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y' 'lr'JT ,'H"iiSt I11 f " l.' pR04nipVWMf' INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGS. NEUTRAL IN NONE.' VOLUME XXIV. BUST THE It Robs the Poor, Imposes on Rich and Sickens All the People. It Is in League with the Advance Guard of Hell to Help Heat. Hundreds Died Because of the High Price of This Necessary Product of Nature. While Much of It that "Was Sold Was Filled with Awlul Disease Germs. Flagrant breaking uf the low forbid ding the will' of Impure Iw for domes- til' IUI'IOK('M llllM lll'l'll JjIWIIVl'fl'll In Chicago liy the Stale Pure Komi Colli mission. Kmly Tuesday morning Com missioner All'ldl II. .llllll'H tl'll'grillllfll to nil his Inspectors throughout the Stutc to report at onie In Chicago iiiiiI begin the most thorough Investigation ever nlteiiipteil liy Iheni. Not nn Ice plant will escape exiiinlniitloii, mill nil found guilty of selling Impure Ice for ilonicstlc ne will lie prosecuted. Housed liy hundreds of complaints rrom citizens. Commissioners .loucsuud It. M. Pntlerson met lit Sprlngllohl on Monday iifternooii iiml decided to tnlie iictlon. It 1h ehilincd liy the commis sion Unit neiirly every Ice llrm In Chi cago nulls Ice lit only for cooling mid packing purposes., iiml tlmt the fre quency of typhoid fever Is due to lids breaking of the law. "We me astound ed at the open disregard of the law liy Chicago Ice dealers," said Commission er Patterson on Tuesday, a few mo ments after he. stepped fioui the train that brought him from the conference at Sprlnglleld. "Hundreds or thou sands of tons of Ice, cut from pools which are stagnant, are dally being sold to housewives. Hardly an Ice chest hut Is a menace to pulille health, and hardly ti glass of water cooled by chopped Ice hut Is dangerous to the one that drluUs It. Ice dealers sell this Impure stuff with Impunity. You can liny It from almost any wagon with absolutely no guarantee that what you get Is lit to use. Hardly a company hut Is guilty, and not one will escape if we can help It." The second complaint to the local olllcn was against a large Ice company. A t-ltlxvu or Huena Park wrote that he sent his sou out to buy mo pounds of Ice from a passing wagon, and It was placed In the rel'rlgcrntor. The nest morning when the doors were opened the servant was greeted with a smell of decomposition so strong that she closed the box mid Informed the mis tress of the house. Investigation re vealed the fact that the smell cuiuo from an iiiilmal that had been frozen In the he. The trouble It) that when the coin. pilules run out of good Ice they tnlie the poor and sell It," said Inspector .1. C. Ware, of Champaign. "When the Ice from thn cart Is sold they lake that rrom the leu houses. This should be used only for packing purposes. It Is cut from the clay holes and pools of surrace water. There Is hardly a com pany In Chicago that Is nut guilty, and 1 marvel that the city Is ns healthy as It seems to be." The work of Inspection will be under the direct supervision of Commissioner A. II. .loncs, and will be carried on by Hubert llurke of Aurora. Carl K. Trie gardts of Itockfonl, .1. C. F.agloton of ItohliiHon, Frank 1.. Hubbard of Chi cago, Frank Iloey of Chicago, mid .1. C. Ware of Champaign. They will take specimens of Ice sold for domestic use, melt them, and If the water resulting Is found to bo below the standard drinking water suits will bo llled against tho companies. The men were sot at work on the Xortji Side as soon as they reached Chicago, and It Is to be hoped their work will amount to some thing. Olllclals of the Drainage Hoard deny the cfiargo that the report of the expert commission In the Helf-purlllcatlou of water had been suppressed for political reasons. The Investigation was made lu 1808 by order of the Driiluiigo Hoard, but has not been given to the public. Dr. F. ltellly mij'B there Is disagree- ICE TRUST! the incut as to the wisdom of publishing the lludltigs. I'resldeut .tones says the report Is the most Important evidence the Hoard has In Its suit with St. I.ouls, and Is kept secret for that rea son. And In tln meantime President .limes will appoint some more expert commis sioners, nt the expense of the deluded taxpayers, to discover why the dis agreement exists "ns to the wisdom of publishing anything the aroresald tax payers should know." The Kagle will readily publish any explanation President .loncs may wish to give the public in this serious mat ter. Why are the llmlliigs of the expert commission suppressed V In what Interest? Certainly not In the Interests of Un people. The people always have and always will distrust public bodies who Iiml It necessary to suppress any racts that should be disclosed III the Interest of the public. This Is not a family affair. The Drainage Hoard Is a public af fair. Therefore the Drainage Hoard should have no secrets from the public. Aid. Ilouore Palmer Is the owner of a chatelaine bag and Is thrice a "win MIT." So much Is M'tllcd beyond a doubt, so far as the .lewlsli congregation of tlio liuumuuel Temple, North llnlsted street mid Heldeii avenue, Is concern ed. On his return from F.tiropo a com mittee or women or the congregation will visit the young Alderman and re call to him the happy scene when In ids race nflcr votes he strolled Into a social gathering of their society mid listened to the plea or a little girl to buy some rallle tickets, II was only 1(1 cents a ticket mid tlu little child urged that the chate laine bug which he had a chance to win for that small sum was a beauti ful sliver ornament valued at .S'lo. "Hut 1 have no use for It," Jokingly suggested the candidate, as he handed the little girl ifa and look two tickets. "You may give it to your wile or your sweetheart, or If you have neith er, why, your inainnia," chimed In the little ticket-seller. "Yes, I will have use for It II' you say so," cheerfully replied the Alder man. The noise mid rush of the campaign Is long over, anil the Incident at the lewlsli social gathering may be fur gotten liy the Alderniau, but the lit tle girl did not forget the two num bers he bought for the princely price. Lots have Just been drawn to rallle oil' the various prices, mid among them Hie chatelaine bug. The child who sold the Alderman the tickets was overjoyed when she found that her "nhe alderman" won. Members of the congregation nre happy and satisfied that he Is the win ner In splto of thu fact that most of the young men and women had hoped to get the prize. The little girl who sold the tickets Insists that the chatelaine bag must be worn by .Mrs, Potter Palmer, and on state occasions only. Mrs. (i. Kchul liiittf, Mrs. H. Straus ami Mrs. M. Am stein compose, tho committee which will present the prize to Hie Alderman. Lake View politicians pricked up their ears when they heard that papers had been llled at Sprlnglleld for incor poration of a Young Men's Republican Club of tho Twenty-tlfth Ward. Tho incorporators tiro John II. Logouian, OHIOAGO, SATUltDAY, AUGUST 10, 1901. t - f . 9KfMk, 1 ' t'A uXvM1 ' N J, S jujl r J,ir . .,-. , jy..- .lohu W. Ilenly mid Itobert .1, Frank. I.ogeiuau. who holds a position In ill" postolllce, has been active In lighting the regular party nrgaulxatlnu In bis precinct for some time, mid his connec tion with the new club Induced the be lief that It Is designed to make trouble for the so-called maclilne which Is con-1 trolled by the trlends or ex-Sheriff Pease, .lolin .1, Ilenly. Walter Hayt and other experienced politicians. The section of the Tweiity-llftli Ward where the new club Is expected to lie most active Is where Congressman Puss, Lincoln Park Commissioner Sim mons, ex-Assessor l-'red Tucker, Luther l.alllu Mills and Assistant State's At torney Olson live. Independent ltepub llcaus me numerous hi tills territory, and u battle at the primaries always causes much excitement. .lust what the new club alms to do has not appeared, but the machine men consider It a hostile move. Some of them think It Intends to take a hand In the Senatorial contest. It Is in Con gressman Fuss' district, and Mr. Fo.-s Is understood to be opposed to the ward's being for Charles !. Dawes, l.ogeinmi's position in the postolllce brings him Into close, contact with Post master Coyne, who Is for Senator Ma son, Politicians lu the habit of putting two and two together suspect that Coyne iiml Fuss may have had some thing to do with the organization of the new club, so as to be In a position to harass the machine leaders ir they try to deliver the ward to Dawes, At all eients the l.ogeiniiii-Ilealy-Frauk club has set tho machine politicians In Lake View to wondering wlm It means, lu the last prceluct light Lege limn made a light for Francis T. Sim mons for president of the club, ami when Mi. Simmons was appointed Lin coln Park Commissioner recently the appointment was considered a blow at the machine. Tlie eiicroaeliiueiit of private enter prise upon the p.irks of Chicago should be watched with zealous Interest by the neoiile. II' these great breathing- places are to be retained lu their nat ural beauty for the enjoyment or the multitude. The Lincoln Park Hoard has recently shown u tendency to turn that place Into a site for commercial ism, by allowing the construction of a most dlsllguriiig concession tho m. called "old mill race." In ono of the most plcturesiiiie por tions of tlio park tliii great nuisance, has been built, with Its never-ceasing thump and clatter and peneo-destroy-lug attributes. Thu miuingem of this -''f Bm i$k . . kw MS,7 r rt "' '( ;A' 3i ' . -ft. HMKW3& . ' "" ," ' -K ' ' d; a ' ' MR. JOHN d. MITCHELL, President of the llinols Trust and Savings Bank. uioiiey-iiiaklug scheme promised the hoard when the coiuessloii was let that the iitl'alr would be an ornament, but they tailed to make good their repre sentations. The principal reason for this lallure was that no such creation ns the old water mill can ever be an ornament lu u place like Lincoln Park, The attractions of a midway are not the uttractloiis of a public park', where peace and grass and foliage are sup posed to take precedence, mid where u graceful landscape and fragrant How ers should be deemed of more Impor tance than a monstrous, lumbering contrivance whose contortions sliaUe the ground all about Supt. Winder has done well lu ex pressing his displeasure over the erec tion of a big sign adiertlsliig the cafe lu the park, but he should go t'arther. mid oppose all efforts that me being constantly made to turn Lincoln Park Into a cheap sliow place. The Park Cniniulsxloners have made a great mistake lu allowing the "old mill" concession, and they should guard against I'm lire schemes or the sitiue soil. Money to run the park should be torlheoiulng I rum other sources. There Is a story going the rounds of the City Clerk's otllre that recalls the bygone days when the corporations were supposed to have owned the ma jority or the City Council mid the gang was all powerful In the City Hall, The story Is related of a West Side Alder man who was. anxious to spend his va cation among the northern hikes. Net desiring to pay fare, he wrote a touch ing appeal to one of the railroads I'or a pass. In order to show his apprecia tion In advance the Ahlerinau signed the letter "truly thine." And yet this Ahleinian signed the pledge of the Mu nicipal Voters' League and was elect ed as a reformer. City Scaler (iilnn Is after the shoit weight Ice dealers, gsX Heal estate assessments within the elevated loop will be Increased this year III some cases as high as 10 per cent. "It Is my lielhif," said Hevlewer rphaiii, "that property in the down town district Increases In value from 5 to Id per cent each year." Mr. Altgeld's list of property owners who are not assessed proportionately to tlio value of their property Is per haps as good a guess as nuy other, says n morning paper. IOxperleiieu has shown, however, that tlio opinion of one man as to tho value of tho cstnto TWELVE PAGES. of another Is not always to be accepted without reserve. As a rule men are not so wealthy as they are popularly supposed to be. It is rare, Indeed, that an estate is found to approximate the value geiieially placed upon It. Mr. Altgeld's guesses may. therefore, be accepted not as authentic Inventories, hut as Indicating the amount of per sonal property which, In his opinion, the gentlemen mimed ought to have. It' by any chance they do not Hud them selves in possession of such estates a he has rolled up so much the wote for them mid the ussessors. The Hoard of Itevlew will not pioilt very largely from i.-(!o, Altgeld's It tit t or burled personal propert.x. .lohu Cudaliy, whom the (iovornor had placed lu the halt' million column, says, "that mail Is crazy." A number of tho others that the (inventor has accused of hiding personal property front the Assessors do not hesitate to Use lan guage tar fioui polite when speaking of that gentleman. Damage suits brought against the city by rallioads that had property de stroyed lu the strike of INI I nre to lie taken before country .Midge lu the fu ture, according to reports. Tho change of venue. It Is said, will be taken on account or the success the city has thus far met lu lighting the claims. The plea of the railroads, It Is assert ed, will be that Chicago Juries nre prej udiced and do not return fair verdicts. The Lincoln Park sinking fund is shy to an extent that suggests the propriety of calling It a shrinking fund. .Mistlce Duggan's decision that laud lords must provide garbage cans for their tenants may ho all right. Hut why stop theieV Why not compel land lords to provide the materials out of which garbage is inaiiufacturcilV Pity the sot rows of tho Union Trno- Il.ni f 'mimtiiiv l.iifct' vein1 II niii-iwiil only a little more than expenses. And you would be perfectly safe In betting Mint it won't do any neiier, in me re ports, until tho franchise matter Is set tled: Mr. F. ,f. Swltzer, tho popular and well-kuown wall paper merchant on West Madison street, will undoubtedly secure the Democratic nomination for County Commissioner next year, lie Is n good man, and his nomination means his election. STREET CAR SCHEMES. Frontage Consent Is the Latest Device Invented by the Companies to Deceive the People. In Their Calculations, However, They Must Remember that Carter H. Harri son Is Mayor. And He Insists that the Public Must Be Con sulted in Any Legislation Presented to the Council. Over-Head Trolleys Must Leave Chicago as They Have Gone from New York. The traction companies are planning to secure franchise extensions on iu;w Hues, according to a icport circulated lu the City Hall. The story is tlmt the companies are considering the udvlsablllty of seciiilug frontage consents to back up an appli cation for fiitucli!cs. The consents are to be ited a- leverage toward securing good terms. Certain lnw.vors have held that front age consents will be necessary to fran chise extensions. The Allen law pro vided for iioiuv That law being re peal! d. It Is claimed that the fioutage consent provision of the old Horse mid Dummy net Mil force. The Chicago City mid Fnloii Trac tion companies," said n citizen who often 'lins Inside inform, itlou, "are con sidering the advisability of coming Into the Council to tisk for extensions backed by a majority of the property owners III the streets now occupied by their tracks, on Mich ii petition the Council Is hound to grant a franchise. It can place certain restrictions, com peiKiitlon being one of them, lu such a fraurfilsf. If the compensation N deemed excessive by the traction com panies, however, the corporations, backed liy this majority petition, can go Into the courts mid mandamus the city to grant nn extension on terms which me reasonable." There are Indications that thu Union Traction stockholders are c.irr.iJng on a violent flirtation with tho holders of blocks of Chicago City Hallway stock, mid the Inference Is that this same I'nion Traction Interest Is willing to take over the South Side company. That an acquisition will become a fact at once, however, Is not believed. It is known from a trustworthy source that certain men who have large holdings or Chicago City Hallway stock have been appro.iehed mid asked to say dellultcly what they would consider u proper lig uro If they weie asked to pari with their holdings. That the City Hallway Company will pas eventually Into the consolidation forming, well posted men tilting La Salle stteet do not seem to doubt I'or mi liMnm. As given out by u seail-aulhorlfitlve source it Is saltl tint t lids is only (he llrst step In the scheme which wJII end lu the merging of the surface roads with the elevated Hues mid of which the purchase of the Fnloii Loop Company eiuly this week b. the Notihwesteru Company was the foicriiuucr. Common t'nlon Traction stock Just now Is being bought up for a purpose, It Is snltl liy men on the Inside, anil this buying, It appears, is being done by u couiageous clique which has full coulldeiice lu the ulti mate outcome and control of till tin siiri'-ico mid elevated lines In the city and coiues protty near knowing that the rranchlso iiiesllou Is to be settled on a basis satisfactory to tho stock holders of the various companies. A large stockholder In all the companies In authority for the statement that the merging of tho surface lines Is a cer tainty and that after that becomes a t'lict tho stockholders will be willing to give tho city as high as 10 per cent or the gross receipts It' they can get a perpetual franchise. The proposition which will be made to the city, it Is understood, Is th.it the railway company p.iy to the city after the llrst tlvo years 120 per cent of tho gross receipts,; after ten ye.us fi per cent; after lirteen years 7', per cent, and after twenty years 10 per cent. This, tho shareholder quoted says, they sco their way clear to paying. In addition It can bo stated authoritative ly tlmt the traction companies will not NUMBER 018. accept a twenty-year franchise from the city. Members of thu Council Com mittee on Local Transportation have decided to go ahead with the traction ipiestlon whether thu street railway companies apply for ordinances or not. It N the talk lu City Hull circles that the Clilengo City Hallway Company Is awaiting a favorable time to present Its views on the franchise-extension ipies lion. Chairman Heuuett wants to get to work at once to prepare the outlines of ti scheme Into which any extension ordinance must 111 to be acceptable to the city. Kcccut staeuieiils by olllclals of the Fnloii Traction Company are taken by Aldermen to Indicate a knowledge that the city has the whip hand, despite the H'.i-year act and nil other claims of pro tection iimde by the companies. The Chicago City Hallway Company, It Is believed, will net Independently of thu North Side company. The (iiestlons to be considered by the new committee, as outlined by Aid. Heuuett, are: Settlement or downtown terminals, routes of loops and trolley In the busi ness district. Underground trolley as a substitute, for cable ami overhead trolley. Service, number of cms mid equip ment. Compensation In money paid to city treasury mid low fares. Aid. ('has. .1. Hoyd Is one or the strongest mid hcst-llkcd Democrats lu Cook County. (ieorge P. Foster will be hoard rrom lu Congress next winter. A great many rrlends or ex-Clilet' of Police Austin .1. Doyle are mentioning his name as a strong Deiuocratle can didate tor County Treasurer next year, piovldcd Mr, Doyle will consent to en ter his name lu (lie list of candidates. .lohu H. Honey Is u popular Demo crat mid well-known South Side iner chiiut. Ills uaiiie would strengthen the next Democratic county ticket. H. I'', Hlfholsou is ii capable lawyer and a most popular Hcpitbllcau, Many leading Kcpuhlleuus mid u host of his brother lawyers want Mr. Hlcholsou to run for .Midge next year. Mr. Hichol son would surely graco the bench. Henry K. Weaver Is urged to outer the lists as a candidate for I'ultcd States Senator to succeed Mason lu 1IHK1. Henry Stuckail Is not a candidate for any position on tho Deiuocratle county ticket next year. P, McIIiigh and Daniel .1. Me.Miihou ,1 are strong candidates tor Judicial hon ors. &. liitstavus ,1, Tut go should bo given n Deiuocratlt! nomination for .Mulge next year. Kvery (ionium Lutheran In Chi cago will support, the ticket that bears Mr. Tatgo's uaiiie. Mr. Tut go Is also strong with the masses. (Son. Charles II. Aldrlch, of Knns ton, Is one of the host-liked Hepubll cans lu Illinois, No wonder that ho U considered a strong factor In tho Sena torial light. Hon. Clayton K. Crafts mid Hon, Oeorge S. Foster arc good men to elect to thu bench. w. .. ;