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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-02
THE GREENwooDs' BANQUET.

The Greenwood Bicycle Squad held at
the City Hotel last night their first an
7ual banquet, and it was a grand sue
sess. Every member OF the club. al
most, responded 10 a toast. Albin
Dahlquist, the bugler was presented
the 90 hngla.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-02
cAsEY's NEW SCHEME.

James J. Casey. president of the Race
Promoters Association. is figuring on "a
big card before the track at the fair
plan for holding meet at which the
event will be a middle-distance pursuit
race. tandem pace. between Eddie McDuf-
fie and Major Taylor. Tandem pace is the
most satisfactory at the fair grounds.
Multicycles cut the track and the lack of
banking will not allow the men to hold to
the turns any too well.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-02
TRIBUTE TO HARRY ALLEN.

At a meeting of the Douglas Cycle
Club last evening, it was voted to have
the secretary draw up resolutions on
the death of H P. Allen, to be present
ed at the regular club meeting, Monday
evening. The floral tributes from the
club will be a cycle wheel.
Members will meet at the club rooms
to attend the funeral in a body, at l
o'clock.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-02
CHARGED WITH sHoPLIFTING.

Bridget Casey. IS, was arrested last
night bv Special officer Charles S
Perry, charged with larceny from the
> and 10 cent store. The woman was
poorly clad. and begged piteously TO be
allowed to go home, saying that she
has a sick husband and family Of
small children.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-02
THEY GAVE HIN y MIRROR.

Last evening a merry party of 81
gathered at the home Of John Noroerg
p Belmont street, and presented hin
with an elegant parlor mirror. Refresh
ments were served and an entertain
ment and social time kept the crowd
happy until q late hour.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-02
LEON VlAU.

Leon Viau, one of the men signed to
toss the ball up to the plate, was born
in Hanover, n. H, July ), 1870. He
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-02
EXTRACTOR BROKE.

Quite Serious Damage at Qudapoxet Min
Qutnapoxet, April 1.-The large extrac-
tor of the c. G. Wood Manufacturing
Company burst this morning at $50
o'clock. The machine is used 10 take the
water from the cloth after it comes from
the washing machine. The machine was
filled with cloth, and started up. Ii had
run but about three minutes when sud-
den noise was heard that shook the mill.
It was stopped. and it was found that the
bottom was entirely tore out. NJ" Wood
Immediately sent 10 New York for another
machine, which is expected to arrive
Monday.
The machine was new one, put in
Peter Rivers. The cause of the accident
Is not yet known. The finishing depart
ment had to close until the new one is put
in
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-02
A ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

The Eagle Bicycle Clubs April fool
party last night was a record breaker.
At one time dancing had TO be sus-
pended on account of the crush. The
club will elect officers next Sunday.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-02

Mrs Mary 2. Carey has returned home
after q visit with relatives in Southbridge.
Mrs. J. Frank Wood IS spending Easter
Sunday with Mrs. William E. Downey in
Lynn.
Louis Bartlett and Albert Seaver are
victims of the grippe.
NJ c. Jones is e"anding a few days with
relatives in Spencer.
Miss Hazel B. Harris has returned home
after a visit with Miss Grace G. Moulton.
Michael Hanover who has been i'll with
the Group is convalescent.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-02

Best s25 bicycles is at HaveneCs.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-02
YELLOWSTONE PARK,
The Wonderland OF America.


EUROPEAN TOURS April Is. June '
and July H.
Send for descriptive book, mentioning
the particular tour desired.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-02

2s6 washington ST.. opposite School S.. BosTOA
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-18
A WOMAN IN UNIFORM.
Put on the Train Carrying the Nine
trenth Infantry, Enroute to
the Philippines.

PITTsBURi, July iS.-The First and
Third Laltalions of the Nineteenth III
fantry, from Camp Meade enroute tc
the Philippines via san Francisco over
the Pennsylvania road, passed through
here. h re We're five trains, one Of Is
cars containing regimental baggage
and equipment and the other four of 10
and Ii cars each for the soldiers 1t is
not known Just when the remaining
battalion will leave Camp Meade, but
it will not lie long.
y handsome woman, probably %
years old, the wife of a private i'll Com
pany X, was discovered on the train,
dressed Ill the regulation army uniform
she came from Martinsburg, W. Va,
and boarded the train at Harrisburg. 1t
was her purpose i'll Disgusting herself to
accompany her husband to Manila and
be near him while in the Philippines.
She had closely cut her black tresses.
She was put on the train in this city.
She bid her husband an affectionate
farewell and told him that she would
meet him i'll San Francisco.
HARRISBURG, July 1S.-Recruits for
the new Twenty-seventh and Twenty
eighth regiments OF volunteers for the
Philippine service were reaching Camp
Meade from various sections at the rate
of from % to 100 per day and there are
several hundred at Camp Meade at
present.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-18
FOUND IT OUT.
Many An Akron Citizen Is Finding 1t Out

Many An Akron Citizen Is Finding 1t Out
Had the backache good many
years.
fAnd little worse every year.
SFinally, could not work at all.
Ny back took up all my time.
May sound strange, but it will do
it,.
Found out it was kidney trouble
talking.
Always talks through the back.
Found out that Doan's Kidney
Pills was the remedy.
They always talk through their
cures.
They tell Akron people through
Akron people.
A backache always means kidney
trouble.
The beginning is always the back
ache.
The ending may be Bright's dis
ease.
Read the following case of an Ak
ron citizen who found the remedy in
time:
Mrs. j. a. Closson, of 209 East
Chestnut street: Il know positive
ly that DOan's Kidney Pills are a
good and reliable remedy for they
proved most effective in my case.
Before using them was a great suf-
ferer from kidney trouble, had head
aches all the time and the uric acid
in the kidney secretions caused me
to suffer from bladder difficulty
which embarrassed me by the too
frequent action of the secretions.
Ny back was so lame that I could
not straighten up. Procuring Doan's
Kidney Pills from Lamparter & Co. s
drug store, their use promptly re-
lieved me. l have no hesitation in
recommending this remedy to all
who suffer as [ did"
DOan's Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers; price 30 cents a box. Mailed
on receipt of price by FO ster-Milburn
Co., Buffalo, \. y. Sole agents for
the L. 5. Remember the name
Doan's and take no substitute.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-18
THE ATTACK ON Otis.
Correspondents "Round Robin
Caused a Sensation.
MILES AND MEIkLFJOHN SILENT.
Him to Declare situation Improved.
Corbin Declared Facts Had Not Been
Suppressed Ii Washington.


WASHINGTON, July lS.-The publica-
ton of the war correspondents formal
Indictment of General Otis' manage
nant of rho pbil;nn;pa c,pnaigp cauSad
:, ~. Jo,..toe'+, -
T." 'os'''toi ~ ~ '',o uop''i
Secle'ary nay iiao ieoei>ei "u'i'es
lIou CIV II IS "eli as ihIh.ai soui'es III
the Philippines which led him to de-
clare that the situation there was Ger
tainlv improved materially and that the
prospects for the future mad frightened
yarv nncb with these adviras tbe
,,oo,.o.,.,, ,i, C,o,,r,.oI ot;, ,,ad t.a
'e.i '-,tN' On i"i o'-' .-'.
nothihG 10 do' ahu tney were from us
interested persons wncse opinions must
carry weight. Generally, there was
strong dlstitl- nation exhlbltei by the
offlclals I" discuss this last round
ROBIN. General Miles, Who was act
ing as se're;ary OF war Ill the absence
OF Secretary Alger AMI Assistant Secre-
tary MelkleJohn, would not comment
upon the dispatch.
Regarding statements that cable dis
patches received in Washington and
other news regarding the war had been
censored contrary to the usual custom.
@hUJue"he HSiSi''A W. I'LL ''ti..'
Yes, these complaints have been
brought to my notice; word OF ex-
planatlon Is perhaps due the country,
no less than the department.. The en-
ormous amount OF work the Office has
been called upon to perform has taxed
to the limit the endurance of the clerks,
who, ny the way, are as competent as
any that can be found anywhere. Com
% n u G.
sIstantS and clerks that our clerks were
being annoyed and their time taken
from legitimate work by direct appllca-
ton for information from people Ill no
way connected with the Office or the
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-18
IMPEACHED AND REMOVED.
Director rf Public Safety Dusenbury
Ousted From Office at
Columbus.

COLUMBUS, July 1S.-The city council
by vote of 10 to impeached and re-
moved from office Joseph w. Dusen-
bury, director of public safety.
MIR. Dusenbury was the appointee of
Mayor Samuel j. Swartz, Republican,
who was elected last spring. He has
recently been criticised severely by the
ministers of the city on account of his
attitude Oh the question of the enforce
ment of Sunday laws. especially i'll con-
nectior with Il place OF amusement in
which he was interested as part owner.
Mr.. Dusenbury has also been severely
criticised on account of his management
Of the affairs of his office. The resolu-
ton removing him charges that he has
been guilty of misconduct in office.
Other charges are also made.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-18
AFTER STEEL COMBINE
Monnett Will Proceed Against
National Company.
SERVICE SECURED UPON REFS.
Had the Papers Served In Chicago-Said
He Had Been Informed That the Com
pany Had Violated the state Antitrust
Law by Their Organization.

CHICAGO, July lS.-Attorney General
+. :. Monnett of Ohio, through Sheriff
MaSerstadt. had service secured on
William E. Refs, president of the Ma
ional Steel company, that action may
be taken against the corporation under
the antitrust law of Ohio. The service
was secured and the papers returned to
Attorney General Monnett.
In the notification that action will be
brought against the National Steel
company, Attorney General Monnett
SAID:
Il am informed that your recent cor
poratlon, which had been incorporated
under the laws of the state of New Jer-
sey, is such a combination of capital
and acts as constitute you trust as de-
fined by an act of the general assembly
of the state of Ohio known as senate bill
$50, passed April, 1885,"
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-18

troit, Mich, is one of the many thou
sand of Peru-na 5 friends. This is what
she says to DR.. Hartman:
I'VE hare used your Pe-ru-na with
the most remaria BILE results and would
not be without it. We have always
recommended IL to our friends. a few
years ago purchased bottle of your
Pe-ru-na and after seeing its results,
recommended it to my grocer who was
troubled with dyspepsia, the curing of
which induced her to- sell it in her
store. She has sold large amounts of
it. y daughter has just been cured
of jaundice with Pe-ru-na. My pen
would grow weary We're l to begin to
tell you of the numerous cures Pe-ru-na
has effected in our immediate vicinity
within the last couple of years
DIR. Hartman. President of the Surgi-
cal Hotel. Columbus. Ohio. will counsel
and prescribe for fifty thousand women
this year free of charge Every suffer
ing woman should write for special
question blank for women, and have
DIR. Hartman's book. "IIealth and
Beauty" All druggists sell Pe-ru-na
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-18

WANTED Case II tad health thPt
R-I-P-A-N-S will not benefit Send 4
cents to Ripans Chemical Co., New fcyN
Tor 10 rNruples apd t.N'9 ts~timcntsis.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-18
OREGON BOYS SHIVERED.
President Mckinley Directed That Cloth
ing Necessary TO Their Com
fort BE Issued.

WASHINGTON, July lS.-Presldent
Mckinley received Il telegram from San
Francisco saying that the Oregon troops
at the Preside were without overcoats
and We're suffering from the weather
and in danger of pneumonia. The dis
patch stated that, having just returned
from tropical climate, they could not
withstand the cold, and that there were
plenty of overcoats in the quartermas-
ter's department. President Mckinley
directed that such clothing as was ne
Cess;ry Tor the comfort of the troops be
issued 10 them.
It was stated at the war department
that the matter of clothing for the
troops was at their own disposal. Each
man is allowed 800 annually for cloth
ing, and, if he does not use the whole
amount, he draws the residue The Ore
gon men can draw upon this clothing
credit if they want to and get overcoats
or other things, but it will be charged
to their clothing account and taken ont
of the money paid them when they are
mustered out
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-18
WHEELING 3 LAKE, ERIE R,Y.

Toledo (Unfon depot)-Ar l:20 pm 6:SO
H. l.. Booth,
General Traffic Manager,
]. F. Townsend
Assistant General Passenger Agent
THE NORTHERN OHIO RAILROAD.
Time Card. Dec. 10. 1898.
Depot North Main Street.
Dspart-No. l.....-.......... ..... 1850 an
No. H.. ...-....... ............... $500 pm
Arrtve-No. 2................ ............ 4:S0 pm
No. u , 1880 am
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-18

WASHINGTON. July lS.-The war de-
partment received the following from
General Otis:
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-18
THE BEST RAILROAD
With the Best Trains Through the Best
Country-Pullman cars-Dinng Cars.

The Southern railway in connec-
ton with the Queen x Crescent
Route, forms the great short-line
highway from Louisville and Cincin-
natl to the principal points in Ten
nessee. Alabama. Georgia, Florida,
Louisiana. North and South Carolina
with direct steamer connections for
Havana, Cuba; Nassau, y. P, and
Key West. Double daily trains with
through sleepers. Only "A hours to
Jacksonville; 81 hours to Havana.
All agents sell tickets via the
Southern railway. Round-trip tick
cts to principal southern resorts.
Ask your nearest ticket agents for
rates and other information. or write
to G. A. Baird, Trav. Pass'r agent,
Louisville. Ky, or J. c. Ream, jr.,
n. w. PaSs'r agent, 80 Adams ST.,
Chicago. ILL.,, or Wm. II. Tayloe, as
sistant general passenger agent,
Louisville, Ky.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-18
LOCAL MARKETS.
WHEAT &c CENTS.
Retail Prices.

July Is, 3 p.m.-Butter, creamery
23c. country Is to zoe, cooking 10o
lard 10c; eggs lie; chickens, l5c pei
lb. dressed
Corn, ear 25c per bushel
sheHed 4Sc; oats SOC; hay 55c
to 65c hundred: straw 35c a
hundred.
Potatoes 65c per bushel.
Lettuce to Ice per pound. Head
lettuce 12c.
New onions, three punches for SC.
Radishes, two punches for &c,
Cucumbers, for l0c.
Celery 3 bunch for Zoe.
Wax Beans l5c Il measure.
Tomatoes, home grown 10c per 10
New beetS, 4c, 3 for l0c.
Summer squash, l0c to l5c a piece.
New potatoes, 25c to SOC peck.
Peas, l2lec measure
Raspberries, l0c qt. or ) for 25c.
GOOseberries, S to l0c qt.
Home grown cabbage, Sc head.
Wholesale Prices.
Wheat 66c; oats 29c to soc; corn,
ear. 191ac; corn, shelled, 3S1ac: hay,
$3.50 to $ll; rye, CSC.
DuOIti ,Citt'liIciS, l'S COttllJl. L "
15c; lard, 6 to 61ac; eggs, 13c !;
chickens, live Sc, dressed l2c.
Navy beans, $l.s4, 81 40; marrowfat
beans $l.50, $1.65.
Potatoes, 40c bushel.
Cured hides, No. /, So No. 2, Sc,
green, No. l, 71ac, No. 2 616c, cured
calf skins, No. l, 101ac, No. 2, 91ac;
green, No. l, SC; No. =, Sc; tallOw,
No. 1, 4c; sheep pelts, lamb skins
90c,
Pork, dressed, 5le live 434 to sc,
beef, dressed, sac to &c, live
SIC to &c; mutton, live. 41ac to &c;
dressed, Size to &c; spring lamb,
l2Lsc; pork, loins, Sc; veal, live
SIC to 6, dressed, 10c.
Sugar-cured ham, lOrsc to 1l1c;
shoulder, SIC; California ham,
71sc; bacon, 7c; dried beef,
Is to 19c; lard, simon pure,
SIC in tub; &c in tierces; country
kettle sac: pure lard, 531c.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-18
AN OFFER FROM CARNEGIE.
Proposed, In Reply to Letter, TO Give
Steubenville a Library.

STEUBENvILI.E. July Is. - Andrew
Carnegie has written from Skibo castle
offering TO donate $50, 900 toward pub
lie library building, if the citizens will
furnish site and maintain it. Mr..
Carnegie i'll his letter speaks of his early
days when telegraph operator in
Steubenvilie.
The correspondence has been carried
through DR.. \. Reid. He first wrote
to Mr. Carnegie reminding him that he
was founding libraries elsewhere, and
asked if he could not give one to Steu-
bcnviic. Mr.. Carnegie answered say
ing he believed i'll helping those who
show IL disposition to do something.
DIR. Reid found that the people here
wolld furnish the site and maintain the
library. and wrote to Mr. Carnegie,
who asks the city to maintain it at not
less than $1,000 year.
He worked here when 10 years of age
and referred TO this in his first letter;a
als1 about his getting messages through
to Pittsburg from Wheeling one time
when the wires were down. The Ii
brary oler will be accepted.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-18
OTIS MADE PROMI ES,
Teld Correspondents the Censorship
Would BE More Liberal-Charges
Made In Their Statement.

MANILA, July II, via Hongkong,
spondents framed statement which
was presented on Sunday, July Q,
to Major General Otis, commanding
the military forces of the United States
in the Philippine islands, with re-
quest FOR permission to telegraph it to
the United States. The correspondents
also asked that they be allowed to cable
to their respective papers all facts and
different phases Of events as they trans
pired here. The correspondents had
two long interviews with General Otis,
i'll the course of which they complained
that the evident purpose of the censor
ship was not to keep information from
the enemy. but to keep from tn: public
IL knowledge of the real condition of
affairs here. 1t was also asserted by
the correspondents that newspapers
printed in Manila, which reach the ene-
my quickly, were permitted to publish
statements similar to those which cor
respondents were forbidden to cable.
General Otis finally promised greater
hDerality, agreeing to pass all matter
that he might consider not detrimental
to the interests of the United States.
General Otis appointed Captain Green
of his staff censor.
The statement of the correspondents
was as follows:
The undersigned, being all staff cor.
respondents Of American newspapers
stationed i'll Manila, unite in the follow
ing statement:
I'VE believe that, owing TO official
dispatches from Manila made public i'll
Washington, the people of the United
STATES have not received a correct i'm
preston OF the situation i'll the Philip
pines; but that these dispatches have
presented an ultra optimistic view that
Is not shared by the general officers III
the field.
I'VE believe the dispatches incorrectly
represent the existing conditions among
the Philippines i'll respect to dissension
and decentralization resulting from the
American campaign and 70 the brigand
character of their army.
1--WE believe the dispatches err i'll the
declaration that the situation Is well i'll
hand. and in the assumption that the
insurrection can be speedily ended
without greatly increased force.
1--WE think the tenacity of the Fill
pinO purpose has been underestimated
and that the statements are unfounded
that volunteers are unwilling to en-
gage i'll further service.
1.-The censorship has compelled us to
participate in this misrepresentation by
excising or altering unControverted
statements cf facts on the plea, as Gen
eral Otis stated, that they would alarm
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-18

THE NORTHERN OHIO TRACTION co.
Waiting Room, North Howard st.
Time Gard. May q, 1922.
Cars leave Akron 5:S0 am, every half
hour; $50 am. until pm. and at 8, and
l0:S0 pm.
Leave Cleveland am, every half hour;
sam. until pm and At ., 10 and I:l0 pm.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-18
DEATHS IN PHILIPPINES.
List sent by General Otis of Victims of
Disease and I;uliets-Deaths
n Guba

WASHINGTON. July IS.-The war de-
partment received the following from
General Otis:
MANILA, July III.
Adjutant General Washington:
Following deaths have occurred since
last report:
Dysentery, July S-James J. Higgins.
corporal, Thirteenth regiment infantry,
Company II; George W. Warrington,
[. First Colorado; Ernest Weidotf, l,
Third regiment; 18th. Ludwig p. Moh-
lin, B. Twelfth regiment; 1ith, Harry
J. ReISig, NJ. First Colorado.
Drowned, accidental, 24th-Michael
Sullivan, NJ, Ninth infantry; 4th, Geo.
J. Wilson, Z, Sixteenth infantry.
Death from typhoid fever, ith-Au-
gust Note. y, Fourth infantry.
rphritis-John Quinlan, sergeant,
banu. Eighteenth infantry.
HemIplegid, l3th-Willlam Hodge, c,
Fourteenth infantry.
From wounds i'll action, June IS
Frank \. Duval, T, First Colorado.
Death occurred OH Relief. Nagasaki.
The war department received the fol-
lowing:
HAVANA, July Ii.
Death report, 18th. Puerto Principe,
NJ. J. Tracy. veterinary, Eighth cav.
airy. died IIth, yellow fever. Santiago,
Frank J.. Johuson, NJ, Fifth infantry,
died 18th, supposed yellow fever.
BROOKE.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-18
The First Nianara Falls Excursion

To be run Thursday, August 3rd.,
via Cleveland, Akron and Columbus
Railway in connection with the
elegant steamer City of Erie" OF
City of Buffalo," of Cleveland d
Buffalo Transit company. The rate
will be $500 from Akron. Tickets
good IL days.
For full information inquire of G.
ID. H"nodle, ticket agent, Union
Depot.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-18
Fatal Duel Through Glass Doors.

CHICAGO, July 1S.-With the glass
doors of saloon between them Will
iam Van Allen, II s;iloonkeeper, and
Frederick Gondoff, travelling sales
man, fought duel to the death. Con
doff was mortaliy wounded and Van
Allen was shot through the left thigh.
The men were business partners some
time ago, but the business was broken
up and there has been bad blood be.
tween them.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-18
MAYOR HARRISON DECLINED
Refused tt- Welcome Democratic Commit
teemen, rs He Didn't Like the
Local Committee.

CHICAGO, July lS.-Mdyor Carter H.
Harrison sent the following letter to the
COMMITTEES in charge of arrangements
for the Democratic meeting at the Au-
ditorium July 20.
!. 2. Cooling. Esq, Chairman Committee of
ARRANGEMENTS:
DEAR SIR-Replylng to your favor of
the l4th inst, in which you ask me to
deliver an address of welcome at the
Auditorium. July 20, to the national
Democratic committee and "a large
number of other prominent Democrats
of America" l regret my inability to
accept. In ordinary circumstances |
should he only too glad, both as mayor
of Chicago and as Il Democrat, to wei
tuille rne national committee or isiiy
number OF prominent Democrats to Chi
cago, the city in which the platform of
1896 was framed, and in which Will
lam j. Bryan was elevated to his pres
ent leadership of the national DemOc-
racy. | can not but think, however, it
would be an absurdity tOwelcOme these
distinguished men under the auspices of
a self constituted committee whose per-
sonnet is too obscure to be known even
i'll its home city. Had this meeting
been organized under the direction of
Democrats of regular type and known
party standing, it would have afforded
me great pleasure to be present. In the
existing circumstances, while thanking
you for the honor, must beg leave to
be excused
Respectfully yours,
CARTER II. HARRISON.
Altgeld said he was sorry the young
man had failed to accept the opportu-
nity to make himself party leader.