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iglf THE CHICAGO TBIBTTNE: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1897. 12 EIGHT HOURS THE ISSUE. CARSON, PIRIE. SCOTT CO. FIRM GOES TO THE WALL.

QUESTION TO BE DECIDED BY THE LABOR CONVENTION. HORTO.N, GILMORE, M'WILLIAMS Jfc CO. HAVE FAILED. HEAD CUTS THE ICE. John Schwinnen Commits Suicide iu Lincoln Park.

PEACE IS IN SIGHT. Probable Truce Between G. A. R. and Library Board.

Xmas American Federation Delegates Will Meet In Nashville, on Dec. 13 May Precipitate Universal Strike on May 1, 1S98, for Shorter Work Day Result of Contest In England of Grave Importance Here Chicago Men Who Will Attend. Illinois Trust and Savings Bank Xanieu as Assignee Liabilities Estimated at and Assets at Stock Had Already Been Sold to Ilibbard, Spencer, Bartlett Co. Attorney Flower Says the Transfer Will Help the Creditors. COMPROMISE IS LIKELY, LEAPS FROM HIGH BRIDGE Length of Lease May Be Shortened to Thirty Years.

Breaks Through the Gelid Covering the Lagoon. MATTER GOES TO COMMITTEE DEATH FOLLOWS AT ONCE. Ladies' and Men's Silk Umbrellas handles of natural woods, silver trimmed Dresden ball and crook handles, steel rod, tight rolling case and tassel $1.85. Name or monogram engraved free on the above goods especially for this sale. Men's 28-inch Black Silk Umbrellas, choice imported natural wood handles.

Ladies 26-inch Black Silk Umbrellas, imported natural wood handles Dresden handles. Ladies' 26-inch Changeable Colored Siik Umbrellas, in red and black, blue and black, brown and black, green and black-natural wood handles choice ot any of the above, for this sale $2.65. Special $5.00 Sale of Holiday Silk Umbrellas. Ladies with handles of silver and gold silver trimmed ivory imported Dresden pearl silver deposit natural with pearl cap for engraving. Men's with handles of imported natuial woods silver trimmed in new and artistic designs Cape Horn choice of any of the above $5.00 Each.

Especial attention is called to our line of Holiday Canes, which is now complete, and comprises the latest effects in imported woods Congos, Adrolets, Partridge and Arabian Vine Sticks, mounted, with Ivory, Buckhorn and Sterling Silver trimmed handles engraving free on all caprice, each from gj 75 $12.00. Xmas Handkerchiefs. Si ill i Beport Will Be Made to the Memorial Association. OTHER RESOLUTIONS OF PROTEST. EXTRAORDINARY.

At 18c each For a box containing dozen. Men's or Women's Pure Linen H. S. hand emb. initials.

At 1 2 J-o Women's 25c Real Irish Linen narrow hems and hand-embroidered initial. Men's Unlaundered Pure Linen and Initial. Women's Real Irish Linen, J-inch hems and initials hand-embroidered. Men's Pure Linen J-inch hems. At 15c 5,000 dozens, worth up to 35c each.

Women's Scalloped Edge ana Swiss emb. Wemen's H. S. and emb. Women's Initial Hdkfs.

pure linen, hand emb. Men's Pure Lmen printed borders. Women's Pure Linen, Mexican Drawn Work. Children's Hdkfs. doz.

in novelty boxes. Men's or Women's Pure Linen H. S. At 25c Great bargains in Embroidered, Lace Trim'd Hand-emb Initialed Mexican Drawn Work, etc. At 35c Hand-spun Linen with Japanese Hand-drawn effects entirely new the only stock in the West which shows them.

SPECIAL SALE. Emb. Linen Hdkfs. scalloped and hemstitched, with lace edges lace insertions, combination of lace trimming and emb. in cx elusive styles At 60c, 75c and 98o.

After an existence of twelve years as one of the largest wholesale hardware houses In the West, the firm of llorton, Gilmore. McWilliams Co. yesterday passed into the hands of the Illinois Trust and Saving? Bank as assignee. The statement filed In the County Court estimated the liabilities at $210,000 and the assets at SaoO.OUO. The latter consist of $150,000 in outstanding accounts and the sum received from the sa.

on Monday to Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett of the company's stock. The purchase-price is 75 cents on the dollar, according to the inventory now being taken, and to be completed not later than Jan. 20, which is expected to realize at least $125,000. This action, it is said, was taken because the members of the firm preferred to dispose of the stock under their personal supervision, thinking it would realize more titan if sold through an assignee. The officers of the Insolvent corporation are William Gilmore, President; J.

Newton Cole, Vice President; James W. McWilliams, Secretary and Treasurer. Attorney Flower's Statement. Attorney James M. Flower, whose firm has represented the corporation for years, said: The entire stock of the corporation has been to Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett Co.

and the property deliered. The sale was made on Monday and ihe proceeds will be turned over to the assignee as soon as the inventory has been complete I. By this action the creditors will bo. directly benefited, as by a direct sa's to a wholesale house a better price was obtained for the stock than could possibly have been obtained by any assignee. The corporation expects to pay 100 cents on the dollar in the course of the administration of the estate.

Ever since the late panic the house has been doing a losing business and the obligations have reached that point where they could not be taken care of as they matured. In order to prevent any preferences and the possible waste of the estate the present action was decided upon." Doors of the Concern Closed. As soon as the assignment was made in the County Court the doors of the concern were closed, and a custodian was placed at the front entrance who refused admittance to all visitors. Customers of the concern who desired to make purchases were referred to the house of Hibbard, Spencer. Bartlett while large signs had been previously placed in the windows announcing the sale of the stock to that concern.

The encroachment into the hardware business by concerns engaged in other lines has affected the general hardware trade to a large extent lately, and the insolvent concern suffered from this cause. For twelve years the corporation has been In business in Lake street, in its present location, and It probably had the "largest city trade of any of the wholesale hardware houses In business here. It was the successor of the old firm of William Blair one of the pioneers in the hardware business in Chicago. With the assignment the firm ceased business permanently, and it was announced that it would not resume. Another Business Purchased.

It will be recalled that about four weeks ago John Ailing r3 Lake street, also sold out their stock and good will to Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett Co. and retired from business. Horton, Gilmore, McWilliams Co. and John Ailing Co. were the two oldest in the 'business in this city.

Their retirement leaves Edwin Hunt's Sons the pioneer establishment. In the purchase of John Ailing business no stated price was paid. The stock was bought on inventory and the final price Jias not yet been ascertained. Mr. Ailing f-roposed the sale to A.

C. Bartlett and his offer was accepted without delay. Mr. Ailing imply stated his firm desired to retire. FILE SUIT AGAINST THE CITY.

The fight between the Grand Army Memorial association and the Library board has narrowed down to a probable compromise on a shorter term of lease for Memorial Hall, with light and heat and possibly janitor service thrown in by the board as a compensation for a reduction in time. The length of the lease probably will be twenty-five or thirty instead of fifty years. There remains only the threat of the General committee of the Grand Army posts of Cook County to make a legal fight against the compromise, if effected. The General committee met in the afternoon and adopted a protest against shortening the life of the lease. At the Sherman House last night the Memorial association, without debate, passed a resolution leaving the negotiations with the Library board to the Lease committee and President Kirk Haves.

Their action will require only the action of the Board of Directors of the Memorial association to be effective. Text of the Resolution. Following is the resolution adopted: Resclved, That the settlement of all questions relative to the leasa of the Memorial Hall and assenr.bly-rooms now rxndinff between the Grand Army Hall and Memorial Association of Illinois and the Library board of tht? City of Chicagro be and are hereby referred to the President of this association and the Lease committee, who report back to the directors of this association before any final action is taken, and the Board of Directors are hereby plven power to act. President Hawes was given powtr to add to the Lease committee if he should see fit. It Is composed now of Colonel H.

S. Dietrich, Judge Richard S. Tuthill, Judge Frank Jiaker. Major K. A.

Blodgett, and Major Francis A. Riddle. The Lease committee of the Library board, which has full power to act, comprises President Azel F. Hatch. R.3.

McCormick, and Dr. John B. Hamilton. Offer of Compromise. The meeting lasted half an hour.

The Secretary read the communication from President Hatch notifying the association of the rejection of all its overtures and of the willingness of the Library board to compromise the matter on the basis of the surrender by the association of a sufficient portion of the term of the lease to compensate the board fairly for supplying heat and light. Colonel H. S. Dietrich made a brief report on the outcome of previous negotiations up to the rejection by the board of the forty-year proposition. Letters from Mayor Harrison.

Harlow X. Higinbotham, and E. G. Keith were read. They advised a compromise on a basis of thirty or twenty-five years and Mayor Harrison offered to invite the two negotiating committees to meet at his office and to assist in securing a settlement.

It was stated that these letters re OR GStlYlEira Newspaper Men, Publishers, Merchants, AdT(rtlCr Fvfr7X7hfff whoeal larSely with newspapers, and lVCiy WIICIC who are therefore, in the best position to know, unhesitatingly say that the CHICAGO TRIBUNE IS THE BEST NEWSPAPER IN ITS TERRITORY. The Tribune has pronounced opinions and is fearless in expressing them. It is not neutral or colorless; it is not constantly turning in an endeavor to please both sides for commercial reasons, but it is independent in the best sense of the word, always fair to its opponents, and always the best newspaper. The seventeenth annual convention of the American Federation of Labor, which meets at Nashville, on Monday, Dec. 13, Is expected to prove the most Important occasion in the history of the organization.

The convention must decide for or against the proposed general movement for an eight-hour workday on May 1, There is a strong sentiment in favor of decisive action. Labor leaders of national reputation concede that the struggle now on In Kngland between the trades unionists and the Employers' association over the adoption of the eight-hour workday must decide the future cf the labor movement in this country as well as in England. It Is feared the big fight in London may precipitate a similar struggle in this country such as the labor leaders have sought to avoid or postpone for several years. Gompers Against Hasty Move. President Gompers and his closest advisers have heretofore favored a plan of gradual enforcement of the shorter workday.

Last year it was decided to pick out one of the strongest national trade unions to make the fight in lS'JS. Several organizations were anxious to attempt it. Among the candidates was the International Association of Machinists, which embraces the same trades now fighting for shorter hours in England. President James O'Connell of the American Machinists is First Vice President of the American Federation of Labor and the logical candidate for President to succeed Samuel Gompers. Mr.

O'Connell is outspoken in favor of a general movement for an eight hour workday next spring. O'Connell Declares Himself. He declared himself yesterday and says he will go to Nashville and try his best to bring it about. He says conditions are as favorable as they ever will be, and longer delay will only endanger success. The fight could be carried on in conjunction w'th the present struggle in England.

Defeat in England, he says, means defeat here, and the existence of the labor movement depends on the outcome of the international fight lor a universal shorter work day. Some of the delegates favor waiting until the English workmen's fight Is settled before making a move. Many of the strongest unions affiliated with the American Federation of Labor have already secured an eight-hour day and have commenced an agitation for still shorter hours. Other Matters of. Import.

Outside of the eight hour movement there are many important questions to be decided by the convention. The Chicago delegation is split as usual by internal factional fights which will take up considerable of the time of the convention. James Bren-nock, the delegate from the Chicago Federation of Labor, will have to fight for his seat. The Chicago delegation will be larger than at any former convention. Local Men Who Will Go.

Among the men who will bear credentials from local and national organizations here are the following: Daniel J. Keefe, delegate. Longshoremen. Walter Carmody, delegate, Bridge and Structural Iron Workers. Joseph Sullivan, delegate.

Stonecutters union. James Brennock. delegate. Chicago Federation of Labor. P.

P. Doyle, delegate. Engineers' union. Thomas I. Kidd, delegate.

International Woodworkers. Jan.es O'Connell, delegate. International Machinists. Gus Schwartz, delegate. Tile Layers' union.

John Canboys. delegate. Tile Layers' union. Edward McKeever, delegate Custom Tailors' union. Secretary Spencer, delegate Plumbers' union.

Thomas J. Elderkin. delegate. Seamen's International union. William Jones, delegate.

Boot and Shoe Makers. A. E. Vorkeller. delegate.

Bricklayers' and Stonemasons' union. In addition there are several representatives of Chicago unions who are going to lobby for the passage of proposed measures and to transact other business of importance to the local movement. Among these are W. C. Hollister of the Eight-Hour Herald, Editor Harris of the Chicago Federationist.

D. Douglas Wilson of the Macinists' Journal, M. J. McCarthy, editor of the Union Label Bulletin, and J. H.

Payne of the Box-makers' union. To Extend The latter goes as a member of a special committee of which William Jones is chairman, appointed by thejChicago Federation of Labor and the Building Trades Council for the purpose of pushing the boycott against the Armours and Nelson Morris Co. The committee has collected sworn testimony of men employed in the Stock Yards, together with affidavits of medical men and chemists concerning the sanitary conditions in the Stock Yards. It is proposed to ask the convention to provide means for carrying the fight against the packers into the trades unions of Europe, and particularly in England and Germany. The engineers and boxmakers have grievances against the big packers, and both organizations have been spending money freely to advertise the boycott.

Since boycotts have been declared Illegal in the courts the trades unionists have found another weapon for fighting large corporations. It is proposed to attack sanitary conditions with expert testimony and make all the capital possible out of the actual conditions found. It is claimed the product of many large concerns would not stand the test of careful analysis for disease germs. T. J.

Elderkin of Chicago will introduce a resolution against the proposed annexation of Hawaii. He also has a plan to provide for a greater source of revenue for the federation to raise a fight fund In anticipation of a general strike for an eight-hour day. Aged John Schwinnen, out of work and despondent, jumped from the high bridge to the frozen surface of the Lincoln Park lagoon yesterday and broke his way through to death in the cold waters. The suicide occurred at 3 o'clock, and it was nearly an hour afterward before the park police, assisted by the men from the Halsted Street Station, could break their way out through the ice to the spot where the man's feet stuck out above the ice and marked the spot where his lifeless body hung. He had dropped, head foremost, seventy-eight feet from near the center of the huge arch.

Two men saw him fall. One of them had talked with him as he started up the approach to the bridge, and to him he called as he climbed upon the railing and poised for the daring plunge into the ice-covered lagoon. He had spoken cheerily to M. Becker, with whom he had fished in the lagoon and the lake all summer, and then walked upon the bridge to take his life. Becker saw him fall, and another bystander, Charles Oswald, saw his body strike the ice and partly disappear beneath it.

Had Been Out of Work. Schwinnen was the head of a large family and lived at IS Sullivan street. He was a housemover by trade, but had had no steady employment for more than a year and none of any sort since last July. He had provided food for his wife and children by fishing during the summer, but the winter had come on. shutting off this sort of food, and with it had come the necessity for fuel and heavier clothing, which he found himself unable to supply.

There was no hope in the future. He was 02 years old. and every day lessened his chance of securing employment and weakened his ability to provide for those who looked to him for food and life. So in the afternoon- he started across the half-frozen ground of the park toward his old fishing ground in the lake. He saw the large cakes of broken ice covering the lagoon and at the center of the great arch, over which the pleasure-seeking throngs surged gayly all summer, he paused.

He had left his old fishing companion but a moment before and his remark. "You can't catch any fish today," together with the ice, reminded him of his inability to provide for his family. He was out of money and out of work. He climbed upon the rail, shouted to Becker, who was walking down below, and dived head foremost off the bridge. His Head Strikes the Ice.

His head struck the ice, broke through the rotten surface, and his body slipped through after it. His legs swung over the hoie as he fell and held the quiet form which was stunned with the snock of the fall. There was a gash on his left temple, and his whole head was bruised by the force of the blow, but death undoubtedly came by drowning. Word was sent to the park police, but before they had succeeded in securing the body the patrol wagon from the Halsted Street Station had come on the report that the high bridge had been the of another of its list of suicides. They tied ropes together and with a grappling hook swinging at the end went to the center of the bridge.

They fastened the hook in the man's trousers and tied the rope to the bridge so that the body would not slip through. A boat was then brought from the boathouse, and in it the officers forced their way out through the ice from the east side of the lagoon and recovered the body. The body was taken to William Foth's undertaking establishment, SW North Halsted street, where it was Identified by Nicholas Wallenborn, a saloonkeeper, Sedgwick street and Beethoven place, as that of his brother-in-law. He said that the man had been talking about ending his life for some time. Family Is Notified.

The police notified his family after the identification had been made. The first clew-to the identity of the suicide was the name John Schwinnen, 30G Sedgwick street, written in a memorandum book in the coat pocket. The name was found to be correct and the address the place where he had lived up to two months ago. He had moved from there because he could not afford to pay the rent of $10 a month. The body was dressed in a worn suit of clothes and poor boots.

There was a plush cap on the head and about the collarless throat was a cotton muffler. A silver watch was found, which had not even been stopped by the shock or the cold water. Th man's friends say that he has been despondent for several months owing to his inability to find work. He had several small children, and his old age made the thought of his inability to provide for them more keen. He had never spoken of suicide to any except his brother-in-law.

WORK ON OMAHA'S BIG SHOW. Buildings for the Transmississippi Exposition Bapidly Being Finished. II Worth $22.00 Regular. CALL AT OUR STORE TO-DAY AND SEE IT. 6 FEET HIGH.

Richly Carved Chiffoniers. 9 i nted the sentiment of others who wrote to' Mr. Hawes regarding the matter. Adams-st Wabash-av. REVELLS, SOME OPINIONS.

consider the Chicago Tribune the leading newspaper west of the Allegbanies." MILTON McKAE, of the Scripps-McBae League, publisher of several newspapers, Cincinnati, Ohio. THINK OF IT! The best newspaper ia the country for one cent." A. J. AIKEN, Manager, Evening Wisconsin, Milwaukee. "The Tribune is the best newspaper in the world.

I consider its make-up and facilities for gathering news unequale although I do not agree with it politically." WASHINGTON HES1NG, ex-Postmaster, Ctiicago, and publisher of the Staats Zeitung. "The Tribune is. beyond question, the greatest newspaper in the West, if not ia the country." MAKTIN J. RUSSELL, editor-in-chief. Chicago Chronicle.

"The Tribune is my ideal newspaper." LEON MANDEL, of Mandel Bros. "The Chicago Tribune is the king of the newspapers: there's none other like it." DAVID MAYER, of Schlesiuger Mayer. "The best one cent paper now published, or ever published in the United States." OTTO YOUNG, Proprietor, The Fair. "The Tribune is the greatest newspaper published iu America today." JOHN T. SHAYNE, of John T.

Shaytie. Furriers. "Two years ago. when I was in the business of examining newspapers critically, I became convinced that the Tribune was in the front rank as one of the four greatest dailies fublished in this country. There is no question as to the position occupied by the Tribune.

ts enterprise has been too often demonstrated. As a local and American news-gathering institution, it has no superior and few equals. In the matter of foreign cables, no other paper west of New York can be compared to it. These are the things, of course, that go to make a complete aud great newspaper." MAYOR CARTER H. HARRISON.

The Tribune has always kept abreast of the times. It is the newsiest paper in the West, and the best in Chicago." CHARLES L. HUTCHINSON, President Corn Exchange Bank. I've read the Tribune ever since I've been in Chicago, and it has become such a habit that I don't expect to geff over it the rest of my days." FRANKLIN MacVEAQH. i I 1111 QUO or K.

J. Whitehead presented the protest the afternoon meeting, which was referred to the Lease committee. Among those present were Judge Richard S. Tuthill, General John C. Black.

Judge ilnry V. Freeman, H. B. Jackson, and Colonel W. P.

Rend. Protest Against' Compromise. The General committee of the G. A. R.

posts of Cook County held a meeting in the afternoon at the Sherman House and declared in favor of a fifty-year lease or nothing." Some of the men present were in favor of accepting the twenty-five-year compromise, under protest, in order to end the controversy. This idea was strongly opposed. All agreed tlfat the G. A. R.

membership would r.ever surrender any rights or give up the claim for a fifty-year lease. The following resolution was finally adopted by a close vote: Resolved, That we earnestly protest against any compromise on the question of time in regard to Memorial Hall. We insist that all the rights of the O. A. It.

be pressed. That Comrades James 0Ionneir, E. J. and K. I'.

Murdock are hereby appointed special committee to present these resolutions to the Grand Army Hall -and Memorial association at its meeting tonight. WILL NOT HURT THE ORDER. Catholic Knights of America Not Disturbed by the Receivership for the Illinois Branch. The Chicago Tribune JliulUutlD prints more advertising than any other Chicago newsDaDer. because 'It pays to advertise in THE TRIBUNE." Dnrlng December -we will selL AT LOWER PRICES THAN ANYONE.

t-er-ytbinur In the line of staple an fancy- furniture and chairs appropriate for Holiday Presents. We show the largest and most beantlfnl stock eyer seen here. Inspection and comparison solicited. First Qualities only. Land Tunnel Contractors Want a Change in Specifications Municipal Gossip.

Weir, McKechney the contractors for section 3 of the new Northwest land tunnel, yesterday began in the Circuit Court an assumpsit suit against the city for $08,000, and at the same time a bill was filed in the Superior Court by them asking that the original contract with the city for the work on the land tunnel be reformed. The contractors base their demand on the fact that before they accepted the contract they were informed by the City Engineer that they would encounter only soft soil in making the excavations. This information, they say, was wrong, and the work had not progressed far when they encountered rock. The contractors ask the court to order the city to so alter the supplementary contract that certain clauses embodied In it will be also embodied in the original contract. Judge Freeman yesterday took up for hearing the injunction suit against the city by Homer B.

Galpin and Andrew H. Fos-kett to restrain it from letting a contract to the American Development company for the lighting of lamps with gasoline for two years at $11.48 a lamp. The case will probably be concluded this morning. All three of the firms awarded the five-year garbage contract have filed their bonds and qualified to begin work Jan. 1.

THE TIRIBTTISnE'S READY REFERENCE DIRECTORY M.E. SGIIOLLE 222 absolute: cure: for alcoholism. BARTLETT Cure Co. Healthy Inexpensive horn treatment. Book free.

Suite 13. 16S Washington. B. GROSSBiUl 112SEW BDBfi-St. LC3EC5.

1 UNDER THE DIRECTION OF JSSSL Louisville. Dec. 8. Special. The Catholic Knights and Ladies of America not be impaired by the appointment of a receiver for the Illinois branch.

The headquarters of the national body are in Louisville. Miss Mary Sheridan being the Supreme President and Gran V. Smith the organizer. Both said the society is on a solid basis. The order is In prime condition, and they declare the charges in Illinois to be based on fraudulent claims.

There had been some trouble with Illinois lodges through the admission to the insurance privileges of persons rot within the age limit, and some whose health was not as good as required by the order. Claims occurring under such conditions had caused the trouble. Mayor Harrison yesterday revoked the license of Mrs. Rachel Brown, proprietor of a saloon in the basement, state street, upon the recommendation of the police who' reported that W. H.

Dugdale, a theatrical manager of Bloomington. 111., was robbed of $250 In the place several weeks ago. This is the first saloon license revoked since Mayor Harrison was Inaugurated. A new standard of specifications for street paving work was adopted by the Board of Local Improvements yesterday. Under the new rules contractors will be required to guarantee all Diiviner for a Second Day's Sale of thenarqulsedel Fourronay's Collection of Ceramic Art, VALUED AT S125.O00, Will be 6old at Auction without reserrs Wedn-day, Dec.

8, and three followixuf days lOioW and 2 :30. FLERSHEIM, BARKER SEVERN, 186 Wabash-av. ILLINOIS TO GROW SUGAR BEETS Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Kail-road Planning to Experiment in Vicinity of Quincy. Quincy. Dec.

8. ISnecial 1 Tho nra Omaha, Dee. 8. Work on the buildings at the exposition grounds has been pushed more rapidly than was expected, the pleasant weather of the open winter so far enabling contractors to make surprisingly great progress. The liberal arts building, although it was begun late, promises to be sooner completed than other buildings which were begun earlier.

The manufacturers building is likely to be completed in a short time now. Almost all the staff is on, even to the ornamentations. Next to this structure the administration arch is nearest completion. The mines and mining building is also about ready for its white coat. A number of roof girders have been put In place on the machinery building, and the roofing is being commenced.

The same is the case in the agricultural building. On the former also the staff contractors have commenced ti put in place the staff. The walls of the government building will soon be commenced. The piling is about completed and the wall girders are being erected. All the timber for this structure, some fifteen carloads, has arrived in the city, and eight of them are being unloaded on the grounds.

MRS. CAMPBELL NOT MURDERED Missing Woman Appears at the Hyde Park Police Station to Correct an Error. NO NEW JURORS ARE SWORN. Little Progress Made in the Seventeenth Ward Election Fraud Trial Before Judge Chetlain. No Jurors were sworn in the Seventeenth Ward election fraud trial before Judge Chetlain yesterday.

Two veniremen were accepted by counsel on both sides and locked up with the eight previously sworn. The veniremen passed by both sides were: William H. Cashion, saddler, 368 West Harrison street. Philip Palmer, commission merchant, 6417 Union avenue. The defense has exhausted seventeen of Its twenty peremptory challenges and the State has used but five.

WESTERN. a ii a pr ACCOUMAMS. FREC'K V. JTJDD. Expert.

84 LaPalle. Tel.M.2027. O. L. MARCH AND 616, 112 S.

Clark-st. C. NIGG. 1303 Schiller Bldg. Phone M.

4142. ACETXE.E GAS GE.VEKATOR. Arprovea by Chicago Underwriters' association. V. C.

WILSON 239 and 241 Lake-t. ARTISTS' BIATEIRIALS. ABBOTT, A. H- BO Madlaon-st. M.

2420. A5SAVEKS AMI REFISERS. DICKMAN MACKENZIE. 1224 Rookery. M.4f.l3 GOLDSMITH 63 Washlnton-t.

Bullion bought and sold. Prompt accurate assay of ore. ATTORNEY AT LAW. A. mRT), Fort Dearborn 1S4 Monroe-st.

BADGES. CLUB I' I. VS. LAPEL BUTTONS. And Medals.

HTLEN. engraver. 63 Dearborn. BEST DAY A'D NIGHT SCHOOL. CHICAGO ATHEN'UM, 19 and 26 Van Buren-gt.

BRAIDING AND EMBROIDERY. THE WILSON E. B. 1SS Wabash. 4th floor.

BROOMCORN AND SUPPLIES. GROSS. J. 249-51 Klnzle-Bt. BUYERS OF OLD GOLD AND SILVER.

LIPMAN, 99 Madison. Cash for all precious metals LOGUE McVlcker's Bide. Take elevator. CANDIES. GTTNTHER.

C. V. Fine Bonbons and Chocolates. Bend for catalogue. 212 State-sU BERRY'S 201 State.

2-lb box 81. CLEANERS AND DYERS. COOK McLaln. 80 Dearborn. M.

8049. Oak. 539. BCHWARTZ. Ladles' and Gents' Garments.

8 stores: 158 Illinois. 126 Dearborn. 605 W. Mad. FURNACES AND STEAM HEATING.

BARKER JACKSON FURNACES. THE BEST beaters made. Hot water heaMn. hardware, stoves, and steel ranges. 1818 Wabash-av.

FRUIT SHIPPERS. BARNETT BROS, fon orders. 159 Water-st. GAS AND ELECTRICAL FIXTURES. BAGGOT.

169 and 171 Adams-st. WILMARTH T. 225 and 227 Statc-st. GROCERS WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. JOHN SEXTON 20 State-st.

Price list free. LABELS AND WATERPROOF SIGNS. EEBM, FIETSCH MILLER 209 S. Clinton. LOAN OFFICES.

years and to use nothing but Portland cement in street foundations. A six-incn concrete foundation will be required for a'l asphalt and brick pavement. On gran it block pavement an eight-inch foundation will be required. Seventeen per cent of cement must be used in all foundations. Chairman Allen of the Finance committee will, in a communication to the County board next Monday, call its attention to a serious financial problem which will confront It when the next appropriation bill is made According to his estimate the county has had saddled upon it by legislative enactment additional burdens amounting to $105,000 At the same time there is a reduction in tre county's revenue of The three items of increase are: Cost of election.

November. 1S9S $140 000 Jury commission "oiU'St Increase salaries election commissioners'. "3.500 OPTICIANS. EK 22 Washing-ton. Eye glasses, artificial eyes.

BOERLIN LOUIS, 96 Washlngton-st. BORSCH. HENRY, scientific optician. 103 Adams. MANASSE.

Tribune Building. 88 Madison-st. PATENT LAWYERS. LOTZ. R.

163 Randolph-st." Pamphlet fres. PARQUET FLOORS. CHICAGO FLOOR 132 Wabash. Tel. M.

8390L DUNFEE 106 Franklln-st. MOORE. E. 48 Randolph-st. PHYSICIANS.

DR. HATHAWAY 70 Chic. So expert physicians and specialists In delloats lseases peculiar to man and woman kind. PRINTERS AND BINDERS. RYAN HART 22 and 24 Custom House-pi PHYSICAL CULTURE.

OSTEOPATHY. INSTITUTE. 9th floor. Schiller 103 Chicago. Our treatment is i combination of exercise, massage, diet, also, trlcity.

and water cure (Knelpp system). PHOTOGRAHPIC SUPPLIES. FOWLER. 83 E. Madlson-st.

Also kodaks. GOOD. MARTIN 92 State-st. PHOTOGRAPH DEVELOPERS. BOSTON PHOTO FIN.

608-9 Champlain Bid. JPICTURE FRAMES. W. W. ABBOTT.

132 Wabash-av. Mats to order. MXJGJL.ER. GEO. 15 Washlngton-st.

To order. PLUMBING GOODS. THOS. KELLY 201 Madison. 8 doors west 6th-av.

Wholesale prices to public RELIABLE SAVINGS BANK. HIBERNIAN BANKING ASSOCIATION. Est lfiBT. ROLLING STEEL SHUTTERS. J.

W. COLE SON. Tel. Main 4313. 112 Clark-st.

ROOFERS. ATLAS ROOFING 651 Madison. Tel. W. 964.

RUBBER STAMPS AND SEALS. MARTIN. A. 148 Monroe. Main C260.

C. L. AFFORD. 177 Madison. Tel.M.2057.

Cat I og. SAFES. DIEBOLP SAFE 178 Monros-st, SEEDS. E. H.

HUNT. 76 Wabash-av. Flower seeds. SEWING MACHINES. THE SINGER MANFQ.

209 Wabash-T. SHAVING MATERIAL. BTRTJTZ CLOTTU 83 5th-av. Razors ground STENCILS, INKS, AND BRUSHES. 8.

P. CHILD3 140 and 142 Monroe-st. 'A KI SSES. DEFORMITY APPARATUS. DR.

WOLFERTZ, 60 5th-av. Ruptures positively cured with my new Improved truss. Trusses from 12 to $15. Elastic stockings, etc. Catalogue.

C. TRUAX. GREENE tc 75 and 77 Wabash. UNIFORM S.MILIT AH 1 GOOD FOSTER. O.

SON A 174 E. Madlson-st. WOOD MAN ETL, TILES, GRATES. HAMLIN SPIEGEL 37 Wabash. TL H.

750. good prospects that sugar beet culture will be engaged In in this section of the State iu the near future, and on an extensive scale. The Chicago. Burlington and Quincy railroad company Is interested in a pla to induce the farmers to go into the business. Industrial Commissioner Ross of that corporation says if the soil on analysis Is found to be adapted to the growth of the vegetable a plant will be established at Quincy.

Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has promised to send a quantity of seeds, so that It can be determined whether the soil In this vicinity will produce a beet containing the required saccharine properties. Flour Ootpnt. Minneapolis, Dec. S. The Northwestern Miller gives the flour output last week at four centers as follows: Dec.

4. Dec. 5. Dec. 7.

1M7. 1SJ. brls. brls. brls.

Minneapolis 34X.VJ5 2H3 M0 3Wa lakes M.UOO S3. 2 15 7a! 205 Milaukee 43.430 33.930 36 025 The appearance of Mrs. Louise William Campbell at the Hyde Park Police Station TODAY AT 10 A. M. Ws will sell peremptorily at Public Auction, tat so count of Fire Underwriters.

At Salesrooms, 126 to 132 Market-et. Chicago, Part of the Salvage of WRIGHT, KAY A Detroit, JHIefc. ConsiHtlni; of a fine line of ART GOODS. CABINETS. VASES.

STATUARY, OIL PAINTINGS, ETC. Also Japanese and Chinese Ivories. Clolseon Porcelains. Bronzes, Curios In Satsums, lawn, Taizan. etc.

And a very fine collection of Old and Moru Paintings, Engravings. Etchings, etc. ryThls sale la especially noteworthy. rare and magnificent irood9 suitable lot taav days. SAMUEL GANS.

Manager. Western Salvage Wreckm Afsney. GEO. P. GORE Auctioneers.

.470.555 424.370 410.27O 02.200 52.3O0 46.700 c. Tota. spring Si. Louis Aggregate iT'evioua week If your children are well but not robust, they need Scott's Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil. We are constantly in receipt of reports from parents who give their children the emulsion every fall for a month or two.

It keeps them well and strong all winter. It prevents their taking cold. Your doctor will confirm this. The oil combined with the hypophosphitesis a splendid food tonic. joc.

sad $uoa, aB drufgists. SCOTT BOWKS, CWnitm. Xw York. .532.755 47.570 15ti 970 .472.720 $163,500 The two deficit items are: Loss in revenue from tax levy 4 Loss of interest from County Treasurer! I Tiltoo 102. 238 Chairman Allen doe3 not offer any solution of the problem Ha says he leaves that work to the commissioners.

The Lady Who Went to Hot Springs, Ark. A lady, who was traveling to Hot Springs while en route between Chicago and St. Louis in the parlor-cafe car of thw Illinois Central daylight special, said to her two little children: "Now go Into the cafe and get a good supper." But I don't want any supper," said one. Never mind was the reply, I want you to eat something, for this is the best place for you to do so." She spoke from experience of a good dinner in the same cafe, and by having tha children eat before changing onto another train at St. Louis Union Station she was able to put them directly to bed on taking a) connecting train.

This is but an instance of one of the many conveniences of that parlor-cafe car. yesterday morning put an end to the work of the detectives who had her husband locked up at the Stanton Avenue Station on suspicion of being her murderer. I hear that I'm dead," sai Mrs. Campbell, and I've just come in to teli you that while he didn't murder me he treated me so brutally that I had to leave him. I'm going to swear out a warrant for his arrest on a charge of assault." She said that she had read of her supposed murder in the newspapers and had ie-ported to save trouble for the police and not for her husband.

Mrs. Campbell said that she was a dressmaker, and was living at Thirty-fifth street and Cottage Grove avenue. Thirty-three Hours to Florida. The New Orleans and Florida special train which now leaves Dearborn Station dally at 1:02 p. m.

via Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad reaches Jacksonville, next evening at 10:30. No change of train en route. Through sleeping car tickets. City ticket office. 182 Clark street.

A 106 Clark. Diamond nnri Jwe.ln, T.n HEYM PMAN. ABE. 99 E. Madlson-st.

ElPMA Sues Drainage District for lS.t.OOO. The firm of Smith Eastman, contractors, filed an assumpsit suit in the Circuit Court yesterday against the Sanitary District of Chicago for $125,000. The firm, it Is alleged, contracted to build an embankment In Section 14 of the Drainage Canal, but was stopped after the work was started. Scenic Route to New Orleans. Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad.

Fast trains: through cars. Only line via beautiful Gulf coast resorts. City ticket office, 182 Clark street. Tribune Special Guide TO THE KLONDIKE MANUFACTURING JEWELERS. J.

V. RIDGWAT tc 167 Dearborn. 4th Hoot. JIETAL CEILINGS. J.

W. COLE EON. Tel. Main 4313. 112 Clark-st.

NEW HAIR GROWER. Dr. Whlte'sTreatment grows hair on any bald head; book on hair tree. Laboratory 764 Van Bursa. THE BEST ISSUED.

FREE OF COST Sander's Eucalyptol Is the safest of contagion and safest cure in all fevara. JtfBJTH TOR PARTXCU1A nn.