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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-04-08
the NEW CiTY ADMINISTRATION.

A. a result OF last Tuesdays cleo
ton, the new city administration goes
into power with divided responsible
iiy.
The Republicans, together with the
conservative element Of the Democratic
party, are in majority in the city
council. This will act aS a check upon
the executive wing OF the admlnlStra-
ton, and 1t j. we'll for the public ana
the taxpayers that this will be so.
II Is no cXagGcratlOn 10 say that the
ensuing two years will be the most
important in the history Of the city.
The new charter will probably be in
effect during the next Two years and
The opportunity thus afforded for u
new and a greater Chicago will be
a magnificent one If awaited Of prop.
crly aud wisely.
Then there Is the question of i'm.
mediate municipal ownership To which
the chief executive stands committed.
The new charter will doubtless give
the city power 10 increase It's bonded
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-04-08
SU6WAYS AS MEDIUMS FOR
TRAFFIC.

Experiments with automobiles, mo.
tor boats ana flying machines will
flourish In summer time. but since any
winter Is liable to "tIc mp any vehicle,
perhaps we should employ u part OF
the open season In planning roads over
which II Is possible always TO ira vel.
We pride ourselves, ana with reason.
on our systems Of transportation. YET
an ordinary blizzard stops trains,
wrecks ships. leaves travellers strand.
cd anywhere short Of the places 10
which they wish 10 20. street car.
become as pOwcrless as the rest, Only
IN cities which. like New York and
Boston, are provided with subways,
can local lines of communication lie
kept open. The underground routes
are the only ones that never fail us,
Subways under the sea may appear
more desirable than feasible, but a
tunnel across the English Channel
seems a smaller undertaking than II
would have been twenty years ago,
and Il hundred years hence projects
for sending trains beneath the oceans
may not be laughed TO scOrn. Although
II Is now impossible to do away with
the discomfort ana danger attending
sea voyages In winter. money ami
annoyance may DE saved by method.
cal burrowing on land. In large cities
tunnels might extend from the railroad
stations to the manufacturing ami
wholesale districts, and shipments
might pass between shops and cars
without getting In the way Of persons
who have no interest IN them. To AZ
busy streets with drays ana crowded
sidewalks with packing-bOXes. as ut
present, Is to make scnseless misuse
of common cOnveniences. Chicago nj.
ready has freighting subway that
will relieve much of the street ccnges.
tlon. As to building local subways for
passenger transportation, New York
ana other cities that have passed the
halfmillion mark in population neei
little prompting. But 1t Is conceivable
that subways will yet be carried far
beyond the limits of one city. ana the
railway company that tunnels some
cold and tcmpestuous region will be
safe In announcing itself as "thc p)pu-
lar winter route"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-04-08

ony other virtue" forced upon one
by nature. is apt to lind its environ.
nent unhealthy and to curylle into PC.
nuriOus meanncss. IT thrift Is to be
wholesome and sweet IL must I've en-.
bracel while the mind and holy are
healthy and vigorous. Shakespeare
causes one Of his characters to say,
Thrift Is blessing" and II has proved
such to countless numbers Of Its al.
hercnts. Thrift Is q composite quality.
1t embraces within itself nearly all OF
the great virtues. 1t implies industry.
prudence. forcthought. sclf.denial. II
certainly has no relation to nlggar,i.
Illness or inG,nness. Some men would
let their grandniOthers starve to ,lpa n,
for the sake Of few dollars. Such
action cannot be called thrifty. \ vir.
tue carried to excess becomes a vice
ana Is no longer virtue. Thrift that
does not take into partnership honesty
and charity develops into cOvetOusncss
ami avarice. Thrift Is the opposite Of
thriftlcssncss, pro,ligality. lmprovi.
dence and waste. Nature II profusc
and Opcn.handed and lavish. But Il IL
not wise to attempt imitation without
understanding. While nature Is plcn-
tiful ana bonntiful and generous with
one hand. sli. Is careful and prudent
ana economical with the other. Nature
at times battles the world In st'ntc,l
fiOSls Of sunlight. But no single ray
Is waste'l. Every drop Of the generous
rain Is gathered up again into the
clouds. Even the dead plants AMI the
leaves of the trees are utilized for the
benefit Of the next years fruits and
flowers. II We truly understand ma.
lures Opcn-handelncss we may safely
initiate. Thrift means better homes
ana better food. more comfort AMI on.
ioymcnt. less waste AMI less anxiety.
1t Is possible that u large proportion OF
people have earnings 80 small that
saving Is impossible. But that Is no
reason for ti,sir being unthrifty. ON
the contrary, II IL reason for their
making the best and the most Of the
little they have for their health and
true happiness.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-04-08
FOR AN EARLY ADJOURNMENT.

The people will unanimously indorSc
the attitude of the State Senate in ref
crcnce to an early adjournment of the
Legislature. The Senate leaders favor
fixing the date of adjournment ut
April Is, This would give the Legis.
lature sufficient time To put through
all important ana needful legislation
ana save the State from II heavy load
of expense, There Is no good end to
dawdlng along into the summer ut
Springfield, The people want the nee
cssary legislation put through at once
hy active, energetic work, ana then
adjournment.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-04-08
ms IS NOT RIGHTEOUSNESS.

Some men expect to acquire all their
good habits in their second childhood
Ana one Of the good habits long put
off is thrift. OFTEN this habit does
come in second childhood. With appe-
tites and passions burned out of the
dccaylng mind and body, old men may
find themselves freed from temptations
and wrongly consider their condition
due 10 rlpened virtue But thrift, like
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-04-08

No: Mr.. J. u. Duke did not get his
new $1,000. 10 home by saving cigar.
cite coupons.
Still 1t might be well to suggest that
Nicholas may have little money put
away in Il stocking.
~
4 lobster trust has been organized.
Bet the FlorodOra girls are among the
heavy stockholders.
~
Let us hope that Gen. StOesscl will
absolutely refuse to surrender to the
magazine publishers.
AleA
Civilized humanity il coming rapid.
~ to the conviction that Gen. sher'
man understated the case.
Under existing circumstances II
must be a common thing for the office
to seek the man in Finland.
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Don't worry about your lack of for
tune. John W. Gates has tOnsilitis and
John j. Rockefeller dyspepsia.
Cordoya, the clipping Jersey minis
ter, says he does not care for himself.
That makes II nearly unanimous.
Two or three of the principal cities
of this country have not yet been
promised S3O,OOO,WW union depots.
The subjects of the Car are begin
ming to regard him as their little IA
Their, several generations removed.
~0A
Men who have no religion outside of
their creed may lind they have 10
heaven outside of their Imagination.
~eGA
Experts declare that Mrs. Chadwick
was cheek and II few forged notes.
~6~
\ Washington man has invented an
arship in n dream. Lots of us have
stocked menageries in the same way.
~6A
Farmers--real farmers--are buying
automobiles. You can hear the chug-
chug of the good roads movement now.
as a second marriage wrong!' asks
DR.. Hills. Might compromise by ad-
hitting that frequently 1t is a mistake.
How many men become more popu.
lar with the wOmen?' asks maya
zine writer. by being half as patient
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-04-08
LAWRENCE j. COFFEY,

cheap. This would knock all the rO-
nance out Of Gretna Green.
Booker Washington says that since
the Civil War our negroes have ac.
cunlulated 5000 OOO,OOO. Now let's hear
from the "pO'r whites"
A college president says freshmen
know more than they formerly did.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-04-08

are heavier than themselves. lie ought
In all fairness TO have royalty from
the producers Of anti.fat connections.
When Mr.. Lawson gets tired Of the
financial game he can command a fat
salary as Il professional al. writer.
~9A
Kentucky fathers have declared In
favor Of clopements because they are
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-04-08

at a social function rs they are In a
poker game.
Andrew Carnegie expended So, O0O,.
600 In good work last year, but is not
yet poor enough to feel that he Is fully
prepared to die under the rules.
A Boston poet makes Eliza rhyme
with advertiser" 1t must require a
good deal Of laslllng TO get the muse
to perform In Boston.
~e~
1t Is evident that Senator Smoot was
not much Of n gossip. lie had to go
To Washington to lind out how many
wives his neighbors had.
The idea of extracting gold from salt
water Is by 10 means new. Gold In
small quantities has been found fire..
lucntly In sailed mines.
~e1A
When he remembers how many
wives the other Mormon apostles have,
Reed SmOOt must be astOnished at his
own moderation.
40
John ID. Rockefeller IL giving us
rules for eating and drinking. but fails
to withdraw that standing Offer Of ST.
OOO.OOO for n new stomach.
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1t must he somewhat jarring to the
faith of the DOwieite to lind that the
death rate In Zion Is 10 smaller than
In other communities Of like size.
~eA
"rhere are too many men In the
world" says Herr Won Spreckels. OF
Berlin. TOO many Of some kinds, un.
qucstiOnably.
~6A
DR.. CObcrn says that there are wom-
On In Kansas who eat candles. Hurry
up now with your pert remarks about
the value Of a light diet.
~
Nobody feels quite 30 neglected as
the farmer living OH rural route
when the carrier fails for two days in
succession to make his rounds.
~9A
John l.. sullivan IL delivering lee.
lures, not because he II much Of a lee.
turer but because he's too strong TO
work.
~
Uncle Sam seems to wish to curb
the abuse Of the franking privilege bei
fore the mails are compelled to carry
town lots ana farms.
The latest fad II calling. cards 70.
dogs. Presumably the dogs card Is
sent In with that Of the monkey that
owns 1t.
4 New York physician who wants
to drown all the idiots might start tho
ball rolling by jumping OIL Brooklyn
bridge.
When the cOreiess apple gets into
general circulation there'll be nothing
but the stem to cause yearning Oh the
part of the hungry small boy.
~SA
IinsSnll SnUn nlsn In n ~ a pnx
among those who don't believe In DR.
Oslers theory that all men who have
passed the age Of 30 retard progress.
~2A
The young woman who has declared
the bachelor to be an evil doubtless
would suggest that he consult DR.. Hy-
men.
The fool who attempted to blow up
the statue of Frederick the Great must
be one of those people who write
Anonymous letters to newspapers.
%6~
Mrs. lietty Green, 1t is said, Is much
e'''' " 'ui'hllS w uouShIuls, III
doughnut commerce Is cheap, filling,
ana shape bears an attractive resem.
blance to an additional cipher.
The wonderful success of the Jap,
ancse army doctors in saving their sici;
ana wounded soldiers has attracted the
attention of the whole civilized world
What Is the secret?
~9A
The movement in favor Of knee
breeches Is reported to be making con.
siderable progress in England. The
bow-legged men can't have much infiu-
ence over there.
"Dr. Osler" remarks the Charles.
ton News and Courier, has aged rap
idly in the last few days" DR.. Osler
may not be as young and handsome
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-04-08

were In the majority and wouldn't sub.
nit to killing?
"Grim.visaged war" In the far East
does not stay In one place long enough,
Tor It's front to get old enough t.
wrinkle.
1t IL generally safe to Judge a mans
brains by the action OF his tongue.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-04-08

That IL difficult to believe, as fresh.
men have always known all there was
TO know.
II mkases could make nation happy
the lussian people ought to be the
most contented Of any on earth.
~6
Suppose that when we came TO kill
of the idiots we were to find that they
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-04-08

"Dr. Osler" remarks the Charles.
ton News and Courier. has aged rap.
idly in the last few days" DR.. Osler
may not be as young and handsome
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-04-08

The movement In favor Of knee
breeches is reported to be making con.
siderable progress in England. The
bow'legged men can't have much infiu-
ence over there.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-04-08
EAoLETS.

No: Mr.. J. u. Duke did not get his
new $1,000. ID home by saving cigar.
cite coupons.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-04-08

a man after having had a disagree
able experience with lady who was
able to wipe up the floor with him ad-
vises men to avoid marrying girls who
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-04-08

4 lobster trust has been organized.
Bet the l'lorodora girls are among the
heavy stockholders.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-04-08

The wonderful success of the Jap
ancse army doctors in saving their Sici;
and wounded soldiers has attracted the
attention of the whole civilized world,
What Is the secret?
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-04-08

Let us hope that Gen. StOessel will
absolutely refuse to surrender to the
magazine publishers.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-04-08

The young woman who has declared
the bachelor to be an evil doubtless
would suggest that he consult DR., lily
men.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-04-08

Mrs. lictty Green, 1t is said, is much
given to lunching on dOughnuts. The
doughnut commerce is cheap, filling,
ana shape bears an attractive resem-
blance to an additional cipher.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-04-08

a floating item says an average hen
brings in an income of ~ Il year to
her owner This statement must have
been based on statistics compiled in Il
former age, before the prosperity be-
gan, ana does the modern hen great In
justice.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-04-08

Still It might be we'll to suggest that
Nicholas may have little money put
away in u stocking.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-04-08

4 member of the Colorado Legisla.
ture Is reported to have refused ~ 800
for his vote. Let the croakers who
have been claiming that we send only
cheap men to our legislatures know
about this.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-17
TO BACK
ROOSEVELT'S FIGHT
Farmers Of the Country Take a Hand
in Ma on Rebates and
Frauds.

ATLANTIC CITY, n. j.. Nov. To-
~ movement to throw the entire or.
ganizcd farming interests OF the coun.
try TO the support of President Roose.
welt In his efforts for an adjustment
OF railroad tariffs, began at today's SEES.
sion of tho National Grange, Patrons
OF Husbandry.
Three resolutions. all of them intro.
uuced with the idea of nnifying the
agricultural strength we're introduced
and after spirited discussion was re,
ferred to committees for revision and
amendment.
a. O. Kelly, one OF the seven char.
ter members and founder of the Ma
.tonal Grange Patrons OF IIusbandry
was today voted a pension OF $1,000
e year.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-17
False Gear Leads Peasants.

ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 16.-5:45
.. ma false emperor has suddenly
made his appearance near Pensea and
already his followers number $4,000.
This is the startling report received
this afternoon in a dispatch from Sim
brisk.
Pensoa is in the heart OF the vast
region extending westward from the
Volga where agrarian uprisings on p
large scale have been occurring and
II the report turns out to lie true that
the %pretender to the throne has plac-
ed himself ct the head Of tine peasant
~ the government will Dor face be-
sides its troubles a formidable agra
rian rebellion.
1t required a year to suppress the
famous rebellion led by Pugatcheff
who unprecedented tie dethroned and
murdered Peter III in the time OF Cath.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-17
BRIBERY
IN WIFI SKEY CASE
Revenue Employees Accuse DistiIlers
of Trying to Force Money
Upon Them. ~
tBy Associated Press,

GREENSBORO. 81, c., Nov. 16.-
Deputy Collector !. Will Jones created
y sensation in the trial of the Old
Nick Williams case here today by
stating that n. Glenn Williams, one OF
The defendants, had offered him a
bribc equivalent to five or six thou
sand dollarn n year.
He detailed n conversation in which
nc alleges Williams offered him five
cents per gallon on the whiskey sold
If he would allow him to refill the
stamped barrels and not report it TO
the officials. j. w. Somers, another
witness for the government, testified
that Williams had also offered him q
bride. Several witnesses were intro.
iuced to testify in regard to the char
acter CT Jones.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-17
Man Indicted for the Crime Dis.
appears just Before His
Case Is Called.
$4,000 IN CASH IS FORFEITED
Accused It's Believed. Has Beer spir.
tied Away by Those "Hiaher Up"
State Intends to Find Out Who
Furnished Money and Employed
Lawyer For Alleged Repeater.
fIiy 4Nssociuten rrcss.l

NEW YORK. Nov. 16.-Something
CT Il sensation was created in Justice
Davis branch Of the Supreme Court
this afternoon when John Krup, III.
dicted for illegal voting in the recent
municipal election, failed to appear
for pleading and his attorneys express.
ed ignorance as to his whereabouts.
Earlier in the day Krup's release
had been secured under increased bail,
a $4,000 cash bond being filed.
State Attorney General Mayer was
indignant at the turn OF affairs and
he made public this statement:
Every effort will be made TO as
certain who put up the So, 900 bail and
who employed counsel to defend Krup.
The failure of Krup TO appear in court
| was as fragrant n defiance of law rs
ever heard off. | believe there were
reasons, apart from reasons OF his
OWN, why Krup did not appear
[ Justice Davis declared tho So, 200
bail forfeited. Attorney General May
er imoved for a forfeiture OF bail. de.
daring he was not surprised at the
turn OF affairs.
IF this defendant has left town
declared the attorney general, l know
with whom he was asst seen and will
know how To proceed. I thought
somebody must have been greatly in.
terested in Krnp to put up $4,000 bail
for him just 10 secure his liberty for
Il few hours
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-17
Recount Boosts McceIIer,

NEW YORK, Nov. 1G.-The origin
nj tally sheets in New York's recent
mayoralty election opened today
by the board of county c%anvasscrs.
w. r. Hearst's lawyers protested
eight of the first thirteen sheets taken
from the envelopes, because they were
found TO differ from the returns on
which tho count electing Mr.. McCellen
mayor, was based.
In one election district AIR. Hearst
was found to have seven more votes
than were counted for him.
In one election district Of Queens
county the board OF canyassers found
that Mayor Mcclellan received 200
votes less than he should have had.
a number of errors were discovered,
not affecting the mayoralty contest.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-17
At Least Five Persons Cremated
by the Outlaws.
ITALIANS KILLED BY FLAMES
Fire Escapes damned With Terrified
Human Beings Who are Rescued
From a Veritable Furnace-Dead
Found in the Act of Praying.
(By Associated press.)

NEW YORK, Nov. 1G.-At least five
persons were burned to death in an
Italian tenement house fire at 221 East
Scventy-third street today. The house
was six floors high and the sleeping
tenants On the five upper floors were
made prisoners by flames, with the
ground floor n roaring furnace.beneath
them.
a policeman was the first person TO
e the fire. Just as 1t had begun to
creep up the air shaft. He ran into
the building pounding on the halt
doors all the way UP to the sixth floor
TO waken the tenants.
Within a few moments, OH all the
floors below, the fire escapes were
packed with persons whom the flames
lad cut off from escape by the interior
stairways.
When the fire department arrived
with It's ladders nearly every one OF
the ire escapes vas kneeling i'll pray.
er. Adding to the pathos of the
scene was the action of the men, who
stood with their arms full of personal
possessions while their wives fought,
unaided, to protect their children from
being trampled by the crowd or suf.
located by smoke. Everyone on the
fire escapes was saved.
The dead arc:
GUISEPPI RANDAZZO.
ANTONIO LOREA.
SALVATORE TIAZZA.
SANTA TIAZZA.
ANTONIO SELARDE.
The lessee of the house told the po.
lice today that the "Black Hand" so
ciety had recently sent him letters de-
handing $4,000.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-17
Peasants Get Homestead.

LONDON, Nov. 17.-(G n. MA
dispatch from St. Petersburg to Reut.
cr's Telegram Company says that an
imperial manifesto. granting land
concessions to the peasants was issued
this morning.
BY its terms the land redemption
tax payments from January Ii, 1906,
will be reduced by one-lialf and from
January Is, 1907, the payments will
be totally abolished. At the same
time the capital of the peasants bank
is increased and the bank is granted
additional loan privileges with the oh
ject Of facilitating to the utmost the
purchase of lands by peasants.
IT, is estimated that the amount of
taxation thus lifted from the peasants
by the manifesto will aggregate $40.
0O0.0O0 while the extension of the fell
operations Of the peasants bank will
enable vast tracts of crown and priv
ate lands gradually to become the
property of the peasants.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-17
wi,te AppeaIs to workmen.


ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 1G.-Count
White decided today to make n per-
sonal appeal to the worImcn and
drafted the following which was sent
10 all the factories, mills and other
works and posted throughout the in
dustr.ial section:
Brother Worlmen: Get 10 your
work. Cease making disturbances
and have pity OH your wives and
children. Do not listen to bad advice.
The emperor has ordered us to devote
special attention to the labor question.
For this purpose his majesty has ere
ated Il ministry Of trade and commerce
which must especially seek to estab.
fish just relations between workmen
aud employers. Have patience. All
that is possible will BIO done for you.
Listen to the advice OF q man who
sympathizcs with you and wishes you
well.
(Sigued) WHITE"
When the above appeal was read TO
the workmen at the Westinghouse
works the leaders replied:
"Witte promises us u soft bed, but
in the meantime we must sleep on /:
hard one"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-17
little lI2-ton Schooner Arrives In
Norfolk After Perllous Trip
Down Coast.
CREW ANXIOUS TO QUIT BOAT
Lumber Schooner Addie Jordan From
Norfolk Becomes Waterlossed or
the New Jersey coast--French
Steamer Breaks Down Near the
Azores-shc, Too, is From Norfolk.
tI;y Associated Press.)

NORFOLK, VA, Nov. 16.-The two.
masted. 1l2-ton schooner Richard
Cromwell from New York for Balti-
more, has reached Hampton Roads af-
ter Il trip that her skipper says was
the worst in his experience.
From the time Sandy Hook was
passed until the lower Chesapeake bay
gave shelter, the little vessel was III
the middle OF Il gale that became COM
plicated with n snow storm near Win.
ter Quater light.
The run down the coast was made
with one small foresail and at times
the seas entirely covered the decks
from bow to stern. The crow Of four
negroes wanted to get their discharge
here and quit the water. but the voy-
age to Baltimore will be resumed SO
soon as the men have recovered from.
the hardships they suffered.