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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-17
cry nal 0RAFTERS.

A CRATER is the lowest form Of
thief.
He is worse than purlOiner OF
door mats.
The public pays him 10 he respect
able and he accepts his salary and
then robs his employer.
The Mayor whose term expired this
spring, Harrison, had eight years in
which to learn all about grating and
grafters.
And this Is the public statement
which Harrison made in September
1894:
II know that there Is grating in
many departments in the city, but !
am powerless To stop II.
II know men in this building who
are receiving graft, in big sums, too,
hut am unable to bring the proof
required by the civil service law.
There is dishonesty in nearly every
city office. and in the eighteen months
which ! have left Of my term ! will
make it pretty interesting for some
city employees"
This Is the legacy left for Mayor
Dunno by his predecessor.
| Mayor Dunno hates grafters.
The people who elected him hate
them also.
| Ii Is graft and nothing but graf
which Is running the republic.
| The graftcrs In the City Hall should
be turned ont OF office.
The srafters in the City Hall should
be jailed.
They should be openly exposed and
openly punished.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-17
our ROTTEN CHy GOVERNMENTS.

A bloody revolution is impending in
this country.
1t will not be between capital and
labor. as many suppose.
1t will be an uprising of the people,
rich and poor alike, against grating
otfice-holders.
Most of the city governments are
rotten to the core.
When men can be retained upon
public pay.rolls who are known to be
bribe.takers,
When men hold public Office who
steal right and left,
Who protect crime,
Who shield wrong,
And who refuse to enforce wise
laws for mercenary reasons,
1t Is time for the people to get ropes
and do little hanging.
4 corrupt government Is no govern.
ment ut all.
We talk about Russia!
There Is no city In Russia as cor
ruptly governed as Chicago Is and has
been governed for years.
1t Is graft everywhere.
And graft where you ought never
find ton the police force.
a public official In Chicago who Is
not CRATER Is looked upon with con.
tempt by some political bosses.
\ public official who consorts with
criminals, protects gamblers. wnks a,
crime and accumulates property Is
looked up to as a prince.
No Mayor dare depOse him.
Perhaps some Of the Mayors have
been looking for slice of good
thing themselves.
What other explanation have we?
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-17
LARGEST
WEEKLY CIRCULATION
IN CHICAGO.
CRAFTiE0 OFFICIALS SHOULD BE
TREATED AS TRAiTORS.

Chicago Daily Journal, June 5:
Graft Is the curse of government In
America-national. state and munich.
pal graft.
IL did not take Expert Dalrymple
long TO discover that the graft curse
rests upon Chicago. and that. until II
has been lifted. municipal ownership
and operation of the street ear lines
will be full OF perils.
The time has come when the public
must change its attitude toward graft
and grafters in public Office. For too
long that attitude has been one of toll
erance.
When ii became known that an Off.
cfal was enriching himself at the en-
pense of the taxpayers, too many peo-
pie have been merely amused by the
knowledge. There has been a general
belief that II was no particular crime
TO rob the city or the state or the ma
tiOnal government. Public office was
openly sought rs Il means of personal
enrichment. and II an Otfice-hOlder died
poor there was an Outburst of amaze
ment.
That time is rapidly going by. Pub.
lie morality has improved. the public
conscience has grown more severe.
II is now seen by the great majority
Of citizens that graft in office is trea.
son, that grating officials are traitors.
When u public servant steals the pub
iic money intrusted 10 him for the
public benefit. his crime, does not DIFF
fer In kind from that OF the officer who
in time of war betrays fleet or an
army 10 the enemy.
Nor should there he any difference
In the punishment assigned for the
TWO Offenses. The man who pockets
money contributed by the taxpayers
for the benefit Of the city's health or
peace or safety. and thus lessons any
ought 10 be strung up by the sher.
IN.
To take an example here at home,
there Is the graf ter who has prOtited
by the waste of city water and IL
whose greed II Is due that thousands
Of families have been unable to gel
the abundant supply of it TO which they
were entitled. This kind of grating
has undoubtedly cost the lives OF Il
great number of infants and has been
the cause of much sickness and suf
fcring.
Is any punishment too severe for tn,
public official who Is responsible fol
IL?
He is as truly a traitor as though
he had brought an armed enemy int
the city.
Graft Is the national curse. 1t mus
be removed, and the way to remove !
Is 10 make an example of the CRATER
by treating them as we treat traitors
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-17

hives at supprcsslng free. open and
above.board investigation will feel the
public wrath sooner or later.
Well. Inspector Hunt has not yet
cooked" Chief O'Neill.
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A police official who spends his
nights in gambling club should be-
dropped from the force.
As Harrison did not take the graft.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-17

why OI,eary enjoyed immunity at
your hands?
II SO, what WAS It?
Were You and O'Leary members Of
the same "club on Flfty-frst streetY
Did you ever discuss matters with
Mr.. O'IEary ut the club?
Are you still member of this
"club"?
Is O'Leary?
More anon.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-17

thing by this time about the laws Of
the State of Illinois and the ordinances
of the city of Chicago.
Answer few more questions.
Why. Inspector Hunt, did you allow
James O'Ieary to maintain his great
gambling house and handbook head.
quarters In your district for so many
years?
Why was 1t necessary to send police
officials from outside districts to raid
OLeary's place?
Was there any particular reason
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-17

Mayor Crcgier was personally an
honest, upright man and good Off
cial. But the City Hall grafters and
policemen who handled gambling graft
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-17

LEGNER,
as a Sanitary Trustee.
out there cannot solve a murder mys.
terry they always say that the deceased
committed suicide. And that settles IL.
Is Inspector Hunt interested to any
extent In the "white City"
Has the so.called white City" been
constructed with due regard to the
building ordinance? An investigation
by the building department might sup.
ply an interesting answer to this ques.
ton.
Hon. James NJ. Doyle. the able and
reliable West Side justice Of the peace,
would be a first-class man for the mu.
nicipal court bench.
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The Mooney Il Boland Detective
Agency ranks among the greatest In
the world.
How many lines of business engage
Inspector Hunts attention?
~SA
There Is more crime In the Hyde
Park police district than In all the
other police districts put together, but
fewer arrests and less police Interior
ence with 1t.
The Hunt gang are busily engaged
In vilifying the Citizens Association.
Hunt Is the last OF the old Town Of
Hyde Park and Town Of Lake official
gang now In Job. All Of the gang
got rich. kut Hunt hangs on forever.
Charles T.. Bllger would make an ex.
cellent member Of the Board Of SAM.
tary Trustees.
Clean out the barnacles, Mr.. Mayor!
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Why should Mayor Dunno be com.
PEELED to shoulder the rotten gang that
Mayor Harrison openly called thieves
and then shielded during the late al.
minlstration?
Hon. Elbridge Hanecy Is enjoying In
his private practice as II lawyer the
great success which his fine reputation
as jurist and an advocate deserves.
James O'Leary, who for years ran
the largest hand book and gambling
establishment In the world In Inspect
or Hunts police district, il very anx'
ious to have Hunt made Chief Of Po'
lice.
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Will the White City seem half a.
good to Inspector Hunt as the World
Fair or the Washington Park track?
Besley's famous Waukegan Brew
ing Company has recently started
lager beer brewery and il furnishing
one of the finest brews Of that kim
that can be had. Besley's lager beer Il
a bottled beer, is carefully brewed ant
always In fine condition. Already tn
demand for this beer Is such as to indl
cate that In the near future its busl
ness will be one Of the largest In tn
| hn tVo ~. Il, tho cn,rntrv
Alderman George X. Schmidt r.
fleets creUt on the Twenty-fOurt
Ward as Its representative In the Cit
Council.
John A. Carroll, the prosperous rea
estate man, 1856 East sd street, woul
make an excellent Drainage Trustee
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Harry Il. Gibbons, one OF Chicago
most successful manufacturers, is
man whose name as candidate 70
Drainage Trustee would strengthe
the Democratic ticket.
Government Of graft, by graft an
for graft must cease In Chicago.
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The protection of grafters mus
cease.
~S
Nec-IsOc Is the water for the live
ana kidneys. 1t restores them
health.
Give us an honest and open graft II
vestigation at the City Hall.
/. ~
0 Mayor Harrison declared that ther
3 was grating In every department @
I the City Hall. AS the same men al
still In office, the public demands q
investigation.
. The people want to know all ab0u
In no
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-17

WILLIAM
Who Desires Re.electio,
intense interest. These two WORTHLESS
have a grand spread" every day at
the Hyde Park station. and 1t would
do whoever Is putting up for 1t good
to see them tackle 1t.
Who are the big grafters that the
city officials are afraid Of exposing?
Who?
Why this desire to quell all open In.
vestigations into City Hall graft? The
public Is getting interested.
Drink Ncc.Roc and keep well.
~e
Those who appreciate a first.class.
well-iiavoret. mellow whisky should
drink Napier Tandy, one Of the purest
brands Of whisky on the market. This
fine old whisky is thoroughly aged.
possesses a rich. pleasant flavor. and
has been truly called 1.-THE very soul
Of corn"
Napier Tandy can be had at every
first-class bar, cafe and buffet In Chi
cago. and Is supplied by the we'll
known and successful wholesale firm
Of John ]. Keenan, n Co., $50 West
4 al. >1,t Ntvs,, |, toll fnV In
excellence Of its goods, and Napier
Tandy Is one Of the best brands 1t has
ever put upon the market.
IL you want first-class drink OF
whisky do not forget to ask for Nap
per Tqndy. 1t Is the square whisky in
the square bottle; drink 1t and you will
experience satisfaction.
~
Has the stud poker game at the
Hyde Park police station been sus.
lended?
william c. Doyle would make m ex.
cellent member Of the Board Of Trus.
tees OF the Sanitary District.
0>
| Edward A. Decker would make n
good Judge. He is upright and able.
| Does Deputy Inspector Burns 60 out
regularly with Both Hands Hunt for
a little game?
Hunt Is no friend Of the Hearst bill
or of any other law for the improve.
ment Of the condition Of the ordinary
citizen. He knows which side his
bread Is buttered on. No Hearst bills
for him.
| Nec.ROc. of which fine water y. *
Schumacher, Of 1856 Jackson boule.
ward, Is the agent, is growing In popu'
larity daily.
The best way to kill police graft IL
to fire the grafters.
&eA
There Ia n good deal of Hatch Houst
influence about the City Civil Service
Board anyway.
No man who opposes open graft In
vestigation should be permitted T.
remain Oh the city Civil Service Board
~e~
Mayor Dunno should remove Civil
Service Commissioner Errant.
Drink Nec-I.oc water If you wan
to feel good.
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There Is no trouble about fndin
out who the grafters are in the Cit
= Hall. An open, free-fOr-all investig,
ton will develop the facts.
A police official who consOrts wit
=. gambling kings and openly denounce
q police officials who are doing thel
I duty, should be discharged.
Both Hands Hunt has been on tn
police force since 1871.
In other words, he was traveln
heat at the time of the Great Chicag
Fire.
He should have been retired te
years ago, but his usefulness to tn
=, Hyde Park ana Town of Lake rim
, kept him in his job.
!. ~6A
!. The Hermann graft investigation wa
stopped for fear 1t "might spread ia
S far" Civil Service Commissioner Ii
!. rant Is afraid of a public graft invest
J. CATION for fear 1t "might spread Ia
+ far" Why? Why? Why? Why?
there some big game in the woods thu
needs protection?
~9A
8 There Is one distinguishing mar
n about great police sagacity In tn
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-17

Are they servants Of the people. paid
salaries for looking after the interests
of the people. or are they paid to look
n ftcr the interests Of criminals!
This question has been suggesting
itself to the people of Chicago for a
long time.
Some years ago. a person. In the uni
form OF an inspector Of police. was
hailed before Judge GOggin for con.
tempt Of court.
As Is customary with police inspect.
ors. this person conceived that he was
bigger than the Circuit Court OF Cook
County.
Judge Goggin looked over the gold.
lace covered fellow. eyed his gold.
striped arms and then commenced his
decision by saying: "A policeman Is
the lowest officer known to the law
And so he Is.
But Il Chicago inspector Of police. In
some instances. imagines himself SO
great. in proportion to the law. that
he ignores the laws existence ana pat
ronizes those who violate II.
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People noticed during the Herman
inquiry that whenever the investiga
ton got on a particularly hot trail II
was always switched Off. Why!
Why are they afraid Of general
graft inquiry at the City Hall?
~
Graft causes discomfort among the
people.
~6A
Graft will bring on revolution II 4
is not squelched now.
~
How can we have honest municipal
ownership with grafters in all the OF
tices!
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Has James O'Leary thanked Inspcc
tor Nicholas Hunt for permitting hi
great gambling house ana handboO
headquarters W rum III Nioiu'ioil VI VI
law in Hunts police district?
This is a question that one hear
upon all sides.
O'Lcary's great pool room and gan
. bling house existed for many years i
the very heart of the police distric
presided over by Inspector Hunt, IA
mlliarly known to the public as bot
Hands" Hunt.
For years, this great gambling hOus
in Both Hands" district was tn
headquarters for the boOkmaking Fl;
ternity of Chicago.
1t had qualifications all over the cit
ana an agent in every block.
The amount OF money passln
through the hands of Mr., O'Leary an
his agents every day has been est
mated at four hundred thousand do
lars.
Chicago cried out in vain that /,
! youth was being corrupted and its bus
ness being destroyed by this awful II
stitution, but Inspector Hunt, he c
the Both Hands sat suplne.
Why?
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The manner in which Hunt and b
pal, Deputy Inspector Burns, eat the
/ way TO glory during tho strike Is
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-17

ers out with him. the present city al.
ministratiOn owes 1t to itself to find
out who they are and discharge them.
%6
The hlg grafters should he turned
out as well as the little grafters.
~0A
Inspector Hunt!
You have been on the police force
since 1871. ana ought to know some
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-17

Oh, the Hunt police. district is a
crackerjack How much longer will
people have to stand for this sort Of
thing;
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-17
EAoLETS.


The fewer Mlnwcgcns we have in
public Office the better.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-17

The manner in which Hunt and his
pal, Deputy Inspector Burns, eat their
way to glory during tho strike Is Of
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-17

ruined his administration, as everyone
knows.
&aA
What do you think Of Mayor who
will keep grafters in office? Harrison
did It. even after he had openly and
publicly announced that the City Hall
was full of them.
~6A
No friend Of Mayor Dunno wants
any Of Harrison lis grating friends
in Office.
The friends Of Harrison II. think
that they can knock Mayor Dunno.
criticise his administration and hold
on to their jobs ut the same time.
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The Harrison gang are pushing John
Minwegen for Sanitary Trustee! This
is the limit.
II the city Is afraid TO expose its
grafters now what will 1t do when
municipal ownership gives it 10000 ad-
ditional employees to deal with!
>6A
Harrison said there was grating In
every department of the city govern
ment. That was only few months
ago. Let's see where 1t Is.
The people want Municipal Owner.
ship. but they want the grafters turned
out first.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-17

The Hermann graft investigation was
stopped for fear 1t ''might spread too
far" Civil Service Commissioner Err
rant is afraid of public graft investI-
CATION for fear 1t "might spread too
far" Why? Why? Why? Why? Is
there some big game in the woods that
needs protection?
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-17

There is one distinguishing mark
about great police sagacity In the
Hyde Park district. When the police
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-01-12
Last Years Great Fire Losses.
Philadelphia Press.

Philadelphia Press.
The enormous losses by fire during the
pact year, totaling $3.50, 100000, and being
the largest in the history of the country,
seem to indicate that modern methods of
building and protection hsye not yet been
made effective.
Leaving out the losses by the great Bal
timore fire, the record of 1904 would still
be more disastrous than that Of any recent
year save 1900, and but little below that.
This fact cannot be regarded as encourag-
ing, in view of the steady endeavor to i'm
prove on methods of construction and TO
secure fireproof building as far ss possible.
In most cities, also; there has been inn
provement IL the system for fighting fires,
particularly in the matter Of water sup
ply.
While the general statistics are deplor-
able it is gratifying to know that Pbila-
delphia has been an exception and has
been less sufferer than most other large
cities. This is due to additional precau-
tons and to the laying of high pressure
mains for special fire service, already
worth to property owners all that has
been expended on them. No immediate
advantage will be gained from the insur'
ance companies on that account, however;
when great losses occur they recover
wherever they can. and their best chance
is in localities where Losses are comp ara.
lively small.
The exceptional waste, therefore, is
something that objects the whole country.
The only good result it can have is to
prompt all interests, property owners and
insurance companies alike, to work to-
gether for still more rigid means Of pro-
lection.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-01-12
WOULD KILL INCURABLES.
French Professor Advocates Ending
Lives Of Seriously Afflicted
Patients.

A French professor Is advocating the
establishment of bathrooms in hospit-
ais, where patients affected with incur
able diseases who have lost all desire
to prolong their days may at their own
request be sent painlessly out OF the
world, says the Newark News. 1t is ex-
tremely doubtful If such measures will
ever be adopted in France or any other
civilized country. Occasionally peopls
are met with among ourselves who pre-
Tess to believe that this kind Of work
is done in some hospitals, but they are
quite wrong 1t is the business Of the
physicians and all those connected with
the care of the sick to prolong human
life, not to shorten it, and under no cir
cumstances whatever do they consider
themselves justified in departing from
this rule. To put people to death be-
cause of incurable disease would tend to
diminish the sanctity of human life, and
possibly open the door to the commits
sion of many crimes.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-01-12
MODERN PILGRIM VILLAGE.
Town Of Duxbury at Plymouth Bay
Is as Picturesque as in
Antiquity.

Quantity picturesque Is the little Pill
grim town Of Duxbury, declares Austin
Cook, in Four-Track News. The water
of Plymouth bay washes its long sandy
beach, while to the south rises the green
slope of Captains hill. 1t was the sec
ond settlement made by our forefathers,
and still clinging to 1t are the memories
Of those early days. Miles Standish was
the ruling spirit and at one time owned
the greater part of the village. Who
does not feel a personal affection for the
"redoubtable" captain, with his quick
temper and his warm heart? Although
not at that time member Of the Pilgrim
communion, he left all the wealth and
luxury of his ancestral home In England,
and cast his lot with these devout and
sincere people, and most efficiently did
he serve them. Before they left the
May fower" he was chosen military
commandant. and soon proved his cour-
age by penetrating into an Indian en-
campment and dealing with them so
summary that ever after they stood in
awe Of the man, who tho little In stat
ure, was great in strength"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-01-12
SHOCK BRINGS BACK VOICE
Physician Says That Electricity If
Judiciously Used Often
Restores Speech.

A young woman who had not been
able to speak for five years has recov-
cred her voice through electricity. One
Of the hospital surgeons who operated
said: I'VE occasionally get patients who
are unable to speak, not through any
organic ailment, but simply because
they are in hysterieal condition, and
we often cure them by strong electric
shock. AS rule they yell out, and then
they have no excuse for not being able
to speak. We do not suggest that such
patients have been shamming They ac-
tualIy cannot speak, although there is
nothing wrong with their voice. They
are the kind of patients who sometimes
go under quack treatment and make re-
markable' cures. There is good deal OF
faith healing In this matter" Swedish
doctors having found minute pieces OF
enamel from granite" ware in cases OF
appendicitis, 1t Is surmised that the
common use of this ware may have some
thing to do with the prevalence OF ap-
pendicitis.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-01-12
Dealing With Runaway Husbands.
Hartford Times.

Hartford Times.
A very old question in the management
of charitable relief has been taken up by
the United Hebrew Charities in New
York in determination to apply to the
Legislature for law to punish runaway
husbands. The society is convinced that
many husbands desert their wives who
would not DO so but for the belief that the
family would be provided for by charity if
they disappeared. The society seems to
feel that even men who did not care much
for their families would generally 60 on
maintaining them if they were assured
that without this the children would
stsrve. There is this much to be said for
the proposition that the Law interfere, that
it is possible for man to escape too easily
at the present the responsibilities he as.
sumes in marriage.