New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-01
THE PASSING THRONG.

about six miles from my home" said ]. r. Smith.
of Gaatn. Tenn, yesterday. and
A ROMANCE which Is now owned by Charley
OF FAIR Read who years ago ran n
VIEW FARM clubhouse at Saratoga formerly
belonged TO a man named Benjamin
Franklin. who married famous Southern beauty.
The story OF her marriage with Franklin was 4
romantic one II seems that IN company WIN II
Inns absence, and while there she took OH da-
mond ring and wrote her name on a window pane
she replied that Il was her method Of taking pos
session OF the promises. She wanted her friend 10
and she Immediately came back TO Gaatn. and
shortly afterward married Franklin. AFTER FRANK,
he in turn dying also she took for her third bus
nand Nj Cheatham Her granddaugn'er IS Mss Mss
ago IN New,fork when she was member o.
Augustin Days company
Il spent three months IN Russia a couple OF years
ago." said Arnold Williams. OF Chicago. at the
WaldorfAstoria yesterday. and
sLAvs AS found # a highly Interesting
RIVALS TO country I rather inclined
ANGhO-SAHONS. personally to favor the BELIEF
held in many quarters that the
ultimate contest FOR the control OF the world viii
he between the Anglo-Saxon and Slav races, and
lhs gave an added interest 70 all that heard and
saw Of the Russians. They impress you with an
Wonderful people. and all that II seems 10 me
mat ~ lacking for them 70 oyerrun and dominate
great car once sit on the Russian throne and his
reign will witness some radical changes in the ways
appearance OF the Turk from Europe Russia IS
peculiar IN one thing as Alexander II found Gut
70 his und0irS, and that is. that she has no middle
class between the peasantry and the nobles there
Hes no Intervening rank % people in other coun-
tries, the trade or the country which Is usually
controlled by the middle class being IN Russia
wholly in the hands Of aliens and Jews Alexander
VINO was very progressive, was years ahead OF his
time He established colleges ali over Russia. and
IN mem the sons OF the peasants were educated
graduated was nj
OF their forhears their education ~ once unGtfed
and forbade them To mix with and become a part
or the mobiles impossible and being without
capital or experience no opening for them law in
tho lines Of trade In Consequence Of this Condition
veneer or education and with no traditions 10 Saii
back upon was cast loose upon his native land.
with no place for him in the scheme Of Russian
yates turned naturally 10 anarchy and tried to Upset
the Government they held responsible for the con-
ddIuon In which they found themselves Alexander
II perceived this before his death and took many
reaclonary measures including the closing OF a
FOR, az history proves Alexander II had raised a
Frankensteln 70 his own undoLg."
IT boy at tho time o. the famous Guiteau
trial" said George Rugby. Of Washington. yester-
day, but I shall never forget one
GUITEAU day spent at It so long as I shall
CAUSED 1.-Two The trial held in the
NIGHTMARE. courtroom in the old city Hall.
which faces Four-and-one-half-st.
ana was presided over oy Judge coke IN the
day Of which am speaking the trial had lasted so
late that candles were lighted. Two were on tho
Judges desk, two on the jury box and a couple on
the rail- IN front Of Ciuiteau, while perhaps a half
dozen more wero scattered here and there about
the courtroom hardly sufficient in al 10 relieve the
prevailing gloom The hickering lights cast weird
and grotesque shadows on the wall, and the dark
ntss gave to the proceedings solemnity that
was impressive. The only man present whose face
was plainly picked out was Guiteau's The as
sss sin was leaning with his elbows on the, bar
I'm front Of him. and in his position the candle AT
his either sidc brought out his features with
startling and uncanny distinctness. and what a
face Il was-the murderer written large upon the
brow. the cruel. wohsh mouth and snarling lips.
the wicked eyes and thin and selfish nostril The
short and scraggy beard and untrimmed hair
made him a horrible picture. from the position
in which he was sitting only tho devilish mask Of
he face could be seen. and that apparently with
out supporting body. Although | looked upon II
nearly twenty years ago, 1t Is as distinct in my
mind to-day as ever and boy "a / at tho
time IL scared me almost TO death. dreamed con-
tnually OF It for some time aferward. and used TO
wake from my sleep screaming with fear
brought to ne by the memory OF that horrible.
grinnlng, murderous mask Of Garfields assassin"