Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-06-28

cratic leaders on the West Side ar"
back of 1t. Alderman James 7. koara
of the Nineteenth Ward IL thc man
with whom these gentlemen think thcy
can defeat Mr.. Loctllcr for II renOml.
itation on the Democratic city ticket.
Mr.. Roach has indeed been already
strongly urged 10 enter the lists as u
candidate for the nomination IN pucs.
tlon. Tho Nineteenth Ward is solid tor
Mr.. Roach. ns clearly shown hy the
fact that he was elected Alderman as
an independent candidate by II majority
tral committeeman from the North ahd
South sides are said to he pledged 10
deliver their delegations to him II no
will allow the use of his name for the
office. Alderman Roach IL one Of the
leading and influential Democrats OF
Chicago. His friends are legion, and
II Is believed his nomination would
mean his election.
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In the death OF former Judge Mark
Bangs Chicago loses one Of its foremost
citizens. u man who commanded the re-
spect and vencratiOn of nll who knew
him.. and who was for years II strong
political potcntinlity In this state and
throughout the West.
Judge Bangs died at the ripe old age
of 80 on Monday last at the residcnc"
of his son. Col Fred \. Bangs, S'O
West Monroe street.
4 quarter of u century ago Judge
Bangs was one Of the most prominent
jurists In Illinois. In the early N's he
was identified with some Of the most
prominent men In national affairs. lie
numbered among his personal friends
Abraham Lincoln. General L. =. Grant,
Robert Ingcrsoll and Owen I.ovejoy.
In addition to his son. Fred \. Bangs,
who is president of the West Side Park
Commission, II daughter survives him
Mrs. Nellie Bangs Depue. She Is known
In musical circles.
Mark Bangs was born In Hawley,
Franklin County. Mass. Jan. y. lS2?
lie received his early education In the
public schools of that place. and later
attended college ut Rochester. \. y. lie
was admitted to the bar at l.acOn. ILL.,,
In 1850. after II struggle for self-educa-
tiOn. Two years later Miss Harriet Cor
nclia Pomcroy was married to him ht
LacOn. In 1858 Mr.. Bangs was elected
Judge Of the Circuit Court of Marshall
and adjoining counties. In 1873 he was
appointed Judge of the Circuit Court
by Governor Bcveridge, to serve the
mcXpired term of Judge Richmond
who died.
1t was in lSi2 that Mr.. Bangs, with
the late Joseph Medill and George J.
liarlowc, late Secretary of State, met
ut Peoria, H., and started the Union
League movement to put an end to
"coppcrhcadiSm," which was then
spreading throughout the North. Mr.
Bangs was made the first president OF
the Union League. In 1869 he was ten
dercd the nomination of Secretary Of
state by the State Republican COnven
tion. He preferred, however, to go tC
the State Senate, and he was elected.
In December of 1879 President Grant
appointed Mr., Bangs United States At
torney for the Northern District of I'LL
nois. Mr. Bangs then came 10 Chicago
His most effective work rs United
States District Attorney was in break
ing up the whisky ring" the members
OF which had grown rich by cvadnp
government revenues.
In 1879 Mr.. Bangs resigned as United
States District Attorney to form Il law
partnership with Joseph Kirkland
This firm was dissolved seven years
later. ut which time father and son he,
came law partners. The firm of Bangs
x Bangs was changed in 1893 to Wood
Bangs Il Bangs. The elder Bangs rc
tired from law practice in 1897, but tn,
firm continues to-day under the name
Of Wood, Bangs & Bangs.