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Newspaper
Chicago Eagle
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1902
Page
2
The Eagle calls for a full investigation of Chicago Civil Service Department after a Sehnnetter robbery case and critiques current officials. It urges State's Attorney Deneen and the Grand Jury to act, citing past errors and costly city judgments while contrasting Walker's high appropriations with Owens's more modest figures.
A historical note questions merit as passport to preferment in the Law Department since Mr. Walker took charge. It demands tighter spending with at least 820,000 cut, insists on itemized expenditures, and suggests enlarging the force to employ subordinates and justify salaries.
A collage of editorial notices and candidacies from Chicago politics highlights Alderman Kuester’s praised service in the Twenty-sixth Ward, forecasts about multiple judgeships and county offices, and mentions of engineers Tefft and Rogers for alderman and clerk positions. The piece also touches on safety concerns in city theaters, labor, and hints at national interest in infrastructure and isthmian canal projects.
An editorial reflects on rising self-inflicted deaths in the United States, noting 2,080 despondency cases and other causes such as liquor 489 and insanity 674. It critiques mob justice with 118 legal executions and 135 lynchings in 1011, urging education and reliable courts to curb violence and foster self restraint in schools.
Municipal mismanagement peaks as political changes affect city engineers and electricians. A new city boss struggles to appoint a qualified head, risking an unheaded bureau and a shift of technical work into partisan machinery. The piece argues ability, not politics, should decide such appointments.
Sociologists write papers and print books all their lives in seeking a solution of the tramp problem. The city of Portland, Ore., does not philosophize. It acts. It is not seeking so much a solution of far reaching problems as the practical elimination of the hobo. In this latter effort, if one may judge from the account In the Oregonian, it has.
An eclectic, opinionated Washington era column mixes social commentary and random notes on culture crime and politics. It riffs on race illusions politeness and reform while joking about inventions voting machines and a Kaiser visit with sharp ironic asides.
Mrs Antor is widely regarded as the supreme leader in American society but she is unhappy with how she is viewed. The public spotlight and expectations weigh on her despite the esteem she receives.
The passage notes that men boast of 20 cent days and board, while women who were hired seek no praise. It mentions Indians having short hair by paleface barbers, comments on poetic justice, Hall Caine arguing Shakespeare’s credit is overstated, and that William has few relatives to defend him amid the debate.
The Paria Chronique des Arts denounces selling ancient French artworks to foreigners and calls for a law stopping exports of pieces over one thousand dollars or over a century old. It cites an American auction of an eighteenth century wrought iron screen from Treves Cathedral to fund heating equipment, arguing Europe risks losing art treasures to America.
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