Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-12

Able ard Popular Lawyer, whose
spectcd father, Former Judge Henry
NJ. Shepard. Is highly esteemed by
every member of the bench and bar
of Cook County. and will undoubtedly
he ratified by the voters Oh election
day.
He was born In Chicago I'm 1874 and
has resided In this city all his life.
After leaving the grammar schools
lie attended the Hyde Park high school
and later graduated from the Chicago
College Of Law. a branch of the Lake
Forest University. He was admitted
to the bar when but twenty.One years
of age.
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a vote for the reelection of Judge
Marcus Kavanagh Is a vote to reward
merit, ability and faithful public scrv.
Ice.
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Major Edgar Bronson Tolman, who
has been nominated on the Democratic
ticket for judge of the superior Court,
Is u man who deserves the support of
all the people of Cook County ire.
spective of party ties or affiliations.
Major Tolman has fine record rs COR
poratiOn counsel, as well rs one of
the most brilliant members of the Chi
onv Ian u.tt ,,in nt tpp 1n-
sides having an excellent record as a
soldier and as major of the First lii
nois Infantry. Major TOlman was
born of American parents In British
India fOrty-five years ago. He Is a
graduate of the University of Chicago
and received diploma from the
Union College of Law I'm 1882. lie
was Il candidate for the superior Court
bench In 1900. and ran well ahead OF
his ticket, although defeated In tile
Republican landslide of that year.
lie has always been loyal Demo
crat public.sprited citizen. ana 4
, man whose name will add strength tC
the ticket on which it appears. His
election seems to be assured. and IN
his election the Superior Court OF
Cook County would have Il valuable
| and useful accession.
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Encouraged by its success in buttinl
q trolley car Off the track, the automo
bile Is likely to seek new worlds Il
conquer, hut ii will not tackle the loco
motive yet Il while. 1t Is to he observe,
that the intOXlcatlOn Of speed rarriy
affects the reckless chauffeur to sucl
TO the danger signals at railroad cross
iIgs. This indicates that speed In
tOrlcatlon-whlch IL the fashlonabl,
term for criminal Indifference to Othel
peoples rights--is less Il disease than
a vice.
| Because a woman Went to the Whit,
House ana announced that she wanted
to live there the Washington police
hailed her Off to strong quarters ant
declared that she was crazy. The le
ductlon Is not warranted, \ good man!
women-and Il good many men too
have had fancy for living In til,
White House and nobody deemed then
crazy. In the present instance tn
wOman's insanity IL probably predi
Gated on the circumstance that sh'
sought to achieve her desire withou
political methods. Anybody who tric
to do anything without u pull d
deemed crazy ipso facto by resident
Of Washington.
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In speech ut Boston few week
ago President lIadley of Yale sal
there would be an emperor at Wash
ington within twenty-five years mlcS
the trusts were curbed. There Is, how
ever, no evidence to support the theor.
that II was this pleasing picture whlcI
induced Mr.. Rockefeller to hand Pres
dent Hadley the million recent.
turned over for Yales benefit.
Tea, coffee and cocoa, according I,
an annual compilation OF the American
Grocer, cost the people of the Unite
States, on an average, two dollars an
seventy cents last year. Alcohol
drinks cost more than five times u
much. All such figures, on pc
capita basis, are misleadingly small
because they are spread over so man
persons who are not participants at all
This lowers the average. How muc
does tea cost the average tea -drnke
by comparison with the whisky of IT
average consumer? 1t would be still
more interesting to know thar.
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Habibullah Kahn Is hereafter to b
referred to by the British government
as "his majesty" The British govern
ment recently recognized him as TN
independent King Of Afghanistan ant
its dependencies, This fact Is interest
ing because Afghanistan Is q buffe
state between Russia and the north
western frontier Of India. Although |