.‘\ MY OLD 'SPELLING BOOK. In an unfrequented corner, in the garrei dark and dusty, ‘ One day I came across an ancient friend . ' by chance; ' ‘Time had wrinkled up his features, and his .coat was worn and rusty, . But I recognized him at a single glance. And a flood of recollection rushed and ed- died -o’er me, And .a .panoramic vision of boyhood passed before me, . As I tenderly and carefully the moths and cobwebs shook From the 'comrade of my schooldays—my blue-backed spelling book. On an age-colored fly-leaf, in a. schoolboy ' hand, was scrawled, The injunction: “Steal not this book, my honest friend," - And the “honest friend's" attention was particularly .called . Tothe fact that"'the gallows would sure- ly be his end," If he listened to-the tempter. and the hon- est path forsook, By purloining from its owner his blue- backed spelling book. With its modest “a-b ab.” and its meek and lowly ”Abel,“ Its tongue twisting "phthisics” and Scrip- tural "Zerubbebel." -' Glancing through its well-thumped pages brought a painful recollection 0f the day :I mangled "general” with 8 And of how I donned the dunce—cap fora season 'of reflection 'On the sin .of.spelling "colonel" with a llk.’l 9 While memory, with distinctness, brought to mind the teacher’s frown, The sarcastic smirk ofBiily Joneg on the day he cut me down; Of 'how Kate Boss smiled on him and curled her lip at me, Just because I thought “Kentucky" had its . . starter in a " ‘." Ah, .me! my old-time comrade, in the years forever vanished, , You have .caused me trials and tribula- , tions sore; ‘But from my remembrance there shall nevermore be banished The winter’s allay that I obtained the . floor, And .by .a happy blunder, spelled correct your hardest word, From which fact the pedagogue, in a little speech, inferred That the time was surely coming when to congress Ild be sent, And “astonish all the natives” by becom- ing president. From the-dark and dusty garret, where for Years the mice have reveled, I will place you insurroundings more re- fined; - And though with wrinkled features, and a coat somewhat disheveled, Your familiar face will always bring to mind, The delightful, happy years, when no low- _ ering clouds of sorrow ‘ Mingled troubles of to—day with dark fore- bodings of -to-morrow; And when the brightly flashing eye and the cheek with healthy glow Marked thte merry-hearted schoolboy of some 30 years ago. -—P. C. Fossett, .in Golden Days. messesssssssm‘cesmsmsu 3:? ' ' 0n the Hurricane Deck "‘ lfi , 3E HE OTHER passengers had gone below to 'the stuffy staterooms. only to toss on heated pillows while the moSquitoes did their worst. It was 11 o'clock. Long ago the fat. barber and the head waiter had taken their guitars and cracked voices into the texas. _ The Louisiana planter gave several vigourous and audible yawns; then he, too, went below to his torture. - The Martha B.-Adams slowly and per- sistently pufi‘cd along up—stream with her cargo of sugar and molasses and sweltering humanity. The hot day had reluctantly surren- dered to the night, and now the scorched. banks of the Ohio looked cool and silvery in the moonlight. “It’s too hot. to try to sleep,” said the Girl in the White Pique. “Don’t apologize for staying. It isn’t necessary. Forget your conscience for an hour. This is the last. night, you know.” “Yes, I know,” said the Girl, thoughtr fully. The Man put his chair with its back against the guard-rail. He could see her better now. The moon shone full in her face. Now and then her white hand flashed in' the moonlight as she brushed back a wind-blown curl. She laughed uneasily. tragedy, is it?” “Please don’t. Of course it isn’t to you. It’s only an incident. To-morrow night you’ll be telling your friends what an uncomfortable trip.you had. The people on the boat were so uuinterw esting. But there was one very nice little man who brought. you newspar pers and fruit and magazines at the landings.” “You flatter yourself. I’m afraid.” laughed the Girl. “Yes, I suppose I’m an idiot to even \hope that you would remember me the distance of the stage plank. But you needn’t laugh.” Away from somewhere in the depths of the boat came the voices of must: abouts singing a wierd negro melody. The pilot; house with its lonely occu- pant—the great smokestacks showing dark against the summer sky; the reg- ular chug-chug of the big wheels—wall the familiar things that had been so great a part of their lives for the past ten days now only reminded him again of the parting of their ways. He told himself that he had known just how it would be from the start. ' Confound it all! Why didn’t he bolt and go by rail, instead of staying to , have his feelings trampled upon by ' heartless girls? He would have been far safer in the smoking-room of the limited. . “Do you know,”———the low, musical .voice of the Girl had rduscd him from his reverie—NI think it is almost bet- ter not to make new friends, if one has to give them up at the very start.” The Man’s heart began to thump. and something seemed to be the matter with ‘ his head. ' . “Now, there is Mrs. Templeton”~—the man ground his teeth—“she has been ,Iovely». to me, and I’m sure we could al- ‘ways be the best of friends. She has ltold me all about her mother, and her :brother .i the. navy. Her mother must he , g.” "It isn’t a c “To say nothing of the brother,” men- tally added the Man. “And now she—I mean her husband -—-has been ordered to Venezuela. She got ’the telegram to—day; and I know I’ll never see her again.” . “Poor little girl! You have your trou- bles, too—don’t you?” O‘Too ?9’ “Yes—too. You know I’m so sorry to engineer, and the pilot." “You needn’t make fun of me! fond of Mrs. Templeton.” “Pompadour, companion and all, I suppose.” .“But she doesn’t paint.” “Paint? Who said she painted ?” “If you’re goin g to be horrid again to- night, I’m going. Last night you pre- tended to think that I flirted with the boy who came on at Cairo. Just because I wasn’t rude enough not to read that crazy book he lent me.” “Please—please don’t go.” The 'Man put his hand on the ar,m of her chair as if to detain her. “If you’ll stay, I’ll try to stifle my grief about the barber. .Won’t you let me tell you about—about my brother, for instance?” The Girl looked away toward the Ken- tucky hills. After awhile she leaned over and clasped her hands on the guardrail. Then she looked up into his face and her voice was almost a whis- lam m...— <1. _ ’ , “THIS Is THE LAST NIGHT. YOU KNO *_ per: “If you don’t care—J’d rather you would tell me about yourself.” “Temptress! is this the way you for- ture your victims ?" He laughed. “Is Cairo?” Then his voice was lower. “I’ve been trying for a Week not to tell you didn’t. That I could talk with you der the stars and hear your voice; that I would be able to smile and say ‘good- by’ when the time came, and that the hour. But I can‘t forget. Can’t you see ——can’t you feel how impossible it is?” The Girl was not laughing now. “But—but—thy must you forget?” She had risen, and the blue eyes were looking down into his earnest, troubled face. “Will you let me remember? And to~' morrow will be—only the beginning?” He was standing very close to her now, but the blue eyes had dropped their gaze. He took both her hands in his strong clasp. Ing.” . “I don’t care if the whole Packet company looks. I love you.” ‘ And the boat toiled on up the river with her cargo of sugar and molasses and sweltering humanity. . But the Man and the Girl forgot the ' heat and the mosquitoes—N. 0. Times- Democrat. . A Pretty Story of Giving. The prettiest. story of the giving of presents that I know anything about is adorable little woman who is the wife of an ex-senator from a state in the mid- dle west. She was a widow when the senator first met her, and he a widower. It was the afternoon of life with both of them, but he wooed her with the urdor of. a boy and the persistence of a man. At one time she had definitely her to marry him, and she told him so. She was deaf to his pleadings, and he went away, asking only that. he might ,give her some little gift in token of his unalterable affection. She would ac- cept nothing but a trifle—a book—she said; and a book he gave her. It was the most magnificent edition to be had, and on the back was emblazoned the title: “Paradise Lost.” But later he added to his library—their library, in fact—“Paradise Regained.”-Washing— ton Post. Dante’s Heirs. The latest descendant of the poet Dante, and the inheritor of all the rel- ics appertaining to him, has died child- less in Florence, and, being of an ce- centric disposition, has leftfortunc and all to an ignorant favorite, a footmsn whom she had raised from'the coach to the butler’s hall. Countess J ucchini was married very young to a man whom she did not love and who, happily or unhappily, soon died. She Was pos- sessed of a large fortune in her own right, and her husband, leaving her all. in his will, she was ranked as one of the richest women in Italy. The man to whom she left this was not a lover, but, on the contrary, so boorish as to be distasteful to one of her education and refinement. The Aligheri family are to contest the will on the grounds of insanity. The relics of the author of the “Inferno” embrace articles of great value to the lovers of literature.— Cincinnati Enquirer. , on the Available m... “Miss Mary, are you sorry that your sister Evelyn is married ?” ' . \" 1 Cincinnati Enquirer. part with that gentle barber, and the ; day after day, and sit here at night un- ' . roses on the stage of Studebaker hall D"“ t’ She 5am“ The P11“ ‘8 10°“ address he declared that it touched his “ heart to witness so true an appreciation a chapter in the life romance of an made up her mind that her duty forbade ’ “NO; itl’advances me one numbenf‘l-g-V . scent by contact with heavy ice when . with a message to the effect that his bal- . loon was going eastward and southward, , which would bring him over Barentz sea. . come exhausted and he was forced to de- : sccnd, his car would drag and his buoys, . stores and supplies would be scattered I that what you said to the little boy from ‘ you about myself. I’ve tried to make 3 myself think that I didn’t care—since ' parting would be only the shadow of an ‘ . Andrce’s attempt to reach the pole in a ' balloon had been successful. ‘no hope of WELL-MAN Herb-ENS. l Interesting Facts In Regard to His. ‘Journey In Franz Josef Land. NEW’ YORK, Oct. 9.—-Waltcr Well- man, the arctic explorer, who recently re- turned from a journey of exploration in. Franz Josef Land, arrived in this city on the steamship Umbria. He was ac- companied from England by his" wife. Yesterday afternoon Mr. and Mfg. VVell- man took a train for Washington, where they reside. The severe injuries the ex- plorer received from a fall in an ice cre- vasse still keep him upon crutches, and he had to be assisted from the ship by his wife and a friend.‘ Mr. Wellmun left Tromso, Norway, in June of last year for the purpose of ex- ploring Franz Josef Land. His progress was arrested by the accident in Which his right leg was injured. When asked about the accident, he said: “When once sledge dogs get stuck with their load in rough ice they are more Oh- stinate than mules, and you have got to help them out yourself. On March 20 my dogs got stuck in rough ice, and I got out of the sled, took ofl their harness and put it around my chest and shoulders, in- tending to do my own teaming until the dogs became more tractable. As I was walking along, head down and hauling my sled, I put my foot into a crack in the ice 18 inches deep. and so covered with sn6w as to be hidden. My right leg went down the crevasse, scraping the Shinbone and otherwise injuring the limb. “For eight consecutive days I walked across the ice thus injured and then fell exhausted in the snow. My companions helped me up, put me’ on a sledge and dragged me to the nearest retreat, the headquarters house at Cape Tegetthoff, where I remained in bed, crippled up, from April 9 to July 4. In August I went to London for surgical treatment. I live in the hope that I am not perma- nently crippled.” Mr. Wellman was also asked if he had any hope or expectation that Professor “It is my conviction,” he said, “that Professor Andree’s airship, shortly after its ascent, was driven to the eastward and southward and destroyed in its (19. falling into Barentz sea, which is to the eastward of Spitzbergen, for there was plenty of ice in that sea in July two years ago. “Two days after his ascent Professor Andree released two homing pigeons If the lifting power of- his "gas had be- broadcast, his airship demolished and he and his two comrades destroyed. I have hearing of any of them again.” ' LALIRIER IN CHICAGO. The Canadian Premier Receives a Cordial Welcome. .CH'ICAGO, Oct. 9.-—-When Sir Wilfrid Laurier, premier of the Dominion of Canada, stooped to kiss two little girls who were presenting him a bunch of red yesterday, he won his way at once to the hearts of more than 2,000 people, who were gathered there to bid himself and party welcome in the name of the French-Canadians of Chicago. The whole audience arose in a body and cheered approval of the graceful act of the chief guest. At the same time two other girls were received in the same welcome man- ner when they presented Lady Laurier with flowers in the box at the side of the stage. Immediately after this, when Sir Wil- frid had an opportunity to speak, he showed his thorough appreciation of the warm welcome tendered him by the French-Canadians. He thanked them for their reception of himself and the other officials from Canada. In a brief of his political policy, which he declared to be “equality to all.” He said his gos. pel is “conciliation." He also referred to the close relations existing between the United States and Canada. He said that in past years many young men had gone from the Dominion into the states because of the greater resources in the latter country, but now, crying to re- vived prosperity, he said, emigration from Canada is ceasing. He closed his address by again thanking the audience for their welcome. Mr. Laurier was followed by Mr. Al- phonse Pelletier, president of the Cana- dian senate, and Mayor Prefontain of Montreal, who paid an eloquent tribute to their fellow countrymen in the United States. Today’s programme for the Canadian visitors begins at 9:30, when Sir Wilfrid and the remainder of his party will be formally presented to President McKin- ley and members of the cabinet at the Auditorium. The Canadians will then go to view the cornerstone ceremonies and, after luncheon at the Union League club, will view the afternoon parade. This evening Sir W'ilfrid speaks at the banquet at the Auditorium. Accidental Shooting. ROCHESTER, Oct. 9.——Willie, the 14- year-old son of August Wisotzki of 92 Hollister street, while fooling with a gun, together with his brother Charles, aged 13, and George Bundschuh, aged 14, was accidentally shot at 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon and died at the Homeopathi‘c hospital last evening. The charge of shot blew the left side of his face away. exposing the Saw; tore out one eye and filled the left lobe of the brain. - v. . —"*—-—v. ‘ ~— A Fast Hair ’Mile. LEXINGTON, Ky, Oct. 11.-—Yester- day’s card of five races was made notable by the breaking of one World’s record in the trotting of a fast half mile over a rather‘slow track. In the first heat Peter the Great and Tommy Britton showed the greatest speed ever seen in a public race, when they trotted head and head the half mile in 1:011/2, with the second quarter in 29%. ~ Bicycle Records Broken. BROCKTON, Mass, Oct. lL—Both Eddie McDuffe‘e an‘d Ben. Munroe, the latter from Memphis, broke world's cycle‘ records at the track here yesterday, Mc- Duffee lowering the time for from one to five miles and Munroe for from five miles to 23 inclusive. McDuflfce rodehis first two miles in less than three minutes and his last mile in 1:21. Postmaster: A‘pp'olitcd. WASHINGTON. Oct. 10.—The follow ing fourth class postmasters have been appointed: New Jersey—Karsville. Mary E. Osmon. New' York—Greigsville. Jo- . ’«sepp Wilcox; Mandana, Oscar Foltz. i I w F EK LY 'N URW'AL K" LGAA E rrux 5?;- I --._......—.——.... ........._.. UNRULY violins". ..¢ Serious Outbreak at the Hudson Reformutory. HUDSON, N. Y., Oct. 10.—When the governor appointed a new board of man agers of the Hudson reformatory a few months ago, one of their first acts was the abolishmcnt of all corporal punish- ment. Since the new system has been in force a number of outbreaks by the we men inmates have occurred, but nothing in comparison to that which commenced Sunday about noon and continued yes- terday. The girls had just returned from service in the chapel, when, under the leadership of a Miss McCormick, about 60 broke ranks and commenced to smash and break everything in sight. Their yells were like those of Indians. The few guards and matrons were pow- erless to subdue them. The spirit of riot was soon communi- cated to the rest of the cottage inmates, and soon 300 yelling fiends were on the rampage. They tore down gas pipes and water pipes, smashed the fixtures, wrench- ed the plumbing apart, broke the tables and chairs, threw them through the win. dows, carrying glass and sash with them, and resorted to every imaginable fiend- ishncss. Their language was most dis- graceful. They ran the hose cart to the hydrant, attached the hose and nearly drowned a matron Who remonstrated. These scenes lasted during the after- noon, when theHudson police were sent ‘for. The women faced the officers, and Chief Lane was forced to throw someof them through the door. Quiet was finally restored,‘~but it"‘was not to last long. Some of the officers had gone, and after a few hours the riot again started. Se- curing broken pieces of‘ furniture, with yells that were heard in the streets of Hudson, they again commenced to break everything in sight. They even pulled down the steam radiators and separated the pipes. They attacked the guards, knocked one of the men down and tram- pled on him. The police were again sent for, and it. took them several hours to line up the women. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION. President Galloway Gives Some In- teresting Testimony. WASHINGTON; Oct. 10.——-President S. R. Galloway of the New York Central railroad and Frank Barry, secretary of the National Millers’ association, were before the industrial commission yester-' day. Mr. Galloway said that since he had been connected with the New York Central there had been no troubles with the employees. No objection was made on the part of the management to labor organizations or to arbitration of. differ- ences except upon vital questions, but there was. he thought, very little utility in a law like the present federal statute, which provided no means for compelling compliance with the findings of an arbi- tration board. He would not, however, want to arbitrate the question of wages, as a slight advance on the general pay roll, amounting to $17,000,000 a year, would make a very material difference in the company’s income. Speaking of ticket brokerage, the wit- ness characterized it as “the most demor- alizing business in the country.” He was also opposed to the granting of passes, and so far as he could control the prac- tice he had limited it to employees. The private car system was also characterizv ed as bad, but the competition, Mr. Cal- Ioway said, is such that he saw for the present no way of remedying the evil. Southern—l Industrial Convention. HUNTSVILLE, A121,, Oct. 11,—AI- though the first day’s session of the Southern industrial convention was some- thing of a disappointment to its project- ors in the matter of attendance, it was productive of considerable discussion. Governor Joseph F. Johnston, who wel- comed the delegates at the morning ses- . sion, spoke during the afternoon on the resources of Alabama. The governor’s remarks were brief,.but pointed, and he was, heartily cheered. He believed diver- sity of agriculture was the solution of all difficulties and said that such diversion .was bound to bring manufactories. Burns and Stock Burned. PRINCETON, N. J., Oct. l:u':.-.-= barn buildings of the late J. F. Phill.,.—s, located on the Trenton turnpike about two miles from this place, were de- stroycd by fire. Three horses and two coWs perished. The machinery and large crops of grain were destroyed. Loss, $8,000; covered by insurance. An l'nderwear Trust. ALBANY, Oct. 9.——As was stated in yesterday’s dispatches, a knit underwear trust is in process of formation. The officers were elected in this city Satur- day, and the final meeting is to be held on Thursday next at the Ten Eyck hotel. ETNA INSURANCE 00., ofHartford. .J Incorporatedlsm. Chartcruerpetual. 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Furniture Dealers and Mineral Funeralllirot-ton: _ M and 43 Main_$t.. Harwell, Conn. Residence," Berkelev Pl: Ct... ' a‘ug"1urgu VII 72.5 9.——Thc ' .0, GOVERNMENT FINANOEI. . 'A‘Caah Balance Unusually Large and Still Growing. WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.-—“The treas~ ury is in a position to undertake very readily the prepayment of all the inter- est due during this fiscal year, large as that amount is” said Assistant Secre- tary of the Treasury Vanderlip yester- day. “The cash balance is an extraor- dinarily large, one, being now nearly $290,000,000. It was larger than this a year ago, but we were then just receiv- ing. the payments for the $200,000,000 war loan. Our cash balance now, how-‘ ever, is far larger than it has averaged for many years, and if receipts continue to bear anything like so favorable a rela- tion to expenditures as they have recent. ly it promises to be still larger instead of being reduced. - . “The total amount of interest due be- tween now and’ July is $25,896,535. If the holders of all the bonds should this month take advantage .of the ofier for the prepayment of interest, it would be a saving to the, government of $249,478 in the rebate whichvwould he demanded. The several classes of United States bonds are now selling in the market on a basis of about 2 4-10 per cent per annum, and the rebate which the government as'ks—two-tenths of 1 per cent a month— is at that same rate._ If the demand for money is as urgent ‘as it is in some quar- ters represented to‘ be, it would seem as if holders ought to be, glad to anticipate the fiscal year’s interest when the dis- count is so small and that the situation .ought to be to a great extent relieved by this action. ' “I see no reason why this prepayment of interest should not meet with ap- proval from every quarter. From the government’s point of view it is certainly advantageous, in view of the extraor- dinary cash balance the government has lying idle in its vaults and of the saving the other hand it ofiers to the money markets over $25,000,000 which can be obtained with the slight sacrifice of a'dis- cent a month, which, in view of the 30 and 40 per cent quotations that have been made for call money in New York, should look most reasonable.” (El-11;]:- Celebrate. SANTIAGO, Cuba, Oct. 11.-—Thcn was a general celebration here yesterday versary of the beginning of the first rev- olution against Spain. All business houses were closed, and the city was pro- Cespwlcs. long, in the morning marched to the cem- etery, where the graves of Ccspcdes and flags were seen in the procession. Admiral Farqnhar’s New Command. WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.—Rcar Ad- , miral N. H. Farquhar will hoist his flag on the New York and assume command of the north Atlantic squadron in Hamp- ton Roads next Saturday. He was at the navy department for some time yes- terday in conference with Acting Score—- tary Allen in regard to the fall and win- ter movements of his fleet. In answer to an inquiry on the subject he said that there was no truth in a report coming from Norfolk that he proposed to ask to be placed on the retired list after a few months’ service in command of the north Atlantic station. _.__~————--——-g—~— ' The Solvers From Manila. SAN FRAN "TSCO, Oct. 9.——The Unit- ed States hospit 'I ship Solace arrived 35 days from Manila, via Guam and Yoko- hama. She brought over 100 discharged sailors from various vessels of the Asiat- Ic squadron. The officers on board, some of whose terms are about to expire, were Commanders A. W. S. Swinburne, C. H. West and B. Belknap, Lieutenant Com- manders J. H. Perry and H. Morrell, Surgeon L. M. Atlee, Assistant Surgeon IV. M. Wheeler, Lieutenants W. Kellogg, A. Retchler, J. P. Parker, A. A. Acker- man, C. Arnold, R. B. Higgins, J. M. El- liott, N. Jones, E. H. Durell, A. H. Rob- ertson, W. S. Montgomery, G. Lyon, R. C. Bulmer, M. S. McCitel and B. M. Love and EnsignR. C. Haden. Boat- swain’s Mate Daniel Dufi died on the voyage and was buried at sea. Captain at Norfolk. ’ WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.——Captain James G. Greene has been assigned to duty as captain of the Norfolk navy yard, to succeed Captain Rockwell, who goes to the south Atlantic station in com- mand of the Chicago. ' r A... and ripened by the experiences of ive Americans. fling mat of $1.00 per year. ' Ev» rv "armor and every village: 1 aper. as it works cmstent‘y and which the discount will make, while on ‘ count at the rate of two-tenths of 1 per j J of the “Cuban Fourth of July,” the anni- . fusely decorated. Cuban flags were flown . at half mast. because yesterday was also , the anniversary of the death of General 3 The procession, half a mile: Martigvcre decorated. Thousands of per- - " sons assembled on the plaza and listened ' to eloquent addresses delivered from the , balcony of the Cuban club. No American ‘ FIFTY-EIGHT YEARS OLD. IN CHICAGO. I..__¢».._......s-.~ a..— ' CANADIANS C .‘A‘ sn- WIlfrid Laurier and Party pau‘jV‘ an Eventful Day. .L. .CHICAGO, Oct. 11.—Sir Wilfrid Lau- rier, premier of Canada, and other dis-.- tmguished Canadians in the premier’s party were the guests of Canadian—Amer- icans yesterday at an informal luncheon at the Great Northern hotel. Over a hundred guests were present. The guests began by drinking the health of Presi-. dent McKinley and following by doing like honor to Queen Victoria, with up," Sir Wilfrid Laurier re- . propriate toasts. sponded to the toast “Canada” and was frequently interrupted by applause. Mayor Raymond Prefontaine of Mont- real spoke on the intimate commercial relations between Canada and the Unit ed States and urged even closer union along the lines of trade. Sir Alphonse Pelletier and Hon. Richard R. Dobbell also made brief addresses. Governor il‘anner and Mayor Harrison spoke brief- Y- ' Premier Laurier .and his party visited the board of trade shortly before noon' and were given a decidedly lively wel-' come by the bulls and bears in the grain? pits. The Canadian premier, after being- welcomed by President R. S. Lyon, Sec-j retary Stone and other oflicials, was es—" corted to the private gallery. His 'en- trance was the signal for a temporary cessation of business, and the traders, climbing on chairs, tables and even on each others’ backs, yelled their greetings to the smiling Canadians. In response to calls for a speech Premier Laurier re- sponded briefly. He said that as his efR forts to obtain better social and commer—‘ cial relations with the United States had been partially successful he was happy. He also said that Canada was the best purchaser the United States bad, man for man. ' In .the afternoon the Canadians were driven through the parks and over the boulevard system. ' CLEVELAND AN ANTI. The Fix-President Opposed ‘to So Called Militurlsm. NEW YORK, Oct. 11.——Among the let- ters received by Bolton Hall, temporary secretary of the American league, re— cently organized to oppose militarism in the United States, is the following letter from Grover Cleveland, dated Buzzard’s. Bay, Mass, Oct. 8: “Your letter and the statements of the belief of the proposed American league have been forwarded to me. I think statement is the best I have seen on the question of autiexpansion as it. is at pres- ent exhibited to us. “The poucluding paragraph comprises, in my opinion, the pith of the matter. The use of power in the extension of American institutions presents an incon- sistency whose evil and dangerous ten- dency ought to be apparent to all who love those institutions and understand their motives and purposes. “I have no objection to being among those who subscribe to the statements you send me. If it is altered, however, I de- sire to be advised of the change before I am recorded as an adviser.” The paragraph which Mr. Cleveland re- fers to is the last one in the platform of the organization. It is as follows: “We are therefore opposed to the use of force in the extension of American in— stitutions." . Close' Cull For Passengers. OMAHA, Oct. 9.—The east bound pas- senger train on the Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley railroad ran into a freight engine at Arlington yesterday afternoon. No lives were lost, but a train- load of passengers had an exceedingly narrow escape. The two engines were entirely demolished and the baggage and smoking car on the passenger train were telescoped. The fireman on the passen- ger train, John Allison, .-was badly in- jured. Sympathy For the Boers. NEW YORK, Oct. 9.—The mass meet- ing to expreSs sympathy for the Boers which will be held at Carnegie hall on Wednesday evening has among its vice presidents 13 governors of states, 26 congressmen, 6 United States senators, 12 judges, 12 clergym‘en and over 200 bankers and influential business men. Bourke Cockran will be the orator of the evening. A Rumor Laid Low. LONDON, Oct. 9,—In view of the per- sistent rumors circulated of the betrothal of Prince George of Greece and the Prin- cess Victoria of Wales it is announced that there is not the slightest foundation for the report, the relationship existing between the prince and princess being sufficient refutation, as the laws of the Greek church forbid the marriage of first cousins. .. 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