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Show HE ADVANCED I HE MONEY. Mr. anil Mrs. William ,H. Hill to Cele brute Their (1 ildsu WVn line. Xew Youk, Sept, 27. Special. Mr. and Mrs. William Morioy Hall will celebrate their golden wedding tonight at their residence. 3110 West Thirty-Third Thirty-Third street, Mr. Hall, was the originator, origin-ator, promoter and champion of tho great river and harbor convention held in Chicago in 1837. In that year Chicago Chi-cago wanted the convention but had no money to pay for it. Hall, who was then a prominent business man in Chicago, Chi-cago, advanced the money which secured se-cured the convention on the guarantee of Mayor Curtis that it would be refunded. re-funded. That convention was the first of national importance held in Chicago, and the unparalleled growth of Chicago dates from that time. It awakened the west to the importance of internal improvements im-provements of its water ways, and opened up a field for enterprise that niado the wost the most prosperous part of the country. |