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LEAGUE OF AMERICAN WHEELMEN.
ANNUAL CONVENTION rIEETS AT
ALBANY, N. Y.
Great Interest Centered in tile Fight
for President-GOOdR Roads QueS-
ton Discussed.

ALBANY On. ", Feb. 10-The
w'heelmen are congregated here to-
day to attend the L. A. W. assembly.
! Although the States are well repre-
sented, a full complement of delegates
is not expected before tomorrow.
The New York delegation, who are
for Isaac B. Porter for President, eau
cused to-day, mainly to show the other
factions that they still retain an un-
broken front. The Potter supporters
have a trump card in the. form of a
circular aimed against James Dunn Of
Massillon, Ohio, President of the
league in 1S90-91, and now a candi-
| date for office under the Mckinley Ad-
ministration. The document sets forth
| that Dunn asked Chief Consul Potter
/ to use his office in securing the cleo
/ ton Of Mckinley, which Potter fatty
refused.
/ The Westerners will also caucus to-
! day. The convention was called TO or
! der by President Elliott, who, after a
/ few remarks, turned the meeting over
! to Chairman Potter Of the Good Roads
/ Committee, who Immediately intro
/ duced Lieutenant-G Governor Wood
/ ruff, who made the address of well
come.
/ Benjamin I. Conen of Portland, Or
was introduced as the first speaker on
| good roads. Conen said Oregon was
doing a great work in that direction
They had river gravel for the roads
and it met all the requirements. The
county committees We're Jealous in
promoting the work and a bill had been
iTatt~ ~ Il,
| county courts full power in the matter
and compel delinquent taxpayers to
work out the amounts due on roads
He said the road club, with Ill MEM
bers, had been instrumental in getting
great Improvements in Portland
W. +. McClintock, a member of the
Massachusetts Highway Commission.
was the next speaker He said that
when Massachusetts started the good
roads movement strenuous opposition
was made from the farmers. but when
the system had been in working order
there was a change of sentiment. and
now the farmers can be counted on to
do anything to promote improvement
on highways.
Hon. a. r. Choate of MINNEAPOLIS
was the principal speaker at the af-
ternOon session of the good roads
meeting. Highway legislation was the
| subject of his remarks. He declared
that one laW-that permitting farmers
! to work out their road tax. instead of
paying it in money-was probably re-
| sponsible for more bad roads than anv
other law, and at the same time he be-
| lieved 1t was more generally in force in
| the United States than apv ,o+ho, ,oo1
law. He said there was no more vi
cious law in existence. In conclu-
| sion, Mr. Choate urged the L. A W. to
enter politics. adding: political influ-
ence is great thing, if we want to
secure legislation for good roads"
James Owen Of Newark. n. J., fol-
| lowed with talk historical of the
| good roads movement.
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All the Great Social Functions in the
Past Eclipsed.
r1arked an Epoch for Lavish Expendi-
ture, Artistic Decorations and Sur
roundings, for Reflection of the
Most Picturesque Episodes in Old
World History, and as Gathering
of the Fairest and Richest i'm New
World Life.

NEW YORK. Feb. 10.-Beautiful be-
y0nd description was the bal masque of
Mrs. Bradley Martin to night. Columns
have been written about the affair and
pictures drawn, but the fancy of the
reported and the artist did not picture
scenes one half as lovely as We're pre-
sented in the Waldorf
For weeks Mrs. Martin has worked in
the preparation of the sumptuous af-
fair Her efforts were richly rewarded.
The bitter criticisms hurled at her We're
forgotten, and the hundreds who We're
present WED in making her the happl-
est woman in America
TIE decorationhs throughout the Wal
dorg were exquisite. American beau
ties lilies and the rareSt of imported
blossoms, with vines and palms, We're
intertWined in marVelously beauu-
full scheme. Never in New York has
d greater floral display been ade at a
balml. Tiny electric lights and mirrors
were used in a bewildering and artis-
tc manner, all combining to transform
the already beautiful hotel to an en-
chanting fairy house.
The arrang for the ball were
tested to their fullest, but, with excel
lent good fortune, they were equal to
every emergency. Thousands of men
and women crowded the streets around
the hotel, but the police kept them
moving and no conflicts or excitement
of any kind resulted. Detectives Were
in and around the house to prevent
trouble, but their presence was not
needed.
The costumes were exquisite. All the
great men and women of the last three
centuries were represented. Arrayed in
raimem costly beyond the dream of the
originals were the men and women who
prepared tonight as ladies and gen
tlemen Of the olden periods.
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At midnight the great ball was at its
hight. All society was there gathered
to portray the regal splendor of past
centuries. The great ballroom of the
Waldorf beautiful with a wealth Of
roses and fragrant flowers, was then
Il scene of grandeur never before equal
ed in this country. Courtiers of Old of
every cline. mingled with grand DANES
and ladies, kings and queens. princes
and princesses, but here and there the
old spirit of loyalty had manifested it
self in the presence Of Colonial men
in America.
Great social functions of the past in
this city We're eclipsed, even the mem
orable Vanderbilt ball of 1883. with
which since then all other lavish af-
fairs have seemed to suffer in compari-
son. For lavish expenditure. for artis-
tic decorations and Surroundings, for
a reflection Of the most picturesque
episodes in Old World history, and as
a gathering Of the fairest and richest
in the New World life, the ball tonight
marked an epoch. 1t was more than
a mile post in New York s history: it
was the event of a decade. Months of
preparation and the outlay of hundreds
OF thousands Of dollars were exhausted
il five hours. 1t was very fashiona BILE
Men and women travelled across the
continent for the honor of being pres
cnt.
AS many as fifty dinners preceded.
Every coterie Nat makes up swelldom
had dinner. Those who were going
to the ball appeared in their fancy
gowns that cost thousands of dollars,
and which they will wear but once,
and in their jewels. After the dinner
their friends We're invited in to admire
After the friends came to the photo
sraper in order that the beauty and
gorgeousness of it all should not be
lost in future generations.
Arrangements for receiving the guests
as they arrived were as nearly perfect
as could be. The guests alighted from
their carriages at 13 West Thirty third
street, which is the private residence
Of Manager Bolat of the hotel, and
went directly to the second floor of the
hotel where sixty apartments had
been set aside as dressing-r
The guests were received by Mrs.
Martin in the small ballroom. The
scheme of decorations in this room was
that of the time of Louis XIV. and be-
fore the dais passed the counterfeit
presentments of all the prominent peo-
pie of that time to mingle in pictur-
esque confusion with characters of
ether days.
After being received by the hostess,
who stood upon a raised dais under
canopy of rare tapestry, the guests
passed through a flower-lined corridor,
directly into the large ballroom. In
the early portion of the evening dane
| ing in the main ballroom on the first
| floor was general, but it was not until
| all the guests had paid their respects
to Mrs. Bradley Martin, and she had
! been escorted to the ballroom proper
| that the fancy dress ball was formally
! opened.
In the small gallery were members Of
/ the Twenty Regiment Band and
the Hungarian Band. The music sud
denly stopped for just a moment, to be
/ broken by a flourish of trumpets as
| Mrs. BradleyMartin and her escort,
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Shots Were Exchanged, But No One
Was Injured.
Phenomenal Rainfall in the Southern
Part of humboldt County, Reach
ing Near Twenty Inches During an
Eleven Days Continuous Storm
Lively Fight i'm the Courthouse at
Santa Rosa Between Litigants in
Damage Suit.

KINGMAN (Aiiz), Feb. 1O.-The
posse returned from pursuit of the train
robber this afternoon completely worn
out. They had followed the tran
through snow two feet deep, and early
in the morning closed in on the fugitive
about forty miles north of the railroad.
The robber was so pressed that he aban-
doned one horse and took to the woods.
Several shots We're exchanged, but no
one was injured. Sheriff Cameron Of
Coconino County will have carload OF
fresh horses in the morning to take up
the trail, and before night it is thought
they will have the man surrounded lie
is konwn to be desperate character.
Warrants are out for the arrest Of sew
eral men suspected of being accessories
to the hold-up.
The inquest was held on the head rob-
ber at Peach Springs this morning, but
the remains are not yet identified.
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COONEY PERJURY TRIAL.
The Defense Asks for a Dismissal of
the Case.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10.-The
prosecution has closed its testimony
in the preliminary examination of j. j.
Cooney, charged with perjury in con-
nectiOn with the Fair will contest The
defense to-day moved for a dismissal
of the case on the ground that the pro-
Secution had failed to make out a case.
Attorney Reddy, for Cooney. de-
nounced the police detective depart
ment from departing from the beaten
path at the solicitation of rich man
and attempting to intimidate an hon
est but humble citizen. He said the
Gar had not even the powers possessed
by Police Detective Lees to seize and
oppress the poor and weak.
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LITIGANTS COME TO BLOWS.
Lively Fight in the Courthouse at
Santa Rosa,

SANTA ROSA, Feb. 10.-There was a
lively fight in the Courthouse to-day be-
tween litigants in suit for damages
for the alleged performance Of a
contract to deliver hides. Davis & Son
of San Francisco sued Hurgren & An
derson. Russell, one of the witnesses for
the defense, said the elder Davis was not
q man of good reputation, which greatly
angered Davis son. When court ad-
journed young Davis assaulted Russell
and a pitched batted ensued until a
deputy sheriff interfered. Both men
We're considerably bruised. Davis was
arrested and fined so for assaulting
Russell.
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SYRACUsE'S SEVENTH WONDERS
Rival of the Famous Leaning Tower
Pisa in the New York Town.

a rival to the famous leaning tower
of Pisa has been developed in America
1t is located in Syracuse, n Y. and is
more than 200 feet in hight The struc-
ture is tltirteen inches out of plumb.
and leans threateningly over the heads
of the passers- apparently ready to
fall.
This seeming instability is the cause
of a sharp strife now going ON in SYRIA
cuse. The more or less generally ex-
pressed opinion is that the tower in its
present condition is a source of immi-
nent danger. and the Syracuse Common
Council has declared its existence a
menace to the public BUT the owner
and the architect both deny that there
is the least danger of the structure's
suffering any further departure from
the perpendicular, and are more than
certain that it is still in a condition to
resist any strain likely to come upon it.
From the present outlook it seems more
than likely that the views of the arch
itect will be accepted as correct, and
the tower will be left, one of the chief
curiosities of the town
1t is only quite recently that the
ibNCI mas bCCAi Vi LIlG it1dIIllS NdiAGtA .
1t was thrown out of plumb by the tor
nado which visited Syracuse not long
ago. The wind which demolished less
strongly built structures in the neigh
borhoOd, struck the tower on two faces,
but succeeded only in springing the
framework sufficiently to tip the tower
a little to one side, without, it is
claimed, seriously damaging it.
The tower stands ON the grounds OF
f. G. Stearns & Co., and was built in
accordance with designs furnished by
Sanford L. Loring. a Syracuse archi-
tect. It is Of brick, surrounding q
framework of heavy timbers, braced
and connected with iron shoulder
plates The timber framework fills
much the same office as the steel skel-
eton commonly used in building con-
struction The brick about it is sim
ply a veneer, and carries no part of the
towers weight. For this reason the
leaning OF the structure is regarded
by Mr.. I.oring as a matter of no great
importance, in spite Of the apparent
danger of a fall. The framework, he
SAYS, still stands firm, and though the
tower swings perceptbly in a high
wind. he regards it as perfectly safe
Chicago Tribune.
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BIG DEMAND FOR RAILS.
The Collapse of the Pool Produces
Heavy Buying.

PITTSBURG Feb. 10.-The collapse
of the rail pool has produced the heavi-
est buying on record. All Of to- day the
Carnegie Steel Company was kept busy
answering telegrams quoting puices and
booking orders, until tonight the larg-
est number Of orders ever booked in one
day had been noted and accepted by the
firm. The orders received by this firm
to-day are alone sufficient to operate
the Edgar Thompson plant for twelce
months.
The Carnegie Company quoted rails
at S19 30 early in the day and later cut
this to $1I This is a clean shave of
SS from last weeks prices
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QUAY SOON TO BE SUED.
Furnished Information Upon Which a
Libel Was Based.

PITTSBURG, Feb 10.-The papers
have been drawn and suit will be enter
ed tomorrow by State Senators c. E. I.
Magee and William Flynn against
Richard Quay. son of Senator NJ. S.
Quay, for criminal libel, and civil suit
for $4,000 damages each will also
be entered. In the criminal libel case
against the Commercial Gazettee, ;"
which was concluded yesterda Alfred
II. Reed, the proprietor of the Gazette" )"
testified that Richard b. Quay had fur
nished the paper with the information
upon which the alleged libel was based
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John Jacob AsApr, entered the room.
A moment later they had taken their
places at the head of the room, and
there was another flourish of trumpets.
which told that the quadrille d'honneur,
arranged by Mrs. William Astor was
about to open.
The forming for the first figure, 1.-The
salute was like the turning of pages
of history. The characters gathered
from all section of the room. There
was Mrs. Bradley Martin wearing a
Marie Stuart costume, copied from an
old plate of that Queens time; Mrs.
John Jacob Astor in Louis VI. court
costume; Townsend Martin as a cava-
lier of the court of Louis Kill, and
Mrs. Henry Lohr in Louis XIV. court
costume.
From another section room came Mrs.
Orme Wilson, looking picturesque in a
Louis XVI. court dress of white and
silver brOcade, which followed the elab-
crate designs of the period, and Mrs.
Whitney Warren wearing a costume of
pale blue brocade and silk. after the
style of the time of Louis XIV.
Lispenard Stewart closely followed
his partner, Mrs. Whitney Warren,
dressed as a cavalier of the court of
Louis XIII.
The others Of the sixteen who took
their places in this quadrille were
Mrs. Lee Taylor, Mrs. Craig Wads-
| worth, Mrs. Gerry, Mrs. Hitchcock,
| Miss Lena Morton, B. B. Van Allen,
Miss Madeline Cutting, Mrs. Stuyve-
SAINT Fish.
AS these partners waited for the
opening bars of the music, the scene
was the most beautiful of the night.
! Far beyond these characters of ac-
tion, about them on either side, were
the rich laces, the glittering gems and
all that went to make up the histor-
ically represented personages of the
ball, the whole background by the nat
ural flowers. the lights and the ferns.
! The second quadrille, which had been
organized by Mrs. F. L. Baylies, was
danced by Mrs Ogden Mills Mrs.
John Jacob AFor, Mrs. Cornelius n.
Vanderbilt, Jr., Mrs. Henry Sloane,
Miss Edith Morton, Miss Van Rens-
| Robbins and Worthington White
| house.
The cotillion, which was led by
| E1IISHd DyeT, JT., was LHc event WHICH
had been looked forward to by the
younger guests, and there were nearly
200 couples in it. Mr.. Dyer appeared
as Francis l. in a rich costume, con-
sisting of a cloak Of royal purple, vel
vet lined with violet satin and EN-
broidered with gold.
While there were light refreshments
served throughout the evening, it was
not until after / O'clock at the con-
clusiOn of Mrs Bronson's quadrille,
that the regular supper began. This
was served at small tables in the win
ter garden, but this place would have
never been recognized by those IA
miliar with it. More than 100 tables
had all passed through the hands of
| the florist, and were so hidden by his
art as to have lost all resemblance to
| bits of furniture. American beauty
roses and white liIacs were banked 50
! high that the guests seemed TO eat
from the top Of a flower bed. Beyond
the tables and between the guests, so
as almost to hide them from each
other were decorations of spring flow
ers-tulips lilacs and rare blossoms
to make the place a bower of beauty
and fragrance.
| The costumes of the 800 or more
! guests were exquisite in the extreme
and made a picture of rare beauty.
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PENNSYLVANIA'S CAPITAL.
Bill introduced in the Legislature to
Move 1t to Philadelphia.

HARRISBURG Pa), Feb. 10.-Sena-
tor Thomas of Philadelphia to-day in
troduced a bill to move the State Cap
itol to Philadelphia on and after Janu-
ary /, 1899, providing that Philadelphia
shall file legal and binding agreement
on the part of the city to furnish the
state the necessary site for the Capitol
and public buildings.
The bill further provides that at least
sixty days before the next general cleo
tion the Governor shall order an cleo
tion to decide the question, as required
by the Constitution
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CHARGED WITH FELONY.
Judge Wallace Orders the Arrest of a
San Francisco Attorney.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10-Attorney
Morris Asher was arrested in court to-
day by order of Judge Wallace on a
charge Of felony, and the District At
torney was instructed to have him in
dicted by the Grand Jury.
Asher was attorney for Meyer and
Max Livingston. who failed recently,
and We're indicted for perjury in swear
ing to a false statement of their assets.
Asher is accused Of filing in the insol-
vency court a false statement, and as
Judge Wallace considers his action a
felony, his arrest was ordered
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PHENOMENAL RAINFALL.
Nearly Twenty Inches in Eleven Days
in humboldt County.

EUREKA, Feb. 10-A phenomenal
rainfall is reported from Upper Mattole
in the southern part Of this county.
Nineteen and ninety-nine hundredths
inches of rain fell during eleven days
continuous storm, commencing January
2Sth. making a fall Of ffty-six inches
for the season. On the third and fourth
of February 1t reached S.33 inches. The
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Expelled From Cuba.

HAVANA, Feb. 10.-Dr. Gaspar Be
tancourt, the American dentist, who was
released from prison on Monday even
ing, has been expelled from Cuba He
leaves here on the steamer Mascotte
with Senor Inocencio Irago a political
offender, and Pantaleona and Castillo,
two colored men who have also been ex-
Oplled
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Sunday Closing Bill Defeated.

LONDON, Feb. 10.-By a vote of 206
to la, the House of Commons to-day
rejected the bill of Mr.. Wilson, Liberal
for West Hull, providing for the closing
of public houses throughout Sunday.
Public houses are allowed to be open
for time at the middle of Sunday and
Saturday evening
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The only real concordance between
sun spots and terrestrial happenings is
the fact that magnetic storms are more
numerous and vary in intensity in a re-
markable manner with the size and
number of sun spots.
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Her Hold on Office.

You did not let Mrs. Flubdubs resign
the Presidency?''
OF course not: she is the best dressed
woman in the club
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Like Other MOrtaIs.

She-Your friend tells me that he's
perfect stranger here.
He-A stranger. yes. But very far
from perfect.-Detroit Free Press.
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Women have better perception Of
color than men. An eminent authority
on color blindness asserts that under
a very severe test the color vision Of one
man in five is defective, while in wo-
p,e,, the average is one in thirty
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Change for the Better.

Dudely Canesucker-I am not quite
myself to-day.
Miss Chaffie-Allow me to congratu-
late you.-Texas Sitter.
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More than worth your while to in
spect the fabrics these prices are
attached to. Inspection means sur
prise and purchase.
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Bank AuxietieS

I'm afraid of our new cashier
why"
"He has begun to write a running
hand
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COLORED
DRESS GOODS,
SPECIAL.
At soc Yard

48-inch Illuminated English
Coating Chevi0tS, a wide-wale,
twO-tOned shifting in new and de-
Sirable shadings, suitable for
street costumes and separate
skirts.
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THE NONPAREIL
SPECIAL DRESS GOODS SALE!

An apology for reiteraon but this
every OF Dress Goods in this house February 1t
closed ont make for spring arrivals hence this final
Many goods purchased and
od style put the style now and for time to but not so
those will much
from any OF these you don dress.
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THE WEEKLY UNION-TllE BEST
weekly on the coast.
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SPECIAL.
At 75C Yard.

48-inch Navy Blue Mohair Bro
cetells in self-c0lOred effects.
Just the thing for those nobby
skirts to be worn with separate
J waists.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-05-20

DE and others are barefoot; some
wear thin wells and others wear kerr
CHIEF, so arranged about the head Luat
tn, liver part Of the face is covered.
The only music is the humming of
the girls, and the dance itself, while
graceful, is simple, the usual move
inert being three steps forward and
thrc" backward, so executed that the
lines keep moving in a circle In the
country districts mixed dances of the
sexes rarely take place.
The Greek women are yirtuous,
healthy minded and strong bodied.
They take a serious view Of life; their
pleasures are few and their labors
many. They are handsome in youth,
but after 30 they soon show the effects
OF incessant toll. But, whether at 5
or 70, they are ready and willing to
do anything to punish the Turk.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-05-20
WOMEN OF GREECE
TAKE A MORE SERIOUS VIEW OF
LIFE THAN THE MEN.
MAY SHOULDER A RIFLE
They Have Greater Hatred OF the
Turk Than Fathers or Brothers
Most of the Family Burdens are
Performed by the Fair Sex.
OF this Celebrated Country.

Athens, May 9.-The women OF
Greece are interesting at all times, but
at this great crisis in the affairs OF
the nation, when the hand OF the Turk
Is clutching at It's throat, they are more
than interesting-not so much the Wo-
men OF the cities, but the women OF
the rural districts, where life Is much
the same as 1t was 1000 years ago.
On all sides IL heard the cry that
II the worst comes the Creek women
Will arm themselves and help repel
the invaders. That they are made OF
true Amazonian stuff history demon
strates more than once. Their detest-
alton OF the Turk IL as great as their
love OF Greece. All Inc adjectives In
the dictionary could not express their
condition more clearly than this. Every
Greek woman Is a patriot. From the
Instant her babies can understand the
meaning of words she ponrB into their
cas- tales OF past wars with the Turks,
OF the cruel barbarism Of the tyrant,
aud ms sckening rapaclty; she tells
ther, Of the war of 1923, when the sol
diers o, the sultan ravaged the country,
carrying away thousands OF Greek