Foreign Language Press Service

"Vanderbilt, Gould and Fisk are typical of the American finance and railroad world. They do openly what the directors of other companies do under cover and which is the fleecing of share-holders, and of the public with the help of the legislature and the Courts of New York. From time to time

No news has come from the whiskey war. The excitement caused by last Friday's events is beginning to fade. The calm of Mr. Hesing, Rehm, and Miller leads people to believe that these gentlemen will be able to refute all the accusations made against them at the proper time and place. Of course

Mr. Hesing's first indictment required $50,000 bail and the latter two, $10,000 each making a total of $70,000 bail. The first indictment charges Hesing as conspiring with Rehm, the second with conspiring with August Newhaus, a storekeeper at the Lake Shore Distillery, and the third is agains

Yesterday the trial of Rehm, Hoyt and Hesing took place in the Federal Court building. There were three indictments against A. C. Hesing. The main indictment accused him of having conspired with Rehm and Hoyt to defraud the Government of brandy taxes. The other indictments were against Hesing

The public was told by the Times yesterday that city tax comptroller Von Hollen had taken to flight. He left the city Wednesday evening on the Michigan Central railroad. He probably will go to Europe via Canada and Quebec. He said shortly before his departure that he intended to go directly t

The readers will remember that the notice of Hollen's flight also mentioned the fact that he was a share holder of the Neue Freie Presse. The publisher of the Freie Presse branded this information as a lie. We are now, fortunately, able to prove our point, not only through the repeated assert

A very amusing scene took place yesterday in the city council room. Aldermen Cullerton, Wheeler and Thompson, functioning as a committee, were investigating what had become of the money taken by von Hollen. Orders to appear were sent to owners of prominent gambling houses. The committee was s

Before asking clemency from your honor for my client, A. C. Hesing, I wish to submit to the court several sworn statements. C. F. Pietsch says under oath, that he has been secretary of the Illinois Staats Zeitung since 1867. He has been an intimate friend of A. C. Hesing and was wel

The shameful trade in Italian children which has already made its appearance in several cities and been prosecuted more than once has also come to light here. Emmanuel Mallelo, an Italian, living at 527 S. Clark St. was subjected to a severe grilling in the Southside police station for allege

The Illinois Staats-Zeitung, had the unpleasant task of publishing the following item: The directors of the German National Bank, herewith report to their creditors, that on July 1st, 1877, the deposits of the bank amounted to $1,115,700. Since that time the deposits have gradually

Elmer Washburn reported to comtroller Knox in Washington on the Adminstration of Public Revenues of the German National Bank. The report is extensive and contains the exact history of the bank. For the greater part, the report is similar to that prepared by the late Mr. Weber and reads: "The

According to reports received from Washington, D.C., the Bank Committee of the National Congress will ask for a grant of money, in order to conduct an investigation of the administration of public revenues of the German National Bank, which is under the management of Henry Greenebaum of Chica

Lawyer Jussen is back from Washington, where he went in an attempt to induce the National Congress to name a committee to conduct an investigation of the German National Bank. The lawyer asserts that he made this direct appeal for the reason that Comptroller Knox, in whose hands rest the repo

The National Congress made its decision in the matter of the bankrupt German National Bank and ordered an investigation against the negligent business management of Mr. Greenebaum. Buckner, chairman of the Bank Committee, prepared this resolution for the Congress. Not only the administration

The trustee of the bankrupt estate of the Greenebaum Bank, by the order of the Comptroller of currency and in accord with the direction issued by the Federal District Court, auctioned off the entire estate with the exception of two pieces of land. According to the prevailing low market price

The Illinois Staats Zeitung, a few months ago, published a detailed report by Mr.Reichert regarding the new colony, New Baden in Robertson County, Texas. Herr Reichert claimed to have 40 years experience in real estate all over the United States and to have found the soil in this particular C

Is the city council going to investigate the systematic stealing and robbery by the gas company, which "The Fackel" exposed in its last issue? No. Will they prosecute the monopoly for embezzling of city funds and the stealing of the workingmen's wages? No. And why not? Because one c

We expect that this time the electoral fight would be dreadful, but it exceeded all our expectations. A bunch of crooks in the City Council were entirely victorious again, thanks to the indifference of the citizens and to the electoral swindles perpetrated by this City Council gang. None of o

Exactly a week after the Fackel brought out an article about the undercover union of thieves and robbers with municipal police on the west side and publicly denounced it, Captain Aldrich from the west side discovered for himself that some of his people are actually in union with his enemies,

It is high time that the Chicago Police began closing the brothels which are flourishing in Chicago. Several thousand of these "schools of vice" are now spread throughout Chicago. The prices, for the entertainment rendered, is from fifty cents to three dollars. The fifty-cent brothe