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?-ktfJr r TUBS OHIOAQO BJ-A-O-LiHi 'vFH ! i I t M i i I l)c Chicago (Sctglc PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY F. DONOVAN. Am Independent Xewspaper, Fearless and Truthful. SUBSCRIPTION RATES $2.00 PER YEAR ADOBXII Alt COXXC.tlCATlOII TO HENRY F.DONOVAN, Editor tad Proprietor, C04 TEUTONIC BUILDINO, oitttiit Cctntr wtihltgton St ind 5th Ar. (tatfd nt the poitoflic. Cblcage, llllncll, tt Mco&d-dsu ualltsatttr.) mZaWWmZ, 7aWLaaaaamaaaam dcrmuulc woodcock or boodler will ing to appear frightened. It I, not to mince onl, a piece of tliirrvlttutlu tiiul sheer humbug to Invoke thttt legl halve net. The Ics the corporation refer to It the better for them. The pen ile are ready to meet them halfway ami gle them all that I consistent with u reasonable icgnrd for Chicago' welfare. Hut talk of Ignoring the ir" cut Council the bet In the country, perhaps ami standing on the "right" conferred by the old act 1 only calcu lated to excite resentment, Indignation and bltterne. The Harlan commission reported In 1808 that "the nlnety-iituo-yonr claim Is one which cannot be substantiated." and that "If substantiated. It would avail for traction by horse power only." It dismissed the contention a "virtu ally n negligible quantity." The Fore man commission reported that "at best the net nppllc to comparatively few streets" and that "If worst comet to worst the City Council eeni not to be precluded fioin grunting to a new com pany the light to lay down track and to operate ems In .streets already occu pied." The time for humbug and binding Is past. The people are determined to de fend home ride, and the court are cer tain to suppoit them'. Let there be fall play and common -elite on both -ides. Record Herald. RETIRED BY HIS D00I0RS. and that would simply mean demoralization. Itefore coming to Chicago Mr. Sablu w.i at the head of the I'acllle Coast Telephone Company, which operated 100,000 Instrument, hi San Pruncl-co alone hi company had 'Jd.OOO tele phone, or within 1!,WHJ of the number Chicago. The Central Union Company operate In Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, nnd when the new President arrived here and found that the company controlled but 7,00 Instruments In thoo three State he Immediately began to formulate' plan for branching out. I.at night he said 1,000 new telephone had been placed In ludlnnapoll within the last mouth, In the three State hi energy ha ralcd the total 11,000, but he llud that more money must be forthcoming to carry on the Improvements outlined, and without mincing matter he lued the circular quoted, telling the stock holder what must be done. LARGEST IN CHICAGO. FOR PRESIDENT 1904, aSfaaaaa Mfcl Ar aaaWWWWWv maV aWWr ' v' Waaaait JH -amaWr.;, Chief Sweiilo ha seen Mayor come nnd go. He ha witnessed the brief reign of many Chief of Police. He ha been the permanent servant of the city for -0 long n time that the mem orv of man runneth not to the con trary, while all the other men who have served It have had only tempo rary poseloii of their olllcos. Put the" da v come when the oldest public -ervant, like the oldest Inhabitant, must glvf; up hi honor to another. The doctor have made their medical survey of the head of the Pile Depart ment," and have condemned lilm to re tlracy and Inglorious case. He ha ,,,....,i..ii -tiu-ti- verdict and ha ton dcred lit reglguatlon at the close of more than half a century of active lite lighting. No doubt he would have preferred to die lu the harne. A man who bus led Chief Swenle's active life dread the prospect of future yearn of ivt anil rut. devoid of the excitement of the claug of the lire gong. Indeed, he may be n rather unhappy man for a time, until he ha found something to amuse hlni-elf with. It may be also that he will be troubled at llrst by the uucay feeling that the department Is not be ing managed In all respect quite so well as he would have managed It. This Is the natural feeling of incii who. after having been In command for year, make way for others. The ex Chief will minister to his peace of mind by keeping away from tires lu the lu tine. Then he will not have tin op portunity to think how much better he could have taken care of them If In a iio-ltlon to give orders. Portunately for the city, Swonle ha rented competent successors. He has managed his department unvexed by politician, and has trained his sub ordinate well In the art of lighting tires. Goldsmith's parson "allured to blighter worlds anil led the way." .Sweule has pointed to blazing build ings and "led the way." He has taught the men whom he has brought up' to be courageous reckless even alert, and Indefatigable. He has tilled the entire department with his own spirit. Theie are men in that department who have the experlencee and Judg ment Its head should have. One of them will be Swenle's successor. The Mayor has made his choice, but has not announced It yet. Whichever one of the veterans of the department may be put in charge, the people will coiill ileutly expect from lilm the skill and energy which his predecessor displayed In their service for so many years of the city's llfe.-Chlcago Tribune. ABUSING CITY OFFICIALS. It I- seldom that we Hud anything to agree with In our prohibition ex chiiigc. but the following article on "The Polly of Perpetual Condcmna tlou," from the lhuaiiclpator, of Spring Held, contain 0 much truth that we gladly reprint it: "A paper wl'h n large circulation, de voted to the work of temperance reform and which eern to go upon the general principle of hitting a head whenever It ecs it, was asked recently by a reader whether the Mayor and Chief of Police of Chicago should not be given credit for aggressive step against the eiiin lutal elao. The reply lu the charac teristic style of this Journal was to the effect that this wa all a part of a big game, and that 110 sensible man would delude hlni-elf for a moment by sup posing It to he genuine. "We believe that this attitude on the part of avowed reformers Is directly re sponsible for much municipal corrup tion. What encouragement is there to any decent otllclal to enforce the law and Incur the enmity of the lawless ele ment when the sincerity of his motive will be Immediately questioned by those who received the benellt of hi net? "This policy of alwily -coldlng mid never approving would drive anybody except an arch-angel Into the rank of the opposition. We believe that nine tenth of the cities lu till State have belter municipal otllcers than they de serve. The difference between the llr-t few month of an ntlmlultrntlnii mid the last few months (where the otllclal Is not a candidate for re-election) Is due in most ease to Indifference and un reasonableness on the part of the re spectable element. It 1 true that there are corrupt otllcluls. but the majority of those elected are ordinary men who try to do what will please the largest num ber. When an otllclal doe something that Is right lie should be commended for It win made to understand that It Is popular, and encouraged to do It again. Such eoininoii-senso procedure would steaillly result In securing more con scientious otllcluls and better government." Ctillom. If Cullotu takes this place he must give up the chairmanship of the Interstate Coinmercec Committee, and Senator Ulklus will probably succeed to that." Senator Mason held an all-day levee at the Grand Pacltle. Visitors from the country were especially numerous "Everything goes well," said tho Sen ator. "I married Mr. Mason twenty eight years ago today, I have Jut wired her, nnd she ha renewed the agreement for nnothcr twenty-eight years." HAHBERQ CRIES RETRENCHMENT. Itlgld retrenchment In expenditures I the edict which ha gone forth to all county olllce. llroiight to a uddin realization of the tlnanclnl strcs of the county by thellnal lcpoit made by Han Id li. I leal , as Superintendent of Pub lie Service, President .lohti llnnberg ha sent out letters to all the otllcluls 01 derlug them to cut off every possible expen-e. t The order Is expected to raise havoc among the county otllcluls. The dis charge of hundtcdt of county oinplojos will be Imperative In older to e.ury out the ultimatum of the head of the coun ty government. President Hanherg I II 11 11 lu his declaration that no oilhe must overrun Its appropriation. Most of them have aheady expended two thlid of the money which they secured to last them through the year. The amount apropriated for -uluilc, supplies and contingent putpn-e amounted to !?:I)170,H,J.". itut of tills there ha been such a large portion al ready expended that the grim -peeler of bankruptcy is staring the county olllclals In the face. Former Warden (Srahani, of the hos pital, who spout motley so recklessly that he left but SIWKK) out of a .S10.V io appropriation for Ids successor, 1). 1). Healy. to run through the year with, wa probably the wort offender of all the otllclal. The Sheriffs otllce alo has been guilty of extravagance, and for thl reason it ! very likely that there will have to be a lopplng-otV of head In the Sheriff's olllce. The other olllces which will have to curtail their expenditures to keep the county from buukriitey are: County Treasurer, A-seois. Coroner, Cleik of Circuit Court. Department of Public Seivlce and Probate Court Clerk. "Kconomy and frugality must lieprae- timi ny every otllclal Head of the coun ty," said President Hanherg. "I have sent notices to them explaining the lt nation and pointing out the ueces-lty of such action. 1 lie pa. incut from our up pioprlatlon of n lot of debt of the old board made a big hole in our finances and I realize the -cr!ouncs of till matter. It Is for that reason that I have taken the action lu person without consulting the board, and have ordeied retrenchment lu every possible manlier." JUST VERDICT IN CASE. CONSPIRACY CARTER H. HARRISON. REVIVING NINETY-NINE CLAIM. YEAR We have now n trustworthy, intelli gent and representative street railway commission, which is prepared to take up the question of fr.iuchle extension mill settle It upon Its meilts. The trac tion companies, If they mean to treat the municipality fairly, to ask nothing In exce-s of their rights and legitimate Intere-ts and to make such conces hlons as the public is entitled to de mand, have no further rcn-on for de lay. They should prepare their 01 dl-nance- and jire-ent them to the com mission as a basis for rational, sober, candid d!ctislon in the full light of day. Hut th" disquieting statement S made lu this morning's Chronicle that, according to .lame- II. Kekels, a dl-n-rtor of the Union Traction Company, 110 application for extensions Is to bo made. The corporations will stand on their alleged legal rights under the ninety-nine year net of :-; and chal lenge the city to Invalidate them. Mr. Eckels Is repre-ented as -nylng: "The company will not apply to the city or lounty for an extension of its fran-i-hlsesr, and I gue-s no one knows that Imtter than Major Harrison. The city will have to bring up the question of extension. The people who are now lu control of the Union Traction Com pany, the Whltney-Ityan element, con sldered that Issue when they bought control three year- ago. They had le gal advice that the nluety-nliie-year ex tension act pasxed by the legislature was valid, and they bought the control In full reliance upon that opinion." During the late mayoral campaign some such threat was hinted at, but no one took It seriously. The intelligent citizen has long believed that the nine-ty-nlne-yenr act wa worthless to the companies except as a f-prlng for A!- SABIN'S TELEPHONE ENERGY. President John I. Snbln, who came to Chicago two mouths ago from San Pr.iueIco 10 take charge of the Central Union Telephone Company, has asked tin. stockholder- for ?.",XiO,(nxi with which to push the company's business from It- present limits of 70,WO In-tiu-incuts to :;w,ooo. "If the company expects to keep up In the race ami make any money," said President Snbln to nn Kngle reporter Tucsduy night, "the stockholders must awake to the need of extending the business, 1 have put the proposition to them, and It is now up to tliein to raise money by one of the methods I have sugge-ted." Tin' circular I tied by the President wa- -eiit to all stockholders last Sat urday. In propo-lug to nse-s the cap ital stock of the company .f.'.iJOO.WM Pre-lduit Snbln says that Jfa.ofio.oU) must be forthcoming at once and .L', 000,000 by 100.'. He says in his circular to the stock holder: "I tlnd that It I- Imperatively neii siiry that at least $:i,0i0,i00 be pro vided without delay; that K one-half Immediately and one-half before the clo of tin present year, with a call for another million dollars during the rtr-t halt of the year 1W1 and one more for the same amount during the 1 ist half of the jear 1W, making the total of r,,sxM, This sum, In addition to the net Income during the jii-rlod named." The President observe-, further, that the lsue of bond- under the present mortgage has reached Its limit; that the net revenue will not allow extension rapidly enough, and that while theie huo been a number of proposed modes of getting the money in hi- opinion the most practical 1- one of the following three; For the stockholders to ngteo to a voluntary assessment of .J0 per share Immediately, .f-0 per share be fore Dee. :il, 10(11, and WO per share during 1002; or to agree to loan tho company the same fund- at the same time at 1 per cent interest; or to agree to purchase a share of the unissued cap Hal stock of the company at par. He Iiwlst- If the great majority or prac tically all of the stockholders will not agree to one of the-e three propo sitions nearly all new work must stop, HON. DENIS E. SULLIVAN. When the memorable light against the notorious Humphrey and Allen bills was 011 before the Fortieth (Jen eral Assembly of the Illinois Legisla ture, Denis K. Sullivan, a young man from Chicago, then -7 years of age, was prominent hi the fray. He made Several strong speeches against the measure and was re-elected. In the Foriy-llrtt General Assembly he Intro duced the bill which repealed the Al len law. Mr. Hulllvnn was born nt Kewuuee, 111., lu 1S(U. He was educated In the public schools and subsequently en tered upon the study of law In the law department of Lake Forest University. He was admitted to the bar after com pleting his studies lu 181)4. lu 1MM he was elected to l'he Legislature as a member of the House of ltcpreseuta- tlves from the Twenty-third Senatorial District. His campaign for re-election in 1M)S was fought strenuously by the corpo rate Interests behind the Humphrey bill, but ho was successful by a large majority. He led the celebrated light In the House .ludlelaiy Committee when the repeal of the Allen law was forced out for a vote despite the des perate tactics for Its sponsor. Last full Mr. Sullivan was again elected to the Legislature and Is now serving his third successive term. He was appointed Assistant Corporation Counsel by Mayor Harrison in 1807 ami lu 1M0 was placed at the head of the Special-Assessment Law Department by Corporation Couusel Walker. A short time ago, when the Legislature called him away from tho city, he re signed that position. Mr. Sullivan is now associated with ex-Coiigressmau McDnuuold and D. I. .la licit. In January, 1000, Mr. Sullivan mar ried Marie Carlisle Mullins, a niece of John 0. Carlisle, former Secretary of the Treasury. Any other verdict than that rendered by the Jury lu the Defcnbaeh Insur ance conspiracy ease would hae come as 11 surprise to the public. The testi mony at the trial had made It so ap parent that the defendants had planned to secure inotie.Vffyy false pretense and through Insurance policies on the life of Marie Defcnbaeh that 110 verdict save that of guilty seemed logical. In fact, so convincing did the evidence ap pear to the Jurors that even the sen sational and highly emotional features of the closing days of the trial did not lutliieiice the twelve men to take more than one vote for each of the two pris oners. Dr. Unger and Francis Wayland Itrown are thus disposed of on this charge, and providing a new trial Is not granted the conspirators will he sen tenced to terms lu the penitentiary. Smiley, who turned State's evidence, will be dealt with ns Judge Tuley de termines. Hut 11 still more serious charge hangs over the three defend ants. It remains for the State to make clear the cause of Marie Defenbach's death. Were the prisoners lu any way responsible for this? Is the question the State will now set out to answer. And there Is also the case of Deputy Coroner John Weckler. The Grand Jury soon will consider the charge against him that he conducted the In quest 011 the body of Marie Defcnbaeh with six empty chairs ns Jurors. If it Is proved that Weckler held his In quest lu this manner the people will want to know what Induced lilm to do so, and the explanation may throw ad ditional light ou the main and still most Important point was Marie Def enbach's death natural or not? This case has excited general Inter est, and Its termination In a convic tion of guilt strikes the public as Just and lu keeping with the facts. Post. NEW COMMITTEE FOR CULL0M "I think Senator Ctillom will surely he chairman of the Committee 011 For eign ltclntlons in the next session of Congies," said Senator Mason Tues day, in commenting 011 Senator Henry Cabot Lodge's candidacy tor the place, with the backing of Knstcrn high pro tectionists. "It Is the llrst time Illi nois has had a chance to get such an Important chairmanship, it belongs to Senator Culloin, and circumstances give liim leverage which I do not be lieve Senator Lodge or anybody else can overcome, "This chairmanship has been left va cant by the death of Senator Davis of Minnesota. Hy an unwritten law of the Senate the next man on the com mittee steps Into such a vncaney un less lie refuses to tako It. Senator Frye of Mnlue Is lu line for tills cliulr muuslilp, but to take it he would have to leave the chairmanship of the Com mittee on Commerce, and that would mean his abandonedment of the ship ping subsidy bill to other enre, which would mean practically Its defent, which would break Senntor Hnnnn's heart. Therefore I believe that Sena tor Frye will elect to leave tho foreign itlatlous chairmanship open to Senator With the next Itepublleau State con veutlou more than a year distant poli ticians are becoming almost as active as If the primaries and the convention were to 1h held within a mouth. It Is assumed hy most of the politi cians that there will.be a new align ment of the political forces lu the He- publican party lu this State. The death of John It. Tanner ivmovcd the one man who was looked up to hy the stal wart Republicans down the State as their lender, Muny of the old guard are casting about for a man to take his place. Thus far no one of sulliclent stature has appeared to till the position he vacated as chieftain of the uncom promising Republicans. There are many smaller men, each of whom is as loyal and true a Itepublleau as was Tanner, but jiono of these has the qualities of leadership which he possessed. Those who would aspire to leadership are trying, and thus far without success, to rally around their respective banners the organization which John K. Tanner created. Some are actively engaged lu tills work of seeking to he recognized as party lead er. Other- are waiting for a call to duty at the head of the Itepublleau party. Tho situation Is complicated hy the fact that tho Forty-third General As sembly will elect 11 United State- Sen ator to succeed William K, Mason, There nre six active candidates in the Held for tho Senntorshlp. These are Senntor Mason, Martin n. Madden, Chaiies G. Dnwcs, Charles II. Aldrleh, Frank O. Lowden nnd ex-Maybr John A. lloehe, Mr. Maoii 1 relying oti the friend and the forces which made lilm Senator in 1807. He Is counting 011 the sentiment of personal liking for hlin which won for him then. He I alo tlguiitig on the support of the Federal administration, and on the intlueiice of the Federal appointees who owe their places to him. He Is counting further more on the Idea thnt he is to be elinlr man of the Senate Committee on Post otllce and Potroads lu the next Con gios, and that this position will give lilm much power and Itittueiice among the rural postmasters and their friend thioughoitt the State. Mr. Madden hopes to retain a good portion of the strength which he hnd lu the contest with Maou In 1807, and he think he can Increase this following in the State outside and to some extent In .'00k County. At that time Mr. Mad den wa for a time the candidate of the Cook County Republican organization. Itefore the cnutet ended he was dropepd by the organization and Will lam l.oiimer was substituted for lilm at the organization candidate. Madden went over to Mason on that occasion and took with lilm thoc of hi friend who would follow him. Mr. Madden 1 iiNo estimating that he may be again the candidate of the Cook County organization, which may he re organized, hi friend think, bcfoie the next General Assembly meet. Mr. Dawe It the candidate, practi cally, of the same clement which re elected Senator Culloin last January. The friend of Dawc believe he will have the united support of the organi zation which wa successful In that contest. They feel that Mr. Dawes will have the tacit, If not the active support of the national administration. They ilgurc that he will have alo the friend liness of a number of the member of the Tanner organization. They are counting oil the support and votes in the Leglslatuie of the men who sup ported Judge Carter for the Republican nomination for Governor lat year. They take no account of Mr. Mason's claim that the lutliicucc of the Federal administration will be thrown to the picsent Senator. With all these ele ment supporting lilm, Mr. Dawes' friends consider lilm practlcnlly Invin cible. Hut the Senatorial question Is com plicated by the situation as to the Re publican Gubernatorial unmlnalloii In 1IMJ I, Three men are talked of a pos sible. If not already at thl time actual candidates for the nomination to the Governorship. It Is an open secret that Speaker L. Y. Sherman, of Ma comb. Is a candidate for Governor. It Is equally well understood among the politicians who are supposed to be 011 the Inside In the political jlcvclopuii'iit that Mr. Dawes and Mr. Sherman have an understanding between themselves, and that Sherman will support Dawes for the Seuatorshlp next year and lu return Dawc. should he lu elected Sen ator, will cast his lutliicucc for Sher man for Governor two years later. This combination has made trouble. Some of Sherman's closest personal and political friends are opposed to his ty ing himself up Irevocably with Dawes or with any other candidate for the Scnatorshlp. They are advising Slier man that he should take on only one light at a time. They are telling lilm that if he Join his fortunes with Dawes now the men and the forces which will oppose Dawes for the Sen ate will oppose Sherman for Governor. They think that Sherman should make his canvas for himself only, and should not link himself with Dawes. They are telling hlin that the Tanner men who supported Sherman for Speak er and opposed Culloin for Senator last winter will be slow to support Sherman for Governor If It should appear that Sherman ha cast his political future with what I- known ns the Federal crowd, which Includes Culloin. Hitch, Heihca. Aine, Humphrey and the oth er men who perfected tho Culloin or ganization last winter. They are re peating a remark said to have been made recently by David T. Littler, of Spiiiigtleld. Mr. Littler was an ardent Cullom man lu the last Senatoiial con test. The remark referred to was made by Mr. Littler the day after Tanner's funeral. In the group lu which Mr. Littler was conversing the talk turned on the Seu atorshlp. Mr. Littler said. It I report ed, that he did not know whn would be Senator, but he did know that "no importation would be allowed to become Senator from II)lnols," Tills reinnrk was construed by those who heard It to be aimed at Mr. Dawes, and some of Sherman's friends are tell ing lilm of It as proof that not all who were for Cullom will be for.Dawes. On the other hand, some of Dawes' friends are advising lilm not to tie himself up with Sherman on the Governoishlp proposition. They say that Sherman will have hitter enemies, and that these enemies of Sherman will become ene mies of D.iwes. That Governor Yates will be a candidate for reuoiiituatlon Is hcllcu'd by his fi lends, Ho lias given 110 Intimation that lie will seek a second lei m, but many of his closest friends are acting ns If they were preparing for a contest In his behalf when the State conentlou meets lu 1004. The Yates men have no candidate for Senator as yet. Some of them would like to take up Dawes, but they have no assiuauce that Dawc- would be for Yates lu re turn, and they me disturbed by the re ports, of an alliance between Dawes and Sherman. Governor Yates might like to be Senator himself, but It I believed he wants to serve out his term a- Governor, and If he Is to be Sena tor, to have that honor come In hi sec ond term In the Governor's clmlr. Gov ernor Yates has appointed to otllce many of the prominent members of the Tanner organization; hut Dawes Is stealing some of them, vThero Is Walter Louden, of Trenton, for Instance, Judge Louden was a stalwart Tanner man. Governor Yates appointed him on the claims commission, and It was supposed that henceforward Louden would he a Yates man all aloug the Hue, Hut Dawes had Louden appoint ed to transact soiuo business for the Federal Government. Louden made n hnndsomo fee, tho story goes, nnd now Ixmden is reported ns saying nice things about Dawes' Senatoiial Candi da ey. Walter Reeves, too, must be reckoned awaaaaaaaaaaiSaaaa HON CHARLES S. DENEEN. The Celt State's Attorney that Cook County Has Ever Had. with as 11 Gubernatoral candidate. Some of the Reeve men are saying he will retire from polities nt the close of his present term III Congress, hut oth ers assert that he will never be satis fied till he has won the honor of the Gubernatoral nomination, which was at one time almost within hi grasp at the Peoria convention last year. So far as known Reeve lias made 110 al liance with auy one as to the Senato iial contest. Some of the men who weie for lilm for Governor arc now for Dawc for Senator, and some of them are declining themselves for Sherman for Governor. With Reeve '11 candi date for Governor, the Federal crowd would be a house divided. Last year the Federal crowd was solid for Reeve for Governor. Now If Reeves should be a candidate again in 1001, and Hnd Dawes and Sherman Joined lu offen sive and defeiilve alliance, which mut necessarily be hostile to hi am bition, there would be a pllt In the Federal ranks ami neither Reeves nor Sherman would win. So It would seem that in the group which Includes Yates, Dawc, Sherman, Mason, Madden, and Reeve, matters are decidedly mixed. However, there are other elements which will be powerful In the contest lu tire coming three years. Congress man Hopkins, Hltt, Cannon, ami War ner, former Congressman Lorlmer, and his ttieuds; the Tanner men who have not us yet Indicated their preference among the conflicting groups of poli ticians; thi'iiiew situations which may arise lu consequence of the redlstrlct lug of the State all these will be file tors in determining the results In poli tics before the next two State conven tions. With so many candidates for Govern or, and so many candidates for Sena tor, matters are complicated. What al liances may he made cannot be fore told. One thing seems certain, and it Is that the hottest light lu the Re publican party this State has seen for inany years .will be waged from now till the Republican State convention meets next year. The buttle will be for the control of that convention, nnd the elements which dominate it will have a probability of remaining lu charge of the party affairs lu this State for many years. The l'aglc congratulates the public at large, the Moouey and Poland De tective Agency, ami John Poland espe cially upon the conviction of Dr. Aug ust M. Unger and Frank Wayland Itrown. Chicago citizens are proud of John Poland, and well they may be, for Chicago, and the State of Illinois owes John Poland a debt of gratitude for his perseverance ami tireless efforts in bringing about a conviction of Un ger mid Itrown. Dr. August M. Unger and Frunk Wayland Urown were found guilty of conspiracy to obtain money by false pretenses by a Jury lu Judge Tuley's Court, nnd their punishment llxed nt Imprisonment in the.peulteii tlary. The Jury was out less than half tin hour, and took but one ballot. A motion for a new trial was made by the defendants' attorneys. It will be argued a week from next Friday. If a new trial Is not granted the prisoners will be sentenced by the Court. The maximum term Is live years. The Defcnbaeh conspiracy case has been one of the most Interesting and complicated with which the criminal otllcluls of Cook County have had to deal for ninny mouths. The evidence showed that Marie Defcnbaeh, a beau tiful young woman of fair education, became Infatuated with Dr. Unger, who had mi otllce at Xo. 180 West Mud Ison street. The llrst net of conspiracy, us shown by the evidence, wns 011 April 10, 10(10, when she applied to the New York Life Insurance Company for a $10,000 policy on her life. This was refused on the ground of her Hiiaiiclal standing and character. Her next ap plication wns for an ifS.OOO policy lu that company, and this also was ie fused. On July It. however, she ob tained n New York Life policy M'or .fo.OOO. She was Initiated into tho order of the Knights and Ladles of Honor, ami obtained n s?2,000 policy on May 10. On June 11 the woman wns taken Into the Foresters, ami" got n policy for Jjtt.OOO, making the total Insurance 011 her life ?12,000. Tho proceeds of the New-York Life and Knights and Ladles of Honor policies were to go to Unger as trus tee or by power of attorney, Tho For-' esters policy was to lie divided be tween Unger, Itrown, nnd Smiley, Un ger to receive ?a,000, Itrown nnd Sinlley $1,000 eaii. Application hnd also beeu made to other Insurance companies, and ' the general scheme contemplated sccur- Ing about 507,000 worth of liiturancc. The Regent conspiracy, however, enme to light about that time, and n number of Insurance companies became sus picion, and refused to Issue politic. After the Foresters policy had beeu scctirtd It was learned that there might be ome trouble lu collecting It. In order to get around this feature, It was planned to represent that Ml Defcn baeh had an nlllaiiccd husband, and have the transfer made to lilm. Itrown was llrst taken Into the deal, according to the evidence, and uked to Hud a man. He found Smiley, mid 011 Aug. 1U the bogus engagement was entered Into. The Defcnbaeh woman moved to the home of Mrs. Monahan, No. 1110 LaSalle avenue. Aug. lu. innuc tier win Aug. -nj, and died Aug. '.'5. A post-mortem was -apposed to have been held, and the cause of death wa given a dysentery. The deputy coroner made return- that he had held an inquest, and that the death was from natural causes. The body was cremated, and the conspira tor attempted to collect the Insurance money. The facts relating to the death of the girl became known to her uncle, Calvin Huntsman, and he began to trace the conspiracy. He went to John Helmut, President of the Moouey & Ro land agency, where Itiown and Smiley were employed, and related what he had found out. Mr. Poland accused Smiley, and got a confession from hlin. This caused the arrest mid Indictment of all the parties concerned. Assistant State's Attorney Olson gave great credit for the result to tho effort q of the Moouey & Poland Detective Agency, by which Francis Wnyland Itrown and Frank Smiley had been em ployed until the exposure of the con spiracy. Kspcclally does Mr. Olson give praise to John Poland, head of the great agency, who has sought In every way to bring the truth to the surface, aiding the State throughout the long trial mid la the preparation of evidence. "I felt confident of the verdict," said Mr. Olson. "Seldom has n defense been called 011 to face such conclusive evi dence a- was presented lu tills trial. It might have been somewhnt disjointed nt times, but, tnkeu ns a whole, the facts presented n stone wall. Kspcclal ly does the Stnto nnd Its citizens owe thanks to this man," pointing to Mr. Poland, "for his persevering efforts to bring out the truth surrounding this crime. He has given untiling attention to the case and to him Is due lu gicat part the bringing of these men to Jus tice." "I have merely done my duty," snld Mr. Poland. "1 mid those with 1110 have -ought to learn the true facts surround ing the death of this girl. We brought the matter to the attention of the State's Attorney as the public prosecu tor. We were anxious that Justice should he done to nil. These men weie Indicted by a grand Jury upon presen tation of the facts. They have been tried fairly nnd hnve been fouud guilty. They have received much aid concern ing which the public knows nothing. Many concessions have been made to them by the prosecution nil In the ef fort to be generous and Just mid give them every opportunity to clenr them selves of the crime chnrged ngnln-t them." Hon. Pinery II. Moore, the well known business ii'inn'who Is urged by Republican leaders for County Treas urer, is lu Los Angeles, California, for a few weeks. Sir. Monro Is the leader In the hardwood floor business hero lu Chicago, where he has furnished the best homes for years. Catering tothe wishes ami desires of Pasadena nnd Los Angeles millionaires, Mr. Moore has recently opened n palatial branch store at Los Angeles, which bids fair to rival his famous Chicago nnd Ron ton stores. Mr. Moore spent most of the winter In California, but Is making n short business trip tills time, as he will probably return to Chicago by July 1, at tho latest. The safo rule Is to like what you please, and If you llko rngtlmo music or uuuiiislc llko it nnd bid thoso who would Interfere with you go hang. It is better to be tolerant than jto bo learned. Hut rngtlmo strains are de lightful, all tho same. Wo doubt If tho man who haughtily turns his ears upon them can really appreciate either Path or Handel. General Miles nrgues strenuously for good roads because of their great use in time of war. Their usefulness In tlmo of peace Js to most people a suffi cient argument for having '.hem, j?k:?ii f - sEQ.-iuViaii.viwass; .-.. --VKX i-'itlM