Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1912-02-03

eleventh annual banquet Of the Chi.
lcago Chapter, American Institute Of
Banking, in the Hotel La Sale last
Saturday night. George M. Reynolds,
president of the Continental & Com.
mercial National bank. spoke on 1.-THE
Bankers Duties as Employe and Citi.
zen" and Dean David Kinley Of the
University Of Illinois spoke on 1.-THE
Responsibilities Of the Banker"
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James 8. Hopkins has gained by his
able and clean record the highest es.
TEEN Of both bench and bar in Cook
County.
The many friends of Cyril II. jan
dus. the well known Chief Deputy Pro.
bate Court Clerk, and former State
Senator, are booming him as the right
man for the Democrats to nominate
for States Attorney.
The Continental & Commercial Ma.
tional bank has taken title to the land
in the block bounded by La Sale
street and Fifth avenue and Adams
and Quincy streets, on which its new
twenty.story bank and Office building
will stand, the whole project involv.
ing an investment Of $10,OO0,000.
The bank holds under long.term
ground lease the land fronting on La
Sale street, 165x60 feet, the property
west and adjoining on the west, front.
ing north on Adams street and south
on Quincy and west on Fifth avenue.
having been purchased from the estate
Of Marshall Field, Rand, Mentally &
Co., the estate Of Calvin De Wolf and
Harold Mccormick, for an aggregate
consideration Of 93,500,000.
The exterior of the lower three
stories will be of granite and above
that the walls will be of terra Gotta.
The color has not yet been deter.
mined.
Harry L. Shaver has made grand
record during his first term in the
legislature from the Thirty.first dis.
trict and his denomination and 70.
election for second term Is certain.
Judge John h. Owens Is daily ad.
ding to his big army of friends by his
fine record as county Judge.
Alderman John Haderlein Is being
opposed for denomination by several
Democrats In the Twenty.fourth ward,
but Haderlein's chances are the best
by long way.
No man on the bench In Cook Coun-
ty stands higher in the estimation Of
the people than Judge Edward Osgood
Brown.
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Albert J. Hopkins, the popular for.
mer United States Senator, will take
foremost part In the big campaign
this year.
No man on the Municipal Court
bench has made cleaner or ADLER rec
ord than Judge John r. Caverly.
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NJ. ]. Faherty, the we'll known real
estate man, stands foremost among
Chicago's leading business men and
public spirited citizens.
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Edward J. Queeny Of the Third
ward is candidate for nomination
on the democratic ticket for Munich
pal court judge.
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Patrick ]. Devlin of the Thirty.
first ward has announced his candi.
dacy for the Democratic nomination
for the state board Of equalization.
Rolla r. Longenecker, eldest son of
Joel M. Longenecker, once states
attorney of Cook county, will seek the
Republican nomination for that office.
At meeting OF the Lake county
Taft club, to be held in Waukegan
Saturday, the organization will pledge
it's support to William Howard Taft
for president and Theodore Roosevelt
for vice-president and a straight Re.
publican ticket throughout.
w. Francis Corby Is candidate for
the Democratic nomination for clerk
of the Superior court.
John ]. Geraghty, the popular but
ton and badge manufacturer, would
make splendid member OF congress
and his big army of friends are work
ing to send him there In the Eighth
district.
William Mckinley, who was the
Democratic candidate for alderman In
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