Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-01-13

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The annual meeting of the Board of
West Park Commissioners was held
Tuesday. Utmost harmony marked the ,
meeting. and all the old officers were ,
reelected unanimously as follows:
Fresident-.1oseph W. Suddard.
Auditor-C W. Kopf.
Trcasurer-E'red VI. Blount.
Secretary-Ernest q. Schubert.
General Superintendent-w William J.
Cooke.
Attornoy-Francis a. Riddle.
Engineer--A. e. Schrader.
Assistant Secretary-Thomas Kenne.
dy.
Collector of Special Assessments
John I. Straus.
Thomas Nolan. captain of police. will
he reappolnted and the various com.
mittees formed at the next meeting.
The Board of Local improvements.
which met after the Park Board, in
structed the engineer to prepare plans
and specifications for paving South
west boulevard from Douglas Park
south to the Illinois and Michigan Ca.
nal The board elected officers as fol.
lows:
Observation-Disclosures Pavlcek.
Clerk-Ernest q. Schubert.
The Reeves managers claim they are
growing more confident every day. and
the inference Is drawn that they ex.
pect split In the Cook County comb.
nation which will be of material bene-
fit TO their candidate. This opinion is
shared by some of the local politicians
who are beginning to hint that the
Hanecy strength in Cook is not so
united as 1t Is supposed to he. The
Reeves men say any kind Of break
IN the Chicago combination will give
the Congressman sufficient strength in
the country to insure him the nomina-
ton.
At the same time none of the Cook
County machine managers has shown
signs Of desertng Judge Hanecy. They
all say they will abide by the Spring.
field agreement-although 1t was some
what unpalatable to a few at the time
and that the organization will hang to-
gether this year as it has In the past.
There IL a tension of feeling. however.
which leads many to believe there will
be change in the program If sufficient
excuse is afforded.
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On Wednesday. after reviewing the
<v.,i. .t.,I eli ,t " 4
Stead. DIR. Barnes, of Fairbury. Unit
Cd States Marshal Ames. Secretary
Carrithers Of his campaign committee,
and Others, having received scouts
from all over the State, who furnished
aim with more exact Information as
to the progress of his canvass. in con-
versatlon with reporter for The
Eagle, Congressman Reeves said: "All
have to say for publication is that
expect to receive the Republican nom
inatiOn for Governor. and that l expect
TO be in the fight at the finish. am
saving wood. however. and am not
counting my chickens before they are
matched"
Mr.. Reeves manner bore out his
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not leave a stone unturned either In
Cook County or any other part Of the
State. Mr.. Reeves has returned from
n tour of the Twenty-second Congress
sional District, and his lieutenants say
ne has been received all along the line
with great enthusiasm. The CarbOndale
meeting apparently was gratifying In
IN ,nnntin,r M Rem
ton, Marion County, equally sue
ccssful. \ party of seventy-tive
miners, with brass band accompani-
ment. invaded Benton at the close Of
the Reeves meeting. and the Streator
candidate was given a lively reception.
II Is reported that the Republican
bosses Of Cook County have promised
Fred 4. Busse the nomination for
County Treasurer, two years hence, If
he will keep out of the race for State
Treasurer in the interests of harmony
in Cook County. Senator Busse's
friends are not inclined 10 be deeply I'M
pressed with a promise whose fulfill
mcnt is two years off.
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You can't get into Judge Han"cy s
headquarters at the Great Northern
Hotel unless you have Paddock"
ticket.
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The Standard OIL Company has now
begun 10 boom the market for copper
stocks. Now that its purposes have
been served by the recent squeeze in
IN. cen.ral stock market the Rookie