Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-08-20

ragu. services indeed that can hardly
he measured and that the people of
chicago can hardly ever adequately
repay. Almost from his first appear.
aucc in the city Council he was rec
ogniz,Si as Il leader. and for years by
virtue of his position as chairman Of
the finance committee was in many re-
Spccts the most important of our mu.
uicipal officials. Mr.. Maiden is Il man
nf great experience in public affairs
nf large and varied education. an able
speaker Il most capable debatcr. and
one who is thoroughly in touch with
public sentiment oil all the public
questions of the day.
He will unuucstionahly make his
mark in Congress and gain for him.
self national reputation a~ one of
the ahlcst men in that body
New officers have been elected for
the Chicago Athenaeum. and rcadiust.
nent of the affairs of the school for
the opening scholastic year is being
made with Il view to cnlarging its
scope. William J. Began. former prin.
"ipal of the Washington school. ut
West Erie and North Morgan streets.
was appointed superintendent of the
Athenaeum recently. The new Off.
Gers and the directors of the Aathc.
nacum are a follows:
Officers s-Charlcs IL. Wacicr. prc,.
dent: Alexander II. Hrvcll. vicc.prc..
dent: Adolph liurz. secretary and
treasurer.
Directors-li. II. Kohlsaat. Charles
III. Wacker. Alexander II. Rcvcll.
bishop Samuel FallowS. Ferdinand
w. Peck. John V. Clarke. Robert Il.
Mccormick, Lyman !. Gage. Adolph
kurz. John \. Lynch. William G.
Seipp. VIM. Penn Nixon. w. !. chal.
mcrs. james Il. Chapman. William Il.
Page.
Notwithstanding the fact that he
was only charged with an assault on
Il dog in down town restaurant. the
report has gone abroad that Il present
prominent candidate for public office
was alleged To have committed Il
strange act of mayhem. which some
20 So far as to class as cannibalism.
1t Is even charged that he bit the tail
off dog. This false report has Great.
ell some annoyance and uneasincss to
the gcntleman's friends. who fear that
1t may adversely affect his candidacy.
They argue that even If true il was Il
mere veterinarian act common among
sIny flnHinps MI fhnt |, h.t,,.y 90. ;,,,
prove the brccd--not of the biter of
course but of the dog. Possibly the
candidate does not consider the sani-
iary question involved. His friends
say that he might have thought that
the tail was wagging the dog aud
therefore thought il well To remove
The caudal appendagc. There are other
tails wagging other bodies In this city,
where the amputation of the offending
members might not call for the inter-
vcntion of John q. Shortall and the
Humane Society.
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Saloonkcepers by the hundreds are
iock!ng to City Clerk Bcndcrs office
In response to notice by attorneys
in the effort to recover from the Uni.
ted States the amount paid by them In
war revenue stamp taxes In lS!'S. 1890,
and 1900.
More than 1900 have appeared thus
far \ fee of S2.25 is required In ad-
vance for iiling the petition to the
government and making proofs. The
tax was 81 on each bond. of which
there Were three each year. making
the claim of each applicant 80 or less.
The notice was send ont by VI. II.
Harris. Joseph \. Smcjkal and John
Swenie. attorneys, was as follows:
Important--You are hereby notified
to appear at the city clerks office. city
hall. to execute the necessary papers
for the redemption of revenue stamps
placed on your saloon bonds during
war periods.
Please attend on the date ana hour
above without fail, as your claim must
he filed at once or the money cannot
he refunded. \ fee Of S2.25 must he
paid In advance for filing petition and
making proofs.
\ form to be filed out by the appll.
cants rectes that by reason of Il su.
premc court decision of October 20
1902, the saloon bonds We're not tax
able under the statute. \ large force
of clerks was kept busy taking in
money and helping applicants I'LL out
papers.
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II YOU have tears, rs Mark Antony
says. prepare now 10 let the generouS
torrent flow. The ease that appeals to
us Is that of the Chicago Chronicle.
This esteemed organ has gone over
from the Democrats 10 the Republi.
cans. At least IL says IL has, AMI there
may be some reason for the statement
although for years it has been attacking
prominent Democrats rs vigorously as
The Chicago Tribune has been attack
ing prominent Republicans. Occasion
ally. however. the Chronicle singled
out for attack some individual Rcpub-
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