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10 THE MOSSING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1903. HOW OREGON WON Livestock Men No Chance to Organize Opposition. FORCES EARLY AND CONSTANT Marvelous Supply of Applet, That Could Xot Be Exhausted, llelped Vh "Win the Convention All the Papers "Were Friendly. C. J. Millls, the man who got the Na tional Livestock Association to come to Portland next year, arrived home from Kansao City yesterday morning. He was so wearied with the strenuous work of the campaign and the travel that he did not go to his office at all yesterday. But he was feftline good over the success of the Oregonlans and the manner in which they won It, and he was willing to tell a re porter how it was done. He demies that he was entitled to eo large a share of the credit for bringing the livestock men to the Pacific Northwest But others, re jnemborinjr that he had been working a year toward this end and recognizing that he was the organizing and directing force of the whole Oregon campaign, Insist that he shall have the honor. In speaking of the trip and work of the Oregon delegation last evening. Mr. MMis Eaid: "The story of 'how it was done' should properly be prefaced with a reference to the work accomplished In Chicago a year ago. which had a most important bearing on the case and really paved the way to Kansao City results. But this might be ancient history and dry stuff, so we will pick up the thread en route with the Oregon delegation In its own Pullman, per 'iecting an organization calculated to strike terror to the hearts of the Philis tine?. We appointed a headquarters com mittee systematically to work all hotels In the city wherever a delegation could be found; a delegation committee, to labor with our brethren from other 'states, in their official capacity, with a view to se curing early and united support: a. press committee, to pay special attention to re porters and with power to 'subsidize'; a finance committee, etc.. etc In this way the campaign was planned, the work specialized and every man instructed. "At Denver the entire delegation called on the newspapers and every paper of Importance in the city surrendered to Ore gon unconditionally. We explained the occasion not failing to enlarge upon tho resources, opportunities and generally fav orable conditions of Oregon. The results were very complimentary to our state. The Times secured a picture of our car and party, which appeared in its next irc?ue. Denver is all right "We learned incidentally through the Associated Press of the death of our Con gressman, Thomas H. Tongue. We were expecting him to join us and make the nominating speech. The delegation sent . message of condolence and sympathy to Mrs. Tongue. "Arriving at Kansas City Tuesday morn ing our" party proceeded at once to its headquarters at the Coates House and went to work. Everything was ready for us. A large pleasant room on the ground floor had been prepared with banners and signs directing attention to its location. Badges, ''fruit, holly and Oregon grape "were soon in evidence. Oregonians swarmed all over the place and the word soon passed that the West had broke locoe. We found many old friends and made many new ones, enlisting them all on our side, "Before the close of the second day all opposition was pretty well snowed under and it was our business to keep it there also the badges were all gone and the supply of Oregon apples, which created such a furore and kept our headquarters thronged, were about exhausted. We sent out and bought back all the badges held by susceptible people. We also dispatched J. W. Bailoy and Richard Scott on a secret mission and on their return the apple boxes were again full of lovely red apples. If any of the delegation enter tained a suspicion, it was effectually quieted by the smacking lips that stillsin sisted, 'None such ever grew in Missouri.' So the fame of the 'land of the big red apples' was not allowed to diminish and the run on our fruit continued without intermission. Those ten boxes of Oregon apples fed a multitude of people. "As soon as practicable we called upon the South, Omaha delegation at their head quarters, stated our case and requested their support This was pledged us by resolution and we scored 'tally one.' They were the first to give us official recogni tion and will not be soon forgotten. Utah, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Texas, Idaho and others followed, some early, others late, and it was then pur business to keep up the interest and prevent stam pede. "Early in the proceedings we took care of the press. We Invited representatives of all the dailies to a banquet spread in their honor, which was well attended and the occasion of much felicitation. It was noticeable that the Kansas City papers at all times conceded the fight to Port land, and this was a great help. "Our badges, unique and characteristic, were in great demand and very much in evidence. Every one carried or implied a pledge of support. "The evening before the last day it looked pretty good to the tired Oregon lans, but In order to provide against any possible adverse combination and efforts In that direction were continuous we ar ranged for a number of prominent speak ers immediately to support Portland's nomination as soon as it should be made. This list included the Hon. (Sockless) Jerry Simpson, of New Mexico; Hon. Frank P. Bennett of Boston; Jesse Smith, of TJtah; John Davis, of Idaho, and others from nearly every state In the Union. The idea was to smother any attempt to advance other claims. "Because of the untimely death of Hon. Thomas H. Tongue, who was to make tho nominating speech for Portland, that duty devolved upon a member of the delega tion, but before time for the final struggle Portland's strength was toegreat to con test, and only half a dozen of these sup porting voices were heard, when all op position faded away, and amid great ap plause and enthusiasm the convention de clared for 'Portland next' "All the members of the delegation are equally deserving of mention in this work. All did their part and all contributed to the result The patriarch was Richard Scott, of Multnomah, who steadied 'the boys' and captured the ladles, while his holly and Oregon grape lasted. When theso were gone F. H. Beach assumed the role of ladles' man and after the first day the fair eex were his special charge. In this as In all other matters, Mr. Beach proved himself the right man in the right place and was constantly.ln demand. J. W. Bailey looked after the moral welfare ol the delegation and stood in the breach when others fell by the way. He was the delegation's 'war horse.' alwavs roltnhin his winning ways always effective' ueorge unandier ana Douglas Belts di vided the 'honors as to the handsome men from Oregon. With these to lead in their various epecialties the rest of us just worked. "At the press banquet a visiting speaker complimented Oregon on the clean feature of her fight And Oregon has no occasion to blush for any act word or condition of her representatives at Kansas' City." Most of the other members of the Ore gon delegation will not return until next "week or later. The badge which was so popular at Kan sas City was a gold-colored ribbon with themaln line, "Oregon." in plain silver let ters, and below that "Portland next" This depended from a pin adorned with a pro cess wrought of copper in Verisimilitude of a vaquero subduing a bucking broncho. The rantankerous beast is in the air. and tho rider has his quirt raised over his head preparatory to "fetching" the animal a lick that will otherwise occupy his thoughts. Underneath In relief Is this leg end: "If ho don't so to Oregon he don't go at all." NOT ALL PLEASED. With Anything? Unfavorable to Cath olic Men or aiensarc. PORTLAND, Jan. 20. (To the Editor.) A very large number of Catholics read your valuable paper. For many acts of courtesy extended to us in the past we are grateful to you. But why Is it that every now and then you administer to us in your editorial columns a nauseating journalistic emetic? That Is just what you did in last Sunday' issue of The Ore gonlan. You gave us a foul-smelling, sick ening dose, and the label It bore was: "A Roman Catholic Republic." Not only have we absorbed the label, but we have also swallowed the whole miserable con coction, and, as a result, we have an acute case of Intellectual cholera morbus. Yes, sir. we are genuinely sick, and since you have made us so. without any justi fiable reason, we respectfully demand reparation. Mingled wkh some truth you have given to all 3'our readers in that editorial a nasty admixture of error and slander. We are particularly surprised at your resur rection of one venerable falsehood. The Oregonian. the great progressive Ore- gonian, assumed the appearance of Rip van Winkle when It presented to the pub lic last Sunday that foul old calumny against the Jesuits embodied In these words: "The end justifies the means." Truly we hoped that this ancient false hood had been vo deeply buried in the quagmires or fossil beds of exploded mis representations that it could never again be found by any one whp possessed any desire to bo veracious. How often must we aver, declare and swear that the Im moral teaching contained In the formula, "the endk justifies the means," is not, never has been, and never will be a tenet of the Jesuits, nor of the Catholic church, of which they form an Integral part? Again, the writer knows on the best,.of authority that The Oregonian has grossly misrepresented Archbishop Ireland when It stated, by Implication at least that he is not friendly towards our Catholic schools. If you will take the pains to send him a marked copy of the aforesaid editorial you will doubtless learn from himself Just where he stands. You present the Premier of France to your readers as a patriot, as a ntudent of the Jesuits, as the possessor of orders re ceived from the church. Why did you not add that he Is a miserable old apostate, a traitor to that church to which he owes so much? The truth Is that he Is the executor of one of the most in fernal sacrileges that France has ever been guilty of the expulsion of thousands of her best her most Innocent citizens in the persons of her exiled religious men and women. Again you misrepresent when you say that these draw their religious author ity from their own executives and not from Rome. It would take a small vol ume to answer properly all the misstate ments and -sinister Implications contained in your offensive editorial. We are puzzled to know whether we should attribute such articles to m&lice or to a lack of proper information. If prompted by the former there is no rem edy In sight, and if they proceed from the latter cause, would It not bewell to consult some well-posted living Catholic authority before giving us any more journalistic emetics like the one under consideration? ' - A DISGUSTED CATHOLIC. PERSONAL MENTION. D. L. Keyt a merchant of Perryvllle, Is at the Porklns. Mahlll Craig, of the United States Army, is at the Portland. Judge H. L. Bensqn, of Klamath Falls, is registered at the Imperial. Frank H. Hale and William Sinethe, of Sin Francisco, are at the Portland. George K. Reed, who owns a hotel at Grangevllle, Idaho, is staying at the Per kins. Dr. K. A. J. Mackenzie, who is ill of blood-poisoning, is steadily but slowly improving. E. W. Bartlett, Receiver of the Public Land Office at La Grande, is staying at the Imperial. D. H. Day, of Duluth, Minn., who has come to Oregon to buy timber land, is a guest at the Perkins. D. E. Frederick, of the large business house of Frederick & Nelson, Seattle, is a guest at the Portland. Edwin Sharp, editor of the Northwest Lumberman, and a resident of Tacoma, Is registered at the Perkins. Mr. and Mrs. Olney B. Funk are spend ing their honeymoon in Portland, and are registered at the Portland. M. W. Whipple, a canneryman of As toria, was greeting his many Portland friends at the Perkins yesterday. Eugene France, the wealthy lumber dealer of Aberdeen, is spending a few days In the city, and is a guest at the Per kins. Samuel White, Prosecuting Attorney of Baker City, and chairman of the Demo cratic State Central Committee, is at the Imperial. Ex-Mayor S. A. D. Gurley. of Arlington, came to the city yesterday morning and registered at the Perkins. Another" ex Mayor at the same hotel is M. T. Nolan, of The Dalles. Two well-known theatrical men in the city are John Cort the manager of the Grand Opera-House of Seattle, who Is at the Portland, and L. E. Sellg, of Astoria, who Is stopping at the Grand. William Wright cashier of the First National Bank of Union, and C. S. Brown, who is connected with the First National Bank of Astoria, are among yesterday's prominent arrivals at the Imperial. The hotel men of the city are contem plating giving a banquet to the Oregon delegation which attended the Kansas City convention of tho National Livestock Association; but no definite arrangements have been made as yet "It is not true that I was wearing a sweater and overalls when I got that $350,000," said J. C. Evans at the Perkins last night, "and I think some Tapoma ac quaintances of mine spread the atory as a joke. I was not quite broke, either, and was making a comfortable living as a bartender." Mr. Evans has already made many friends In Portland, and this city will be his future home. NEW YORK, Jan. 22. (Special.) North western people were registered at New York hotels today as follows: Portland Imperial: W. E, Hurd. Seattle Victoria: J. E. Chllberg, M. Keyelsberg and wife. Fifth Avenue: J. W. Kelly. Tacoma Park Avenue: B. F. Burk master. Spokane Ashland: W. H. Wright Rossmore: C M. Graves. Heavy Snow on WeHtern Slope. l DENVER, Jan. 22. The heaviest snow of the Winter has fallen on the Western Slope during the past 48 hours. In some places the snow is 18 Inches deep. A snowslide on the Rio Grande tracks in the Grand Canyon delayed traffic several hours,' but the road is now open. Leave for the Philippines. PORTLAND, Me., Jan. 22. The Eigh teenth Company of Coast Artillery, in command of Lieutenant J. A. Ruggles, which has been stationed at Fort Will iams, left today for the Philippines via San Francisco. Laxative Bromo-Q,ulnine Cures a Cold In One Day, Cures Grip in Two Day. Don't wait until you are sick before try ing Carter's Little Liver Pills, but get a vial at once. You can't take them with out benefit WANT RAILROAD CHANGED M'MIXXVILLE PEOPLES ASK FOR THE YAMHILL DIVISION. Involve a Cat-Off Between La Fny ctte and St. Joe Mnttcr Submit ted to San FranelKCo. McMInnvHIe .people want the Southern Pacific to abandon eight miles of the Yamhill division between La Fayette and Whiteson Junction, to build a mile and a half of new track to connect the Yamhill division with the West Side division at St Joe, and then to run. all trains of both divisions through McMInnvHIe. The mat ter has been discussed here and referred to the San Francisco officials of the South ern Pacific for action. These two divisions of the Southern Pa cific run almost parallel with each -other for a long distance in Yamhill and Polk Counties. The company would never hava built the two lines so close together. But the line that Is now called the Yamhill division of the Southern Pacific was built TO IMPORT QUAfL DOG OWNERS "WILL MEET TONIGHT. . The bob white and California valley Quail are considered the best birds for successful field trials, and it Is with the object of obtaining about 200 dozen of these birds for Oregon that the dog owners of Portland will meet In the hall of the Oregon Mining Stock Exchange, in the Chamber of Commerce bulldlmr, this evening. Plans will be discussed for the best method of securing and turning these birds loose In various warts of the state, and the general subject of field trials will be gone over. by the Oregonian Railroad Company, and was part of the system constructed by "Dundee" Reld. Subsequently the prop erty fell Into possession of the Oregon & California, and it Is now under lease to the Southern Pacific, In tvhlch Interest its stock Is also owned. La Fayette, on the Yamhill division; and St Joe, on the West Side division, are on opposite sides of the Yamhill River, and the distance between them is less than two miles. Whiteson Junction is eight miles south of La Fay ette and seven miles south of St Joe. On the Yamhill division there are two small spurs between La Fayette and Whiteson, but the local traffic Is Inconsequential. On the other line between St Joe and White son is the City of McMInnville, one of the most Important towns on the west side of the Willamette Valley. According to present arrangements it is Inconvenient for people of the Chehalem Valley to reach the county seat Mc MInnville. They are carried right by al most in sight of the town to the junc tion, which is four miles away, and there stay over night and catch a train on the other line back tq the county seat at 5:50 the next morning. The inconvenience Is so great that few people travel that way. Now that both lines are owned and op erated in one Interest It Is thought by the McMInnville people that there can be no objection to Improving the service. The railroad people see no particular objec tion, either, but It Involves a change of' such Importance that It does not fall unr der the jurisdiction of the local authori ties. The effect on the charter of the railroad Is the first thing to be deter mined; whether the abandonment of eight miles of track of the old Oregonian Rail road would work injury to the franchise for other parts of the- line. If that shall be found to be clear a survey will prob ably be ordered to ascertain just what the, expense 6f making the connection be tween La Fayette and St Joe would be and where the line would lie. Then the matter of the right of way would come In for consideration. If the McMInnville peo ple can secure a right of way for trie connection it will materially aid to bring about the change. It may be that the eight miles of track between La Fayette and Whiteson will not be abandoned, even If the connection be made at St Joe and the main trains run that way. All those details are to be taken up in order if the authorities of the company decide to. undertake the change. The ques tlon of more yard room In McMInnville will also be involved. There is no doubt that it would give parts of Yamhill Coun ty on the Yamhill division more conveni ent access to the county seat It would pass another passenger train both ways through the town dally and increase its Importance as a trading center. McMInn ville may be expected to do Its part to ward effecting the change. ONE WAY TO EASTERN OREGON. Snrcsestion. forExtens!on of Oregon Water Poirer & Railway Line. PORTLAND. Jan. 22. (To the Editor.) Referring to the different propositions for the development of the Southeastern Ore gon country and placing Portland in a position to control the trade of this sec tion, I think the most feasible and profit able proposition embraced In the follow ing suggestion: The Oregon WaterPower & Railway Company has flne and ade quate water frontage, with best route and the right of way into the city, quite ex tensive roads in operation and building that will develop a country that will pay a dividend almost from the beginning and perpetually. Why not, therefore, use. this same enterprise for the purpose proposed? By continuing this line from its proposed terminus on the Clackamas on by Sil- verton, up Silver Creek to the Mount Jef ferson Pass, thence on by Prinevllle and up Crooked River out by Burns to the southeastern houndary line if necessary to transcontinental connections at Ogden. A feeder from near Deschutes to its head waters and on south to Klamath Falls. Another from near Crane, in Harney, to Weiser down the Malheur River, etc. The possibilities for an independent line having Portland for its terminus, with all its interest concentrated here. Is thus feasible and the most desirable if It could be accomplished. Comment Is unneces sary as to the possible development along this proposed route and Its greater ad vantages as compared to others. Having given this matter thorough investigation and much attention In the past I there fore call attention to It at this time. W. T. BURNEY. STICICXEY DEFENDS HIS CONTRACT. Gives a ViclunK Jab at the Chicago Livestock Exchange. CHICAGO. Jan. 22. At today's meeting of the Interstate Commerce Commission, A. B. Stickney, president of the jGreat Western road, appeared for the purpose of defending his action In making a seven year contract with the big packers on the basis of the greatly reduced rates, which led to the present Investigation. FOR FIELD TRIALS Mr. Stlckney's defense was coupled with an attack upon the Chicago Livestock Ex change and upon his competitors, classing the former as barnacles and the latter as Oriental savages. In his criticisms of the Chicago Livestock Exchange, he de clared that company, whose assets were a few chairs and an office desk, collected during 120) commissions amounting to ?3, 500.G0O, against an Income of 52,491,595 re ceived by the Union Stockyards Company, and that these commissions amount to over 40 per cent of the total freight charges upon the stock brought Into Chi cago. Vice-President Bird, of the St. Paul road today answered complaints of the Chicago Livestock Exchange as to rates by declaring that the present rates for carrying live animals from Missouri River points to Chicaso is too low, rather than too High. "Under present rates," he said, "live stock does not bear Its share of the gen era! charges." Mr. Bird's testimony was given before the Interstate fi-immcra- rmn.i..i.- tt. thought that without reference to present competitive conditions, rates on finished products should be higher than on live- lu ana ne aamitted that the contrary rule Is In force on the St Paul road principally because of the example set by the Chicago & Great Western line last August. This example was followed by most of the Western roads and was the cause of the present investigation. Northern SecurltlcN Dividend. NEW YORK, Jan. 22. The directors of the Northern Securities Company have de clared a quarterly dividend of 11-8 per cent payable February 4. This Is on a basis of 44 per cent and an increase of half of 1 per cent over the previous rate. Hnrrlman Gets Another Office. NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 22. EL H. Harri man was today elected president of Morgan's Louisiana & Texas Railroad & Steamship Company, the Louisiana divis ion of the Southern Pacific, to succeed the late A. C. Hutchinson. REPEATER IS CAUGHT. Chinaman Who Attempts to Smuggle Himself Over the Lin. OGDENSBURG. N. Y., .Jan. 22. At a hearing of the Chinese cases here before a United States Commissioner,, one of, the Chinese prisoners was recognized as a "ringer." He gave the name of Kee Yen, and his cunning In evading the exclu sion law was shown. He was arrested July 29, 1901, on the Canadian border, west of Malone, taken to Malone jail and brought to Ogdensburg for trial. A Bos ton Chinese swore at the trial then that he was the prisoner's "uncle," and that Pears' A touch is enough for cleanliness. That is why Pears? soap lasts so. Pears' shaving soap is the best in all the world. Established over zoo year. the boy was born In the United States. "Kee Yen was deported to Hong Kong from San Francisco on January 20 follow ing. On December 11 last he again ap peared on the border line below Malone, expecting to be taken to jail at Rouse's Point so that the trial would come before another Commissioner. His arrest was made by Marshal Smith, of Ogdensburg, who brought him here, where full identi fication was made. The prisoner had learned English in jail, and recognized the officers. Lue Hing, a New York merchant, swore that he was the prisoner's father, that the boy was not here at the time of the first arrest, and. that the prisoner had no Bos ton uncle. Lue Hing was ordered arrest ed for perjury, nnd committed for the grand jury- Kee Yun will bo deported again. "THE DEVIL'S AUCTION." Charles H. Yale's Spectacular Pro duction nt the Mnrqnnm Ton lull t. The company for Charles II. Yale's "Everlasting Devil's Auction" will bo headed by Louis Martlncttl nnd Include Lillian Southerland, Madge Torrance,N Lillian Hernclon, Bema de Vore, Anna Courtney, John L. Guilmctte nnd a coterie of clever hlgh-grado artists. Prominent among tho novelties to be presented will be "The Dance to the Moon," for which special scenery and ef fects have been painted and new cos-'i tumes specially imported. The dance Il lustrates the love of a group of Chinese maidens for the"moon and by a clever ar rangement of electrical effects the moon is made to return their love In a most comical fashion. A new transformation scene, entitled "A j Tribute to Our Country," will illustrate In spectacular form and in a historlcally correct manner the wonders of America, which will include the Garden of the Gods of Colorado, the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky, Pike's Peak. Niagara Falls; the Yosemlte Valley with Its mammoth trees and other equally Interesting places of American grandeur. Popular matinee tomorrow at 2:15 o'clock. Liquid Air Demonstration. "Extremes meet." certainly, in one of the experiments performed at the Mult- ! nomah Club this afternoon at the Liquid Air entertainment, where an electric car- ; bon is burned at a temperature of over ! S000 degrees above zero in a tumbler made of Ice and containing liquid air 312 degrees below zero, yet with no Injury to the delicate Ice receptacle. This Is but one of the many features that are promised our expectant public. Probably every teacher and nearly the entire High School . will attend this unique and marvelous ex- I hlbition. i Lively? Comedy nt the Bnker. It is perhaps not too much to say that "Charley's Aunt," which will be given an excellent production at the Baker Theater next week, starting with the usual mati nee. Is one of the funniest modern plays. Its author is Brandon Thomas, and the play was performed 300 nights In New York, 150 nights In Boston. 100 nights in Philadelphia, and 150 nights in Chicago. The public does not seem to tire of the crfmedy. There are six complete love nar ratives, all charmingly told. Two young men at college fall In love with a couple of pretty girls. One of the young fellows Is expecting a visit from his millionaire aunt whose home Is In Brazil, and to a luncheon he has arranged for her recep tion the sweethearts are invited. They ar rive on time, but the aunt does not and a telegram from her explains that she has been delayed. The young men do not rel ish the idea of losing the companionship of the girls, so they Induce a college chum to Impersonate the aunt He accordingly appears In the guise of the old lady from Brazil, and from that moment the fun waxes l'ast and furious. He kisses the girls in the presence of their beaux, and he is made love to and proposed to by a pair of elderly male rivals. But every thing comes but straight In the end. Howard Russell, the popular young actor at the Baker Theater, will be seen as the bogus Charley's aunt It will give him an opportunity to display his. ability in the comedy line, and he will no doubt be. equal fy to the occasion. Mr. Alison will be seen to good advantage as Jack Chesney. and William Lamp as Charles Wykeman. the two Oxford College men. Mlna Gleason ns Charley's real aunt (from Brazil, where the nuts grow). Cathrlne Countiss as Kitty Verdoh. Elsie Esmond as Amy Spet tlgue, Lillian Rhoads as Ela Delahay, will give the ladles of the company an oppor tunity in the light, airy comedy. The other members of the company will aid In giving a. real evening of mirth. Next Week nt Cordray's. "Whose Baby Are You?" a comedy, in which John F. Ward and Miss June Ma thls appear ,at Cordray's next Sunday matinee, continuing for four nights, is on more legitimate lines than is usually ob tained In farce. The plot Interwoven has the reputation of being one of the best of the mirth-provoking pieces now before the public. The supporting company is one which Includes a number of well known names. Handsome accessories and mountings are promised. Matinee at Cordray's Tomorrow. "A Gambler's Daughter." which has been pleasing large audiences at Cordray's during the week, will give a special mat inee performance tomorrow (Saturday) af ternoon. The advance sale of seats is al ready large. This exciting and well-acted play gives only three more performances, tonight and Saturday matinee and even ing. ComlnfC Attractions at Cordray'x. "My Friend From India," a roaring, suc cessful farce, follows "Whose Baby Are You?" at Cordray's next week, playing three nights only, starting Thursday, Jan uary 29, with a matinee Saturdny. PRAYER IN JUR.YROOM? It Result In Acquittal of Accused Murderer in Chicago. v CHICAGO. Jan. 22. "A session of prayer" preceded the deliberations of a jury In Judge Chetlaln's Court today, which resulted in the acquittal of Patrick Deehan. charged with the. murder of John Lindens. When the 12 took their places" around the table, William H. DIels said: "Gentlemen, this Is a most serious duty before us. A human life hangs In the balance, awaiting but a word frcm us to be made free or to be ended. This Is such a solemn duty that I almost fear to ap proach It, and I think that we ought to ask for courage and for light. Won't you gentlemen join me In a prayer? Let us kneel here In the Jury chamber and ask Divine- guidance in the duty we are under taking? The 12 men in the jury chamber dropped to their knees and bowed their heads as the one juror offered a prayer, in which he petitioned Supreme guidance. BIG TUNNEL PLAN. Proposed Underground Driveway Beneath Bed of Chicago River. CHICAGO. Jan. 22. A broad, well-lighted underground driveway, passing be neath the bed of the Chicago River and stretching from the Art Institute to Illi nois and St Clair streets, Is formally an nounced to be the plan finally agreed upon by the Park Boards of the North and South Sides to make the long-talked-of connection between the boulevard systems of these two portions of the city. A bill authorizing a 52,500,000 bond Issue contain ing a referendum clause will be prepared by committees from the two park boards, and will be submitted to the Legislature. Plans for the tunnel have been drawn. For Benefit of Injured Fireman. The benefit ball in aid of Matthew,GHd ard, an ex-fireman, who was probably crippled for life in an accident "on the East Side several months ago, will take place In Arion Hall this evening. The members of the Fire Department are sell ing tickets, and hope to see a large crowd present to aid this worthy cause. Trouble In Maccnbee Camps. LANSING. Mich., Jan. 22. A hearing ONE BEST YELLOW PEACHES mm BEWARE OF IMITATIONS WADHAMS & KERR Monopole Grocers and Dry Coffee FALLING HAIR ve Your Hair with hampoos of OutiGura Soap and Dressings of Guticura, Prat, Sweetest, Most EictiYe lical For Making the Hair Grow when Ail Else Fails. Prevent baldness and cleanse the scalp of crusts, scales and dandruff with shampoos of Cuticura Soap, and light dressings with Cuticura, purest of emollients and greatest of skin cures. This treatment at once stops falling hair, removes crusts, scales and dand ruff, destroys hair parasites, soothes irritated, itching surfaces, stimulates the hair follicles, loosens the scalp skin, supplies the roots with energy and nourishment, aud makes the hair gro v upon a sweet, wholesome, healthy scalp when all else fails. Millions now rely on Cuticura Soap, assisted by Cuticura Ointment, the great skin cure, for preserving, purify ing and beautifying the skin, for cleans ing the scalp of crusts, scales, and dandruff, and the stopping of falling hair, for softening, whitening and soothing red, rough, and sore hands, for baby rashes, itchings and chnfings, in the form of baths for annoying irritations and inflammations or too free or offensive perspiration, in. the form of washes for ulcerative weak nesses, and many sanative, antiseptic purposes, which readily suggest- them selves to women and mothers, as well as for all the purposes of the toilet, bath, and nursery. Sale greater than the world's product of other skin cures. Sold throughout the civilized world. began before Insurance Commissioner Earry today on the petition of the Great Camp, Modern Maccabees, that proceed- l ings be commenced against the supreme j tent. Maccabees of the World, for alleged improper use of the corporate names and tunas, xne cnarge is made that the su preme tent is Interfering with the exten sion of the great camps into other states by various means. The supreme tent de nies these charges. Will Ring: Curfevr Bell. FULTON, N. Y Jan. 22. Fulton's new curfew ordinance will go Into effect to night for the first time. Three taps will be sounded by the Are alarm at 8 o'clock, and after that time children under the age of 16 will not be allowed on the streets withuut proper guardianship. BUSKVESS ITEMS. It Baby Is Cutting: Teeth, Be sure and use that old and well-tried remedy, Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothlns Syrup, for children teething. It soothes, the child, softens the sums, allays all pain, cures wind colic and diarrhoea. ma BROS. Roasters