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

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poor inmates. The authorities say
that It was caused by feeding "mouldy
corn" to the insane. Both this, and
the outbreak Of the same disease at
Dunning. b a blight on our civiliza-
ton. Yet nothing Is done towards
Furnishing the guilty parties.
Watch the traction gang closely. The
members Of 1t are figuring on skinning
the city to greater extent than ever.
~eA
What does Mr.. Weston get $40, 900
per year for his traction work for the
city. Since when did engineers become
% valuable?
Alderman leaders who have become
very rich, very suddenly within the
past few years, are to be taken up by
the Grand Jury, according to the Daily
laws. The sooner the better.
No other city in the world would
stand for the death strip" between
Chicago car tracks. D.
49, 81,
Meanwhile the traction graft, stolen
from the city, has been lost sight Of.
Abolish the loop and give the PEG.
pie subways.
Taxpayers are tired Of the city pur.
chasing agent and don't ever forget It.
Why should elections for Municipal
Judges be held in the fall? All NUM-.
cipal oiI,cers should be elected in the
spring.
The discovery OF that traction graf,
was almost too sudden for the IRE
spectacle" reformers. Nothing doing.
Many people favor tag fol
princes" A free country Is no place
for mobiles" to be running at large
any more than 1t Is for other dan
gerous animals that are untagged.
Following IL list Of the number OF
people killed and wounded by the
street car companies OF Chicago dur
ing the last year. The death strip Il
responsible for these awful accidents
and public opinion demands that every
street car track shall be torn up and
put down 30 that the width between
the cars shall be large enough for a
person to stand there without being
crushed and mangled as were the per
sons printed In the list below:
KILLED. 4,
Edward o. Lee. June 10. State street
and Jackson boulevard.
John Lewis. February 26. 1908. For
tieth street and Wentworth avenue.
Hugh MacD. Scott, April 20. 1909
State and Van Buren, streets.
John Cermack. May 10. 1908, Stat,
and Eighteenth streets.
Charles Johnson. June 10. 1908. Var
Buren, street and Wabash avenue.
Nick Ponlys. August 81. 1908. Thir
ty.fourth and State streets.
A. ]. Hainline, October 20. 1908
State and Washington streets.
J. J. Wilbur, January 16, 1909. Wa
bash avenue and Polk street.
Marcie Oil, March 2. 1909, Twenty
fourth street and Cottage Grove ave
nue..
Agatha Reinhold, March 2, 1909
Twenty.fourth street and Cottag'
Grove avenue.
INJURED.
c. C. Donnell. June II, 1908, Jack
son and Dearborn streets.
p. Yiller. January 81, 1908, 219 Stat
street.
John Dunleavy, March Q. 1908
Root street and Emerald avenue.
]. B, Raymond, April z, 1908, Souti
Water and Clark streets.
James Lyall, April Q. 1908, Fifty
first and Halsted streets.
Frank Forlan, April II. 1908, Clarl
and Madison streets.
J. Pearson, April 81, 1908, Forty
third street and Calumet avenue.
John Farrell. May 8, 1908, State ant
Randolph streets.
Ames Williamson, June II, 1905
State and Van Buren, streets.
A. p. Grannow. June 10, 1908, 19tl
and Clark streets.
Mary Lloyd, July z, 1908, State ant
Harrison streets.
Peter Welsh. July ~. 1908, Clybourl
avenue and Osg0od street
A. II. Sumner, July 10, 1908, Stat
and Adams streets.