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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1897
Page
2
A discussion notes that ordinary business contracts can be implied. If a newspaper is regularly delivered and no stop order is given, payment is implied. A Cicero citizen who refused payments for ten years lost a court claim, with the publisher winning 880 marks for a decade of subscriptions.
The Oak Park Branch Office of the Vindicator is relocated to the Dunlop Bank building basement at the corner of Marlon Street and North Boulevard. Open nights.
L Mather of Oak Park obtained a patent for a sewn article scam. California hosts a reception for W J Bryan in Los Angeles on July 5. Cook county urged to vote non partisan judicial ticket Monday. McKinley says a patriot makes a better citizen than a pessimist, though a pessimist may be a patriot. California deaths include Sol Runyon, Sacramento orchardist, native of Will County IH. In Schiller opera Black Hussar, Thayer Rushworth and Mrs Beatrice McKennie are noted performers. Ogden electric line grows from Berwyn to Des Plaines River, transferring to Riverside and bridging to Lyons, with plans to reach La Grange, rivaling Suburban. Yerkes may acquire the road, incline abandoned at Forty eighth Street, transfer to Metropolitan elevated by hoof.
The American Irish Historical Society is formed in Boston with Rear-Admiral Meade as first president who died May 4 in Washington. Officers include T. Russell Sullivan descendant of Governor James Sullivan and Thomas Dunn English author of Ben Bolt. Edward A. Moseley of the Interstate Commerce Commission serves as president general. The group claims members in ninth American generations from Irish parents and some tracing back to the Plymouth colony.
The Turkish government’s objection to the U S ambassadorial nomination suggests Hon James B Angell former University of Michigan president may face expulsion as persona non grata The State Department denies official notice but resignation appears likely in the near term.
Debate stalls as Speaker Reed opposes the Cuban belligerency resolution. A lull settles over congressional discussion while lawmakers await a shift in position and a new approach to the issue.
President McKinley plans action after Mr. Calhoun returns from Cuba with his report. Administration figures, from the President downward, have grown reticent on the subject. Officials blame secrecy on avoiding any hint to the Spanish minister, though rumors suggest many other reasons.
Frank J. McCoppin, longtime San Francisco postmaster, is dead. An Irish immigrant who arrived in 1868, he held public roles including mayor of San Francisco in 1870 and a California state senator. He was appointed postmaster by President Cleveland in 1894 and had one year left in service.
The senate moves the tariff bill paragraph by paragraph amid steady committee discipline. Republicans expect changes including removal of beer tax and tea duty, replaced by an internal revenue stamp tax on bank checks deeds and mortgages. Populists and Democrats frequently join in votes to raise duties as the wool and sugar schedules loom.
Senator Aldrich charges only Senator Jones of Nevada knew the tariff bill sugar schedule contents aside from subcommittee members. The Senate contingency-expenses panel backs Tillman’s resolution to form an investigative committee, with Tillman likely to chair if adopted, and some senators oppose the probe.
Cicero town board held a lengthy session Saturday night. It received a deed from the heirs of H W Austin for a 20 foot center strip along Ernest from Waller to Austin avenues for a park. Officials proposed street numbering changes and disputed a Thirtieth street Oak Park crossing with Trustee McDonald insisting on economy.
The Suburban Electric, a street railroad firm led by Nangle and Holcomb, proposes a fourteen mile passenger route from Chicago to La Grange through Cicero. It already leases the Northern Pacific suburban branch and imposes a five cent fare from Harlem and Oak Park to Chicago. Construction advances despite injunctions with a power house at Twenty second street and Harlem avenue in South Cicero, though no service is yet in operation.
Rails near the Metropolitan elevated are nearly ready but Riverside prohibits laying rails pending removal of an injunction. Former manager Townsend sues Leeds for partnership accounting, claiming origin of the idea and stake in the Suburban Construction Co. Case seeks receiver and stock vote control. Builders push to finish before injunctions dissolve, with high stakes and possible losses.
In a June 1, 1897 note from Austin editor Vindicator, readers are urged to expand street and alley cleaning as a civic ethics study. The piece praises early cooperation, calls for broader effort, and suggests towns may reduce alley funds with heightened domestic economy and cleanliness.
Epworth League entertained Monday night at the Austin M E Church with a well received musical and literary program. The packed audience enjoyed the Boy’s Chorus, Mr J Persons flute solo, Miss Maud Marion Hurd soprano, Mr A H Clement address, and encores for several numbers. Light refreshments followed as a full program list was presented.
Austin social season winds through Decoration Day and early June with varied gatherings. Mrs. A. F. Meniz hosts Eve Cuneo and Miss Phelps. Mrs. C. P. Dargan, Mrs. Blake and many Oak Park residents entertain large groups. Maywood, Ridgeland, and Cicero hosts feature dinners, dances, euchre, and lawn games while charitable events fund the Home for Destitute Crippled Children.
Work of Professionals at Ridgeland reports multiple burglaries over several days. Thieves entered John Heuermann’s residence on Ridgeland Avenue stealing valuables and cash, then moved to Mrs. H. E. Randall’s home by loosening a kitchen window, alarmed by noise. They hit Hogenson’s place taking clothing and a watch, then raided E A Cummings’ Lombard home before being frightened off. Police are pursuing leads.
The True Remedy editor W M Repine of Tiskilwa IL extols Dr King's New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds claiming it is the only true cure. He asserts other remedies fail and notes a guarantee with trial bottles available at Lovell's Oak Park Trois Citg Austin drug stores.
A Friday May 28 benefit at the First Congregational Church Oak Park showcased school choruses led by Giddings plus solos by Clara Conklin Grace Cook and young violinists Mabel and Edith Gates. The program netted about $200 for the Scoville Library. The Derthick club of Austin hosted a May 27 concert at Miss Ida Belle Freeman’s home featuring Weber Invitation to the Dance Gounod arias Balatka Academy pieces and a debut by Miss Eliza Aurelius with praise for Miss Stevens and the Balatka quartet. A planned Austin military band concert is set for June 10 at Fall Park and a River Forest Choral Union report will run next week. Master Robert Sullivan will sing for the Catholic Woman's National League on June 12 at Handel Hall.
Memorial Day activities honor Union dead with Kilpatrick Post and Ladies Auxiliary at Forest Home cemetery. Phil Sheridan Post holds service at First Methodist Church Oak Park. Central School grounds program features Bishop Fallows address, Edwin Luff declamation, and Giddings choir.
Trade of Hyde Park elected president and Rockwell of Oak Park named secretary of the Cook County Athletic association. The annual meet is scheduled for Bankers Field on June 19.
Auburn Park defeated Austin yesterday at Auburn Park grounds. Austin led early but relinquished the lead in the seventh, yielding the 8 to 4 final.
Collegians Fred Nichols and Henry Clarke pitched for the University of Chicago Oak Park club in a May 31 game at Oak Park. Fans and players were glad the long inning was over as cold bats kept scores high. Stage’s maroon stockings led the attack, finishing 24 to 13 over the gray-suited opponents.
An adjourned June 1 meeting drew many bidders for sewer and water works. Thatcher & Burke win water mains on Seventy fourth place and Seventy-fifth street for 3006.28 dollars. E A Barker of Melrose Park gets sewer work for 4569.08 dollars. William Tobin of Chicago secures sewer work in district No 6 for 1776.26 dollars. Inspectors named including Gus Pechmann sewer on Seventy-fourth street Hugo Hesse district No 6 and Herman Belling water inspector.
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