Foreign Language Press Service

The general meeting of the German Society of Chicago was held in the German House, May 3, 1863, with President Heinrich Greenbaum presiding. The report of Agent Schlund was read and adopted, and the matter relating to the Reform School was referred to a committee which will endeavor

The recommendation which the grand jury made to the recorder yesterday contained a severe criticism of the methods used by so-called fire insurance companies. If the statements of the grand jury are true, these corporations should really be called stock companies for the promotion of incendia

Republican writers have had to say terrible things about "Cabinettsjustiz" (justice dealt out arbitrarily by a king) in despotic countries. That a prince, according to his whim and pleasure, may stop all persecution of a criminal, or may persecute an innocent man, is justly regarded as the bl

The German Society is endeavoring as much as possible to protect the arriving immigrant against too heavy expenses and extortions. For that purpose, the president of the of the society, Mr. Geo. Schneider, with Mr. A. C. Hesing went yesterday to the bureau of police and had a long conversatio

Sunday, at 2 o'clock in the morning, our countryman, Doctor Carlemann, residing at 166 N. Curtis St., was disturbed in his sleep by the barking of his dog. The doctor went to the front door and found a man trying to break in. He grabbed the man's arm and held him until the police arrived. The

Gentlemen: The aim of our organization was to diminish the number of crimes in our city, and to assure the quick and certain punishment of criminals. To this end we already have agreed on the following measures: 1. The improvement of our police and its numerical increase.<

This communication is due to an event I witnessed last Sunday. As I have been for three years an agent of a German Society, which has had, as its purpose, the protection of immigrants, I believe that I am speaking with some authority on this subject. When the Evening Post, claims th

A Norwegian police officer, Johnson, was arresting a group of gangsters at Kinzie and Canal St. He was shot in the head, but held one of the gang until help arrived. Johnson is a brave, honest young Norwegian, and everybody hopes he will recover. A committee has been formed to try to get the

The concept connected with the name young American is not a very pleasant one. The term young America connotes youth which has outgrown its parents and which resents parental authority as an infringement upon its independence. Young America begins to blossom at the age of ten, to loaf at the

The press is the real "people's high school" of America. The ill-ordered quantity of mechanical knowledge which is imparted to the children in our English schools merely furnishes the tools which the pupils later use to read, understand, and study newspapers. And the American press has assume

At the beginning of his administration Governor Beveridge of Illinois showed commendable staunchness in all matters involving punishment of criminals; he often mitigated the penalties of imprisonment and execution, regardless of the exhortations of large numbers of petitioners. But pardons so

Yesterday's great Schuetzenfest (Marksmen's Festival) had an auspicious beginning.....The weather was delightful....contrary to....the predictions of....pessimists....The first train brought the riflemen and visitors....Participants numbered many thousands....The riflemen formed a parade in t

As we briefly remarked yesterday, a number of citizens of the Tenth and Eleventh Wards met two days ago at Feldcamp's Inn, at the corner of Randolph and Halsted Streets, to devise means and ways to eliminate the large number of disreputable establishments in the neighborhood. A dele

It is the duty of our officials who are entrusted with the management of our city to practice economy. But the economic measures must be sensible and must not jeopardize public safety, nor be detrimental to public transportation, or they will be just as harmful as extravagance. The

Executions are a necessary evil which cannot be abolished as long as we have crime. But, while we have the death penalty, it does not necessarily follow that we must continue the present methods. Although it is the duty of society to get rid of the people who endanger our existence, there is

A reporter of the Illinois Staats-Zeitung interviewed Mayor Harrison late yesterday afternoon at the latter's private office, and found the gentleman in a good mood. A better chance to question the mayor on important issues could hardly be found. The proponents of moderation, under

It is an interesting coincidence that while the temperance movement has attained its height in this country, Germany is experiencing a similar movement, although the objective is somewhat different. The German government has submitted to Parliament a bill for the eradication of drunkenness. T

The capacity of the local Deutsche Gesellschaft (German Society) is taxed to the utmost because of the great increase in immigration. Nearly all immigrant trains bearing passengers to the West come to Chicago, the hub of the American railroad system, and all immigrants change trains here and

In the last two years there have been more murders than ever before. This is undoubtedly due to the fact that everybody can buy a pistol and that everybody carries one. People have been murdered as a result of a quarrel over a collar button or for other such trivial reasons. Why can

It is not only that neither he nor his cops are able to catch any rogues who naturally run away when they see them coming at a distance, but now they don't seem to be able even to find objects lying within their own immediate line of duty, or better, directly under their noses. The