New-York tribune., 1900-10-29
TOPICS IN CHICAGO.
IL LETTER LOST 100000 IN HIS SONS
WHEAT DEAL WORK RESUMED
ON FEDERAL BUILDING.

should be corrected at once. 1t is all due 70 a |
Chicago man. who has hitherto been content TO
sllow his light TO remain hidden under a bushel |
several millions Of them. in fact. At least, so
he says. When approached some days since for
& contribution TO the Republican National cam
paIgn fund Levi z. Letter, Of this city. after
tarrly declining TO part with q single dollar OF
his hard earned millions. added by way OF ex-
PLANTATION OF his refusal: Prosperity is the Re
publican party's winning card this year. and I'd
Ike 70 know who has done more TO bring about
the existing state OF affairs than I have. Pros
pertty begins with the farmers, and that
wheat deal Of my sons cost me $4,000 600, I
think have done all that can be reasonably
expected Of me toward the present campaign"
Incidentally. this Is the first time Mr.. Letter has
given the public an idea Of the actual cost of
-Joe- Letters sensational attempt TO corner the
wheat market two years ago. The Republican
managers share Mr.. Letters ideas as 10 the
vital issues Of the present campaign, and are
tynpressIng this feature upon the voting public
n every way. One Of the most striking and ef-
feotfve efforts IN this direction the pros
pertty harvest home" banquet at the Coliseum
last Wednesday. The decorations Of the big
anpitheatre, where 3.O2s people were seated at
the tables, were composed of corn. wheat and
other farm products and 500 huge pump
kin pies formed the capstone OF the feast En-
beuls Of prosperity were also abundant in the
monster sound money parade of Saturday, which
furnished Chicago with opportunity for one
Of the biggest demonstrations in its history.
Business was suspended on the Board Of Trade
and on the Stock Exchange, the banks were
closed and nearly every business house in the
city gave its employees full holiday
Seven rtvets were driven IN the long talked
Of Federal Building last week and now all Chi
cago Is indulging fond hopes that the big struct-
ure may possibly be completed some time within
the next twenty years. In fact, this is sans
guine expectation. One-tenth Of the work. It is
estimated. has actually been completed, and the
building has now been under way something
over three years. Activity has also been shown
IN regard TO the masonry. Five stones, with
nearly all Of the necessary brickwork back
ins have actually been put. in place, and the
fact has brought disappointment 10 two young
men. who some tine ago began TO learn the
mason's trade the premises They were, until
the unprecedented activity OF the last week be-
gan. confident that they had lifelong Jobs in
sight BY way OF comparison. II may be said
that the Marshall Field Building. a structure
quite as large as the proposed Federal Building
was completed in single year, and the maxi
mum number Of men employed at time in its
construction was five hundred The maximum
number Of men that have been at work on the
Federal Building at any one time is one hun
dred and fifty.
Three Catholic priests resident IN this city,
have submitted q novel idea to the local Street
Railway Commission II is nothing less than
that employers be compelled 10 pay the fares Of
worldngmen 10 and from their work, that this
item should cease 10 be a daily charge against
their earnings Needless 10 say. no action was
taken in the premises
Long suffering residents of Longwood in |
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tics who represent themselves cooks has no |
further terrors for one group Of suburbanttes, |
ct least Some twelve families have banded TO- /
gether and are having their meals prepared on |
the cooperative plan They have installed a /
chef and corps Of assistants in house rented |
for the purpose, and the marketing is done by |
alternating pairs OF matrons. Thus far, the in |
rerested parties declare the plan has worked TO /
perfection Each family has its meals served |
IN z separate apartment, and uses its china |
and plate and the mistress Of the house is saved
al Of the labor attendant upon the preparation /
os meals. Whether the innovation will stand !
the test Of time remains TO be seen, and It is |
predicted that tramping over several blocks Of
suburban sidewalks through the snow will lend
different aspect TO the now delightful arrange
meut. And cynical men have been heard TO pre- !
DICT that another sixty days vii dissensions !
between the women that Will bring the whole |
edtfce of the cooperative kitchen plan tun- |
bling down about its projectors ears
Thousands Of dollars. according TO a Chicago |
attorney lying idle in the United States |
Circuit here waiting for members Of the local |
bar 70 claim them. That q Chicagoan in any |
walk of life should overlook an opportunity TO |
save dollar from spending its time in invol- |
untary idIeness Is in itself startling. but when |
the money IN question is by right the property |
Of Chicago lawyers. the proposition seems al |
most beyond belief. The seeming paradox is
thus explained: When e suit is fled IN the court |
n question, the attorney must deposit S25 in I
advance 70 cover the costs and this deposit s |
hot always exhausted, and Il is stated that these
now z fund amounting TO several thousand |
collars awaiting claimants.
Adolph Chleueh had a holiday on Friday and
IS apt 20 have others any time he asks for them
y tne coming week He came 10 the RyersOn
ScaoCl, II Austin Friday morning, with the
following letter. addressed TO his teacher Miss
Fitzgerald:
Aco.Ph swallowed a brass paddock last night.
ana L ne has any pain in school this morning
= q fesllt, Wll you please excuse him and
c.-ge bis mother? MRS CHLEUEH."
Ae surprised teacher saw no outward and
visible signs Of discomfort from the inward
=. y CO with bad grace Later in the forenoon
ne physician who daily inspects the school
vas consulted, and after examination. de-
cared that The boy appeared TO be in no danger
Is result Of his ostrichIike feast But the
ls@cLer vas far from reassuTed, and soon dis
missed him, and he Is now the eHvied Of all Of
'Ae juvenile residents of the neighborhood.
Tie Chicago Telephone Company has begun a
campaign Of education. and, for the purpose Of
- 4Aa.nting q greater number Of people with
ne advantages OF the telephone system have
installed z number Of FIVE cent teIephones The
T- a--alonal feature, the president Of the