The morning call., 1894-02-10

would be found advantageous here. As is well
kuown. the police courts of this city are
punched In the same locality. This fire.
Qnently necessitates the transportation of pris-
oners long distances for trial. The item of cost
In the aggregate OF such cases Is no small mat
ter and the loss OF time is very great. New
York, Mr.. Diyyer said. has four police districts,
with separate courts. IL all prisoners were
tried In the central district the time consumed
in tr vel from some of the outlying localities
would frequently reach an hour and half for
the trip each way.
Architect Kenwell of Chicago. who was at
the Palace yesterday, when questioned about
what disposition was being made OF the great
number OF buildings erected near the Worlds
Fair grounds for hotel purposes, said that many
of them were being remodeIed into apartment
houses, while rows of them still stood idle and
would probably remain so for long time TO
come. The temporary nature of their consiruc-
ton renders many Of them unfit for general
uses. He further says that the secondhand
furniture-stores have accumulated stock SUM-
Client TO last them for years from these deserted
buildings.
Apropos OF the coming of the various Tam
many chiefs who are expected here, Z. o..
Teniil, New York attorneyeOf prominence,
who is in the city. says that the organization
which these gentlemen represent has new
and formidable opponent In The l1quOr-dealers
in New York, who have taken up arms against
the tyranny OF the body and its asserted 20
litical blackmail. The liquor-dealers' organ,
the Wine and Spirit Gazette. leads the fray.
and the revolt is said to be assuming preten-
tious magnitude.
IL notice that two of your morning papers
are decidedly of in their figures estimating the
attendance a the Worlds Fair for the first ten
days and making local comparisons" said f..
W. Holbert OF Chicago last night. "They both
published the attendance Of each of the ten
days and in footing up the total made mis-
take of just 100 900. In striking an average II
Will be readily seen what a difference this
would make. The average attendance at Chi.
cago for the first ten days was over 1000"
John M. Hamlln, who was member OF the
jury whchlconvicted Guiteau, the murderer of
President Garfield, is in the city. He resides
In Washington. as did al, the other members OF
that famous jury. and nine of whom are still
living besides himself. Mr.. Hamlin ridicules
the much advertised "curse" which Guiteau
flung at the men who sent him &c the gallows,
and says that published reports OF dire misfor
tunes having fallen upon the jurymen are rabid
departure from the TRUTH
w. Schubert. who formerly conducted the
Ok ford In Denver, and subsequently the Grand
-
Russ. Mr.. Schubert, besides being an efficient
hotel man, recognizes The value of news items
in keeping hotel fav orably before the public,
and evinces a commeDdable disposition (Which
might well be im ated ID other quarters) 10 as
sist newspaper men in this direction as far as
he consistently can.
II. NJ. Laidlaw, wealthy New York banker,
is at the Palace. MIR. Laidlaw is not the gen.
tleman whom Russell Sage used as shield
when attacked by a dynamite bomb thrower
some months ago, but the similarity of names
led TO report being circulated that he was the
man yesterday. and caused the bankers apart
ments 10 be deluged with the cards Of news
paper men who wanted the story.
Two Mare Island officials who were discuss
ing army and navy affairs in the Occidental last
night mentioned the fact that before 1896 two
of our foremost living generals VIII be retired
They are MajOr-General o. o. Howard and
MaJOr-G eneral Schofield. the senior officer OF
that rank commanding the United States army.
The former will retire in November next and
the latter In September OF next year.
II. n. Jarvis of Ogden is at the Palace. Mr..
Jarvis is member OF the firm OF Jarvis &
Conklin Of Kansas City, which owns the Ogden
street railway line and also big system of
irrig alton In the same locality.