Show TWO CLEVER FEAUDS ALLEGED NEWSPAPER PEDESTRI AXS WHO VISITED SALT LAKE ExSenator OBriens Son Traveling On Ills > erve IHs Partner the Son ot a Chicago Millionaire Ii I i Several months ago an alleged newspaper news-paper man named OBrien alias Sydney I Syd-ney tramped through Salt Lake on his way from Chicago to San Francisco I Fran-cisco He claimed to have walked the entire distance between this place and I entre the Windy city but there were strong suspicions in the minds of these who had furnished met him that the railroads I with nished both he and his partner nearly if not quite all the motive power pow-er The San Francisco Call gives the Francsco interesting account of his following interestng doings on the coast Fred Jules OBrien alias Sydney the vagrant fakir an account of whose trip vagant Chicago to San Francisco I under the representalon that he and I Chicago newspaper his partner were I reporters walking from the World I fair city to the scene of the Midwinter fair on a 5000 wager in 100 days was published in the Call l last month has I agin started out on a similar trip on similar representations to work railroads simiar roads express companies and hotelmen hotel-men He is accompanied by Frank Boyington a son of the millionaire I folding bed manufacture of Chicago and together the two men will attempt Ito I-to get back to Chicago without paying their fare or board while en route They are armed with what purport to be newspaper correspondent badges of the Chicago Times Chicago Tribune Trib-une Harpers Weekly and the Century Cen-tury Magazine and a written contract Oba letter head of a saloon keeper agreeing to pay them 5000 i they reach Chicago in 100 days from Feb 1 The contract Is signed by a man I named Thompson and another person who are at present eking out an existence exist-ence by running a For Men Only show In this city The intention of the two fakirs is to represent that they cannot can-not work to obtain money to get east but what they require food and transportation trans-portation solicited by the newspapers newspa-pers of San Francisco who are at the back of the wager to be given them gratis Neither of the men has ever been actively engaged at newspaper work OBrien was for a few months engaged as a newsgatherer for a Chicago local bureau Boyington was never in anyway any-way connected with a newspaper Fred Jules OBrien is 23 years old He Is a son of exSenator OBrien of the law firm of OBrien OBrien New York city In a burst of confidence con-fidence to a friend in this city he told a story of how his father had set him adrift in the world because of his misconduct I mis-conduct He is a graduate of Harvard I a good talker and all in alt able to take care of himself In his own way Frank Boyington OBriens partner is about one year his senior He Is well educated being a graduate of Chicago university Against the wishes of his parents he drifted to the coast about two months ago and soon fell in with OBrien For a time his father sent him money and he lived in style For some reason his remittances were cut off and after having pledged all his belongings be-longings he found himself among strangers without means of support For two weeks under an assumed name he occupied a bed on the floor of the old city prison The itinerary of the pair is San Jose Los Angeles and from there over the I Atchison Topeka Santa Fe route I to Chicago I I Fashion Drift I Pique and cheviot were so much liked last summer for plain suits that they are to figure very extensively in the present seasons best stocks I Dotted Swiss is to be the favorite material for young ladles dresses I I is very thin sheer and fine and the dot have a daintiness not usual in this grade of fabric I The earliest spring dresses in cotton goods are to be made with rather pain I round skirts some of them with lace or embroidery trimming others with fat braid or cotton galloon in many rows rowsI is an interesting study t watch the improvement from year to year in the printing and wearing of fine cotton fabrics Some of the new pieces are colorstudies worthy the attention of an artist S Fine French organdie printed in floral flor-al pattern is to be a favorite summer material There are patterns with black groun d with yellow violets which flower by the way seems to be one of the particular favorites also violets vi-olets in all shades of purple and hello trope I Stylish waists for cotton dresses are made In surpliceshape or after any of the popular blouse ideas Fitted linings are sometimes used and over these the material IS drawn down to the waistline waist-line Many of these waists have the outside ahd lining joined only at the shoulderseams and under the arms |