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Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-17

gathering specimens of vertebrate fossils,
Prof. Charles Schuchert. curator of the
Peabody museum, was likewise prospecting
for invertebrate fossils at the island Of
Anticosti, in the Gulf Of ST. Lawrence.
From there Prof. Schuchert during the
summer gathered more than 1000 pounds
OF fossils. which will be placed also in the
museum collection. The museum also re-
ceived as the result OF a ummer's work
Of one of the students. w. II. Twenhefel,
@. nine boxes Of specimens from the
Arisaig coast of Nova Scotia. These are
Illustrations Of the marine life of silurian
time in the st. Lawrence region.
When the new specimens collected this
year have been assorted, registered and
placed on exhibition, Yale will have a big
display as a result of the first sumner
spent in research since the days OF the
late Prof. Marsh, who contributed tons OF
fossils to the museum. Another addition
to the collection has just been presented
to the museum. This Is the skull OF an
Inca, who lived in the second era Of
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-17

most remarkable assemblage Of fossil bones
thus far discovered in the world. Here the
Yale biologists unearthed skeletons OF two
or more very young twin-born rhinoceros,
one OF which will probably be mounted
and placed in the Peabody museum, besides
numerous bones Of moropus, a form allied
to the odd-toed ungulates, and remains Of
the dinohyus, a giant pig standing six feet.
next in size to the elephants.
The Devils Corkscrew" was one of the
interesting finds of the Yale investigators,
two very fine specimens of this fossil plant
being brought back TO the museum by them.
This is described as a fossil plant, or
filed-in burrow of a primitive rodent, a
progenitor OF the up-to-date beaver.
Several specimens OF a primitive camel
about the size of a sheep was also. secured
through the courtesy of Prof. F. b. Loomis
Of Amherst, who directed the Yale explor-
ers to a spot somewhat removed from tho
famous agate quaTries, where skeletons of
a part Of a herd had been unearthed.
While these two Yale professors were
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-17

and he interested me greatly by telling me
Of his adventures in the southwest.
Five years later l was riding on a rail-
way train approaching Dennison, Tex,
and ! saw him. Being young and foolish, l
hit him on the back and said: Hello. MI.
West! In glad to see you" Say, Kinch's
smoke wagons were all over me in a min
ute. Until he recognized me he scowled,
and after that he laughed heartily. At Den
nison he wrung my hand and said: Good
by, boy and don't say anything about my
being here
Naturally, l hunted up Kinch West John
son, and what do you suppose he was? A
drummer. A m-ild-mannered boy. who was
glad to acknowledge that the redoubtable
Kinch West was his grandfather. And he
confessed to ms that he had never owned
a gun in his life.
One story Of this kind leads to another.
l recalled Frank James almost as soon
as / had listened to young Johnson's story
OF how little use he had for a gun. About
fourteen years ago ! happened TO be present
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-17

RIRBoNs-All silk. plain heavy taft
feta, pest c%olors, 25c values, at loo
vEIbrNo-Fancy mesh; worth up to
soc yard, black, brown, navy, white
blue, pink, yard ........... $50
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-17

IN DRAPERY SECTION
CURTAIN SwLSS-White. S6-inch.
fancy stripe, and figured designs,
special Saturday, at IN
per SdIu ss's.ss
Sewing Machine Needles, any kind,
at each 1c
Sewing Machine Oil, best grade, per
Call or write for our sewing ma
chine catalogue.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-17
FOSSILS FROM THE WES7
Yale Expedition Secures Three Tons
from Finds in and
Wyoming.

The Yale biologists who have been eN-
ploring the western part of the country
the past summer for specimens have re-
turned to Peabody museum, bringing with
them three tons OF fossils. This is the first
expedition sent out from Yale in fifteen
years.
Prof. r.. s Lull, who is Yale's authority
on vertebrate paleonthology. and Hugh
Glib. who has charge OF all the prepara-
tory WORK on the specimens Mounted at
the museum. headeo the expedition that left
New Haven for Lusk. Wye, on June p
The first Yale geological camp was estab-
lished' at Spanish piggings, in Laramie
county, near Laramie Peak, where the sur
rounding country is rich In Indian relics.
According 70 the biologists, it was in this
region that the predecessors OF the modern
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-17
BAD MEN" WITH NERVES
Kinch West Johnson Easily Startled
and blood Made Frank
James Faint.

The world is not SO very small after all.
The other day I glanced casually over
the register OF a hotel and read the name
'Kinch West Johnson" 1t may be hat l
was the only mar in New York outside the
person who signed the register that would
have taken an interest in the signature,
and yet Kinch West was on the point Of
putting my light out once. He was an In
dian territory character IN the early 'TOs,
and stopped a night with me when was a
boy and living under the parental roof,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-17
An Uncertain speculation.

Jane has a caustic tongue. / asked her
the other day why she didn't marry some
old man for his money"
VIVA did she say?"
She said the increase In the duration Of
human life and the depression IN stocks
made the speculation too uncertain. But
she added that she would marry q rich old
man under one condition"
VIVA was that?"
must be a chronic asroplanist."-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-17

at the fair grounds In st. Louis when Frank
James, along with a number OF others, was
v~accinated in obedience to the law. Frank
tainted as soon as the knife went into his
flesh.
81 ought not have looked" he ex-
planned to me. II never could bear the
sight of blood."-New York Telegraph.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-17

Peruvian civilization. The skull was I'M
earthed in a burial plot that had not been
I'm use for more than 400 years by William
Pratt of Meriden, while travelling through
Peru more than fifty years ago-New York
Herald,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-17
Counterfeit noIInrn

buy trouble, but a genuine quarter buys
DR.. Kings New Life Pnls; for constipation,
malaria and ~jaundice. For sale by Beaton
Drug Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-17
Groceries Always Cheaper
AT DEMENT'S

Capitol Flour, sack ..Sl.5o-5O stamps
Benefits Best Coffee, three pounds
for .......... ..Sl.eo-lOO stamps
Benefits Best Coffee, one pound $50
And 80 stamps.
Teas. assorted, ID. 80. .6se-60 stamps
Tea Siftings. Id. 1910 stamps
Benefits Capitol Baking Powder, per
pound ............. .24o-2O stamps
Capitol Extract. bottle 1870 stamps
Capitol Mince Meat, three packages,
for .............. ,aoc-lO stamps
Swansdown Goldfish, three packages,
Capitol Pancake Flour, 11c-l0 stamps
Petit Pois Fancy Sifted Peas for l21zo
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-17

Jersey Butterine. 2 lbs. 5so-1O stamps
Premium 2 lbs. 47c-lO stamps
Full Cream Cheese 80. 2oc-lO stamps
Domestic Swiss Cheese 25c-lO stamps
Fresh Cut Loaf Sugar, per pkg $50
And 10 stamps.
a. Il. G. Catsup, for 23c-lO stamps
Evaporated Apricots, 10. l2hc
Beauty Asparagus, can 25c-lO stamps
J. M. Early June Peas, 3 cans for 25c
english Walnuts, per pound ......l6o
Burnham,s Clam Boullion, for ..l2hc
Roasted Peanuts, per quart ........ 30
only, per pound loo
Chicken Feed, per pound ........, 80
oyster Shells, for chickens, per Id. 10
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-17
12c

Morton, Gregson Co. Coupon
brand Hams, best grade, sugar
cured, pound. .........15hc
And 80 Stamps per ham.
M, G. Co. California Hams, per
pound u
Morrell's Iowa Pride Bacon, mar
row trimmed strips, Id. ..17hc
And 20 Stamps.
Fall Lamb Legs, pound ......I oho
Pig Pork Shoulder Roast, pound sac
Rib Roast, all bones removed, at per
pound ....,....... .l2ho ana loo
Choice Pot Roast, per pound 70 and So
Veal Chops, per pound ..........loo
Veal Roast, per pound 90 n 10
Mutton Shoulder Roast 4 lbs. for 25o
Imported Holland Herring, keg 7So
And 80 Stamps.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-06-03
DIED.

BLOOD-At Dedham, June /, Augustus p
Blood, aged n years, 10 months, 2 days.
BRIDGES-At Verona, May Is. Hatchell u
Bridges. aged 81 years,7 months.
CLARK-At Franklin, May rs, Blanche E.,
daughter Of Mr. and Mrs Wesley A Clark,
aged 10 years, months, "a days.
CURTIS-At Waltham. May "a, Fred Curtis,
Of South Surry, aged 80 years.
DORITY-At Sedgwick, May "a, Sterling Il
Dority, aged so years, 10 months, % days.
GOSS-At Ellsworth, May 30, Rufus Goss, aged
~ years, Ii months.
GRINDLE-At South Penobscot, May 81, John
H Grindle, aged 65 years, 10 months, l day.
MEAD-At East Orland, June l, Fred Mead,
aged so years.
MOORE : At Colts Island, May 26, Capt
Enoch N Moore, aged 20 years, month, is
days.
SIMPSON-At Bucksport, June 1, Mrs Sewell
Simpson, aged 81 years, month, 81 days.
SMITH-At East Sullivan, May q, Herman
Smith, aged 81 years.
WHITMORE-At Verona, May 81, Olive F,
wife Of Avery Whitmore, aged 6S years, l
month, IA days.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-06-03
BORN.

BIACk-At Sullivan, May 81, to DR.. and Mrs
Black, son. tRobert Kellogg.
COOMBS-At Bucksport, May a. to Mr. and
Mrs Aaron W Coombs, a son.
DEAN AT stonington, May 2s, to Mr. and Mrs
Fred Dean, a son.
DUNN-At Ellsworth, May %, to Mr. and Mrs
Willis Dunn, twin daughters.
ESTEY--At Ellsworth, May %, to Mr. and Mrs
Scott Estey, son.
ETTORE-At stonington, May "A, to Mr. and
Mrs Berteletti Ettore, a son.
FARRELL-At Ellsworth, May 20, to Mr. and
Mrs Rudolph Farrell, daughter
GRAY-At Bucksport, May %, to Mr.. and Mrs
Alvertie Gray, son.
HUTCHINSON-At Stonington, May %, to Mr.
and Mrs Timothy Hutchinson, son arch
ibald J.)
PAGE-At Orland, May 81, to Mr. and Mrs Ed
gar Page, daughter.
SANBORN-At Sedgwick, May IL, to Mr. and
Mrs Charles Il Sanborn, of Brooksville, a
daughter (Abbie Bridgesj.
TEMPESTA-At Stonington, May %, to Mr.
and Mrs Domenico Tempesta, a daughter.
THURLOW-At stonin9ton, May %, tn Mr.
and Mrs David Thomas Tnurlow, daugh-
ter.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-06-03
COUNTY NEWS.
SOUTH GOuLDsBoRo.

Miss Grace Bunker has gone to Bar
HarSor for the summer.
Will Cook and wife, who have spent the
past year in Boston, are home.
Mrs. Lizzie Hamilton, of Prospect Har-
Dor, is visiting her son, Fred Hamilton.
Harry Freese and wife, of Petit Menan
have been visiting Fred Sargent and wife.
Alonzo Sargent has moved his family to
the ferry for the summer. He is employed
on one OF the Maine Central boats.
Misses Nora Sargent, Leone Hanna and
Annie Lindsey, of Bar Harbor, spent
Memorial Day here. Miss Hanna was de-
tanned here by illness.
The largest crowd Of people ever seen in
this little village was present Memorial
Day. d. L. Weare post, Fair Oaks camp
$. OF ", and w. K. c., escorted by the
Lamoine band and accompanied by the
school children, marched to the cemetery,
where they held services, then to the
waterfront where services was held for
dead sailors and marines. They then re-
turned to the church, where dinner was
served. Afternoon services: Singing, choir;
welcome, Bedford f. Tracy; recitation,
Lynette L. Perry; singing, Louise Tracy;
! recitation, Ruth Leighton; recitation,
Dorcas Wood; violin, Margaret Wood !;
recitation, Fannie Sargent; singing, choir;
address, Rev. N. r. Pearson, OF Waldo
boro. Supper was served, and all who
could attended school concert in the
evening, under the direction of Miss Nc
Clure. The Lamoine band furnished
music for the entertainment. Harry Nor
rison, Of Winter Harbor, sang two selec-
tions in the evening.
June n
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MARRIED..

GRAY-STAPLES-AtN North b rooksville, May
81, by Cousins, esq, Miss Inez NJ Gray, Of
Brooksyiiie to Norman Staples, of PEN
obscot.
HAMBLEN-SPARGO- Stonington, May
20 by Rev Q w Robinson Miss Abbie Ham
blen, OF West Stopington, to Charles II
Spargo, of Stonington.
NEWEY-HOMER-AtH ampden. May 20, by
Rev 7 P Humphrey, Miss Matte Newey,
OF Winterport, to Jay Homer, of Franklin.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Swans
Island, May II, by Levi B Joyce, esq. Miss
Leroy Hutchinson, of Brooksville.
THURSTON-ROSS-A Stonington. May %,
by Erastus Carter, esq Miss Gladys
Thurston to Frank Ross, both of Stoning-
ton.
TRUNDY-QUINN-At Ellsworth, June l, by
Rev A killam, Miss Lucy Maude Trundy
to John Everett Quinn, both of Ellsworth.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-06-03
OTTER CREEK.

Mrs. Amos Bracy, of Southwest Harbor
visited relatives and friends here last
week.
Mrs. John Brown, Of Vermont, and Mrs
Andrew Parker, OF Southwest Harbor
have been visiting relatives here. Mrs
Brown, who was Miss Carrie Emma Rich
ardson, Of this place, hasnot been here fol
a number OF years.
A fierce hail storm swept over this place
Wednesday. 1t hailed five minutes, and
was followed by down-pour Of rain, with
thunder and lightning. Some of the hail
stones measured more than three inches
in circumference.
June 1. ANON.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-06-03
PRETTY MARSH.

James Gray has employment at Allen
Freeman's.
Mrs. A. E. Mofiett and sister, Miss Vigus
are at their cottage for the summer.
Mrs. Rachel Lunt, who had paralytic
shock two weeks ago, is in critical con-
dition.
Allen Freeman, who has been suffering
with an abscess on his face, is much
better.
Mrs. Lev. Cousins has returned from q
two weeks visit with her mother at
Milbridge.
School closed Friday after successful
term taught by Miss Nellie Whitmore, OF
Seal H.rbor. This is Miss Whitmore's
third term here, and she has proved an
efficient teacher.
June I. It.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-06-03
WEST STONINGTON.

Pearly Austin, is employed at George
Turner's.
The Portland Packing Co. has closed its
factory here until fall.
Mae Hamblen will leave this week fol-
Portland to spend her vacation.
Miss Alice Mills has returned from
Yarmouth, where she has been spending
. few weeks.
Mrs. Henry Bailey, Of Everett, Mass,
who has been visiting her parents here,
has returned home.
Mrs. James I. Stinson, who underwent q
serious operation, is doing nicely, and is
expected home soon.
Judson Putnam, OF South Thomaston,
with two children, is visiting his parents,
Sterling Barbour and wife.
May 81. MUM.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-06-03
CITY MEETING.
uvp VETO MESSAGE BY
nAyoR sIMoNTON.
.r,oN OF TAX COLLECTOR
raoARD DISCUSSES SEWERS
lAh np.1Ns-suNDAY OPEN
ING OF STORES.

,,ovor and aldermen had many
DC ~ business before them at their
yer meeting Monday evening. The
a vas a long one, and wound up
s0A lengthy discussion of drains and
,rhieb sounded like ancient history
Nsl familiar with city meetings Tor
wa a,a dozen years past.
OF NO old drains and sewers bob up
=. .ar and will continue to bob up nn-
90 w. SYSTEMATIC work is inangurated
' ssa city to properly cover them or
w either at it's own expense, il
INV is liable, or by compelling private
(sue.s to do So r.
,, ,,s, simonton, Aid. stockbridge, Ha-
~ vs. Fstey and Jordan we're present at
K meeting ,,
po,l. Of accounts were passed as follows;
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-06-03
MARINE LIST.

EllewOrth Port
Sid June !, schs Storm Petrol, Boston, wood,
WhitcomD, Haynes & Co, Nellie Grant, Steu-
Hancock County Ports.
WEST sULLIvAs-Ar May 20, sch Beach
man
Sid May Is, sch Mabel e. Goss, Connecticut
River
Sid May 30, sch Lizzie Lee, Providence, RI
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-06-03
BLUEHILL FALLS.

horace Duffee and Forest Candage have
the chicken pox.
Wednesday morning.
Mrs. /. w. Dow spent four days last
week with his parents here.
Mrs. Chatto is still quite ill. Her sister,
Grace Meservey, of Camden, is with her.
B. A. Gray and wife were called to
Verona Saturday to the funeral of Mr.
Gray's stepfather, H. D. Bridges.
June 1. CRUMBS.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-06-03
WEST BROOKLYN.

Miss Lettie Carter, who has been teach
ing at West fremont, is home.
Allen Carter is with Capt. Reuben
Stewart in the schooner Maine.
Mis- Eta Bridges, who has been en-
ployed in Melrose, Mass, is home.
Mrs. Mabel Bridges spent few days
with her parents, Hartwell Candage and
wife, at North Brooklin, last week.
June /. b.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-06-03
SOUTH BROOKSVILLE.

Road Commissioner Herrick has q crew
building the Ames and Gray roads.
The schooner, Henry Chase, Capt. Doug
lass, loaded paving for Bangor last week
The schooners W. o. Nettleton and Lizzie
J. Clark are loaded with gravel for Port
land.
Mrs. Nancy Leach, of Penobscot, and
Mrs. Watson Cousins, Of East Bluehill, are
visiting their sister, Mrs. v. L. Wescott.
DeForest Gray has his auxiliary slooI
Lilac afioat. He has heightened her al
both ends, and put in . new dx-horss
power Knox engine.
June 1. II. c.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-06-03
HULL'S COVE.

Miss Lucy Salisbury is at home from
Center, where she has been teaching.
Marion Stanley, of Bangor, spent Sun
day here with mis- father.
Mrs. Mary Gardiner, of New York, is
at home for few weeks. She was called
here by the death of her mother, Mrs
josephine York.
The Tabor cottage has been bought and
given to the church for rectory. Rev
and Mrs. Gilmore will move into it soon
May 81. ANNE.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-06-03
BEECH HILL.
es are in the brooks.

Alewives are in the brooks.
George Richardson is employed at the
new mill on Long pond.
Mrs. George Ray, who has been visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Ernest Richardson,
led by her little daughter Georgia.
June 1. X.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-06-03
MAYORS VETO.

Message Of the mayor was presented,
vetoing the vote passed at the last meet
ing, not to expend State road money on
High street this year. The reason given
for the veto was the same Is that given in
the previous veto Of vote to change loca-
ton Of State road work to Ellsworth, ! e.,
that the change OF location Of State road
is not necessary.
STREET IMPROVEMENT.
A communication was received from the
Park street improvement society. Two or
three years ago this society agreed to pay
a'otoward the expense OF laying crushed
rock on Park street from Oak to School
streets. This promise was made on an
estimate that the work would cost $500,
the city meeting the society half way. As
amatter OF fact, the work cost only about
sN. The society has already paid in STA,
or more than half the total cost, and
now asks to be released from the payment
Oh the s36 still due, on the agreement to
e1pend that amount for the further inn
provement of the street. The matter was
referred to the committee on streets, with
iull power to act.
TAX COLLECTORS CONTRACT.
The matter of compensation OF tax COL
rector was then taken up. J. II. Bresna-
man, who has been elected tax-collector,
agreed to collect the taxes on a contract
identical with that he made with the city
IN 1906 and 1906, with the exception
tnat compensation shall be $1,000 in
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-06-03
June I.

No man can produce great things who
is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with
himself -LotreH.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-30
TO PROBE HANLY
BRIBERY CHARGE
INDIANA's GOVERNOR DESIRES
CHARGES TO BE
INVESTIGATED.

INDIANAPOLIS. Sept. 30.-After a
consultation between Gov. Hanly and
several legislators, a conference OK
the Republicans OF the legislature was
called to consider the feasibility Of
adopting a resolution calling for
the appointment OF commission to
investigate thee harges made by Rep.
Knisely. Democrat, that a lucrative
Office had been offered him to vote In
favor OF the county option law.
Gov. Hanly appeared before the
house and read the knisely afidavit.
He said to the house that he under
stood that Knisely had advised against
investigation. The governor declared
that he should be impeached II the
charges were true and that he wish
ed a commission with ample powers
for a thorough inquiry.
The house unanimously passed a
resolution TO appoint a committee II
two from each side.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-30
JAMES ]. HILL IS
SNUBBED BY EMPLOYE

ST. PAUL, Mimi. Sept. 30.-There
is sadder but wiser employe In the
st. Paul Union station-that Is, he is
there IL James J. Hill is forgiving The
employe was on duty when the Taft
party came into the station, looking
for the special train which had not
yet been brought under the shed. An
aged. gray whiskered man stepped
from the group and approached the
station employe.
where's that Taft special train ?"
he demanded In an authoritative tone.
Who are you" was the rejoinder.
II am Mr.. HILL
We'll, what business is II of yours
where the train Isl" asked the station
employe. who still did not recognize
the questioner.
Il am James J. HILL" said the prin.
cipai owner OF the road and director
OF Its destinies; where's that special
-" but the station agent had "tum.
bled." He hunted the train.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-30
WAFFLE'S BODY
IN A C0RNF|ELD
DETROIT PAINTER WHO WOUND
Ed FATHER AND SISTER A
SUICIDE.

HOLLAND, Mich, Sept. 3O.-The
ago Saturday shot his aged father,
Charles Waffle and his sister, Mrs.
Noel Gilmore, was found In cornfield
by Fred Hook, near Graafschap VII
lage.
There was a bullet hole through
Waffie's head just between the eyes,
and a revolver lay near by.
Judging from appearances Wafiio
must have killed himself the same
night Of the attempted murder OF his
father and sister. IL Is supposed he
at first had In mind to run away, but
growing weary and desperate took his
own life rather than be captured. His
body was identified by letters and a
card found in a pocket. NNr
The finding OF the body is a source
OF great relief to the family, who lived
in great fear OF his return to kill
them. II also substantlates the the
DRY of the police that he had taken his
own life. MN
Physicians state that both Mrs. Gil.
more and her father will recover.
James Waffle was painter and liv'
led In Detroit.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-30
PAPA PECK DENIES
DETROIT GIRL IS
SONS F|ANCEE
MISS CAROLINE ELY ASSERTS
THAT SHE IS TO BECOME THE
BRIDE OF FERDINAND w. PECK,
JR., TODAY.

NEW YORK, ept. 30.-Ferdinand
w. Peck, Jr., of Chicago, and Miss
Caroline Ely. of Detroit, will be mar
ried In New York today, although the
young mans father. who was one OF
the principal officers OF the Chicago
worlds fair and United States CON-
missioner-general to the Paris exposi-
tion Of 1900. claimed last night that
he had not heard the news. There ap-
pears to be some mystery In the matri.
monial plans Of the young couple.
Mr.. Peck senior and his wife ar
rived yesterday from Chicago and are
stopping at the Waldorf.Astoria. He
said he had met Miss Ely and her SIS
ter. Mrs. Ransom G. George. but so
far as he knew his son did not intend
to marry the former.
"In fact. l have not heard that he
intended to marry anyone he said
"He Is In New York. l think. but he
10 not at the Waldorf-Astoria, where
he usually stays"
A Difference Of Opinion. --
At the Hotel Webster. No. 40 Yves:
Forty-fifth-st., young woman who
said that she was Miss Ely. declared
that she and Mr.. Peck were to BE-
married at St.. Thomas Protesetan:
Episcopal church, In Fifth-ave., to
day, In tire presence only Of mem
bers Of the respective families"
Young Peck was seen about the cor.
ridor of the Waldorf-Astoria yesterday.
He has ben here for several weeks
The young man has been a notable
figure at all Of the horse shows held
at Oconomowoc, Wis, where his father
has beautiful estate.