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The Washington times., 1905-07-15

the fonr-mile run. Since that time he
has Won the southern, national four
and ten-mile championships each year,
in addition to which he has won the
one-mile twice.
Two-Mile Record
At Ibrox Park, Glasgow, Shrubb
startled the athletic world by running
two miles in the worlds record time of
s:09 80. running his first time in 4:26
His record for three miles is I4:1I 3d.
made on grass. Two days later, at the
same park, Shrubp broke every world 5
record from four miles up TO eleven, the
four being done in 1923 %, ten in 50:40
and the eleven in 1928 %. While in
Australia he tablished new figures
for every distance from one mile to
twelve miles, and since his return to
England has showed his oldtime form
By running two miles at Woiverhampton
In 9:l3 Us.
ShrIbb IS a member of the South
London Harriers. and was born In South
London thirty-four years ago He
weighs, when in condition. 136 pounds.
Upon their return voyage Duffey and
Shrubb VIII probably travel with the
Corin1hian football team which plays
the first of series Of association foot
ball matches III this country on Septem-
Der g.
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PLAYERS FEkSTED
BY ADM|R|NG FANS
Gunton Temple Team at
Marshall Hall.
PASTOR LED THE CHARGE
The Rev. ]. L. Allison and Mr. Turpin
Head Batting Order at Chicken
Eating Game

The players of the Gunton-Temple
Sunday School League baseball team
were the guests of the leading MEM
bers of the church last night at a
dinner given at Marshall Hail.
There are number of members of
the Gunton-Temple congregation who
follow the progress of the team with a
great deaf of interest. and who attend
every game played by them. Among
these fans is the Rev. J. L. Allison, the
pastor of the church.
The party went down to Marshall
Hall on the $50 boat yesterday after
noon. being coached by L. c. Terrell,
chief of the document division of the
Government Printing Office. In the
cafe there Messrs. Turpin and Allison
led the batting order in the assault
upon the fried chicken and other good
things ordered beforehand for the ath-
Ietes
Among Those Present.
In the party were the following:
Rev. j. L. Allison, George A. Provost.
president cf the Sunday School League;
l. c. Terrell, w. P. Turpin, l. r.
Cornwel, A J. Henry, George c. Lang
ley, Mr.. Strictly, Manager Frank Hub
bard, and Players Pop Harding. Bruce
Bfeiaski. Ed Asquith. Carl Hutchinson.
Clarence Langley Tommy Shoemaker,
Jirnmie Price and Ruiz.
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THORP'S TW|STERS
FOOLED FARMERS
Treasury Won Good Game in Depart
mental League-BielaskTs Play
ing Was Feature.

Agriculture's inability to solve "Shag-
gy" Thorp's bunch of mysteries lost the
game against Treasury yesterday in the
Departmental Score 3 to 1.
The Farmers made as many hits as
the Moneymakers, but they were not as
well selected and as timely as those of
their opponents Vic Bielaski slugged
the ball at will. and played good game
at third for the winners. Sanders wild
throws to the bases caused some OF the
trouble. It was his wild throwing 70
first and second that scored Winan.
The
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COMMENT ON YESTERDAYS GAMES

sides was fast. Hagar at short for
Foundry. gobbled up six chances in
great style
Jimmy Kerr. the Methodists left
fiel0er. tore off a two-sacker in the
sixth which scored Lord and Symanos-
ki. Later Kerr tailed himself He was
the only batter 10 get better than a
single
Bryan made a great catch In the sec
ond inning from Graves bat He made
a jump and caught the ball as il went
over his shoulders
Now watch the fight that Charley
King and his band from Fourth VIII
make to regain their old position at the
head of the column. Calvary has been
playing a fast game of late and the
struggle for thep ennant should be in
terestng.
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TWELVE ERRORS LOST
FOR ST. VINCENT MEN

Twelve errors cost st. Vincent the
game with st. Patrick, In the Marquette
League, yesterday. Score to 8.
In the first two innings the Irishmen
scored enough runs to win. After that
they let up and allowed their opponents
TO gain on them. but not quite far
enough TO score a victory.
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cent. I; St Patrick + First base on
bails-Off Calien 5; off Wooden. 2; off
Johnson, ]. Hits-On Wooden, in
six and half innings: off Johnson. )
in one and d half innings. Struck out
By Callen, 2; by Wooden, 8. Home
rrn-Moffitt- Two-base hit-Spaulding.
Sacrifice hits-Rcagan c. Zanneln and
Lewis. Stolen bases-Marceron (2). and
Merrllet- Double piays-Ryan to Cole
man; SDauiding tunassiSted). Hit by
pItcher-By Wooden, l. Passed ball
Moffitt- Umpire-Mr. Newman Time OF
game hour and % minutes
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First base by errors-Agriculture, 4;
Treasury, 3. Left on bases-Agriculture
s; Urea sury 4. First base on balls-Or
Sanders. 3; off Thorp, 3. Struck out
BY Sanders. 4; by Thorn, 3. Three-base
.lfts-Bielaski (2). Two base hit-Bie-
laski Sacrifice hit-'rhompson. Stolen
bases-Brown. Sasscer, Fuicher, Beard.
BielasiS Passed bali-Loving. Umpire
Barr. Time of game-1 hour and 49
minutes.
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NO WONDER.

First Citizen-That new neighbor OF
ours, Mrs. Jones. seems an Il-natured
sort.
Second Citizen-How so?
First Citizen-Why. l called her up
her IL she had eny idea where her hus-
band was staying, and she rang off
without answering me.
Second CitiZen-I don't wonder-ne's
dead-HarDers Weekly.
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cREScENTS DOWNED
NINTH STREET TEAM

The Crescents won the third and de-
Gliding game Of the series with the Ninth
Street Christian Church team yester-
day Score u to ).
The Crescents failed TO get a run or
hit up TO the fourth when batting
rally produced twelve runs and won
the game:
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Two-base hits-Walker, SaIb. Three
base hit-Hands. Home run-Madden
First on balls-On Hands, !: off Wilson
4. First on errors-Crescents. I; Ninth
Street Church. 2. Left on bases-Cres-
cents, 81 Ninth Street Church, 3. Stolen
bases-P. Buehler. Clark Hands, Mad
den. 3; Walker Bresnahan, Mandiey
Langley. Struck out-By Hands, 6; 81
Wilson, 6. Hit by pitcher-By Hands,
l. Passed ball-Keiser. Umpfre-J
kemper. Time of game hour and IS
minutes
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MT. vERNoN-MET. BApTIsTs.

Fourteen singles and one two-b Dagger
was the batting record of the day. P.
Richmond was the only batter able to
clout the ball for more than one base.
Bateman at second for Mt Vernon
had fine day in the field and succeeded
in knocking down eleven OF the twelve.
chances that came his way
An six of the Nets rams came easy
and the only earned run of the game
was made by tie losers.
King had six strikeouts while ZirkIe
succeeded in tanning five batters
Dampier the Nets first baseman.
pulled of a neat double play unassisted.
Garner gdrnered six chances around
third for the Baptists.
N. A. CLUB-C. A. CLUB.
Amey, Stone. and Krahling king
pinned the batting list.
McCormick's fielding was giIt-edged
He was Qufgley's trump card Tor fair
Babson at third and Mullin at second
proved TO be regular GISraItars for the
Columbias.
Both backstoppers wen. there with the
goods In throwing attempted cushion
purlolners out.
ST: Patrick's and AIoysius' on the
White Lot today.
Observation-Disclosures
The Aggies not being able to stand The
pace. leaves The second place race FOR
me present 10 the Warriors and the
MalisiingerE.
Spider Weir's performances v.ra
quite amusing. as base running was a
| feature. Weir. Oh. Weir did he come
frcm? ''''
Osgood peeled off a bunch OF Co,,ls in
the second. He could not turn one or
them into hit. but he held the second
bag down all .. X His pIavtng on
second was about as good as We have
seen lately.
The Aggies lost several chances IN
score by poor base running and b9d
headwork on the coaching lines.
Winchester made a beauty catch of
EIelaskis foul in the seventh which re
tricVod him somewhat OF his bad mufF
OF Loving fly In sixth.
Loving had a tendency TO throw wild
| over second. but Rogers il center garden
backed him UP and no damage was done
| Sanders pitched q good game but with
mis- own errors and the timely hitting OF
| the Mopeymakers he was slightly ?.ur
against it"
The Washington times., 1905-07-15
MATTHEWS DENIES
ACCEPTING NONE
Negro Shortstop Tells The
Times of His Career.
WAS AMATEUR AT HARVARD
Sam Apperious, Former Georgetown
Captain, Still Refuses to Play
With Ham.

MONTPELIER, VT, July 15--William
c. Matthews, the Harvard negro short
stop. who is playing this summer on
the Burlington baseball team made a
positive denial to The Times representa-
tive this morning of the charge of pro-
fessionalism, made through certain
newspapers against him. Said he:
Il have never received one dollar in
money from ANYBODY for playing base
ball during niy college career, either
while at Harvard or at Andoyer. 1
have a record OF my summers work
each year. and It bears out conciusiyely
my statements.
Pullman Employee
II was employed my first summer at
Harvard by DR.. Pierce, of Buffalo. the
second year l was IN the Pullman car
service running betwse1t Boston and In
tervaI Junction, the next year 1 did not
leave New York city. Now that my
college work is over, 1 am playing pro-
fessionai ball
The only thing I ean think of being
made into a cock and bull story about
professionalism is that for four seasons
while attending Andever. L worked at
the Champlain Hous at Bluff Point
N Y, and played on the PIattsburg
! GiSn ScnOol team, and also with teams
at Lake Placid, n. Y. but l had en-
ployment in the hotel and received no
compensa ton for playing baseball; in
fact, l tried not to play, and it was only
at the urgent request OF the manager
that l did at times
Harvard Had Facts.
Manager Reynolds, of the P1attsburg
Street railway viii no doubt bear me
out in this. The proper authorities at
Harvard were well aware of this. and
| if L tried professionalism they would
surely have found it out All these
statements. anyway, come from sources
that are hostile TO Harvard and are
not worth pa31ng attention to-
Matthews cam, the BurliRStonS, lost
yesterday Is, Montpelier-Barre 2 to |,
and Sam Apperious. the FORMER George
town captain, who would not play
| against Matthews in college watched
| the game from a carriage.
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TREASURY GRICULTURF

I The Aggies not being able 10 stand H.
| pace. leaves the second place race FOR
me present 10 the Warriors and the
! MailsiingerE. '-'
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Spluer Weir performances were
quite amusing. as base running w. a
feature. Weir. Oh. Weir did he come
frcm? " o''i''
The Washington times., 1905-07-15

Osgood peeled off a bunch OF fouls in
the second. He could not turn one OF
them into hit. but he held the second
bag down all o. X. His PLAYING on
second was about as good as We have
seen lately
The Washington times., 1905-07-15

The AeGies lost several chances to
score by poor base running ana nd
headwori on the coaching lines,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-03

on his ranch near that place. DR.. AlSers
will look after his practice in his absence.
John Bell arrived home on Wednesday
from Missouri Valley and spent Thanks
giving with his family.
Mrs Banks. who has been here for three
weeks visiting her daughter, Mrs n. L.
Ide, went 20 Blair Friday.
The odd Fellows will have an entertain
ment at their hall Friday night for their
families and Rebekah branch IN Florence.
c.. f. Christian OF Utah is visiting rela-
lives here after a fourteen years alb
sence. At present he is visiting his daugh-
ter Mrs. A. G. Cubley
John Anderson, living near Blair, was
the guest Of his brothers Henry and An
drew Anderson. on Saturday and sunday.
His son accompanied him.
The volunteer FIRE department of Flor
ence, Hose Company No. ! and Hook and
Ladder Company No. / gave their annual
review and dance at the city hall Thurs
day night. There was a large attendance
Of flremen, all in uniform. The present
chief, William Kindred, with the two eN-
Chivts, r.. II. Walker and John Simpson,
were present and each received a largo
size picture of themselves with Mr.. Lu
Plant, an eX-chief, who was sick and not
able to be present. These pictures were a
present from the members OF the hook and
LADDER companies. The presenting speech
was made by w. r. Wall. Each Of the
eX-chiefs made few feeling remarks in
regUDnsp
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Modern Moodmen of America.

Chicago has become tho greatest city In
MUDelu WJCdcratt In the United States
The demonstration in that city November
IS was the greatest meeting in the history
Of the order. Within the walls OF the First
Regiment armoryt on Michigan avenue
and Sixteenth street, 1000 members Of that
order witnessed the adoption OF l,6S2 Candi-
dates. The eNempifCatiOn Of the secret
work was conducted by the officers and
foresters of Elgin Qll.) camp. This was the
first demonstration OF the Modern Wood
men of America in Chicago, which eighteen
1t began with street parade in which
52A men were in ,linei seventy-hVe dit
ferent camps marched through the bust
ness streets to the armory. There were
thirty-six drill teams, half a dozen floats,
a tally-ho and twenty carriages contain
ing head officers and several bands.
Past Head Consul w. a. Northcot de-
livered a rousing address. He said in part:
1.-THE Modern Woodmen of America Is the
greatest fraternity organization in Amer
lea, with 10000 members, and Cook county
alone has 1900 members, and Chicago is
the greatest city In Modern Woodcratt In
the United States There are 10000 mem-
Head Consul A. r. Talbot delivered the
oath to the 1852 candidates.
The local camps are now Interested IN
the election Of officers. Beech camp, No,
1854, and 3. & NJ. camp, No. 9i5, elected
their officers last Friday. Hickory camp,
No. 512s. and Magnolia camp, No. 1888, elect
Tuesday, and Camp No. 10 elect Wednes-
day, December g.
The joint meeting under the auspices OF
the promotion committee Of Omaha and
South Omaha camps had large and sue
cessful meeting at Benson last Tuesday.
The next Joint meeting will take place
on Friday, December 10, with Beech camp
in the hall in the Commercial college
building, Nineteenth and Farnam streets.
National Lecturer Thomas II. Duffie of
Dubuque, la. will address this meeting.
B. & NJ. camp, No 945, expects TO ini-
tate a large class Of candidates on De-
eember g.
Omaha camp No. 100. expects to initiate
a class on December 10.
The champion drill team of Camp 10
gave two exhibition drills at the Platt-
deutscher Verein Jahrmarkt last week
on Thursday, December "A, the officers
and the foresters of Omaha camp, No. 800
will initiate a large class of candidates
for Camp No. 7l51 OF Council Bluffs, Ia
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Wet AnihIer.

Frank Potter is working early and late
these rushing times at the Booth Oyster
company.
Mrs. Aughe and Mis. daestric were
guests of Mrs william Mcdonald for din
ner on Tuesday Of this week.
John Gantz will board with his daughter.
Mrs. Frank HensmHn. during the absence
Of his wife and daughter in Iowa.
Young Guy Cooks crippled knee has re-
covered so he is able to return homo from
the hospital and spent Thanksgiving under
the roof tree.
Mrs. l.. Darling spends three days out Of
the week at home with her children since
her daughter Miss Alma, has secured a
permanent position.
Charles Henderson came down from Sioux
City Saturday evening to visit his parents
and together they spent the Sabbath with
his sister, Mrs. Nelson Pratt and family, on
Decatur street.
attend the free entertainment Tuesday
evening, December 5, given by court No.
10, Tribe of Ben Hur, at Barights hall,
Nineteenth and Farnam streets.
Mrs. John Gantz and daughter. Miss Ada,
will leave the first Of the week for Fair
field, Ia, where they will be the guests OF
their daughter and sister Mrs. Anna Gantz
Ryder until after the holidays.
John Eberl, wife and little daughter
Clara formerly residents OF East Amber,
who have been living on West l. street,
South Omaha, removed TO a large farm on
West Q street, where he will turn farmer.
The Beals school will give an opening in
honor OF their new building on Thursday
eggeaG6 9f oab Syers adPc9 t5
&c therinR. The eighth grade will take
part and Miss Arnold, musical instructor,
will sing.
The Ladies' Aid society will meet at the
home of Mrs. John PARROT, 1898 Park
avenue, on Thursday, December :. to sew
for the hostess all day, who will serve din
ner at noon to all who come. A good at
tendance is desired, an election of off,
| Gers will be held at that time.
| j. f. Aughe and wife entertained the fol-
! Thursday: Frank S. Aughe and wife, Rev
J. b Priest and wife OF Seward Street
/ Methodist Episcopal church. his daughters
| Misses May and Esther and sons John
/ James and Herbert. Miss Aughe was as.
sisted by Miss Anna White of Chicago.
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OF Pardue & Chastain. publishers Of the
Weekly Bulletin. At Alvsrado, Tex. While
here Chastain was foreman Of the printing
plant OF the school Of application.
All duties except the necessary guard,
stable and police, were suspended here
on THANKSGIVING day, which was observed
as a holiday.
A circular was published Monday pro-
hibtinE men from smoking cigarettes in
the artillery administration building or
eNpeCtorating on the sidewalks or on the
floors or porches of any OF the public
buildings.
Private Charles NJ Marsh who was re-
Gently transferred to the Signal corps by
orders from the War department, was
sent to Omaha Monday with instructions
10 report TO the commanding Offlcer at
Fort Omaha for duty.
Orders have been issued limiting the
area on which prairie chickens and quail
can be killed on the military reservation
10 the Smoky Hill fats, west Of the Gov
ernor Harvey canyon, the Ogden fats
east Of Three-nile creek and the ground
between the outer reservation fence and
one mile therefrom.
The Kansas state school teachers eonven.
ton was held in Junction City this week
and the post has been flooded with visitors
Private John NJ. Champeno Twentieth
battery. Field artillery, has been pro-
NOTED 20 be sergeant.
NOlde Jorsenson. discharged about two
years ago as a sergeant in the Sixth bat
terry Field artillery, and now in the en-
ploy OF Junction City laundry, has Just
fallen heir to s. 900, left to him by an aunt
who recently died in Denmark.
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ARMY NEWS LHI SoSsIP,
Fort Niobrara.

turt NtOhrarus
\ FORT NIOBRARA. Neb., Dec. 2.-lSpe-
cial The "BachelOrs' gave a stag dinner
at their mess in quarters No. = on Wcdnes-
day evening.
by Captain and Mrs. J. 7. O'Neil captain
and Mrs, N. d. Cronin and Captain ana
lieutenant G.. w. Lawrason. Tweuty-hfth
infantry. went TO the Rosebud agency on
Thanksgiving day TO inspect cattle to be
The enlisted men gave dance in Gordon
large attendance and the affair was well
The Misses Macdonald OF valentine have
been visiting Mrs. Hsrbold and Miss Brown
during the past week.
An Informal dance was given at the home
OF Mr.. Furrey on Monday evening. The
teamsteTs and post non-commissioned stan
The regular monthly inspection OF the
command took place THANKSGIVING morning
Twenty infantry Inspected the Third
battalion, Captain \. b. Shattuck the
First battalion and the post commander
the post non-commissioned star, the hos
pital corps and the regimental non-com
missioned stan and band Of the Twenty
fifth infantry.
The blizzard OF Tuesday found people
quite unprepared for winter. Many water
pipes We're frozen; The temperature
dropped some fifty degrees from Monday
noon to Wednesday morning, and remained
in the vicinity Of zero all day Wednesday.
Henry Stetter or valentine has been
awarded the beef contract for the post
from January ! TO June 80 1906 He was
the only one to submit a bid.
The general court-martsl completed the
cases of Stone and Kernts on Saturday.
Owing to the number of officers who are
going on leave for the Christmas time, Il
was necessary to discontinue officer of
the guard duty on Saturday, for which the
Junior lieutenants are duly thankful.
The new barracks for Company X have
been completed. The building is slightly
larger than the old barracks and OF a little
dinerent plan. There are two squad rooms
large enough to accommodate siNty-five
men. a large store room Is a the south
END OF the west squad room. At the north
END or the west squad room are two small
| rooms, one 70 be used by the company
barber and the other for a tailor shop. In
the southeast corner there is a large amuse-
| ment room, where the company will have
| a pool table and tables for magazines. The
! building and 10 the north OF the dining
| room are two china closets and a qua rter.
master sergeants and cooks bedroom To
| the north of these rooms will be the kitchen
| and beyond that the bath room. The bath
| room can be entered only from the outside
| or the building Since the old barracks
! or Company K burned last Christmas thew
| have been living In the old gymnasium
| The Following menu of a dinner given by
| one or the companies on THANKSGIVING day
| Is an Illustration OF the way our soldiers
| are cared for: Oyster soup, turkey witt
| cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes greer
| coffee. "'>
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NEWS FOR THE ARMY.

Leave of absence for fifteen days has
Deen Elah t ET ttth % nan! com.
Leavenworth.
Orders have Just been issued from head
quarters, Department Of the Missouri, re-
hitting the uneXpired sentences of the fol-
lowing general prisoners Harry L. Su-
man, late private Thirty-sixth company
coast artillery, and Eaton Thomas, late
private, Troop d, Tenth cavalry.
Captain T. b. Hacker, chief commissary,
Department of the Missouri, was at South
Omaha Saturday experimenting the ship
ment OF two cars of cs nned roast beef from
the packing houses to San Francisco for
later shipment to Manila, Philippine islands
for the use of the United States army sta
toned there.
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FraternaI Union of America.

Mondamin lodge No. III at its meeting
last Monday night had a large membership
present. Considerable business came be-
fore the meeting, including election OF on
GERS, The following We're elected for the
ensuing term: Fraternal master, Charles
+. Slingerland; Justice, NJ. ]. Petersen;
secretary. II. c. X. Cook; treasurer Charles
III Stanley. protector, Lizzie Pieronnet.
truth, Bessie Larson; mercy, Lora Smith:
guide, Joseph Nixon; guard. George NJ.
kimmel; sentinel, Maggie Alexander; stew
ards, w. 9. Matthews, Myrtle Nixon, Alice
slingerlandi musician, Mary S. Nelson: cap
tain, NJ, j, Lawless. Monday this lodge will
give progressive high 1--WE party In Patter-
HOn hall Seventeenth and FaTnam streets
After five games have been played refresh.
inents will be served. The evening will be
concluded with dancing
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-03

Eugene Duvail, assistant general western
agent Of the Milwaukee, has gone 10 Den
yer on a short trip.
The Union Pacific has about completed
the laying Of tracks on Leavenworth from
the Tenth street viaduct east to Eighth
street.
W Il. Book, in charge OF the local pas
senger department OF the Milwaukee,
has returned from Kansas, where he has
been spending a short vacation.
The city station of the Northwestern at
Norfolk was completely destroyed by fire
Friday night. The fire started from some
unknown origin about II O'Clock and the
loss was complete.
The Burlington's new time card which
affects most of the trains west of the river,
will go into effect Sunday. The principal
change affecting Omaha travellers is in the
morning train for Lincoln, which leaves
at S:l5 Instead of $50 as formerly
Charles G. Hall, advertising agent of
the Northwestern, is in the city in con
sultation with General Manager Bidwell
and others. II. |. Cleveland syndicate
writer. accompanied Mr.. Hall to Omaha
and will make a trip over the western
lines of the Northwestern with view OF
writing magazine and newspaper apticles