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The record-union., 1897-12-27
THE WIRE TRUST.
Steel Men Talk of Further Ex-
tension Of It's Scope.

CLEVELAND, Dec. 26-There is talk
among steel men of further extension
of the scope of the new wire trust. 1t
is now said that efforts will be made
to induce all the steel billet mills in the
country to ally themselves with the
trust, not as members, but as contrib
utorS.
The trust viii seek to induce the men,
bers of billets to promise not to sell to
wire manufacturers that may possibly
start outside of the trust, and in re-
turn the trust will promise to take bill
lets from all these members as it may
need them.
The object of this is to keep the billet
makers in good humor, and prevent
their going into business themselves.
Those who are closest to the source of
information express the utmost conf
dence in the carrying through of the
plans for the formation of the trust.
and it may be said that all the negoti-
ations are progressing favorably.
The record-union., 1897-12-27

home and run in at a sunshiny dawn
upon our dear London You Will have
seen nothing in all your journeying
more beautiful than the morning sheen,
half mist, half smoke, that gidS the
endless ocean Of roofs so tenderly. But
when you set yourself down at Charing
Cross, our dear London does not look
like Capital. You are in the heart of
it; what do you see? There is Nelson
welcoming you back, certainly-he, too,
you recall, was seasick on small boat
and the National Gallery. But the
Government offices are best seen from
st. James Park, and the royal palaces,
dotted about by themselves, are best
not seen at all: the cathedral is
couple Of miles away, looking out on
to the narrow alleys Of Cheapside and
Ludgate Hill, as the Palace of Justice
coops in the narrow alley of Fleet
street; the opera is tucked up in veg
table market and, for that matter is
not open; the Houses OF Parliament are
in a corner to themselves, carefully
posted where they destroy the view of
Westminster Abbey; the abbey has for
titled its one visible side with absurd
ST. Margaret's. the university has no
students and the Municipal Buildings
do not even pretend to exist at all. Poor
London, II has no center and no
shape; it is all parts and no whole.
The best way to impress a foreign
visitor to London is to take him to the
front of the Royal Exchange, tell him
that the Mansion House is a charity
school and the Bank of England debt
or's prison-he will readily believe both
faSehoods-and then divert his atten-
ton to the people. That boiling whirl-
pool Of men is the real sight of Lon
don And, after ALL somebody will
say it is men that make a great city.
So it is in one sense, yet not in all; else
EPSON Downs on Derby Day is a great
city. A Capital, to strike the eye and
get home to the imagination, ought Wis
IDLY and succinctly to summarize the
whole activity of a nation. Vienna
does this in a walk round the ring.
There is the Emperor, the imperial
family. the great mobiles, Austrian dra-
ma and music painting, the anti-Semit-
ic question, the question of German VS..
Slav, the Catholic Church, the army
and the Stock EXchange-all represent
ed concretely in architecture. You may
search London until your legs ache for
any such summary of England, not to
speak of the British Empire, in walk
of an hour. London not only fails to
look national; it goes out of it's way to
look provincial.
London is my native city, and I love
every smut of it. 1t has the gift of
an air which mantles it twice daily in
matchless beauty. 1t has a river which
is truly living river-not a carefully
preserved ditch like the Spree or Wien,
or a toy like the Seine-but a highway
of ships and vista of endless mystic
ry and grandeur. Steam up it at even
ing in the red eye of the sun, see the
smoky majesty of London rise luridly
UP to heaven, and you will never call it
anything but the most wonderful and
awful of all cities. 1t is really the
heart OF the world. But inside 1t does
not look it.-G. w. Stevens in the Lon
don Mail.
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AN INSPIRATION.
The Innocent Young Things Method
of IdentifyinP Herself

There" she said, as she finally got
the check properly indorsed and hand
ed it to the paying teller, I'D like to
have the money, please"
The young man scanned it carefully.
and then looked at her.
rs there anything wrong with it?'
she inquired apprehensively.
NO: 1 am sure it's all right. Only
we have our rules here, and before we
can let you have the money You will
have to be identified"
But the friends 1 am visiting took a
trip out into the country with my
mother this morning"
Then you will have to wait until to-
morrow"
But 1 need the money to do some
shopping with this afternoon"
I'm very sorry"
rs it absolutely necessary to be
identified?" she asked piaintively.
Absolutely"
We'll suppose 1 can manage. Will
the bank be open for an hour?''
Yes
''Then I'll hurry home and put on my
evening gown. It's a great deal Of
trouble, but it's the only way. and I'm
glad / happened to think CT it,"
Il don't quite understand
"Why, have a strawberry mark on
my right shoulder, and everybody who
has read anything at all knows that
there isn't any better Identification than
a strawberry mark. Washington Star
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LOOKS LIKE A SQUEEZE.
SHORTS LIKELY TO SUFFER-
THIS WEEK AT CHICAGO.
Believed That Joseph Letter Has
Turned Big Trick in Trade
in Oats.

CHICAGO, Dec. 26.-Friday, which
will witness the close of the great Lei
ter deal in wheat On the Board OF
Trade, bids fair to prove memorable
day IN the trade. No great excitement
is expected in the wheat pit, but in oats
a squeeze of shorts may occur.
THE wheat deal Of my SON has
brought to the farmers of the United
States 10 or Is cents more for their
wheat than if he had not gone into ii. !"
said l.. z. Letter to-day, in talking OF
the great battle between Joseph Letter
on one side and the elevator companies
on the other My son has been the
benefactor of the agricultural industries
of the country to that extent. The
seller is now debating the price of his
products not the purchaser. Chicago
makes the market price of wheat, not
Liverpool. And the local influences,
which have been so long for constantly
lower prices. have ceased to control
Chicagosmarkets.
The first purchase of wheat by Joseph
Letter We're made in July last, at of
cents. The price for real wheat, such
as the farmer sells, has been between
80 cents and 81 for several days. This
makes a total advance since July OF
about 80 cents Letter, Sr., gives to
the ordinary course of the markets
credit for being 20 and % cents of the
rise The remainder he attributes to
the substantial support given to prices
by Letter. Jr., during the last six
months.
1t is believed that Mr. Letter has been
turning a trick in trade in oats, While
everybody was watching wheat. For
weeks the oats pit has been practically
deSerted.s Last week there was dis
agreeable surprise to the men who had
scld six million bushels of oats for De-
cepber 4delivery, when they learned
that no oats We're being delivered. Then
they awoke to the fact that in all the
Chicago elevators oats measured but
100000 bushels of the contract grade. 1t
was Wednesday when the discovery
was made. The price of December
oats was then 203s. On Friday the
market closed at Dos. A cent advance
in oats is as good as or 5 cents in
wheat. 1t is too late to rush in a sup
ply to meet the calls which viii be
made for the grain at the close of bus
mess on Friday. Those who have not
delivered the grain according to con-
tract will be called upon to settle at the
closing price. The situation has all the
elements of a squeeze.
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ABANDONED THEIR FAMILIES.
ELOPEMENT OF JAMES GILMAN
AND MRS. J. RAYMAN.
Mrs. Gilman and Her Three Ch1l'
dren in Distress-The Eloper3
to be Prosecuted.

Three dry crackers constituted the
Christmas dinner partaken OF on sat
urday by Mrs. James Gilman ana hel
three children, who were abandoned
about a week ago by the husband ana
father, an employe in the railroad
shops.
Gilman has for some time been so~in-
fatuated with Mrs. James Rayman,
neighbor. that he had neglected his
family shamefully, and week ago
The pair decided to pool their issues
by abandoning their homes and families
and eloping, which they did, going from
here to San Francisco.
The GilmanS live on Ninth street, be-
tween U and V, and the Raymans only
a block away, where Mr.. Rayman con-
ducts a dairy. Mrs. Rayman leaves
three children, boy aged IL, a girl OF
8 years, and another boy of years to
be cared for by their father, who is able
no do so, hence their condition is not SO
sad.
But the case of Mrs. Gilman and her
three small children, one of years, one
of years and the other an infant, Is
really pitiable. Special Officer Dan
1ealy of the Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Children, visited the
house yesterday-the case having been
referred to the society-and he says. he
was really shocked at the condition of
the family.
Healy says the only furniture he saw
in the house consisted of three broken
.chairS He did not believe there was
even a bedStead there. The family was
absolutely destitute, and their Christ
mas dinner consisted. of three crackers.
IF We had only known of this be-
FORE said the kind-hearted officer.
Mrs Gilman and her children would
have had their share of turkey and
other good things. The Catholic La
dies Relief Society sent out a number
of turkeys to poor families, among them
being the wife and children of the man
Ferguson, who were brought from Or
nngevale few days since.
Just think what this scamp Gilman
did, added Healy, 'the day he aban-
doned his family he even took from his
wife q dollar she had saved UP for the
purpose of getting some little things for
her children for Christmas
This morning Healy will swear out
warrants for the arrest of Gilman and
Mrs. Rayman, and he declares he will
camp on their trail until he captures
them.
The railroad pay-car was here on
Friday, but as Gilman had been gone
for several days his wages were not
drawn. Unless he has drawn the mon
ey in San Francisco-which is not like
ly-there is some hope that at least a
portion Of it Will be obtained for his
wife. The poor woman is In great dis
fress, say those who have called on her,
caused chiefly by her anxiety about her
children, as she has not means of sup
porting them.
The record-union., 1897-12-27
A UNANIMOUS VOTE.
How a Poll for President Was Ia
ken on a Canal Boat.

when 1 read of the polling of pas
sengerS on trains and boats running
into and out of New York City to as
certain their preferences as to the can
didates for Mayor said a gentleman
who has long been identified with
transportation intereStS-and politics
as well-'it reminds me of a story my
father used to tell of the campaign of
1886. In those day there was still a
great deal of travelling by canal, and
some of the packets on the Erie were
fitted up almost sumptuously, Tor the
time, as the palatial cars seem now.
"a large party was coming east
from Buffalo on one of these passenger
boats, and as political feeling ran high
there was much excited discussion over
the respective merits of Van Buren,
Harrison, White, Webster and Man
gum.
1T was on one of those warm Octo-
Der days when the cabin was too tor
rid for occupancy, and all the passen-
gers We're assembled on the deck. The
leaders in the informal political de-
bate were a Democrat and a Whig,
both fluent takers and clever in argu-
men, and pretty soon everybody on
board gathered around to listen to
them. Presently the Whig suggested
that it would be good idea to take
the sense Of the meeting and the
Democrat, after a quick look ahead
agreed. He obtained silence and an
nounced:
Gentlemen, we are about to take
a vote for President of the United
States. Are you ready
Ready was the prompt answer on
all sides.
Just then the steersman called out
the customary warning, Low bridge.
Here was the Democrats opportun-
ity, and he seized it.
All those in favor of Martin Van
Buren, he shouted, 'stoop down! Con-
trary minded, stand erect.'
The boat at this moment reached
the bridge, and every man dropped as
if he had been shot
It's a unanimous votei' declared
the triumphant partisan of the sage
of Kinderhook. Boston Herald
The record-union., 1897-12-27
Bull Fighting in France.

Bull fighting in France, which a year
or two ago was threatened with legal
extinction, appears to have bloomed
afresh. A corrida was given the other
day at Roubaix, and another was held
in the old Roman amphitheater at
Mines. At the latter there were 20 600
spectators. The espada was Gueritta.
He lis reported to have killed three bulls
in four thrusts, and to have been pre-
sented, as is customary, with the ears
of one of them. These ears he sent
to NJ. Guerin, former Minister of
State who returned his thanks.
That does not look much like advancing
civilization. No, it doesn't. But kid
gloves and white chokers and ladylike
amusements don't either. There are
barbaric beauties of which effeminacy
is unaware. The civilization of antiq-
uity was quite as complete as our own,
in addition to being less utilitarian and
far more ornate. 1t is from pagan days
days that the corrida descends What
was good enough for patricians ought
to be good enough for the French. Re-
gardad as a sport, 1T may be CORY, but
it is not dull. You may shudder. but
you don't yawn.
AS for Gueritta, he is a splendid
brute. In Seville, a few years ago, I
saw him returning from a. fight. He
was on horseback, his quadrille at his
heels. From a low roof a girl leaned
"Gueritta," she cried, "do you love
me?" The matador looked up, kissed
the palm of his hand, and flung it at
her. ''Siempre, mi vida" he bawled
and with an accent so resonant that it
filled the narrow street, scaled the roof
where it must have transported that
girl, for I could see her clutch at her
throat. / fancied she was going to
topple over. But not bit of it. In
a second she was raining kisses at him.
And Gueritta, with an air which would
have become Napoleon at Marengo,
rode on through the thickening street.
After all, why not? Barring ROYALTY.
his profession lis the best paid In Spain.
Then, too, it presupposes at least cour-
age and agility for chap in a cos
tune that pin would puncture to face
the rush of an infuriated bull, and with
a twist of the heel and another of the
wrist to drop him in his tracks.-Col-
lier'S Weekly
The record-union., 1897-12-27
AN ATHLETE DEAD,
He at One Time Held the ALL
Round Championship.

ALBANY On. Y.), Dec. 26.-John Cos
grave. a well-known athlete, died in the
City Hospital to-day after an opera
ton fer appendicitis. He was a men,
ber of the New Jersey Athletic Club,
the Eidgefield Athletic Club and the
Tenth Battalion Athletic Association of
the National Guard.
Cosgrave won the all-round cham
pionship of America in 1895. and finished
second 70 Clark of Boston in this years
competition. Cosgrave's work has al
ways been considered of the highest or
der. and in all-round work on the field
and track he had few superiors.
The record-union., 1897-12-27
What He Was Reading.

James, dear, will you bring me up a
scuttle of coal from the cellar" said
busy wife.
That's just the way with you," said
James, with frown, as he put down
his book and rose from the armchair.
Just the way with me?"
Yes" he snapped. ''As soon as you
see me enjoying myself you have some
thing for me to do. Didn't you see
was absorbed in my reading?"
We'll, dear; I'll do it myself"
Yes, and tell everybody-your moth
er, specially-that you have to bring
your own coal up from the cellar. No.
I'll do it. Let me mark my place"
So he marked the place in the book at
which he had ceased reading, and when
he had gone down cellar. grmbling all
the way, she picked up the volume and
found it was love story. and that the
passage that he had been absorbed in
was as follows;
My darling, when yO2 are my Wife.
I will shield and protect you from every
care. The winds of heaven shall not
visit your face too roughly; those pret-
" hands shall gnever be soiled by me-
NAL tasks; your wish shall be my law
your happiness"
Just then he reappeared, and dropping
the scuttle TO the floor, he said:
There's your coal: give me my
book. Youths Companion.
Mamma. said little Freddy. excit-
eddy. the ferryboat we were on almost
ran into another ferryboat while cross
ing the river"
Did it," asked mamma, anxiously.
Yes. indeed. I'm sure there would
have been collision if the boat hadn't
back pedaled. ''-Harper's Bazaar
Bob says | grow more beautiful
every time he sees me-" said Mary
Why don't you ask him to call Of
tener?" said Anne.-Harper's Bazaar
The record-union., 1897-12-27

Colonel Hay was born at Salem, Ind,
October 5, 1888, his father being a ply
sican of note in that community He
graduated from Brown University in
1896 and was admitted to the practice
of law at Springfield, ILL.,, in 1861. From
1850 to 1867 he was Secretary of the
Legation at Paris, and later of the Le-
cation at Madrid. He was made assist
ant Secretary of STATE under Evart in
1919. His literary work is of a high
order, but his comfortable fortune pre-
vents his depending on literary pur-
suits, and, consequently, he gives little
to the literary world. He married the
daughter of Amasa Stone, a wealthy
Ohioan. Colonel Hay received $4,000
for his work on the Life of Lincoln"
The record-union., 1897-12-27
Activity on Bills.

4 see remarked the horse editor.
that the great demand for small bills
has compelled the Government TO put
its presses 10 work overtime printing
them"
THAT reminds of the situation at
Harrisburg replied the snake editor.
How so?''
Governor Hastings is operating on a
great many small bills, too. ."-Pittsburg
Cchronicle- Telegraph.
The record-union., 1897-12-27
Baseball President Ill.

NEW YORK, Dec. 26-President
Charles H. Byrne of the Brooklyn Base
ball Club, was unconscious for several
hours to-day, and during the remain
der of the time he was semi conscious.
The physicians, however, believe that
his condition shows a slight improve
ment ever that of yesterday. He passed
a quiet night.
The record-union., 1897-12-27
A Total Loss.

NASSAU tNew Providencs). Dec. 26-
The schooner Harlequin. which went
ashore on the reef near Rumcay. Ba-
hamas. on the 18th became total loss
The crew and mat rails Were saved TIL
vessel was owned in New York The
British man-ofwar Partridge went To
hsr assistance, and spent several hours
The record-union., 1897-12-27
Briton's Engineers Strike.

LONDON, Dec. 26.-The outcome of
the ballot of the striking engineers TAX
en- as the result of the recently adjusted
conference between the representatives
of the men and employers will not be
known for several days, but there is no
doubt that the verdict is overwh whelm-
ingly against the acceptance Of the
terms of the employers.
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Child Burned to Death.

FRANKLIN (Pa), Dec. 26.-Grace
and Annie Mason. whose parents live
near here, Were left alone in their home
last ever ing. The former fell into the
CRATE of fire. and her clothing ignited.
She WAS burned to death In trying to
save the life of her sister Annie was
also badly burned and it is believed
she cannot recover
The record-union., 1897-12-27
A Monthly Envelope.

A clever New England girl desired a.
charming holiday gift for a friend 60
ing abroad to study. Il want YOU to
remember me each month of your stay.
Take this, DEAR" and she put a kind Of
soft satin portfolio in her hand. ut
viii explain ITSELF The friend opened
the package, thinking it a handkerchief
case or glove holder, or place for
wells. Instead she found tucked away
twelve long, white envelopes, the bust
ness kind, each one sealed and bearing
on the point of the overlap the name of
4 month in decorative lettering, all the
way from January to December. On
the address side there were legends and
markings for the events of each month,
each of which carried the same mes
sage. January, the wish for the New
Year; February. ST. Valentine; her
birthday in March: Easter, or May day,
each with some personal reference to
the layout of her own life as it seemed
probable it was to be in her Paris pen
sion life. the opening of the envelope
at the beginning of each MONTH was a
glad surprise, for inside was always
some unique and thoughtful flling-a
pretty necktie, a veil. pair of gloves,
a set of kodak pictures taken at the
spots they loved so we'll where the sum-
mer was passed. 1t had taken some
thought and time and extra effort to
do this, but it was worth it in the pleas
ure and tender appreciation it stirred
in the heart of the girl far away. 1t was
a good thought, and if one has an in
valid friend or an aged dear one whose
life is bound, whose opportunities are
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to so remember them. And after the
months are all gone the pretty holder
is there still for it's particular dainty
The record-union., 1897-12-27
Melton Cloth
Jackets. S. 65.

SIS values and worth that all
the year around. They are
made of a splendid quality
black kersey cloth, half silk
lined, silk piped seams, velvet
inlaid collar and thoroughly
REDUCED TO
So 65.
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Her Loss Wa. His Gain.

Bullett-Lambley made $4,000 by a
single transaction in oil yesterday
Bearett-Is il possible? How did he
manage it2
Bullett-A rich aunt of his tried to
start a fire with a can of il.
The record-union., 1897-12-27
Black MOhair
Skirts, ST 80.

Almost as handsome in 1uster
and in brocaded design as silk
skirts, and they are well made,
full lined, bound bottoms, hang
well and look as well as If you'd
paid what they are actually
worth instead of less than half
their value.
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Fatal Shooting at a Dance.

ROCKVILLE Qnd.), Dec. 26-Isaac
Durrett was shot and mortally wound
ed at a dance here last night. His as
Sailant is unknown. Durrett pitched
for he Washington Qnd.) Baseball Club
the past season.
The record-union., 1897-12-27
Fell Down a Ladder.

A man named Frank Farley fell from
a ladder on Christmas day and broke
the bone of his left thigh. He was
treated at the Receiving Hospital. and
was yesterday morning removed to the
County Hospital.
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Silk Skirts,
Sc 25 instead of $40.

They're very handsome and
they bear the $40 value grace
fully. Richly brocaded in beau
tiful satin designs, large OF 1ne-
dunn, to suit the fancy; full
lined, bound bottoms, perfect
and graceful hang. REDUCED
TO Sc 25.
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COL. JOHN HAY.
The United States Embassador to
Great Britain.

The most, important diplomatic ap-
pointment in the gift of the President
of the United States is that of Embas-
sador to Great Britain, and this posi-
ton under the Mckinley Administra-
ton is held by Colonel John Hay. He
is 50 years old and won his first dis
tinction as the private Secretary to
President Lincoln.
The record-union., 1897-12-27
Green kerSey
Jackets, 50 so.

Green is a color In high favor
this winter, and swell garments
indeed are these. No one ever
objected paying $12 SO to SIS
for these, but they ave going to
be sold now for 50 so. They've
velvet inlaid collar, half silk
lined, silk piped seams, severely
tailored and elegant in their
plainness.
The record-union., 1897-12-27
Kersey Cloth
Jackets, S. IS.

Tan and green jackets which
sold for SO compose this lot.
They're perfectly tailored from
The record-union., 1897-12-27
The Fight OFF.

NEW YORK, Dec. 26. - Tom
ORourke, manager for the Long Island
City Athletic Club, announced that the
Yank Kenny Armstrong fight, sched-
uled for March Both at the club, is off.