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shot Man Instead Of Rabbit.
Special to n. Post

Cumberland. Nd, Oct. zs.-Albert Brant
was accidentally shot In the face and
breast by Thomas Males. colored, this
morning while rabbit nuntIng Males was
al a higher point on the mountain. back Of
LindneTYiiic. and when the dogs stirred
up a rabbit IN the bushes fired not know
ing that Brant Was In the range Of his
gun. One shot penetrated the left eye.
and the sight may be destroyed
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MoIdrrs' strike L. still On.

Special 10 Ihe fott.
Norfolk, Va, Oct B-The strike OF
molders at S. X. White & Bros plOw fac
tory is stu on with 10 immediate pros
pect OF settlement. The firm declines 10
make any statement. The men are hold
ing out and none OF them have applied
Tor reinstatement.
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Married Without Parents Consent.

Special 20 The Post.
Roanoke, Va, Oct. 23.-John Mullen
city councilman from the third ward, and
Miss Florence Carper went TO Bristol
Sunday afternoon and were married by
Parson Burroughs. The marriage was op-
posed by the brides parents and the Cou-
pie left town without advising any one of
their intentions.
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New RAILWAY TO Cape Henry.

Special 20 TIE Post
Norfolk. Va. Oct ls-The Cape Henry
Land and Improvement Company has
been incorporated and is at work i'm
proving the beach at Cape Henry, where
n new seaside resort is 10 be established
The survey Of a railroad, which viii lUn
20 Cape Henry, has been completed, and
viii be constructed this winter.
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Mason Homestead Burned.

Hp@eiaI % ILe fssf-
fredericksburg Va. Oct. 8.-The old
Mason homestead, Cleveland. In King
George County. near COmorn. occupied
by Maj. j. Julian Mason. was entirely de-
EtrOyed by IRE yesterday. while All OF the
members OF the family except Mai Ma
son. who is an invalid. were az church.
The fire originated from defective fiue.
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Richmond Blues Mastered In.

HpeciAI 70 Tie FQft
Richmond. Va, Oct. 3--The two com
panies OF ;he historic Richmond Light In
faEtry Blues were mustered into IN,
service of the State tonight and the
Blues Battalion was reorgauized as ar
independent battalion MAJ Sol Cutehins
who commanded the battalion before tbs
Cuban War, was reelected
The Washington weekly post., 1899-10-24
Horrible Death of Sawmill Hand,


Buckhannon, W. Va, Oct pa young
man named Lewis, who worked in a saw
mill on Sand Run, this county, caught his
foot in a belt to-day and vas thrown
against the roof. breaking three rafters.
He fell back on the belt, which operated a
circular saw, and was carried against the
teeth, cutting his throat, breast bone, and
saving open his bowels.
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Died of His Injuries.

Special 10 The Post
Cumberland. Oct. 3.-Needham Will
Jams, who was shot while en- a train on
the Atlantic Coast Line at Emporia
Greenville County. a few days ago BY an
other train hand, Oscar Saunders. died
last night. Saunders was arrested st The
time OF the shooting and committed 10 tie
county Jail at Greenyilie
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Wanted on Charge of Embezziement.

Richmond. Va, Oct. 2S.-John Kelley, an
aged white man. charged with embezzling
at the Carnegie Steel Works, Pittsburg
Pa, two weeks pay Of his crew OF help
ers. was arrested here to-day and leaves
Tomorrow for Pittsburg In charge of
Detective Millen. of that city.
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Successful Petroleum Te.t,

SpecIAI % Tie POST
Norfolk, Va, Oct. 25.-The torpedo boat
Talbot burning petroleum fuel was given
another spin over the four-miie measured
course. OF Fort Monroe. at noon to-day
She developed the greatest speed vet OBJ
tained with the new fuel, although only
one boiler was usr-i
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Flonr Bill DESTROYED.

Special 10 -. Post
Cumberland, Nd, Oct. 23-Fire this aft
ernoOn destroyed the large roller mill of
the NOland a. Kidwell Milling COMPANY
al Great Capon. Morgan County, W. Va.
on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Re-
sides the mill. valued al S5,0O0, a large
quantity OF wheat was consumed
The Washington weekly post., 1899-10-24
A STRANGERS LONG DRIVE.
Hired Horse and Buggy Two Weeks Ago
and Is still Missing,

Special 20 The Post.
Winchester, Va, Oct. 23.-After waiting
two weeks for the return of a stranger.
who hired a horse and buggy from him,
II. c. Shenk, OF Stephen City. came to
the conclusion that he. had been bun
koed. He notified the district attorney of
his loss to-day, and Offered a reward OF
S25 for the horse and buggy, With or With
out the stranger
The man said his name was Miller. and
got the team TO drive 10 Char,eStOwn.
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Bible Salesman Missing.
Special to The Fost.

Norfolk. Va. Oct. 8.-The police are in
yestlgating the reported disappearance Of
Edward Butler, who has recently been
canvassirg the suburbs for the sale OF Bi-
bles and religious literature Evangelist
j. +. Kendall. who employed him, report
ed the matter to the police department. to-
day. The missing man Is from MeridsU,
Conn.
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RsgIstratisn In Frederick Ceaaty,

ssfcts4 % Tie fo2L
Frederick. Nd. Oct z.-Reports from
all the officers II registration for Fredsr-
lex County have been flied with the board
Of election supers isors. and show an In
crease OF D7 Jyes las, years registration.
and a gain ~ 100 o"er 1897. There are
50 negro voters registered "a this coup-
~. The total registered vote of the coun-
fy is Il z5O
The Washington weekly post., 1899-10-24

the penltentiary. Council for Mccoy
moved for new trial, and Judge Portlock
said he was ready TO set the verdict aside
al once. as Il was contrary TO the law
and the evidence. Mccoy was returned
% the jail and will be tried again next
month
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Price of TX Rails Is Too High.

Special 10 The Post.
Clarksburg, ". Va, Oct. 23.-It has been
given out by prominent representatives of
the Short Line Railroad that 10 rails will
be laid until the price of steel goes down.
1t is the intention of the company to use
the rails of the Ohio River Railroad. and
replace them by heavier rails, like those
used by the Baltimore and Ohio At some
points the Short Line Road is ready for
rails.
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Receivers Asked for POwha tan Road.

Richmond, Va, Oct. H.-Applications on
the part OF the bOndholders were filed i'm
the Law and Equity Court here to-day
for the appointment OF receiver for the
Farmville and POwhatan Railroad The
road is narrow-gauge line running from
Bermuda Hundred TO Farmyille. II has
been in financial difficulties for some
wears
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ac.uired of Malpractice Charge.

Special 10 The Post
Norfolk, Va, Oct. is-Dr. Francis NJ.
Morgan. Of Berkeley. was to-day acquit-
ted IN the Corporation Court OF the charge
OF causing the death OF Mrs. Emma l..
Coleman, By criminal malpractice.
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Disastrous Fire Near Leesville.

Special 70 The Pest
Roanoke, Va, Oct. 23.-The elegant
home of Hon. J. L. Arthur, OF LeesviHe,
Bedford County. was burned late Satur-
day afternoon. The loss is estimated al
81 600 with no insurance.
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widew Of virginia,s War Gorernor Dead.

Lexington, Va, Oct. E.-Mrs. NJ $.
Letcher, widow OF John Letcher. Virgil
las governor from 1850 20 1854, died to-day.
aged seventy-seven years. She is sur
Vived by seven children. among them
Judge s. Houston Letcher, Col John ID.
Letcher, and Hon. GTeenlee ID. Letcher.
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Death of Mrs. Timberiake,

Special 10 The Post.
Fredericksburg. Va, Oct 17-Mrs. W
W. Tim5erlake died to-day at her home
near Charlottesville. in this county. of
consumption, aged thiTty-tWo years. She
WAS we'll known and had many frirn.is
A husband and three Children survive
her
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New Church at Newport News.

Special 20 The Post
Newport News. Oct. 20.-The corner
stone of the new First Presbyterian
Church was laid this afternoon, with Ma
sonic ceremonies.
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Repubiiean Club at fro.tsurz.

special 10 TIE Post
Frostbdrg Nd. Oct 8-The Repubn-
cans al Frostburg have organized a large
club. with William r. Noel as president:
John III. Weigand. secretary. aud Noah
Hendiey. treasurer.
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sci the Verdict Aside.

l 'f iar Post
q, i'']t Na., Oct. H-Ben Mccoy. col
y "as convicted Of the murder Of
~ Jones Sad sentenced 10 ten years In
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struck the OHcer,

When Gill attempted TO take him into
custody, Weaver struck the officer with
his gun on the head, and also Magistrate
Cheathem, who endeavOred to ward off
the blow. Sheriff Gill received a painful
cut on the head.
Weaver became desperate in his attacks
upon Gill, who shot him in the head.
Weaver fell dead
A corOner's inquest was held, and the
verdict of the jury was TO the effect that
in killing Weaver, Sheriff Gill acted in
self-defense. Weaver was a native of
Germany. He removed from Michigan to
Chesterfield several years ago, and mar
ried a daughter of Mr. John Rudy, a
well-knOWn resident of the county. 1t is
said that he habitually treated his wife
badly, and had several times since their
marriage beat her. Their marriage is said
to have been the outcome of an advertise
ment in a matrimonial newspaper.
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N MEMORY OF HEROES
Shaft to Confederate Dead Tn.
yeiled at Woodstock.
rIy6LISG OF The BLUE AND GRAY

o. ,-l..sfiou Of Handsome Italian Marble
y,rn,acnI la Hassanutten Cemetery, sur
,.ssded by sixty sin Mounds Marking
,Le LAT Resting Places OF Those Who
Fsushf for a Lost tCause-Labors of Unit
,4Daushters Of the CoaiederacI.
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Sheriff Stops His MurderOus
Attacks with a Bullet.
ACQUITTED BY C0RONER'S JURY
Brutal Husband Sharpened a Knife and
Promised TO Use Ii if Wife Complained of
His AssaHlts-Delied Officer with n Gun
and, After short Serimmase, Was Shot
Outcome of fMatrimoniaI Advertisement.
Special to The Post.

Special to The Post.
Petersburg, Va, Oct. 20.-Lewis Weaver,
Who resided in Chesterfield County, few
miles from Petersburg, was shot and In
htantly killed yesterday afternoon by
Sheriff w. c. Gill, of that county.
Weaver had assaulted his wife, and
threatened to cut her throat if she told of
1t. He went so far as to sharpen a large
knife in anticipation of carrying out his
threat Mrs Weaver left home yester-
day morning in company with a friend,
and without the knowledge of her hus-
band. She went TO Chesterfield Court
House, and obtained a warrant for her
husband from Magistrate Cheathem. The
warrant was given Sheriff Gill for execu-
ton. Gill, accompanied by Cheathem and
George Burton, brother-in-laW of Weay-
er, went to Weaver's home
He was found standing in his front door
with a gun in one hand and a large knife
in the other. When told by Gill that he
had come TO arrest him for assaulting his
wife, Weaver declared that he would die
Before he would lfe taken
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LOWNDES MARLBORO
Large Republican Gathering
Cheers the Governor.
STRONG APPEAL FOR NEGRO VOTE

the COiored Man and Promises Them
Equal Rights with the Whites Repre-
sentative Mudd scores Rayner, and says
Democrats Depend Upon BlaekS aRrding
Him and Crying ''Negro Rule."
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Elmer B. White, of Newport
N1w5, Commits Suicide.
PLUNGED OUT OF HIS WINDOW
stood Before a Friend and slashed His
Throat with a Knife Hurried to Window
Casping for Breath and Dropped from
seeond-story sill said TO Have Been
Drinking Heavily Wife Was Visiting
Relatives NJ the Time Of suicide.
Special 10 The Post.

Special to The Post.
Newport News, Va, Oct. 1S.-Elmer B.
White, Of the plumbing firm of F1fer &
White, committed suicide at an early
hour this morning by gashing his throat
with knife Later he fell out OF a Sec
ond-story wladow and received injuries
which fastened his death. Mr.. White
had been drinking heavily for several
days, and last night, 1t is said, he was
on the verge OF delirium tremens. A
friend sat up with him until midnight
and left him resting comfortably. AT
O'Clock, the man in the adjoining room
heard White walking about The friend
hastily slipped on some clothes, and when
he reached Whites room found IL vacant
The trap door to the roof was open. and
he quickly ascended. finding White walk
ing around on the roof.
He assisted his friend back to his room
and tried to quiet him. The latter sat
down for a short time, and then got up
and went 10 a table 20 see the clock.
Suddenly he picked up a knife, and quick
as a fash thrust the blade into his neck
several times. The blood spuTted from
the wounds. White sat down again, the
blood flowing from his throat over his
clothes to the floor.
Summoned Physician.
His friend aroused the inmates of the
house and summoned a physician When
the other tenants reached Whites room
they found the injured man still seated in
the chair. He was heard to say:
Now I've done it, and / suppose will
have TO die"
He then got up and went to the window
to get fresh air, as those present thought
" hite leaned over the sill and fell out of
the window without any warning to those
near him. There seems to be some doubt
as 10 whether he purpOsely fell through
the window CT by accident while attempt
ing to get air.
When carried into the house he was not
dead, but the physicians could not help
him. Between and 9 o'clock he died
The body will probably be sent to ROu-
lette, Pa, where his wife is visiting rela-
tiVeS
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Expansion Voted Down.

He maintained that the section of the
Constitution respecting the admission of
new States into the Union never con-
templated for an instant the ACQUISITION
of any such territory as this He spe-
cially called attention to the fact that
a provision was voted down, by a vote
OF eight States to three in the Constitu-
tional convention, declaring that "the
legislature of the United States shall have
power 10 erect new States within as well
as without the territory claimed by the
several States, ~ either of them, and ad-
init the same into the Union"
Let the PRONUNCIATION be made that we
Will withdraw our armies as soon as the
f1iipinos lay down their arms and es-
tablish free and stable government:
that pending this end we will simply re-
tain our army for the purpose of the
preservation of peace and order. and that
our plghted faith will be not to use this
army for oppression and wrong. Mr..
Montague inveighed with vehemenca
against the militarism that must follow
in the wake of our present policy. He
earnestly entreated a return TO the old
and simple faith of the fathers. conteuted
10 develop our own country for the bene-
mt OF our own people; that We had to-day
substantial taste of imperialism through
cut the South. and our civilization and
the civilization of the black man had
been set back many generations by the
enfranchlsement OF the negro
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1oubet,s oARcial Portrait.

With regard to portraits of the new
president in other than journalistic
sense, says London NJ A. p, have not
as yet seen the official portrait of M.
Loubet, though | fancy it must have
been taken by this time. In every mag
istrate's Office and city hall throughout
the length and breadth of France the
portrait of the late M. Faure facing
the bust of the republic, must come
down to make room for the new man s
picture. In the smaller communes M.
Loubet will appear on plain millboard,
as issued, with tack at each corner to
keep him in position. In the bigger ones
be will have neat frame, from which,
fitting forward at the end of his picture
cord tether, he will beam benevolently
upon the taxpayer at large.
But the pose of the portrait will be
identical everywhere; it will be the one
he chances to adopt at the first sitting.
Thenceforward nothing can change it.
"For so it is" exclaimed on one occa-
sion President Grevy, 81 can dismiss
ministers and dissolve the chamber, but
] dare not shave my beardr' From the
morrow of the day when the congress
appoints a president his head is no
longer his own. 1t belongs to the people.
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tors. He is a football player who has
fought more than one campaign on the
gridiron, and next year he is booked to
play on the Yale varsity eleven. He was
ineligible last season, she entered the
Yale Law school, and members of that
department require a years residence
before they are allowed to become re-
cruits for the varsity ranks. Cunha
was center rush on the Yale freshman
eleven which beat Princeton, 90, and
held the Harvard freshmen from scoring
till the last six seconds of the famous
Yale Harvard, '02, contest last fall
Cunha is now catcher on the Yale
Law school nine, which he leads in bat
ting. Strange to relate, he is second of
the team in base running. He is as live
ly as a cricket on his feet and steals
bases as if he weighed $50 pounds On
the recent southern trip Of the Law
school Cunha helped win four out of
the six games played, just twice as good
showing as that made by the Yale
varsity. The Yale Law school team has
practically completed arrangements for
game with the Harvard Law school,
and Cunha's introduction to Boston
audience will probably be made about
Memorial day. The Yale team is trying
to arrange contest with the law de-
partment of the University of Pennsyl-
vania, but the challenge has not yet
been accepted.
Cunba' home is in Honolulu. His
father is wealthy sugar planter. He
was graduated from Oahu college, Hon
olulu. and from st. Mary's, Oakland,
Cal. He studied law later in San Fran
cisco, finally deciding to complete his
studies at Yale. When not in strict
training, his weight jumps above the
300 mark At present he has trained
down to 274 and feels rather gaunt, as
he expressed it in conversation He is
10 years old. Guinea is member of the
Yale Glee club. He has one of the best
voices in Yale. He is a composer and
has written several songs 1t is needless
to state that he is one of the most popu-
lar undergraduates of Yale university.
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Cleveland as a Hunter.

Ex-President Cleveland's love of
shooting has led him to lease large
tract of the Sandwich Mass. marshes,
which in the fall are noted for their
plover, shore bird and black duck shoot
ing. He now has under his control a
mile of shore on Barnstable bay, and a
vast area of salt meadow between Sous
sett harbor, the old Cape Cod canal and
Sycamore. A camp has been built on
the bluff overlooking the bay and the
entire preserve, and warden will be
kept constantly on the property to warn
off trespassers and keep the blinds in or
der. Mr.. Cleveland has secured one of
the best points on Cape Cod for shore
bird shooting and will doubtless have
some excellent sport during the coming
season. New York Commercial Ad1er-
tiser.
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Fashion In Pedigree.

Fashion in the pedigrees of trotting
horses is subject to sudden and extreme
changes says the Boston Herald. Cir
cumstances gathered around Warlock
of such nature that his value rapidly
deprecated. No sooner was he installed
at his Michigan home than the Elec-
tioneer tidal wave swept over the coun-
try. Those breeders who were not car
ried away with this mare were caught
up by the possibly stronger Wilkes cur
rent. Warlock was neither Wilkes nor
an Electioneer. AS the years passed his
sire, Belmont, with his dam, Water
witch, were laid beneath the blue grass
sod at Woodburn. Viking, his brother,
had found premature grave in the
Granite State
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ton, and was given a genuine ovation
wherever he appeared. 1t was really a
triumphal tour, one of its most note
worthy features being grand banquet
in honor of the musician in Moscow.
Since then he has given almost all his
time to his farm and the interests that
surround him as a citizen of Poland,
and the newspapers of Poland bring re-
ports of an unbounded Popularity that
does not rest alone upon his remarkable
skill as a pianist.
BY the way, there is a story going
around to the effect that Paderewski
while in this country had an eyetooth
extracted A wealthy widow paid the
dentist large sum for the precious par
ticle of the pianist's anatomy. Set in
gold, it now bangles as a charm from
the watch chain Of the maestros infat-
uated admirer
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Nameless BICYCLES.

Selling bicycles without name plates
under the representation that they are
the product of some one or another re-
liable maker is practice that, unfor-
tunately, is not rare. 1t is trick that
should not catch any one but gudgeons,
but 1t has prospered. The first time
that any manufacturer has taken legal
steps to stop this sort of thing happen
ed recently, and, as result, Phila-
delphia concern selling bicycles at
1880 has been restrained by an in
junction. New York Sun.
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ohina,s Imprisoned Emperor.

The emperor of China is still in close
confinement on an island. made PEN
insula by day by the letting down of a
drawbridge in the southwest corner of
the palace. His chief amusement is the
training of goats and monkeys. The
former he has, by dint Of much patience
taught to do tricks of every kind. One
IS TO jump through the paper windows
which are found everywhere in China
from the palace to the cottage. 1t was
said that the empress dowager COM
planned Of the expense of having daily
to replace the breakages.
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uninue Celery cnItnra.

In talk at the Cornell Lazy club, F"
reported by American Gardening, r.
A. Emmerson told of novel celery cul-
ture in Nebraska; The celery industry
along the Platte is unique, In some
places the river channel is seven-eighths
Of mile wide and is full Of little sandy
islands where the water table rises tC
within foot Of the surface. Celery
just jumps on those islands. This illus
trates two essentials to successful eel
cry cultures the roots must be kept cool
and the water supply should be I'M
stinted.
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Paderewski at Home.

Ignace Paderewski, the great pianist,
has purchased beautiful country home
in his own dear Poland He is much in
terested in progressive farming and cat
tie raising. He is also deeply concerned
in a plan to better the condition of the
peasantry living around his place and
is on the most friendly terms with
them. A few months ago Paderewski
made a concert tour of Poland, the first
since he gained a worldwide reputa-
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According to u. : A. Knapp, a for
eign explorer for the department Of
agriculture, all fear of competition
from Japan along agricultural lines
may be dismissed. On the contrary, it
must be large consumer Of farm
products drawn from the United States.
It is told that an agent Of the depart
ment of agriculture is experimenting
with the date palm in Algiers on the
shores Of the Mediterranean, and when
the young trees are ready to be re-
moved he will take them up and carry
them to Arizona, and we will produce
our own dates.
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THOMAS B. REED.

ed congressman and distinguished citi-
zens, while Gotham adds another to its
colony of big men from out of town.
Mr.. Reed becomes member of the
well known law firm of Simpson,
Thacher & Barnum, and it is reported
that he has been guaranteed an income
of $50, 900 year. Some of his friends
say that Mr.. Reed will not retire en-.
tirely from politics; that he is only
changing his base.
In company with Mrs. Reed and their
daughter, Miss Kitty, the retired states
man will sojourn in Europe for vaca
tion of several months. On returning he
will at once take up his new duties as a
LAWYER