The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-03-19
Doings in the Windy City

Chicago, March 19.-The Chicago
municipal ownership has reached the
Stamping point. The prophets how
ever are wholly at sea concerning it's
outcome. Mayor Dunno openly has
quit the duties of mayor until election
in order to wage his campaign Most
of the Chicago papers except Hearst's
are advocating the street car ordin-
ances and the election Of Fred A. Busse,
now postmaster of Chicago, for mayor.
The ballots of $4,000 to 100000 float
ers" make an element of uncertainty
in the election; indications point,
however, toward the defeat of the
champion of immediate municipal
ownership" Mayor Dunno. In the
silk Stocking ward'-the Twenty
first-tne public is again being treat
ed to the spectacle of campaigns made
aldermen. Julian S. Mason, on Mayor
Dunne's ticket, is pitted against
Francis w. Taylor on the republican
ticket. Masons grandfather was
prominent in politics in Illinois years
ago. Their contest is not likely to
equal the spectacular one of Honore
Palmer, son of Potter Palmer, against
Fletcher Dobyns four years ago. At
that time, it is recalled, Honore Pal
mer spent some $4,000 to be elected
to $1,500-a-year Office.
Cy De Vry, animal keeper at Bincoln
Park has had his nose put out of
joint by the fact that the 7-year- old
daughter of Detroit physician adj
dressed 'the stork" in care of Central
park, New York, instead of Lincoln
park, Chicago. He says that Central
park hasn't so mucn in the animal line
and certainly hasn't the real thing in
storks, as statistics show. This was
the letter that vexed him:
ITO the Stork, Central Park. New
York: Please bring Frances Stevens,
% Pingree avenue, Detroit. baby boy
a white baby. / like you, Mr.. Stork."
Frances received a reply from the
New York board saying that they were
all out of baby boys.
No public disaster since the San
Francisco earthquake has so profound
ly aroused the citys sympathy as mas
the present famine in Russia Stories
of the terrible restitution and suffer-
ing which have followed the failure of
the crops in the central and southern
part of the cars empire have stirred
the leading citizens and public bodies
here To action, and a member of the
newly organized Russian famine relief
committee, who has just come here
from New York with an appeal for
western help, has met with generous
welcome. According to the officers of
this committee which includes Bishop
Potter of New York and other promin-
ent people, the reports which have
been received in this country give no
idea of the magnitude of the famine
and the powerlessness of the Russian
government to cope with it, Twenty
one provinces are affected and over
$200,000,000 is needed to buy food for
the starving inhabitants. Part of this
money it is hoped, can be raised in
America, and already contributions are
pouring in from Chicago to the office
of the secretary of the committee
Samuel j. Barrows, 1856 East Fifteenth
street, New York 1t was announced
here this week that President Roose-
welt is urging support OF the move
ment. and efforts are being made by
business and private interests to see
that the west does not fall behind the
eastern states in its answer to their
appeal
Members of the Chicago board of