New-York tribune., 1902-02-16
TOPICS IN CHICAGO.
FEVER OF EXCITEMENT OVER PRINCES


in fever of excitement over the prospective
visit OF Prince Henry OF Prussia. Interest CEN
tres In the ball to be given at the Auditorium on
March ). II is here that every social aspiraut of
Chicago and surrounding cities hopes to shine in
the reflected spendor of royalty. So great Is
the demand for tickets To the ball that the FL
cial entertainers of the Prince are harassed by
the increasing volume of appeals for social and
public favOrs. Not only do the representatives
of the local Four Hundred feel the necessity of
being in evidence at the ball. but from the very
fringes of the social and official life of the
Windy City comes the suppliCating cry for a
chance to touch elbows with the Prince.
Apparently the mayor of every town within
radius Of two hundred miles has sent a request
''in behalf of influential German-American citi-
Zens for the right TO present enSrOssed ad-
dress to the titled visitor. Families OF eXcep-
tional social standing in the same towns have
written personal appeals for invitations TO the
balls. The Governors OF several States of large
foreign born population have followed the ex-
ample of Governor Van SAINT Of Minnesota in
asking official recognition. While many Of these
requests have Immediately found their way into
the waste basket, many of them are of ain i'm
portance demanding either favorable answers or
tactful refusal. 1t is probable. therefore. that
the number of invitations for out OF town viii
be increased. even If the Chicago proportion has
to be cut down.
Unmarried young women OF Chicago to the
number of five hundred who are "out" in So
cety, to be made the recipients OF special
invitations TO the ball, and win have excellent
facilities TO view and 10 be viewed by the Prince
This, with the one thousand invitations to be
issued for couples. will bring the total on the
invitation lists up to 2. 800. The committee has
also announced that the Prince will be prevailed
upon, IL possible. TO open the ball in person as
leader OF the grand march. Since II Is
generally understood that each subscriber
viii receive one ticket TO the ball for every
$50 contributed, there Will be no lack or
funds with which TO carry on the entertainment
OF the Prince while I'm Chicago. The money is
literally pouring in, but contrary to the Chicago
custom in such cases. the names or The contrihu-
tors are not made public. Whether not the
largest contributors are 10 be permitted 10 Oc-
cupy the most prominent boxes is the question
that is agitating the elect There many who
are openly opposed to this plan. but the
other hand. 1t is contended by those high Up in
the social ranks that the position I'm society OF
persons should be taken into consideration in
assigning the boxes. Plainly. they would have
in them the leaders OF society. Upon this rock
Chicago's social amty is liable to break Mean
while the official entertainers Withholding
their decision.
battle royal Is on over the Republican
leadership OF Illinois. with Senator Cuom at
its head, a coalition OF Republican leaders has
donned the paint and gone out after the
-Lorimer- Hopkins combination. with the
avowed purpose of preventing the further con-
troll of the party organization. The men are
also determined to rebuke the methods en-
ployed by the combination in pushing the can
ddacy OF Congressman Hopkins for United
States Senator. Friends of Charles G. Dawes
and Senator Mason in the Senate contest, and
the advocates Of merit system in State in
stitutions, stand together in the fight to be
made under the Cullom banner, The fight will
be made on two issues-the levying of political
assessments on State officials to provide funds
for the promotion OF the interests Of faction
OF the party, and the right of the chairman of
the State Central Committee to campaign for
the election of Congressman Hopkins to the
United States Senate. In order to bring these
questions TO an issue the coalition, under the
leadership of Senator Cullom, is out with a
manifesto calling upon Speaker Sherman to
assume the leadership Of the organized fight
against the controlling faction of the party
organization In formal letter, soon TO be
issued Speaker Sherman will accept the task
assigned him and the fight will be begun. TO be |
carried into every county of the State. From
now on Mr.. Sherman will be the candidate OF
the coalition forces for the chairmanship of
the coming State convention and he will make a
sweeping canvass of the State. The fight prom |
lses to one of the most interesting ever wit |
messed in Illinois politics
President william r. Harper of the University |
of Chicago has again returned from the East, |
and this time 1t is with the announcement that |
the university is to have law school. The |
name of the giver is withheld, but 1t is gem |
orally supposed that John d. Rockefeller is |
sponsor for the new department. The name of |
the school will be the School OF Law and Juris- !
prudence of the University of Chicago, and it |
will be the only graduate law school west or |
New-York. 1t is expected to -ank as one OF the |
first three law schools in the country. Funds |
estimated at from SJ00.0OO to xSOOOOO VIII be |
avaia Bile for the building. endowment and main |
tenance of the schools which viii be established |
on october l. Aside from the amount necessary |
10 establish the school, $4,000 has been set !
aside for a law library. A special building Will !
soon be erected on the campus at a cost or |
S15oOOO 10 S2OoO10 Courses in the school VIII !
he open TO graduates of universities or those |
who have completed three years of undergradu- |
ate work The entire work of the school will be
conducted on the campus where the students
will have the benefit of the academic atmos-
'phere The faculty of fifteen instructors will |
devote their entire time TO instruction. as the |
MAN provides no place for practising lawyers in
the corps of instructors An announcement or |
the establishment of a school of technology at !
the university is taeitly promised by Dr. Harper |
at date not remote.