Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-12-09

i322.SS3 barrels and of the latter ~ .GiI
barrels. The deficiency is being made
up from the reserve stocks which the
Standard carries. principally in Indiana,
while an activity unparalleled in the
industry. IN the direction of searching
for new territory. prevails throughout
the oil country.
The Standard ordered an advance of
=, cent in the refined product Tuesday
An advance of 3 cents in the crude Is
estimated 10y independent rciines to
equal X cent In refined. so that the rise
In the latter should he only I cent to
maintain the parity Of the accent rise
In crude. Refined oil. which Is burned
in the houses of the people. has. how
ever. gone up from 2ia to 3is cents. and.
at Wednesdays quotations. was at the
highest point In years.
Even after nifty years Of service Fire
Chief Swcnic prefers the excitement Of
u lively blaze to cushioned ease and
comfortable pleasures. No more rc.
markablc evidence of the nature Of the
man has ever been given than the hap.
pcnngS of Monday night. when the
sturdy old iirc.tlghtcr spent the chilly
hours beside u all" In a lumber yard.
while In the City Council speeches were
being made to do him honor. and his
portrait was being presented to the city.
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William Boldcnweck was reelected
President Of the Board Of Drainage
Trustees at the annual meeting Tues.
day. The other officers Of the board
hold over. as follows:
Trcasurcr--Ered NJ. BlOunt.
Clcrk-Joseph +. Hans.
Attorney--Charlcs G. Gilbert.
Englnccr-Isham Randolph.
Edward Coen.
Congressman Lorlmer will leave his
family In Chicago this winter. lie says
that the uncQualed public schools In
Chicago make II desirable for his boys
to remain there. There are excellent
schools In the District of Columbia. but
Congressman Iorlmcr declares that
they do not compare with the Chicago
schools. Heretofore his wife AMI chill.
dren have usually accompanied him to
the capital, but this year they will not
go, nnd the Congressman. instead of
renting Il house, viii retain apartments
~ the Raleigh.
Hon. Fred W. Bryan Il being urged to
run for Congress In the Fourth District
on I'll" Democratic ticket. Mr.. Bryan IL
the owner Of Bryan Block, 1G4 la Sale
street, and also cX-Prcsilent of the
Mcnokcn Club. He resides In the
Twelfth Ward.
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AID. Michael NJ. Blake can he noml-
mated for County Commissioner II he
wants the office. Mr.. Blake has made
good record in the City Council.
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Politicians who are keeping tab on
ward politics believe there will he
nearly 800 candidates for the Republi.
can and Democratic nominations for
aldermen next April. The aldermen
who will be elected then will vote on
the ordinances to extend the franchise
for the trunk lines of the street rail
ways of the city. This IL regarded rs
u good thing" by those ward men who
are in politics for what they can get
out of II, and II j. believed that street
railway franchises will be the issue for
the spring campaign. or the outgoing
aldermen nineteen are Democrats, one
iS an independent Democrat and thr-
teen are Republicans. The holdoycrs
are Republicans %, Democrats II, Civ.
ing the Republicans n majority of T.
n II starter. AID. Math Of the Thirty
fourth ward will not seek rcnOmna-
tlOn.
AID, John Powers will have to fight
for reconciliation and reelection. The
anti'POwers Democrats In the ward
want cN.Ald. Thomas Gallagher, who
now il on the School Board. to make
the race in the Nineteenth ward
against Powers. Dr. 4. /. O'Mallcy T.
n candidate for the Democratic nomi-
nation in This ward. From the Twenty
seventh ward comes The report that
cN-Sratc Treasurer Henry WulT wants
10 wear The aldermanic star. II j. Civ
en- out that he Is well regarded by the
street railway companies, who would
not bc sorry to see him in AID, Buffers
seat EX.Speaker Clayton T.. Crafts
is put down aS II probability from the
new Thirty-iifth ward. Hon. ID, i.
Curlcy Is getting ready TO give Aid.
Carey a fight In the Tweniy'nnth
ward, ana the Democrats Of the Ninth
ward say that John GrOdt and .Sigust
Ehlert have their eyes on Aid. Cutler
toms seat, The Old Hickory club of