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ier Gives Out Roosevelt's
: Letter to His Wife.
| ELECTED NENBER OF“ AY3NIAS CLUB"
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| President, In Private Letter to Ex-
Ambassadors Wife, Speaks Preely
MN His Administration
Seerveiarvies,
{ UINCINNATL Dec. 11. — Bellamy
| Storer, former ambassador from the
| Bauited States to Austria-Hungary, r=
plied briefly to the statements contain
‘od in President Loesevelt's letter te
Secretary of Smite Root. which was
[given ta the press. fusisting on the po
i sition he bad heretofore taken and re-
i erating the statements made by him
{in the statement to the members of
the foreign relations committees of
i cotigress, made public last week Mr
Storer sald:
"1 seem to have Leen elected a mem:
{ber of the ‘Ananias club’ like all oth-
Lor who have come into dispute with
: President Rossevell. | am now to be
{classed with Senators Chandiée, Till
Bn, Bailey aud with others who have
i questioned some act or word of
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MES. BELLAMY STORER.
| president. Like eve ry other American
| gentleman who has a wife to protect,
iI undertook to defend ber name from
{insinuations and charges of false
{ hood
Mr. Storer then relternted much that
{ appeared In his firet statement intend-
{ed for private circulation, be says, and
added that be bas four letters bearing
on the controversy as to the promotion
of Archbisliop Ireland, all of which, he
says, tend to bear out his contention
that he obey] Cie explicit Instroc
{ tious of President Roosevelt In acting
jas he did with regard to the promo-
{ tien. Continuing, Mr. Storer sald:
| “Archbishop Ircland told me also
| that the president on several occasions
{a conversation with him took crelit
for the action he vow repudiates,
| “Everything was all right until a sec.
ition of New York churclimen began
‘to agitate the elevation of another
Archibishop than Mgr. Ireland. They
York prelate had at least as much
(claim to the red Lat as the archbish wp
{of St. Paul. :
“This resulted In much perturbation
{at the White House, and letters were
{sent to me by Roosevelt polutipg out
that what might be very appropriate
as the opinion of a private citizen
i would come with a very bad KTACe as
president of the United States.
“Every one with a grain of sense
knows that. There has never been a
{question as to that. I knew In the
{ entire transaction that I was not pre
| senting the official views of the presi
dent. This separation of oficial and
personal sides of the matter is no
unique,
“McKinley did the same thing. He
favored the elevation of Mgr. Ireland,
but he did not do so us president of
the United States.
| “There was no need of violent and
Insulting adjectives to show that the
| president dislikes me and did not wish
{ from It in any costomary way
{ “While the past has shown that few
| meu can differ with either the wishes
{or the wemory of Mr. Roodevelt with
j out at once becoming a scoundrel and
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seen that I Bave asked them all to
stay. The secretary of war, Root, is
one of the very sfrongest en Leflore
the people In our whole party. {lis
delivered in the campaign last year
*“ ‘Mis advice Is Invaluable. not mere |
ly In reference to his department. but |
In refersiice lo all Lenuches of the
service. As for his department, it Is |
At the preseM thee most huportant in |
the entire government. [1 would le a i
phblic enlamity (6 have him leave the |
cabinet ‘mow, and I use the wonls
public calamity adviselly, He is a
sick man, a condition that. gives me |
great uneasiness, not beonuse there In |
the fear of bls death, bat lest he may |
went out 1 should have to consider |
nothing whatever but ihe fquestisn of |
getting the Lest pian the entire coun. |
try afforded to do the work neCessars
fo be done. IL may be fiat after care
fully looking over the matter I should
conclude that Bellamy was the man
for the purpose
“'1 do uot believe that Secretary
long Intends to leave the navy. In
this departinent 1 am sure without
further thought that Bellamy would be
Admirable. Bot In Alling any vacan-
cy In the cabinet 1 would have to take
note of all kinds of considerations. |
should count Bellamy's religion In his
favor for a cabinet place. Other things
Catholic tu the cabinet. | am sure that
In the navy departivent he would do
exceedingly well as secretary. do
not know whether geographically he
would be right man. For instance.
I should like wuch to get a Pacific
slope man Into the cabinet and partic
ularly in the navy department, and 1
do not wish to leave New England un-
represented. Af present I see no Pa-
cific slope man who would be compe:
tent to fll the itlon. Moreover, if
poasible I sho like to get one or
more members of the cabinet who are |
weight when they explain the policies |
purposes and acts of my administra.
tion,
“ “This is the ope point In which the |
I do net believe that a
of public servRnts was ever got to |
gether atound =» president. But there |
Is not one of them, with the possibile
exception of Root (who is so busy that |
he can hardly ever spenk). who can ap- |
pear before the country with the pres
tige of a great political leader to ex
plain And champion my administration
“'Of Porter, In France, 1 henr noth. |
Ing bat the strongest praise, He seems |
to have done peculiarly well. It would
be an injustice of a flagrant kind to |
turu him out at the present time It |
is, of course, always possible that 1}
may make a shift, and If in doing so
France should become vacant | should
ler it to Bellamny at once unless it
liappened that I was able to offer him
4 cabinet position. But as things Are |
Just at this thne 1 do not see the like |
lho of such a condition arising"
SPELLING IN CONGRESS. |
Clark Says Ne Man Can Sit as Chier |
Executioner of Kuglish Language.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11, ~Simplitied
spelllug bell the atteutiol of the house
for an hour or more, the paragraph in
the bill fixing the orthographic stand
ard In some recoguized authority fur
mishing Mr. Clark (Mo, Mr. Gillette
(Mass) and Mr. Livingston (fia.) an
Opportunity to express themselves on
the merits of the president's onder to
the public printer relative to the mod!
fled spelling of S00 words ln common
use.
Mr. Glllette declared that the 300
words advocated by the president was
a very wodest reform and in line with
reform in progress in newspapers and
magazines. Mr. Clark (Mo) humorous
Iy calculated that it would take 400!
Years to reform the English language
by adopting 300 wonls a year. He
thought the reforin was puerile, and
hie suggested that he would make only |
one bite of the cherry and adopt the |
phonetic way of spelling aud (be short |
hand system of writing i
‘Some time before very long,” he de i
clared, “the people of the United States |
are golng to Insist on having a presi
dent that will attend to his own busi
nese. He declared no one man could |
sit us “chief executioner of the Eug
DOOM OF GILLETTE,
Die Jan. 28.
Prisoner Accepied Sentence In Same |
Calm, Cool Manner That Asfon- :
ished Herkimer Audiences.
New Trial Denled.
HERKIMER N.Y. Dec 11. —Chester
E. Gillette was sentenced to die iu the |
the week beginning Jan, 25 He will!
be taken to Auburn at otice !
The you bh. convicted of the murder on
Adirondacks, of Lis discarded sweet
heart, Grace Brus a of South Otselie
showed no sign of emotion when Jo
ce Devendorf provonnced sentence. |
His face was pale, but Lis step was
steady, and bis volee was unshaken |
when, in reply tu the formal question !
48 to whether be had anything to say |
before sentence was pronounced, he |
replisl, “I am Innocent of the crime |
charged in the indictment, and there |
fore it should not be passed.” i
“Anyililog more? asked Judge De
veudorf,
“No, 1 think not.” he answered and |
resumed his steady gaze at the court.
Sentence was then pronounced.
Gillette sald he was boru at Wicks,
Mont., resided at Cortland. is twenty
three years old, stock clerk by oern-
pation, is single, bas a comwon school
sducation and had not previously heen
convicted i
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Immediately after he had been sen |
tenced Gillette loft the courtroom, not
even speaking to his mother, who sat
Just bebind him in court. She had
come 2.000 miles to comfort ber boy In
the forenoon. ‘While the =an was led
wire a news dispateh to a Denver and
a New York newspaper that hare ge. |
i earrespondent In |
the case |
“Oh. don't scar hiar=hiy of me™ <he |
ald besesshinels ia repowters whe
crowded abound jor I umn Jdeitg this
#0 [ ean puy iy way aad arrange for
A new trial. 11 will wn anoint of
ta bring but
Mrs. Gillett'q feution was called |
to a telegram sent fram the fail last
week by her son in which he said a
story that he had confessed was {alse
and urging her to remain away until a
new trial was granted
“The telegram was mutilated before
it reached we,” Mrs. Gillette sald. 1
did not know he had not confessed un
tl I saw him. I am falrly convinced |
of his tunocence, but 1 shall beg on wy |
ended knees that he confess if he Is |
ullty.”
In court Mrs. Gillette surprised ev. |!
ery one by calmly sitting through the
proceadings as her son was sentenced
to denth-and later writing a business
like bulletin of the news for the papers
Gillette's counsel moved that the |
verdict Le set aside aud a new trial be
srauted
The grounds were a verdict contrary
to law and against the weight of evi
dence; the jury had been prejudiced
by lwproper statements suggestions |
and remarks made by the district at
torney
The motion was dented, as was an-
other motion that judgment be arrest. |
ed and all proceadings ke set aside
Gillette walked steadily from court,
and on his way across the street pass
od a comment on the weather, Ie
wis calm and cool throughout. j
Gillette said In no interview after he |
had been taken to jail. “I am very
hopeful of getting a new trial” |
It was suggested that his bearing in |
court was*that of au Innocent man
“Why, It ought to be,” he re plied. 1}
certainly am Innocent.”
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EX-8ENATOR STILL ALIVE.
Little Mepe For Avihur Brown of
Utah, Shot by Mes Bradley,
of former Unies] Stites Senator Ar
thur Brown of Util who was shot by
Mrs. Annie AM Bradley is bis hotel
spartmieuts bere, is Lauzing by a were
thread. Little Gope Jor Lis recovery is
held out, Lut Lis plosician, Dr. WP
Carr, still think hi patient may sur
vive, Senator ji sw, arconding te
friends, 1s steadily grow ing weaker.
Mrs. Bradley spent another restless
day Ia her ceil. Her ouly thought |
in the report that Mrs. Annie. Adaps
of Philadelphia. mother of Maude Ad :
amis, the actress, had arrived in Wash
to send for Mrs. Adams, declaring that
it was important she see her atl once
A. E L Leckie of counsel for Mrs
Bradley says that hie Las been retained |
by George W. Bartel, former chief jus
tice of the supreme court of Utah
Te Defend Mra. Hradiey. i
SALT LAKE CITY, Dec 11. —|
Friends In Salt Lake City of Mrs. An |
na M. Bradley, who shot former United
ington, have retained a law firm to]
Dr. C A Hoo
ver, superintendent of I0MMo's Asylum |
For the Insane, will go to Washington |
to examine Mrs. Bradley's mental con ]
A local report says that before |
Mrs. Bradley left Salt Lake City she!
found in Senator Brown's house letters |
from another woman. These letters
It is stated, Indicated that Brown and |
meet In New York
INITIAL HANDICAP.
Featare of New Orleans Racing Ie!
Taken by Gild, Favorite,
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 11 — The _
City park race track was opened for
the frst of Its winter racing periods
undér the new arrangement with the
Fair grounds track. The latter will be:
races are on
The Initial handicap, $1.000 added
was wou by the barest margin by
GIild, the favorite James Reddick
which took second. came up with a
The first race furnished su
exciting finlsh, with three horses sep
arated by scarcely more than a head
Summaries:
First Race.—~Gold Circle, first: Beau |
Brummell, second; Jacomo, third
Second Race. — Dr. Sprufll, frst;
Grand Duchess, second Foasoluca. |
third |
Third Race. -Sam Hoffheimer, first; |
Dawson, second: Harlequin, third, !
Fourth Roce. —~Gild, first: James Rel
dick, second: Envoy, thin.
Fifth Race. —Charlie Eastman first;
Muffins, second; Lucy Young, thind
Sixth Race Bertha FE. first; Ril
Phillips, second: Marvel PP. third
Six Day Bicycle Grind
NEW YORK, Dx 11 I'welve of
the original sixteen teains remained lu
the six days’ bicycle race at Madisoy
Square Garden. A thirteenth team
after thelr original partuers had Deen
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Spelled Terrorists’ Ambush Plot.
WARSAW, Dec. 11. Acting in the
bellef that the governor general of this
city was to return from St Petersburg,
®t party of terrorists secreted them
selves in the bushes near the railroad
station with the purpose of attacking
him. A passing patrol of infantryinen
detected the ambush and ordered the |
killed one soldier and wounded two
others. The patrol returned the fire!
New York Central indicted, i
BOSTON, Dec, 11. Two indictments |
against corporations were fuuad by the |
Suffolk grand Jury, one agnlust the
New York Central, the other aguinst
the Wyman Lunch company. The rall |
elty and Inhuman treatment of cows
who was then arrested. He declared |
that bis companions bad three bombs, |
which they planned to throw at the |
Koveruor general
Strike For Better Car Service.
TAMPA, Fla, Dec. 11.--More than|
5,000 clgarmnkers went on strike lw
Underwear
Our voderwesr ssle coztine .
Satirday and Monday. The aswort-
you would fare money, -
Men's $100) Lambsdowne fleece,
50c Sanitary grey fleece 33¢.
Men's il KD flaxible flescs Sle
Ladies’ 50¢ fleece lined ugion
suits 39¢ 5
Ladies $1.00 wool finish uniop
Sulié fhe a 5
es’ $1.00 Lackawanna mills
wool suits 70¢. }
Cotton Blankets
10 4 gr y or white 48+.
10 4 grey or white 58¢.
10) 4 extra 8c.
11-4 grey or white 85¢. .
11-4 grey cr white, extra large $1
11-4 extra heavy, large $1 53
12-4 grey or white $1.50. :
12-4 extra heavy $1.75.
Not Fairy Tales But Facts
The abyve are last sesson’s
ues regardless of the
vance of cottons. They ware bough
nearly two years sgo by the Bema
Ton store direct from the mills,
Holiday Echoes
We make a specialty cf useful
gilts, and invite your attention fo
our lines It will bo ims cuible fo
ave them properly di
the middle of the week, 3 before
promise a far better line than
season, and sha'l appreciats a
from you
Some Suggestions
Fine Line of linen sets, lonch
cloths. dawsske. damask /
doilies, Japanese drawn
liuag, Hundreds of Septet of
rchiefs, Hand Bags, rist bags,
Silk Waist'ngs, Plaid Waisti
Roman Stripe Silks, China
Habu'si Silks, Peau de chens, ¥
de chene, Scarfings, Fcarfs Ruffs,
Neckwear —from 5c to $1.25
Boxed Waistings, Boxed Hand-
kerchiefs. Boxed Ruchings, Boxed
Fowels, Gloves, Umbeaiay Bilk
skirts, Hetherbloom skirts, Sateen
skirts, White rkirte, Corset Covers,
etc, otc er
Boxed Ruching
Two yards of Ruchin g neatly box-
ed for 25¢. Six yards of
Ruching neatly boxed for 25¢.
New Plaids |
A pretty line subdued styles en-
tirely new for :
New line for
New Plaid Silks
Roman Stripe Waistings ete, ole,
Red Dress Goods
We are teidquariers : for Red
Dress Gocds. At least a doz n new
weaves in this popular sbads at
| House
To have a mod- | “That anything wus ever written to
ern steam or hot | the president by my wife to the effect
wa'er heating | ‘that Alr. Choate and General Porter
eyslem install | were not proper persons to he ambas
be fore extreme i sadors’ is news to oll of us
ERD BLOCK, ATHENS, PA.
was full of statements that he might
in We tan make| not be able to remain in the cabinet
Your housa & m~ | oy Account of health and would be
fortal le iD Very | succeeded by tiencral Porter, which
eorrer ard your! would leave Paris vacant
coal bill will be! “I quote a letter from the president
no larg: r. Let ; In answer to what he sald was written
us give you an {by my wife, 1 do this both bec nse it
elimate on an | 15 a letter for him to he proud of from
| 18 sfull appreciation of eminent men
up to L dala 8yS- | (apart from any reference to myself
tem. ¢ sell the | and also to show that my wife's let
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known | ter, to which this was an answer. now
| spoken of only with a suecer, was con
Cheerful Home | sidered differently by Mr. Roose elt at
Furnace fthe time it wis recelved
“My dr Maria—Yon need never
which can't be afraid of w rithag we or of asking
anything. If it Is my power to grant
penta, amb | It I shall do so If for any reasons
the largest seiise I cannot. 1 shall tell
in work.
Gas Fiztates, | Fou so frankly. Porsonal reasons can
Burrers an never axist wien I do not de anything
belog needless to write we In order to
keep fn mind. 1 think of bath of
All the Hime ant have zine —
aver | !
lsh muguage.”
{ Mr Liviagston (Ga), the rankiug
| wilgorlty member of the subcommittes
{having the bil! ln charge, stated (hat
[the commliitee had decided that cou
| fusion worse confounded” would result
{ should stnplited spelling be adopted
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lels was shot and killed lu his home at
{ Sanibel by John Chansey, both white
| Danlels had invited Chansey to dinner
and about the thne dinner was ready
| Clnsey left the house aml started for
| the road. Daniels followed him. urging
{ him to remaln to the meal and Chan
[xex. who had been rinking, turned
and shot his host with a shotgun, Kill
ing him instantly, ,
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Seamer Monarch Wreeked,
FORT WILLIAM, Ont, Dec. 11.-
| The steamship Monarch, Captain Rob
inson, of the Northern Navigation com
[Muy Is a total wreck on Isle Royale,
{ having gone ashore on a rocky reef
| Ro far as known there was no Joss of
| lite, all passengers and the erew hav
i ing been able (0 make shore, News of
| the wreck wos bronght to Port Arthur
hy the steamer Edmonton
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Pape's New Physician,
ROME, Nec. 11- The pape bas ex
pressed hie inteatlon of appohiting as
his private physichm In succession te
Be
and calves shipped over the road In
July last. The other indictment charges
the Wyinan Lunch company with fall
{ ng to post In a conspicuous place in
Its establislitment where women are
employed a notice required by statute
| respecting hours of work in such estab
lislunents for women
Funeral of Carnell Fire Victim.
PITTSBURG, Dee. 11 A notable
gathering of college men marked the
{fanernl of James MceCuteheon second
| the Cornell university student of this
jeity who lost his Nife fn the fire of the
{ Chi Psi fraternity house at Hhnea Inst
| Friday morning. The servioe: were
| conducted at the home of his uncle
iT Co MeCotoheon, by ie Iw. Bobet
| Chirlstie and Rev. Dr. Henry DD. Lind
say
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Chinese Hehels Honte Troops
SHANGHAIL Ine 11
Plogklaug, provioee of Kiang. who
have caused the forvigners employed
in the coil mines there to seek refuge
at Kbang<ha, have ronted a small gon
ermment force the Chinese miners
have struck in sympathy with the reb
els, Reenforvcements of tro WE are be
ing sent forwan!
he rebels at
Cadetaship For Young tawion.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 - The pres
dent has promised Mrs. Mary C. Law
ton, the whlaw of General Meary W
Tawton. who was kill in the Philip
plaes, that he wouhl soon appoint her
son. Manler, ulneteon yours ohl, to a
Ww : : 3
Cause of poor street car ser hoe while | prices guarsn‘eed to he as low or
# Dew bridge across the Hillsboro riv- | lower than city prices, The Scran-
or 18 being coustructed, All employ ton story is abreast with fashicn's
| ces of factories on the west side of the latest fads snd we pass them on to
river proceeded to the city hall on .
made a8 demonstration. A cowmitiee
{ealled upou the mayor and the street |
car authorities
declaring the men! : :
would not return to work until they | 0 e dare 5
had been given free fermge across the gE
river aud better car service. The m YY Talmadge Block, Elmer Avenme.
jor immediately tlirectest that both de
{ mands be granted
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Vou Sternburg In Auto Smash
WASHINGTON, Des 1 Baron
| Speck von Sternburg, the German am
| baxsador, had a narrow escape when |
| au electric car on Fourteenth street |
censhed Into his automobile, the Impact |
[ tearing the front end of the mac hive}
off and breaking the fender of the cur J
The ambassador’? life was probably |
saved, an eyewitness stated, by al
Quick application of the brakes by the
{ motorman. The aceldent was caused | .
{ by the chauffeur losing control of the Fry the Record
machine while trying to cross the 3
tracks in front of the moving car -
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Valley Phone 246y,
Triple Treaty With Menelik
LONDON, DD 11 The Anglo]
| French-ltnllan treaty with Abyssinia}
Is about to be sigrisl here, with King
| Menelik's approval. the Nagy having
| been officially communionted to the
powers. The freaty <treagthens the
raliway development of (he Interior hy
France, but gives Great Hritaln and
Italy representation on the ralivay di | Sold in Sayro by the Weel
rectorste, i Pharmace!
Dave there send pour enlors 1s