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the guests to pay his respects Mr..
Cleveland tried to avoid him and pre-
tended to be very much Interested in
something the man ahead OF Sheehan
was saying. Sheehan was equally
willing to avoid a meeting tried to get
by, but Mr.. Hill, who is always up to
mischief, caught the situation at a
glance. seized Sheehan by the hand
and presented him to Mr.. Cleveland
in very distinct voice so that the
Two We're compelled to shake hands.
Sheehan said: Good evening, sir .
but Mr.. Cleveland said nothing
WASHINGTON. d. c.. June Pa
| The president started for Boston to-
day accompanied by his secretary, to
attend Harvard college commence
ment tomorrow. and dinners of Span
ish War veterans and the League of
| Press clubs in the evening. Thursday
he VIII view the intercollegiate boat
| races with Mrs. Roosevelt. Friday
| VIII be spent at Oyster Bay and Sat
urday he returns to Washington.
| Next Tuesday he goes to Pittsburg.
returning in time to see congress ad-
| journ. Then he will go to Oyster
| Bay for the summer. touring New
lands after the middle OF August, and
then will follow succession of tours.
one ending at Detroit. and the another
at San Antonio. Texas
CINCINNATI, O. June 24.-Private
John Ron of Company r, Third infan-
try. has Just come out OF the hospital
at Fort Thomas, where he was CON
fined, according to stories told by
comrades, critically i'll, owing to en-.
forced drill at double time upon an
EXTREMITY hot day recently The sol
liers are incensed over the treatment
they say Roff received under orders of
First Lieutenant Henry s. Wygant.
by whose orders, 1t is claimed. Private
John Campbell was given the motor
'ous water cure" in the Philippines.
The trouble between Roff and Wy
gand originated, it is claimed. be-
| cause Rolf was too sick to hold up
his head at the regular company drill
For discipline he was ordered to drill
double time. and alone. in the hot sun
II was one of the fercest OF the
blistering DAYS. and he was kept at
his task, not begging for mercy. until
he fell over unconscious on the drill
ground and had to be carried to the
fort hospital on stretcher. He was
unable to leave the hospital for sew
eral days
He had never been In the guard
house during his years of service in
the army. and had never touched a
drop of liquor. The doctor, bending
over his limp form after he had keeled
over from exhaustion, asked Has
he been drinking?" and Lieutenant
Wygant replied: NO. he is a tenn
perate man"
GRAND ISLAND, Neb., June ga
Bryan was the central figure this
morning in groups discussing Demo-
| cratic and Populist conventions which
meet this afternoon. He declared alb
solutely that he will not accept the
gubernatorial nomination The con.
ventions meet separately. and fusion
viii be effected on basis of divisions
of officers by arrangement of a Joint
committee subject to ratification by
| delegates The Democrats declare
| they must have the governorship, or
| all of the seven other places. The
| Kansas City platform will be uneauiv.
| ocally endorsed.
TOPEKA, Kans., June 24.-The
| Popuist convention chose Senator
| Harris temporary chairman this morn
| ing and he made a speech endorsing
Bryan's attack on Cleveland and Hill
He said: THE new rehabilitated
| Democracy is in the saddle and would
stay there despite wreckers of the
party"
/ After Senator Harris speech the
usual committees We're appointed. A
recess was then taken until this after
noon.
| BOSTON, Mass. June 24.--Jane
Toppin. the nurse, was convicted of
killing ten persons, but condoned on
account of insanity yesterday. and
committed to the insane asylum. con.
fessed to her consul today that she
had killed thirty-one persons.