Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-07-14

lower house II the convention decides
TO name Hines for Senator.
Republicans of the Thirteenth
Ward are urging very strongly that
the nominee for Congress in tho
Fifth District to oppose Noonan
should come from their ward. The
only candidates In the field are'ex
Senator George f. White, OF the
Eleventh Ward, and Ephraim Baa.
ming, Of the Thirteenth. The Thir-
teenth. warders point out that the
Eleventh already has three judges, q
drainage commissioner, and an cleo.
ton commissioner, while the Thir.
teenth has no more prominent posi-.
ton than that Of deputy sheriff.
-.
Mr.. Frank L. Shepard, whose cut
appears In this issue is a prominent
candidate for the nomination for the
Legislature ty the Republicans 10
the Second Senatorial District
Mr.. Shepard was born In McHenfy
County, Illinois, where his parents
still reside. Raised upon a farm, his
early opportunities for acquiring
knowledge were limited. lie was
gifted, however, with a firm under
standing and a strong taste for men.
tai Improvement. He employed his
leisure hours In reading and study,
and was soOn found ut an early age
teaching In the public schools Of Nc.
Henry, following this for nearly two
years, when he resigned his position
as teacher to attend the academy ut
Beloit, Wis.
He was ambitious to enter the
the legal profession, and cane to
Chicago aud entered the law Office Of
Jesse A. Baldwin. lie also attended
and graduated from the Chicago Col
lege Of Law. After being admitted to
the bur he started In the general
practice Of law at suite 514, No.
30 La Sale street, whore he has been
located for the past four years, and
commanding a good practice. lie is
married and Is a resident Of the
Twelfth Ward.
He Is a member OF q number Of so.
cial and political organizations, where
he Is always made prominent by be.
Ing ready and fluent debatcr and ef.
flclent parlimentarlan.
With his sterling Republication
and good sense, integrity and patriot
ism for law, order and good govern.
ment, he stands a good chance of re.
ceiving the nomination.
~.
Francis s. Peabody, Of Evanston,
the Democratic nominee for Sheriff,
10 q native Of Chicago. He was horn
here In 1869. His parents lived ut
that time on Rush street, In the then
fashionable residence portion Of the
North Side. Francis nrst education
was acquired In the public schools Of
Chicago. When he was only ~ years
old he went to Racine College to pre-.
pare for q university. course, but q
year later left Racine and completed
his academic studies at Phillips Acad.
envy, Exeter Thence he went to
Yale College, where he was graduated
in 1881 from the Shcnield acientiiiC
school. Returning to Chicago, he
found that he would have to begin
at the lowest round of the com.
mercial ladder. He was employed az
o messenger by the Merchants Loan
and Trust Company. The college
graduate.m messenger soon went up
several rounds Of the ladder. He 80.
cured q position with the Lake Shore
and Michigan Southern Railway.
Later he went into the coal business
a. an employe, but he soon branched
out In business on his own account.
In this venture he was successful,
and he Is now President of the Pea.
body Coal Company and Of the Evans.
ton Coal and Elevator Company In
1890 Mr.. Peabody moved from Chi.
cago to Evanston, where he soon won
q prominent place among the leading
citizens Of the town. He 10 Q life.
long Democrat While at Yale Col.
lege he was President of the Students
Democratic Club. He IL now serving
his second term rs q member Of the
Democratic County Central Com.
mittee and is Chairman Of the sub
committee on organization. In 1887
he married Miss May Henderson,
stepdauRhter OF John II. McAvoy.
IT Ia now said In behalf of the En-
VliSh SDarrOH that in tho reviOns NJ