Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-10-09

tion Of Assistant Secretary OF state.
and more recently from the post VI am.
bassadOr to the German empire. Frnnk
II. Jones was First Assistant Postmas.
ter General throughout the Cleveland
administration. Kenesaw NJ lands
was private SECRETARY to Walter Q.
Gresham until death. made vacant tho
SecNtaryship Of State In May. 1893.
Since then he has been practiclng law
here.
Mr.. Uhl prnctlced law at Grand Rap
Ids. Of which city he was once Mayor,
and was leader Of the Michigan bar
until called to the state Department
at Washington. When Andrew ID.
White relieved him At Berlin 1t was r..
ported that he would he Of the firm Of
Cleveland. Carlisle & Uhl In New York,
but Mr.. Uhl preferred Chicago. He In
reported to possess u considerable for
tune.
Frank II. Jones Il a native Of Illinois
and prslcticed law for twenty-five years
at Springfield. He was a member of
the Legislature which elected John Al.
Palmer senator and made the nomina.
ting speech. Mr.. Jones also had the
distinction Of presenting to the Legis.
lature the first bill covering the T0rrens
Mnd transfer system.
Mr.. Lands. although young. was for
q number Of years the intimate friend
a. well a. prOtege Of Walter q. Gresli.
ann. The past Of these three suggests
that this firm may Ike heard from In the
political as well ~ In the legal field Of
Chicago.
The Union Pacific railway will prob.
ably liz offered for sale within a few
days. In accordance with an agreement
between the government and the re-
organization committee. The formal
transfer Of this property to u new syn.
dictate will. It II said. involve net loss
to the people Of the United States Of
about x25.OOO,OOO. hut when 1t II con.
sidered how many different sets Of
pluntlerers have been connected with the
Union Pacific deal the chief wonder IL
that the public does not lose fur more
than the sum named. Government
ownership, and even government Oper'
alton OF railroads, can In made
~ profitable ~ private ownership ana
operation II we are to accept the ex-
perience Of European countries. hut
when different sets Of railroad wreck.
erx deliberately set out to defraud ana
plumber the government there IL no ~.
IAN ,al lslt
lions must be vastly different before
government ownership Of railroads
can be made success In this country.
The detective bureau ut headquarters
on Wednesday received its now chief.
Luke Il. C0lleran, whose appointment
to that place was made public by Chief
Ripley Tuesday evening. Captain Col.
leran has been a member of the police
department thirteen years. 0nd Chief
Ripley says he will I'LL the position to
the satisfaction of everyone.
Captain COlleran entered the detec-
tive bureau quietly, shook hands with
a few whom he knew. ana, walking
into his private Office, announced that
he was ready for business. He has been
acting captain ut the Desplaines street
station some time, and his selection for
chief of detectives was surprise to
everyone. There has been cOnsidera-
BILE speculation as to who would be the
new chief. Several names, including
those of Captain Wheeler of the Max
we'll street station, Captain Homer Of
the Thirty-fifth street station and Cap
tain Howe OF the Hyde Park station,
have been mentioned, hut 1t was not
suggested that COlleran was the man
until Tuesday evening.
Captain COlleran will he assisted by
Lieut.. Haas ana Lieut.. Collins, Lieut..
Steve Wood having been transferred to
the W0Odlawn station.
The Republican committee of the
Sixth Congressional District was or
ganized several days ago by the elec-
ton of John French of the Twenty
sixth Ward ~ chairman ana Frank
CHASER of the Twenty-third Ward Sec
rotary. The question II, will this &C.
ton be allowed to stand. Mr.. Rhode
Of the Twenty-fOurth Ward claims he
IL chairman of the committee. Those
who made It say the organization will
stand and that II Mr.. Rhode wants to
he can seek the nomination for Con-
gress.