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N 4V THE MORNING OEEGONIAN,; MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1902. DELEGATES GHEERY No Doubt of Acceptance of President's Termst ' GLAD OF PROSPECT FOR WORK There Will Be Some Hesitancy Qver Question of Miner Getting Into Same Places Va cated for Strike. WILKESBARRE, Oct 19. Delegates to he anthracite mineworkers' convention, 'Which will meet In the Nesblt Theater, his city, at 10 o'clock tomorrow for the purpose of accepting or rejecting the prop- i'-oEltlon of the President of the United States to end the strike and submit all grievances to an arbitration commission appointed by him, began arriving here to- " day, And about 'one-quarter of the 700' or 3Ck delegates to the convention are now in the city. Strike headquarters, which Jjad been extremely quiet since the an nouncement of last week, began to be JJvcly before noon today. Many of the delegates are instructed' in various feat tires of the settlement, but a majority of . them will follow the advice and judgment of President Mitchell. There is nothing on the surface tonight - that gives the slightest Indication tljat the convention will not vote to send the men to work, and with the probabilities , still In favor of Thursday as the day of ' resumption. A noticeable thing among the delegates was their cheerfulness. It was quite evident to observers that they will be glad to get together and to return to work after the weary idleness of more than five months. All the delegates who were spoken to re garding the action of, tomorrow's conven tion appeared to have no fear that a hitch might occur which would disarrange the present peaceful trend of affairs". A good many of the delegates say they have In structions on certain matters which they i will place before the delegates. As already stated in these dispatches, the principal question outside the great question of accepting or rejecting Presi dent Roosevelt's proposition will be that of the strikers getting their old places. A ' large number of the men fear that In the rush to return to work some of them will fall to get work. They want some assur- ' ance from the convention that they will be able to get the positions they occupied before the suspension was ordered. It is likely this element from the three.districts will join forces and make a concerted flght on the floor of the convention for some ppeciflc action. In the face of the fact that the operators are on record that they will not dismiss one man who stood by them during the struggle, It is going to Te a serious problem to solve. The debate, it is beljeved, will take up a great deal of the time of the convention, which is ex pected to last not more than two days. The meeting in all likelihood will be held behind closed doors after formal organiza tion shall be effected. President Mitchell will be elected chairman, and during the first session, in an opening speech to the delegates, he will lay the plan of arbi tration submitted by the President of the United States before them. He will recom mend that it be accepted and the men re turn to work as quickly as the coal -companies can provide wqrlc National Secre tary Wilson will be elected as secretary', und he will have as assistants the district secretaries. I There were no reports of disturbances at military headquarters today from any re gion affected by the strike. President Mitchell had many callers. Most of 'the delegates who arrived today called and paid, their respects and congratulated him on the near ending of the struggle. Among Mr. Mitchell's callers was Mayor Samuel Jones, of Toledo. Clark Will Serve. SCRANTON, Pa,, Oct. 19. District Pres ident Nicholls, when asked today how long the convention would probably last, said he expected it would adjourn some time Tuesday. He expressed the opinion that there would not be any great opposition to the proposition. - E. E. Clark, of Cedar Rapids. Ia., grand chief of the Order of Railway Conductors, who was chosen as one of the arbitrators of the strike dispute, was here today.. He said he had not yet received official notice of his &election, as he has been on the road for two weeks, but "expected to find it awaiting him when .he shall arrive home tomorrow. Jlr. Clark said he "would. certainly accept, u for no other reason than to -avoid .the complication and delay that might result from one of the com missioners declining. Mr. Clark came here. toattend a union meeting' that-had. been called to discuss grievancesihwi? the Delaware, Lacka wanna & Western Railroad men seek to have'redreesed. but which meeting it was decided to postpone until after the .mine strike Is out of the way. Mr. Clark met with the local lodge of conductors and left tor home tonight, ORDERED TO BREAK STRIKE. Chicago -Federation -Voted- to Ob serve Its Contracts. CHICAGO. Oct. 19. The Chicago, Fed eration of 'Labor "went- 'on record as a "strike breaker" today, when by an al most unanimous vote of the delegates, the striking members of the Wholesale Gro cers Employes' Union were ordered to .re turn to woik pending the settlement of - T their troubles by arbitration. Five large stores had been tied up and two more were threatened. . T-is action on the part of the Federa tion was brought about by the fact that ita executive board was a party to an agreement between the wholesale grocers and their men, which "was drawn up in September. The paper contained pro visions for the arbitration of all difficul ties, and the strike was called on Friday before any such arbitration had taken place. The members of the striking' union who were present left the hall in a body. Preparing -to Start Mines. SHAMOKIN. Pa., 'Oct, 19. Headed by John Fahey, president of the Ninth dis trict, CO delegates left here today for Wilkesbarre to attend the United Mine workers' convention there tomorrow. Pres ident Fahey said he expected the convention- to vote unanimously in favor of Mitchell's advice to them to accept Presi dent Roosevelt's special commission. A force of men worked at the local mines today, repairing railroads, setting new prop timbers and establishing new ventila tion so that the mines can be started up no soon as the miners are ready to go to work. President Settles Another Strike. NEW YORK. Oct The strike begun some time ago among the wood carvers employed by a New York Arm having the contract for the carvings at the White House, has been declared off. The strik ers' demand that the carving shall be dressed by hand, and not by machinery, was granted. It is said that President Roosevelt exerted his good offices to bring about the end of the strike. FASHION IN HATS.' Who Orders the Styles of Headgear Which. Men Shall Wearf Hartford Times. A few years ago we were all wearing stiff, flat-brimmed straw hats. Then came an era of flexible ones, later narrow brimmed, thick and rough ones appeared. Last Spring there was a sudden appear ance of imitation Panama hats, as sud den and unaccountable as the coming of 17-year locusts. They covered every head except those of the "saving remnant" or those of the few stalwart conservatives, the Independent Irreconcilables, whose souls are "all compact of heroic stuff." Whence did these hats come- What was the ultimate cause of their Being, and why did so many people-buy them? These are questions which no social philosophy can fathom. They constitute part of the deep mystery of life. The changes in the attire of our sisters are no less accountable. As It is Impos sible for any mere man to predict what a woman will sa7 or do under a given set of circumstances, therefore It is still more sbsurd to. foretell what she will wear next Winter or why the change will be made. The law of periodicity is as yet undiscov ered; probably it Is undiscoverable. What governs the movement of the 'traveling protuberance" or "movable bulge" which appears in different places In the raiment of those whom we delight to honor? In the memory of men still living it affected the skirt or lower garment, which became so large in the C0s that there are well-authenticated cases where a young man ac companied a younsr lady home from Church unaware that there was another man on the other side. Then the "movable bulge" appeared in the rear, then on the shoulders or upper part of the arm cov ering, then high on the front, and this year just above the waist. Where will It move to next? We believe in a universe regulated by law, but we are unable to formulate the law of the movable hump. In a lerser degree the changes in the shape of the toes of shoes are unaccount able, though the crop of corns might have some effect In the recent change from pointed toes to blunt ones. There must be somewhere a secret tri bunal like the "Vehm Gerichte" of the Middle Ages, or the Council of Ten in Ven ice, which decrees changes so wide-sweep ing and so universally accepted. Its au thority rests on the principle that man is an imitative animal. Its writ runs with equal validity in Paris, London, New York, Newport, In Aroostook County, Maine, and in Tucson, Ariz. It controls men and women of ail races and all re ligions. Parliament and Congress are equally powerless to prevent the carrying out of Its decrees. Only the few inde pendents we spoke of have the moral force or obtusenees to be Indifferent to Its laws. It calls Itself "Fashion," and it works In a mysterious way. No man can find the precise head quarters of an authority wider than that of Great Britain, of an imperialism more truculent than that of the United States, We have not the slightest idea what kind of uncomfortable hats It will order all of us to wear next Summer, nut we have little ooubt that most of us will obey. And yet we call ourselves free agents. Santa Clans' Street. New Tork Press. What could be clearer or truer than the reasoning of a little cniid tnrown sua dehly upon its own resources? In St, Nicholas avenue during the summer a tiny, dainty Dresden china girl has been seen in boys overalls playing in tne sana. Recently she got lost. A policeman found her somewhere near Mount Morris Park, and on inquiring where she lived received this naive reply: "My name is Frances, and I live in Santa Claus street. I should like to go home at once, please. Age four." "Santa Claus street" puzzled the brain of the officer, but a sympathetic woman happening along suggested that St Nicholas avenue might be meant. whereupon Frances nodded assent and was soon In her mamma's arms'. May the Enthusiasm Continue. Salem Statesman. The good roads convention in Portland did one good thing, at least It diffused a lot of enthusiasm over the State of Ore gon, Jn favor of the construction of per manent' highways. May this enthusiasm continue -and . expand. S rj FOOTBALL AT 5EA1TLE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON WILL HAVE A. LIGHT ELEVEN. ' . Stat It Will Play Faster Than Any Other Has Done Good of Fac ulty Regulation. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Se attle, Oct. 19.j-(SpecIal.) Contrary to the expectation of the Washington collegians at the opening of the term, the university football team will be-ono of the lightest aggregations In the Northwest, On ac count of the strict regulations laid down by the faculty, four of the 'varsity's vet erans, who were the heaviest men on last year's team, will not be allowed to enter athletics this season. Alex Gard ner v and Ralph Williams, two of last year's linemen, have failed to register, and will not enter college untilthe sec ond term. This reduces the prospective list of nine old players to three. The men that have filled the vacancies up to date are considerably lighter than of previous years. Although the team is far from being a heavy one, still it is certainly playing faster football . than has ever been de veloped In a Washington team. Coach Knight has met the highest expectations of the university, and has .won the con fidence and admiration of every football man. Up to the -present . time he has shown himself to be the best coach that the 'varsity has ever had. His style of play is a mixture of the Michigan and Princeton systems. For the first time In years, the football squad has a man who Is a thorough master of the sit uation. The training regulations and the discipline of the team while on the field are far "better observed than those of the last few preceding seasons. Whether Washington produces a championship ftam or not, the students feel that they have the best coach in the Northwest. The foolball squad at the .present time numbers between 30 and 40. The strin gent rules given out by the faculty ath letic committee at the beginning of the season dlsconraged the football enthusi asts to a great degree, and it has not been until the last two weeks that a good squad of material has. been giverr the coach from which to choose his team. Through the untiring efforts of Captain McEIman and Manager Eshclman, how ever, the old-time enthusiasm has been aroused. However distasteful the faculty regu lations may have been to the students, me gooa results are aireaay snowing themselves. The men that will consti tute the team this year will be among the best students at the college. That these men play harder football and are more prompt in their attendance at prac tice have been demonstrated beyond a doubt. The difficulty of the season has been to secure practice games, and, in fact, to secure any kind of games. The academies and high schools have been afraid to line up against the 'varsity, be cause of the fear of Injuring some of their men. The only game that has been played with an outside team was that with the Ptiget Sound Academy three weeks ago, which resulted In a victory for the uni versity, with a score of 35 to 0. The other practice games have been confined to the second team. . On Tuesday an all-Seattle team will give the collegians a ganie on Athletic j.'arK grounas. me ciuomen nave organ ized a strong aggregation, and, with short halves, will give the university a hard and fast game. The first .Intercollegiate game will be played In Seattle next Saturday with the Oregon Agricultural College. The last game that Washington contested wlthj that Institution resulted In a victory of 16 to 0 In favor of Corvallis. On account of the lack of games, It has been Impossible to get a line on the team. Captain McEIman, the plucky fullback of last year, will undoubtedly hold down the position of quarterback. W. C. Spldell, also a member of last year's team, Is playing the position of fullback in a way that Is not often seen in the Northwest, Robert L". Ewing will again be found at tackle. Ewing was captain of the Ohio Wesleyan team two.years ago, and is one of Washington's safest men. The University of Washington team will leave on Its eastern trip October 30. Games will be played with University of Idaho, November 3, and Whitman Col lege, November 8. The Seattle Thanks giving" game will be wlth the Washing ton Agricultural College. KANSAS CITY HORSE SHOW. Promises to Be Great Success Aris tocratic Circus. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 19. The eighth annual horse show, which will beglnJrf Convention Hall tomorrow night and last during the entire week, promises to be. the most successful In the history of the Kan sas Cltj- Horse Show Association. The entry list numbers more than 6,000, break ing "all previous records, and the great variety of events includes many features which will be new to horse show patrons of this city and vicinity. The tanbark arena this - year will be given over to equine actors ranging from the high-steppers from the East with already many prizes to their credit to cow ponies fresh from the cattle ranges of the West, to which the show ring will be a new experi ence. "Broncho bustinV exhibitions will be among the innovations. Cecil W. Eveleight D. Moleyns of Lon don, England, a noted whip, will officiate as ringmaster. Francis B. Drage of Lon don, Francis M. Ware " arid George B, Hulme of New York, John D. Hooe and F. A, B. Portman, Warrenton," Va.; J. B. Bowles of Bardstown. Ky.; W. R. Good win, Jr., -of New York; George L. Gould lng of Denver, and Jerome D. Eubanks of Kansas City will act as judges. L. K. Cameron of Louisville will be the horn blower. Tne sale or seats is unprece- EVENTS OF THE WEEK i V -Over a dented, the 36 boxes Having' been disposed of two weeks ago. . ' Three-Cornered Bicycle Match, NEWARK) N. J.; Oct. 19. About 3500. spectators witnessed a good . day's- racing at the Vailsburg track today. Lawsdn won the first heat of the three-cornered match raqo by a length. Kramer vras pocketed.' The second heat was given to Kramer, much to the displeasure of the crowd. In the third heat McFarland de feated Krtfmer In handy fashion. -The champion was not at his best. Lawson and McFarland teanfed,, and as each won a heat they won first prize. Summary: Five-mile open, amateur Won by T. T. Root, Boston; time, 11:55. Three-cornered team match race, profes sionalWon by Iver Lawson, Balt Lake City, and Floyd McFarland. San Jose; -W. S. Fenn, Bristol, andG. H. Collet, Now Haven, second; C. S. Kimble, Louisville', and Frank L. Kramer, East Orange, third. Time, 2:19 3-5; 2:16; 2:20. Also Royal Cattle Show. KANSAS CITY. Oct. 19. The American Royal Cattle Show will begin at the stock yards tomorrow with the finest display of blooded livestock ever seen in Kansas City. The breeds to be shown are Here fords, Shorthorns, Galloways and Aber deen Angus, and the number of, entries In each division is greater than at any previous show here. Two-score breeders of National reputation have entered cattle and some of the best herds of beef breeds in the world will be represented. More than a hundred individual breeders are contributors, and they come from t,wo dozen states and territories in this coun try, and Canada is also represented. Race Traclc to Beat World. NEW YORK. Oct, 19. According to the American, there is to be established In Jamaica Plalhs, Long Island, a racetrack that shall surpass anything of its kind in the world. The ground, it is asserted, has been purchased for a 'combination of mil lionaire' horseowners, Including August Belmont, William Whitney and Thomas F. Hitchcock, Jr., and comprises a tract of 450 acres, the price paid being about. $S00 an acre. It is intended, the American further says, that the new track, wUh its buildings and equipments, shall be ready for racing by the time Morris Park passes out of existence as a racing course. Football Team Battered. DANVILLE, Ky., Oct 19. The Central University football team returned home today from Nashville, where they played vanderbllt yesterday. The team was so badly crippled in the game that it was compelled to cancel the game with Su waunee,' which was to have been played Monday, and lay up for repairs. Cheek, halfback, has a broken ankle; Hughley, halfback, has a broken collar bone; W1I son.fullback, was hit on the head and ren dered unconscious, . while other members were more or less seriously battered up.y American Jockey Rode to Victory. VIENNA, Oct. 19. Van Dusen, the American jockey, rode Beregvoelgy to vie torj today In the contest for the Austria prize, which is one of the biggest races in Austria. The stake was JZo.OOO. California Baseball. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 19.-MornIng game San Francisco, 7; Oakland, ,2: Aft ernoon game Oakland, j6; San Francisco, 0. LOS ANGELES, Oct. 19. Los Angeles. 3; Sacramento, C. Notcs of the Ring. Denver Ed Martin and Fred Russel are matched to flght in Los Angeles about tne middle of next montn. tsen Trimble ana Tommy Keiny are matched to flght in 'Seattle, November 16. They are to weigh in at 158 pounds at 6 o'clock. The winner 1b to meet Al Nell In December or January. Terry McGovern and Barney Yanger, the Chicago pugilist, have been matched to 'light 20 rounds at 126 pounds. The flght is to take place not later than No vember 15, and bids will be received until November 1. In the Middle West Yanger Is considered a top-notcher. He will meet Tim Callahan in Philadelphia in a six round bout next Wednesday. The members of the Chicago Boxing Club have agreed to bar Joe Walcott from appearing in any flght in Chicago This action is taken because it is be lieved that Walcott deliberately quit in his recent flght with Frank Chllds. The same edict applies to Joe Gans, the light weight champion, as a result of his flght with Terry McGovern at Chicago two years ago. Pirates in the Gulf Stream. London Chronicle. Captain Luigl Wontanl, of the steamship Sardegntf, which has just arrived at Na pies from the United States with a large number of emigrants on board, recounts an extraordinary story of adventure Shortly after entering the Gulf Stream, near the Mexican Gulf, a suspicious-look ing brigantine hove in sight, from which piercing cries were heard proceeding. Captain Mpntanl immediately gave orders for pursuit and, under a threat of sink ing the vessel, brought her to a halt ' Ho then armed his crew, boarded the strange craft, and began to search the vessel. It proved to be a pirate-ship. Twenty- five pirates, who sought to slink away in small boats, were surrounded by-an over whelming force and captured. They were all Caribbean negroes or Creoles. Two beautiful girls were discovered bound to the timbers of the ship, with their mouths gagged, and on being freed they had heart-rending story of brutality to tell. The brigantine had been seized by these pirates, who wounded the original crew and the captain, -whose guests the girls were, andythrew them- overboard. The pi rates thereupon steered the vessel, which had a large cargo of she-goats, toward the Antilles. Captain Montanl ends by saying that he transferred the pirates to the Sardegna, kept them In irons and made for Boston, where he delivered them over to the American authorities. AS VIEWED BY AN OREGON rttsft , : - I CHARTER AND RAILWAYS CITIZENS DISCUSS EFFECT OF THE NEW INSTRUMENT. Street-Car Interests Urge That Ex tensions Will Be Few Oth ers Say No. V What will the new charter do to street railway extensions? "You're running a bluff," rejoin the friends of tho charter. Residents of parts of- the city wnicn need better street-car facilities are con cerned not ft. little. If It's "all a. bluff they wish to know- It. If it Isn't "all a bluff" thoy wish to know that too. They want - the Interests of the city safe guarded. And they want their own in terests looked after, also. This subject was debated long and etrenuously In the framing of the char ter. The members of the board .decided that the instrument was good just as It went before the people. Twenty-nine of the 33 members indorsed It "The people of Portland ordained It their organic law," say the advocates of the .charter. It Id quite apparent that unseen forces are working for the defeat of the amend ment of the charter. The street-car com panies deny that they are in this game. "Let .the people have their way," say they. "Our money will go elsewhere." The railways have two big objections to the charter. One of these Is the re quirement that franchises shall last not longer than 25 years. Another Is tho -power given to the Council to -reduce rates of fare. "We cannot risk our earn ings this way," they declare. "The Coun cil would haye the power of running us out of business. .Besides, 25 years Is not long enough to get back what we put Into the average suburban line. It might be all right in the heart of town, but In eparsely inhabited districts, that's differ ent." Tho ruling sentiment among citizens ia that the new franchises asked for should be granted as eoon as possible, but on terms as nearly Identical with the pro visions of the new charter as can be made. Section 12 is tho -part of the charter which gives railways the most uneasi ness: Every grant of a franchise which provides for the charging of rate3, fares and charges shall contain a provision fixing the maximum rate of fares, rates and charges, which the graiitee, his, its or their' successors or assigns, can charge or collect for cervices rendered or performed by virtue of and during the life of such franchise and the operation of his or Its plant or property thereunder; and said grant may also or in addition provide that the Coun cil reserve the right to thereafter from time to time change alter, regulate and nx faros, rates or charges which the grantee, his, its or their successors or assigns, can charge or col lect thereunder during the life of such grant or franchise. The following Is- a synopsis of the char ter provisions in regulation of franchises: No franchise, lease or right to use pub lic property shall bo granted by the city for a longer period than 25 years, and the city must receive fair compensation for the concession. The grantee may be required to pay to the city a stipulated percentage of the gross receipts of the franchise. (Section So.) The city Is empowered, at the expira tion of the term of the franchise, to take over the property and plant of the grantee, with or without compensation "in the manner provided therefor in the grant orcontract" But the question of ac quiring the public utility shall be sub mitted to the voters of the city by ordi nance of the Council or on petition of 15 per cent of the voters. Such ordinance or petition must be filed within one year prior to the expiration of the franchise. (Section 95.) If the city shall acquire the utility it may operate the property on its own ac count or lease the utility, together with the right to use the highways for periods not exceeding 25 years under such regula tions as it may prescribe; or it may sell the utility to the highest bidder at pub lic sale. (Section 96.) ' But if the city shall not wish to oper ate the property, and if the holder of the franchise shall desire to renew the grant or another individual or corpora tion shall make application for a new franchise in place of the old, the new grant shall be made to the person or cor poration then holding the expiring fran chise at the compensation to be paid therefor; unless such other applicant shall, in addition to the compensation to be paid the city for such franchise, pay to the city In trust for the holder of such expiring franchise the fair and equitable valuation of the plant and property." This valuation shall be fixed by arbitration. (Section 96.) All proposed franchises shall be pub lished at least twice not leS3 than 20 days before the final passage of the ordinances granting them. Such ordinance shall re quire the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of all the members of tho Council and the approval of the Mayor before it snail oe valid for any purpose. .But a lour-mms amrmative vote may pass tne ordinance over the Mayors veto, (Section 97.) No franchises shall be granted within 60 days of the introduction of the ordi nance therefor; nor unless to so Into ef fect within one year after its passage. (Section 98.) The holder of a franchise shall make quarterly reports to tho City Auditor of all receipts, expenditures, profits, assets and dents of tho property. Failure to comply shall authorize the city to declare a forfeiture of the franchise. (Section 99.) All franchises shall be subject to tax ation as property, and the holders of tho grants shall be required to keep streets in repair between the rails, between the tracks and one foot outside of the rails. as the Council and Executive Board may direct If tho grantee shall abandon any street or part thereof, he shall be re- I AN CARTOONIST ' ' I ' ' ' I quired to remove his -tricks, therefrom and to .put the thoroughfare, in good birder. Abandonment of any part of a franchise shall work forfeiture of that part. (Sec tion 100.) Franchises must prescribe the time of. "beginning and completing construction .work, the estimated total Cost of such work and the monthly or yearly sums of money to be expended thereon. (Section 101. ) - The-Councll. on -petition or assent of a majority of owners of property along both sides of a street, may authorize "con struction .of railroad tracks. (Section 102. ) Commercial railroads desiring to enter the city may Obtain permission from the Council to use specific streets, but any other railroad company may, with the consent of the Council, ,use the same tracks. (Section 103.) The Council shall have at all times power to regulate street railways and to protect the'publio from Inconvenience or danger In their operation. (Section 105:7 The Executive Board shall make esti mate of tho cash value of any franchise privilege or right petitioned for. (Section 109.) Within 90 days after the charter enters into effect the owner of any franchise shall file with the Auditor a correct state ment of the franchises, rights and privi leges held by him. Within five days after the silo, transfer, lease or mortgage of any franchise, the owner shall notify the Auditor of the transactldh and furnish him a copy of the agreement. Every such transaction, voluntary or mv.oiuniary. shall be deemed void and of no effect un less this provision of the charter is od served. "(Section 110.) VERDICTS IN VERSE. Some of the Forms Which the Va garies of Juries Assume. Detroit Free Press, nf ihn vatraries of juries there would nnnonr to be no end. and not the least of their enormities is the perpetration of villainous verse, of which in evil moments they are sometimes guilty. There is one given In a breach-of-prom-lse suit in Pennsylvania, The defendant had proved faithless to a fair lady of the name of Wright and the jury took ad vantage of the plaintiffs patronymic to return their verdict in verse, n ran; The plaintiff in this case, is Wright And well her suit has won. , One thousand dollars for the slight Must come "from Samuel 'Dunn. Kwn Chlcaeo Jurymen have been known to record their verdicts in more or less execrable rhyme. In a paltry case, wnicn trd their tempers no less than it taxed their time, the go.od men and true thus aired their grievance and announced their finding: Hungry, weary and sad, "We have looked without avail, And now we're mighty glad To Bay this suit must fail. Some years ago the members of, a jury in Kansas were much incensed at being locked uo all nlfrtit owing to the obstln- of their number, a man of the name of Knox. On being ushered into the Jury box next morning the foreman solemnly rose ana thus delivered the verdict, which during the nocturnal hours he and his Indignant colleagues had arrived at: By Knox our verdict was delayed. And wo In durance landed; But kicks with Knox Improvement made. And full assent commanded. We now do and, all at one time. The prisoner guilty of the crime. The Judge accepted the verdict but, af ter studying for a moment the spectacle presented by the obnoxious Knox, re marked' that ne coma not.agjee witn tne tnira line. On another occasion the beauty of a youthful culprit of the feminine persua sion, awoke the muse In the Jury impan eled to try her. This was at San Fran cisco, which town the comely delinquent had made the scene of her unlawful pur suits. After hearing all there was to be said against and for the prisoner the jury put their heads together and a few minutes afterward startled the court with thla de liverance through the foreman: We mark with grief and sorrow kesr That woman, fair as ever seen. Should to such evil courses take. And show she Is at heart a rake. But maiden, whether fair or frail. Must never over rlsht prevail; JSVe therefore And her guilt full proved, 'So now to Jail she can be moved After listening to this extraordinary ef fusion the occupant of tho bench remarked that his only regret onr"hearlng the ver dict was that, he could not send each of the Jurymen to prison as well as the sub ject of their atrocious verse. He added that after such an Infliction, his would bo the lightest punishment that he was at liberty to Inflict on the girl for her offense. For one more example of Jurymen's ec centric rhyming we must go to 'New York, where not long since a faithless lover was brought Into court to answer for breach of promise. The defense was that tho damsel was a flirt, and this seems to have suggested the words in which the Jury thus expressed their find ing: . The plaintiff ia a flirt, 'tis said. And thus broke her engagement; But tender missives we have read Disprove such disarrangement. For trifling with tho plaintiff's heart. And blighting her affection. Defendant must with dollars part Two thouyand's our direction. It Was the Doctor's Province. Boston Transcript Barkley So you think Dr. Scalpel did not diagnose your complaint aright? Did you tell him about your symptoms? Growler Of course, I didn't. That was a part of his Job. If I had told him how I felt and all that sort of thing, I should have been entitled to half the fee, and I knew he wouldn't agree to that People who go barefooted and those who wear sandals instead of shoes rarely have colds In the head or any form of lnfluonza. M'BRIDE ON PLATFORM SAYS REPUBLICANS MUST STICK TO , IT STRICTLY. Is Confident They Will Carry Legis lature on the Issaes Presented Only Honest Coarse.' 1 SPOKANE, Wash.. Oct. 19.-(Speclal.)-Governor Henry McBrldo-and State Sen ator Stanton Warburton, of Tacoma. Vho are in Eastern. Washington "on a campaign tour, spent today in Spokane. They 'Will leave tomorrow aftefnobn for Davenport where they are to pcak tonight Governor McBride was asked by a re porter this question: k "Governor, to what extent do you con sider the platform adopted by the Re publican state convention at Tacoma, rel ative to the Railroad Commission, ques tion, binding on Republican, memberg of the Legislature?" "Absolutely to the fullest extent," re plied tho Governor. l,Even to question the duty of a Republican legislator to carry out that platform in letter and in spirit is political heresy :of the worst kind. To live up to their platforms means the same- things to political parties as character does to men as Individuals. "Any Republican legislator who refuses fb aid In carrying out the solemn pledge of that platform, and who- opposes the Railroad Commission bill, ceases at that moment not only to be a Republican but to be an honest man. 'The Repu&Ucan party has given its pledge to the people. To fall to carry out that pledge would subject the party to the' strongest and most deserved condemnation by the people. " "There is no danget however, me- re publican party keeps Its pledges. When It nledees Itself to carry out a policy It crystallizes that policy into legislation, and It will not now stultify Its Tecord in .tnai respect. The next Legislature, it It be Republican, and It will be, -will create a Railroad Commission along "the lines laid down In the Republican platform.". Asked as to the political outlook In the state. Governor McBride declared that there was no doubt that the Republicans wduld elect their ticket and that the Leg islature would be stronglr 'Republican. CATCHING WHITEFISH. r But the Fisherman Was Not the Only One That Profited. Success. He was swimming along at a depth of perhaps 30 or 40 feet, and a soft green light came down to greet his big, unwink ing eyes. By that light he suddenly saw before him. stretching, right across hia path, a great net that reached up to the surface and down to the bottom, and away on either hand as far as he could see. The meshes were large so large that. If he had tried, he could easily have slipped through any of them and gone on his way. But he didn't try; He was of a cautious disposition, and had no Inten tion of running his nose Into anything that he knew nothing- at alf about At the same time he hadn't quite enough caution to make him' turn square about and go back the way he hadeome, which would have been the reallyrwise and pru dept thing to do. Turning square ahead, he would try to find a way around the ob stacle. So he followed along the wall of netting, looking- for its end. and,- before he knew what had happened, he was In side a huge bag, and the opening by which he had entered seemed to have vanished utterly, He had found the "pot" of a pound-net from which, when a fish has once entered it, he seldom escapes. Two days and nights he searched for the way out but without success. Once, indeed, he passed "along -a 'narrow, tunnel-liko passage into what was apparently ah out er chamber, but there he lost his- way, grew bewildered, and presently fotmd found himself back again In the bag. To squeeze through the meshes was no long er possible, for they -were much smaller than those that he had first seen. There seemed to be nothing to do but stay there till, he should starve. The pot was about 30 feet square, and so deep that Its bottom rested on the floor of the lake, while its edges were held two feet out of water by a group of tall, slen der poles that stood around it, with their feet driven into the mud. The whitefish had not been long In the net before a heron a "crane." the fishermen would have called him came and perched on the tip of one of these poles. With his eyes fixed on the water, ne stood there as si lent and motionless 'fts a statute, till an un wary heron came a little too near. Then there was a Ughtnlng-llke dartof his long neck, and a moment later his big wings flapped heavily and he rose In the air and flew away toward the land, bearing a pretty, silver creature .that would never again chase whitefish babies or eat fresh eggs on the spawning grounds. He was back again before long, and I shouldn't dare td" say how many trips he made to the pot that day and the next, or how many fish ho carried off; Cleveland Spoke Too Late. Seattle Times. One Grover Cleveland, of New Jersey who has the distinguished honor of being the "only" living exiPresident of the United States but not the only man who ever destroyed his party has come out of his political shell long enough to tell Democracy what it must do' to win at the November elections. Considering the fact that the elections will occur two weeks from next Tuesday, and that nothing un der heaven which Grover Cleveland could possibly formulate would phahge a single vote in the United States this last'effort of Grover Cleveland may be considered aa a complete illustration of a thankless job and a work of supererogation. General Strike in "JPortugfal. LISBQN, Oct- 19. The movement !n fivor of a general strike is gaining 'strength throughout Northern Portugal. !