Foreign Language Press Service

Mr. Jens Olsen (Kaasa) has been nominated as candidate for the office of city collector by the West Side Town Convention. We will not dwell here on the many good qualities of this candidate. His accomplishments are well known, and his honesty and ability have won for him the esteem of all his

A committee of the Stonecutters' Union, consisting of Messrs. Heinrich Sonne-born and Otto Schanzenbach, visited our editorial staff yesterday, and asked for the correction of certain erroneous reports, in English language newspapers, about the strike involving the City Hall (now under constr

We recommend that the pious gentlemen, Mr. Elmendorff and associates, heading the Citizens' League, read the recent exposures in the case of Paxton vs. Baum, and then ask themselves what is to prevent the general public from regarding Elmendorf et al. as despicable, infamous rascals and prove

Mayor Heath has issued an address to the people of Chicago, reminding them of the fact that in October, 1871, the contribution of HUNGARY,to the relief of the homeless and hungry sufferers of this city,amounted to $12,000. A good portion of this was doubtless furnished by the inhabitants of S

The following contributions have been received for the victims of the flood in Hungary:...P. Schuettler, $10; Schnadig, Foreman and Company, $5; Grommes and Ullrich, $5;....Deborah Verein, $100; members of same, $65; Johannah Lodge, $100.....

It is always a source of satisfaction if one's views are vindicated, even though they were not accepted. This is the position of the Illinois Staats-Zeitung in the matter of the now virtually discredited Bedford stone, which is being used in constructing the City Hall. The Illinois Staats-Zei

The Wirthsverein (Tavern Keepers' Association) held its regular meeting yesterday. After reading the minutes, Peter Miller quoted figures from the financial report of the Association, giving details since its founding on March 7, 1879. The following items appear: initiation fees and dues, $1,

Corner Sedgwick and Division Streets. Founded in the year 1864. The summer session of the Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut (German-American Institute) starts on April 1 this year. German and English are taught by experienced instructors of these nationalities; courses are offered also in arith

Last evening a crowd, the like of which Chicago probably never saw before, attended the festival of the Socialist Publishing Company in the Exposition Building. Long before eight o'clock (the opening hour) all streetcars leading to the central part of the city were overcrowded, and Monroe Str

A new business has been founded in the midst of one of our most populous wards, and is bound to give an impetus to trade in that locality. We refer to Franz Walther's brewery, which started operations recently. The establishment is situated at the corner of Paulina and Augusta Streets, in clo

During the annual festival of the Chicago Schuetzenverein (Marksmen's Club) last Summer, the delegates of the marksmen's clubs of Milwaukee, Alma, and Monroe, Wisconsin; St. Louis, Missouri; Rock Island, and Highland, Illinois; southwest Chicago; and the local club founded the Northwestern Sc

Wong Chin Foo, a Chinaman not unknown to fame as an itinerant lecturer on subjects connected with the land which gave him birth, is to debate the Chinese question with Mr. William E. Lewis, of this city, this evening in the West End Opera-House. W. C. F., according to the bills, is "a native

The meeting called by the Bohemian Labor Section of the 8th Ward yesterday at the "Telocviene Jednoty Sokol" (Gymnastic Society Sokol) Hall was in all respects successful for the large spacious hall was overfilled, and the meeting was conducted in such an orderly manner as is seldom seen at p

Yesterday, at six o'clock in the morning, the musicians packed their instruments and the multitude, still numbering thousands, went home to rest. Aside from the exceedingly uncomfortable crowding, everything went off in a highly orderly fashion. The crowd, after all, consisted mostly of simpl

p. 4 - 5 The foreign communists have indulged in a two days' jamboree at the exposition building, and have had full license to enjoy the selves in their peculiar way. The crowd was a large one, and the Communists proper were undoubtedly reinforced by thousands of people who went there partly

The Deak Club held its meeting, as announced, at the Sherman House, at three o'clock in the afternoon, with Mr. Kiss presiding. At the beginning of the session a brief account of the Club's activity with respect to aid for the flood sufferers in Szegedin, Hungary, was given; also th

With but few exceptions, our local citizens and taxpayers are lamenting now that the City Council was induced by A. Bedford Cook and associates to recommend the quickly blackening Bedford stone, which cracks and disintegrates readily through the action of frost. The majority of the

I was nominated as a candidate for City Treasurer without having sought the office and contrary to my desire. After voicing many objections, I accepted the candidacy, because no good citizen should refuse a public office if his fellow citizens see fit to choose him. Becaus

If, in arranging the parade at the Exhibition building, the Chicago Socialists had the intention of hastening the adoption of the State militia law, they will find that the bill may pass. At least the local English press spares no effort in trying to convince the block-headed farmer represent

The cabinetmakers of Louis Glanz's factory make the following declaration: "The men went on strike because their employer reduced salaries ten to fifteen per cent. Mr. Glanz can well afford to pay former wages if he has a capable foreman. Aside from that, wages were not always paid regularly,