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Recollections of Life & Doings in Chicago from the Haymarket Riot to the End of World War I 3 LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN IN MEMORY OF STEWART S. HOWE JOURNALISM CLASS OF 1928 STEWART S. HOWE FOUNDATION 917.731 H42r cop. I.H.S. Recollections . OF LIFE & DOINGS IIT CHICAGO FROM THE HAYMARKET RIOT TO THE END OF WORLD WAR I ^^ tJ^n 0/d ^Im.el Normandie House * Publisher BLESSING BOOK STORES, INC. * DISTRIBUTORS Chicago, Illinois, 1^4^ This book was written in the Fall of 1943. Due to existing conditions, it became necessary to delay publication until the Spring of 1945. Copyright, 1945, by Charles H. Hermann •Vv s.'-'' n^,^ ^ Contents Author's Preface 11 Chapter One 14 Chapter Two 23 Chapter Three 30 Chapter Four 39 Chapter Five 44 Chapter Six 51 Chapter Seven 57 Chapter Eight 68 Chapter Nine 80 Chapter Ten 88 Chapter Eleven 92 Chapter Twelve 99 Chapter Thirteen 105 Chapter Fourteen 112 Chapter Fifteen 120 Chapter Sixteen 123 Chapter Seventeen 128 Chapter Eighteen 153 Chapter Nineteen 157 Chapter Twenty 164 Chapter Twenty-one 173 Chapter Twenty-two 187 Chapter Twenty-three 191 Chapter Twenty-four 212 Chapter Twenty-five 220 Chapter Twenty-six 233 Chapter Twenty-seven 238 Chapter Twenty-eight 246 Chapter Twenty-nine 250 Chapter Thirty 258 The Passing of Pioneers 269 Index 272 List of Illustrations Facing Page Chapin and Gore Butterfly Ball (22) 32 Battery "D" Building (30) 33 John L. Sullivan (35) 48 Central Music Hall Building (41) 49 H. M. Kinsley's (57) 64 Michigan Avenue in 1887 (66) 65 The Old Grand Pacific Hotel (66) 80 Reproduction from Curier and Ives (68) 81 William A. Pinkerton and Robert A. Pinkerton (95) 96 Lydia Thompson (115) 97 Mr. and Mrs. William H. Crane and Mr. Walter Williams (148) 112 Menu Cover for Jackson Day Banquet (156) 113 John Irwin (186) 180 Mayor Carter H. Harrison (216) 181 Chicago's National League Club, 1880 (220) 196 Cincinnati Baseball Club, 1869 (228) 197 Champion Boston Nine, 1874 (228) 228 Frank Chance and James Callahan (231) 229 Everleigh Club (241) 244 Pinkerton's National Minstrels (258) 245 Pinkerton Cablegram (267) 268 Six Old Chicagoans at Lunch, Chicago Athletic Club (268) 269 Figure in parenthesis indicates page where story can be found. Author's Preface An amateur author in attempting a hook of this nature must invariably he confronted at the outset with consider- able apprehension. To find a plausible alibi for undertaking such a task without sufficient training was one of my first misgiinngs. Intimate and well-meaning associates, as well as members of my family, knowing of my keen interest in the life and doings of Chicago for over fifty-five eventful years, are partly responsible for ray embarking upon this venture. Having been recently subjected to another rather serious heart attack which kept me out of active circula- tion, I concluded that it might provide an amusing pastime to do some reminiscing on paper. At that time it loomed beyond my innagination that these incipient writing efforts would ever be considered worthy to appear in print. I believe, however, that no harm can result from my attempt to relate a few incidents which might be deemed of inter- est especially to old-timers of Chicago, and it affords me untold satisfaction to have at last transmitted some of my valued recollections into permanent record form. Before going on, there is one amusing little incident that needs to be told. An old fellow Chicagoan, who is a friend and neighbor of m^ine, when he surmised that I was wasting my seemingly valueless time in jotting down these recol- lections, remarked, ''Charley, you were born in 1871, and this being the end of 1943, it brings you to the age when men decide that it's about time they write their auto- 11 biographies. But must I again he obliged to read another old man's book?" Now I would like to serve notice on my friend (whom I'll not mention by name, but whose initials are F. H. B.) that a perusal of this volum,e will surely prove him "all wet" in his premature conclusion. Much has happened in Chicago and to Chicagoans in the last twenty-five years that is not recorded here. Moreover, it reasons that only men and women credited with worth- while accomplishments are entitled to write their auto- biographies. I don't presume to rate one, and it is doubtful if it would prove of much interest if I wrote one. It is only because it fell my lot to live and move in a certain environ- ment, which I believe to be singular, that I feel justified in waxing reminiscent. It is the recollections recorded in this book and not my life that matters. In selecting subjects on which to discourse, I have taken primarily those in which I was somewhat personally involved, and that fact imposes the necessity for many of the incidents to be related in first person. I sincerely trust that my readers will bear with me for this seemingly presumptuous breach. There have been a number of worthy and interesting books published about Chicago by capable professional authors. Those which come particularly to mind are Stormy Years by the Hon. Carter H. Harrison, Giants Gone by Ernest Poole, and Old Chicago Houses by John Drury. These authors have painstakingly expended much time and effort in research work which naturally lends an air of historical value and authenticity to their works. In this narrative, however, I am relying strictly on my memory. For dates and memory refreshers I have referred occa- sionally to an old file and scrapbook which was my stand- by. Only in the strictest necessity have I repeated what has 12 previously appeared in print. My objective, therefore, is to disclose some inside information in connection with politi- cal campaigns and a few high city officials. Matters of less importance relative to earlier life and events in Chicago are introduced with the hope that such reminders may stimulate the meraory of Chicagoans of days gone by. Charles H. Hermann 13 CHAPTER 1 JL-Zame Fortune ofttimes plays strange and alluring games as she guides the destinies of men along the path- ways and corridors of life. This collection of incidents should reveal the subtle hand she played in one such game with the lives of two men who were among the elect of the early citizenry of the great middlewestern metropolis sprawled along the west shore of Lake Michigan. Fortune smiled benevolently upon James Jefferson Gore and Gardner Spring Chapin, the two main characters in this little drama. The setting—Chicago in the middle nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. James Jefferson Gore, the originator of the firm, was born in Georgia and was endowed with the characteristics of the land from which he hailed in the rough-and-tumble times when the Vigilantes approached closest to a sem- blance of lawful authority. He shifted manfully for him- self in that part of our country where every man was as good as another and sometimes better. At the age of nine- teen, he was a fearless, free-handed youth who drove a team all the way from Texas to California. Because of his love of adventure, he cast his lot with the men of '49 and contributed his share toward winning that great territory beyond the Divide. In those adventure-laden and exciting pioneer days of the six-shooter, the steady eye and hand, Jim Gore was learning the w^ays of the world. In this school he received the education in which the three cardinal principles were 14 honesty, loyalty to friends, and square dealing. It was in the early fifties, while he was engaged in the hazardous work of hauling freight overland to Nevada, that he met Gardner Spring Chapin who came from Massachusetts and was making money in San Francisco as a broker in mining stocks. One day, after a return trip across the mountains and plains during which the chief incident had been a fight with Indians and outlaws who had en- deavored to lift the dust and bullion they thought Gore's wagon contained, that Jim, tired, sick, and in need of money, asked Chapin for a loan of two hundred dollars. Chapin handed Gore the money, telling him to repay it whenever he felt able, or to forget it if that suited him better. Gore started for Nevada and did not see Chapin again for two years. In the meantime, Chapin had decided to pull up stakes, and with a comfortable sum of money, made for the States. Chapin settled at Faribault, Minnesota, where he opened a dry goods store. The business was not prosperous, so he moved on, and settled in Chicago. With the small sum of money which he still had, he established a grocery store on West Madison Street. He had forgotten about Jim Gore and the two hundred dollars: Gore returned to San Francisco, enthusiastic and happy. He had made money and his first thought was of the man who had been his friend in time of need, but there was no trace of Chapin. That he had gone to the States was all Gore could learn. With ample money, Gore concluded that he would take a trip to the States himself. He had no par- ticular point in view, but learning that Chapin had talked of going to Chicago, Jim Gore decided to visit that city. Arrived there, his first business was to locate Chapin. Modern methods of finding people were not then in vogue 15 and Gore spent several days in inquiry.
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