18 Dec 1896
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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1896
Page
2
Odd note of a Christmas market boom in the oil region and a parade of unclear political chatter across cities. Mentions Par O Day set to kick a football at the Coliseum, plus stray references to local offices and election talk with jetty phrases and a Swiss equality line.
Ambassador Bayard will be banqueted by the lord mayor of London on March 2. English observers describe him as an admirable figure in diplomatic circles.
After a spirited Senate debate on the Dingley revenue bill politicians declared the measure for financial relief dead. The news reflects a rare setback for relief efforts in the chamber as lawmakers grappled with fiscal policy.
The item notes Hawaiian immigration, Cuban independence activities led by Edward Crazin, and a Chicago focus on De Young rumors. It reports no tariff legislation this session, critiques a typesetter error, and jokes about debt collection among salaried workers. Also mentions embalmers Boyadston in Chicago and nobles Kling and Mabes investigated for windling.
The speaker states Grover Geveland is not president and argues that ending the greenback means replacing it with interest bearing bonds as the financial substitute. The remark links Wall Street interests to monetary policy and prompts debate on currency reform.
An oblique dispute centers on 190000 dollars at stake. The case involves Join McCaffery of Cicero and a contested claim of sole legitimacy in a long running matter.
A brief weather note states current conditions persist through the month in California, but farmers await snowfall and ice suppliers crave their glistening cubes, underscoring seasonal tension in agriculture and ice supply.
The text notes Minister Bayard as the American plenipotentiary in England and describes him as enjoying the reputation of being roady-in-chief of the American nation while contrasting courtesy with undue flattery.
Trilby is staged this week at the Alhambra by A. M. Palmer’s company. The cast is exceptionally clever. Next week the house presents Byrne Bros. Eight Bells. William Barry serves as the efficient manager.
Disjointed text reports miners condemning Ontario land pre emption, noting returns owed to people and the risk of higher tariffs. Mentions cross border labor flows to Michigan and Maine, a Nebraska sugar bounty ruling, and scattered legal and civic notes amid unclear context.
The Duchess of Merborough hosted a grand fête funded with about a million dollars, honoring the Prince of Wales. The event showcased American wealth and generosity through a public display of spending.
The remark critiques how systems advance or hinder progress by routing influence through trusts, monopolies, and privileges, arguing this path wastes potential and harms broader public interests. It underscores concerns about unequal access and the concentration of power shaping outcomes.
The speaker criticizes the gap between theoretical beauty and practical failures of government calling for reform. He argues reform is insufficient and that the amount of reform work remaining is astonishing and worthy of urgent effort.
The writer notes Judge Jessep McKenna of California as a potential cabinet pick in compliment to the Pacific coast. He led the Republican minority in the California Legislature and had not yet served in Congress before his bench appointment. One week before Christmas, business is dull and blamed on weather, not enough buying power to purchase clothing or goods.
A reorganization of the Suburban Railroad Company elected directors Charles H. Crossette S 13 Shope David B. Lyman HW Galpin and Herbert Holcomb with Crossette and Galpin named president and secretary. Construction work will start at once bringing needed transportation west of the city.
The report notes Governor Street Tanner and National Committeeman Jamieson facing political pressure as a stampede of place-hunters looms over the Great Northern hotel gathering in Chicago on Thursday.
One of England’s noted fiction writers, Mrs Cashel Hoey, has just presented a public translation of Bourgeois France Under Louis XLV. Irish readers may recall that Mrs Hoey’s husband once edited the Dublin Nation, following Davis Duffy Mitchell and McGee but preceding Sullivan OBrien and Sexton in that role.
A longtime Ridgeland subscriber, Mr H W Spooner, announces his departure to Tar cast and relocation to Chicago where he held a trusted post with Hibbard Spencer & Co. The note praises his character and bids him well in his future home.
The speaker notes that Daniel Webster apologized for a long letter due to haste and suggests the President should likewise shorten his messages. The full message would span about thirteen columns of the Vindicator, while the AP provided a four column synopsis for readability and clarity of the questions discussed.
A stride toward curbing national election spending is urged after a Canadian MP loses his seat following a bribery incident. The text notes a friend of the MP paid an Indian to vote for him, while the MP himself claimed no knowledge of the act.
The article accuses Congressman Lorimer of circulating portraits in different roles and notes his new house bill to prevent railroad blacklisting of employees. It questions voting loyalties and criticizes campaign tactics while discussing labor and immigrant issues in a charged political mood.
Ontario reports the death of John McKeown Crown attorney for Lincoln at St Catherine’s. A longtime liberal ally of Thomas D Arcy McGee he later sided with the Tories and was killed by an assassin. McKeown studied at the University of Toronto earning a BA in 1854 alongside Edward Hlake.
The notice highlights Austin Packing Company's new price list, a home enterprise claiming lower prices than department stores and inviting public patronage from citizens at large.
Cicero through its attorney KE. OW. Pringle filed in Circuit Court against exTreasurer George E. Swinscoe and bondsmen J. J. McCarthy and T. B. Jeffrey for 25000. The action seeks Swinscoe to account for interest on town funds held and interest on warrants paid from special funds. Result of a town board resolution two months prior.
Oak Park chess players gather this Saturday evening at 239 South Grove avenue for a club meeting. Architect H. G. Fiddelke of 208 Marion street sketches a three story flat building for W. K. Gore costing about 25000 dollars and a 10 flat project costing about 50000 dollars. Both Chicago developments are planned for the south side near Fiftieth street east of Wabash avenue.
Governor Elect Pingree of Detroit told a Post interviewer he would veto Chicago’s 1-cent streetcar fare bill and favor a higher rate. He argued Chicago isn’t a one-horse town and noted Detroit charged 3 cents for short trips while Chicago offers longer rides for 5 cents. He remains a prominent public figure to watch.
The piece argues for an import tax on silver as a congressional proposal targeting silver producing lands like Mexico. It warns the tax should exclude European forged silver coins and notes clever lever forgery that mimic mint money. It claims illicit coins profit from bullion minting gaps and ease currency strain.
The passage criticizes several contenders as unfit for the U S Senate. It mocks Mason as weak and malleable, Madden as lacking dignity, Adams as wealthy but unfriendly, Hamilton as weak, Carr as a party hack, and praises Hitt for knowledge and readiness to honor the office if chosen.
John McCaffery of Cicero died near Brighton Park at about ninety after a long life marked by extensive entanglements. The Irish immigrant, a prominent public figure, left a large estate and numerous children. His attorney son Clayton HK Crafts handles proceedings as the case unfolds in court.
The author argues statesmanship fails on tariff and money and urges a transcontinental railroad and a national north–south line as timely, confidence-building projects to revive the economy. The piece cites De Vreyninet’s public works as a model and urges national action now.
At the Cicero town board meeting a large turnout heard bids for incandescent Oak Park lighting cancelled and bids for direct current arc lights opened. The Suburban Railroad Co. was given approval to lay tracks on Harrison street while the Globe Light and Heat Co. promoted its Welsbach Bus burner. Police telephones were praised as up to Chicago standards, the janitor's salary set at $40 monthly, and numerous plank sidewalks ordered with advertisements for a South boulevard pipe sewer bid.
At a Friday night committee of the whole meeting the Cicero town board voted to stop using incandescent street lamps of any size in Oak Park and canceled bids for small lamps. A petition of 400 south Oak Park residents pushed by J. Flrccraft and Woodward helped shift trustees to favor arc lighting, prompting fresh bids for twelve hundred candlepower direct current lamps.
Cicero battles a 5 cent fare clash as Suburban Electric Railroad moves to lease Chicago and Northern Pacific lines. The columnist argues funding a 5 cent fare via competition from a rival line, targets the Suburban Electric R R for undermining the current 5 cent service and accuses city officials of routing favor to a larger Chicago fleet. The piece deplores the loss of the 5 cent fare and urges preserving it.
August Tearneake & Co a Oak Park rug and carpet maker launches a large home industry at 66beke street with head Mr eerevke an OWE weaver born in Vienne. Four experienced men employed and three immense scams produce goods of latest workmanship and quality.
Austin’s Oaks Comedy Company presented two plays In Honor Bound and A Box of Monkeys at Library Hall amid strong crowds. Mrs. Stanley Crafts led, praised for Rose Dalrymple, with Miss Edith Elliott singled out for commendation as well.
A mortgage for 3,000,000 on all property of the Suburban railroad company to secure 5 percent gold bonds is filed. Bonds dated March 2, 1896 run twenty years. Immediate issue of 1,250,000 funds construction already begun or planned, remaining 1,750,000 for extensions and feeders. Plans include extending to Western Springs and Hinsdale and possible downtown outlet over Metropolit an L or Lake street. Inclines planned at Forty sixth street or Robinson avenue.
An unofficial denial of a surface electric line in Cicero does not quell talk of a deal between the Metropolitan Elevated and Suburban companies. Suburban owns nearly twelve miles of Cicero surface tracks and, after leasing the Chicago Harlem and Batavia line, plans to use trolley service. Negotiations aim to connect passengers at Fortieth street and near Lake Street Elevated at Fifty-second street with a T-cent fare proposed.
The Vindicator editors greet readers with a cheery Christmas and New Year message. They wish friends a merry season, happiness, merrymaking, and religious devotion, promising a big Christmas tree for their smaller friends.
An Athens Tennessee inventor Robert J. Fisher develops a typewriter building a compact machine that prints within bound ledgers and works for letters, invoices and deeds. The Fisher Typewriter Company seeks patents in the US and abroad with C A Snow & Co. as attorneys and offers drawings and claims at government cost.
The annual meeting at the Chicago and Pirame avenues hall elected officers including President Charles Robey Vice President C I Hanson Treasurer Geo P Hulseberg Attorney P V Castle Secretary C R La Mena and directors Charles Roberg C H Hanson P V Castle H Theile Robi F Linn Jr Charles Bye John H Wannacott Geo F Hulseberg Carl W base Wine Rehr RR Tit Mens.
The speaker introduces Doctor Mossie who will deliver a lecture on prehistoric races. He expresses regret at the small audience but praises the community as intelligent.
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