Chicago eagle., 1897-02-20

tion won for him the friendship and ad.
ml,atlOn OF the great taXpaying com
munity. or late years Mr.. Givins has
devoted much of his time to travel. and
has traversed nearly the entire globe,
visiting nearly every nation on earth,
from 1.apland to Patagonia. During
Ills wanderlngs he has always been nc.
cOmpnnie by his brave. clever ana nc.
cOmpllshed wife. They have been In
hurrlca nes, typllooils. railway accidents
and collisions ut sea. While crossing
the Pacific Ocean their ship was ut one
time given MP by many on board as
lost. much .. thu rigging bcIng blown
over the decks for five days. But Mrs.
Givins never lost her nerve. and did
much to encourage the other ladies on
board. The information collected by
Mr.. Glvins on their long journeys In
foreign lands was clevcrly described by
him In letters written for the Chicago
Evening Post. Mr.. Glvlns nccOmpa-
MED the Chicago delegation on their ~.
cent trip to the South. He has one son.
Robert -. who resides In Los Angeles.
Cal. ami has lately opened II real estate
office there. His partner. George 4.
Steen. IL an active. wldc-awakc young
man, who looks after the extensive III
terests of the firm. They have over
nifty city subdivisions. the latest being
"Givils Il Gilbert's Great Northwest"
In this Hon. james IL. Gilbert, Mr..
Glvins' former partner, has u hmlf In
tercst. This property II selling rapidly.
and over forty substantial houses have
been erected upon the property since
the opening of the subdivision May I.
which, considering the present dullness,
IL unheard of. hut II on u par with Mr..
Glvins remarkable success In this di-
rectiOn.
Republican business men of the Fif-
teenth Ward held u mass meeting NJ
FOrtschritt Turner Hall. 1896 Milwau-
kee avenue, and indOrsed Col. Ernest
Fecker. Jr. rs the business mems can
didate for Mayor. \ program of speech
es ana music was carried ont amidst
much enthusiasm.
1t was stated recently, IN alluding to
Gen. Wheeler. I. n. g., ana the fact
that he would not be disturbed by Gov.
Tanner. that Gen. Wheeler II born
Democrat" As a matter of fact. Gcn.
Wheeler has never failed to vote the
Republican ticket. and has been steady
contributor to the campaign fund or
his party. No one was more surprised
than he when he saw himself classified
as u "bOrn Democrat"
That awful political hObgOblin, J. l..
Campbell. represents the Twelfth ward
in the City Council. That's what ails
the West Side, IL anybody asks you.
One man like Campbell can destroy the
standing of any section of the city, ana
when the people send fellow like him
to represent them 1t shows what they
are ana what they are entitled to.
Campbell always has a hunted look on
his face, but 1t Is not because he has Il
character as clear as that of a rabbit.
1t Is for other reasons not necessary to
mention outside Of justice court. The
West side deserves nothing but kicks
ana cuffs as long as 1t chooses to put
forward champions OF the James l..
Campbell order.
Hon. Spencer =. Kimbell will sue
ceed Alderman Foster In the City C0un-
ell from the Twenty-seventh Ward.
John II. Nichols. who was mentioned
for Alderman in the Thirty-fOurth
Ward, has crawled into Frank !. Ben
nctfs band wagon. The sentiment In
the ward was so strong for Bennett
that 1t did not take Nichols long to real
ize that he hadn't ghost of show to
be nominated, and in consequence he