Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1913-01-04


James 8. Hopkins has won the
highest respect Of the bench and bar
In Cook county by his clean and up.
right record.
Thirty.first warders couldn't have
a better representative in the City
Council than A. H. Brown, the popular
and well.known attorney.
Edward F. Dunno. Jr., has been ap.
pointed master In chancery by Judge
Goodwin Of the Superior court. Mr.,
Dunno has been law partner Of his
father. the governor.elect, in the firm
Of Dunno, McKeever and Dunno.
Mayor Harrison appointed the fol.
lowing committee Of citizens to aid
Chicago in getting financial assistance
from the legislature. Those appointed
are:
Alfred L. Baker, City Club; Fred.
erick Bode, Industrial Club: Frank M.
Bunch, Board Of Trade; H. NJ. Byl.
lesby, Civic Federation; Clyde M.
Carr, Commercial Club Of Chicago;
George e. Cole, Citizens Association;
Howard Citing, Association Of Com.
merce; Leasing Rosenthal, Municipal
Voters League; Charles H. Wacker,
Chicago Plan Commission; Albert H.
Wahl. Cook County Real Estate
Board; Harry A. Wheeler, Chamber
OF Commerce, u. 8. A., and Edward
,Willoughby, Chicago Real Estate
Board.
The appointments were concurred
in by the council.
Judge Edward Osgood Browns ap.
pointment to the Federal bench would
please the Democrats Of Chicago.
Governor Deneen 10 preparing the
longest message Of HE administration
for presentation when the legislature
notifies him II 10 ready to receive Il.
Plans for the double.deck bascule
bridge at Michigan avenue. over the
Chicago river, which 10 to be the con.
Meeting link Of the north and south
side boulevard systems. Chicago. has
been received by the war department.
The plans await the signature Of
Gen. w. H. Bixby, chief Of engineers,
before they will be submitted to Sec.
rotary stimson for final approval. The
government will give Chicago until
1916 to complete the bridge. as at
present there Is no money available
for its construction. Az soon as the
Michigan avenue bridge Is completed
the Rush street center pier structure
will DO RACED.
Illinois IL proud to claim Former
United States Senator Albert ]. Hop.
kins as one Of her foremost men.
Cook county never had an ADLER or
more conscientious county Judge
than John e. Owens.
Richard Il. Schmidt Of Schmidt,
Garden & Martin. 104 South Michigan
avenue. was appointed county archi.
tect In place Of Paul Gerhardt by Pres.
ident Mccormick Of the county board.
The appointment was confirmed by
the commissioners.
President of the Sanitary District
Thomas A. Smyth Ia q public Official
who Is at all times working In the in.
terests Of the taxpayers.
Arthur w. Fulton, the popular law.
yer and former alderman, Is talked
OF by Progressives for Superior Court
Judge. A better man could not be
chosen.
The Chicago Public Library ranks
second among libraries OF the world
in books loaned for home use, having
jumped from sixth to second place
within three years, according to the
annual report Of Librarian Henry e.
Legler, Just made. The report signal.
ICES the fortieth anniversary of the
founding of the library,
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Clayton f. Crafts would grace a
seat on the Federal bench.
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Walter r. Schmidt, the popular bus.
mess man and former County AS.
SCISSOR, is strongly mentioned by lead.
ing Republicans for City Treasurer.
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Judge Charles A. Williams Is max.
ing the excellent record on the Mu.
nicipal Court bench that all his friends
predicted he would make.
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In the financial world OF Chicago
no man stands higher in the estima-
ton OF his associates than Albert G.
Wheeler
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| The Council Committee on Streets
| and Alleys received representatives
| OF the Association of Commerce, the