Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-07-01

under the other alley. Alderman Pow
ers championed the cause of the COM
pany and Alderman Brennan opposed
1t. AS a result Of the lineup. there
have been eight or ten tie votes in the
Committee on Streets and Alleys West.
Thomas Gahan. Perry Hull and A. =.
Trude are working for the appoint
ment Of Mrs. Ella q. Hull as school
trustee. Mrs. Hull finished n three
years trusteeship last June.
Members of the French colony Of
Chicago will celebrate the 10th ami
vcisary Of the fall Of the Bnstille by n
national fete at Columbia Park. North
Hnlstcd street and Waveland avenue.
July IA. Henri Merou. French consul
at Chicago, will he the presiding Of |
ficcr of the celebration. The honorary
vice presidents nrp n. +. Brosseau. &.
IIcnriot. II. r. Furber. NJ. KOzminski
and Dr. Eugene Marguerite: reception
committee. V. Gernrdin. a. Griveau. l..
Bnsticn. a. Heincck. Il. Bobc. +. ropu-
lorum. l.. Ainato. Il. Lecroart, r.. Rem
ard. and Il. Wildcnstein; organization
committee. Louis Amato. Ernest 81
card. Theodore prOulx. l.. COmpOndu.
II. Bcnnr,l. Il. 1.ecroart and Misses
I.ucic Well and Rene Wil1eustein.
The program will he u varied one.
There will he addresses and vocal and
instrumental music. The French.
United States. Canadian. Russian ana
Swiss national hymns will he sung by
young women gowned In costumes rep.
resentative Of the respective countries.
The dry will be concluded with pyro.
technics and dancing. The French.
American society. which is promoting
the Lafayette monument project and
arousing interest In the study Of the
French language. will bc especially
we'll represented at the fete. This SO
cicty was organized by Henri Merou.
The French colony In Chicago num-
hers about 1900. Among the earliest
of the French settlers Is Victor Gerar-
din, who came to Chicago forty-fve
years ago. and who organized the first
French society In the city. A recent
acquisition to the colony II g. HcnriOt,
who came to Chicago three months ago
to manage the local branch Of the
Compton National TEscompte Of
Paris. one Of the three great banks Of
France.
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| Promoters OF the Gates Senatorial
boom appear to be taking u new tack.
Some of those who were loud In their
affirmation day or two ago now say
he IL not n candidate. but Lorimer and
Jameson still insist the colonel can
have plenty Of support from Cook
County IL he decides he wants Il.
Il. A. Eckhart, member OF the SAM.
tary hoard, ex.Stnte Senator, formerly
prominent In the Swift.Davis.R Roche
machine. and manager Of the Carter
campaign Inst spring. Inns been trotted
out as u possible candidate for Cover
nor. His friends look upon the an
nouncement IN coming from Mr.. Eek
hurt. and accept 1t as official.
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u. V. burlington IL the latest person
to te mentioned a. possible appointed
Of Mayor Harrison to the school board
Ed Warwick, West Town Clerk. hn'
gone into the saloon business ut q.
West Madison street.
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There In n ruiuOr out On the Wes
Side that Roger G. Sullivan. Democrat
IL leader In the Thirteenth Ward ant
IN official Of the Ogden Gas Company
IL about to follow the example of man!
OF his political friends and remove {,
/, the Thirty-secOnd Ward. II IL repOrte,
he II about to erect u handsome hOus,
In DreXel boulevard.
~d
Republicans In the Second Senatorial
District ar" already beginning tn
fight to retire to private life Senate
Scion II. Case, who had the Case gar
nlshment law passed ana failed L
have II repealed ut the Inst session o
the Legislature.
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Prominent financial interests on tn
' West Side have under considerable
). the organization Of the Manufacturer,
National Bank. The intention IL to Il
cate 1t In the center Of the mnnufactul
Ing district OF the West Side and (
!, underwrlte the stock among the man,
" facturrrs In order to secure their bus
ness. An officer of one of the prlncim
downtown banks has been offered tn
Presidency and has the matter undo
u consideration. II II the intention I
J. start with capital Of x5OOOOO. Th
promoters Of the enterprise are col
WINGED, Of course. that II will he prof
o able, but there are people who dOul
l. the ability of small outlying banks
d compete with the larger institution
y In the downtown district. One sma
Il West side bank was absorbed recent
>. by the Metropolitan National. ana I'll
developments of the past year Ia,
shown that II IL hard for the small,
=, banks to make living In competltiO
= with the larger ones.
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1t Is understood that the stock Of Il