benefit
the United States more than they are
now doing.
.The trouble is that the majority Of
immigrants have the habit OF sitting
down in whatever big city they arrive.
get work, and remain there all of their
lives. Many have not the means 10 get
out of these cities on their arrival.
Il have such a case before me today.
Now II work can be found for these peO-
pie in other parts OF the country where
a population is needed, this trouble VIII
be overcome
Arrangements are being talked over
10y which. If they come TO anything, the
railroads may hnd employment in the
tCWn on their systems. or furnish new
Corners with smell farms,
Another conference is to be held next
week
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-15
Seaboard Trains to Florida.

Leave Washington 1850 a. m. and SOS
J. m. daily. Particulars at Office, 1921
Pa Ave
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Woman in. an Asylum
Is Starving Herself
Jane TOppan, Who Confessed to Poisoning
81 Persons, lmagines There Is Con-
SpiraCy to End Her Life

carefully Il is stated. however, that
she is pitiably eniecbled and weak. ply
steal and mental degeneration and decay
being almost complete.
During the moments when her reason
is uncolored By her morbid imaginings
she wants the hospital attendants to
make sure that no one gets he~ body so
that IL may be dissected. She wants TO
be CTemated.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-15

New Chicago Sleeper, c. & o. Ry.
$50 p. m. only one night out
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-15

Ei-@5 DdItIllOIS anu 1~clulns d o y. Nm
Saturday and Sunday. All trains both
ways both days. except Royal Limited.
Hourly Service" Saturday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-15

S1.z5 Baltimore and Return, B. & o. R.R.
Every Saturday and Sunday. Tickets
good returning until Sunday night.
Hourly Service Saturday
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-15

Transparent Paper Tablets-Politic-
fan-TiddlCdy Winks-PcJer cOddles-
Jack Straws-LOttC-Nes Blocks
A 3 G. Cubes-HOme AuthOrs-Old
Maid-Checkers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-15
Silk Mumers.

Handsome effects from 50c 10 s.. 50
Heavy white oxford Shirts $50.
CHILDREN : BUSTER BROWN
SWEATERS, 8 10 years. SOC 10 81 d..
Mems and Boys Sweaters, zoe TO
$500
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-15

New York-Pretty Pets LottO-Go-
Bang - American Bank Game of
Bags-Onicp BOy-JaCk and Jill-PO-
tatO Race-Table Croquet-Ring Toss
-Carromette - DOminoes - Pitch
Ring-MeTry Christmas Magic Hoops
-ROulette-Targets Pins-Baga-
telle.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-15
A DASH FOR SUCCESS.

How q German woman. by sheer
audacity. rose from the gutter TO
wealth and social position, will be
among the good points Of the com
ing Sunday paper.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-15

One lot Of 500 Rag Dolls. choice Of
more than a dozen styles, "a inches high.
including the popular Quaker dolls
and COlOred Nanny dolls
All good shape. well made and stuffed
They are regularly priced as A GREAT
DEPARTMENT LEADER az 25c. To-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-15
ASKS FOR MORE POWER
ON INTERSTATE COMMERCE

The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion has completed its report TO Con-
gross. The report viii be made public
Monday.
The Commissioners make important
recommendations concerning their work
and their inability TO enforce the law
They ask for more power, including the
right TO fix re- ties and enforce them.
Some amusement has been created at
the offices of the commission by reports
which have appeared in print 10 the
effect that the commission Is wrong
fully trying to influence legislation in
the attempts 10 have Congress pass a
new law.
The commission, IL is announced, has
a perfect right 10 do this If il so de-
sires. as il is subordinate to Congress
only. and such an appeal is perfectly
proper.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-15

One lot Of 200 JOINTED Kid-body
dolls. Il inches tall, sold regularly at
Sl.25 Have moving eyes, kid arms
bisquc hands. shoes and stockings one
Of the prettiest dolls we've had
Tomorrow while they last at........
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-15
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Innocence Abroad Worlds Fair-So
bat. Parlor Baseball-Clrcus - An
Others.