Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-11-19
eAeLETS.

One pretty myth after another IL
vanishing. 1t Is found that Mary CHI.
ton was not the first person TO land
from the MayfOwer and that the land
ing Of the body Of pilgrims did not oc.
cur on rorefathers' day. rs was sup
posed. For the sake Of the numerous
MnyaOwer societies, It IL to be hoped
1t will not finally come to light that
there was no landing. no MayfOwcr
and no pilgrim fathers and mothers.
and consequently no descendants.
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laws of the country Of which the par
tics IRE citizens. The same principle
applies to the divorce laws Of our own
country. The doctrine Of state rights
would interposc a bar to the enactment
Of a federal divorce law. but 1t Is Mt
least feasible for the various states to
conform their laws on this subject
and to render as difficult as possible
the current abuse Of the law by which
i,on-residents secure divorces by a pre-.
tended residence Of few months In
another State. The whole divorce
question Is worthy Of the most serious
consideration Of all civilized nations,
since the marriage relation IL the basis
Of modern society. Anything that tends
to weaken marital obligations tends to
disrupt society.
In the good time coming there will
not be any slngle.track railroads. nor
any trains going In opposite directions
on the same track; grade crossings will
have been abolished. the rOadbeds,
tracks and rolling stock Of all rail
roads will be as sound and safe as
science. skill and money can make
them. and no effort to insure safety
will be spared. Very few Of our enOr'
nous aggregate of deaths and injuries
by rail would have occurred had oil
OF these conditions been present. II
IL the absence of most Of them that
piles up the appalling list. So long ~
that absence exists. the Strengthening
will 20 Oh. 1t will decrease In pro
portion to the extent to which the Oh
ViOus causes are removed.
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A sensational story Of fifteen years
ago, when motor vehicles were novel
ties, forecast ten terrible things that
might happen II a mOtOrman was
stricken with paralysis or heart dis
ease. 1t is strong situation" still
and 1t deepens In tragic intensity II
one thinks of an elevated train rush
ing along through the darkness will
n dead man In command. Yet thu
Imagination of nOvellsts seldom out
reaches the ingenuity of inventors. i
the motorman on New York subway
train should release his hold on thu
controller handle while the train Is II
motion, not only will the current b,
shut Off, but the emergency brakes
will be set. That things shall not hap
pen, but shall come to pass regularly
Is the ideal toward which every wis
man plans.
| That incoming aliens are not YER
rigidly scrutinized Is evident from til
astounding figures Of report an
bouncing that 90 per cent OF the IN
mates of New York insane asylums ar
OF alien birth and that no less tina
$50 insane aliens who had been In
mates of foreign insane asylums ar
now awaiting deportation. Meanwhile
of the 474,3S0 individuals who com
prise the average annual immigratlo
into this country Il large percentag
that should come under the head Q
undesirable" and be returned to thei
native shores are allowed to pass wit
II cursory inspection, and by just tia
number is the population OF our citle
augmented by criminals, paupers, bel
CARS, anarchists and the wretched flo
sam and jetsam of the undertow of til
old world.
1t Is quite true, as asserted by til
international congress of lawyers q
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