The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-06

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Chic 1870 set ter
chic AGO Nay II dinarlss tl3hf
have food tpr THIRTY. years at
the corner of la salls ANA Iaaisnt,s
streets this cittss .re being dentols
ished SbFs u gang of :sssrec kers III make
room for g new hotel which VIII be-
one or the largest 4 hostelrie III i:
worid. The old Sbnila Ingsi were me-
mentpes of the reconst ructi ION aperiod9
tmmeliatelr following the big fire.
and one OF the structures the Ia Sale
building. was an example % the earli.
est attempt at fire proof cnnstruc--,
ton IN \ Chicago! IA j generation ago,
this building was "polnted to With
pride. by boastinls citizens as q COM
binaiion Of mod ern convent nces and
architectural beauty. It has shelter.
ed under its. roof some OF the promi.;
nentE firms that have helped to build
up the big business Sof y the West
Now 1t Is fast crnmbling under the
picka yes Of the wreck ING gang a saac-44
riffce to the progress OF the city. The
new hotel Will be q gigantic structure!
one story higher than the \ Masonic
Temple. one Of the sights. OF the;
city. It will have d frontage Of s17s.
feet IN La Sale street and 1261sii feet
in Madison street, and will contain
1000. 600 cubic feet, more than tina
space contained in any except three,
bnillinFs !n the city. the new court
house, the federal butlding and tbs:
First National Bank block The
weight will he carried on eighty.nine,
concrete caissons, which will extend
down 100 feet to solid rock. It Will
consist OF twenty.one stories. and win
be a;little less than 400 feet high. The
weight OF the. steel TO he used in build
| ing the new hotel will be 81 600 tons.
while a 100000 bricks will enter into
its construction. The building Will
contain IS miles OF electric light fan,l
power cebles. co miles OF conduit
tubes ana 20 miles OF telephone wire.
" The American system or selecting
Jurors was severely scored by Sid
ney S. j. stealman. a LONDON harris.
ter who visited a Chicago court
room and listened with Enhancement
to the long examination of talesmen.
He declared that In England even in
the most Important civil and criminal
cases, the: jury, as a rule. Is secured
within three minutes. ct he prlncipa.
officer of the court. whose duty Is to
assist the Judge. is supplied with a
list usually containing forty OF, fifty
names taken from a list OF persons
qualified to serve" he said. From
this list he calls twelve names. TAX.
ing them from the list in any order he
lp1eases: AS each man is called. E, he
goes into the jury box until twelve
are there. At that moment thereSis a
"Epanse before they are sworn, when
either side may challenge hut that
right Is rarelysEused The good faith
and 5impartiality OF the jury is taken
forfgranted. After that moment elan.
ses, the jury is ordered to arise the
oath Is administered, and Mt once the
counsel for the prosecution rises i 70
open his case The English solicit
tor was posftive-the British usually
are positive-that under the British
system tmiscarriages OF Justice were
rare. and that graft" and "jury fix.
ing are practically unknown. He
sasped in establishment as he listen.
4 ed ito the qnizzfng of the veniremen.
/ and heard sthe lawyers for the prose.
cution and defense question them.
When told That in some Instances
days elapse without single juror
being secured, he exclaimed: 1.-THE
time wasted by your methods must
\ be prodigious.e The judge. the walt.
1 ing ]urrmen, the parties to- the cause
!: and the counsel think of the time
that goes for nausht. A few minutes
devoted by. the Judge ut the opening
/ of the case, or even in the summing
4 UP. would in practically, every in
! stance achieve the same end. Thu
wheels Of Justice would 60 round fas
\ ter. q
Discovery that the Standard OF
! Company owns considerable; propert,
on Crooked Street" in Chicago ha.
been a ray Of 10y Of late to the para
I grapher, and it has called attention