Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-04-18
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.
nunications.


james W. Nye.
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Mr.. Harry Il. Gibbons Is a most
popular West Side manufacturer.
Hon. George Kersten IL eminently
qualified for judgeship.
Mr.. Emery Il. MOore's standing as
a citizen and a business man Is excel
lent.
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Alderman william e. Keuster stands
for good city government.
Pity the woes Of poor old School
Board. 1t was last week up against a
case Of eviction pure and simple, and
the worst Of 1t il the Board was
placed in the awkward position Of
playing the part Of the evictor.
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All the trouble arose out Of the case
Of strong minded young woman. who
refused to be reduced In her rank as
a teacher. entrenched herself In her
school room and held the fort until
the Board laid siege to and captured It.
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The Board charged upon the garri.
son, having massed its janitOr
forces In the immediate neighbOrhOod
of the school room for desperate as.
sault on Tuesday afternoon. After a
gallant resistance the garrison was
captured. The scene OF these opera.
tiOns. by the way. was the Dante
school; and yet Shakespeare says,
whats In a name!"
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Chicago Journal:
Harry Hildreth, Jr., of South Chi.
cagO. IL slated. 1t Is understood, for
the position of assistant treasurer un
der City Treasurer.elect Hummel.
Mr.. Hildreth IL secretary of the
South Chicago Brewing Company, the
concern that Mr.. Hummel has 30 long
been Identified with, and IL well known
In Eighth Ward politics.
Should he be appointed then all thu
public funds of Cook County would
be In the hands Of South Chicago citi
zens. The following would be the
responsible parties:
County Treasurer John Hanberg
South Chicago.
First Assistant County Treasurer
Walter schmidt, South Chicago.
City Treasurer Ernst Hummel, South
Chicago.
First Assistant City Treasurer Harry
Hildreth, Jr., South Chicago.
II we'd lose South Chicago we would
be poor indeed.
The movement for new city char.
ter moves on apace. The committee
of ten Hyde Park citizens that first
took the matter in hand has been en-
larged to twenty. The additional
members are: John NJ. Smyth, Frank
o. Lowden, William Lorlmer, Charles
$. Deneen, T.. ]. Magerstadt, Joseph
Bidwill. Fred NJ. BlOunt, James Red.
dick. Christopher Manner, and James
Pease.
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Franchises Of dfty-tAree lines now
owned and operated by the Union
Traction Company expire in 1908. The
hist includes all the important principal
and crosstown lines on the North and
West sides. Secretary George @. Skies
Of the street railway commission
compiled table showing the fran,
chises affected and It is set forth in the
statement that twenty-seven Of the
franchises were granted to the North
Chicago Street Railway Company and
twenty-six to the West Chicago Stree,
Railway Company. Many Of the fran
chises, as Indicated BY asterisks, are
subject to the act Of 1895.
Following Is list Of the expiring
franchises:
State street, from Lake to Clark
streets, by Division street.
'Clark street, from Washington
street to Fullerton avenue.
Clark street, from Fullerton avenue
to Diyersey boulevard.
Wells street and Fifth avenue, from
Randolph to Clark streets.
Center street-Clark street to Lin.
coin avenue.
Lincoln avenue-Center street to Bel
mont avenue.
Ashland avenue-Belmont to Grace
land avenue.
Belmont avenue-Linc0ln avenue tG
Robey street.