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20 participate. was informed that Il had
not. then wrote TO the Secretary OF the
Swiss Conference asking the reason for
this. He replied in effect that the General
Goverpment of the United States had no
jurisdiction over the various labor bodies
of the country, such as had the individual
States. and hence tho United States dele
gates would not fairly represent American
labor"
He also said that should the General
Government assume such jurisdiction IN.
yitations 20 future labor conferences would
be duly extended. take 1t that thereason
why the United States has not been in
yited 20 send delegates 10 Berlin is for the
reason outlined above. :" may add, how
ever said MIR. Gompers, " that the Ameri-
can Federation Of labor, while taking no
formal action, favors the conference as
promoting good and certainly doing no
HARM"
DANA AND CLEVELAND MET.
There was rather an interesting 1--WE
minutes Oh Park Row the other afternoon;
It was Just o'clock when there emerged
from the Office of the Sun broad shoulder
ed, vigorous-looking man OF about sixty
eight, with his overcoat buttoned snugly
around his form. II was Charles A.. Dana:
He stepped into the crowd, and as ne did
so almost brushed elbows with man OF
great corpulency who wore Orlstilng
moustache, shiny silk hat, and an oyercoat
tapping in the breeze. II was grover
Cleveland. A great many people saw the
two men within few feet OF each other
and watched them as they climbed the ele-
vated-railroad steps and took an uptown
train. Mr. Dana reached the train hrst,
bumped himself into q vacant seat. and
was followed directly by Mr.. Cleveland,
who took the only other unoccupled seat,
which happened TO place the great men Oh;
rectly opposite one another. They glanced
burriedtv at each other, then quickly
buried their heads in their newspapers, and
the train went rafting on. There was no
comment. Not word was spoken, ana
the only variation Of the monotony was by
the guard wbistling in a low. musical
voice. They never speak as they pass
by"
STORIES ABOUT THE AsToR HEIR.
OF course there is no end of stories about
the heir TO the Astor millions. william
Waldorf Aston is very naturally marked
man now. He is not a man about town IN
a sense that be is a rounder. but he IS iona
of society, is a good and generous liver, IL
often seen Mt banquets, drives out IN tho
marks. is a fair horseback rider, an excel
lent pedestrian, can handle rod ana
reel very cleverly, and altogether he is
man who extracts great deai OF
pleasure out of life. He has hobby, how
ever, and that is literature ne has
splendid library OF rare books, and he hkes
70 write. He devotes q certain amount OF
each day to writing stories His two pub
lished novels have been very successful, aud
in his little den in his Ffth-avenue house
be has hundred OF two short sketches and
poems that have never seen the hght or
day. Some time perhaps ne may puDns1i
them. If he should do 50 they Will reveal
writer Of rare force and poet OF con-
siderable merit.
THE oREAT HEIR OUT OF TEMFER.
Some Of the stories told are true-some
are not. But the writer of this was wit
ness Of an episode at recent banquet tnat
is worth repeating. 1t was the annual din
ner Of tho Holland Society. MIR. Astor,
with ChaunCey NJ. Depew. TheO: Roose-
welt. j. Pierpont Morgan, and half-dozen
other distinguished mon, were invited TO
be the guests Of the Dutch Society. they
were all promptly in their places at the
appointed hour except Dir. Astor. Inc
guest-table was unusually crowded, and so
il happened when lie appeared there was
not an inch of space for HIM to squeeze in.
He picked up the diagram Of the table,
carefully scanned 1t. counted the gentlemen
who were in their seats, and then remarked
in a rather brusque tone: l sec there Is
no place for me here.
In an instant Mr.. Depew, Mr.. Morgan,
and the Others were on their feet pleading
with MIR. Ast0r TO accept their seat: iie
bowed politely. shook his head positively,
and declined any such arrangement. Inc
blood mounted to his face and he was 80
angry that he could hardly contain him
self. Mr.. Depew whispered something in
his ear, but it did not console hlm. Then
he Strengthened himself up, threw back his
shoulders, and said
II shall not stay here. Gentlemen.
goodnight"
DIR. Depew caught his coat tail tugged st
it vigorously, Mr. Morgan tried to stop his
egress, and q score of other men VINO saw
what the difficulty was made haste to calm
the heir 10 5000. 900 600, but IL was OF no
avail. He stalked into the courtroom,
slid ungracefully into his fur lined over
coat, clapped his hat on his head, and nan
instant was on the street. From there he
went to the Astor House and had as good
dinner as money could purchase, and he
ate it in silence.
THE GRANT MONUMENT FUND FIZzIT.
The effort to raise money enough to 60
on with the Grant monument has proven
dismal failure. Colonel Elliott (. Shepard,
the last man to tackle the job. gave $1,000
of his own money toward the work, and
then called upon his friends to do what
they could IN the matter. This was three
months ago, and the total amount OF the
subscription Will not exceed $4,000. Colo
mel Sheppard is much Disguised and Is like
w to give up the project. Still, on the an
niversary Of General Grants birth in April,
he contemplates giving a big dinner, at
which he expects TO have hundred or
more Of the most prominent men IN the
country as his guests. and then when the
wine is flowing and the cigars are
sending out their most delicious aroma
he will ask them TO 90 down into their
pockets and help complete the monu-
ment Ii is not at all likely that he Will
succeed to any extent. The only New
Yorker who ever did succeed in raising
large sum of q money for charity was
CYRUS w. Field. He. 1t will be remem-
bered, obtained something in the neigh
borhood of S400. 900 for the widow of Gene
raj Garfield, but that was scheme gotten
up in q hurry and carried out with "a rush.
| There are no people who show less public
| spirit than New Workers, and once a pro-
| iect has become cool they lose interest IN
| it. 1t may be truthfully said that they care
nothing at all about Grant or his monu-
ment. They respect his memory If it does
not cost anything. The monument is not
| likely to be completed during the lifetime
of the present generation.
BURNED POWDER IN HIS HONOR.
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