Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-11-22
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 Oity and Of the Country
Forms the Subject Of Com.
nunicatons.

with the Sheriff's office. BY way of
cOunteracting some of the stories hy.
Ing around about promises Of patron
age. Mr.. McGillen made the declara-
ton that no man had been promised n
deputyship. a court balliffship. or any
other kind of a position. None will be
promised until the Sheriff.elect returns
to Chicago. The only information with
reference to Mr.. Barretts movements
was that he would not appear until his
certificate Of election II ready.
BY the way, now that the official
count has been finished. the anxiously
awaited return of Mr.. Barrett may be
looked for daily. There will he "sOme.
thing doing" Immediately thereafter.
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Members Of the Drainage Board aro
beginning to warm up to the question
of who shall be the boards next Prcsi-
dent. and II lively campaign IL prom
ised.
Most people. particularly among the
taxpayers. would. II they had a voice
In the matter. favor the reelection of
Hon. Thomas a. Smyth. He has made
the ablest and best President the board
has ever had.
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There IL much discussion as to who
shall succeed A. X. Porter as Clerk of
the board. Louis Legner. the present
Assistant Clerk, seems to have the
best chance, though there are other
strong candidates after the place.
Fire Marshal Musham IL always up
tO.date ana thoroughly abreast OF the
times. Wednesday night the veteran
fire fighter delivered an illustrated lee
ture to the Western Society OF Engi.
neers at its meeting In the MOnadnock
Block. He used lantern slides. show.
Ing the fire apparatus used to-day, ana
urged a high pressure system with
pipes run literally In each story of
high buildings.
1T II almost impossible nOw." he
said. ito get enough water In Chicago
to extinguish a fire higher than the
seventh story Of a big building"
Electrician Ellicott described the sys.
TEN OF transmitting fire alarms now in
Chicago and said system Of alarm
boxes In each building was the hope
OF the department.
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Hon. Adam Wolf and Hon. William
II. Weber ran well abreast OF their
ticket. Each received over $4,000 plu.
rality over their opponents for mem.
bership Of the Board Of County As.
SCISSORS. There IL no result OF the re.
cent campaign more gratifying to the
public and the taxpayers than the re.
election OF these two able, faithful and
conscientious public servants to the
office which they have filed SO well IN
the past. The Eagle congratulates
both gentlemen.
There was considerable variation
in the pluralitles Of the candidates ON
the county ticket. For instance, Hon.
John j. Hanberg, Republican candidate
for County Treasurer, got the heaviest,
his plurality running up to 14,4s0,
while other candidates received plurali.
ties Of but 5000 or 5000. Nobody can nc.
count for this.
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The continued unhealthy condition
along the AmbejemackOmas, Eskwesk.
wewatO, and Meskaskeeseehunk rivers
In Maine have induced the State Board
OF Health to decree that no further use
OF the waters from these streams for
domestic purposes shall be made until
their names have been boiled down.
The young women clerks of st. Paul
who have pledged themselves to marry
none but union men probably would
that union composed of two
would fulfill the necessary
FISHELL