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-1 w, , i!S!mzinBtimn7&!) Mpffi"rfJ.Sl3PSSP(E 5"9jff.,l!f THE OHIOAaO EJ-A-GHjEJ.- .1 SAD AT THE MONROE Failure of tbe Scheme to Get Millions Out of tbe "Spoil Banks' And the Continued Success of Carter H. Harrison Dampens the Ardor of the Grafters, But the- Green-Goods Smile Returns to Its Place and Bunko Hopes Arise I When the Plans for Using the State Central Committee Are Loudly Talked Over. The aiitl-Hnrrlson Democracy, who believe In the Monroe Doctrine, of Craft. Grin ami Con, are In the dumps thee dnys. The re-election of Mayor Harrison was a sad blow to them and to their vMons of u "reformed" Democracy with Harrixon and llnrkc left out, ami unlimited Graft In sight. A general round-up of their "ward" -club- was held at the general render vein, of Political Has Ueens and Men With Ilecords the other day. Among the organizations represented wcie the (Uppity Hop Club. The Altgeld Wursts. The Contractor"' Combine, The Smart Aleck CndetM The Jones Van (Junrd, The Grafters' Union. The Spoils ltnuks Disposers, The Green Goods Siullors The Sorrowful Safe Mowers, The Indicted Politicians, The Harrison Haters, The Holies of 'W. The Intercepted Sewer Heaters, The Clio-en I.olMors, The Hlpplty Hops submitted a re port that the chairman of the State Central Committee would appoint his executive committee before Christinas ami would see to It that no Harrison man got Into the Democratic State con vention from Cook County In lHt)'J. The Smait Aleclc Cadets threw the Assembly Into a cave of gloom by mi nounelug that after all they had done no one had ciit in a bid for the Spoil Jlunl;. . This announcement was received with groans by the delegates from the Contractors' Combine anil the Grafters' Union. tu fact, this anuoiuiieun'iit had some lutore-t for the general public, so The Hugh digresses to tato the farts In re liit lou thereto: The Sanitary DMrlct Trustees saw their visions of millions of dollars prof It from the spoil banUs along the edge ol the channel fade away Wednesday when the time for the opening of bids for the sale of the spoil came. There was not a single prospective purchaser In sight. It wa a harder blow than the one the trustees received a few wci'lcs ago when they discovered that the Western Stone Company owned about 'jriO.000 cubic yards of the tluest stone In the hunk. Information from stone men was to the effect that the board's terms to bid ders were too hard, as the spoil could not be removed within the eight years speellled. The engineering committee will now oast around to see whether bids for pint or all of the spoil can bo received on any terms, or whether the board will have to wait till favorable opK)itunItles come, and sell the stone to euiisumers direct. The board located the Canal street lneulo bridge approaches In such a way as practically commit It to the i:o foot channel proposition. The expert drainage commission, which It Is now Imped may report next week, U dls cubing several plun besides this one for a 200-foot channel, but the trustees did not consider It necessary to await the report before deciding. Tim bridge Is contracted for, and work will soon begin. FOREIGN SOIL IN WASHINGTON. France In Hciinlrc New llinlxmy Orniuiiln ill the Cupltnl. Several foreign governments, among them Trance, aie negotiating for the purchase of embassy land In Wash ington. As soon as such negotiations nie completed the annexed property be comes foreign soil. Franco's new hold ing, for Instance, wilt be exempt from taxatlou. The French Hag will Hoat over It. If one 1'rcuchmaii chooses to murder another within Its bounds It will be none of Uncle Sam's business. The quarters of tho present French embassy are Intimately associated with the life of Washington. The mansion was built Just seventy-tlve years ngj by ltlchard Hush, statesman mid diplo matist. The year before Its foundations began to rise Itusli had been recalled from the ministry to Great ltrltoln to be Secretary of tho Treasury under John Quliiey Adams. In l!.u '10's Hush vacated thu homo upon his appoint ment by President Polk a Minister to France. Shortly nftcrward Hamilton Fish, then In Congress, moved In and remained until letlrlug from tlu Senate In ISjT. Fish ndded a large bill-loom to the right of the hoiie moper. The Active opposition to the bill grant ing the Drainage Hoard the right to levy an additional tax of appnnlmatc ly ?r.,O0O.0iM) to develop the water power of the canal Is to bo opened at once at Sprlnglleld. Itcprescntntlves of the Chicago Iteal IMato Hoaid-W. "W. Mitlrd, W. D. Kerfoot and II. S. Dietrich -who are now in Sprlnglleld wot king for amendments to tho reve nue law. have been naked to keep an eye on the water power bill, which now awaits second reading. Conservative citizens hold that as no definite plans have been outlined for tlie expenditure of this big sum or money, should the additional levy be sanctioned, the measure should not bo p.med. Tlioy contend that tho success of the project of utilizing tho waters of the enn.1l to generate electrical power, and transmit this power to Chicago, is problematical. So groat Is tho loss In transmission, that It Is argued by many that tho transmitting of this energy from I.oekport, thirty-six miles nwny. to Chicago, will not leave Mitllolont current to light tho city's street lamps mid to operate tho pumps at the pump ing stations. Fear nro expressed, too, that with no agreement between tho city and the Drainage Hoard tho latter, once granted the means to develop the water power, may bell the electricity thus generated to private corporations, and seek to make U manufacturing belt of the 7.000 acres nlong the channel now owned by the Sanitary District. "I am opposed to this bill with Its proposed additional tax," said George I,. Warner, of the Ileal IMnte Hoard. "No dellnlte plans appear to have been determined on, either by the city uu thotltles or by the Sanitary Trustees. The problem of transmitting power in the form of electricity Is In Its Infancy at present, and whether the distance between I.oekport and Chicago can be overcome Is u matter for experiment. Hefore any additional taxes are author ized It seems to me that uu expert com mission, composed of electrical, hy draulic and mechanical engineers, and a number of business men. should thor oughly canvass this question, mid at tempt to eliminate anything of the ex perimental. Several Judges are watching the measure closely and Investigating the tentative plans of City Ulectrlclan Kill eott and Chief Kuglneer Kandolpli of the Sanitary Hoard-plans which con lllct in many Instances. "It would be most unwise to have that bill pass," said one Judge during the day. "t shall be ready to go to Sprlnglleld and aid In opposing the measure If there seems danger of Its passing. The levying of millions of ad ditional taxes with absolutely no def inite plans on which the demand Is based should not be allowed by the people. The question of electrical transmission Is still unsolved. The com pany supplying power from N'lagara Falls to HulTalo tluds that It can trans mit electricity to points twenty-seven miles from the generating plant. Well, I.oekport Is thirty-six miles from Chi cago, anil the consequent greater losses seem never to have boon llgured out fully. The city should get the benellt of this power, iiud the problem Is too Important to be Jumped at hurriedly." Hut live of the nine members of the Drainage Hoard favor the bill now be fore the Legislature. Four hold that action on this lino Is premature. Chief engineer Itandolpli Is avowedly op posed to the plan. He contends that the Sanitary Trustees should retain full control of the power and that It should be distributed In the territory along the canal. The 7,noo acres of laud along tho channel cost the board up- proximately !?I.(IOo,()(m), and Is now esti mated to be worth tfl.OOO an acre, or $",HK,0(iO. , "Lease the power to factories," said Mr. Itandolpli, "and within a few years this land will have become a nmnufnc tilling belt which will be of Inestimable value to Chicago." Postmaster Coyne decided Wednes day that the postotlice merit board, the pride of Postmaster Gordon during Ills term of otllee. was a useless appen dage to the department, and must be abolished. Arrangement were at once begun for the distribution of a $l,"oo yearly appropriation which has hereto foil' been UM'd for the salary of the Secretary of the Hoard. The news that the so-called merit board was to be classed among the "has I icons" was hailed with delight by most of the employes of the post otlice. The board, which had for Its ostensible object the promotion, trans fer and assignment of postal employes on their own merits, has been In exist ence ten years, though Its functions were enlarged greatly under the regime of Postmaster Gordon. The employes and some of the otll elnls of the main postotlice say It would be an Ideal Institution If Its rules were strictly adhered to. They declare, how ever, that It has been used as a cloak to cover up the advancement of favor ites. "According to my Idea." said Post master Coyne, "tho merit of employes cannot be determined by such exnni' Illations as were held hi this bureau. Tho superintendents of divisions are best acquainted with the relative standing of their clerks, and In mak ing promotions I shall depend much on their recommendations. I have visited among tho employes and Inquired care fully Into their work. From this I have found that there are many employes who have been doing commendable work for years and have been over looked when favors were to be dis tributed! When I got an appropriation from tho department on July 1 1 expect to reward the men who have been woiUng faithfully for years." TAX THEMJO DEATH. That Is tbe Policy of the Drainage Trustees with Respect to Chicago People. Money Must Be Raised for the Con tractors and the People Must Pay It. The Carpet - Baggers Who Are Behind the Scheme Own No Property At All. But the People Who Do Must Pay to Keep These Favorites in Pin ' Money. nHSENT FIIKNCH KMIIASSY nUll.tHNO. year Fish retired Queen Victoria loused the houso as her American legation, and Lord Napier, arriving shortly after Bu chanan's Inauguration, took possession as Hrltlsh Minister. Tlieie were no foreign ambassadors hero In. those dayi. His Lordship was a dashing young no ble of only as. He was accompanied by Lr.dy Napier, four children, a tutor, a governess, a pompous butler, n coach man ami two muld servants. Her lady ship was regarded nt tl,o time as the most beautiful woman In Washington. During their three years in the llush house It was the scene of the most bril liant functions given nt the capital. In this house King Kdwnrd of En gland was entertained when Lord Lyons was ambassador. In 1805 Lord Lyons was succeeded by Sir Frederick Itrucc, who became a war.n frleud of Clmrlei Sunnier. Ho vcmalued master of tho Hush house until ho died of diphtheria, In Huston, during Grant's administration. He was succeeded by Sir Edward Thornton, who built tho present Itiltlsh embassy. Soon after Hruco's death Admiral Porter, succeed ing Farragut as commanding olllcer of the navy, purchased tho stately old mansion and there remained until tils death. In 1894, when M. Jules Pntcno tre, former French anib.iss.nhr, unt ried Miss Flverson, of Philadelphia, France tlrst leased the property for nu embassy. When Franco acquires the land now being negotiated for It will bo the sev enth patch of foreign soil within '.ho bounds of Washington. Great Hritalu was !.o tlrst purch'iM-r of embassy grounds, and then followed Germany, Japan. Mexico, Corcii nud Austria. 'J'ho tlftcen other foreign governments rep resented In Washington rent their em bassies or legations. 64 VE UP MILLION TO WED TYPEWRITER GIRL. Clarenco Ott's romance, which cul minated In an elopement to Jefferson vllle, Ind., has n sequel. Ho Is tho son of u Louisville widow of wealth. As he was but 11) years old, Ids mother ob jected to his paying court to Annlo Pey ton. She was one year his Junior, pret- The success of the grafters on the present Drainage Canal has set the gang wild. It now wants to build cauals every where. The North Branch Is to be widened. The South Branch t's to bo widened. A caual Is to be built to Evaustou. A canal is to be built to Wllmette. A canal Is to be built to the Calumet. The Calumet Is to be widened. The gang expect to realize fully $o00,000,000 before they are through. Of course, this may bankrupt the citizens, but what of It? Opposition to making Hvanston nud the north shore towns a part of the sanitary district Is finding 'many ad herents among the substantial property owners of the north shore. The claim Is made that the cngliieermg dttllcultles to be overcome In such nu undertaking are such that the sanitary district could It Is further objected by the oppo nents of the plan that the north branch of the Chicago Hlver overflows with Its present draluage nt certain seasons, ami that It would have to be deepened aud widened very materially to accom modate the drainage from the north- shore district. The, Idea of a lake-level channel Is said to be Impracticable, as It would necessitate n cut of over thirty feet for the llrst two miles and of about twenty feet for tlte following six miles to bring It to Its Junction with the river near Bowmauvllle. At that point the bed of the river Is twelve feet above the lake level, and It would bo neces sary to have pumping works there to lift this sewage Into the river. From the talk at the Monroe, how ever, all the "Improvements" will be carried out whether the people kick or not. MURRAY 6c CO., BLANKETS BBBBBMH(HUBfEEjBBBv SQUARE WOOL, tUprlcM. DUCKLINBD, square ' ihtped, all grtdet. STABLE BLANKETS, line and unlined, all styles aatf ' qualities, cut to fit aa4 guaranteed to stay on. WATER -PROOF Hone ta4 Wagon Cover. WHITE DUCK Horse and Ws. gon Covers. CHEMICAL DUCK Hon a4 Wagon Coven. ANYTHINd that can be made out of Duck or Canvas. Note change f addreaai 333 S. CANAL ST. Telephone Oakland 355. United 395. 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It may lio Unit tho mnn In New York wliofco fitomncli lias been removed by Hurja-ry will live, but most people have no stomach for Mich operations. ty ns n plant e, mid for three years lias earned her own way In thu world ns n stenographer. Mrs. Ott's objections were overruled, young Ott slipped nwny from tho military school nt Ashe vllle, X. C to which his mother had mimllcd him, ami he married his heart's Idol, Ills mother refuses to forlvo him, and ho Is now woi);Iiik for $il n week, but happy, whllo his Initio will hold her position until his Income is larger. Arc ut filtering College. It appears from President Ullot's ro' port of last year's work at Harvard that boys enter college n trltlo yongde than they did a generation ago, and fewer of them proportionally nro now prepared by private tutors. Thu number entering from public schools Is steadily lucreaslug. Dr. Eliot thinks that the eicellenco of tho preparatory schools ought still further to reduco tho average age of entrauce. Ituln In ArUona, Tho people of Arizona aro returning thanks for tho licuvlest rainfall there .Xor twenty, years, not afford to do tho work nud that tho purpose of making the north shove towns a part of tho district Is to In crease tho revenue of the district In order to complete the work already started. Such a plan, say the Irate property owners, would tnx the new part of the district without giving any local returns. "It Is a 'grafting' scheme," said Col. Henry M. Kidder of North Kvauston. "Why do tlioy go abend and take meas ures to get, us Into the sanitary dis trict before there Is auy detailed prop osition made In regard to what kind of a dralnngo system Is to be provided for us? Vo want to know what wo are to havo before wo begin paying taxes for It. I feel suro that If such a scheme Is over lint through It will lie long af ter tho Calumet river district Is con nected with tho sanitary district, and when there Is a real need In Kvatihton for such drainage. "The dreamers speak of this matter as If It were no more of an undertak ing than to run n tile ditch across a 40 aero Held, but I am one of the many who believe that the cost of such n branch would bo nearly equal to tho cost of the main channel." Col. Kidder continued: "It Is proposed to run a canal four teen miles long along the wett line of ftvauston, starting from the lake ut n point In Wllmotte, where pumping works are to bo situated, to lift the water from tho lake to the sewer. The bluff nt this point has au average height of thirty feet ubovo the lake level aud Is battered by the stormiest waves of Lake Michigan, in addition to the constant wearing away of the shoro which would make the mainte nance of a pumping station there very costly, tho bay is frequently tilled with anchor Ico that would render the op eration of the works impossible. A greater dltllculty would liuve to be overcome because of tho fact thut all of Kvauston and the greater part of Wllmotte aro lower than the sower would bo unless cuts averaging nearly thirty feet la depth were made." A OUP OF TEA. How to Mnke It Kxptnlitod by One Who linn I.enriicrt. I "don't core how good n housekeep er you may be considered, If you do not know how to brew a cup of tea so as to secure the best that Is In tho fra grant leaves, your education Is not complete. I know that every woman has nu Idea that sho can offer n guest a good cup of tea, but a great number of women arc far from adepts nt this simple art. I rather Hatter myself that I can compete with the best of them aud stand a very good chance of cur rying ott the honors, lint It was not always so. I had to learn a thing or two before I could suit fastidious taste',, but my Instructor was an Englishwoman. The tlrst detail of tho process Is tho choice of the tea. Thu brand is a mat ter of taste, but the quality must be tlrst-cliiN. It Is better to go without ten than drluk tho beverage which dally appears upon some tables. Good tea Is not expciixlvo because of Its strength. The water must bo freshly boiled. Care lessness in this matter will ruin tho brew and housekeepers with that knowledge will ofteu heat over the water left In tho kettle, or draw it from a hot water pipe. They aro not even careful nbout tho cleanliness of the kettle, do not wash It out occa sionally with hot water and soda, vAth a thorough rinsing after It, Tho habit of leaving tho leaves In the pot should bo censured, for tho pot ought to be thoroughly washed out, dried and aired. 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