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SUNDAY THEATRES.
The Mayor Defines His Position
on the Subject.
jfce Way in Which Licenses Are at
Present Made Out.
Be Is in Favor of Licensing 111 Classes
of Easiness.
I Hove Soon to Be Made to Stop These
Sunday Amusements.
the mayor.
ais POSITION ON SUNDAY THEATRES.
-In a great city like Chicago there is nothing
ore perplexing to the Mayor thereof than the
matter of issuing licenses. While the whole
question Is governed by ordinance, the fact is
Siat not a day passes but Mr. Harrison is
1 asked to grant this or that favor,—entirely out
. f blB power,—and is amazed beyond measure.
The widow who is running a saloon wants an
extension of time in which to take out a license,
or a permit to run a montn or so. Then comes
an impecunious member of the other sex and
wants a favor, and promises to pay up in a given
time, for » saloon or other license. Yesterday
there were several of these cases, but
the Mayor bad the courage to stand
bribe ordinances, —could do nothing else, and
every applicant went away in a huffy mood. All'
of the Mayors “Chicago ever had” have had
the same difficulties, and some of them, notably
Maror Colvin, oarcly escaped trouble for trying,
tobefriend applicants for favors of this kind.
Mr Harrison, however, says he will take no
■ Chances, hut, as noted some days ago. proposes
to live np to the law. He could pardon himself
out ot the Bridewell, he says, but in the JaU or
Penitentiary it would he different. .
A reporter, seeing him in the midst ot consid
erable trouble of this kind yesterday, had a talk
with him on the
LICENSE QUESTION GENERALLY,
ana extracted from blm some views o£ more or
less interest. The reporter called his attention,
to start the talk, to a paragraph in a religious
treekiv in reference to licensing theatres, and to
the fact mat some of them were giving per
formances seven days in a week, ilis reply was
that the theatres did not enjoy any privileges
that other licensed concerns did not enjoy, and
the following colloquy ensued:
u gat Is there not a Sunday law? ”
“ There is a State law on the subject, bnt all
the power I have is to enforce the Keeping of
licenses granted to theatres allow
them to perform seven davs in the week?
• His Honor replied by showing the following
. form of
4t EXHIBITION LICENSE*':
eimßraOS. ST XUTHORITTOP THE CITY OT CHX
•**** CAOO,
Permission li hereby given . nt —.. "•
in eaid city, lor the .period of— from the date
heteol: provided, that no gaming, raffle, lottery,
orctnore Rift diatritution of. money or «U
--elea of valne shall be connected therewith, or
allowed by the persons obtaining this license, or
In anv war held out as an inducement to visitors,
and subject to all the ordinances now in force, and
which may hereafter be passed by said city.
license may be revoked by tbe Mayor at any time,
at his mrcretion. „ , f , .. ,
Witness the hand of the Mayor of Bald city-and
the corporate seal thereof, this day— ,187 •
Attest:
“ This has nothing to sav as to time i”
“ No. except as to length of time, and it is in
accordance with the ordinances.”
“Then you maintain that you have no power
over Snndav performances!”
“ That is mv position exactly. All I could do
would be to suppress such performances in the
interest of public peace, but I could only do
this noon a warrant being sworn out by some
citizen.”
' “ You sav there is a State law on the sub
ject!”
“ Yes, there is a law, but the Sheriff, and not
the Mayor, is called upon to execute it.”
“ Have you the power, in the granting of
licenses, to mate exceptions and insert a pro
vision against Sunday performances!”
. “I have no such general power, but I hare
exercised it in one case in the Interest of the
public peace. It was in the ease of a rambling
tent concern which I understand is now exhibit
ing on State street. I thought I was justified
in this case, because they were liable to pitch
their tent in a church-yard, or in front of a
church, at any time, and Interfere with public
worship.” , .
“This is the only exception you have made!”
“It is. All of the regular theatres took out
their licenses before 1 came into office, and I am
not responsible, of course, for the issuance of
their licenses.”
“The theatres pay, I believe, <l5O per year.
What do you think "of this phase of the ques
tion!”
“Why, 1 think they do not pay enough;
hut you know this is out of my power.”
“ What is the rule with traveling exhibi
tions, which come to stay a week or more!”
“They are charged not less than $5 a day.
The circuses on Lake-Front pay <SO a day, and
the same for ground rent.”
“Do you think this is enough!”
“I do not; and, by the wav, I have soraft
FSCCLIAB IDEAS ON THIS SUBJECT OF LICENSE.
I think every business bouse of- every kind
ought to pay a license; and that the large
theatres should all pay more than they
do, and be graduated, according to their
seating capacity. In Europe the wagons
on the street, of every kind, are made to take
out a license, and they are graduated, the price
being regulated by the width of the tire of the
wheels. A wagon with a two-inch tire is made
to pay more than a wagon with a six-inch tire,
lor instance,’ and it is right, for one docs the
street far more damage than the other.”
“Ton say you would license all the business
houses!”
. “Tee, sir. I would have them all pay a li
cense in proportion to business capacity, and
see ho reason why they should not. The coal
wagon, the drayman, expressman, and hackman
have to pav a license, and X cannot understand
why the concerns doing business away up in the
millions should not contribute to the public
treasury lor their business rights as well as
these people.”
“Ton have no authority to make them do it,
however!”
“No. It would require a legislative act, to
enable the city to do anything.”
“If yon could, would’ yon
COMPEL BUSINESS HORSES TO PAT A LICENSE!”
- “li.btjieve it would be the most equitable
system of taxation, and the most easily aud
verlainly collected. The State of Missouri has
terv wisely given the City of St. Louis this
Pjwer,- and that suburban village, if they are
™e, will shortly he far aheadot us In a revenue
system.”
~ “Aside from a financial consideration, what
'lsyour opinion of
SCSDAT PEBTOBIUSCZS.
Itave you to say about them,
taorallvl”
2; Won l a ** tetter to do no -violence
to the prejudice of any class of people. and a
I" 1 th U pS. r.°ir onr best citizens are shocked
SL pei J or ““ces. I would prefer
riMt 6h °J{ d not , be RiTen, and
possible, should so lire £1 to no vMenra to neb
toCT the principles nor prejudices of their neigh-
This last answer settled it, so far as the re
porter was concerned, and he bowed his bead
and walked °ff t° make room for a delegation
of Aldermen who were looking after Bridewell
paraods. While his Honoris views were not
Tery dearly expressed upon the vital question,
the reporter’s escape was timely. If he bad re
mained no one could have foretold his fate.
ME. H. TV. KTN"G.
DOW IT STAB TED.
.• *nmt which moved the reporter to eo and In
terview Mayor Harrison was the following edi
torial in the last number of the Interior :
.it takes a layman to strike home, after all. We
Brotber H. W. K., in a conversation
May o ** about closing- the theatres on the
©aobath, which amusements that worthv held to be
innocent, brought the argument to a sudden stop
ay demanding: “What oo you license them for?
ion do not license grocers, dry-goods dealers,
or any legitimate lines of Business; but
yon license lines of business which, of themselves,
oy reason of their doubtful or dangerous charac
w, require to be kept under the surveillance of
we police, how, sir, we only ask that yon shall
w*: lcei s? e tiiem to carry on business on the Sab
v.a business which the law stamps as
ior.i?i 10na ” . not be given the preference over
jeguimate lines of business, and be permitted to
«xnpy seven days in the week. Just write the
la do* ,, yotlr DCHCit* 4 Except on Sunday, 1 and it
TVhat Mr. Harrison bad to say on the subject
** above. The reporter could not copceive
Who the oilier party to the conversation referred
to in the Interior was, unless it was Mr. Henry
W. Klmr, who is known to be a member of the
Presbjteridn Church. He therefore called upon
Mr. a bo admitted that be hadn’t read the
Interior article, but supposed he was the man
Alluded to.
occurred at the time he and Mr. Letter called
upon the Maror in relation to the Benner mat
ter, and was wholly incidental, having arisen
during a lull in the talk on the main question
then in band. What was said was confined
wholly to :'the subject of the Sunday
theatres, Mr. King expressing the opinion that
they onght to be shut up, every last one of
them. Not much was said beyond this, tor the
Mayor did not even take issue witn him, and
there the matter dropped. Mr. King intimated
to the reporter, however, that the talk appeared
to have resulted in no practical good, as far as
shutting down on the Sunday theatres was con
cerned, and that It wouldn’t he very surprising
If before long a general move on the part of the
business men of this city was undertaken for the
inrpose of seeing whether the order-loving,
J Sabbath-respecting citizens of Chicago bad any
rights in the premises or not. If they had, he
further intimated that something of a practical
character would be done to maintain those
rights; and if they hadn’t any, they wanted to
know it.
Falling Off In the Demand— The Reason
A dreadful calm pervades the County Clerk’s
office, and the naturally-industrious clems
therein are reluctantly compelled to sit around,
reading The Tribune, borrowing chewing to
bacco from stray reporters, and retailing stories
so old that they have been forgotten since the
war of 1812. The fact is that an alarming de
crease has been shown in the number of candi
dates for matrimonial honors, and it is feared
. that if. things keep on as things are kceulng,
the marriage-license department will have to
close up. The seventy-five licenses issued dur
ing the week ending yesterday empowered the
following parties to wed, a star (*) being placed
against the names of those who have previously
and unsuccessfully made the trial:
iVorne. Age. Residence.
(Wm. .Fcwzel 42....281 North av.
I Theresa Bougert. .. 28 ...106 Jane. .
i James H. Maguire...2B.. 202 Fourth av.
1 Sallio C.Bridgewater.22.,..2o2 Foarthav.
Beni. Michel 33....15 Mendel.
i Augusta Knhl... 29... 15 Mendel.
i Patrick Dunne.. 34....130 Johnson,
( Marv Clifford 31....H1 Superior.
i Thoa. F. Rohan 24.... Mackinaw, Such.
( Katie L. Glenn 22 ...Cbirago.
(Ernst Scholz 41....718NorthRalsied.
j Mrs. Con. Eggiling.,49 ...208 West Huron.
| Jno. E. 5aunder5....24....70 Paikav.
i Nellie Williams 10....70 Partav.
) Charles Radoy 23 . 114 Augusta.
j LenaMeliner 21....114 Augusta.
(Wm R. Bisnham 38.. ..805t0n, Mass.
j Stella A. Crook 25.. Darlington, Wis.
Renrv M. Dickson. ..29....103 Ashland av.
j Frankie Dve „..22....772 West Monroe.
I John Linsctt 30... 121 West Lake.
(Lucinda B Frazier..29....9S Westßandolph.
Antonio Fruguli 22....135 West Like.
■(Margaret Leaffey ...19 ls o evVV } K , e'..,,
! Wm. Wilkinson 39 NorthHalsted.
IMre M J H*ndesyoe.3B... 381 West Klnzie.
1 Gen . K.lirudbofe r.... 34—Thirty-tilth & Bloom.
j Sophia Rost 22... Thirty-llfih*Bloom.
(James Short 43 ...3 <3 Jefferson.
( Mrs. Ann Kiley 31....12U West Huron.
J Peter Quirk....... -So —l4- 1 Dcenng.
i Bridget Victory 25 ...Pittsburg.
(Frank Chandler 27.--.94 Bloc Island av.
j Annie Tallewitz 23—JJ44\ illow.
I Charles Heyb0rn....34....31,0 button.
) Johanna Peterson*..3l. ...Ciiicago,
1 Win. McGeoghcgan..29....Chicago,
j Margaret FitzgiboonsOl— Chicago.
( Ang’ustinc Menehlne 29... IrO Randolph.
j Rosa Bemero 20.... VS Michigan.
•JChas. Limcyer .. ..24....5J1 Noble.
| Lena Madden 15—247 Rucacr.
(James Allen ‘-o - « ar t,
( Sophia Anacreon*...2< ~..12y North Market.
I Steuben Grabsso . 25....2!)0V( est Eighteenth.
j Annie 110ffmeier....15.... 290 West Eighteenth.
( Andrew Quam ..23 ...109 Randolph.
"j Joliubua .23....100 RuDdo.ph.
TUESDAY.
City Clerk.
Philip J. Manning. ..25....Chicago.
' Katie McKerny 20....262 West Thirteenth.
Charles J. J0bn50n..30....330 Huron.
‘ Cornelia K. Bliss ...26... Englewood.
John Honra 44....11 North conn.
‘ Maria Fri5k0va......28....S Walker court.
Peter E. Fredrickson. 34.... Chicago.
‘ Mrs. I- S.Stenqnest.3l—Chicago.
LouisaF.Jarmitage..23 ...32 La Salle.
' Hepzebab Pront 21....870 Twenir-flrst.
William B. 8u55e11..24... Dll Indiana avenue.
‘ Emma B. Bnttman..2B....SU Indiana avenue.
John J. Silbert 25....163 W-Washington.
‘ Barbara Scmccler ...21....163 W. Washington,
- Fred Grimsill 24..1.20 Fowler.
’ Emilia Dresselhans.,2l... 378 W. Chicago av,
Hans C. Anderson.. .33 .. 55 West Erie.
‘ Annie C. Peterson... 24 ...Chicago.
WEDNESDAY.
I Wm. F. Ncnhoft....26 .. 391 West Randolph.
7 Emilio J. Andrcsen..2l ...448 Wells.
I Henry B. Wentz 28 ...Chicago.
7 Susie Corbett 21 ...385 Congress.
( ClmrJes TV. Eltena..2ti....s44Wc»il*ake*
7 Ella M. Russell 21....874 Fulton.
1 George S. Hamilton.4B... Chicago.
(Ellen G. Nellscn. ..36 ...Chicago.
i peter G. Wing 22....149 Erie.
I Jalia H. Hecth...-. ..IS .. 76 North Carpenter.
John Mnrpby 40.... Wallace and 27th.
I Margaret Welsh 49.... Chicago.
(Peter D. Lynch 33... 167 Congress.
7Ella Potter..;. 21.... Daria. 111.
i Gustav Johnson 23—Rockford, 111.
7 Ellen C. Magnnsscn.2l....9o Townsend.
(Edwin J. Blood 35... Mukwanago. Wis.
7 Sira. Lyoia Crocker.-45 . 431 W. Washington.
i Peter Frerea 25 .. Elm and Wells.
7 SusannahGoetzinger t'O....Michigan and Clark.
1 Charles J. Lemocke.26... 281 Bine Island av.
7 Lena Spannaglc... .23... 1395 Shurlleffl av.
i Cornelius E- McGec.3o ...Chicago.
7 Stella Uilion 10 ...Chicago.
( Hugh Mcßurntfy ...31. ...10 Sedgwick court.
7 Ellen Bell 19... 10 Sedgwick court.
I Peter Ericson... 39 ~.l4Sl3ueunell.
(Mary Swenson 31....1028Dear00rn.
Richard Evans 21.... Ashland avenue.
(Mary Evans 21 ...Ashlandavenue.
TnunsDAr.
(John G. Scrohey ...23. ...289 West Randolph.
7 Ada T. Bliss 22 ...785 West Lake.
1 James Ly0n5......,.38....521 Union.
I Mary Brady 28 U4Rebccca.
(James Dennehy. ~;22....310 West Iluton
-1 MarvDoolev 20....480 Huobard.
J Wilson K. Hoyt. ...27....Eng1ew00d.
( Hattie E. Car50n....20. ...Englewood.
< Frank Hence 29 otO South Halstcd.
I Barbara Ncwzei. ... 24....2-5 West Twelfth
t Michael Man 34....Harm0n.
7 Cecilia Gunterberg..lß ...172 Twenty-first.
(John Steiubcrger ... 23—6 i t South May.
(Carrie Gotthaidt. ...21... 223 Brown.
J Alberts. Graves..... 20.... RcdWing. Minn.
7 Hattie S. 80wen.....22 ...Austin. Cook County
(Adolph Zabel 21.. ..876 North Halsied.
I Elise Roetcher ..23....227 Bissell.
(John iumson 30....50uth Chicago.
7 Carrie Larson 30....201Elliaavenne.
1 Andrew Thalstrom. ..21 ..18 Vine.
7 Lena C.*Lnndburg..2o... 877 Cottage Grove av
I Edwin H. Dncnsing. 23....352 Noble.
1 Annie Knccker 21... 712VMilwaukee av.
! Timothy Larkina ....28 ...32 West Ranaolph.
7 Mrs. Julia Conway.. 32— Chicago.
I John Drcnnan 28 8 U abansia avenne.
(Ellen Lynch 19....76_W»pan5i0 avenue.
(Joseph Cevllier 51 lL»4State.
I Amite Swanson.... 1.37.... Chicago..
j Reuben Robbins 22... .383 West Ohio.
(Nora Kissune 23....2T7 West Huron.
EATCKDAT.
f George W. 'Wilcox ..32....N0rw00d Park.
( Kiltie Smith 28,...N0rw00d Park.
i Chas.D. Obbennan..2fl.. 302.0 State,
i Fre'drifca Kail .... ...20.;. Hyde Park.
! Frank F. Bauer 23... 2b4 Mohawk.
\ Bridget Hen1ncn....21....283 Mohawk.
j James Gormley .22 ...Chitago.
( AlicePickrell 19... 84 Judd.
1 George W. Hertge8..23....1-h> horrabee.
{ Mary Schmidt 18....-09 M eil.. _
Wm.J. H. Darraugh.30....5411 ictona aw.
•j Mrs. Catherine Bell ..29....3M Third av.
i Robert Lawson 42—?,i5 2 aT
•j \f rfl iTfl'.A vnrler .13 < North Mhj.
! 074 W. Twenty-first.
■J Mathilda Winqnest. .22... Clark and Chicago av
j John Benel 2!.-...4MLarrabee.
1 Marv Schwcislhal....23....59 / M ells.
J George J.Scbcndier..22,...4l Fremont,
( Kate VTeier 21... Kenosha
J Joseph Culada ..24.... -4 Rucker,
( Catherine Boldataro. .18—101 Ada.
J Hans Chrastcnsen....2B... -~8 North Halstcd.
( Chris. Himmenchscn.2B... 228 North Ualsted.
Hustons deep as the sea’s voice in mid-ocean when
f'tbe storm breaketb;
An soft as the whisper of trees when the nighl
• wind with gentle breath suatetb;
As std as the heart’s voice is sad when it bends to
. its sorrows and breauetu; •
As gentle as cooing of doves in the nest ere the
monilnjf'awHiceth—
Fills the Hits \n the midsummer-night, when the
i dav in heribeanly hath ended;
Fills mv heart a 4 I list to the strain of thy voice
with the niantingale’s blended:
Falls over the slumberous Earth when the Moon
With her light hath ascended
High into the bine vault aoove, by her train of
b bright handmaids attended.
But the zephyrs grow weary nud sad when the-Son
. his great burning eye clones.
And banging their harps on the trees, grow still
. * while my loved one reposes.
The light goeth ont from Hie day, and the red from
. the hearts of the roses,
WMle silence as oeep os the sea settles- down
' where the white poppy dozes.
HusmcASS Hail. July 23.-1879.
THE CONVERSATION
LICENSES.
Unknown,
MONDAY.
FUIDAT.
A FRAGMENT.
Avis Ghat.
THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. JULY 8?. 1879—SIXTEEN PAGES.
THE LAW.
AnotheP Decision in the Fiaglor*
Gay Row.
Landlords Not Responsible for the Goods
of Their “Boarders."
A Guardian Requested to Account to
Bis Word.
Judge Knickerbocker Interprets Miss New-
lierry’s Will
THE FLAGLOR-GAY LITIGATION.
The old and notorious litigation over the Gar
rett estate received another airlng yesterday be
fore Judge Blodgett. It came up this time on
a question as to the validity of a mortgage for
$20,000, made Aug. 19, 1857, by Charles Fiaglor
to Ida father, and by the latter assigned to
Catherine Reed, alias Catherine Parpart. The
first chapter will be found written up in good
shape by another reporter in the fortieth and
seventy-third volumes of the Illinois Reports.
This mortgage covered the property on the
corner of Randolph and State streets, now
owned by A. W. Windett. After the settle
ment of the original litigation, which took
nearly ten years, Catherine Reed, who had only
been made a party by publication, ap
peared personally in the case in 1873,
and asked to be let in to plead. This was done
and she filed an answer; and a cross-bill asking
for a foreclosure of her 820,000 mortgage. An
swerc were filed by the other parties io interest,
■ and in the latter part of 1877 the case was trans
ferred to the Federal Court It was finally
heard some months ago, and Saturday Judge
Blodgett decided it.
He said the main and essential point in the
case was whether the $20,000 mortgage given by
Charles D. Fiaglor was a lien on Uie fee of the
land in question. The defendants in the pres
ent litigation contended Cnsrles nad only a life
estate in the land; that in a parti
tion decree as far back as 1851
Charles had admitted he only had
a life estate. The complainant in the original
bill claimed that Charles never acquired a vest
ed estate, that It was the Intention of Mr. Gar
rett only to give him a life interest, and that in
the partition suit his estate was fixed at a life
estate. On the other side, It was urged that
Charles took an estate In fee, which vested on
the death of hts mother, and that ho never con
sented to or ratified the decree in the partition
suit, and that the $20,000 mortgage was a valid
lien on the lot in question,—Lot 25, Block 9, of
Fort Dearborn Addition. But the Supreme
Court bad held in the \Varhams case, reported
in 73 Hi. Kep., 415, that Charles took on estate
in fee, and that the partition decree was not a
decree by 'consent so as to bind him. The lacts
were nearly the same as in the present case,
and the decision might well be followed as
binding in the present instance. The
litigation' over the Garrett estate
had been one of the flreest and most obstinate
contests in the history of the State, and nearly
every Judge who had in turn heard the case
concurred in holding Charles took an estate in
fee. With such repeated judicial construction
ot the will, it would be presumptuous to ob
trude a dissent. But the Judge thought it was
not necessary to dissent, for he felt compelLd
to agree with the construction given in the
Wadbams case in Charles’ favor.
The only remaining question then was as to
the validity of the mortgage given by Charles.
The lands In question had been for some pur
pose placed in the bands' of the father, Fred
erick, and be conveyed them to Charles, who
gave a mortgage back and paid the interest dur
ing his Hie. After his death, Frederick made a
bigamous marriage with Catherine Reed, after
having bad two illegitimate children by
her, and in 1863 be assigned this
$20,000 mortgage to her to give her
means of supporting her and bis children.
The assignment was regularly made, and,
though the original mortgage remained in
Frederick’s possession, that did not invalidate
it. The consideration for the assignment
seemed to have been a valuable one, as on his
account she had forfeited her position in society
and become the mother ot Ids children. It
would not be right that her-kindness afterward
bestowed on-him in his old age; should be
turned against her and allowed to defeat, the
provision be made for her. The mortgage by
Charles must therefore be held valid, and a
decree of foreclosure granted in favor ot the
present- bolder. Catherine Parnar. As the
property was productive, and as the Connecticut
Mutual Lite-Insurance Company had filed a bill
also to foreclose its mortgage for
$4,0000, a Receiver would be necessary,
and if all the parties were willing
he would appoint R. E. Jenkins Receiver. The
counsel in the case, however, wisned to confer
and perhaps agree on same one, and no Receiver
was appointed. An appeal was taken.
LIABfLITT OF AK INNKEEPER.
The suit o£ Harriet B. Erskine vs. Potter
Palmer involved an Interesting question as to
the liability o£ a hotelkeeper to an inmate of
bis house. It seems that Mrs.Erakine came
nere in October, 1877, and announced that she
was intending to stay all winter. She was given
a room at special rates in the Wabash avenue
part of the hotel, which la generally set apart
to boarders. A few weeks after her arrival her
room was entered and she wat robbed of a large
amount ot personal property, all of which,
however, was recovered with the exception ot a
pair of diamond earrings and $lO in money.
She then brought suit, claiming Palmer was re
sponsible, she being at the time a guest at his
hotel. The defense was that she was not a guest
at the time, but a boarder.
Judge Blodgett said there was no doubt but
at common law an innkeeper was the insurer of
the goods of his guests, but that a keeper ot a
boarding-house or private tavern was not so lia
ble. The recent ‘American cases held that
whether a person sojourning at an inn, where
the proprietor accommodated both boarders and
transient guests, was to be deemed a guest or
boarder was a question of fact to be determined
by the jurv, or in the present case by the Court
without a’jurv, from the testimony in the case.
It was sometimes difficult to know who was the
guest of an innkeeper, and it was not enough to
make a boarder that he had stayed a long time
in the inn, paying only for the actual entertain
ment he received. There was no fixed rule by
the application of which it could be said
whether a sojourner at an inn was a guest
or boarder. Every case most be settled by its
own peculiar facts. But from the facts iu the
present case, that is, that Mrs. Erskino bad
reached one end of her journey, that she had
obtained special rates on condition ot remaining
some months, that she lived in the boarding
part of the hotel, and that her name was entered
on boarders book, it was clear she must be held
to be a boarder and bound to accept the rela
tions ot one. The defendant, therefore, was not
liable for the loss of her jewelry under such
circumstances, and judgment would therefore
be rendered'ln his favor.
A GtTARDIAX ORDERED TO AC-
COUNT.
Xn the month of March, 1863, Sylvester Sex
ton, a resident of this city, died testate, .pos
sessed of a considerable amount of property,
and left surviving his widow, Ellen A. Sexton,
and his two children, Miriam A. Sexton and
Stanley B. Sexton. The mother and daughter
died also, prior to 1872, leaving the son the sole
survivor and heir to considerable real estate and
personal property. He was at this time 10 years
of age. Henry W. Curtis, a friend, was named
executor of the estate by Mrs. Sexton, at her
death. Jul v IS, 1873, he was appointed guardian
of voune Sexton and bis prooerty. The young
man came of age Aug. 25, 1674, at which time he
was entitled to an accounting from uis guardian.
During the life of the mother She left to one
flehrv E. Scelye securities approximating
£9 500, which should have gone to young Sex
ton which fact was well known, or could nave
easily been ascertained by Curtis.
A contract for the sale of some of the real es
tate was entered intev maturing on the day
Sextonreached bis majority, for $21,7X0, which
sale was subsequently completed.
On attaining his majority, Sexton was in
duced by Curtis to emoarfc in the oyster and
fish business as an equal partner, in which bus
iness he had been previously engaged. At this
time Curtis had $12,000 .of the ward’s money
invested in the business. The amount the
ward paid for his half Interest in the business is
1, Known. All the money received for Hie sale
Sf "the reii estate, and 812.000 borrowed on
somewhichhad not been sold.was delivered over
to toe control of toe guardian and out into toe
business. At toe time of the foundation of
this copartnership there was an incumbrance on
Curtis’ property, and be owed some debts be
sides toe amount of which does uot
applar. The business appears to nave been
very unfortunate. The bookkeeper, a brother
of Curtis, abstracted 810,000 from time to time,
and two of the relatives of the guardian were
emplwed aid Bald large salaries. The partner-
ship books were kept in such a manner that no
one could tell anything about them, and some
necessary books were entirely wanting.
Early in 1876 an attempt was made to put the
business in the hands of a Receiver, but the re
t B comnromise by a Btiuulation, not
based upon an accounting of what was due, but
was made and accepted because Curtis was in
solvent. There was found acharge against Cur
tis of $7 000, made in the books in his own
handwriting, which he said was money given
him ov Mrs. Sexton to buy express stock on a
speculation, which he swears was subsequently
closed oat and returned to her. February, 1875,
on the recommendation of Curtis, young Sexton
was induced to compromise bis claim against
Hcnrv E. Scelve for $9,500. Sexton finally ap
plied'for an accounting in the Probate Court,
under this state of circumstances.
Judge Knickerbocker decided, yesterday
morning, that the guardian, Curtis, must ac
count for all indebtedness which existed from
himself to the word at the time of his appoint
ment - for all the rents collected from the dale
of his’ letters; the personal property ot the
ward wniefa the guardian did secure, or by otdi
narv diligence might have secured, including
the'claim of $9,500; the amount ot the sales of
the ward’s land, $21,710, mid the proceeds ot
tne $12,000 loan. Also, that the guardian be al
lowed a credit of SI,OOO for the support of the
ward during his minority, and that the guardian
be allowed all reasonable sums tor repairs of
the estate, payment of taxes, excluding penal
ties, and that the guardian be allowed all sums
which lie has paid to the ward since he became
of full age. and such sums ns the ward released
from the Receiver in the case of Sexton vs. Cur
t’s. The claim of the ward for the $7,000 was
not sustained by the evidence.
INTERPRETING A WILL.
Judge Knlckeroocker also decided a question
that was raised in the case of the will of Miss
Julia Newberry. - She died testate April 4,1876,
but the only clause of the will under considera
tion was the first, which read as follows:
In the event that I die unmarried, leaving my
mother surviving. 1 devise and bequeath to her all
mv property, both real and personal, and of every
kind and natnre, upon the express condition, how
ever that she devise by will, to be executed be
fore’receiving this bequest., so much thereof us
snail remain undisposed 01 or unspent at the time
of her decease to sneb charitable institution fur
women in said City of Chicago as she may select.
The mother having survived the danghter.and
the latter having died unmarried, this claim
embraces the whole estate. The mother made
a motion in the Probate Court lor a con
struction in this clause ot the will, claiming that
the condition “before she receive any part of
the estate she devise so much as shall remain
undisposed ot ’’ was void, and that the devise
was single. The executor resisted this applica
tion, ami insisted upon a compliance with the
C °Jud"e t ßnickerbocker decided the question.the
case having previously been elaborately ar
gued. Ho found that the condition was not
repugnant to, and did not contravene any law
or uSicv, and that a devise made by the mother.
If made’ on these cpnditions, would be good and
irrevocable. That her motion to have tne estate
distributed under the will, without complying
with them, would be refused, and in the case of
her filing a written refusal to comply with this
order, he would issue an order to secure the
protection and distribution of the property in
accordance with the interpretation placed upon
the will bv the Court. ■
The property is valued at SIOO,OOO, and is
mostly invested in Government bonds.
THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.
Bonnco.tli® Loafer*.
To the ■Editor of The Tribune.
Chicago, July 30.—As I have so very often
heard my lady friends speak of the unbounded
kindness of Messrs. Buck & Raynor as regards
the courtesy extended to ladies that are obliged
to wait for friends or otherwise, I, with many
others, desire above all things else that some
way may be devised to get rid of the crowds of
professional loafers that stand uoon that cor
ner. The insolent looks and remarks often
made are enough to bring the scarlet blush to a
lady’s cheek. Cannot the police control this
thing! Please agitate it, os von do all things
that are for the right, and oblige
A Passer-By. •
Telephone Wires.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
. Chicago, July 26.—8 y what right do the Tel
ephone Companies go upon the roofs of build
ings and place their wires, without even saying
“by your leave, sir,” to the proprietor! Their
recent trespass upon thq building on the south
east corner of State and lAdams streets will cost
the owner from 5309 to'*soo. They not only
placed a large frame nc’on the roof, butdlsplaced
bricks and mortar, and left chips and ends of
timber lying loose, which were washed Into the
water-conductor, choking it entirely no and
flooding the whole building. Is there no redress,
or must owners of buildings quietly submit to
the Impositions of monopolies! IS.
Tes, TVo Know This la So.
- To the Editor oj The Tribune.
Chicago, July 26.—1 tis a pity that In this
city, where lager beer is very dear and Adam’»-
ale, which ne’er grows stale, is in such plenty,
’tis yet so scanty that folks would burst and die
with thirst ere they could meet ou any street a
public font to supply .their want. In Milwau
kee, where one may see a sign “three for five”
on saloon and dive, the teetotalerneed not go'far
on any street ere he shall meet a fountain and
cun where he may fill up with water pure, which
does insure a life of length and health and
strength. This lack of drink I greatly think, In
fact, 1 Know, makes man oft go in a grog-shop
to get a drop to wet his mouth and quench his
drouth, and! will state here that whisky and
beer will find ready sale while citizens fail to
urge city or State to appropriate some large
a mounts" for drinking fonts.
James Dowling.
•‘Pointed ” Articles In the Mail.
To the Editor aI The Tribune.
Chicago, July 26.—Dealers in merchandise
have recently been subjected to a ruling or law
of the Postai Department which looks as though
the Department had gone into partnership with
the manufacturers of a patent tin-box.
Mailable matter of the fourth class embraces
certain specified and other matter not embraced
in first, second, or third class, which Is not in'
its form or nature “liable to destroy, deface, or
otherwise damage the contents of the mail-bag
ot harm the person of any one engaged in the
service.”
The interdicted items must go into a hag, or
box, or envelope, and then into a patent tin-box
approved by the Postal Department, The items
thrown out as unmailable under the above rule
Include all pointed articles, such as hair
pins. tooth-picks, needles, shuttles, pens, etc.
The “harmful” and “damaging” character
of these items, and the Indications of false pre
tense in the whole matter are best shown by the
fact that the same articles under a simple, thin
paper envelope will go all right if prepaid with
letter • postage. Is the Postmaster General
swindling his employer, the public!
As he doubtless reads The Tribune, I would
bo pleased to have you publish this, and would
call your attention to self-interest in the matter,
as your paper contains many pointed remarks.
C. M. T.
“Italian Restaurants.”
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Chicago, July 26.—1 noticed a letter in your
paper two weeks since referring to the Italian
nationality, in which reference is made to the
frequent use by newspaper-reporters of the
phrase “Italian restaurants.”
The writer did not, as he might well have
done, say that there was no saloon or restaurant
In this city that could properly be called either
a French, an Irish, an American, or an Italian
restaurant, for there Is no place that is exclu
sively patronized by any nationality. There are
places where Italian modes of eook'ery are used,
but none that wo know of in Chicago.
Undoubtedly there are saloons and restau
rants keot by persons of Italian descent, —now
for the most part American citizen', —bnt if to
call a saloon an Italian saloon because it is
kept by an Italian is the right tiling, then if a man
born in New York happens to keep a saloon or
restaurant in Chicago it should bo called a New
York saloon or restaurant; and let us have an
ordinance passed bythe Citv Council that signs
indicating the birthplace of each saloon aud
restaurant-keeper shall be put in some public
position, so that the reporters, curious in get
ting such statistics, will make no more Plunders
in this respect.-
The Italians numerically make op but a very
small part of the people of Chicago, and uf this
population there are of Italian descent .buta very
small fraction in the saloon or restaurant busi
ness. As to the character of the places kept by
tiiem, the writer of this letter challenges com
parison between them and any other saloou or
restaurant that can be named. These saloons
and restaurants are more orderly aud cotter
kept tnan most. The class of liquors sold is of
a lighter kind and better quality- than most, and
no special inducements are held out for vicious
practices. •
There are saloons, not kept by Italians, that
are doubtless referred to by reporters and news
papers as saloons used for the vilest and basest,
purposes. (live us the name aud place of any,
Italian who is engaged in this business, and tbe.
Italian people will be glad to brand blm, bat do
not, without proper inquiry and knowledge, use
the word Italian in connection with these dis
reputable places, unless the proof to sustain
snch an accusation is presented.
To illustrate the way in which the reporters
are inclined to go it blind on the “restaurant”
question, I notice in the Chicago Times of to-day
a statement that “A delegation of Italians,
many of them proprietors of well-known res
taurants, etc., called on his Honor Mayor Har
rison,” etc. The writer of this letter was one
of that Committee; there were no restaurant
keepers among them. The Committee was
composed of some of the most influential
Italians In thiscitv. Several of them represent
hundreds of thousands of dollars in property,
largely real estate, and not a tax-lighter among
them. John Daprato.
Advance in Quinine.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Chicago, July ill.—Why is it that quinine is
dearer today at the drugstores than ■ it was be
fore the duty was removed! We expected it
would be cheaper, but not only is it not cheaper,
but the price is higher, B. R. charge more
to-day than they did a month ago fbr it. Why
,1a this, and Is It right ! - H. G. R.
[We presume the threat of the Philadelphia
manufacturers to go out of the business has
enabled the holders of the drag to push up the
price. They reason that if Powers & Weight
man cease manufacturing even ■ temporarily,
there will soon bo a scarcity, as it will take con
siderable time for • other companies to
build works and stock the market
with’ their manufactures,' or for Euro
pean honses to enlarge their business
enough to supply the demand. Speculating on
this threat of Powers <fc Weightman to stop
manufacturing, the holders of stocks of qui
nine have marked up their prices, and are
skinning the consumers as much-as they can.
Sooner or later, of course, the price will fall to
a legitimate figure; but the speculators will, in
the meanwhile, make the most of aiprumora
and causes tending to disturb the market. Sup
pose the tariff on steel were reduced or abol
, ished, and ail the large owners would loudly
threaten to close their mills, whether they
really intended it or not, there woulu be a sud
den advance in steel, although not a mill bad
carried Its threat into execution. In this way
the Insinceic threat of Powers & Weightman
has enabled the speculators in quinine to tun
up the price for the time being.—Ed.]
fiace In Politics.
To the JSdttor of The Tritnme.
Chicago, July 28.—What seems to me a great
evil In our local politics is the custom which
has been established, and is observed oy political
parties in their conventions and by public of
ficers who have authority to make important
appointments, of dividing nominations or ap
pointments among the different races of which
our population is composed.
This practice, though it be observed as a
measure of policy and conciliation, besides fos
tering a spirit inimical to republican institu
tions. is productive of injury in other ways, for
if a man he elected to an office or chosen as
chief of the Police, Fire, or other Department
because be is a representative of a race, he will,
aside from the natural regard which persons
owning a common birthplace feel for each other,
consider that his election or appointment was
due entirely to his being such a representative,
and will confine the patronage of his office so
far as may be politic to the race to which he
belongs. . . .
We seldom hear of-a man’s moral character
and fitness for place being urged as arguments
for his election or appointment, these seeming
to be weak considerations ; rwnile this subject of
race representation is brought forward every
time an election takes place or an appointment
Is to be made. , , . .
To contend that a man should be chosen to
an office for such a reason, is to argue that be
is not an American; it Is a disavowal of natural*
ization and allegiance to this country, and a
recognition of a foreign nationality if he be of
foreign birth. • ,
In writing this communication I am not swayed
bv sectional feeling or spirit hostile to citizens
of foreign birth; my only object being to call
attention to and bringintodisrepute, if possible,
a custom which all thoughtful Americans of
foreign birth will unite in condemning.
Let us have American citizens as public offi
cers regardless of their place of birth. J. 8.
Our Health Department.
To On Editor of The Tribun*.
Chicago, July 28.—At this critical season! of
the year, when the sanitary condition of the
city claims more than usual attention, when the
Draper administration of the Department is of
vital importance to every man, woman, and
child, too much cannot be said in the way of
praise and encouragement of those who are do
ing their whole duty with a commendable zeal
worthy of the good cause in which the officers
of the Health Department are now engaged.
Dr. De Wolt, with bis corps of assistants, with
many additional self-imposed duties to meet
the present exigencies, Is straining every nerve
to place the city as ppeedily as possible in a san
itary condition as e*od if not better than any
in the country. To accomplish this was a vast
undertaking with the limited means at hand,
and,the deplorable condition of the tenement
houses and other pests with which the- city
abounds. I have had frequent opportunities of
witnessing the prompt and masterly executive
ability displayed in the work, and the
rapid manner in which a better state of things
is being brought about as regards the health of
the city. Dr. DeWolf Is emphatic in imposing
the most rigid observance of the strictest sani
tary rales within his jurisdiction, and the good
effects of his work will certainly be felt by our
citizens ere the summer closes. To talk of
such a roan resigning at this critical time is
madness, for he Is at present to the Health
Denartment of Chicago what Ben Butler was
to ‘New Orleans— 4 * the right man in the right
place.” Now why should notour citizens lend
the Doctor their hearty co-operation and en
couragement in this great and good work,
when so much Is at stake that affects the in
terests of all classes? .. n
Charles Gatlord, M. D.
A Suggested Reform.
' To the Editor of The Tribune.
Chicago, Julv26.—“Stores” is right in his
letter in last Sunday’s Tribune. "Pass a law
preventing anyone from selling or peddling any
thing on the streets.”
The newspapers will then rent out cer
tain districts to men who will canvass these dis
tricts for subscribers, and employ these same
bovs as newspaper deliverers; then the young
boys will ho converted into a better class of
youngsters under Hie control of mas
ters and have some ambition. be
sides, then even - little store on the
leading thoroughfares will sell newspapers
and be able to hire one or two of those boys,
who will in time become clerks. Every barber
shop amt cigar-store will Keep boys to elean
boots, etc., so. instead of standing on a street
corner, hoot-cleaning will he done inside, and
the bovs under control ot masters.
The’huckstcrs will then be converted from a
“howling wilderness” a ,,ci l disturbers of j“e
peace (of mind) Into respectable deliverers of
groceries and vegetables, and be employed by
the storekeepers and market men. No' itmre
rotten vegetables and "far-gone” fruit will
then be crammed down people’s throats. Thus
far nohodv will be hurt and everyone benefited.
As for those street-stands,wltb their abomina
ble, stinking lamps, they are a nuisance.
And as to anv reveuun lost in licenses,there is
not a storekeeper in the city who will not will
- pav more to make up for it if alltbose
nuisances arc abolished.
If Tue Tribune would only take this matter
and keep at It, we would soon get the
change; it would indeed be a great reforma
tionV'aiid would snow St. Louis that we are fore
mopVrhnapl\here"s Mreadv a city law to cover all
this. If so, revoke the licenses^un^cnfcreejt.
Reform "Within the Party,
'so the Editor of The Tribune.
Chicago, July 2u. -Permit me to express
through the columns of your esteemed paper
the satisfaction felt by many Republicans in the
Ei-bteenth Ward, called forth oy the contro
versy relating to ‘•Chiefs’? and “Bosses” of
the Republican party, kept up for some time in
The Thibuse. The controversy acted not only
as a tickler to those who for years past fought
manfully to counteract the baleful influence of
certain self-appointed, swaggering representa
tives, their chums and pals, out hope
larly as a means to resuscitate the
that our efforts and exertions (bavmj: proved
succiSsful sofar) would excite to emulation in
every other ward in this city, , , -
The movement is evidently in the
tion. and will, fervently do we hone, lead ultl
matclv to what nas been heretofore considered
a hopeless task,—reform within the part-V
But to realize even moderate “WctaUons, the
abolishment of evil practices which havwsni rrep
tltlouslv crept in, action must be added to pre
cept. organization aud push must take the 01*9®
of mere oratory, in order to sweep the deck and
to replace the old crew with a new and better
ooe.
Bat prompt action is imperatively necessary;
‘‘bosses” and “statesmen are already (thus
early In tbe season) in the field, and with a be
witching smile, bat in bond, and with an
humble bow, plead for a continuance or patron
age. All they desire is a pledge—an innocent
little pledge—ln favor of some particular man
on some particular ticket, got up for the edifica
tion of some particular clique just a little in ad
vance of the regular Convention. Let kind
hearted gentlemen of the Republican persuasion
beware lest the? might sailer the consequences
of warming a viper Into life, and be betrayed bv
those who smilingly confound a soft heart with
a soft bead.
Eighteenth Wakd Republican.
Keep the Ball Rolling.
To tht Editor of Thi Tribune,
Chicago, July 26.—Recent Issues of yonr pa
per contained several contributions of citizens of
the various wards in the city protesting against
the management of the Republican party by tbe
so-called “Bosses,” and snzgesting as a means
of renewed harmony among the scattered forces
of the Republicans, as well as an unimpaired
unity of action in tne future, the retirement of
these seif-constituted “chiefs” from the field of
furtheroncration.
No suggestion can be more timely and none
ought to be heeded more conscientiously than
this one, because it concerns not only the whole
nation, but the good people of this county and
citv in particular; and if the citizens of this
great City of Chicago really do intend to profit
by the late errors committed, which in effect
reversed the former majorities of the Repub
lican party, then this suggestion at once be
comes necessary and urgent.
But to bring about this much-desired reform,
ana again sec the forces of the old Republican
partv rally to the support of time-honored
principles and true and boncst standard-bearers,
it would become practical to commence the good
work of reorganization in the respective wards
and ward ciuba first.
We have in our ward (the Sixteenth), at one
time the banner ward, a well-organized club,
which made itself felt at evorv election, and to
which we attributed the success of tne Repub
lican party, as much as our own ward was con
cerned, id a great measure. But of late the
club-room has become deserted, our regular
meetings are but sparsely attended, so much so
that often a quorum cannut be obtained, and an
adjournment becomes necessarv. The majority
of onr honest and stalwart members have. If
not entirely withdrawn, shown a remarkable in
difference in attending, and openly threatened
to sever connection with the same, should the
present administration of the Club continue.
Now, then, what Is all this trouble and dissat
isfaction about!
Our presiding officer, Gen. S., i* openly
charged with having “sold out ” Gen. Mann to
John Hoffmann, and that, In conjunction with
such impure elements as “Bummel” M-, Phil
L., Aid. L., and V. Bros., he has man
aged affairs with a high hand to favor
himself and a few chosen others; hence he be
came the object of hatred and contempt
throughout the ward. How true those charges
are, and whether they can bo fully substan
tiated, is not for me to decide. Suffice it to say
they exist, and find credence with almost every
decent Republican in the ward- The proof of
arson, adultery, and political tricks generally
depends noon circumstantial evidence. But, as
a citizen ot this ward, and as a Republican,
identified with the party since its first, incep
tion, I unite my demand with that of the re
form element, that the above-named members
of the Club may step down and out to make
room for others more In accord with the true
aims of the Republican party, which Include the
purifying of public life and politics.
> Sixteenth Wabd Republican.
Folio Copy.
To the Editor oj The Tribune.
Chicago, July 2a— Mr. Mott’s request that
you issue an order to your compositors and
proof-readers to adopt the reformed spelling
recommended by the American Philological As
sociation, is a timely and sensible one. The
changes sought for in our orthografy ar sure
to be adopted at no distant day; and our jour
nalists can, if they wil, hay it to say that they
were the first to inaugurate the reform in the
daily press. The emendations which tee reform
ers nr seeking to bring Into Immediate use ar
so few, so simple, so easily adopted, that ther
can be no good reason urged why they should
not at once hay the sanction of general usage:
I hay never ben ableto find the person whocould
giv a reason for our slavish obedience to the be
hests of diettonart-makers, especially when we
reflect that they followiu the track laid out by
that inveterate old Tory, Dr. Johnson, who, as
the editor of The Tribune once remarkt, chose
the oldest and worst forms of orthografy that
he could find in nse among the printers of his
da As an illustration of the progres the spelling
reform is making, let me ask yon to publish the
following brief article from the Electrolyjxr , of
this city :
The spelling-reform movement, to which the
Electrotyper has given adhesion, and which it is
endeavoring to promote, is gaining strength daily.
Onr contemporaries of the Uype Founder havpnb
lisht a carefully-written article upon the subject,
which, by the way. has been Issued in parallel
form, as one of the Bulletins of the Spelling-Re
form Association; the Electrotype Journal warm
ly advocates the reform, anti wilt hereafter con
form to the eleven amended spellings recommend
ed by the American Filoiogicai Association: the
Chicago Specimen publishes the emendations, and
says that they ought lo be adopted at once: the
American Newspaper Reporter favors the reform,
and has publish! several articles advocating it,
from "H; R. 8..” of Chicago; the Oura/raf,Wits
bare, favors the change, and may ultimately adopt
it: and few thoaghllal printers, so far as we can
learn, bar aught to say against the adoption or the
emendations recommended.
\ correspondent suggests tbaf If any publisher or
editor wishes to adopt the amended spellings and
vet avoid the reputation of singularity or of being
a *‘ poor speller, it would be a good introduction
to Insert, at the head of the editorial columns, .or
a few weeks, something like this: “The follow
ing amended spellings bar received the sanction of
the highest filoiogicai authorities in America, Ar,
catalog, deJlnU, dard, qtr, hat* tnjtnit , he. too,
tnra'w<*hl.” Then, if he rigidly adheres to the
plan, his readers will soon become so haoituated to
the sight of them as to be willing to adopt them.
We recommend to each and all of our readers to
become members ot the Spelling-Reform Associa
tion, which is doing all in its power to forward the
movement, and which inclnfles in its ranks very
manv of the ablest and most prominent educators
and linguists of the coaalry. BnWctlne tr issued,
at intervals, watch posted on the orogres
of the reform and afford useful hints as to its prop
airandism, The membership fee is bat 81 per
annum. Address the Secretary, Melvll Dewey, JQ
Hawley street, Boston.
There ought to be in this city alocai Spelling-
Reform Association, acml/anr and subordinate
to the National Association. Such an one
would find here a large number of people, in
cluding printers, writers, and editors, rcadr to
adopt the reform at onco. Properly managed,
it would giv the movement an impetus that
would QUiirkly override al opposition.
In the meantime, let us keep U.is fact con
stantly before the people: Ihc following
amended spellings have received the sanction of
the highest biological authorities in America:
Tho. thro, gard, catalog, ar, giv, liv, hav,
definite intiqit, wisht. Ihco let U 5 «*« these
spellings in al we write and print. Jl. U-
SUBURBAN NEWS.
EVAXSTOX.
Tlie total amount ot nropcrty assessed In
Evanston for the year 1879, is: Real estate,
$862,810; personal, $59,973. These amounts are
slightly less than those of last year.
The Rev. W. J. Gould, of Racine, Wis., will
preach in St. Mark’s Episcopal Church this
morninz uni! evcoinj?. -
The Rev. Drs. Hatfield and Noyes will occupy
their -espectivc pulpits morning and evening.
l . rt ,e Rev. A. J. Scott will nreacb in the Con
gregational Church morning and evening.
OAULASD.
The Third Eductional District ot Hyde Part,
known as the Oakland district, has just finished
fu school census for the year, with the follow-
Males under *3l residing in the
district, 531; females, 512; total, 1,016. The
number of pupils enrolled in the school is 027.
The Board of Education reportsthat the school
is so full of pupils that uearlv 200 are not se
lf glinted and that it will bo necessary to
buhdan additional story on the school budding.
hide park.
The people are now demanding that the Union
Transit Company’s track be removed from 1U
present location and placed farther south. £
D nrtncUtliwr of a bodr of scli-ao-
la now looking into the charter
P j mode of running the Comoanv, and if
fhe tracS are not removed propose to use the
law.%mS.art of Trustees is also mvestleat
lD|?CaSomm'’of Police Pat Ryan has had his
saloondicensc revoked, and ihe AUorney wi!
P7P“f a d ‘° a u e ose™/^e S ßoarfmeet-
C Tao Ukcs «ceptlon- to some of the At
“.■?h e Jlfra« o fmmerly called Union avenue, now
Fortleth'street, has been very much improved
durmg'the past few weeks by the filling, erass
iu ™Jid rarbtog from Langley avenue to Drexel
boulevard. •
NUMBER THEM.
The Only Way to Avoid a Great and
Growing Nuisance.
Instances of the Defects of the Present
System.
Matters hays now reached that pus when It
Is absolutely needful that something should be
done to provide a better way of distinguishing
one man from another. Complications of ail
sorts are constantly arising from the fact that
two Individuals have the same, or .nearly the
same, Christian and sirnames. Everybody
knows the superfluity of John Smiths, or
Browns, or Andrew Johnsons, and even. in
names' which are leas common there
are frequently duplicates,, triplicates,
and quadruplicates, which occasionally
give rise to annoying mistakes. The wife of’
one mau opens the love-letter which was in
tended for the unmarried man of a similar
name,' and great grief ensues. It Is hard to fig
ure up the number of broken hearts, and mined!
hopes, and lost fortunes which spring from this
fatal similarity of names. To nobody does this
similarity bring more vexation than
TO NEWSPAPER PEOPLE.
The moment it is stated in a paper that, on' the
previous day, John Smith was brought, say, be
fore Justice Walsh, charged with larceny and
bound over to the Criminal Court in S3OO, than
a steady stream of peonis begins setting into
tbe newspaper office, and they all bring little
slips of paper which state that the “notorioun
John Smith who was arrested yesterday is not
to be coufoundod with the J. S. who keeps the
first-class tailoring establishment on the north
west comer of such-and-such a street, and
whose prices have excited general admiration
by their reasonableness”; or “the Joljn
Smith who keeps . the fint-elasn
saloon over on the West Side >
and who requests that his patrons will not bo
deceived by this similarity of names, but will
continue to favor him with their custom oi
“ the John Smith so well and favorably known
to our citizens as Alderman from the Twenty
first Ward, and whose name has been promi
nently mentioned by his friends as a candidate
for a still higher office at the ensuing election.”
Even where the similarity is remote,—where it
Is James Smith who has been run In,—
John Schmidt, eager for a free .puff,
comes puffing up the stairs and wants it stated'
that he, the gentleman who keeps the private
school at suen and such a place, is not the in
dividual.
SOMETHING WILL HAVE TO BE BONE -
to remedy this. In an earlier stage' of the
world’s history it would have been enough ta
describe a person, and to say that the red*
headed Andrew Johnson, with one linger gone
on the left hand, was yesterday arrested for
larceny. But there arc too many .with red
heads, and too many minus a finger.
It would apparently be a great help
if the police would insist upon every
man when arrested giving his nonse nnmoer, sa
that the record might read, 44 John Brown, rio*
1000 River street, charged with larceny.” But
a man who beloqgs to the criminal class, either
as a professionaror as an amateur, isn’t always
to be tmsted, and he might give the boose num
ber of some more respectable citizen, and it
might get in, in this wrong wav, and then there
would bo difficulty. So it will probably bo nec
essary to fall back upon
L SYSTEM OP NUMBERING,
and to require that each individual shall have a
number bv which he shall be officially known.
That number he can get from the City Clerk,
and he will nay for it a certain license, just pro*
cisely as he gets a number for his express
wagpn. Any person who is found to have no
number will ot course be subjected to fines and
penalties. In such a case as this, when
a person is arrested it will be said that
John Smith, N 0.402,181, was yesterday arrested,
etc. In this case all the other Smiths whose
numbers are anvwhere between 1 and .SflUw
have no cause to complain, and all the difficulty
will be obviated. By charging a small fee,—say
of $1, —a revenue ot about $250,000 per annum
can be obtained for the city. As for the num
ber, it might be made cither of brass, or silver,
or gold, according to the taste wealth
of the individual, and it could bo
worn conspicuously upon the hat, coat-collar,
or any other prominent part of the costume, la
the addressing of letters, and in a thousand and
one relations of life, this admirable system of
numbering could be brought into play. If IS
were considered awkward to carry a number aa
as might be necessary with our large popu
lation, then the system in vogue in bank-notea
could be adopted, and the person would there
fore be known as A 163,000, or B 291.
And what sayeth the Scriotureal
And ho caoseth all, both small and great, rich
and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark on
their foreheads; t ~ . .
And that no man might hay or sell, save that pa
had the number of his name.
Here Is wisdom.
These are all erode hints, to he sure, and
roughly thrown ont, bnt the system is one
which could be elaborated, and if the Mayor,
and the Fmancc Committee, and the Superin
tendent of Police will bold a Cabinet council
over it some day this week they will probably be
able to work out something which will redound
In glory to them and profit to the city.
Now, for the lack ot such a thing as this,
just
SEE WHAT THE PAPER HAS TO DO
The A. Le Bran, who waa held on the Weal
Side the other day for criminal conduct, la not
the A. Le Bran who lives at No. 710 Indiana
avenue, nor is A. Leßrun who is He
corder Brbckway’a chief clerk, nor, again, i» he
the A. Le Bran who is employed in the Superin
tendent’s office at the new Government Build
ing, nor is he the Miss A. Le Bran living on the
West Side. If there are any more A. Le Brant,
who would like to have this thing emlalned,
they also can bo set right by applying at thia
office any time during this week. . ,
The Joseph Godin who was arrested the other
day on the charge of keeping policy-shop,
committing adultery, etc., is not the individual
of the same name who has the laundry on Dear
born street. Nor is It the Individual of the
same name who cuts marble for a living down
on Clark street.
OBITUARY.
MaO- Sheridan Walt,
A brief dispatch In Friday morning’s Tstßtnn*-,
announced the death at Leadville, Col., the day
previous, of Mayor Sheridan Wait, a well-known
resident of this city. Mr. Wait was bom in
Washington County, New York, in IS2B, where
he was educated and read law. Shortly after
reaching his majority he moved to
where he was engaged in school-teaching: for a :
year or two. Becoming tired of this occupation.'
he pulled nn stakes and moved northward;,
Ditching his tent In Decatur, 111., where he re
sumed ttie practice of law by intering into
partnership with Judge Emerson. Two years
later be formed a professional alliance with
Senator Oglesbv,which lasted until the break me
out of the War, when both gentlemen entered
the army. And when Oglesby waa appointed
to the command of a brigade, Mr. Wait waa
commissioned Assistant Adjutant-General, with
the rank of Major. On the close of the War
Maj. Wait returned to Decatur, and resumed
the practice of his profession. In IS7I he came
to (this city and embarked in the real-estato
business, being at the time of his decease Presi
dent of the Chicago & Calumet Dock Company,
a position which he ably filled for four veara-
Mai. Walt was always an active,thongh In ono
sense not a prominent, politician. In early life
he was of the Democratic persuasion, just
before the War was elected Mayor of Decatur
on the Union ticket. When theflrst gun waa
fired on Fort Sumter his duty betaine plain. Ho
joined the Republican party, mid heameonaof
Its stanchest and truest sapport era. For sir years
he was a member of the Republican State Cen
tral Committee, and had much to do with shap
ing its course and destiny. He served one term
in the State Senate, and also one term aa Canal
C ln 'private'iife he was a quiet, unassuming
gentleman, possessing all the qualities of mind
ind heart, which made his presence enjoyable
to those by whom he was surrounded, and in
his death the Srate loses an upright, honest, and
patriotic citizen.
TIN-FOILED.
Tnder her window he sang of the stars,.
And likened them lo her eyes.
Miles awav she sped on Ihe cars.
With ton tmner who'd won the prize.
Severed a Hand.
Robbers bewail to tie old John Jlnlscoff.in his
house at Coleville, Pa., hut while they were at
work the noise of an approaching wagon nlarmed
tliem. While their attention was thus diverted,
Hnlseolf got loose, seized an ate. mid with a
single ihlow, severed a baud from one of hit
assailants.
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