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Newspaper
Chicago Eagle
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1899
Page
2
The ordinance requires billboard owners on vacant lots to license signs over fifty square feet at one dollar per square foot yearly, due by July 1. Nonpayment within thirty days triggers removal by the street department. Violations carry penalties up to eight percent daily or five hundred dollars per day.
Commissioner Andrews declares efforts to curb or regulate billboards amid concerns over ugliness and property devaluation. Officials discuss police magistrates appointments as mayor plans to announce picks at Monday’s council meeting. Assessor Miller defends new tax openness, predicting less tax dodging and fairer burdens.
The Building Commissioner argues for public backing to remove unsightly billboards rented high in vacant lots and streets. Meanwhile, Hon. Z. P. Brosseau may join the School Board next June.
The Y & L coal firm, five years old, operates docks at Chicago harbor entrance with 1400 feet water frontage and ten McMyler derricks plus two floating units. It handles 200000 tons of Dittinineus coal and runs a large wholesale anthracite business from north branch docks under manager John T. Connery.
On May 1 assessors will start receiving real estate schedules. Fifty deputies will tour property owners and dealers to fill blanks returned to offices on Fifth Avenue. Assessors record property descriptions and estimated values while protecting owners from further information. The Youghlogheny and Lough Coal Company, with offices in St Paul and Chicago, has docks in Duluth and Milwaukee.
A National Review writer argues for public school military drill and patriotic ceremony, citing England’s example and Gordon’s ideas. The piece notes American schools rarely require drill, though some states include it, and warns America is not a militarized nation compared with Germany or France.
The passage recalls Malta hosting U S troops en route to Manila and links this kindness to ancient hospitality shown to Paul and companions. It notes Malta’s long tradition of welcome, from shipwreck episodes to modern aid, united by a spirit of humaneness that endures through history.
The Doukhobortsi who fled persecution boarded a Batum ship under guard drums and bayonets, disembarking at Halifax to hymns of praise. Their Atlantic crossing is described as moving from medieval tyranny to nineteenth century freedom.
The article notes Turkey has paid the last installment of its war indemnity to Russia from the 1877 78 conflict and urges the United States to remind the Sultan of the related outstanding issue with the Sublime Porte awaiting settlement.
The City Council questions how much of the money from Calumet Western will reach them. The speaker brands Calumet Western as a poor proposition and criticizes the Gas Trust for pressuring Legislature to back a measure that would end opposition, claiming it lacks Chicago business franchise.
The line questions the fate of popular liberty and rights if lawmakers are regularly bribed and courts compromised by corruption, warning of a breakdown in justice and democratic protections.
The piece records a partisan clash as 18 Senators including Handlton back a House bill to repeal the warehouse act, while 23 Senators oppose it and urge action by the Sangamon County Grand Jury. It notes the Senate adjournment and accuses opponents of ignoring Hamilton's charge that the Warehouse Committee turned the measure into a graveyard.
A vehement protest denounces the Gas Trust for controlling Chicago gas supply, limiting competition, and harming hospitals orphans and the aged. It claims the public pays high prices while lawmakers are bribed, urging citizens to strike bribery and demand reform. The message warns of continued manipulation through a Springfield bill and calls for action against the monopoly.
Twenty three Senators backed a claim that the warehouse bin law is constitutional but failed to force a quick report. The outcome could let warehousemen keep dealing in grain in their own bins for up to two more years unless the Supreme Court voids the rule.
A sharp critique argues that corporations buy courts and the legislature, stripping citizens of justice and rights, rendering the traditional Republic increasingly ineffective and unresponsive to the people.
The report charges the Gas Trust with forcing air through pipes to push high wind prices for lighting. It claims households pay for gas lamps and the city bears special assessments while the Trust furnishes little actual illumination. It alleges thousands of lamps are billed though not in service and calls for verification.
The writer condemns the Gas Trust for high prices on gas ranges and poor gas quality. They urge organizing ward clubs to expose bribe-taking legislators, oppose the Calumet Western Railway deal, and call for stripping monopoly control from gas interests to protect Chicago's politics and streets. They warn of bribery in Sangamon County and Armour interests.
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