Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-09-20
Citizens from Many Parts Of Town Write
Of Men and Events Of the
Day.
Pointed Questions Asked Regarding the Trans
actions Of Public Bodies and Of
Political Leaders.
Gossip Of the City and Of the Country
Forms the Subject Of Com.
rounications

Hon. Henry Sherman Boutell, who
70 ably represented the people of the
Ninth Congressional District In the last
Congress, will be reelected by a
sweeping plurality. Mr.. Boutell Is a
man who, besides being careful and
watchful Of the interests of his clients,
Is statesman who knows the cOun-
try's needs, has the welfare of all
the people Mt heart, and who In the
course Of his career in Congress has
made his mark as an orator and de-
batter.
Mr.. Boutell il gentleman OF
refinement, and of the highest stand.
Ing In the social and business world.
lie is emIncntly worthy of ell the hon.
ors the people Of the North Side can
bestOw upon him.
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Mr.. Willard McEwens election to the
vacancy on the bench to succeed Judge
Sears (reslgned) Is as certain as any.
thing human can be. Mr.. McEwen Is
well known to the people Of Chicago,
both for his integrity as man and his
ability as IA lawyer and former of.
fetal.
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| Hon. John Powers strength I'm the
Seventeenth Senatorial District IA In.
creaslng week after week. Nothing
can shake the confidence and esteem
In which Mr. Powers is held by the
people whom he 10 long and 40 well
represented In another public Office.
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William Hale Thompson, whose name
during the past week has been promi.
nently mentioned In connection with
the Republican nomination for the
Mayoralty next spring, Is one of that
party's candidates for the Office Of
County Commissioner In the pending
election. 1t IL predicted OF Mr.. ThOmp.
son that he will run NO far ahead OF his
ticket In the fall election as to demon.
strate his availability for the MayOralty
nomination later.
Mr.. Thompson IL well known to the
people Of Chicago as one of the best Al
dermen the city ever had.
II IL one OF the strongest arguments
In favor of Mr.. Thompson's candidacy
that he Is nearly as popular with the
Democrats AZ with the Republicans.
Sheriff Ernest J. Magerstadt Is friend.
lytOM MIR. ThOmpsOn's candidacy, and this
may give the former Alderman the sup
port OF Mt least two more wards. With
such start he hopes to be able to se.
cure the nomination and run against
Carter Harrison, to whom he II strongly
opposed.
A department has been established in
the Massachusetts Institute Of Tech
nOlOgy to reduce to an exact science
the prevention Of Ares. This may be
accomplished, first, by planning the
construction Of buildings In such
manner AZ to reduce danger OF fire to
a minimum; second. by devising means
for the rapid extinction Of any blaze
that gains headway. Considering that
the fre waste In the United States has
been increasing for the last i've years
In the face Of improvements In the
fire departments and equipment, and
that the loss last year was $3.50, ,OOO, 900,
1t Is certainly time an intelligent effort
was made to eliminate avOidable dan
ger.
President Roosevelt has decided to
recommend that Congress authorize the
Commercial Gable Company to lay q
cable across the Pacific to the Philip.
pines and thence to China. According
to the terms Of the provisional agree.
ment the government Is to reserve the
right to control the cable In time Of war
and to buy the franchises and property
Of the Gable Company In the Pacific
cable at an appraised valuation, to fix
the rates for messages, and to prescribe
the speed at which messages shall be
transmitted. II Congress approves the
agreement we shall have semi-private
cable that may become public when-
ever the government chooses to exer-
else its option.
How inequitable sometimes seem the
DEGREES Of fate! A poor woman who
merely feared that she might become
insane killed herself the other day.
while dozens Of people who are un.
doubtedly crazy not only refuse to kill
themselves but insist upon publishing
J historical novels, lecturing on English
literature or getting up political con-
IyentiOns