Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1909-12-25

tnlS cOuntTys AS most OF tnom are
penniless this means q trip back to
their old Job in Europe.
Harvester Trust stock rose from A
when the tariff bill was reported to
the house to 112 when the tariff bill
was signed by the President.
The city IL being robbed regularly
by Its street railway companies. Whsn
the latter add q regular dose Of nuv.
der to It's other shortcomings" Il IL
time to do something.
Imitation II the sincerest fattery.
When you see It In The Eagle you may
be sure that It will be copied.
A shoddy aristocracy q bad enough,
but we have too many princes" lying
around loose.
The Chicago City Railway Company
and the Chicago Railways Company
are taking Of consolidating. This will
beat the city out Of 70 per cent more Of
its lawful income.
John M. Roach ought to be able to
give the States Attorney some points.
Thomas q. Mitten ought to be able
to help out the States Attorney.
Both of these gentlemen are such
high-minded, publicSpirited citizens
that they would doubtless do anything
to advance the cause Of justice.
~EDA
Mayor Busse Ii the hardest working
chief executive that Chicago has ever
had, and Is the most accessible to the
people.
| A Washington Judge declares that
mothers-in.law are much.abused
class, and that many things said Of
them are ISLANDERS. Would he attach,
the very cornerstone OF established
American humor?
1t will be a feather In the cap Of Sec
rotary Knox II he can bring about q
safe and sane Nicaragua.
The fellow who was weighed In the
balance and found wanting must have
neglected to drop cent In the slot.
Roosevelt bags four elephants.
says the headline. After which he
probably slung them over his shoulder
and stalked vigorously into camp.
At Upper sandusiy, Ohio. q man
has been granted q divorce and 500
alimony. Can anybody continue ia
doubt that woman IL getting hei
rights in this country:
The new Chinese minister to this
country brings sixty.seven servants
with him. Astute man. Had he made
It fifty.seven he would have been In q
pickle with the paragraphers.
Those so-called craters on the moor
may be merely the marks of bumps
received In collisions with other orbs
but that theory does not seem to OK
plain the presence Of tall cone II
the center OF 30 many Of them.
The historic instance when parallel
opipedon" was used a. q crushingly OF
probrious epithet IL recalled by an In
cident In Southern city. A stranger
In town was arrested for insulting 9
policeman to whom he had laughingly
referred as "a walking encyclopedia.
%6
Father Gabriel Richard Of Michigan
was the only Catholic priest who evel
occupied q seat in Congress. and hi
was the only man who ever went di
rect from prison cell to sit with tn,
lawmakers.
Lanmann's Congressional RECORD
gives the Information that Father
Richard was not elected a. represen
tative. but with only the powers o.
| q delegate representing the then ter
ritory Of Michigan. This was In 1923
and he served with distinction. deliv
ering several exceptionally abl,
speeches ON important issues. Father
Richard was great linguist. q thor
ough French and English scholar. con
versant with Spanish. German and
Italian. and had mastered the Ian
guage or dialect of the several lndiar
tribes OF Michigan. He was man o.
medium size. with bullying forehead
slightly bald. wiry frame and quick II
speech and action. A native o.
Santes. France, he was educated Al
Anglers. and received orders at Cath
Ollie seminary In Paris In 1890. Eigh
years later Father Richard came Il
this country and for a time was pro
lessor Of mathematics In st. Mary's
College. Maryland. Afterward he la
bored al q missionary In Illinois, and
finally located In Detroit, Mich. Will,
pastor OF st. AIMS Church In that city
he began the publication of Catholic
paper called the Essal De Michigan
and 1t Is claimed that II was he whit
took the first printing press to thu
west. 1t became his duty az pastor I,
excommunicate a parishioner who hat
been divorced from his wife. and this