Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-06

President Nibernian
Grafton Of the other members of the
board In an effort to have the q,ies.
ton made the subject of Il special bal
lot when the charter Is voted upon.
The most serious objection made to
the special board Of commissioners pro.
vidcd for In the new charter Ii the
danger of acknowledgement and the lack
Of funds for carrying on the work.
Action was deferred until April Z.
when n special meeting Of the board
will be called tn discuss the question.
The annual election Of officers was held
and the following officers elected (:
Henry q. Foreman. president: william
Best. auditor. No other changes were
made.
No business man IN Chicago stands
higher In the estimation Of the people
than Albert q. Wheeler.
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james =. Hopkins has built up him.
self u splendid reputation as an able
and honest lawyer and u public spirited
citizen.
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George W. lHullln. the we'll known
furrier and Drainage Trustee. Is u man
Of ability. force and character.
Arthur W. Fulton was elected alder.
man In the Thirteenth Ward by a
splendid plurality. The voters will not
regret having elected Mr.. Fulton. NJ hc
is man Of ability. experience and
honesty.
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No man II held In higher esteem by
the people Of Chicago than John NJ.
Smytl. the well known merchant and
public spirited citizen.
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There Is but one good dictionary and
that Ii Wcbstcr's International.
The Enlarged Edition of W.hstcr's
International Dictionary, recently Is
| sued. brings Webster again abreast Of
III" growth of the language AMI nRnln
confirms II In It's position as the One
Great Standard Authority. A decade
has passed since the international was
,tst published and the years have been
knowledge and achievement; changes
that have been reflected In the Ian.
Iuage and that must now be registered
In the dictionary.
Twenty-Five thousand new words and
phrases have therefore been added IL
the International to include the new
words that have come into literary
use. the old words that have changed
tier meanings, the obsolete words that
have been revived.
Counterfeit 80 bills IN circulation are
said to be rather short. The good ones,
however, are not long with us.
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In Russia you are entirely free "a
vote just as the government desires.
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Health departments throughout thu
country are warning everybody to lOoi
out for the Influenza germ, although moi
one In thousand OF us would recognize
the little pest II we were to see 1t.
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\ correspondent Of the New Norl
Herald thinks the unemployed are liv
Ing too easily. How does any one eX
pect the unemployed to live:
Some men seem To think they are do
ing n great deal toward rightlng TIN
worlds wrongs by fussing with thel
nclghbors.
Small waists are again the styl
with women. However, there will b.
no change In the fashion of masculin
arms they will remain very much tin
same as those our grandfathcrs wore
DESTINY" says the Baltimore Amer
lean, lis the irrcpresslble fate of man
kind" Grover Cleveland could no
have said that any better, though h
might have put it in more inposin
form.
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| Some stailstlcian has found tina
. there are 100000 women in this coui
try who are earning their own llvins
He has not mad time as yet to find on
how many are supporting their hui
bands.
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> a Milwaukee woman Is In troubl
because she threw n clock ut her hu'
, band. 1t must have struck ].
We have read OF man who tn
. other day fell down stairs and br0k