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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-12
MAYOR DUMMIES PLAN talk.

One of the first things Mayor Dune
did on his return the other day from
his vacation was to make public u
statement declaring war upon graft In
the police force. In discussing this
subject with his Chief of Police. tho
Mayor said:
"Play no favorites and tolerate no
graft"
This Is reassuring. and the public
will thank the Mayor for his instruc
tion to the Chief of Police ana viii
support him IN enforcing it.
Graft. particularly among command
ing officers. can not fail to produce Il
most demoralizng effect on the rank
and file of the force.
That the Mayor has made up his
mind to put an end to this pernicious
habit. and to drive the grafters off the
police force. whether they he inspcc-
tors or common patrolmen. Is evil
denced 10y the words above quoted,
ana which We're addressed earnestly
and positively by the city's chief exec
utive To the general superintendent
OF police on Wednesday last.
No doubt Chief Collins. who has
given proof of his fcarlcssncss rs well
as his ability ana thoroughness in the
discharge of his duty, will obey the
order of the Mayor.
II he does so there may he vacan.
cies In high places rs well rs low
places on the force before long.
The Eagle has no doubt that Chief
Collins will carry out the instructors
OF the Mayor and will do II thoroughly
The public will, as we have said
heartily support him in 1t rs we'll a,
the Mayor. Both officials have til,
confidence of the people, who "c,
upon them for honest and full per
Torrance of their public duty. II
driving graft ont of the police force
Mayor Dunno and Chief Collins ar,
rendering the public most importan
and valuable service.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-12
ROOSEVELT ON ACCUMULATION OF
WEALTH.

In his Harvard address. President
Roosevelt touched on many topics III
his masterful Emperor William style
and said nothing that would not meet
was general approval. But the points
which will sink deepest into the hearts
Of the American people are those
touching the accumulation and dis
pensing of wealth. And this for the
reason that in the last few months the
subject has been debated and acted
upon as never before. 1t Is little sim
gular that on the same day there spoke
other voices which were In unison AMI
need to be needed. The trustees of the
majority Of the Equitable life insrlr-
ance stock, headed by Grover Cleve-
land, made report which was brief,
but in some respects more funda-
mental than the detailed accounts of
official mlsiecds from other sources.
Whatever may be thought of Mr.,
Cleveland in politics, there Is no qucs.
ton rs 10 his rugged honesty and de.
termination. When the trustees eX.
pected from him a salve ae gave them
a dagger. In few words he explained
To the pOlicy-holders that the dcrelic-
tiOns had been so great rs to nearly
send the association on the rocks and
that only retrenchment ana reform
would remedy the evil. on the same
day, James Il, Dill, most eminent of all
American corporation lawyers, who
drew most all Of the charters of the
sO-callcd trusts in the country, is
sailed the corporate greed of the conn
try in way that must have made
some OF his former clients stand
aghast. He knew the mendaclty and
corruption whereof he spoke and can
not be called an anarchist socialist
a favorte term applied 10 all who say
anything at all about the way wealth
Is acquired. He knows the inner Sc
crets Of these men, and If their hearts
fail them for fear, il Is with good rea'
son. when, therefore, the president
declared that there was "A need that
wealth should be less quickly acquired
and that IL was much better for man
10 acquire honestly than TO spend some
Of his surplus In charity, he said what
every righteous man believes 10 be the
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-12
TO COMPLETE Track ELEVATION.

Plans have been perfected by the
city officials for the completion of the
task of elevating all of the railroad
tracks in the city The work Is, Of
course, principally in charge of John
O'Ncill, superintendent of the bureau
of track elevation. About $1,000, 600
worth of work has been mapped out
and when that work has been ended
only spurs ANA branches will have to
be dealt with.
In the completion of this great work
the city of Chicago will have accom-
pliShcd one of its greatest undertake
mgs, aud the committee which has had
charge of IL as well rs the able SUI.
pcrntcndent of the bureau will have
earned an honorable place in the rec
ords of the city.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-12
MODERN WOMAN AND HER way

One of the leading papers of the east
thousands of women studying scdu.
lousy In colleges" and swearing and
cigaret smoking women in inc
clothes" says that the former are "the
real feminine aristocracy of America.
No one will question the superiority of
the sedulOus student over the swear
ing and cigaret smoking woman. Bur
is there not an implication in the desig.
nation Of the former as the real
feminine aristOcracy" which Is a
wholesale injustice? There Is no quar-.
rel to pick with the true college won.
an. She Is all right and the more of
them there are the better Off the
country will be. But what of those
that do not have the opportunity .haI
comes to the college woman! Can
they. do they, have no place in the
real feminine nristocracy of Amer
ica;" what of the girl who struggle,
against adversely during her college
years and In spite of obstacles make
her life II living, positive force
for good In the community
of which she l. u part
What of the woman, without colleg,
education. who has devoted her Who'll,
time to the matchless task of maxim.
| home and To the labors of love which
are nseparably connected with iii,
home life? What of the woman wht
rejoices in the sacrifice which she cal
make in the service of her children an,
Is content with seeing them honOrabl
| and faithful men and women who ar
doing their part In the worlds work
1t Is right that there should be re
| jOlcing because of academic achieve
ment. But let this rejoicing he TEN
pered with reason. There are man.
hearts that are full of regret becaus
they could not do what these other
have done--hearts that are Just a
brave and true and worthy of admlra
ton as are these others. They ar
| willing to bear their share Of the bur
dens of our common life. They vii
bear them untlinchingly and success
fully. They will make their live
count and the world will be better be
cause Of what they do. Their circle o
influence may not he so large rs tina
OF their college trained sisters. but tn
influence itself is just as wholesome
and inspiring.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-12

Mr. John Felt, the well known aud
popular South Side business man,
would make Il first class member of the
city council. Mr.. Felt has conducted
for years II first class and successful
business in iron beds, mattresses, etc,
for years at 2715 South Iinlsted street,
He is known and respected by the en-.
tire community, among whom there Is
a general desire to see him nominated
ana elected as the next alderman of
the Fourth Ward
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-12

Daniel 6, Ramsay Is one of the best
men and will prove one Of the strong
est candidates ever nominated to the
judicial bench by the Democrats of
Cook County. He Is one Of the ablest
and most distinguished members of
the bar of Cook County and Illinois,
and man who would do honor to the
bench. Mr., Ramsay made a distin-
gulshed record as former assistant
States attorney, and has shown him.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-12
EA0LETS.

II Mayor Dunno carries out his plan
for the political extinction of Alder
man John Powers it will be well for
the Democratic party.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-12

ASI0A

Habibullah Kahn Is hereafter to be
referred to by the British government
as "his majesty" The British govern
ment recently recognized him as the
independent King of Afghanistan and
It's dependencies. This fact Is interest
ing because Afghanistan Is buffer
state between Russia and the north
western frontier Of India. Although 1t
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-12

Stuart G. Shepard is one of the best
men nominated for judicial honors in
the coming fall election.
Mr.. Shepard has won his spurs at
the Chicago bar by dlligent and con-
sclentOus work as an active and sue
cessful lawyer and the honor that
has been done him by the Democrats
In nominating him to succeed his re-
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-12

demand for this beer N such as to indi.
cate that In the near future it's busi.
ness will be one Of the largest In the
bottled trade in the country.
~e~
Yes, the newspapers give Tom Law
son lot of advertising. but. on the
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-07-29
THE WIDESPREAD HOT WAVE
1, HAD IN. Eject of Rctarding Dis-
tributlyc Trade, But >ttniu-
lated Crop Growth.

New York, July 22.-Bradstreets
weekly review says:
A widespread hot wave has retarded
distributiye trade and interfered with
manufacturing industry, but has stlm-
uIated crop growth and thereby
strengthened the outlook for fall trade
Retail trade in summer goods has been
benefited as has also summer
resort business Wholesale and Job-
hing trade is of good volume. consid-
ering the weather and compares well
with a year ago Confidence in fall
trade is unimpaired and there is more
liberal tendency in placing fall orders
The ouieting in industry is merely ol
a temporary character. MANUFACTURING
is really more active than usual a
this time and summer shut downs arr
not such a feature this year as in Tor
| mer periods
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-07-29
FUNERAL OF GEN. BLACKMAR
Remains of the Late Grand Army
Commander Laid to Rest.
Ten Tbous,ud Persons Viewed the
Body ms II Lay In state in We
mortal Hall in Boston.

Boston. July 24.-Veierans of the
civil war. sons of veterans. members OF
the Womans Relief corps and o'her
patriotic citizens paid honor, Sunday
10 the late Gen. Wilmor W. Blackmar'
whose funeral was held in this CITY,
where. less ihan year ago, at the ma
tional encampment of the g, A. H., ne
was elected commander-chiei,
During The morning the body lay III
Memorial hall al the state house, sur
rounded by the battle flags borne by
the troops of the commonwealth during
the civil war
rhe casket was draped with the na-
tional colors and guarded by com
rades of T. w Kinsley posi- il3' OF
which Gen. Blackmar was the nrs'
commander. Ten thousand persons
passed through the hall and gazed on
| the face of the dead commander, early
| in the afternoon the Massachusetts
| posts of the grand army, led by De
partment Commander James II. WON
| and followed by the funeral party ah'
| Troop ID of the First battalion of I'M
state cavalry escorted the body TO IN
Second Unitarian church, OF whicl
| Gen. Blackmar was a member u
funeral was conducted by Rev. EdWar'
A. Horton. chaplain of the Massachn
sets senate.
At the conclusion of the services a
The church the body was escorted D
rroop ID TO Cedar Grove cemeter'
where interment took place IN III
Blackmar LOT, overlooking the Nepons'
| river
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-07-29
EXCESS OF EXPENDITURES
coverpment Running Mt u Loss, hut
situation VIII soon Equal
ixe Itself.

Washington July 22.-For the hrs'
20 days of the present month the treas
urv deficit has reached an amount IN
excess of one-hslf the whole dehclt lor
the last fiscal year. The deficit at thc
close of business July 90 reached $lo'-
35S. 235. 30. This deficit is shown in the
daily treasury statement under inc
item excess Of expenditures over re-
ceipts this fiscal year,
Counting cut Sundays and legal mol
idays. It would appear that the gov
evnment is operating at loss OF VI
600 900 per day This, however does
lot create the interest, and has noun
ing of the sensationalism in 1t that
might be supposed. Every year, lmme-
diately after July |, therd Is rush on
the treasury and a great dram on llS
resources. This grows out OF the rae
that on the first day of the hscai yeal
the appropriations made by lhe ias
congress become available.
The situation will equalize Itself pe'
fore the close of the year,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-07-29
THE LATE JOHN HAYS WILL
while Making some Liberal He
quests. the Bulk of His FORTUNE
Goes 10 His widow.

Washington, July 2l.-The VIII oi
John Hay, late secretary OF state mas
been filed for probate in the once OIL
the register of wills for the District OF
Columbia
The benehciaries are his widow, ana
his brothers and sister
His brother. Leonard Hay, and MS
sister. Mary Hay voolfolk are gwen
all of the property at Warsaw, ll''' anu
the sum of $4,000 each.
His brother, Charles Edward Hay IS
given $50 900, and Harwood Otis Whit-
ney. Of Keokuk, la, 81 900.
All the rest of the property OF all
descriptions is left to Clara Stone Hay
his widow.
Nothing is contained in the VIII to
indicate the value of the estate.
Payne Whitney and James Wolcot
Wadsworth. Jr., sons-in-law of the de
ceased, are named as executors OF I'M
| estate
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-07-29

nv the use Of the substance cal'ea
thcrmite. which consists prlnclpally ot
A mixture Of aluminium and iron Okla,
and which possesses the property OF
.ontinuiug to burn spontaneously ai'er
having once been isOted, producing
lemperatures MS high as 5000 degrees
Centierade, it has become possioie 10
make steel castings of enormous slZs
and weight free from flaws lhe
thermlte is introduced into the steel as
in molten state, it flows into the cast
ing mold. and igniting, 1t raises ms
mass to an extremely high tempera-
turo. thus filing up any flaws tnat may
have started to form. When llq'nd
iron is treated With thermite the me'al
,hows much Rner grains when 1t solldl-
seq and The surface possesses re-
morkabIe polishing capacity. Youth 6
Companion.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-07-29
A MARTYR TO MANLY DUTY
tIagman Saves Wom"" IN" "'
Hut Lenvcs His wife ana ii''ie
Ones Destitute.

New York, July 24.--ln saving lne
iives of an unknown woman ana ner
baby. William J. Mcdonald haemah
for the Long Island railroad, dleu
MARTYR at his post in Long Island Guy
at night Mcdonald obtained his JOB
only week ago. His widow and four
children are left destitute
Hundreds of ,oiiers in nearby lac-
tories use the crossings where NC
Donald was stationed. tie was TO nave
been relieved in 10 minutes wheh ne
saw woman with her baby IN arms
walk upon the track directly IN front
Of an incoming train. The hagmah
sprang to her side just in time to drae
her from the tracks. As he turned back
a train on the opposite track crushed
his life out.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-07-29
OBSOLETE GUNS IN STOCK
The United States Has 2 Big supply
at Coast Forts That Is
Useless.

"A difficult problem TO solve" said
an ordnance officer the other day ac-
cordlng to the Washington Post, 'is
the disposlng vi the obsolete guns
which are now occupying places AZ
many of the fortihcations along 'hs
seacoasl. At the lime these big guns
we're made they we're of the latest pat
tern and il was supposed that t1ey
would last for great many years anu
be always formidable to the ships "
any foe that attempted to enter our
harbors.
Then there came period ol IN
tense activity in the matter ol Dulld-
ing protected cruisers, and II was
found necessary to meet naval develop
mcnts by improvements in guns. Con-
seouenlly the inventive genius OF me
United States and foreign countries went
,o work and the result has been the
DEVELOPMENT of such guns as to rem
| der the old ones absolutely useless Ior
anv purpose whatever, The new guns
are almost mechanically perfect ana
are so much superior that II wolllu o9
useless to attempt to do anything IN
the way of using the older pattern
| guns.
| "'The result is that the governments
has rot at the different forts Al as
the coast, a large number oi these old
cuns and it really does not know wnat
IN do with them IL is impossible 10
disposo of them in any other way lhdn
to stack them up outside OF the forts,
nr throw Them into the sea. NO lDf-
oion nation would buy them becalso
thcv are not worth moving hey caa'
moi he used anywhere in the ln'tei
states,
"As to making junk of them, the cost
of breaking them up would be more
than the iron is worth after II was
broken, 1t would be utterly imposs'ple
10 melt them up in their present s'ate'
nc nieces of iron or steel do not meit
= readily when in such immense b'ocbs'
These guns might be dumped INTO mo
sea at some convenient point or
stacked up in the sand, but IN some
' vav The ordnance bureau mus get rlu
1 of tncm and take them out ol lne way
of the forts as they occupy space t"A'
: is wanted for other purposes
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-07-29
AN INJUNCTION REFUSED
u.u >,,y Held I'm the ST. Louis Post
Office Will be Returned
Marked "Frauduient.'

st. Louis. July 20.-Judge Smith Me-
Pherson refused the injunction asked
by the Lewis bank against Postmaster
Wyman of this city to restrain him
from carving out the instructions in
lbe fraud order issued by Postmaster
General Cortclyou.
He also set aside the temporary re-
straiuing order, issued a week ago, uh-
der which the postmaster had been
compelled to hold the Lewis mail IN
the local Office instead of returning 1t
lc the senders. which he is required 10
do by the fraud order. and which he
will now resume, marking it "fraudu-
lent"
In his opinion, Judge MCPHERSON
said, in part;
.Nnowiug only the alterations OF
This hill. IL is strnnge 10 me TINT
npy Intelligent person co"'" "e
! ,ourJ who would invest dollar III
! TINS nv hh WNN ~ W ~
est bank examiner would never %"
the information conycyed J." ihi'
biII, make report ind"rsing s"ch
n bank
The main decision relied upon by
Lewis attorneys was Kansas GU
case. decided by Judge Amidon, II
which IT was held that a court has tn
right 20 review The decisions OF Tn
general
Judge Mcpherson held that as TN
case had been appealed to a highe
court. II could not he considered to b
the law by him when there we're man
cases decided by The higher court
holding the opposite view.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-07-29
PEARY GRATEFUL TO JESSUP
nj. RcnefactOr the Last In This
Country 10 Grasp the Hand
of the Explorer.

Bar Harbor Me-, July 2l.-The Arc
tic steamer Roosevelt bound from
New York for northern waters via
North Sydney, B. c., called here, and
after Commander r. Il. Perry had bid
farewell TO Morris X. Jesup, whose
contributions 10 the Arctic club have
assisted the explorer to build and equip
the vessel. she continued her voyage.
Commander Perry, in parting, said that
the last man with whom he shook
hands in this country was Mr. Jesup
and thar that gentleman would bo the
first TO receive message from MIN
when he arrived at Chouteau bay, Lab
rador, after his return from the north
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-07-29
NUMBER 80.
ANTIQUITY OF FLY FISHING
This Style of Angling as Described ~
a Writer of the Third
Century.

Probably few fishermen are aware
that fly fishing dates back to classic
timcs. A minute description OF the
artificial fly AS used by Macedonian
anglers Is given by Aclian Greek
writer of the third century A. d., as
follows:
Between Berea and Thessalonica
there flows a river, Astraeus by name,
and there in II fishes Of spotted color.
but by what name people OF those parts
call them It Is better to ask Macedonl-
ans. AT any rate. these fish live upon
the native flies which fall into ths
river and are like no flies of any other
mart. One would neither call them
wasplike in appearance nor would ons
reply TO question that this creature
is formed like what we call the bumDie
bees. nor yet like the honey bees them-
selves II has really the proper iash-
inn Of each of the above. In audaclty
| IT is like a fly, In size II might be called
a humble bee. in color it rivals the wasp
and il buzZes like the honey bees. AZ
common creatures of this sort are called
| horse tails. These pitch upon inc
| stream 10 seek the food they aifect, buC
cannot help being seen by the hsn
which swim underneath.
so whenever one Of them sees mo
ny floating he comes softly, swimming
under the water, afraid OF disturbing
| ..t,1 gaD
game. Thcu he comes near the Shady
side of the fly. gapes and sucks him IN.
lust like wolf snatching sheep from
a fold or an eagle a goose from me yard'
This done he disappears beneath the
ripple. The fishermen understand mess
maneuyers but they do not make any
use OF these flies for bait for the hsh'
for if the human hand lays hod OF
them they lose their natural color, theif
wings fray and they become uneatabla
TO the fish So, for this reason lhey
make no use of them, disliking them
because their nature forbios their cap
tire.
I so. with angling craft they OUT
4 the Gsh. deyisine sort of lure agains
! them They lap a lock OF reddish WOO
round the hook. and to the wool lw'
cock feathers which grow under tn
- wattles and are brought to the prope
/. color with wax The rod is from 81
TO ten feet long, and the horsehalr lin
It has the same length. They lower IN
q | lurn Tho fish is attracted by the COlOl
l. excited draws close and, judging fror
g. its beautiful appearance that it VIII CT
e tain a marvellous banquet forthwlt
II opens its mouth but is caught by IN
hook. and bitter indeed, Is the feast
il, has inasmuch as it is captured
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-07-29
FOR THE PEACE CONFERENCE
pr.,.rot;ous Progressing Rapidly
md satisfnctortiy at Portsmouth,
New Hampshire.

Portsmouth, n. H., July 24-Prep-
arations for the peace conference are
progressing rapidly and satisfactorily
and by August ), the day on when 'he
Observation-Disclosures are expected to reacn
Portsmouth from Oyster Bay ON Doaru
the Mayflower ard Dolphin all VIII
be in readiness for their reception he
WASHINGTON government and the S'a'e
of New Hampshire are cooperating III
the effort to make the SURROUNDINGS OIL
the conference as suitable as poss'oie'
and are receiving generous assistance
from the people of Portsmouth ana 'he
adjacent villages of Kittery, Me-, where
the navy yard is located, ana New
castle. n H., near which the plehlpo-
,entiaries will have quarters in the no
tel Wentworth.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-07-29
ALL TOXIC GETTING BUSY
EXtcp,tyc Preparations For tue ke-
ccption of Secretary T"h nnu
Alice Roosevelt.

Toxic, July 2L--EXlensiye prepara-
tlons are being made for the reception
of Secretary Taft and party, Besides
Official receptions, imperial and other
wise, The bankers and other influential
associations and societies are holding
meetings. and appointing reception COM
mitiees. All Toxic is determined to
give the heartiest possible reception to
Secretary Taft, Miss Alice Roosevelt
and the other members of the party
and will make demonstration com
mensurate with the strength ana ap-
probation Of American friendship heId
by all subjects of the mikado,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-07-29
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION
An Attcwpt Made on the Life Of
Njcc-G0vernOr Deutrich at
HeIsiugfors, Finland.

Helsirgrors, Finland, July 2O,-Lale
Wednesday afternoon, two hours after
Kari Leonard Hohenthal had been SEN
fenced to Imprisonment for life at hard
labor for the assassination OF Procura-
tor General Scisalon Soinienen, on FEB
ruary 6 last an attempt was made 10
assassinate Vice-Gov. Deutrich, as ne
was leaving the senate.
The vice governor had walked across
the square when suddenly, as he neared
the police masters Office, a man on tne
curb threw bomb from distance OF
30 PAGES. The bomb fell short, but lhe
vice-governor was blown off his feet
and badly hurt by the terrific force oil
the explosion, which shattered the
windows in the neighborhood for dis
tance of hundreds of yards
The bomb-thrower escaped.