Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-12-02

ciarcd he would not Ike a candidate for
the rulership Of the House the agile and
irrepressible Hopkins came to the front
In an instant and sought the place. Ev-
erybody knows what happened. Can
non, who had % fine show of election,
was shelved by the Aurora Congress
man. a fact which Uncle Joseph" new
or will forget. Up to this writing Con.
gresham Hopkins has not landed a
single advanced position to which he
has aspircd.
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Monday evening Aid. Il. j. NOvak
(Elghth) started after the elevated and
surface street railway companies to
get revenue for the city from their ex-
tensive advertising business. He had
an order passed for the Corporation
Counsel to give an opinion as to the
city's power to obtain revenue from
the companies on that account claim
ing that their franchises gave them no
permission to go into the advertising
business. He said the street cars and
elevated platforms. and even the fen
ders of cars were plastered with ad-
vertisements. lie counted sixty bill
boards mt the station I'm Madison street
and 9Th avenue. for which the Union
Loop Company got % cents each
month.
The Council authorized the expendi-
ture Of $4,000 extra for a schoolhouse
of ou,,c< ,pI 4 os,sC1 strnnt fnV
which $4,000 had been set aside. The
purchase of school site for $16.2JO
| for an addition TO the Harrison school
| in 23d place was also authorized, and
$4,000 was allowed for twelve.room
addition to the same school.
Aid. Russell had sent to the commit.
tee on markets an ordinance providing
for the closing of all meat markets
Sunday.
An opinion came from the Corpora
ton Counsel that the Council had not
the power to require transfers In Ash.
land avenue street car lines from one
end TO the other because the lines were
operated under several licenses to DIFF
ferent companies.
AID. Novak Eighth also had a rcsO-
luton sent to the committee on finance
for the appropriation Of 100000 In the
new bill for a public market.
If Judge Orrin n. Carter decides to
enter the race for Governor his friends
predict that Henry l.. Hertz will swing
into line for him. with the Thirteenth,
Fourteenth, Fifteenth ana Sixteenth
Wards, and that James Pease and Fred
A. Busse will give him the North Town
and Lake View wards.
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Il. g. Cooley. principal Of the La
Grange High School, will succeed Col
Francis W. Parker as principal Of the
Chicago Normal School. Members OF
the normal school committee met Mon
day afternoon nnd decided unanimously
to recommend Mr. Cooley for the po
sition.
Mr.. Cooley was the candidate on the
Democratic ticket year ago for thu
County SUPPLEMENTARY Of Schools
He Is well known among the teacher,
Of Chicago. His salary will be $4,OO(
year. DR.. Gifiin was again recon
mended for his old position as principa
of the normal practice school at $3,O0(
year. Miss Elizabeth Harrison wal
again recommended as head Of the nor
nal kindergarten department. but thu
SALARY was cut from $500 to- 81 900
The committee created a new depart
ment-that Of the history Of education
and Andrew J. Hogan was placed II
charge at a salary Of $500.
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Hon. James 9. DO0ley will run ahca'
. Of his ticket II nominated for Judge.
Hon. Geo. Mills Rogers Il sure Of {
judicial nomination, which means hi
election. He will grace the bench, u
his honored father did before him.
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Hon. John 4. McGOorty IL the lead
Ing Democratic candidate for State
Attorney Of Cook County.
Hon. II. Dorsey Patton of the fam
Gus Chicago Stock Exchange Rcstau
rant, Is being urged to run for Sccre
!, tary Of State or State Treasurer on tn
Republican ticket.
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Leo ]. Tausig Will be elected to tn
: Illinois Legislature next year.
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Hon. John McGillen can 20 back I
the City Council from the Twenty-firs
! ward next spring II he wants the place
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Mayor Jacob +. Rehm Of Blue Islam
IL to be elected member of the Boar
Of Cook County Commissioners neA
!. year.
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Hon. George A. Gary, the able Law
yer, il talked of for judge OF the ~
perior Court. lie resides ut 1853 4?
= place.
Hon. Ernst +. Hermann, the wei
known lawyer, who has made fin
n record in the City Council, Is now tall
!. ed OF for judicial hOnOrs.
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Mr.. John \. GuilfOrd Is the best bu
!, mess manager who ever filed the pos
: ton for the Chicago Board Of Educ'
ton.
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