Foreign Language Press Service

Inspector Heidelmeier, cognizant of the slot machine evil, acts to eliminate it. Inspector Heidelmeier addressed the members of his department in an inflammatory speech yesterday, saying, that the slot machine evil must be eradicated, at least in his own district. Thus, a great numb

An editorial under the caption "German-American churches and private schools," appeared in the issue of the 19th of this month in your paper. Its chief purpose was the criticism of two liberal gentlemen from Chicago, who, according to a report from Springfield, were opposed to free distributi

One of the mental diseases of the present age is, unquestionably, the fever of speculation. If a single individual imagines that he can create wealth by magic, and change the dust of the street into gold, he is considered insane and put into an asylum; but if such an idea gets into the heads

There is no civilized country on the earth which is inclined to keep the letter of the law so sacred than the United States; and nowhere is the form of greater importance than in this country. Verdicts are often reversed or invalidated, because of some grammatical errors, which have no bearin

p.6....During the last five years of the century just passed, there were 803 known lynchings, but statistics say nothing about whether or not the perpetrators of these lawless deeds have received their due punishment. Everywhere, now lynching is prohibited by law and every participant in acts

Yesterday was a gala day in Judge Christian C. Kohlsaat's court. Ten thousand people took the "Nelson Cure," and presto! they were free of debt. The new Nelson law gives to deadbeats and swindlers a chance to make thousands of dollars by being absolved of debt in any court.

The young men who have seen more or less active service in the war against Spain are now accused of parsimony and graft. Not less than 45,710 of these heroes have applied for their pensions, although the entire army consisted only of 274,714 officers and men, whilst a mere 15,000 were sent to

A great speech by a true American to true Americans on true Americanism--that is the pith and moment of Theodore Roosevelt's address. To Roosevelt, himself a strong and healthy man, the American pioneer is the ideal of vigorous manhood; and speaking as he did, in a pioneer state, to an audien

The other day President Roosevelt invited the famous Negro, Booker T. Washington, to lunch with him. Nothing could be more natural. The two men are old friends who respect each other, and Professor Washington is, besides, a man who is able to bring to the President valuable information concer

The question of the arrangement of work for the inmates of our penal institutions was the subject of discussion the other day at a meeting in Chicago attended by representatives of manufacturers and organized labor. The question presents many difficulties. The criminals who are serv

President Roosevelt's first message to Congress is a true reflex of the man himself; it is sincere, vigorous, able, broad-gauged, patriotic. It is a model of healthy conservatism and dignity, yet the spirit of buoyant progress breathes through every line of its terse and vigorous English. On

American employees and employers alike, charge immigrants are guilty of lowering wages and creating competition through cheap labor. We must admit that this accusation is partly true. The immigrant upon his arrival in this land is ignorant of local conditions and easily becomes the instrument

There is an interesting editorial in "Smalands Posten", one of the Swedish newspapers, which is sent regularly to The Swedish Tribune, Chicago. The headline of this editorial is; "Why does the Swede emigrate to America?" "One of the reasons for the emigration is eight months compuls

p.2...........Murder - and divorce cases with accompanying bedroom stories and hotel escapades from the fashionable world, are being reported every day in the so-called yellow press as well as in the more conservative newspapers. Without exaggeration it may be said that the present days' econ

Among the troubles which constantly bother the reactionaries of our time, the endeavors for union among the workers hold a prominent place. According to their keen understanding of the movements of our time, those endeavors are evil through and through, and a remarkable capacity for invention

The Danish Young People's Home, 615 North Claremont Avenue, will demonstrate for an eight-hour work day on May 2.

The striking machinists at the great packing houses in Chicago resumed their work a few days ago, as the public knows. They left to an arbitration committee the task of determining the justice in their demand for wages of thirty-seven and one-half cents per hour and a working day of eight hou

The matter of injunctions against strikers is beginning to be funny. The first injunction [against strikers] was mild and reasonable. It prohibited the strikers from mistreating their fellowmen who were so lacking in good sense that they would accept the jobs left by other workers because wag

The poor man's burden is the upper class. For this class the poor man gives his health and his hope, his past, his present, his future. In regard to this class, he becomes a slave instead of an equal. For the benefit of this class, the poor man is being suppressed. For the sake of this class,

Not many weeks remain now until July Fourth, and the preparations for the celebration of this day of greatest significance in the history of the American republic appears to have progressed considerably, at least in so far as regards the manufacturers and sellers of fireworks. Young America i