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The sun., 1903-03-26
WE'D IN HARVARD DORMITORY
Marriage OF q Former student In HoI.
worthy Hall.

BosroS. March 25.-A marriage occurred
al Harvard yesterday. the first that has
ever been performed in q students dormi-
tory. The contracting parties were Pascal
de Angels. junior in the college, and Miss
Amelia Constance Gootschall OF Roxbury,
and the ceremony was performed at 20 Hol-
worthy Hall, the Old Yard dormitory.
The bridegroom Is 81 and the bride 20.
Up to few days ago De Angels was a
member OF the junior class, but resigned in
order to be married. No one knew OF his
plans except his most intimate friends.
and even they didn't look for 80 early a
marriage. The bridegroom lives in Utica.
y. Y, where his father Is a well-known
lawyer. After the marriage the bride and
bridegroom took the night train for Utica.
1t is said that the parents of the bridegroom
knew nothing Of the marriage or even Of
the intentions of their son.
The ceremony was performed by Justice
Frank Lambert Of Cambridge. and Graham
Coventry, a college chum. was the best
man. The other witnesses were Mrs.
CRANES Of Brookline. Robert G. Campbell,
90, and Robert F. Pierce. 'Os. The bride
was born In Calcutta and educated In France
and Spain.
The sun., 1903-03-26
GALVESTON GOVERNMENT VOID.
Texas's Highest Court Declares the Munici.
pal Commission Rule Illegal.

DALLAS. Tex, March 2s.-The State Court
Of Appeals to-day declared the Galveston n
Municipal Commission to be an illegal body,
and the charter provisions creating 1t to
be unconstitutional. Galveston. a. a re-
suit, IL left without any constituted govern
ment, and the State Legislature will have
to act In the premises.
The court decides with Justice Brooks
dissenting) that the principle and guar
antee OF local self government is against
municipal officers being appointed by the
Governor or the State Legislature; that
especially must a legislative body be an
elective. and not an appoihtive body. and
that the Galveston commission is essen
TALLY a municipal legislative body.
The court goes further and takes tho
position that all appointive municipal on
GERS must be by represen tatives elected
on the principle Of local self-government.
and not by anything bordering on State
guardianship. The decision is regarded
as likely TO act as q precedent in the country
at large. The Dallas commission is likely
to be attacked and set aside.
The sun., 1903-03-26
WORE WOMAN'S CLOTHING
Aren't Of Man Who for Twenty Years Hal
Been Playing .Dack.the-HugGer.

DSVU Eiaytue SsrN-sue~"uSUSSs
WEsrFIELp, Mass. March 2S.-A mystery
Of twenty years standing was solved last
night by the arrest Of Joseph Wheel In
woman's attire. For years the police have
been baffled by the operations Of q man
who. disguised in feminine apparel, ac-
costed unattended women and hugged
and kissed them.
Wheel was captured at midnight In
the home Of Frank Grant. Grants son.
on reaching the house found the front door
fastened on the inside. Looking In the
windows he saw what was apparently q
woman prowling about.
Grant entered the house through win
dow. but the intruder, instead Of fleeing,
grappled with Grant, who was getting
much the worst Of the contest when he
called for help. With the assistance Of
nesyhbors the athletic visitor WAS over
powered, but not until an umbrella had
been broken over Grants head and finger
OF John Knapp. one Of those who answered
Grants cries, had been bitten nearly OF.
The surprise Of the police when the
identity of the prisoner was established
was unbounded Wheel not only wore the
outer garments Of q woman, but Q COM
plete outfit, including French heeled shoes.
His corset cover was elaborAtely en-
broidered. Wheel is - years old. mar
ried and has four children.
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The sun., 1903-03-26
CLEAN SHEEP IN PITTsBURG.
Every CITY Employee. Except In the Con-
troiler's and City Clerks Orices.

PIrTssURo. March 25.-Every employee
OF the city from the heads OF the depart
ments down to the scrubwomen, excepting
those in the offices Of the Comptroller and
the City Clerk, who are not directly under
the Recorders power. will receive to-mor-
row a copy Of the following notice Of dis
missal. and 1t means just what it says:
Owing TO the change In administration and
consequent reorganiyation Of the city en-
pioyees. you are hereby notified that your SER
vices Will not be required on and after April
l. 1903. unless you are otherwise notified.
Respectfully yours.
'. W. D. HAYS. City Recorder.
Every one Is ripped out Of Office Those
who are to be retained in the service OF the
city will be reappointed between now and
then. Altogether about 5000 employees
are affected. AS
The sun., 1903-03-26
WATERBURY, JUDGE ALARMED.
Man Who issued the InJunctisn Against
strikers Protected by Guards.

WATERBURY,. Conn. March 2s.-Fearing
that he might be assaulted by some union
labor crank Judge William T. Elmer. who
issued the sweeping injunction asainst
the labor unions OF Waterbury on the appli-
cation Of the Connections Railway and Light
ing Company. ordered that deputy sher-
IFS meet him on his arrival here from Mid
dletown to-day. Armed deputies escorted
him to the court house. TO luncheon at the
Waterbury Club and back to the station
when he left the city. He walked beween
two officers. but his presence in the city
did not attract unusual attention.
The sun., 1903-03-26
MEN THERE WITH SKIRTS on.
The Shocking Discovery That Preceded .
Girls Basket ball Game.

AsBURY PARK, March 2S.-The girls
basketball teams OF Manasquan and Spring
Lake contested for team honors on the
Spring Lake court yesterday afternoon.
Under the club rules no member Of the
male sex is permitted to witness q game.
Raymond Neale and Leon Patterson,
two well-known young men OF Spring Lake
and members OF the Essex team, made up,
one as a young widow and the other as
an Easter bud. When they presented
their tickets they were passed through
with a smile OF welcome, but were soon
detected and put out.
In the meantime the female athletes were
kept busy stopping up holes that had been
bored through the sides Of the dining room
In the Spring Lake Houas, whore the game
was to be played. Enorts were also made
10 peep through tho windows and the more
curious climbed to the roof and looked
through the skylisht.
The girls were compelled TO appeal to
the officers Of the borough and the Spring
Lake A. c. for protection. Capt. George
White Of the Essex basketball team rem
dered valuable assistance. The captain
had q rough house with the crowd. but the
peppers were kept at bay until further
assistance was obtained. Quiet being re-
stored the game proceeded and resulted
in victory for the Spring Lake girls, 9 TO T.
The sun., 1903-03-26
L.. s. STEEL MERGER.
Trenton Reports That . New Certinent
Is to he Filed.

Trenton Reports That . New CertiHente
Is to He Filed.
TRENTON, N. j.. March 7S.-The United
States Steel Corporation notified the Sec
retary Of State to-day that certificate
merging all their companies would be
sent 10 Trenton tomorrow. It was spe-
cially request ed that the new cert ificate
be placed on file on or before o'clock to-
morrow morning.
A director Of the corporation and member
OF one OF it's chief committees said last night
that he had not heard Of the new certificate
and supposed II was some technical legal
matter. Chairman Gary was not visible.
President Schwab left this city for Pttsburg
late yesterday afternoon.
Lawyer Francis l.. Stetson said he knew
nothing Of the new certificate.
There's nothing In IT," said one OF the
flrm Of J. P. Morgan d Co.
The sun., 1903-03-26
ANTITRUST Law HITS LABOR.
Uniess In Texas In Great Alarm Over
niii In the Legislature.

bnit tu ne h~buh'uiS-
DALLAS. Tex. March as.--Orsanised labor
bodies ell over Texas are up In arms against
the antitrust bill that has passed the House
Of Representative and was reported favor
ably to-day to the Senate by the COMMITTEES
having charge Of it.
The labor unions say that II this bill IA
enacted into law 1t will be an unparalleled
blow at organized labor They are ap-
pealing to Senators to vote against and
kill the bill. Nearly every organized
labor body in Texas, notably the large ones
at Dallas, teiesrsphed or mailed petitions
to Austin tonight protesting against the
measure
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Special Cable Despdish 70 THE SrS
AUCKLAND. n. T., March 25.-The British
wooden steamer Morning. which sailed
from England last July to relieve the
Antarctic exploring steamer Discovery,
which left England In 1901. arrived at
Lyttelton to-day.
She reports that she found the Dis
covery further south than she expected,
and that members OF the expedition had
reached the furthest south recorded.
The Morning found the Discovery on
Jan. 2s in MacMurdo Bay. Victoria Land
She had suffered only ore casualty. 4
seaman on q sledgs expedition had fallen
had been drowned.
The report Of Capt. Scott. r. N. COM
mandsr Of the Discovery, up to the time Of
meeting with the Morning, states that the
Discovery entered the ioe-pack on Dec. -.
1901, In latitude 81. She reached Cape Dare
on Jan. Q, 1909. She was delayed there BY
q gale and ice, but party landed on Jan. y
in an excellent harbor. Wood Bay, In latt-
tude 7eo so. and deposited q record Of the
voyage.
Cape Croxier was reached on Jan. n,
after which the Discovery sailed along
the barrier within . few cable lenstha.
examining the edge, from which ross high
now slopes to extensive. heavily glactated
land, with occasional bare. precipdtous
peaks. On Feb. the Discovery entered
an inlet in tbs barrier In longitude i7%s. 4
balloon ascent was made. and slsdees ex-
amined the land to latitude 7s' So.
Excellent winter quarters were found
near Mounts Erebus and Terror, whers
huts were erected and other preparations
made. The ship was frozen In on March ~
The expedition wintered comfortably In
its sheltered quarters. The lowest tenn
perature recorded was % degrees below
zero.
Exploration by msans OF slsdess began
ou Sept. .. Parties were sent IN al direc.
tions. One party under Royds and skel-
ton made . record expedition TO Mount
Terror, travelling over the barrier under
severe conditions, with. the mercury at
s. degrees below zero.
Capt. Scott, DR. Wilson and Lieut. Shackls-
ton travelled ninety y-four miles southwark
reaching land in latitude go H.. longituds
isso, thus penetrating to the fartbsst south
recorded The journsy was most trying
An ,h. aos. did and thres men drnseed
the sledgss back. Lieut.. Shsckleton almost
died from exposure. but has since reoov-
.rsJ
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mountains continue through Victoria Land.
roo,hiIIs rasenhlins the Admirably ranse.
x,.rs discovered IN Longitude 100.
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c.m.in. hodxon,.l. and 4 led slowly from
,h. and ior Mountains from 1000 to
=, on fse, hxh we're seen in latitude s7e
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lsti,uds a. 2V nearly due south.
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level plain, which was unbroken To tie
v.s,vsrd 70 the horizon.
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clads~ r'oli oonec'ioh o' HAr'e 'auhs'
n largo proportion Icing lew specie~. 10
The sun., 1903-03-26
THfEvEs ~ 4 6OURr ROON.


whsn Harry Jacobs and 0eorse Archer,
professional pickpocke,s. were arraisnsd
la the Toml- polio~ oour yesterday de-
p-c,i'e s~rsssn, Prios s.id 20 Magistrate
Pool
'fhs.~ men have lan arrested time and
time again. hat slwsys manage 10 % ffss
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UP CAPITOL STEPS IN AUTO.
That II. Up 10 OF Them, and Then Mr.
TrurTbut Came DOwn Very Rwfftiy.

IfurTbut Came Down very swiftly.
WASHINGTON. March 2S.-On q bet Of
go, John Hurlbut Of Detroit tried to climb
the Capitol steps In an automobile to-day.
The machine had gone UP sixteen steps
when the chain broke and 1t came down
like lightning.
Hurlbut escaped injury. but was arrested
by q Capitol policeman when the machine
came to Q standstili, and will be tried In the
police court tomorrow morning for die
orderly conduct. ,
The same feat has been attempted at q
dozen Capitols Of different States. some
times succeeding and sometimes failing
through an accident like that Of to-day.
The sun., 1903-03-26
ENGINE FALLS INTO SALT LAKE,
section Of the southern Pacific Cut On
sinks-Ffreman Drowned.

stnks-FIreman Drowned.
SALT LAKE, Utah. March 2S.-Another
big section Of the Southern Pacifc's ia
nous Lacin cutoff sank to-day. and the
qua gmire in Great Salt Lake under the
cutoff claimed q victim.
About noon an engine was run out on .
completed section Of the cutoff. When
q half mile out In the lake the engine sud
denly wabblsd. the track dropped out Of
sight in the water and the locomotive
turned . somersault and plunged into the
lake Fireman Robert W. watson was
drowned. This cutoff. which carries the
Southern Pacific across the lake. - ves
dxty miles Of road. Five seventy foot
piIes were driven on top Of each other where
the track sank. but they failed to hold.
The Hartman engineers are puzzled
and believe they have struck . bottomless
quagmire on the line Of the cutoff.
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GOT FARTHEST SOUTH
British Expedition Wins
Antarctic Record.
MEN ON SLEDdES REACH $40 IL
Trying Trip Of 81 Niles From
Their Ship, the Discovery.

Report aent BACK 10 New zeaIand ny the
rSeliet Ship Morning-Thc Discovery
Has Been In the lee Pack since lSen
Food short When Relief Arrived
An the Dogs Dead--In Comic ortabls
winter Quarterp Near Mounts Erebus
and Terror-New Mountain Range.
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-07-09

She shivered and she listened to the
muffled fab of the snow against the
window and seemed suddenly cold.
A mysterious, hardly defined sense
as of some overwhelming emotion,
eXhilarating and yet depressing,
surged through her.
She half rose as the feeling be-
came stronger, more tense. She
seemed waiting waiting for a deci-
sive blow to fall. Tom-Thurston-
Japan. All were revolving through
her and about her in a raging flood
of sensation. The papers dropped
from her nerveless hands.
81 have been half asleep, incoming
over the fire" she said, nervously,
rising and trying to shake off the
strange influence that possessed her.
Il am all unstrung. I will not look
at these papers tonight
She crossed the room to her desk.
1t was Toms desk, ard she loved
to use it because of that. She drew
out drawer in it sharply. 1t was
one she seldom used. A little bun
die dropped from recess behind it.
MY picture" she said, wondering
ly, as she bent to take it ont. Dear
Tom, he always kept my pictures
and my letters"
Her eyes glowed with tender tears.
! "'If l loved Thurston twice as much
| would still bear your name little
longer, dear, after this" she MUIR
INJURED, softly, holding the bundle to
her cheek.
A moment later she stood as if
carved from pulsating wax. She had
seen the face in the picture. 1t was
not her face. Staring boldly back
into her startled eyes was the
/ laughing face of Helen Grantley
She opened the letters. All! what
they revealed.
A surging wave of fierce, uncon-
trolled anger swayed through her
! 1t was the anger which comes to a
woman when she first learns that
she has been deceived where she has
loved and trusted. She crushed and
bent the smiling lips in the picture
as her clenched hand beat impotent-
ly at the empty air.
The flames in the dying fire flashed
UP once, twice, as they greedily
wrapped about the food she flung
them. She looked at the calendar
on the desk and made a rapid cal.
culation. Then she wrote a note.
"But not to Japan" she thought
bitterly, as she sealed and addressed
it. "Never there"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-07-09
THE WORDS OF "DIXIE."
"NashviIIe Incident" Makes II Appear
That SOutherners Are Forget
ting the Song.

1t is startling revelation to north
ern people that the southerners are
forgetting the words of Dixie" A
recent incident at Nashville, when the
citizens engaged in entertaining par
ty of Milwaukee and Chicago men
were asked to sing the old song, and
could not get through with it, has fur
nished new topic for southern editors
to discuss, says the New York Post.
THE Nashville incident" says one pa
per, should make a grand general re-
viyal for the incompatible song of
the south. Let us relearn Dixie"
1T is not an Incompatible song re-
forts another journal. at is a very
poor song, doggerel, in fact. Small
wonder that so few people remember,
or try to remember, the words. 1t is
the air, the music. which makes Dixie
immortal" Mr.. John Temple Graves
has clearly pointed out the alterna
tives. Either Dixie" must henceforth
be regarded simply as a piece of band
music, or else all patriotic southerners
must add it to their repertoires and
practice it~on all public and patriotic
occasions" Mr.. Graves himself holds
that it is treason to memory and
sentiment to permit the song to pass
into disuse, or into the cold if ring
ing care of Instruments
Here in the north "Dixie" is now
simply piece of instrumental music.
Played in the theater or in a medley"
of patriotic airs there is no song at
present excepting America" and
the "Star-Spangled Banner" which
arouses greater enthusiasm. This
has been true for the last five years,
vet the words are almost never sung.
When the once sectional song was re-
vived in the north, it was solely as band
music. Evidently, people do not want
the same thing to happen in the south.
f The enthusiasts write of Dixie" as if
its lines were the supreme develop
ment of southern poetry. Though it
was written in praise of the southern
home, this song really belongs in some
what the same class with "There'll Be
Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight"
which our soldiers sang with such en-
thusiasm in the Spanish war, that the
enemy thought it must be a national
+ battle hymn. The words in either case
have little or no relevancy to patriot
ic occasion. Yet so much of feeling
centers about the tune that the words
are invested with the magic of asso-
citation. In just the same way most
Of the songs which bring back the most
tender memories to the college grad
uate have nothing whatever to do with
college life