Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-23

pending when The present supervisor.
=. II. Trude. came into office. and he
soon began to look for the bond Of his
predecessor. but II was not to be found.
The Auditing Committee reported In
favor Of allowing only $500 on the
bill. and then Mr.. Trude made his
statement In regard to the fact that the
bond was missing.
The Chicago Bar Association, through
It's president, T.. II. Gary. has rendered
reception and banquet to Justice
Brown. Of the Supreme Court. who has
recently been assigned as presiding
Justice Of the Seventh Circuit. vice Jus
tice Harlan. These are to Ike held mt
the Auditorium about June 3, and Jus.
tice Brown hns delayed a trip to Europe
to accept the hospitality. The members
Of the United States Supreme Court
and the Supreme Court Of Illinois will
be specially invited.
The Grand Jury probably will try to
ascertain how many dummies" have
occupied lucrative positions on the pay
roll OF the street department. Luther
Latin Mills. who acted rs counsel for
the civil service commission In the re-
cent examination into the charges of
pay roll stuffing. visited the states AT.
tOrney's Office to arrange for an early
hearing. As n result the Investigation
by the Grand Jury Of the charges
against Foreman james D. Brucken
and Assistant Foreman william Hen
nebcrry will take place as soon rs the
evidence Gun bc prepared.
Hot words passed between Judge |
GOggin and attaches Of the City Prose- |
cutting Attorneys Office after the jury |
In the case Of Kirchaski VS.. the city OF |
Chicago had retired to consider Its yer.
dict. Judge Goggin denounced the |
state Of affairs In the Attorneys Office,
disclosed by the revelations I'm the trial,
as mOnstrOus. and declared It to be n |
school for subOrna ton Of perjury. At
tOrney NJ. ]. kavanaugh retaliated by
saying the Court had not been fair to |
the city. and for time things were
lively generally. Mrs. Klrchaski sued
for damages. alleging injuries result.
Ing from a defective sidewalk. Thir.
teen witnesses swOre for the city the
sidewalk was In good condition, and
Attorney Tcrhune, for the plaintiff. de.
ciares he was prepared to prove that
s,iborEatiOn Of perjury had been pruc.
ticed by the city's lawyers. The Jury
had tiist been dismissed when Judge
G0ggln arose and, In voice trembling
with suppressed feeling, said: "Thls
Will not he the end Of this case. want
YOU. MI. Terhune, to write up the evi.
dence for the city. Jury.bribing IL bad
enough. but such a mOnstrOus state OF
anairs as was disclosed In this trial I
never imagined"
CITY Clerk Van Cleavc has made his
annual report of the receipts Of his OF.
flee to Comptroller wethercil. 1t Gov.
ers the period from April D. 1895, to
April 30. 1909, and was as follows:
Transfers Of licenses Of all kinds. 49,.
Az; duplicate dog tugs. SHOES; cert.
He'd copies Of records, S1,SO3.O5; total,
So.364.3O. Heretofore It has been the
custom for the City Clerk to make his
report Of receipts ut the end OF his term
Of office. Clerk Van Cleave. however,
ut the request Of Comptroller Wether.
ell. has made lbs report for the last
year. The money has been paid to the
City Treasurer.
Company A OF the Ninth battalion
will give u May festival at the armory,
Both street and Michigan avenue, Mon.
day night. Among the features Of the
evenings program will he IN exhibi.
ton drill by one Of the companies OF
Ba ttery ID. There also will be must.
cal program by cOlOred singing 80.
ciety ana by the battalion's band.
War II still being waged on the union
loop In Van Buren, street. The Council
committee on railroads will meet to
consider the ordinance and also n
lengthy petition signed by Levi u. Lei
ter and thirty.fOur other property own.
crs. ObJecting to the frontage petition
fllea by the company In support Of the
ordinance. The document details the
names of those who are alleged to have
sOid their consent to the construction
OF the loop. The petition alleges that
consents for 2,OS5 feet were purchased
from owners Of the fees, and 751 feet
from tenants and lessees and 1874 feet
from railroads. 1t Ia asserted that II
the committee acts In accordance with
the decision recently rendered by Judge
Payne ana rejects the frontage pur.
chased from lessees or tenants and rail.
loads. that the company will lack a
mn tOrlty. ana In consequence the COun-
ell could not give them valid Ordi-
nance.
Hon. Oscar l.. Dudley. Independent
candidate for the Legislature In the
Second Senatorial district, In making Il | I
most thorough canvass for votes. His
petition now has several thousand sig
natures. Consequently Mr.. Dudley IL
much elated and feels that he IL GER
tain to be elected. Kirk N. Eastman,
Df the Tenth ward, IN also running In. !
dependent, ana 1t IL said that between l
him ana Dudley they are bound to q
make life miserable for Gustavus NOhe, {
The machine candidate. IL