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Obituary Notes,

Capt. Michael O'Keffe, for nearly half a
century a resident of Williamsburg. died
suddenly yesterday after an automobile ride
at Lakewood. n. j.. He was born in Ireland
sixty-1ve years ago and came to this country
when a child. At the breaking out of the
War Of the Rebellion he enlisted with the Sixty
ninth Regiment New York Volunteers. and
was appointed Captain. On his return to
williamsburg he became an ale brewer with
the late Martin Doyle under tho flrm name
Of Arrears Of brooklyn, served in the Board
bly,. During the Van Wyck adminstration i tastn
he served in the tax office. For many years
he lived at l94 Hewes street He is survived
Benjamin Arrowsmith, Sr,.. for twenty
trad manager q the Lsekq wanna SFai Railroad s
board of of the ra h
citation. died at his home in North Plainfield,
4 j.. yesterday When he resigned his
the company refused to accept the resigna :
ton. but ne retired from active duty,
II Th rny lHnsF' T es he% eErch Thursday
4 despatch received in New Orleans from
Belize. British Honduras. announces the
death there Of Capt james Letch. formerly
tropical fruit trade. He was born in Scot :
land. but ran away to to sea when boy He
ss,n. to IN Yew oiedns aed Te
fruit steamship line to Belize. Spanish Hon
duras and Guatelnala; He moved to Belize
when heiwas appointed United States Consul.
Col George Won Ainsberg, died yesterday
afternoon in her home. at Eighth and Wash
ington streets. Hoboken. she was 70 years
old. Mrs Won Ainsberg went to the front
with her husband in the civil war and rode
on horseback, with him In his campaigns
1f f" in S.@ YoTk FIR name ms'n
frequently mentioned in the official reports
H.. b Sanborn, n member OF tho Railroad
Con,Inission and one of the most prominent
morning at his home in Franklin. y, ! ., at
the age OF 50 He was seven times elected a
member OF the Legislature during his politica |
career and served in three constitutional
|. .conventionS.i
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RUSSIA SOUNDING THE POWERS.
NJ. LamsdorfY's Discussions With Other
Foreign Ministers Explained.
Special Cable Despatch TO THE

Special Cable Despatch to THE SUN.
PARIS, Nov. "a despatch from Darrn-
stadt to the Echo de Paris gives an interview
obtained by the correspondent with M.
Savinsky. secretary to Count Lamsdorff,
the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs.
NJ. Savnsky said it was quite true that the
Russian Minister had felt it to be as neces-
sary to discuss with M. Delcasse, the French
Minister Of Foreign Affairs. questions which
may be Of interest to the two allied Powers
as he had previously thought 1t advisable to
confer with Count Goluchowski. the Austro-
Hungarian Foreign Minister, and as he
would in few days confer with Count Won
Buelow. the German Imperial Chancellor.
He added that there was a perfect agree
ment on all questions between France and
Russia.
In concluMon NJ. Savinsky said: Il can
assure you that the Japanese and Russian
governments are animated by a sincere
desire to arrive at pacific settlement OF
the questions in the Far East. l am con-
vinced that we shall find a modus vivendi
OF a nature to satisfy both parties.
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The BENBOW AIRSHlP SAILS.
1T ROSE IN THE AIR TO A HEIGHT
OF 10 FEET.
While Being ManGuyred in Many Direc-
tions Ono OF the Spars Broke. Necessi.
.tstiny . Postponement Of tho Tests
Until TO.day-T0 Make . Long Trip.

UTICA, Nov. s.-The trial of the airship
designed by 7, c. Benbow, ranchman
from Caribou county, Mon, had it's in.
itial test late this afternoon at the balloon
farm Of Prof. Carl Myers, Frankfort, n. v,
ten miles east Of this city. 1t may be stated
without exaggeration that the trial was
eminently successful, and Mr.. Benbow is
confident that he will be strong competitor
for the 100000 prize at the st. Louis ex-
position, next summer.
The trial OF the airship had been set for
o'clock this afternoon, but was unavoid-
ably delayed until $50 O'Clock. At that
hour Mr.. Benbow entered the car OF his ship,
which was anchored to the ground and
Immediately set the engine in motion.
The ship rose ma jcstically in the air to a
height of seventy-five feet, balancing per-
fectly at that height. He manGuvred the
ship in many directions, it responding
promptly to his every touch. While turn
ing, however, one of the spars broke, neces-
stating the discontinusnoe Of the trial, as
the fractured part could not be repaired
before darkness.
Several thousand persons witnessed the
test and with inventor Benbow are fully
convinced that the ship solves to a great
extent the problem Of aerial navigation.
The gas bag section OF the airship is
seventy -four feet In length and holds IA 900
cubic feet of hydrogen gas. The purpose
of the bag is to sustain and balance the
weight of the ship. The lifting power of
the ship Ia produced by setting the fans in
motion, and the cams controlling the motion
of tbepins are 80 constructed that they close
at the moment of resistance to ascent OPEN
ing again at opposite points producing the
lifting power. Thus while the machine is
equipped with sixteen fans. four on each
corner, but eight arc called upon stimuli
taneously to furnish the power. The posi-
tion of these cams can be so changed that
the power may be exerted to raise the ship
or lower it, send it forward or backward.
In turning the fans may be set on one
side to work opposite those on the other
side, much the same as oars are used i'll
wheeling skih around.
The power for operating the fans and
incidentally navigating the ship is furnished
by two double cylinder gasolene engines,
the combined weight Of which is $50 pounds.
The diameter of the cylinders is inches.
with a 3-inch stroke. An electric eparker
Is used for igniting. All Of the engine but
the cylinders is construct cd Of aluminium
The car OF the ship is suspended by cable
and hangs directly from the centre.
In the test to-day the ship assembled by
a downward motion of the paddles and
decended by a reverse motion.
This airship is an improved design over
q ship constructed by Benbow on his Mon
tana ranch twelve years ago. He will con-
tinue the test tomorrow. and announces
that he expects TO make a trip to this city
in his ship,
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Movements OF Naval Vessels.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3-The gunboat
Scorpion has arrived at Newport, the gun
boat Don Juan de Austria at Cavite, the
gunboat Annapolis at Shanghai. the gun
boat Villalobos at Hankow and the tug
Osceola at Isabella de Sagua, Cuba.
The training ship Hartford has sailed
from League Island for Hampton Roads
the dlstlns ship Iris Iris I from aqnolnlg for
New York for Hampton Roads.
The gunboat Isla de Cuba has been or
dered from the Asistic station to Pensacola,
Fla. where she will be placed out of COM
mission and repaired. This former Spanish
vessel was sunk in the battle of Manila Bay
and afterward raised and practically
rebuilt.
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STEWART NOT TO RETIRE..
Senator Said to Have Changed His Mind
After His Marriage.

CARSON, New, Nov. 3.-Congressman
vanduser, who is recovering from surgi-
cal operation in hospital here, is authority
for the statement that Senator Stewart
will be a candidate again next year. For
some time it was understood that Senator
Stewart would retire and leave the field
open to younger men, but Mr.. Vanduser
says that his decision has been changed by
his young wife.
Mrs. Stewart, who was formerly Mrs.
NJ. A. Cone OF Atlanta, Ga, is very am
bilious and a great social favorte in
Washington, and she doesn't fancy giving
up the power that the Senatorship carries
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FILIpINOs RETURN TO CHURCH.
Several Leaders OF Revolt Renew Allegiance
When Bishop Rocker Arrives.

Special Cable Despatch TO THE SUN.
MANILA, Nov. S.--The leading residents OF
Iloilo and neighboring towns gave royal
welcome to Mgr. Rocker, the newly ap-
pointed Bishop OF Nueva Caceres. Several
OF the chief schismatics have renewed their
allegiance to the Roman Catholic Church
and have deserted Bishop Aglipay's
National Catholic Church. The demon
stration is regarded as a serious blow to
the progress of Aglipay's Church, which
was recently in fourishing condition.
Gen. Leonard Wood. Military Governor
OF the island of Mndanao, has started with
force Of 800 men to make a tour Of the Lake
Lanao district. This force, which will he
constantly reinforced from scattered gar
risons, will cover the field OF operations OF
Capt. Pershing's command, for the pur-
pose Of forcibly impressing the Moros with
the strength Of the Americans.
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Mob Lynched the Wrong Man.

HAMILTON, Ohio. Nov. 3.-Marshal Wood
run OF Oxford, who was shot and seriously
wounded few weeks ago while attempting
to arrest the Shivey brothers for creating
n disturbance and for whose shooting a
mob lynched Joe Shivey, declared last night
man. He positively asserts that il was
Lou who shot him.
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Chancellor Bra.hear Reslrns.

PITTsBURG, Pa, Nov. 3-Prof. John A.
Brashear has resigned as chancellor of the
West ern University. The board Of trust ees
has the resignation, but Mr.. Brashear has
not abandoned the duties of the Office, and
will not do so until a successor is chosen
The resignation was made necessary by the
additional duties imposed upon him in the
building of the new university.
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Choate to Take Balfour's London House

Special Gable Despatch to The sun
LONDON, Nov. SIN consequence of the
return of Lord and Lady Curzon from India
Mr.. Choate the American Ambassador.
will remove from their house. 1 Carlton
House Terrace, s. W.. at Christmas to the
city residence OF Prime Minister Balfour
Carlton Gardens.
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Yacht FOR tho Transatlantic Raoe.

.Sptctal Cable Despatch 10 THE Sun.
GREENocK, Nov. 3.-The name OF c. l..
Orr-Ewing. Member of Parliament for the
Ayr district. and owner Of the sohoon er
yacht Rainbow, is also mentioned as the
man who has given Designer Watson an
order for q large racing schooner which will
participate in the transatlantic race for the
cup offered by Emperor William 1t was
first thought that tho Kaiser himself had
given the order.
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French Cabinet to Resign.

Special Cable Despatch to THE sun.
PARIS, Nov. a.-At a meeting Of the Coun-
ell OF Ministers to-day NJ. Combes, the
Premier, announced that it was the inten-
tion of the Cabinet to resign as soon as the
budget was voted.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. S.-A new counterfeit
five-dollar silver certificate, the execution
of which is so good as to deceive the ordinary
secret Service Bureau. It is an Indian
head note Of the series Of 1899, j. w. Lyons,
Register; Ellis H. Roberts, Treasurer
The most noticeable defect In the counter
felt is the blotchy appearance OF The Indian
head. The paper is Of good quality, with
red ink lines to initiate the silk fibre of
the genuine note.
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Mob L,nches an Innocent Negro,

LAKE VILLAGE, Ark, Nov. 3-After q
shooting to-day in which white man was
killed and two white men and one negro
woman wounded. a mob of white citizens
dragged from Jail negro who had been
arrested, though not responsible for the
shooting, and lynched him in the town
square posse is in pursuit OF the man
said to have started the fight.
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ARMED MAN AT WHITE HOUSE.
Brooklyn Tailor Tries to Secure an Inte
Wow with the President.

WASHINGTON, Nov. S.-Louis Bronstein,
who says he is a tailor and that his place
Of business is at ela Wythe avenue. Brook
lyn, N. Y. was arrested here this afternoon,
while trying to secure an interview with
President Roosevelt. He was armed with
a loaded ss-calbre bulldog revolver. A
number OF loaded cartridges was found In
his overooat pockets. Bronstein says he
wants the President to protect him against
his nephew. He had $3.50 In cash. Bron-
stein will be examined tomorrow as to
his santy
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Frick Sells ~. .OOO Worth OF Rea
Estate.

PIrTsBuHG Nov. s,-Henry c. Frick has
disposed Of his real estate holdings between
Third street and "the Point" to the Penn
sylvania Railroad. The price Mr. Frck is
to receive for the property is said to be
$3.50 ooO, and the raliroad company has
purchase. The property will be used for
the proposed elevated road along Duquesne
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Army and Navy Orders.

WARRINGTON. Nov. s.-Thest army orders were
issued 10 day
Major Joseph r. Maxheld. Signal Corps. from
Washing gton to Manila as Chief Signal of1ccr. Dl
vision Of the Philippines. relieving Major william
a. Glassford, Signal Corps. ordered to San Fran :
cisco
The retirement from active service OF Col. James
OHare. Arm lcry Corps. at his own request he
having served morr than forty years.
general court partial to meet at Fort Schuyler,
with Capt BENJAMIN NJ. koehler. Artillery. as pres
dent and First Lieut.. Jay p. Hopkins, Artillery,
as Judge Advocate
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Bishop BrOndel OF Montana Dead

HELENA. Mon, Nov. a,-The Right Rev
John B. Brondel, first and only Bishop of
the Roman Catholic Church in Montana, died
| early to-day Of a complication of diseases.
He was native of Belgium and was 81 years
old. He was ordained to the priesthood in
| 1884
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Lieutenant Commander c. 4. Cove. from Naval
War College, TO Bureau OF Equipment, Washing ton
Assistant Surgeons z. C.. Taylor and ]. s X.
Reaves. 10 Naval Museum OF Hygiene and Medical
School Washington.
Naval Constructor S. G. Smith. resignation ac-
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WASHINGTON roRkCAsr FOR TO DAT AND TO MORROW
For eastern Mem York fur so-d1v and to -rnorrop;
fresh southwest ufnds.
Tor the District Of Columbia, eastern Penn
syvhnih. Delaware. Maryland and Virginia fair
TO day and to morrow ligh, variable winds
Por New England. fair to day and to morrow.
afeSh southwest winds.
For western New York fair to -day and tn mor
Tow; fresh south winds.
For New Jersey. fair 10 day and to morrow
/, .nystvtr1sbie winds
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The Weather.

The pressure along the Middle Atlantic and New
England States remained slightly above normal
yesterday. keeping the weather fair in all the At
lantc States.
The storm which WAS over Kansas Monday
with general rains began to dissipate and the re-
silt was some cloudincss and scattered showers
In the central States and lower Missouri Valley.
There was general rise of Temperature east Of
the Mississippi. but In the central Western States
thence south to Texas and Louisiana II was cooler
In the Northwest the temperature was above thc
freczng point and It was growing warmer II
about all districts save the Southwest the tempera
turc was from 10 10 Is degrees above the seasonal
average.
In this city the day was fair and warmer; wind
fresh westerly: average humidity. 81 per cent;
barometer. corrected TO read TO sea level ats \. NJ
S0I?; 3 =. NJ, 1910
The temperature yesterday. as recorded by the
o1cla lhcrmOmctcr Is shown In the anne ed lahle
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-21
POPE a MARVEL OF wGoR.
DIR. Mazzoni Says 1t Is Hard to Be-
1ieve That Leo XIII. VIII Ever DIE.

DIR. Mazzoni Says 1t Is Hard to Be-
Iieve That Leo XIII. VIII Ever DIE.
The Berlin Tageblatt recently pub
lished a most remarkable interview
which it's Rome correspondent had
with the pope's physician, Professor
Mazzoni, regarding his holiness health.
What, the pope iIlr' laughed the
professor. HE is so well that we
might envy him. Except for slight
hoarseness, which was easily cured,
nothing has allied Leo NH. these last
two years.
HE is truly a phenomenon. He
grows older in years; but, paradoXical
as it may seem, he appears TO gain in
vigor each year. At the beginning Of
every new decade of Pope Leo's life it
was prophesied that it would be the
last, but it never came true.
mark my words. the pope will live
to be hundred years old and longer,
and even then he will enjoy life as he
does today.
what should the pope die of any
way? He has the constitution of a
young man. All his organs are in per
feet working order. He leads regular
life and consumes very little alcohol.
His holiness reads without spectacles,
walks without q cane. dresses and I'M
dresses without assistance and works
about fourteen hours daily.
REALLY ole can hardly believe that
Leo XIII. should ever de-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-21
CRAZE FOR Canoes.
A Prediction That They VIII Soon
BE In Great Demand.

A Prediction That They win Soon
BE In Great Demand.
We are rapidly acquiring taste for
canoes for personal adornment, and it,
is prophesied that before many weeks
have passed the taste Will have devei-l
oped into a craze. and the craze will
show symptoms of becoming an epi-i
demic says the New York CONNER
cial Advertiser. One sees a few very
handsome ones now, though not many.
the vogue being still in its infancy, but
a number of people possess quite a lit
tie store, owned by their mothers and
grandmothers, which have been laid
aside in odd corners of their jewel
cases from time immemorial. This
year, however, they will one and all
see the light again.
Even cameo buttons will be pro-
duced. and the prices of handsome
brooches and bracelets. especially the
antique specimens, will naturally go
up with a rush. while even the most
colossal of old fashioned shawl
brooches will be brought into requisi-
ton to fasten the fashionable lace
echarpes, which are almost indispensa-
BILE with the theater toilets of the mo-
menr
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-21
Little Biu Men.

Suwarow. the greatest of Russian gem
erals; Frederick the Great, David Gar
rick, the wonderful actor. and Alexan-
der Hamilton. whom Talleyrand pro-
nounced one of the three greatest men
he had ever known. were slender and
below the middle height. The brave
General Marion was in stature OF the
smallest size. thin as well as low" and
DR.. Kane, who surpassed all of his arc
tic companions in Drawing torrid heat
and polar cold, was but feet in
height and weighed at his best only 135
pounds. But more dwarfish than any
of these ghostly beings was that phe-
nomenon OF the eighteenth century.
the Able Gallant of Naples. Person
ally" says Marmontel, the able, who
was but 4 feet inches in stature, was
the prettiest little harlequin that Italy
ever produced. but upon the shoulders
of that harlequin was the head Of a
Machiayelli."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-21
The Period. of Growth.

Children born between September
and February are, some authorities
state, not as tall as those born in sum
mer and spring months, and the growth
of children is much more rapid from
March till August. The eXtremities
grow rapidly up to the sixteenth year;
then there is a slow growth until the
thirtieth year. The legs chiefly grow
between the tenth and seventeenth
years Comparing the general results,
1t appears that there are six periods OF
growth The first extends up to the
sixth or eighth year and is one of very.
rapid growth; the second period, from
eleven to fourteen years. growth is
slow; the third period, from sixteen to
seventeen; the fourth period shows a
slow growth up to the age of thirty for
height, up to fifty for chest girth; the
fifth period is one of rest, the sixth a
decrease in the body.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-21
Memorial In a Busy street

On one of the busiest streets in Pc
king. over the spot where Baron Won
Ketteler met his tragic death in 1900,
a huge monument is now being erected
in his honor entirely at the expense of
the Chinese government, says the Chi
cagO Chronicle. 1t is to be in the form
of PABLO" or triumphal gateway,
and is to extend entirely across the
street. The top stone is ~ feet long,
3 feet wide and feet thick. One hun
bred and eighty mules We're used to
draw it to the street and fifty-seven
mules to draw each of the smaller
stones. It will cost China 100000 in
gold
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-21
A,sumine the HusDnnd,s name.

The practice of the wife assuming
the husbands name at marriage origi-
mated from Roman custom and be-
came the common custom after the Ro-
man occupation. Thus, Julia and Oc-
tavia, married to Pompey and Cicero.
were called by the Romans Julia of
Pompey and Octavia of Cicero, and in
later times married women in most
European countries signed their names
in the same manner, but omitted the
"of."
Against this view it may be mention
ed that during the sixteenth and even
at the beginning of the seventeenth
century the usage seems doubtful,
since we find Catherine Parr so sign
ing herself after she had been twice
married. and we always hear of Lady
Jane Grey mot Dudley, Arabella
Stuart mot SEYMOUR, etc. Some per-
sons think that the custom originated
from the Scriptural teaching that hus-
band and wife are one. This was the
rule of law so far back as Braeton
died 1868, and it was decided in the
case of Bon versus Smith, in the reign
of Elizabeth, that woman by mar
riage loses her former name and legal
ly receives the name of her husband.
Altogether the custom is involved in
much obscurity.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-21


But the young man was not TO be
turned away from his love. For ten
years he has been quietly paying atten-
tions to Miss Clark and at last sue
ceeded in winning the consent of his
parents to make the charming young
singer his bride.
Miss Clark has achieved a deserved
success as a comic opera star. She has
a fine voice. is graceful and accom-
plished and is considered one of the
most beautiful women on the stage.
Last year she injured her kneecap in
an accident, which forced her to retire
from the stage temporarily. Her mar
riage will now make the retirement a
permanently.
Frederick Stanton Flower is a neph-
ew of the late Roswell L. Flower, eX-
governor of New York. and inherited a
part of the wealth of the street railway
magnate. He was interested with his
uncle and father in their financial OPP
erations and is rated as millionaire.
He is about forty years of age.
The wedding took place in New York
city at the home of the brides parents,
who are also possessed of a goOdly
share of this worlds goods. Mr.. and
Mrs. Flower. after their honeymoon.
will reside in the millionaire's hand
some residence on Fifth avenue, New
York
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-21

Flowers by Tons For British Tables.
The demand for cut flowers for table
decoration is greater than ever this
year. and the flower dealers at Covent
Garden. in London, are making for
tunes. says the New York Herald. In
the early morning the air is redOlent
Of the Odor from thousands of baskets
of cut flowers, which come on every
boat and train. From France the other
day 1900 baskets reached Charing
Cross, the largest consignment ever
known. The flower traffic from the
Scilly isles is greater this season than
was ever known. Eleven tons of flow
ers were brought from the Seilly isles
in one day. which was a record up till
then, but was broken soon when con
signment of twenty-five tons of flowers
arrived at the market.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-21
Mark Twain.s skull.

Following the lead of Gabrielle DIAN
nunzio, Mark Twain announces that he
is going to give his skull to Cornell uni
versity, but he does not say when, says
the New York Mail and Express. Il
am getting pretty old said Mr.. Glenn
ems, land shall probably not need the
skull after next Christmas, l dunno,
But if should | Will pay rent" If the
rent of Mr.. Clemens skull is in proper
ton to the earning capacity of his
brain. he will be the only man who can
afford to pay it,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-21
LET THE GIRLS PROPOSE.
Chicago Woman Says That Men Lack
the Necessary Nerve.

eff custom were swept aside and
women might propose, there would be
many more marriages and the presi-
dent would not be scOlding us" said
Miss Catherine Coggin in a recent adj
dress to the women of the knights OF
Columbus, says a Chicago dispatch to-
the Philadelphia Press.
Il firmly believe that the convention
which prevents woman from selecting
the man of her choice and making that
selection known should be done away
with. 1 can declare without fear of
successful contradiction that there are
hundreds of men here in Chicago who
haven't the nerve to propose. Away
with convention then. Let the women
do it for them