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I FORTY PAGES PAGES" r TO 5 VOL. xxin. NO. 5. PORTLAND, OEEGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 31, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. JETTI IS CORE No Other Remedy Will 'Deepen Bar. CHINOOK IS ONLY AN AID Available Funds Will Build 9000 Feet 2MILE EXTENSION NEEDED People of Pacific Northwest .Must Pin Faith on.JettyIf Congress Falls to Make Appropriation, Great Loss Will Result. JETT5T EXTENSION IMPERATIVE. THE BAR The British bark An dorlnha crossed out Friday, draw ing 24 feet. In the shoalest places a depth of 27 feet was found. CAUSE OF DEEPENING The slight deepening has been cansed by the Jetty and not by the dredging of the Chinook. THE CURE The extension of tho Jetty, and that alone. Is the only permanent cure for the bad chan nel over the bar. The Chinook Is a valuable aid to the Jetty, but the people of the Northwest must pin their faith on the Jetty extension. With the funds available only 9000 feet of the 2-mlIe extension can be built. If Congress makos no ad ditional appropriation, the brief pause In the Jetty extension will occasion great loss. FORT STEVENS, Jan. SO. (Staff Cor respondence). The British bark Andorln ha, the largest sailing vessel that ever entered1 the Columbia River, and one of the largest afloat, crossed out yesterday carrying: nearly 200,000' bushels of -wheat. The big vessel Tvas drawing nearly 2(? feet of water, and was taken out o.- -t. ixslghton In tow of the tug Tatooah, Cap tain Ballsy. Both the pilot on the ship, and the master of the tug. kept their leads going all the way out. and their sounding tallied exactly. They found In the shoalest places,' 27 feet of water, which Is practically the same depth that has been In evidence for the past two years, in fact, ever since it was demon strated that an extension of the jetty was Imperative. This incidont proved that the Columbia River can still accommo date the largest sailing ships in the world, and It incidentally proved that the chan nel at the mouth of the river has, as yet, been unaffected by the slight scratching of the dredge Chinook, the slight ohange for the better where any is noticed being the result of the jetty work and not of the dredge. This statement odes not reflect in the least on the capabilities of the Chinook, or on tho eortainty of ultimate lmprove- mimt tvhon the dredce eets to work. It is a statement of facts that have been verified by the most reliable and compe tent pilots on the bRr, and which will receive official endorsement when the sur vey now under way is completed. The Chinook has wallowed across the bar a few times, rolled the water, and sucked no a few tons of sand, interspersed with crabs and flounders, but her dredging nnerutlons to date, have been so limited that results of sufficient consequence to enable any accurate estimate of her pos sibilities are still missing. In comparison with the amount that must be removed from the bar. either by ftlulcinir or dredging, she has accom nllshtd about as much as a man with a email wheelbarrow would accomplish in an attempt to fill Sullivan's gulch in a coudIc of hours. As previously stated. this is in no way a reflection on the dredse. She is undoubtedly one of the best ves sels for tills special work that could have been sont heie. Her great size enables her to spread over swells which would cnKulf ordinary-sized vessels In their hoi lows and pound their bottoms out on the bar. For this roason she can work in a sea that would swamp a smaller craft. The Chinook will certainly do good work, but she will have no opportunity until the Winter gales abate and give her a chance. Jetty Deepens Channel. This comment on perfectly demonstrated lacts which are plain to every experienced man la any way connected with work on the bar. Is made with a view to correct ing some highly-colored statements that have been sent out from Astoria, and which have confused what the Chinook Is expected to do with what she has act uallv done. These erroneous roports have had a tendency to create the impression that the Chinook was eating such great holes In the bar under unfavorable cir cumstances, that with anything like fair show she could put the jetty out of the running as a channel bulkier. And yet. whle no Improvement In the channel can by traced to the brief and spasmodic Jab&'made by the Chinook, many of the juen who cross the bar most frequently .'do report a slight change for the better. This change, however. Is due wholly to the work of the jetty and to the ab sence of the heavy storms which for the past two years have banked up the sand In places where it was the most danger ous. Pea co ok Spit has recently accumulated -vh a large amount of frontage that the old north channel through which so .much of the shipping passed a few years ago, has been practically closed up, and not even light-draft vessels attempt to use It now. Having Its flow In this direction, interrupted by the sand bank which the Jetty had shot over to the front of Pea cock Spit, a goodly portion of the water, which a few years ago rolled seaward through the north channel, has now joined forces with the south channel, and has undoubtedly . helped It a little, but, according to soundings, not enough to be of any great consequence. That the change, small though It may be, is due to the Jetty, and not to the dredge. Is further pro-en by the fact that there Is ja steadily increasing depth at the ter minus of the new portion of the jetty. .which Is a considerable distance from the point where the Chinook picked up a few yards of sand; - . Jetty Extension Only Cure. . The extension of the Jetty," and that alone, is the only permanent cure for a bad channel over the bar and, -while the Chinook" is a decidedly valuable aid to the Jetty. It is to the latter that we must pin our faith. The engineer's plans call for a 2-mlIe extension of the jetty. Of this amount 500 feet have been construct ed and preparations are now under way for pushing the work with all possible speed during the coming season. The record of Superintendent Hegardt for fast and economical construction is a remarka ble, one, and he has built more Jetty with less money than has ever been con structed at any other point under similar circumstances. "With all of the econo my 'and skill at his command, however, it will be Impossible for him to extend the Jetty more than 9000 feet with the money that Is available. This, unless re lief is secured in the mean time; would leave it unfinished and at the mercy of the elements with an attendant damage. the repair of which would eat a big hole In the appropriation that would have to be made in the next river and harbor bill. It is thus apparent that we should Immediately overlook the delusion that the dredge Chinook alone can work out our commercial salvation at the mouth of the river, and take up the more important work of securing legislation that will pro tect us from tho loss which we will surely suffer If there Is even a brief pause in the construction of the present jetty ex tension. "Winter storms have caused a tempo rary cessation in piledrlving on the Jetty, but the work of preparation for an active campaign during the coming season is being pushed to the limit. Three miles out from Fort Stevens, on dne of the big sand flats which now takes tho place of some of the many channels which in the old days diverted and shallowed the wa ters of the Columbia, a supply station or yard has been built, and four locomotives aro engaged dir moving out td this sta tion large stocks Of piling, railroad iron. nd" "timbers which, will Urns' be' moron quickly available When thoy are needed In the Spring and Summer. Tho heavy seas which roll in from the ocean occa sionally batter out a pile or stringer, and a olose watch Is kept so that repairs can be made instantly and no serious breaks follow. Congressional Delay Only Cloud. There Is a plentiful supply of rock close at hand so that it can be delivered in practically unlimited quantities when needed. Everything, in fact, is in readi ness for a speedy completion of the jetty to a point where all possibility of fur ther trouble will be eliminated. The one cloud over the bright situation is the fail ure of Congress to take up the river and harbor bill, and provide for the immediate completion of the Jetty in accordance with the engineer's plans. It is of vital Inter- (Continued on Page C) ..... HER RELEASE FROM PRISON CLOSES A FAMOUS CASE t : 1ST HIGH Vanderbiit Beats a Mile a Minute. TIME MADE BY AUTOMOBILE Millionaire Averages Miles an Hour. 73h ANOTHER RECORD SMASHED New York Man Makjes the Ten-Mile Race. in .6:50, Lowering the . Time of Barney Oldfield. ORMOND, Fla., Jan. 30. Fifty miles, with four turns in 40 minutes, 43 4-5 sec onds, was the record made in the Ormond Dayton Beach course today by "W. K. Vanderbiit, Jr. The event was for the American Automobile Association cham pionship at this distance, open to all. The pace figures out 73A miles an hour, the best record ever made In America, and almost as good as any straightaway rec ord for that distance in the world. In this long race Mr. Vanderbiit man aged his machine admirably. In the four turns, necessitated by using the ten-mile course, he displayed great skill and dar ing making the turn. On completing the 20 miles his machine left Its tire jnarks Just 4 feet 9 inches from the stakp,"tgroing at a good speed. His record fpr-very ten miles of the 50 was the best, that of H. C. Bowden being second." These two records break any previous time made In Amer ica as follows: Vanderbiit. Bowden. Ten miles 7:25 7:30 Twenty miles 172 17:03 Thirty miles 24:11 24:29 2-5 Forty miles 33:52 2-5 35:25 2-5 Fifty miles . 40:49 4-5 42:44 3-5 In the ten-mile Invitation race, open to gentlemen amateurs only, Mr. Vanderbiit again smashed all previous records, mak lng the distance in six minutes and 50 .seconds. . The best previous, record was made by Barney Oldfleldi 9:321-5, nfcDeiw ver last year, mere were nve to start In this race. The three motor-cycle machines which raced a mile yesterday, went ten miles straight away today. G. H. Curtiss won in the record time of 8:54 2-5. Bowden and Stevens, at scratch, won first and second places in the 20-mlle handicap out of seven starters. In this race M. w. Ehr Hchs was thrown from his machine and rendered unconscious. His injuries con sisted of a dislocated shoulder and scalp wounds, which will not prove fatal. The time for this, the 20-mlle handicap race, was: Bowden, ls:40: Stevens, is:50 3-5. Bowden and Stevens, In their 60-horse-power machines, came together at scratch again in the ten-mile handicap. In this the tables were turned, Stevens winning in 7:28 4-5, against 7:38 l-o by Bowden. Hugh "Wllloughby in an auto car made the distance in 13:3ol-5. Record for Typhoid Cases. COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 30. Since January 1, 723 cases of typhoid fever have been reported in Columbus, and there have been 23 deaths. Eighty-one new cases were reported today, the highest daily record, for the month. BETAS' LOSES THE RACE. His Sister Passes Away Several Hours Before His Arrival. LINCOLN", Neb., Jan. 30. Miss Nannie Bryan, sister of W. J. Bryan, died here at 1:30 this afternoon. Her brother is on. his way from Chicago and has been mak ing a race against time ever since he loft the East In order to reach his sister's bed side before the end came. He arrived late this afternoon. Miss Bryan was 34 years of age. She came to Lincoln in 1S3S from Salem, 111., nd had made her home since with her lister, Mrs. T. S. Allen. Her health ha,d not been good for several years. Bryan's Train Three Hours Late. CHICAGO. Jan. 30. W. J. Bryan is the third well-known person within a week to engage in a race with death and lose. He received word here that he was too late. Mr. Bryan's sister, Miss Nannie Bryan, of Lincoln, Neb., died in that city this af ternoon. Mr. Bryan reached Chicago on his way from. New Jersey to Lincoln. Neb. He had hoped to arrive at his sis ter s bedside before she died. His train was three hours late, and he was com pelled to wait here several hours. OPPOSED TO JOINT STATEHOOD Arizona People Express Their Wishes in Mass Meeting. PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. 30. A monster mass meeting was held here today protest ing against the admission of Arizona and New Mexico to statehood jointly. The principal speakers were Chief Justice Kent, Republican, and ex-Delegate Mark Smith, Democrat. Resolutions were adopt ed expressing preference for territorial government Independently, as against Joint statehood. Meetings of a similar na ture and with similar results were held at Tempe, Mesa City, Glendale and "Wyck- enburg. WANTS CANTEENS IN USE. Admiral Evans Holds They Necessary .to the Navy. Are "WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. Rear-Admiral R. D. Evans, commander-in-chief of the, Asiatic squadron, writes to the Navy De partment that desertions in his" command have been reduced to a minimum. He says the worst drawback to discipline has been the excessive use of alcoholic drinks. Admiral Evans recommends tho establish ment of canteens in tho Navy, where beer and light wine may be sold to the men, to be taken with their meals or when coal ing ship. CONTENTS jOP TODAY'S PAPER CongreM- House decides allow no extra ' inileage for special session. Page 6. Democratic Senatorial caucus shows sentiment for tht canal Xreaty. Page 6. General. Gridiron Club entertains noted men in "Wash ington, and has fun at their expense. Page 14. Scheme of Colombians to undermine General Reyes as President of Colombia causes much shame. Pace 14. War in a month Is the outlook on Isthmus of Panama. Pare 14. - Par Eastern Situation. Russia cannot see how Japan can reject her demands. Page 2. All is expectancy at Toklo. Pago 2. Foreign. Mrs. Maybrick. sentenced to prison for poison ing husband. Is said to have been released from EngllBh prison. Page 1. American explorer returns from section of Thibet never trod by other men. Page 2. Tactile Coast. John T. Grayson, Jr., of Portland, gets Into serious trouble while on trip to San Fran cisco. Page 7; Striking "Washington shingle-weavers allege that wage reduction at Belllngham presages general cut. Page 10. Los Angeles congregations will unite In prayer for rain on parched land. Page 7, Ben F. Boss, shot by Albert Baser, near El gin, Or., is dead; Baser may die of peavy wounds. Pace . Commercial and Marine. Trading on stock market listless. Page 15. Bevlew of the week In Wall stret. Paege 15 New high records shown by New York bank statement. Page 15. Wheat easier at Chicago on more favorable news from the Orient. Page 15. San Francisco produce quotations. Page 15. Eleven lumber cargoes shipped from Portland in January. Page 11. Sports. W. K. Vanderbiit makes 73 milea an hour In automobile race. Page 1. Cap and Gown wins California Oaks Handicap at Oakland. Page 14 B. M. Lazarus wins Hunt Club race. Page 14. Portland and Vicinity. Clergymen and representative women favor Sunday opening o Lewis and Clark Expo- position. Pace 1. Dave Van Houten is acquitted of murder. Page 10. Jetty extension the only hope of deepening ' Columbia bar. Pace 1. Denial that H. W. Goddard used pull to get steel routed over Hill lines. Pace 16. First school bell in Portland ruined In Park School fire. Page 12. Date set for Grand Army encampment at Hood River. Face 2S. Heirs sue executor of their mother's estate for money they say he has not accounted for. Page 22. District Attorney Hall says he Is determined to rid Oregon of land frauds. Page Politicians grow busy about candidates for county offices. Page 12. Features and Departments. Editorial. Pane 4. f Church announcements. Page 23. Classified advertisements. Pages 24-2 Book reviews. Pace 37. Unrecorded incidents of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Pace 40, What Japan and Russia are quarreling about. Page 33. Two American prelates discuss capital and la bor. Pace 32. Portland wax figures give a dance. Page 29, The story of the Deluge as recorded In oW Mr. Noah's diary. Page 20. Jerome JC Jerome's suggestions about how to drill an army. Page 30. Thirteen-year-old bride for the boy King of Spain. Page 31. Chlmmle Faddtn. Pace '37. John Kendrick aBcgs on transfer poetry. Page 30. Household and fashions. Pages 34-35. Social. Pares 20-21. Dramatic Pace IS. Musical. Pace 19. Youth. Pages 3S-S9. Mrs. Maybrick Is Given Her Freedom. FINALE OF MOTED CASE American Woman Held for Poisoning Her Husband. DIPLOMATS SPOKE - IN VAIN For Years the Woman Passed the Life of One in Prison Untlh the Heart of( King Edward Was ' Touched. LONDON, Jan. 31. Lloyds "Weekly Newspapers says this morning that Mrs. Florence Maybrick, the American woman who was serving a life sentence for hav ing poisoned her husband, was released from Aylesbury female prison at ,6:45 o'clock an the morning of January 25 on special license. Her mother, the paper says, had visited her Saturday, January 23, anl evidently was the bearer of im portant news. The governor of the prison on Sunday conferred with the prison officials with a view to arranging for the departure of the prisoner, which was carried out very quietly. Mrs. May brick, accompanied by one of the prison matrons, entered a closed carriage and drove to Aylesbury Station, where she took a train for London. She drove from Euston Station and from there went to a private house not far from the me tropolis. She will remain there for a short period in order to recuperate and to await the completion of certain formalities which will give her a freedom of movement not allowed by persons on ordinary ticket-of-leave. t Mrs. Maybrick, the paper continues, during the last few months in prison was employed in the lightest work, as a re ward for good conduct.- CAE; THRIULEpTWO" tfATIONSj Influential Americans Pleaded for the Fair Prisoner In Vain. A British jury found Mrs. Florence Maybrick guilty of the murder of. her husband, James Maybrick. August 7. 1SS3, by the use of arsenic. She was sentenced to be hanged. Petitions poured in on the British Home Secretary from all parts of England and America, and the sentence was commuted to Imprisonment for life. It has always been a question in the minds of many persons, especially Ameri cans, whether Mrs. Maybrick had any part in the killing of her husband, or whether or not. In fact, the husband was killed. The contention of the defendant at the trial was that James Maybrick killed himself by accident. Gail Hamilton, Dr. Helen Densmore, Lord Russell, of Killowan, Colonel Andrew H. H. Dawson and others worked for Mrs. Maybrick's release. Mr. Bayard, Mr. Hay and Mr. Choate, In their Ambassadorial terms, presented the matter to the Home Office, but their requests and the numerous pe titions from America were ignored. It was hoped that the American woman's case might come under the coronation am nesty, but the British authorities refused to Include her name in the list. Florence Elizabeth Maybrick is the daughter of the late William C. Chandler, of Mobile, Ala. He was a nephew of the late John A. Campbell, formerly of the Supreme Court of the United States, and was a member of Jefferson Davis' Cabinet from 1S62 to the close of the Civil "War. His oldest son married Miss Hollerook. daughter of the late D. B. Hollerook, of isew lorK, an associate of Cyrus "W. ELECTED DEPARTMENT CHAPLAIN GRAND ARMY OF OREGON REV. IC Field In the laying of the first Atlantic cahle. --3Irs. . Maybrick was one of two children. Her brother died several years ago In. Paris. . Mrs. Maybrick's husband was Liverpool cotton, merchant who had large dealings in the Southern States. After -the death of the future Mrs. May brick's father, his widow, the mother, went to Germany and married the Baron von Roque, a German officer on the staff of the late Emperor Frederick. "While in Europe Mr. Maybrick fell In love- with the i Baronness von Roque's daughter, then less than 30 years old. and they were married almost immediately. Maybrick was 40 years old at the time of his mar riage. The notorious Maybrick case was pre cipitated by a baby's dropping a letter in a muddy street. A nurse maid found the letter and opened it to put the letter Into a clean envelope. Several rather ex traordinary phrases caught her eye and she read the letter. It was written to A. Brierly, Husklsson street, Liverpool. The letter was as follows: ' Dearest: Your letter under cover to G. came to hand just after I gave them for you on Monday. I did not expect to. hear from you so soon, and delay oc curred in giving him the necessary Instruc tions. Since my return I have been nursing him all day and night. He is sick unto death. Tho doctors held a consul tation yesterday. Now all depands upon how long his strength will hold out. Both my brothers-in-law are here- and we are terribly anxious. I cannot answer your letter fully today, darling, but relieve your mind of all fear of discovery now or in the future. M. has been delirious since Sunday, and I know he is ignorant of everything, even, of the name of the street, also that he has not been making any inquiries whatever. The tale he told me was a mere fabrication, and. only in tended to frighten the truth out of me. In fact, he believes my statement, although he will not admit it. You need not, therefore, go abroad on .this ground, dearest; but In any case don't leave England until I . have seen you once again. You must feel that those two letters of mine were written under circumstances which must ever excuse their Injustice in your, eyes. Do you sup pose I could act as I am doing if I mere ly felt what I inferred? If you wish to wrte to me about anything, do so, as all letters pass through my hands at present. Excuse this scrawl, my darling, but I dare not leave the room for a moment, and I do not know when I shall be able to write to you again. In haste, your own, FLORRIE. About two hours after the nurse maid found the letter, James Maybrick died. The girl gave the letter to Edwin May brick, a brother of James, who allowed the funeral to proceed, but had Mrs. May brick watched closely by detectives. Mrs. Maybrick was arrested by the po lice while she was ill in bed and was charged with the murder of her husband. The events leading up to the arrest, as brought out in the first trial, began when Mrs. Maybrick wrote to her brother MIchaer, saying she ought to tell him her husband was taking a white powder which she feared might have somethln; to do with the pains in his head and his nervous Irritability. That same month Maybrick consulted Dr. Drysdale. He mentioned several drug? which he was taking, but arsenic was not one of them At the same time Mrs. Maybrick wrote -rooms ror anotner jar. ana Airs. jiayoncK. She then, left home, saying she was going to nurse a sick aunt. She met a Mr. Brierly and sent two days with him there. She returned home and her hus band met Brierly at the Grand National races. "While there she had a quarrel with her husband about Brierly, and she afterward said that when they reached home her husband beat her because she had persisted in walking with Brierly against his express command. She had a black eye. The meeting with Brierly was what turned the Judge against her and made his charge to the Jury so severe. It was this which has since been used as an argument for her pardon that she was convicted, not of murder, but of Immor alityand that her conviction was a sentimental one, not according to the evidence. Shortly afterward Mrs. Maybrick went to the shop of a chemist named Wokes, In Liverpool, and bought fly paper. Her husband had an account there, but she paid cash for it. It was said that the arsenic in the fly papers wa3 used to poison Mr. Maybrick. The defense alleged that Mrs. Maybrick used the arsenic to make a face wash. Later Mrs. Maybrick went to a chemist named Hanson, about ten minutes' walk from her house, where she bought a lotion, a cosmetic consisting of tincture of benzoin, and elder flowers, and two dozen fly papers. She did not pay for the lotion, her husband having an ac count there, but did pay for the fly papers. She took them with her. They were not seen in use by any one In the (Concluded on Page 2.) A. BABDEX. OPEN ON SUNDAY Position of Churches on the Fair. WHAT THEIR CLERGY SAY Public Should Be .Admitted to Grounds and Buildings. SUNDAY NOT THE SABBATH Catholic, Congregational, Episcopal and Unitarian Churqhes All Oppose Total Closing of Fair on Sunday. ' H DECLARE FOB AN OPEN FAIR. The openin? of the Lewis and Clark Exposition on Sunday, with proper re strictions. Is not opposed by promi nent members of the local clergy. Yesterday Bov. J. H. Black, pastor of St. Francis' Church: Eov. B. L House, of the First Congregational Church; Rev. A. A. Morrison, rector of Trlnltr Episcopal Church, snd Rev. George C Cressey, of the First Unitarian Church, save lntervie-ws in which they expressed themselves in favor of keeping open the grounds, art exhibits and all similar educational exhibits. Representative Portland women, Mrs. Rose Hoyt, Mrs. Sarah Evans, Mrs. Graca "Watt Ross, Mrs. S. M. Blumauer, Mrs. Arthur Newlll, Mrs. Henry "VSTaldo Coe, spoke in a similar vein for an open exposition. In keeping" with the dignity of the day. Not all the clergy of Portland are In favor of closing the Fair gates on Sunday. The Roman Catholic Church, perhaps the strongest numerically of the local creeds, refuses to .set its face, against the open gate, the sentiment of the Episcopalians .seems to be-strongly lufavor of a partial opening, the Unitarian iencmination as i whole thinks the Fair should not b closed, and the Congregatlonallsts, who are members of the Ministerial Associa tion, have even memorialized Oregdn's Representatives In Congress, asking that the big Exposition grounds be open to the public on the first day of the week. And thus the question rises, "Where preachers disagree, who shall decide?" The Right Rev. A. Christie, archbishop of the Roman Catholic diocese In which Portland lies, is in California at present, but he has expressed himself as being de cidedly opposed to closing the Fair on Sundays, and the position of the strong denomination which he represents is well set forth In the individual opinion of tha Rev. Father J. H. Black, pastor of St. Francis Church. Catholic View of It. "I am a paid-up little stockholder In tho enterprise," said Father Black yesterday, "and as such believe that the Fair should be accessible to all on Sundays, but under well-ordered restrictions, such as would give to the public an edifying, restive Im pression. "Sunday is pre-eminently the Lord's day, the first day of the week, and not the .sabbath of old, the last day of tho week; hence It should be observed as the Lord's day. This due observance of th$ day sacred to the Lord of all does not necessarily exclude a well-ordered portion of the day from being devoted to health ful, recreative, instructive, Innocent pastime. An opportunity for Just this pur pose is given to the public by having tho Fair open on Sundays under such restric tions as 19 centuries of Christian usage and common sense would dictate. I think the able and efficient management of tha Fair is thoroughly competent to properly, regulate this matter in every detail." Dr. House Says Keep Open. The sentiment among the Congregatlon allsts differs from that indorsed by their evangelistic colleagues in the Ministerial Association, and is epitomized by the Rev. E. L. House as follows: q "I sympathize with my brethren of tha ministry who have voted for the closing of the gates of the Lewis and Clark Fair on Sunday," said Dr. E. L. House, of the First Congregational Church, yesterday, "because they believe that a partial open ing means a full opening; also that such an opening may mean the running of spe cial excursions to the Fair on that day, and the working of all clerks and attend ants of the Fair. But after weighing this, it seemed best to me that the grounds should be open Sunday after noons, free of charge, for the people to enter and enjoy the grounds, any art ex hibitions and educational advantages that may be found therein, as well as devo tional meetings, and sacred concerts. "This is far better than open saloons and open theaters on the Lord's day, to say nothing of baseball and kindred mat ters that would place every inducement before the visitors of the city at that time. In fact I would rather that a paid admission be charged for a partial open ing of the Fair, all Midway, shows being closed as well as stores, than to have our own people and visitors going oft to the above places mentioned. If the Sim day opening means a wide open Fair, as on other days, I am against it with all there is in me. I think this would be the opinion of the people of the First Con gregational Church, and covers practi cally their petition to Senator Mitchell in the matter." Among the Episcopalians no expression (Continued on Page C) irvL.o