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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-12-07

ton that he should marry, which ef
fectually established in him a deter
mination never to do anything of thu
kind. It was not conscious stubborn
ness. 1t was simply unbrokcn nature
instinct.
This was the path over which the
old mans thoughts were wandering
while his right hand wandered over
his left arm and shoulder and some.
times down along his left leg and knee
Stanton noticed the inattention, and
once or twice glanced up, between the
lines. He fancied his uncle was not feel
ing we'll, and would have been glad to
offer some relief, but perfect health was
the one thing upon which John Ohm.
stead prided himself and which it was
never safe to question. Ills one boast,
always pushing his fingers through his
white hair, was that he had never con-
suited a physician in his life.
The tall clock in the corner began
striking ten, and the clock in the great
tower, few blocks away, joined it, a
single stroke behind. One was regulated
by John Olmstead, the other by the
official timekeeper, and for more than
20 years they had told the same story
as they were telling it tonight.
Stanton paused for an instant and
glanced at his uncle, dropped his book
and sprang to the armchair
The old mans face was flushed. His
forehead was wet. He was awake, but
he breathed like one sleeping too heav-
lily. In wild stare his eyes were fixed
on his left hand.
With his right hand he clutched the
sleeve of the left arm, lifted it a little
way, and let it fall, muttering:
Dead, Robert. Dead
Stanton rang for Sam, the general
man-servant, whispering: "Dr. Morton,
Sam. Be quick
Sam staggered out into the raging
storm, his mind struggling with the
fact that. the master was ill, much as
his body struggled in the drifts. He was
trying to do two things at once, which
was always too much for him, and be-
tween the two he Numbered and rang
the bell at the door of Rev. DR.. Borden's
home.
John Olmstead was not a communi-
cant, but he was highly valued and re-
spected supporter of DR.. Borden's
church. The good doctor opened the
door himself. Sam shouted from the
storm: Mr.. John Olmstead is sick, sir.
Come quick Then discovering his mis-
take, he started away, without a word
of explanation, to summon DR.. Morton.
A single glance told the physician
why he had been called. He asked a few
questions, chiefly to test the mind and
the face-muscles, looked into the pa
tents eyes, and, kneeling, began to
manipulate the left leg and arm.
"Well?' said John Olmstead, impa-
tiently.
DR.. Morton did not stop his examina-
ton, but spoke slowly:
81 should say it was slight stroke of
aPoplexy, probably caused by an i'm
material hemorrhage on the brain.
There is still sensation here I think it
will steadily return, and in two or three
weeks you will"
He was testing the pulse in the right
wrist. Quickly he followed it to the
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been doing him by confessing that.
some years before, he was in charge of
the furnaces of hotel when, late one
night, guest called him up to his room.
showed him man helplessly drunk,
gave him $50 and a glass of brandy
and secured his services in carrying out
a little joke. The joke consisted in TAX
ing the man to the engine room, COW
er1ng him with dirt and .dilapidatins
him generally, then taking him in
carriage to certain address and leay-
ing him in the hands of the master of
the house, with the message that he
had been dragged out of fight in a low
dance hall and had given that number
when asked where he should be taken.
And you was him. an I done it, the
man calculated, coming laboriously to
the end.
Not a muscle of the lawyers face
moved till he had locked the door be-
hind his penitent client. Then, with his
fists clenched and crowded into his
pockets for safe keeping, he walked
slowly up and down the room.
For the first time in his life he knew
what ger-hatred-meant.
IT Richard. Raymond had come into
his Office he would have killed. him.
new sentiment had taken such en-
tire possession of him that for time
he had absolutely no control over him
self, and the only good fortune of it was
that he fully realized the fact.
He walked and walked and struggled
with himself for hours before he dared
unlock that door. At length the anger
was. driven into his heart, but it only
waited-a most disagreeable compan-
ion-!waited. for it's victim.
Late in the fall he saw him, for the
first time, walking slowly on the oppo-
site side Of Broadway.
With his fists clenched, his heart
throbbing, his teeth ground hard
against each other. Stanton ran across
the street. -.
He was utterly unconscious of what
ne ne eve. even wished to do when they should
meet; but they did not meet. Ray
mond was nowhere to be seen when he
reached the pavement. He was glad of
it afterwards. -,
- - way "OuAu nave Oeen OaU
place to do anything he muttered. as
ne e. walked away; and thereupon he
asked himself, for the first time, what
It wa, was that he proposed to do. 10 his
surprise he found the solution extreme !
" difficult. Is. - s.
It was still unsettled when, a few
weeks later, he walked up the stone
steps Of his home late in the afternoon.
to find Sam waiting at the door.
!! Sam ll,.lh,iayd grown gray in the service
Of two generations, and was more close
y identified with that house than the
Young master, in his own estimation
At least.
His face was even winter than his
hair as he labored through the infor-
nation that an officer had invaded the
sacred library and had calmly taken
possession of everything in the name
# a new heir. ~ ESQ
"It's only a matter Of form, Sam,
Stanton remarked. Il had forgotten IS
'ut this is the day that my rights ex.
lire. shall purchase this house. how.
yer, and everything will go on as
Usual"
He waited moment in the hall. ia rs
aim himself, for in spite Of his pre.r-
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best light and made himself secure in
the seat before he opened it; but it was
very short. He read:
Dear sir:-After the disgraceful, ex.
hibition which you made Of yourself
at our home last night, my daughter
wishes me to say that love or respect
from her would be no longer possible.
Kindly allow all intercourse with our
family to cease with this letter. We re-
quire no explanation and would accept
no apology
Slowly tearing it in pieces, Stanton
said to himself: ......
Il rather like that letter. It's very
much to the point, and there's no am
biguity; but wish + knew how 1 rot
myself to his house and what | did
there. l probably shall know, some
day, and things will adjust themselves.
They always do s. ~
They did adjust themselves, but not
precisely as he anticipated. The first
1ntimation of an adjustment came to
MN NJ N through the newspaper, in the an
nouncement of the marriage of Miss
Lombard and Mr.. Richard Raymond.
he thought OF the glass of wine, and
with shudder sprang to his feet.
. Presently he was restlessly pacing
the room, muttering: absurd! Sim
ply impossible. Why shouldn't he mar
~ her # ne wants to? Why shouldn't
she marry him? He can tell her more
in IN ten minutes than most men could in
an NJ hour. Shed have been bored to death
shut up with me. Upon my word. 1 be-
lieye It was fortunate all around. I've
had enough OF society. I'm satisfied.
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IMPLIED ON Il SHAFT.
Serious Accident to n Passenger in an
Electric Car.

New York, July 26-In a collision be-
tween an uptown electric car and a
wagon loaded heavily with boxes at
West Broadway and Broome streets to-
day, Philip Lee Smith, twenty-four
years Old of 27 West Forty fourth
street, the Harvard club and Peter
Patterson, passengers on the car, were
injured Smiths left breast was i'm
pale by the shaft of the wagon and his
condition is serious, Patterson escaped
with cut over his eye.
The collision appears to have been
due largely to the carelessness of the
driver of the wagon, Henry Lowenstein,
who was arrested. There was a panic
among the passengers and a scramble
for the street and it is a wonder that
more were not injured A policeman
called an ambulance from st. Vincent S
hospital DR.. Wren declared Smiths in
jury very serious and took him to the
hospital He also dressed Patterson's S
wound and he was then able to go
home. The car was considerably dam
aged.
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F.IVORI1ES WERE BEATEN.
Surprise, ut the shinmecock Golf Tour
nnment.

Southington, July 26.-This is dis
astrous day for favorites at the Shin
necock Hills Golf clubs tournament.
Harry b. Hollins, jr., of the Westbrook
club, who won the presidents cup and
gold medal a year ago and again led a
field of six players in the opening round
yesterday, was defeated by James I.
Curtis of the Essex County club, Man
chester, Mass, by one uo. The victory
of the New Englander was wholly un-
looked for by the many admirers of
Hollins. Roderick Terry, jr., of the
home club, after winning the first round
of eighteen holes at match play by five
up from Charles Hitchcock, jr., of Point
Judith was considered by many to have
good chance of fitting into the last
two pairs, but Daniel Chauncey of Dyk-
er Meadow beat out this young player
by two UP in the second round These
We're the only two who played their
second round. The other six will play
theirs tomorrow morning G. C. Clark,
jr., of the Home club, was another
favorite who succumbed unexpectedly.
He was beaten by his club mate, u. A.
Murdoch, who was one up at the finish.
Only five of the eight pairs who quail
fled yesterday played out their first
round in the morning, owing to the in
clement weather and the other three
went out in the afternoon when the
rainstorm had disappeared. The match
which occasioned the greatest interest
in the morning was that between w.
]. Travis of Oakland and r. c. Watson,
Jr.. of Westbrook. The result of ii was
clear-cut victory for Travis by four up
and three to play. Travis is undoubt-
edly the best player now left in for
previous honors, and with Hollins out
of the way it looks as if he had the
presidents cup as good as won. A
handicap for a $50 cup, in which over
forty entered, of whom only twenty re-
turned, was the next feature. Cards
was won by w. j. L. Thompson, Nor
ris County Golf club, who made the
eighteen holes in the three gross with
a handicap of eight, which made his
net score seventy-tive. This event
wound up the days play and some Of
the players decided their second rounds
for the Peconic and consolation.
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Il SWITCHlIAN KILLED.
James Farrell Struck by Train I'm the
Freight Yard Last Night.

James Farrell, man about thirty-five
years of age, who is employed in the
day time as switchman in the Water
street yard of the Consolidated road,
was run over and killed just below the
Water street bridge about 10 o'clock last
night. The body was found lying upon
the track by Yardmaster William Dow.
A freight train had passed over the
track about twenty minutes before, and
it is supposed that it was the train
which ran over Farrell The body was
cut completely in two, the wheels hav-
ing passed over it just below the arm
pits. Farrell is thought to have been
crossing the tracks to see some of his
friends in the yard when he was struck
by the locomotive of the freight train.
DR.. White, the medical examiner. was
notified, and visited the scene of the
accident. Mr.. Farrell boarded at the
house of Daniel Wynne. 2SS Portsea
street. The remains were taken to the
undertaking rooms of Cox & Henze.
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CAHILRY ECR MfNILA.
Preparations Making nt Seattle for
FquippinG Transports.

Seattle, Wash, July 26.--According to
the latest advices received by Captain
w. w. Robinson jr, of the quarter
master department, August Is is the
date set for the arrival in Seattle of the
Third cavalry. How long they will re-
main here will depend upon the arrival
of the transports and how soon they
can be got into condition, but the date
will probably be after August 20. The
Athenian, it is expected will come into
port to-day. The Port Albert is now
at Victoria, and it is thought will reach
here about the same time as the Athe-
nian.
Regarding the Victoria nothing has
been heard since the advice stating that
she would arrive on August l. The
Hancock is expected to arrive in San
Francisco about August 1. OF the en-
tire fleet the Garonne alone is here now.
Work on changing her is being pushed
forward as rapidly as possible
Woodland park is being prepared as
a camp for the men and horses. Cap
tain Robinson has received advices from
the owners of several big docks offer
ing the government the free use of them
for the fitting out of the transports.
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OTIS HAS THE POWER
To Organize PrOvisionaI Governments
lin Philippines.

Washington, July 26.-It is stated at
the war department that General Otis
has sent no communications to the de-
partment regarding the organization of
any provisional governments in the is
lands or provinces, but it Is presumed
that he may be doing so if conditions
warrant
General Otis Is acting under instruc-
tions from the president dated Decem-
Der 81 1898 These instructions said
that the destruction of the Spanish fleet,
followed by the reduction of Manila,
practically effected the conquest of the
Philippines, and suspension of Spanish
sovereignty. They directed that the
military government of the United
States maintained in Manila may be ex-
tended with all possible despatch over
the whole of the district ceded to the
United States by the treaty of peace.
The military commender was directed
to announce that I'VE come not as in
vaders or conquerors, but as friends"
Those who submitted were to be
promised support and protection, all
others will be brought within the lawful
rule we have assumed, with firmness
if need be, but without severity as far
as mays be possible. Suggestions were
made as to the government of the ced-
ed territory and the rights of property,
taxes, etc. This letter of the president,
together with the instructions of Secre-
tary Hay to the Philippine commission,
are the basis of governments which are
to be established in the Philippines
1t is stated at the war department that
the matter of organizing another regi-
ment of volunteers in the Philippines in
addition to the Seth, 37th and the>caval
ry regiment will be left entirely to the
discretion of General Otis, who is au-
thoriZed to proceed with it.
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JVEYEER Called DOWN
For IA Speech In the Senate ut Madrid
YestertInv

Madrid, July 26.-The discussion OF
the army bill in the senate to-day led
to an exciting scene. General Weyler
arguing against any reduction of the
strength of the army. warned the gov
ernment that the present situation made
a revolution highly probable since ii
had never been so easy for the army
and the people to make common cause
He himself, he said, had never thought
of heading a rising, but it must be con-
fessed that revolutions sometimes clear
ed the political atmosphere and accom-
plished the work of regeneration.
Senor Date, minister of the interior,
replying severely, censured General
Weyler, declaring that a general who,
with 100000 men, had failed to suppress
the Cuban rebellion, had no right to
make such threats, and that any at
tempt at revolution. no matter by
whom, would be proceeded against with
the utmost rigor of the law. The SEN
ators warmly applauded Senior Dates
speech. The army bill was adopted.
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coon TENNIS PLAYING.
The Weather Interfered Somewhat at
LomsSvood.

| Boston, July 26-It was not until af-
| ter noon to-day that the weather clear
| ed sufficiently to enable the tennis tour
| nament at Longwood to proceed, and
even under these conditions but seven
| matches in the singles and two in the
doubles were completed. There were a
number of interesting matches, the
principal one being between w. A.
Larned and c. r. Budlong. Budlong
gave his opponent three hard sets be-
| fore he was vanquished
George l.. Wrenn, ir.. and j. G. Da-
wilson, the southern champion, also
had a closely fought contest, but after
Wrenn had won his second set David
son went to pieces and his opponent
took the necessary set without difficult
ty Young Edward Larned a brother
of the famous player, gave r. McKit-
trick of Harvard a very stiff fight for
the necessary set to decide the contest
in the Harvard mans favor
In the doubles former Champion Ho-
vey made his first appearance for three
years and with A. WinsloW defeated
Merrill and Hitchcock in straight sets
The summary of to-day's matches is as
follows:
Longwood cup, singles, second round:
G.. L. Wrenn beat j. c. Davidson, Ga,
SO, 7-5, 6-1.
L. Il. Ware beat F. B. Winslow, GA,
6-3, e-3
]. P. Paret beat J. B. Read, 6-l, 6-3,
~ 7
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MOURN WITH MRS. INGERSOLL
HUNDREDS or LETTERS RECEIVED
FROM FRIENDS.
The Body, Encased im a Plain Coffin, ,
VIII be Taken To-day to Fresh Pond
and In Incinderatcd-Vhe Ashes WiIl be
Brought Back by the Widow Who
VIII Not be Separated From Them.

New York, July 26.-Nalston tn
beautiful home at Dobbs Ferry wher,
Colonel Ingersoll died. was quiet plac
| to-day. The body of the dead agnosti
| lay on the tlower-covered bier. Onl,
| the widow and daughters sat near; al
others kept away
Three hundred letters We're received
to-day from all over the country, mos
of them from intimate friends. Amons
thoge who sent letters were ]. Fl. Man
ley of Maine, President Lawrence of the
Lotus club, Mrs Elizabeth Cady Stan
ton, who wrote beautiful letter ot
hope and sympathy; Otave Thanet anG
w. N. Miller, president of the Ameri-
can Federation of Musicians. This is
what Mr.. Miller wrote from ST. Louis tc
Mrs. Ingersoll:
ON behalf of $1,000 professional mu.
Sicians comprising the American FEEDER
alton of Musicians, permit me to ex-
tend you our heartfelt and most sincere
sympathy in the irreparabale loss of the
model husband, father and friend. In
him the musicians of not only this coun-
try, but of all countries, have lost one
whose noble nature grasped the beauties
Of cur sublime art and whose intelli-
gence gave those impressions expressed
in words of glowing eloquence that will
live as long as language lasts"
TN,1g
mated tomorrow. The coffin was sent
to Dobbs Ferry to-day, but it remained
all day at the local undertaker's. 1t
is a plain, black cloth covered coffin,
without ornaments, handles or name
plate. 1t is simply box in which the
body is to be carried to the crematory
at Fresh Pond, L. l.
The body will be transferred from the
bier to the coffin at 0 a. M. Whenever
the widow is ready the hearse will start
down the long hill and a special train
will be in waiting a the station to take
the party to New York city. From New
York city to Fresh Pond is but a brief
journey.
The incineration will be strictly pri-
vate The time has not even been set,
III orusl tHal tHe pupilc liidy Dol hloW'
The funeral party will wait during the
hours while the body is being consumed
to take the ashes back with 1t. The
funeral urn has already been selected by
George Grey Barnard the sculptor, and
the dead mans friend. This is only
temporary, but it will satisfy Mrs. In
gersol till finer one can be had. She
is determined that the ashes shall not
be away from her single moment Col
onel Ingersoll's unpublished writings
will not be printed.
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MOB WANTED THE PRISONER.
Were Bent Upon Lynchtng Negro
Rapist.

cambridge, Ga, July 26-On account
of the excited state of the people here
Sheriff Patterson tonight took John
Williams, the negro rapist in Jail here,
and whose life has been clamored for
by mob for two days, to Thomasville
for safe keeping. The negro was taken
to the train under guard of two COM
panies of militia and between lines of
jeering people. There is some talk of
the mob going to Thomasville, but it is
thought the trouble is over A lynch
ing party with dynamite and telegraph
poles for battering rams was on it's way
to the Jail last night, when Judge Bow
er and two other gentlemen stopped the
mob and pleaded with it to let the law
take it's course Judge Bower promised
a special term to try Williams and he
promised speedy justice. After some
replies from members of the mob the
latter finally disbanded and the night
was passed in quiet.
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CONDITIONS. 10 BE ADDED
To the Committee Report ON Fair Haven
and Westville Roads Petitions,

The committee on railroads and
bridges held brief meeting in execu-
tive session last night to consider fur
ther the recommendations to be made
to the court of common council on the
petitions of the Fair Haven and West
vile Railroad company for permission
to lay a double track on Whitney ave-
nue. and to extend the tracks on Derby
avenue across the West river bridge.
The committee at a previous meeting
decided to recommend that both petit
tions be granted, but since then it has
been suggested by members of the COM
mittee that certain conditions be tackled
one that if double tracks are laid on
Whitney avenue vitrified brick shall be
laid between the tracks and two feet
on each side through Chapel street;
that Telford pavement be laid between
the tracks on the southern end of Whit
ney avenue, and that top dressing Of
crushed stone be laid between the tracks
at the outer end of the avenue The
committee is also considering the advis-
ability Of recommending the passage of
an order that all tracks laid hereafter
be laid with grooved rails, which, it is
claimed, would be better for bicycles
and carriages to go over than are the
ordinary rails now used in this city.
AS for the petition for permission to
extend the tracks across the Derby ave-
nue. bridge, the committee has decided
to report favorably, but will recommend
that the railroad company be required
to pay something for the privilege of
running cars across the bridge. No de-
cision as to the amount which will be
recommended has been arrived at, al
though several suggestions have been
made. One is that the railroad compa-
ny be required to pay $4,000, another
that $1,000 would be a fair sum, while
one alderman proposes the following:
He says that the bridge cost about $20,-
900 for grading and everything, and
that the city is paying 3 per cent. on
bridge bonds issued to raise money to
pay for it's construction. The interest
on the bonds is $500 and this is practi-
cally what the bridge costs the city
5000 per year The alderman referred to
proposes that the railroad company be
required to pay 5000 year-just half of
the cost-to the city for the privilege of
using the bridge.
The committee will hold a conference
with representatives of the street rail-
roads before formulating report to go
to the common council. No date for the
rext committee meeting was decided
upon last night.