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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-21
JERSEY CEMENT.

EASTON, Pa. March 21, 1S9S.-The
Alpha-Portland Cement Co.. of Whitaker,
N J., received orders today to hurry the
work on all Government orders for
cement. The cement is to be shipped to
Southern points The works of the come
orders are completed.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-21

the Amazonas of the Brazilian navy. 1t
is expected that these vessels will soon
start for England on their voyage across
the Atlantic ocean, and the probabilities
are that they will make Hampton Roads
their destination.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-21
oARoLUs DURAN ARRIVES.

NEW YORK, March 21, 1898. Among
the passengers who arrived this morning
per French line steamer Navarro from
Havre was Carolus Duran, the celebrated
,,sttc
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-21
WELCOME FOR CAPT. STRICKLAND

Post No. 2, Volunteers of America, will
give a welcome meeting tonight to Cap
Vain Nora Strickland, who will assume
command of the post. Among the attrac-
tions at the meeting will be the headquar-
ters qhartette.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-21
WEATHER INDICATIONS.

NEW YORK, March 21, 1SsS.-F Forecast
for thirty-six hours ending at eight p. NJ
Tuesday For New York City and
vicinity.-Sho tonight and Tuesday;
warmer; easterly winds
Hartaett'~ Thermomeser Report.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-21
Victim OF Gnriosirx.

81 fear, said the manager as the ifv-
ing skeleton sat on him and intermittent-
ly hammered him, Il fear that my curios-
ity has got the best Of me. "-Indianapolis
Journal
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-21

1t were holes through which the hose
passed, enabling the cars to pass over
and go on their way without interference.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-21

Albany, N Y; Providence, r. l., and
Buffalo, N. Y, advanced their claims
quite strenouslY
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-21

Ii is economy to proft BY the experience Of
others Thousands have been cured by Hoods
sarsaparilla. why not you7
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-21

BATTLE W|THFLAMES
Desperate Struggle at the
P. R. R. Depot in
This Mornings
Early Hours.
RUIN AT A MINIMUM
Handsome Waiting Room
and Keystone Restanr-
ant Reduced to
Charred Embers.
GREAT TRAINsHED SAVED
Ferry House and Slips Saved
From Destruction by
a Miracle.
RECONSTRUCTION ALREADY BEGUN.
Wonderful Energy and Resource
Shown in an Extraordinary
Emergency.
TOTAL DAMAGE ABOUT 100000
Fire Broke ont in tho Kitchen
Features of the struggle Between
the Saving and Destroying
Elements.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-17

sEAGIT RIVER HOITE5-sgea rrer City
fsf cha m p&sgn. weekly time card:
Leaves Ssssti. June II az a. m. June q
az; a. N. June ~ ar a n. Leaves Ne.
Vernon June ID AT u noon, June IL AT /
stanw0cd. Fsr. Ssasit City. Mount Yer
non ard Avon
For passenger and freight rates Apply 1T
f.2sv Dock telephone main a. II II Nc
Donald. Master w. II. Gliksson. Nanage-.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-17
pnpr ORCHARD AND PORT WASH
IEGTG% Rnr-TE

STEAMER MARY r. PERLET
feavss Galbra5th dock. foot OF washluy-
fo<7 street for Sylvan Grove Port White
Isrernerton L. s. Dry Deck Charleston,
SIsnav Tracyton. S.ivertaie dafiy sxcers
sagnrtiays and SUNDAYS at 800 . m; sst-
urdays AT $50 p H.; Sundays al I o
n Returning. leaves S!.Verdale at 100 q.
n. Dry Dock % 9. 10. Saturday nights
Iasyes Gilver6ale SO p. m Dry Dock
40 .. ~ Telephone. PED Isl
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-17
Apply EMPIRE TRANSPORTED
sTEAMERA
FLY ON THE FLYER"

SEATTLE TO TACOMA.
Four round trips daily, except Sunday.
In one hour and twenty Ave minutes.
THE STEAMER s'FLYER.'
Regular daily trips, Seattle-Tacoma
route. as follows:
TAKING EFFECT TUESDAY. MAY 3.
TINE CARD.
Leave Seattle--7:G. Ills q. m: 2:S e:lS
.. n.
Leave Tacoma-a:3o a. M: /. $50. p. m.
SUNDAYS.
Leave Seattle-7:3o a. m: 12 m: p. m.
Leave Tacona-9:30 a. m: 2:2o T:30 D. IN.
Handing al Northern Pacific wharf. Tz-
coma. and Commercial dock. foot OF Ma
RON street. Seattle.
Sundays. steamers Flyer ana STATE OF
Washington.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-17

pfJGET SOUND a ALASKA STEAM
SHIP COMPANY.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-17

Seattle and Townsend-Neah Bay Route.
Steamer Garland leaves Yesisr dock SIM
cays Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11:so
M. for Port Townsend. Port Williams.
Dungeness. Port Angeles. Port Crescent.
Gettysburg. pysht. cialiam Bay and Neah
an opposite days. Steamer EyangeI leaves
Ywisr dock for Port Townsend Port
Angeles and Victoria Mondays, Wednes-
lays and Fridays at $50 p. m; arrives
Seattle alternate days At $50 p. m. Tel
Main Cos.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-17
PACIFIC NAVIGATION CO.

Seattle. Everett Il whatcom Route.
State OF washington leaves Seattle daily
except Saturday at 10 p. m.
seattle Everett and La Conner Route
Steamer Fsirhaven leaves Seattle daily
except Sunday at o. m. calling at Ev-
erett going north Tuesday Thursday ana
Saturday, going south Monday. WednIo-
day and Friday.
Telephone. Main SIT. Yesler Dock
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-17
VICTORIA ROUTE.

pfJGET SOUND 4 ALASKA STEAM
SHIP COMPANY.
VICTORIA ROUTE.
steamer City of Kingston between Is
conra Wash. and Victoria, y. G.
3 aan,riT .vj MI sTactsna IliaAri 4.0oom
70 onnn,lTvt e3l SEATTLE SzIAri t.45r.n
IooamII.vi 7etpt. Townsend sslArl1o Sam
a.sSamlArl 1iO Victoria MlLvI s.ooasn
sDaiiy except Saturday.
rhtr steamer furnishes hrst~class ac-
eommoiatione. carrying both freight and
nassangers ana leaves from fesler wharf.
SETTLE for Victoria a. 10 p. m. and for
Tacoma at els p. m.
Passengers for Victoria can occupy state
rooms until .. n.
For rates. tickets. ETC.. inquire or
Agent, Yesler Wharf. Seattle.
I. A. NADEAU.
General Agent. ~. p. Ry.. Seattle.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-17
STEAMERS.
ROUND TRIP. s. CENTS.
SAN JUAN ISLANDS.
STEAMER LYDIA THOMPSON

STRAITS STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
Carving United States mail leaves CITY
Sav ana Thursday az i2 o'clock midnight
Tor port Townsend. San Juan .slanas ard
Naw wsatcom. Returning leaves New
wha.cora Tuesday. Thursday and Satur-
dav A, a. n. J. r. Thompson. manager
owner -Bogardu5 Il Co. agents
city Doak. Telephone. Main 81.
The evening times., 1898-08-26
FIRE ISLAND WRECKAGE.
1t May Have Been Thrown Over
bOard From Transports.

New York, Aug. 26.-The report of Capt.
F. G. Hanson, of the British steamer AL
goa. that he passed through quantity
of wreckage east Of the Fire Island light
ship Tuesday morning is substaniiated by
Capt Nicholson, of the British steamer
Vera, which arrived yesterday from
Huelva. Capt. Nicholson says that at
a. m. yesterday, about thirty miles east
of the Fire Island lightship, he saw
quantity of wreckage. which included
large square spar, cask. apparently
full some gratfngs. and several broken
casks.
From Fire Island come the report
that the beach is covered with wreck
age. consisting, Of paris of trunks. poxes'
bedding and wire mattresses. There are
no marks on them. but II Is believed TO
he the same wreckage the Aigoa report
ed. and may have come of some OF the
United States transports. Life-saving
stations further east on Long Island
have no reports of wreckage on shore.
The tug c. p Raymond. Capt. Charles
II. Coon, cruised for several hours yes
terday to the eastward Of the Fire ISL
and hghtship in search Of the wreckase.
She found nothing
It was learned at Montauk Point that
many of the Santiago transports had
dumped stuff overheard on sighting Fire
Island.
The evening times., 1898-08-26
MONITORS ORDERED NORTH.
Measures Necessary to the Health q
Their Crews.

Measures Necessary to the Heasth OF
Their Crews.
The four doubIe-turreted monitors which
were left behind when Admiral Sampson
vessels sailed from Cuba for New York
have been ordered to proceed north. ana
will arrive probably at Hampton Roads
early next week At last accounts the
Puritan and Terror were safely anchored
In one of the smaller harbors of Porto
Rico. and the Miantonomoh and Amphi-
trite are believed to be at Key West. Ad-
miral SIMPSONS instructions before leav-
ing Guantanamo Bay were to see that the
monitors sent to Porto Rico just previous
to the landing of Gen. Miles forces were
amply supplied with ammunition and pro-
visions for a long stay. if necessary. at
the time 1t being understood that the
services of some warship would no doubt
be required to cooperate with the army
One reason impeliing the withdrawal OF
the vessels Is the intense suffering the
men and officers have undergone on these
ships from the time the blockade began
OF Havana. The thermometer is said to
seldom get below the 1eo mark. and the
result has been to impair the health of
many of the crew, and two officers have
already broken down under the strain.
On arrival north the monitors are ex-
pected to be assigned to the Norfolk and
New York navy yards for general over
hauling and repairs, previous to again
entering active service and joining the
fleet later at Old Point
The evening times., 1898-08-26

transacted more expeditiously and bet
ter in every way by having closed doors.
1t Is likely, according to Senator Cul-
lom. that there will be prepared by the
commissioners an organic act correspond
ing to the constitution of State de-
scribing the territory. the manner. nreth-
cd and limitations of legislation. This
organic act will be supplemented by many
congressional laws bearing upon customs.
land. taxation. the Judiciary, etc. 1t is
by no means contemplated that there
shall be any radical changes In the sys-
tenn here.
Senator Morgan, in an interview, said:
As to the scope Of the commissions
work. that is rather leading question,
but l can answer it by referring you to
the Ne~iands resolution. We shall keep
within the bounds laid down in that reso-
luton. and. mark you, we are not going
20 make any new laws for you, or insti-
tute any radical changes. Our duties are
largely. il mot wholly. advisory. and we
shall confine our work as much as pos
sible to that line
Speaking of the work of the last legis-
lature. the Senator said. referring espec-
| tally to the loan act:
1T does not follow that such a law
would fall through. The United States
| has assumed 81, 100000 of your debt, but
| there Is no reason why you are stopped
| from incurring any more. We have al
| lowed all the territories to pass laws au-
| thoriZing the issuing of bonds for inter-
nai improvements. subject, of course. to
: Congressional supervision, and know of
| no reason why Hawaii should be excluded
| from doing so. The United States having
assumed the bulk of your debt. you should
be in better financial condition than most
of the territories. and you understand
| that hereafter any laws you pass viii be
subject to the approval of Congress
The steamship Lakme arrived today
bringing Major Langfitt's Third battalion
of the Second Regiment, United states
Volunteers.
| There is soon to be telegraphic commu-
| nication between the islands OF this
group. A cable connecting the ISLANDS
| with one another is to be laid almost i'm
| mediately. One of the duties of the en-
| gineer corps that is now here. the Third
| Battalion of the Second Regiment. United
States Volunteer Engineers. will be the
construction of an inter-island cable sys-
| tenn
The fact that tine government intehos
TO proceed at once with the work is pref
tv conclusive that the franchise for a
cable from the coast to Honolulu Will not
be long delayed.
The evening times., 1898-08-26
CLEVER BANK ROBBERS.
Thieves Used . Hook to Extract the
Cash.

Thieves Used . Hook to Extract the
Cash.
St. Louis. No. Aug. GA st. Louis
bank of prominence has been systematf-
caily robbed for several months. and ac-
cording to the best information obtain
able its losses will reach into five figures
The name Of the bank Is withheld by re-
quest until the full extent of the losses
is known.
Private detectives were placed on the
case first. but their work was so unsat-
isfactory that, Chief Desmond and his
men were called In. As a result the home
Of one man is being shadowed.
The cashier told Chief Desmond that he
first discovered the loss on June 2. when
he found a bag in the vault that had been
emptied of its contsnts-s5O0 In silver
After that there were numerous and
systematic robberies. but the offender
could not be captured. There was no evil
dence that the time lock or steel walls
had been tampered with
After much experimenting the police ar
rived at the method by which the vault
was robbed without being entered. At
the bottom of the steel walls there Is a
space of half an inch before the concrete
fieor is reached. By reaching a hooked
wire through the oags Of coin may be
reached and drawn to the opening. where
a knife would easily lay fhe contents bare
to be sifted through.
The evening times., 1898-08-26
CAPT. CLARK GETTING BETTER.
Expecting to Soon Enjoy an Outing
A. 90, I'm Michigan.

Expecting to Soon Enjoy an OUTING
A. ,. I'm Michigan.
New York. Aug. 26.-Capt. Charles E.
Clark. who commanded the battleship
Oregon at Santiago. is a patient In the
Naval Hospital. Brooklyn. where he ar
rived from Philadelphia yesterday after
noon, Accompanied only by his steward.
He rode out in a trolley car to the hospi-
tai, where Medical Director George w.
Woods. an old friend, received him.
He laughed heartily when informed Of
report that he was very sick. man
and had been carried out on a litter.
I'm glad 1t is not quite SO bad as that,
he said. II had no trouble in getting
here. although l am not quite so robust
as would like to be. So far as my bodily
condition goes, however, 1 may say that
1t is mending rapidly. and 1 believe that
in a few days l will be perfectly well"
Capt. Clark did not leave the St. Louis
until she reached Philadelphia. He ex-
poets in a day or two to go to st. Joseph.
Mich, where his wife is summering.
The evening times., 1898-08-26
JUSTIcB;7e THE INDIANA.
Captain Tay3es CsasaAers Thst On
eial Reri4ss. Were Unfair.


eial Rerj4ss. Were Unfair.
While Admiral sampson was in WASH
ineton the other day he fIled In the Navy
Department coptes of kfters that had
passed between himself and Cops. Tay-
lor. Of the Indiana. regarding the par.
taken by the latter In the action Of July
3 of Santiasp. when Admiral Cervera's
fleet was destroyed. These show that Ad-
miral Schley's report of the engagement
did not meet Capt Taylor's approval. In
fact, he sharply reserts 1t. and taking
that report and Admiral Sampson's to-
gother, Capt. Taylor thinks the Indiana
makes a poor showing. He asks Samp-
son to rectify the matter. and the latter
does so.
In his letter of complaint to Admiral
Sampson, Capt. Taylor says
..If the official records should be refer
red to in future. 1t will appear from It's
general tone that the Indiana was less
deserving than all Of her consorts-
Leaving out my personal interest," IN
the matter 1t Is right that should con-
slider the officers and crew Of the ship
and 1 speak for them as well as for my
self when I submit to you. admiral, that
the above combination of reports Will
place the ship In the opinion of the de-
partment and the country markedly De-
low all the other vessels of your squad
ron. I respectfully submit. sir. that this
Is an Injustice to the Indiana. and her
officers and crew.
"I can say without disparagement OIL
any other vessel that during the first
hour Of the fight the Indiana's gunfire
tha sN<uf
Oquendo and the Teresa more than that
| of any single vessel of our squadron, ex-
cept one, and equaled hers. do not
know why the second In command failed
| to observe the Indiana during this period
of our hottest action. l saw the Brook
| lyn quite plainly"
In his reply Admiral Sampson said:
.I am greatly obliged that you have
called my attention to what appears 10
| have been an injustice to your snip Inc
ships that were to the westward OF the
| escaping enemy were certainly bette'
placed for stopping the enemy, and also
better placed for delivering their fire
| than the vessels 10 the eastward, which
| was the blockading station of the In
| diana.
| NO distribution of the fleet could
| completely predict and provide agains
| every variation of such a sorie. mol
| do l consider that any commanding of
| ficer deserved either credit or blame be
| cause the ship under his command wa:
faster or slower than another shin, o
carried heavier or lighter bat
| terry.
This explanation. together with you
| letter will be sent to the department
with the request that 1t may be attache'
to and form a part Of the original re
port
The evening times., 1898-08-26
FOSSILS TRAGIC SUICIDE.
Died Rather Than Face a Charge OF
Wife Murder.

New York. Aug a.-The Herald's
Paris special says:
A most sensational and tragic affair
eliminated in Paris on Wednesday by
the suicide of Joseph PosseI. whose wife.
nee Eleanor Beckett met her death near
Sorrento last month by falling over
cliff, under circumstances throwing con-
siderable suspicion on the husband.
A styIishly dressed young man enter
ed the restaurant Durand. in the Place
de Ia Madeleine and asked for a lunch
In a private room. He said he wished
to eat alone as he had letters to write.
An hour later the report of a revolver
was heard, and the man was found dy-
ing on the floor. shot through the right
temple his brain protruding from the
hole where the bullet went out at the
back of the head. Two letters were on
the table. one addressed to MY
mother. Mime. Possel.'' at Amiens: the
other to the police magistrate. The lat
ter said that the deceased had killed
himself because he had been subjected
to an abominabIe accusation since his
wffes death.
Joseph Possel. who declared himself
the Marquis de Gondeville. went to Eng
land to study the language AMI boarded
with Mrs Beckett. No. 81 CiiftonhilI. st.
Johns Wood. He became engaged to
Miss Beckett and married her under the
name of the Marquis de Gondeville. He
realized her reversionary interests, and
the pair started for the Continent. In
Paris Possel insured his wife's life for
250.000 francs and then went to Italy
and stopped at Sorrento. They used to
make excursions daily. hiring a carriage
and usually Possel drove
On Friday, July q PosseI came back to
the hotel alone, and when asked where
his wife was said that she had fallen over
cliff The landlord informed the au-
thorities and Possed was arrested His
explanation wtas not satisfactory. and the
fact OF the insurance, which transpired.
was regarded as much against him. but
he was released on bail after four days.
He immediately returned to Paris and
| tried to collect the e-insurance. but the
Compagnie Urbaine refused to pay 1t un-
| til the circumstances of the death were
Then Possei went to London and saw
| his wife's family. to the different mefbers
| of which he gave, conflicting accounts Of
the ALLEGED accident by which his wife
met her death. He left London on Au-
| gust 2, and giving only the poste restante
address in Paris. was not heard from
| again until his. identity was disclosed by
| his suicide.
"A magistrate examined his mother yes
terday. She could furnish no explana-
| ton Of the motive of the suicide, but de-
clared he had long suffered a nervous
affection"
The evening times., 1898-08-26
CAMP rHoMAs,s pxArH ROLL.

Six Hundred Men Have D1eA There
Since Its Estab1lshAenf.
Chickamauga Park, Aug. 8-edx hun
dred deaths have soccurred. In Camp
Thomas since SITS estalbaishment.
The following of3ciall statement has
been issued by Gen. Breckinridge. show
ing the number OF sick now confined IN
the HOSPITALS and the number Of men who
have died since August I:
Twelfth Minnesuta--2s5 sick; deaths.
Fifth Pennsylvania-ll6 sick; deaths.
Eighth Massachusetts-269 sick; Deaths
Twelfth New York-146 sick; Deaths
Twenty first Kansas-S4 sick; deaths.
Ninth Pcnnsylvania-15S sick; 0 DEATHS.
Fourteenth New York-t9 sick; deaths.
First New Hampshire-l81 sick; deaths.
First MisssOuri-67 sick; s deaths.
Thirty-second Nebraska-l5S sick; deaths
Eighth New York-2sO sick; deaths.
Third Te1messee-13s sick; deaths.
First Arkansas-15i sick; deaths.
Ninth New York-93 sick; deaths.
Second kentucky-7S sick; / death.
Fifth Missouri-l14 sick; Deaths
Second Arkansas-195 sick; 2 deaths.
First Illinois Cavalry-i51 sick; deaths.
Fifty second Iowa-196 sick; deaths.
First Mississippi-154 sick; deaths.
Sixth United State Volunteers SICK
The evening times., 1898-08-26
As.inaldo Will support Americ,

AEainald0 Will support America.
New York, Aug. 26.-The Herald's Ma
nila correspondent telegraphs the follow
ing:
"I have just had an interview with Gen.
Aguinaldo in Bacoor. The insurgent lead
er declares that he is anxious to support
the authority of the United States in these
islands, and that he has persuaded the
other rebel leaders to accept his views.
1t is his desire now that the insurgent
army be disbanded and return to the
provinces. He complains of a lack of hon.
esty and military talent in the rebel lead
ers, and says he has not an army. but
only an unruly rabble. The general SEEM
ed dispirited He added that he trusts
the United States will form a free and
liberal government. and says that the
Americans can count on his cooperation.
1.-The rebellion Is spreading in the south.
Sorsogon has fallen into the hands of the
rebels, five Spaniards being killed in the
assault Of the place.
The evening times., 1898-08-26
BEGINNING WORK IN HAWAII.
American Commissioner Arranging
n EnHm al G.0HeEumeuf.

American mmfssiOners Arranging
Form of Government.
San Francisco. Aug. &.-Honolulu ad-
vices say that the commissioners to re-
port ON the form of government for the
territory of Hawaii will make visits
throughout the islands. The commission
will also visit Maui and Kauii and pos
sibly Molaiki.
Senator CuIlom says that the sessions
of the commission will be private ex-
cepting when there are hearings. Indi-
viduals or delegations wishing to present
views, either in person, by spokesman, CT
by attorney Will find the hall open to all.
The senator gave the impression that
hearings would be granted to all having
any reasonable claims. The work of the
commission will not be of a secret ma
ture, but 1t is felt the business can be
The evening times., 1898-08-26
BURNED TO DEATH.

MF.- Patrick Devfin Loses Her Life
by Fire.
Seneca Falls. N. T.. Aug. 8-Mrs. Pat
rick Deviin. weil-known throughout CEN
trail New York in connection with the
advocacy Of woman's rights, was burned
to death at a fire in her dwelling. in the
suburbs of the town yesterday.
Mrs. Devlin had just returned from a
meeting of suffrasists, and evidently was
preparing to retire. The origin Of the fire
Is mystery. Mrs. Devlin was born in
Ireland in 1888. aid removed to this coun-
try while young.
The evening times., 1898-08-26
ROOSEVELT WILL NOT. GO.
Efforts to Induce Him to Open Cook
County Campaign Fail.

Efforts to Induce Him to Open Cook
County Campaign Fail.
Chicago. H.. Aug. 2S.-Theodore Roose-
Welt will not open the Republican CAM
paign in Illinois. This news was brought
to the local leaders from New York by
John A. Cooke. one OF Representative
Lorimer's Iieutenants. and clerk of the
circuit court
Mr. Cooke has been in New York as
the emssary of Lorimer. State Treasurer
Hertz, National Committeeman Jameson,
and the local machine. endeavoring to ar
range for Col. Roosevelt as a star attrac-
ton for the opening of the campaign in
Cook county.
Owing to the situation in New York
Col. Roosevelt did not think 1t best for
him to leave there even for a short time.