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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-11-14
STREET RAILWAY TAX HIGHER.
Advance I'm Chicago COmpanies' sscu.
rifles to Mean Larger Assessment.

Increased assessments OF the capital
stock of Chicago's street railway corpora
tons will be made this year. according to
DIR. Samuel NJ. Barnes, chairman of the
capital stock committee. The increase
will be based upon the advance in mar
ket price of the companies securities,
due to the successful working of the
traction settlement ordinances. The report
Of the Chicago Union Traction Company,
now the Chicago Railways Company,
shows a capital stock of 100000 and
bonds and securities aggregating $751;
W1.SS1. Market reports show its stock
to be worth par. and its bonds and secure
ties at an average of 30. This makes
their actual value So. 49,. 603 The local
assessment of tangible property Is $l2,-
513,445, full value. making the differ
encc, or assessment of tangible values,
$O.0Go.2lS. Last year the Union Trac-
ton interests had no franchise and got
on without any assessment on their stocks
and bonds. The Consolidated Traction
Company also will pay this year on the
basis Of actual values. 1t reports capi-
tai stock of $1j,OOO.OOO. but this stock,
II Ii admitted. Is worthless. The bonds
and securities are given as $6.7JO,OOO and
these are said to be worth practically par.
The local assessments Of tangible prop
erty are g, 142. 35j. full value. making tho
difference $4,6O7, 6ij assessable as the in
tangible value.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-11-14
Items from All Over the State Of
Matters Of Interest to Our
Readers.
Happenings Of the Week from Cairo to
Chicago Carefully Compiled for
Busy Men.
ACCIDENTS KILL CHILDREN.
October Fatal Month for Youngsters,
According 90 Report Of Coroner.

October Fatal Month for Youngsters,
According 90 Report Of Coroner.
Nineteen pupils of the Chicago schools
met violent deaths during the month Of
October. according to the report of Coro-
ner Peter NJ. Hoffman for the month";
Of these two were shot, one was stabbed
and others were killed by street cars, wae.
ons, and In various similar ways. Prob
ably the most pitiablc death was that of
1O-year-old Elsie Lcnhardt. who commit
ted suicide by inhaling gas. Her case
was one of the most remarkable in the
history Of the coroncr's Office. The little
girl had planned out her death and while
members of the family were away wrote
a pitiable letter to her mother and with
a picture of her dead father clasped In
her hand turned on a gas jet in her bed
room. The total number Of deaths re-
ported to the coroner In Chicago In Oc-
tober was 37S. Of these forty.two were
suicides, thirty-One being males and eleven
females. Twenty-six Of the suicides were
married. Eight died from asphySiation.
two from drowning. eight poisoned them.
selves, fifteen used revolver, three cut
themselves and bled to death, five hung
themselves and one woman poured kcro-
sene on her clothing and set fire to It..
The poisons used by the suicides were car.
bolic acid. cyanide Of potassium and
paris green. Among the other fatalities
were seventeen from criminal operations,
twenty-one from railroad accidents sew.
enteen street car accidents, twenty.Onc
from falls. sixteen from drownings. five
electrocutions, and five from alcoholism.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-11-14
CLARK MONUMENT DEDICATED.
Denecn Speaks NJ Celebration In
Honor Of Explorer.

Denecn Speaks at Celebration In
Honor Of Explorer.
The dedication Of Fort Massac State
Park and Of the monument to George
Rogers Clark near Metropolis Thursday
drew 1900 persons from Illinois and 9th
er States. Virginia and Kentucky were
largely represented. Washington. d. c..
Chicago. bloomington. Springfield and
Jacksonville all sent representatives. The
exercises were conducted by the Illinois
Chapter Of the Daughters Of the Amer
lean Revolution. Mrs. Mathew 4. Scott
Of Bloomington, regent for Illinois. pre-
sided. Gov. Deneen delivered the prin-
cipal address Of the day, and received the
park and the monument on behalf Of the
State. The park IL on the bank Of the
Ohio river. The monument, surrounded
by cannon and fountains. Is erected on
the site of old Fort Massac. George log.
ers Clark, on his way to Kaskaskia, en-
tered the Illinois country with his rcgi.
ment ut the mouth Of Fort Massac creek.
one mile above the site Of this fort, on
June %, 177S. 1t was probably here that
a flag, representing the sovereignty Of
the United States, was first unfOlded In
this State.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-11-14
BUSINESS NOTES.

The business men who want the best
desks and oiacs 6ttinss 60 to Reveil's.
II you can't be suited at Revell's you
can't bs suited anywhere.
~eA
Solo Rye, the best on the bars, Ia al.
ways the fav0rite Of discriminating
drinkers. II satisfies the taste Of the
most exacting critic. Distilled solely
by straus Bros.' Company, Chicago.
~
Otto Grissbach Il the proprietor Of
the restaurant and buffet at 1873 South
Water street, which 10 patronixed by
the best business men. Mr.. Grissbach
deserves their patronage, for be treats
them we'll.
Solo Rye has been tested and never
been found wanting. The BEST on
the bars"
The n. p. Byrne Construction 20.
70 one Of the greatest, most successful
and most reputable nrms Of it, kind
In this or any other city In the coun.
try.
~
The Risnsi 10 the place to 60 for an
enjoyable afternoon or evening. Excel.
lent music, hne cuisine, splendid serv.
Ice and beautiful garden and hall. Has
no peer Of its kind In Chicago. Clark
street, Evanston avenue and Diversey
boulevard.
The combines. Liquid Tank and
Creight Car Company possesses certain
improvements In railway cars for the
eacilitati0n of the movement Of freight
and liquid In the same car which will
appeal TO every intelligent person who
10 shown the decided advantages Of con.
structi0n which these cars possess. The
company il selling stock and offers to
investors an attractive proposition.
AZ
One of the 1nest breweries In the
country, and one that turns out some
Of the finest brands Of beer, is the
great BerghOf Brewing Company of
Fort Wayne, Jnd. The following
brands of beer brewed ana supplied
by this brewery are among the most
popular and have great demand in Chi
cag0: "Extra Pale" "DOrt Doppel,"
"Salvator," "BerghOff's Select" and
last but not least, "Dortmunder."
George A. Blettner ID the manager Of
Of the Chicago branch Of this great
brewery, the Chicago oflices being at
2S42-4S La Sale street. Telephone
South $40.
No better place In Chicago for pic
MICS, festivals and parties Of all kinds
than n. James Kolxe's beautiful Hlec-
tric Park. at the corner Of Irving Park
boulevard and Northwest o4th street
~
One Of the best.liked and most pop
slas business men In Chicago ID Tom N.
Donnslly. the jewslss. ~ lle Dearborn
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-11-14
MINOR STATE ITEMS,

Floyd Griffith, IA years old. died at
Barry from inhaling gasoline fumes as an
intoxicant.
John W. Mummert. aged 65, and Miss
Lena G. Clay, aged II, Of Carroll county,
were married In Frccport.
As result of unrequited love, Ruby
Knoth, aged 20, became victim Of mel
ancholia and starved herself, death result
Ing In Bloomington.
William Doyle and William Finney,
farmers, Of Mason City, were killed by q
train near Petersburg. They were going
there to purchase horses.
Robert Ternock was probably fatally
stabbed by his brother Joseph In East
st. Louis, after political argument. 10.
seph Ternock was arrested.
More than 5000 conversions resulted
from the five weeks revival at jackson.
vile, conducted by the Rev. William A.
Sunday. The free-will offering was &c.
600.
The family Of Samuel Gregsten, multi.
millionaire resident of Hinsdale, IL en-.
Caged In bitter feud over the distribu.
ton Of the estate of Mr.. Gregsten. who
10 III.
A body, believed to DO that Of Fred
Schramm Of Burlington, Iowa, was found
In Edwards creek, west OF Kewanee.
Some Of the mans clothing found on the
bank leads to q suicide theory. The man
was we'll dressed.
As his little son looked on Otto Kon.
decker, IS years old. of Macoupin county,
was crushed BY a falling tree near Coon's
Mound. Kondecker had Just inished
saving the tree in two when the trunk
slipped on the stump and fell on him.
The grain elevator belonging n w T.
Hardy. operated by Crozier & Hardy NO.
DESTROYED by fire in Eldorodo Tb,s !.
the second elevator burned on the 'sam ma
lot The G, u. Burnett & Sons mmher
ya.a ana poultry mousse across the street
~. $50
~. Ha,, N. ~ VIII WV. 'oaa ., corn from
twn wesks a. b;s s;d, piarun ua.ne ao W
a Young and prosperous farmer Of pe"r;o
accidentally shot himself through tbs
breast with a shotgun he had to shoot
rabbits. He died three hours later.
The Salem Oil and Gas COMPANY
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-11-14
CHICAGO SALOONS ARE FEWER.
License Issue shows Nearly 1000
Bars Closed since 1908.

License Issue shows Nearly 1000
Bars Closed since 1908.
The number of saloons in Chicago has
been steadily decreasing until there are
now almost 1900 less than In November,
1908. The failures have not been among
the women saloonkcepcrs, In the opinion
Of the city clerk and collector, but among
the men. They estimated that Chicago
women own as many barrooms to-day rs
they ever did. "The $1,000 license fee
and the growth Of temperance are the two
main reasons for the Decline" said City
Clerk McCabe. II, too. think those are
the main factors said City Collector
Magerstadt. In November, 1905, when
the 500 license fee was in effect. there
were S.O07 dramshops. For the first pc
Rod Of 1906 the number was 1853, for
the second period 1927, for the first pc.
Rod Of 1907 1925. second period 1911,
and for the first period Of this year 1850.
For the second period. which began Nov.
l. the collector and clerk expect smaller
number,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-11-14
SUPREME COURT DEFIED

The Beef Trust dcfies the Supreme
Court Of the United States every day
Of its existence.
II def1es and violates the permanent
Injunction granted against 1t by the
highest court Of the country January
30, 1905.
And such 10 it, power for harm. that
no ofiicial can be found who will stand
up for what the United States Supreme
Court decreed on behalf Of the people.
The Beef Trust continues ito exist.
ence 40 q combination In restraint Of
trade and commerce.
Il continues to tx and to maintain
throughout the country q uniform and
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-11-14
JUDGE Boaos' BLOCK BURNS.
Fire In Fairfield Consumes Several
Stores, Owing "a Lack Of Water.

Fire In Fairfield Consumes Several
stores, Owing 20 Lack Of Water.
The Ricard block, the largest In Fair
field, owned by Supreme Court Justice g.
c. Boggs, was destroyed by fire at an
early hour Sunday. The entire stock Of
several stores In the block were consum'
el entailing total loss Of $4,000. Some
Of the losses were: Schell Il Schell, bak.
cry and restaurant, $4,000, insurance 81
800; Castles feed store. $500. Insurance.
$500; Mrs. Harvey, millinery, $500, small
insurance; Thompson, Ricard 4 Co., gro
GERS, loss $500, insurance $500; H. O
Brockett & Co., loss $500, insurance $500
Smaller losses were suffered by l.. w
Kamp & Co., Walters & Harlan, T. II
Mills, Durnell & Robertson, and Skelton'i
meat market. The fire department re-
sponded. but owing to lack Of water IT.
forts to check the progress Of the fire
were futile until the entire block was ID
ashes. The building was insured.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-11-14

The combination between dealers to
suppress all competition In the pur.
chase Of live stock u an unlawful re.
straint Of trade.
The combination between dealers to
ax and maintain uniform price In
the sale Of meat throughout the coun.
try 10 an unlawful restraint Of trade.
The combination of dealers to oh.
tain preferential railroad rates. 10 an
unlawful restraint Of trade.
All combina lions suppressing compe.
tition between independent dealers fall
under the prohibition Of the Sherman
Antitrust Act,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-11-14

exOrbitant price for meat in defiance
Of the mandate Of the highest court
In the land.
The temporary injunction issued by
Judge Peter 8. Grosscup May 20, 1902,
against the Beef Trust was made per.
n,anent by the United States Supreme
Court In decision announced Janu.
AIRY 30. 1905. The decision establishes
these points:
Traffic In live stock transported from
State to State 10 interstate commerce
and persons engaged in buying and
selling such live stock are engaged In
interstate commerce.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-11-14
FIND ENToMBED MINERS DEAD.
Searchers Discover that Rend Mine
Blast Killed -Four Instantly.

Bodies of two of the men who were
entombed by the explosion in the Rend
mine near Benton were found Saturday
and the other two We're reached the same
evening All four evidently had been
killed instantly. The experts who are
making a study of 49, mine express the
opinion that what is termed a windy shot
caused the accident. Owing to the fire 1t
will be impossible to make close exam.
nation for weeks. The owners hope to
coniine the fire to the workings and to DO
able to save part Of the property.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-11-14
u STYLISH BURGLAR.
Man In Evening Dress AIingles Will,
Quests and steals Jewels.

A burglar, attired in full evening dress
thai he might be confused with the ser.
wants or guests attending a reception Civ.
en- by Mrs. Eugene Vincent Roddin In
Chicago, and who secured jewelry valued
at $l.JOO, was reported to the police the
other day. Mrs. Roddn stated that the
burglar entered through a window and
must have mingled neither with servants
nor guests in order to reach her boudoir.
Ee would have attracted instant atten-
ton had he been in other than formal at
tire, she said, but might have escaped
detection In the crush in evening dress.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-11-14
BOY PASTOR FIGHTS; GIVEN $4oo
Awarded Damages for Injuries Sus-
tanned In Protecting Girl.

tNtncd IN Protecting GtrI.
Rev. Hugh A. Knowles, 10 years old,
pastor of church at Divernon, was
awarded $500 damages in the Circuit
Court of Mason county for injuries sus-
tanned at the hands of Elmer Abbott, a
high school boy of Mason City, at the
corn belt oratorical and athletic meet In
Springfield last spring, Abbott and
Knowles fought when the minister went
to the assistance Of school girl whom
Abbott was said to be annoying.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-11-14
Early Every Evening
B. 4 B. Line Steamers Leave
Detroit and Buffalo Daily.

The large luxurious steamers East-
ern States and Western States depart
early every evening for their trip
across Lake Erie. They arrive Mt their
destinations early the next morning
and make sure train connections to all
points east and west.
On your next trip use the d. 4 b.
Water Way and be famed by cool lake
breezes all the way. Send for pamph-
let and Great Lakes Map. Address
ID. 4 b. STEAMBOAT Co.
II Wayne Street Detroit, Mich
Barry Line Ia Popular.
There Is no more popular line Of
steamers ON the great lakes than the
old and we'll established Barry Line.
The popularity Of this great line has
been we'll earned, for 1t has always
given the people first class accommo-
datlons and the most courteous Of
treatment. The Barry Line docks are
more convenient to reach this year than
ever before They are now at the
north end of Rush street bridge, and
are of easy access to everybody. A trip
to Milwaukee or Racine on a Barry
Line steamer can be taken with Per.
feet assurance that 1t will be q delight
full and safe one.
The safest department store In the
,ity to-day IL The Fair. It has broad
aisles and ever convenience for the
public.
When the Beef Trust can openly
defy the United States supreme Court
and stay out Il jail. do you woodcr
that thars are men called aaasehlstD1
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-11-14
DIRECTORS.

This Bank IL pleased to place at
the disposal Of It's customers the
facilities gained during fOrty-fOur
years Of continuous service and
growth.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-11-14

,treet Mr.. DOnnelly enjoys the con.
sdence and patronage Of the very best
leople In Chicago. aud II you want the
best goods, IN watches. d. souds and
iewelry, at reasonable prices. the man
. patr0nise ID honest Tom Donnslly. o,
~ Dearborn atreet.
The meat inspection law which was
framed up to suit the Bsef Trust, does
not provide for microscopic examina.
lions and no microscopic examination
IL made Of pork for the purpose Of dis.
covering evidences Of trichina.
No wonder that f0rsign governments
with the good health Of their subjects
In mind are semewhak suspicious Of
Beef Trust posk.
~
The most awful thing In the history
Of this Republic from its Foundation
to the present time, 10 the open, ia.
grant defiance by the Beef Trust Of
the permanent injunction granted
against 1t by the Supreme Court Of the
United States. II the Supreme Court
can be nouted by multi.millionair
law-breaaers, what has become Of our
Government
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-11-14

GEORGE n. ROBERTS. President.
NATHANIEL Il. LOSCH, Cashier.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-11-14
OF CHICAGO

At the close Of business Sept. 90. 1908.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-11-14

RESOURCES.
Time loans ....$24,270.414.65
Demand loans. S,020,OJ7,57
The Washington times., 1908-09-06

SNhcCNER
He WORE A ASTE2-. BECAUSE.
T CHRSTnAS IN The WCRkHoUSE
TIE WARDEN SAID BE TAAuL kAIES ShQQLED FlsHi
The evening world., 1908-12-18
Open Evenings Until Christmas

The sales advertised here are for to-morrow's
selling.
The evening world., 1908-12-18
WOMAN FELL FROM
BARGE; DROWNED
Sheellan, Who Reported Death
of Captains Wife, Detained
as suspicious"

John sheehnn. OF No. LES Cherry
street. was held without bali by Magis-
trate Butts In the Yorkvllle Police
Court to-day until more nearly COM
pleto investigation is made OF the death
OF Mrs. Nellie Nelson. who was drowned
At the foot of East Eighteenth street
early this morning.
Policeman Rooney was attracted to
tho canalboat Ethel Trudice at about
10 o'clock by tho sound OF quarrel.
He found Capt. Nelson. the woman 3
husband, who commands the boat, in
a discussion with Sheehan. Nelson said
he had just arrived at tho boat expect
ing to meet his wife and to take her
home. and that he found Sheehan there
alone,
Il came 10 take Mrs, Nelson home" "
Sheehan told the policeman, and while
wo were talking on the deck Bhs lost
her balance ana fell overheard"
The men got lanterns and a rowboat
and found Mrs. Nelson's body. She was
thirty-nine years old and she and her
husband lived IN the same house where
Sheehan has room. No. E5 Cherry
/ street,
Sheehan repeated the story he told
the policeman to the magistrate, and In
dignautly denied having had a quarrel
With Mrs Nelson, but Policeman Rooney
asked that he be held pending further
investigation.
The evening world., 1908-12-18
ONE MAN DYING.
TWO OTHERS HURT
IN CAR CRASH
Grand Street Car SmasheS
Into One of Madison Ave
nue Line at Crossing.

Two trolley cars, both going fast, one
@. Madison avenue car bound south. cell
nded at Grand and Centre street ct 4
a N. to-day. and when he wreHkaso
was cleared one man was found 20 BE-
dying ana two others severely hurt
The Grand street car was Ia charge
OF Motorman Edward Mccain, Of No.
% Madison street. william E,seler. OF
No. $50 Washington avenue, the Bronx.
was running the Madison avsare oae.
Because of the snowfall and Ice \
. vas NEXT tn impossible 70 stop cars
| quickly, but both motorrnen were max
I fng up lost time. In the Grand street
car was one passenger, owen NIulllgan.
OF No sA West Fifty-tourth street
The Madison avenue car had Just
reached the centre OF the Grand street
crossing when the Grand street car
which is much lighter. came along. Nc
dann put on brakes. but 1t was no use
His car slid along the rails and crashed
against the larger car, and its platform
crumpled like SO much paper, huryins
, McCann under the wreckage as the
Madison avenue car was hurled from
the track.
whan Policeman APPEL, OF tho Null
, berry street station, came he found
Nnssler and Mulligan, the passenger, on
their feet and bleeding from numerous
S1utA FaNen glass and Bplintered wood
/ work had injured them. Both men wers
/ tagging away at the front platform OF
/ the Grand street car. Other men came
and the platform WAS lifted Under th'
sxrsckaee was found tho unconscious
,NeCann. He was hurried 10 the hos
Lpitai with o fractured skull, internal
! Injuries and other hurts. The two othei
! Injured men were taken to their homes
The evening world., 1908-12-18
SEEKS SEPARATION FROM
SLACKWIRE RF0RMER'

My vtnson Meera. also known on the
ptaxe as Mac Carter. applied to Supreme
Court Justice Downing yesterday for a
separation from Alfred Meers, an Eng
lish slaoswtre performer. She frst
brought SUIT last June, when Justice
Risohofr ordered Meers 10 pay Ter
temporary altmony OF $50 week.
She says Meers has been disoosytng
the Courts order and sending her only
$50 . month. HIS salary, she asserts.
averages $3.50 & week. and she charges
cruelty, neglect and failure to support
She said that Meers's I'll treatment be-
gan soon after their marriage, In 1896.
and proceeded largely from the fact that
she persisted in being an American N
the face OF his desire to have her ep-
pear as an Englishwomar.
While in Detroit. and again when in
Dresden, Germany, she swore he
threatened to knock her head off and
was only prevented from violently as
saulting her by the stage hands. who
announced that they would give him a
sound trouncing If he did not let her
alone.
Justice Downing reserved decision.
The evening world., 1908-12-18
LOVERS QUARREL, GIRL DIES.

Only fifteen years old and disappoint-
ed in her first love affair. Dora Simon
committed suicide by taking carbolio
acid at the home of her aunt, Mrs Re-
b.sca Stamm. No. 2O4 Washington
street Jersey City, yesterday. Her girl
friends say she quarrelled with her
swe etheart, whose name they do not
know. on Wedpe sday night,
After taking the poison the girl told
her aunt what she had done. A doct or
was called. but she was dead when he
arr we'd.
The evening world., 1908-12-18

OUR aim is that this store shall be the BEST
Christmas Shopping Place in New York in
service, quality and value.
The evening world., 1908-12-18

ono clasp prix seam cape leather, in
good shades OF tan, special 90c
Main Floor-Orcenhut and Comnony
The evening world., 1908-12-18
Imported Caracul Cloth Goats

Imported 0aracu Go1h Goats o. nta nrS mo1 % from rom
ike real u military model h large Drcroe rcyers cor ra
long rolling shaw" collar oil silk lined rRuany S24 Is Si'oO
Stunnino BrOadc 10th COats 50 long
-- ----h splendid quality al-wool broad
cloth semhtng both DJecarc End Emore te ed
with guaranteed san Black and yende regularly $50 S24 Is
Charming Broadcoth and Caracul Cloth Coats
so 81 ma eIronc o. imported
cloth Military Drectoire 500 5O
Sscon Flo