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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-04
MYSTERIOUS Monk DIES.
Had Been Inmate Of Dubuque Monas-
terry for Thirty Wears.

Dubuque, July 3.-Btother Paul, a
monk in the New Melleray monastery,
is dead. He was sixty years old and
had been member Of the monastery
for over thirty years. His life was a
mystery. When he applied for admis-
sion he was young and handsome. He
said he came from Georgia.
He had seen all OF Bife and his heart
was not satisfied. He wanted peace
and rest. He was welcomed with open
arms and since thenjhe has demeaned
himself in the most exemplary man
ner. All the brothefs loved him for
his sincere piety, his complete devo-
tion to duty and the pobility of his
soul. What he was or what his ante
cedents were will probably never be
known.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-04
Barefooted Man Who Gave
an Officer a Chase Will
Likely be Indicted.
WRIGHTCAsE CONTINUED
Alleged Embezzler of City Funds to
Have Examination Wednesday,
Frank Donahue Wants to Reform
Writes Judge Moon Letter.
IFrom Wednesday,s paily.l

[From Wednesdays Daily.l
George Maloney the barefooted man
who led Captain Gallagher such a live
ly chase down Wapello street at an
early hour Saturday morning, was
given a hearing before Judge Moon in
police court this morning and he was
bound over to await the action of the
grand jury at the August term of
court. His bail was fixed at $500 and
in default of which Maloney was re-
manded back to jail
Disowns the Shoes.
Maloney is friendless appearing
sort of fellow. The shoes, which
was captured, were taken up to the Jail
this morning by Chief Gray and given
to him. He utterly refused to recog-
niZe them and said they did not be-
long to him. He proceeded to put
them on, however, and they fit him
excellently. He will not talk very
much about his case. He says he is a
victim of circumstances, and says if he
had an attorney he could get his re-
lease. He is penniless. though, and
no attorney volunteered to take his
case. He says he is railroad man,
and works on the different grades
through this section. He said he had
been drinking when he reached Ottum-
wa and had probably dropped asleep
some place and was hardly awake
when Officer Gallagher called to him to
stop. He did not have very good eX
cuse for not stopping, and the fact
thathe was harefooted and in that vi
cinity while robbery was going on
made his case look pretty bad to the
court and he was accordingly held.
Wright's Case Continued Again.
The case against John H. Wright
formerly city stenographer, charged
with embezzlement, was again contin
ued this morning for one week, or un
til next Wednesday morning. The
continuance was granted on the appli
cation of Wright's attorney, B. w
Scott.
vags All Released.
Three or four vagrants who hat
il been picked up during the night were
u released this morning by Chief Gra!
! in order to give them chance to cele
citl ,eo
q N,Frank Donahue, who is serving three
II p,t four thirty-day sentences in th'
,.5oai1nty Jail, wants to reform. He salt
!. .s.a 2a4i., ne did in letter to Judge Mool
thisSmorning. Incidentally he want
to get out of Jail in order to celebrat'
9 the Fourth. Judge Moon thinks tina
If he gets oct of jail and starts in t.
celebrating he twill forget about hi
reformation. Therefore the court ha
decided to pass fRs latter by for tn
time being. y.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-04
MILWAUKEE CUTOFF CONTRACT.
Will Not Be Let for at Least Week,
Saws the President.

Davenport, July 81. H. Flick, OF
the Flick & Johnson Construction
company has returned to this city
from Chicago, where he has been on
business, watching the progress of the
new cutoff on the Milwaukee road, II
was expected that the contract rol the
work would be let by this time, but
such is not the case. The contractors
were told yesterday by the president
of the road that the contract would
not be let now until some time next
week.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-04
KENTuckYs wHIskEY OUTPUT
DistiIlers Agree on 25,oo0,ooo Gallons
for This Year

Louisville, Ky, July 3.--The whis-
key output of Kentucky is to be 25,-
100000 gallons this year. This was
agreed on at a meeting of the special
ways and means committee of the in
dependent distillers and Angelo My
ers, representing the Kentucky Dis
tilleries and Warehouse company, held
at the Gait house. The agreement
was submitted to T. M. Gilmore, secre-
tary of the independent distillers, who
suggested that instead of making SO,-
100000 gallons of whiskey Kentucky
should. produce only 25,O00,0 900, half to
be made by the trust and half by the
independent diStillerS
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-04
SMALLPOX PATIENTS ESCAPE.
Thirty Negroes Held in Quarantine at
Joliet Escape Guard.

Joliet H., July 3.-Joliet is having a
serious time with it's smallpox pa
tients. Some thirty negroes confined
in quarantine in the old Bissell house
have defied the authorities and half of
them have escaped through the guard
lines. Yesterday the authorities de-
cided to condemn the old house and
destroy the structure by fire. This
will probably be done Saturday.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-04
HUSBAND AND WIFE END LIFE.
"Texas" Wilson and Spouse Commit
Suicide at Hot Springs, Ark.

Hot Springs, Ark, July 9.-Mrs.
Fannie Wilson committed suicide yes.
terday by taking morphine. Her hus
band, known as Texas" Wilson, up
hearing of, his wife's act left the city
ana this afternoon his dead body was
found in the suburbs. An investiga-
ton showed that death ensued from
opium poisoning, self-administered.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-04
THREE KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
ST. Louis Fishing Party Meets With
Disaster in Fierce Storm,

st. Louis, Mo-, July 3.-A bolt Of
lightning instantly killed three men,
fatally injured a boy and seriously in
jured man and boy, members of a
st. Louis fishing party, who sought
refuge from the fierce storm of this
afternoon beneath the shelter of a
massive sycamore tree on the bank of
Dead creek, at Cahokia, Ill.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-04
DEs MONIES ELECTRIC ROAD.
First Meeting of Officers of Big Enter
prise Held in Des Moines.

Des Moines, July 3.-The first an
nual meeting of the directors of the
Des Moines, Nevada and Eldora Elec-
trio railway company was held here
yesterday. A provincial contract for
grading the road through to Eldora
was let to D. e. Shugart, of Nevada.
The road will be completed before
winter as far as Nevada and will be in
operation by that time.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-04
GOO LEAVE IOWA MONDAY.
Large Delegation Will Attend Epworth
League Convention.

Des Moines, July 3-Over 500 peo-
pie will leave Iowa Monday, July s, to
attend the fifth anual international
convention of the Epworth league,
which will be held in San Francisco
for three days beginning July 49,
Great interest is being taken by Ep-
worth leaguers in the city and through
out the state, and the prospects are
for larger attendance this year than
at any previous convention.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-04
GETS HAYS PLACE.
Former Assistant Secretary to the
President Gets Appointment.

Washington, July 3.-Major o. l..
Pruden, former assistant secretary to
the President, who was appointed pay
master in the army in May, has resign
ed his position in the army, and has
been re-appointed to his old position.
This is the Office to which the late
Adelbert Hay was to have been ap-
pointed.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-04
VICTIM OF LIGHTNING.

Gilbert Hansen Killed on Lake Near
Nevada,
Nevada, July S.-Gilbert Hansen a
young man, was instantly killed by
lightning at Greene lake, few miles
southwest of the city. The remains
were Immediately brought to the city.
The deceased leaves young wife and
two children.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-04
ALBERT JOHNSON is DEAD.

Brother of the Mayor of Cleveland Ex-
pires in Brooklyn.
New York, July 3.-Albert L. John,
son of Cleveland, Ohio, brother OF
Mayor Tom L. Johnson, died at 1915
o'clock last night at Fort Hamilton, a
Brooklyn suburb. Mr.. Johnson died
from aneurism, or an affection of the
heart.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-04
WOULD BAR NEGRO VOTERS.
Drastic Resolution Presented in Rich.
rnond Constitutional Convention.

Richmond. We, Jnlyr,. Among the
resolutions presented yesterday in the
constitution convention wos one by
Mr.. Broxton prescribing qualifications
for voters. 1t requires voter to own
$100 worth of property, exacts a poll
tax of So and excludes from holding
Office negroes withcnot less than three
quarters white blood, excepting school
teachers. The resolution also provides
for voting by ballot
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-04
LAND OFFENDER IN JAIL.
Residents of Christian, ILL.,, Threaten

Residents OF Christian, III, Threaten
to Lynch an Italian.
Paris, ILL.,, July 3.-John Yatto, the
Italian peddler who assaulted Mrs. Ep-
person at the Glass farm at Bloomfield
Monday was arrested at Metcalf, ILL.,,
yesterday and brought to this city at
8 o'clock this evening. While chang
ing cars at Chrisman, HI, strong talk
was heard of lynching, but the officers
succeeded in getting the man safely to
the county Jail.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-04
THREE MEN KILLED.
B., C. r. & N. Passenger Strikes Four
Men at Waterloo.

Waterloo, July 3.-A Burlington,
Cedar Rapids and Northern north
bound passenger train struck Ollie
Huffman, Joe Gallinveux, o. G. Thor
sen and Joe Hurley, last evening, kill
ing the first three outright and fatally
injuring Hurley The men were re
turning home from days work.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-04
MAY STOP THE PLow TRUST.
Failure of Deal With Moline compan
Will Check Combine.

Moline, H., July because an op-
tion for the purchase of the Moline
Plow company, to be merged into the
plow trust, was allowed to go by de-
fault when it expired July l it is ru-
mored that the proposed combine, in
corporated last week as the American
Plow company, may not go through.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-04
HOT SPELL CAUSES SUICIDE.

James Wilson, Jr, Shoots Himself at
Fremont in Insane Fit.
Fremont, O., July 3.-While insane
from i'll health and hot weather James
Wilson, Jr., shot himself in the head
yesterday and expired instantly. He
was son of DR.. James w. Wilson,
president of the First National bank
and Fremonts wealthiest citizen.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-04
FAILURE AT BURLINGTON.
p. E. Strickland Goes to the Wall
Liabilities Not Large.

Burlington, July 3.-P. e. Strickland
who for the past three years has been
conducting fish market and grocery
store in this city, made an assignment
yesterday for the benefit of his credi-
tors. His assets are listed at $3,200.S1
and his liabilities at $1,550.74.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-04
FORMER oTTuMvsAN MAY DIE.

Was Sent to Hospital at Mt. Pleasant
Over a Year Ago.
Milton, July Special George
Piersoll, who was sent to the hospital
at Mt. Pleasant for treatment for men
tai trouble from Ottumwa in March,
1900, is much worse. 1t is thought he
can live but a short time.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-04
KINGS DAUGHTER 10 MARRY.
Princess Victoria's BetrothaI Soon to
BE Announced.

Londoh, July 3.-rThe formal an
nouncelnent of the betrotaal of Prin-
cess Victoria, daughter of King Ed
ward ard Queen Alexandra, will soon
be made, but the name of the favored
enc has lot been made public.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-04
BussE HELD TO JURY.
Bail Is Refused and He Is Taken Back
t.:i

to Jail.
Allison, July 3.-The excitement has
subsidized and there is nothing partic-
ularly new in the Busse case. The ev-
idence is all in. The lawyers argued
the question of bail, but he was held
without bail for grand jury. He was
remanded to the Jail.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-04
TRIAL OF AMERICAN
AND ENGLISH YACHTS
TRINITY HALL TAKES FOURTH
HEAT.
American Boats Try Out on Thirty
Mile Triangular Course and Eng
ish Vessels Spin Over Forty
Three-Mile Jaunt.

Batemans Point, July 3-The Yachts
Constitution and Columbia left the har-
Dor at 1O:30 O'Clock this mornig for
another race under the auspices of the
New York Yacht Club, this time over
a triangular course@of thirty miles.
fher was fine whole-sail breeze as
the yachts stood out to the starting
point. The weather. off short was quite
thick and there is very little hope of
much of the race being seen from land.
The ColumDla crossed the starting line
at 12:25:53 and the Constitution at
12:25:54.
The English Boats.
Rothsay, First Clyde. July 3.-The
two Shamrocks started on a thorough
racing trial over a forty-three mile
triangular open sea course. A brisk
breeze was blowing when the start
was made.
Race Is of.
Soon after crossing the line the Mar
tingale buckled on the Columbia, caus-
ing the race to be called off. The con-
stitution was gaining on the Columbia
when the accident occurred.
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never make a steady worker, is not
shared by Gen. Macarthur. "The
Filipino" he says, "will work when
properly paid, and the Chinese are
not necessary, as has been asserted" :"
He advises "the gradual decrease of
the Chinese now IN the islands," and
evidently favors the application of
our exclusion law. Thus the British
doctrine that the islands will never
amount to anything industrially un-
less the Chinese be allowed to over
run them is OverthrOwn by American
experience, just as many other Brit
ish colonial precedents" are being
overthrOwn.
The much-debated ''friar question" 4"
Gen. Macarthur believes, will easily
be settled by the straightforward ap-
phcation of our principle of the alb
solute separation of state and church.
properly speaking and in broad
scope" he says, there is no church
question" Common-sense Americans
have long held Gen. MacArthur's evi-
dent view. That is, to give the friars
exactly the same protection given
others, and let the people have such
priests as they wish. Then let con-
troversies over property be settled
by the courts in the ordinary way.
"To doubt the wisdom of the Unit
ed States remaining in the islands" 4"
says Gen. Macarthur, in conclusion,
''is to doubt the stability of repub-
lican institutions, and amounts to a
declaration that a nation thus gov
erned is incapable of successfully re-
sisting strains that arise naturally
from its own freedom and productive
energy" That is why the United
States stays in the Philippines and
will there remain. Their future will
depend chiefly on the fitness Of the
natives for self-gOvernment, and to
some extent on the construction of
our constitution by the supreme
court
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PROGRESS IN LUZON.
Substance of Gen. MacArthur's Re-
port Is Encouraging.
Greater Part of the Philippine Arch
iPeIagO He Declares to Be Under
Civil Home Rule and Thor
OughIy Pacided.

Gen. MacArthur's report on retir-
Ing from command in the Philippines
is a record of advancement all along
the line. He found guerrilla warfare
still raging in many districts. He
leaves only a few bands in the hills,
the greater part of the archipelago
under civil home rule, and at peace,
with industry and education advanc-
ing rapidly.
Gen. Macarthur rightly regards
FunstOn's capture of Aguinaldo as
The most important event of his ad-
ministration. ''The capture" he says,
'dispelled the growing tendency to
Ideaize Aguinaldo's personality,
which millions of natives believed
| ultimately would insure success for
the rebellion" Aguinaldo at large
and rarely visible was a demigod to
the superstitious natives. Brought
within constant sight and touch, he
has shrunk to his normal and COM
nOnplace dimensions.
Gen. Macarthur approves Col. E. II.
| CrOwder's plan for reforming the
Philippine currency upon the gold
standard. This proposes as the
standard of value a gold peso of 1873
grains, just half the value of the
American gold dollar, to be coined in
convenient multiples, and a subsid-
larry coinage of subdivisions of the
peso, these coins to be eXchangeable
for American at two pesos for 81.
This is practically the plan success
fully followed by Japan in changing
from the silver to the gold standard.
Whether it would be better than the
plan used in reforming the Porto
Rican currency need not now be dis
eussed.
The opinion of so many European
observers, that the Filipino viii
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WILLIAM B. RIDGELY.
ChioagOF BANKERS Urge Senator Gull
IOm's Son-in-LaW for Comp
trOIIer of the Currency.

A current political story is that
William Barret Ridgely, of Chicago,
may succeed Charles G. Dawes as comp
troner of the currency. Shortly after
Maj. Mckinley was elected to the pres
ldency the first time he appointed Mr..
Ridgely postmaster at Springfield. Mr..
Ridgely resigned in 1899 to become sec
retary of the Republic Iron and Steel
company, with headquarters in Chi
cago. Since that time he has been a
resident of Chicago. Mr.. Ridgely was
born and reared in Springfield, where
the Ridgely family, one of the wealth
lest and most prominent in the IIli-
nois capital, has been engaged in the
banking business for three genera
tons. After being graduated from the
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Nfammotb Foupdin sTberia.

The st. Petersburg Academy of Sci
ence has received a telegram from the
leader of the expedition which is
shortly to bring the mammoth found
In Siberia to st. Petersburg. The tele-
gram, which is dispatched from va
kutsk, reports that the expedition was
at that place on June IA. tits proceed
ing by steamer up the river, and viii
then journey overland to Kolymsk.
which is 1000 versts off, and where it
expects to arrive in two and a half
months. The mammoth found IA
unique of its kind. It's hair, skin and
flesh are entirely preserved and there
are remains Of undigested food in its
stomach.
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-D-----y-s-.-.-ss
MORE THAN HIS SHARE.
and Toes Is Attracting the At
tentiOn of Scientists.

Men with one extra finger or toe
may sometimes be seen, but very rare
ly does one hear of or see a person with
"A fingers and toes. Consequently a
servant of Marquis de Balincourt
who is thus equipped is at present ex-
citing much iAerese among Euro
pean scientists.
He is a young man and on each
hand he mas six well developed fingers,
while on each foot he has an equal
numbPE of well developed toes. 1t is
not known whether he inherited this
anomaly, but the assumption is that he
did. His supernumerary members are
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Observation-Disclosures
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Right and Left Cigar.

It is not always because a cigar is
badly made that the wrapper culs up
and works of. It is often because a
right-handed man is smoking a left
handed cigar. A "left-handed cigar is
one rolled by the makers left hand, for
all cigar makers must be ambidex-
trous. A piece Of tobacco for the wrap
per is cut on the bias and is rolled from
left to right on the filler. The other
piece, for reasons Of economy, is then
uEsd, and must be rolled the opposite
way by the operators other hand.
Hence a smoker who holds his cigar in
his right hand sometimes twisting it
about rubs the wrapper the wrong way
and loosens IL.
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Snare or DtgIIS and TOes.)
of no special use TO him, but he is never
allowed to forget that he possesses
them, as his comrades, for an obvious
reason, have nicknamed him "Twen-
ty-four."
DR.. Captain, a well-known ethnolo-
gist, writing on this subject, says:
There are two forms of this singular
phenomenon, the true and the hybrid.
In the true form, as seen in the case of
the marquis servant, the supernumer-
ary fingers and toes are complete ad-
1itiOnal members. the fingers being
usually placed beside the thumbs and
the toes beside the great toes. In the
hybrid form, on the other hand, the
additional fingers and toes are merely
a result of the division which has taken
place in the regular members.
THE thumb is the part usually af-
fected, and il may be divided at the
first joint, though the division gener-
ally starts at the base. All the other
fingers may be divided in a similar
manner; indeed. as many as IS fingers
have been found on one hand. Atavism
is evidently the cause, but one would
have to travel very far back in order to
discover the origin of such fingers and
toes"
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C.siiss. II o.. ;;::';:;;: i; II;
AND OHIO
ID. B. MARTIN.
Mgr. Pass TTahe.

rug0rcH THE GRANDEST SCENERY IN
AMERICA ALL TRAINS VESTIBULED
ELECTRIC LIGHTED. STEAM HEATED.
DINING CARS ON THROUGH TRAINS,
STATION SIXTH AND 3 STREETS.
Schedule 10 eject April u, 1901.
-asrm aa.y-CIucinnsu and ST Louis
e--..-| SOLID sraIu Ter Cincinnati. Pullman
...e-..s 10 Cincinnati Lexington, Louisville,
.rt|ers.s.s and ST. Louis wltheut ChanEe.
observation par.slcaI Washington, ts virginia
H-f -rr.ggs HaUs sE. -.r Sunday. PaTlOT Cars
TO Cincinnati aud Chicago.
ma p N. DAILY. F. V. Limited-Solid
train grlr1eIaasu Pullman sleepeIs 10 Gin
r.1rsu Lexington and Louisville without
change. "1ure.usH Tor Virginia riot springs
Da.E Pullman Compartment Car 10 virginia
Hot Springs daily except Sunday. SteePeTs
Cincinnati % Chicago and ST. Louis.
H.ea.m DAILY EXCEPT SuNDAY-FoT New
ra- New. NoIfs.k. and Old Point Comfort via
Penn K K REAP. aud Richmond.
ss5P NJ DAILE-Fsr GoTdonSyille, Char
Ioussulle stauHtsu daily and tsr kichmsnd,
daily .yCepJ Sunday.
Reservations and tickets al Chesapeake and
0rs aHrzs. CIR Pennsylvania Avenue, os9
rfr Street. near F.. and At the station. Ieie-
phone .s. l4.l .o. Pennsylvania Railroad Cab
Service.
I-rplsue Iuse.
H.W. FULLER,
L-Uargl PASSENGER Agent.
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RAILROADS,
- ,Nn ANNAroLIs sHoRT

.,~,l0RE AND ANNAPOLIS SHORT
DALli@No line KAILROAK.
j TRAINS LEAVE CAMDEN CAi. sIAdipE, I.liS a.,
F'. "a n, I.Is, $40 p. N.
us a-'o rsE 90 a m. $40 p. "a.
Jn ss--..-1 raw and Bay Ridge, daily SOC P. m
For 80 -s-rgpolis, week days, Gas SIS a. IN.
E-- o. .,s IS a N. $50 and AS p. m,
ave -ggs Kay Ridge week days 1'OO p H.
saaa.'.s IS. ~. Ridge and return, soc:
Pare .. -". 4. A. CO0mbs. G. NJ.
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Rensselaer, Polytechnic institute in
1879, he entered the coal and iron busi-
ness in Springfield, becoming the prae-
teal head of the Springfield Iron COM
pany. He also was for time vice pres
ident of the Ridgely national bank In
Chicago his winter home is at the Vir-
ginia hotel and his summer residence
ct Highland Park.
The fact that Senator Cullom, Mr..
Ridgely's father-in-law, has recently
returned from visit to the president
at Canton gives additional significance
- the Ridgely boom.