The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-04

Announcement has been made that
the 100000 statue of Abraham Lin
coin, on which Augustus Saint eau
denS. the sculptor, has been working
for three years, is now ready to be
cast in bronze. and will. before many
months. be erected in the place desig-
mated for it in the new park on the
lake front. This statue is said by
those who have seen models of it to
be the finest likeness of President Lin
coin that has ever been made. and will
be one of the object of interest to all
visitors to Chicago. A feature In con-
nection with the statue of peculiar in
terest at this moment is the fact that
the architectural design for the pedes-
tai on which the statue will stand is
the work of the late Stanford White,
whose name has become such a by
word in connection with the Thaw
trial. White came to Chicago in 1903
to study the location for the statue.
A monkey, unnamed, an accessory
after the fact of Pietro Pizzaro's hand
organ solos. went on strike near the
mammoth plant of the Illinois Steel
company, scrambled up a towering
smokestack 200 feet and refused to
compromise. In about four minutes
hooting delegation representing the
scores of Latin nations from Croatians
on, assembled to witness the powwow
! between Pietro and-a de monk In
several score dialects they gloried in
the event until the employer unlim-
bered his antique hurdygurdy. moved
the foot of the stack and cried:
'Stoppa da noise. 1 play sweeta mu-
sic for da monk and he Dassa da hat"
The hush was shattered by Fremont
tory rattleS and sCueaks and then a
demoralized rendering of annie
Rooney"
That, however. was the tune relic
which had caused the walkout. so the
monk seized hot cinders from the
chimney and Delted Pietro. who re-
which assumed his was a union monk
demanding shorter hour= and longer
feed.
In spite of the failure of the Missis-
sippi valley congressman to secure the
support of congress for the proposed
deep waterway to connect the lakes
and the gulf. members of the Chicago
Commercial association and others in
terested in the deep waterway move
ment here express their approval of
the other features of the rivers and
harbors appropriation bill. The feel
ing IS general that the recent cam
paign has resulted in educating con-
gress to the value and need of improved
facilities for water transportation, and
it is believed that 1t will not be diff
cult to secure a larger appropriation
for this purpose from the next con-
gress. The present bill as it is pro-
vides for an expenditure of 100000
for dredging the Chicago river, and
this feature of the measure is regard
ed as an opening wedge which may
lead later to provision for a complete
navigable waterway between Chicago
and New Orleans. with its accompany
ing benefits in the way of reduced
freight rates.
Chicago no longer leads the other
cities of the country a divorce CEN
ter. The Windy City is not in the
habit of making progress backward.
but when figures of the census bureau
to this effect were made public the
other day there was not much heart
burning. The announcement that the
leading cities are now Boston and
Philadelphia has caused considerable
amusement and has led to a discussion
of the reasons for the change. 1t has
been suggested by some that the great
er attra etiveness of western women
has had much to do with the superb