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Tie IcHenry Plaindealer. FtrilI.19BED *Y ft tt. •CHKKIKCM. HoHEITRY, ILLINOIS. Genius has the wisdom of age in its youth. Peace has her victories no leas than Wlir--and then there's football. Ballooning lacks one thrilling phase. There are no speed ordinances to be violated. Will the couple who were married In the Lake Erie lighthouse dc lightho--no, say it yourself. GOMPERS TELLS FEDERATION OF ATTEMPT TO CORRUPT HIM. HIS STORY IS VERIFIED The1 brave, gay, generous and light- hearted bpar the strokes of fate with equanimity and indomitable courage. Purported Agent of Manufacturers' Association Offered Immunity and Money If He WoulcT Betray Labor. Norfolk, Va.--A great sensation was created in the American Federation of Labor Wednesday afternoon by President Gompers in his speech re­ plying to the attacks upon him and other officers of the federation by the Manufacturers' association, when he told of an alleged attempt to bribe him at the Victoria hotel, New York, in October by a jwung newspaper man giving his name as Charles Branden­ burg. President Gompers said the man de­ clared that he represented the Na­ tional Manufacturers' association, and was prepared to offer him immunity from all exposure and make him finan­ cially secure for the remainder of his life if he would sign a certain paper and otherwise aid in the "exposure of the other leaders in the American Federation of Labor FitA a view to virtually destroying the influence of organized labor." Verifies His Statement. The paper, President Gompers said, was to purport to have been signed when he (Gompers) was ill in 1895. This paper, Mr. Gompers said, he had Earthly fame, wealth and glory are j Preserved, and while deathlike still- as evanescent as the cardinal rays of < ness prevailed in the convention Presl- the setting sun that drops into dark- i dent Gompers drew forth the original It is probably no more true that tin | soldiers make fighters of boys than I it is that Teddy bears make growlers ! of girls. The claim that prunes catise bald- j nees was started by some doctor who i was trying to make trouble for his | landlady. i WILLIAM R. HFiRST HELD NEW YORK EDITOR BOUND OViR TO GRAND JURY. Jufttiee.Wyatt Takes Actloo^r-Crimfital "Ufeet Charge Made by ' Chanler. A Harvard professor says av<jrsion to work is really illness. Here is where an indefinite lay off Is going to be asked. An association has been organized In New York to build airships. But notwithstanding its object, it will not use inflated capital. Balloon travel is rapidly becoming more safe and scientific. We may all fly yet, even if some of us never get • chance to wear wings. est storms and eternal night. A swarm of bees lit on a Philadel­ phia policeman. The fact that one man woke up made a nice little piece of news for the local papers. Diogenes was not like a modern muck-raker or investigator. He did not go around looking for dishonesty. He knew it was always there. Several men have been convicted and sent to prison in New York for stealing electricity. This naturally comes under the head of shocking crimes. They are putting monkeys in jail In New Jersey. This looks as though the law of that state was making near-Human efforts to getting itself enforoed. Marconi has harnessed that air, but whether he can drive it as he pleases remains to be seen. He is, however, one of the dreamers that Boyle O'Reilly gays live forever. The body is quickly buried and lost in the dust of centuries, bat the spirit of thought, that moves us every mo­ ment for good or ill, has immortal lineage and cannot be destroyed. A wicked conscience is the most devilish companion that mortals can harbor, for even in the success of Its •villainy it is tortured with uncertain­ ty, anxiety, dread and plutonic re­ morse. The women's literary clubs of Michi­ gan have started a novel contest as to which club shall add the most chil­ dren to the state's population next year. Race suicide will have to take the count. ! document and read it. Mr. Gompers ! during his recital of the alleged at- i tempt at bribery called upon different j delegates present, who were with him i at times at Interviews with Branden­ burg, to verify his statements. This the delegates, rising in their seats, did. | At the close of President Gompers' > speech there was a great demonstra- | tion, even Victor L. Berger, of Milwau- < kee, the socialistic opponent of Mr. i Gompers, declaring that although he ! had at convention after convention bit- ; terly opposed the reelection of Presi­ dent Gompers, he will be the one this j year to move to make his election : unanimous, with a vote of confidence I not only to President Gompers but ; also to the other officials of the Ameri­ can Federation of Labor. "This," declared Mr. Berger, "is the answer of the socialists to the Manu­ facturers' association." Brandenburg's Side of It. New York. -- Broughton Branden­ burg, president of the National In­ stitute of Immigration, and a mag­ azine writer, said Wednesday night that he was the man referred to by President Gompers. He em­ phatically denied that he had attempt­ ed to bribe Gompers. He also stated that he had no connection with the National Manufacturers' association, and that his dealings with Gompers were solely in the interests of a pub­ lication which he represented. He, himself, he said, had been the intend­ ed victim of a plot that failed. He de­ clared that Gompers' statement was an effort to forestall the effect of what he knew was about to be published. A Wisconsin court has decided that a cigarette with a tobacco wrapper is not a cigarette, and does not violate the anti-cigarette law. This is an easy road to liberty. The tobacco wrappers are better than the paper ones, any­ way. Now a vessel is to be built to out­ class the Lusitania. Perhaps in the fu­ ture seagoing vessels of any kind will be dispensed with entirely and speed- seekers will be simply hurled across the ocean through pneumatic tubes at telegraphic velocity. English experts who have been In­ vestigating report that the gold still to be dug out of the mines In the Hand district of South Africa may be estimated at $5,000,000,000,000. With that much gold in circulation the world would have quantity as well as quality. Brazil, distinguished in the merry comedy, "Charley's Aunt," as the place "where the nuts come from," is also distinguished as a place where ideas grow. Thirty Brazilian mer­ chants and professional men are visit­ ing this country, in obedience to the advice which Secretary Root gate to all the Americas to "get acquainted." Mrs. Russell Sage, having lately learned that a debt of $2,000, con­ tracted by her father in 1844. had FIGHT DESPITE GOV. CUMMIN8. Militia Captain May Be Punished for Not Stopping Mill. Des Moines, la.--Adjt. Gen. Thrift of the Iowa National guards will or­ der an immediate Investigation of the conduct of Capt. Kulp pf Daven­ port, who was ordered la^e Thursday afternoon by Gov. Cummins to as­ semble his men of company B, Fifty- fourth regiment, under arms and stop the prize fight scheduled for that night. It is the impression of Adjt. Gen. Thrift that the fight at Davenport was a prize fight and in clear vidlation of the law, and that under the strict or­ ders issued by the governor to Capt. Kulp, tife militia should have stopped it. The fight took place but no decision was made, though McFarland easily defeated Herman. FATAL PANIC AT FUNERAL. One Man Is Killed and Eight Injured Near York, Pa. York, Pa.--Eli Gross, of Zions View, was probably fatally injured and eight other persons were hurt in a panic in Quickel's church, six miles north of this city, Wednesday. While the funeral of the victims of last Saturday's double murder was in progress a report gained currency that Ws- never been paid, has forwarded a I the building was falling. The church check for the amount to the heirs of | was crowded to Ha doors. To aggra- f °a<i PaM interest vate the rumor the heating stove was l°r J3 years the I pushed over. The' congregation im- wnhahiv °th h 4ave larger> but mediately became frenzied probably the heirs are thankful to get the creditor, on the sum the principal. When a man has done his work shall he stop and play? Rev. Dr. Scott of Worcester, Mass., who has resigned from his pulpit after 30 years of service in order to devote himself to golf, thinks he has earned this play­ time, and he doubtless has. The trouble Is that ^^hen a man works for 30 years without giving any time to pleasure he commonly does not know how to play. A due amount of diver­ sion at intervals along the road is the safer and more satisfactory plan. It would tend to postpone the day when a man must retire from active work. Dr. Cook of Brooklyn, who tB headed for the North Pole, writes that he has hit upon a new route which he is con­ fident will carry him to the objective point. But it is not likely that the route will soon be included in the rural free delivery system. and a struggle ensued among the people to escape from the building. Tahiti Prince Accused of Fraud. San Francisco.--Prince Salmon of Tahiti was arrested Friday in the po­ lice court on two charges, one of de­ frauding an automobile livery com­ pany and the other of failing to pay a board bijl. Jury in Lewis "Trial Disagrees. St. Louis.--The jury In the fase of Edward G. Lewis, mayor of University City, who was charged with having used the mails fraudulently in organiz­ ing and establishing the Peoples Unit­ ed States bank, disagreed Friday. 8peaker Cannon in a Wreck. Danville, 111.--Speaker Cannon was in a railroad wreck at Bismarck, 111., a short distance from Danville Wed­ nesday. He escaped injury, although his life was in great danger. Train meatltwTZ b' hTl"" dl"aI"K,^,- i °°°* opcn^'ch meat It would be hart to nurpass that1 derailing two car., in one "(which Mr. Cannon was riding. The speak- of the Hamilton, O., thieves who broke Into a freight car and carried off a box of what they supposed to bp wearing appprel--yet they did not miss it far. It was a box of shrouds. er's car turned squarely across the track, but fortunately did not over­ turn. Beyond being badly shaken up, none o| the passengers or trainmen was injured. New Yorlt. -- Justice Wyatt in the court of special sessions Thurs­ day held W. R. «flearst for the grand jury on a charge of criminal libel pre­ ferred, by William Astor Chanler. S. S. Carvalho gave bail for Mr. Hearst. The amount of the- bond was fixed at $500, the usual sum required in misdemeanor cases. Mr. Carvalho Is the general manager of Mr. Hearst's New York newspapers. Both Mr. Hearst and his bondsman were in court when Justice Wyatt handed down his decision. They re­ paired to the office of District Attorney Jerome while the bail bond was being prepared. It was later approved by Justice Wyatt and Mr. Hearst and his attorneys drove away in the big red automobile which had brought them to the criminal courts building. The charge against Mr. Hearst grew out of a publication in the New York Evening Journal concerning the case of, Raymond Hitchcock, the actor. Mr. Chahler's name was mentioned in con­ nection with the article. Several hearings were had before Justice Wyatt, during which Mr. Chanler posi­ tively denied that he had ever been at Hitchcock's house when little girls were there. His counsel claimed that the publication had been made for the purpose of injuring politically Lieut. Gov. Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, a bro­ ther of the complainant against Mr. Hearst. This was denied by Mr. Hearst's at­ torneys, who made the counter claim in court that Mr. Chanler's proceed­ ings against Mr. Hearst were taken in the hope of hurting the chances of the Independence League ticket in the last county election. The grand jury, it is said, has al­ ready undertaken an investigation of the charge against Mr. Hearst, and a score or more of witnesses have been summoned. MINI8TERING THE GOLD CUR&. RUM ROUTED IN ALABAMA. Remarkable Scenes When 8enats Passes Prohibition Bill. Montgomery, Ala.--Unprecedented scenes were enacted In the senate chamber of the historical capitol of Alabama Tuesday when-the statutory prohibition bill was passed. Women and children thronged the corridor and gallery and even usurped the sanctity of the floor itself, pushing the senators from their seats and giving vent to their enthusiasm by shouts and cheers that echoed and reechoed through the building. Senators who opposed the bill were hissed down when they arose to speak against the measure. The statutory prohibition bill which was passed was In the nature of a compromise between the antis and prohibitionists. The antis, seeing the handwriting on the wall, agreed to give up the fight provided the time was extended to January 1, 1909, when the sale of whisky will be for­ bidden in the state of Alabama. This amendment will be sent to the house and will be concurred in without a fight. Gov. Comer will approve the bill and It Is understood that a movement has already been started by the state W. C. T. U. to make the signing of the bill a very formal occasion. Mobile, Ala.--An indication of the wrath of the "home rulers" over the prohibition policy of the Democratic party in the state is shown by the fol- lowing telegram that was sent to State Senator Hamburger by M. J. V' Dermott, president of the Bank of Mobile: WANT FORAKER FOR PRESIDENT. Committees of Ohio League of Repub­ lican Ciubs Endorse Him. Columbus, O.--United States Sena­ tor Joseph Benson Foraker, of Ohio, was endorsed Wednesday for both re­ election to the senate and the Repub­ lican nomination for president, at a joint meeting of the executive and ad­ visory committees of the Ohio League of Republican clubs. The committees also declared that they had no sympathy whatever "with the proposition that has been ad­ vanced that Senator Foraker be eliminated and retired from public life because he was not able to agree with President Roosevelt as to the rate bill, or joint statehood for New Mexico and Arizona, or about the Brownsville matter." The action of the Joint committees at once brought out a challenge froni A. I. VoryB, manager of the Taft presi. dential canvass, for a popular primary to determine the choice of the Ohio Republicans of a candidate for presi­ dent. Iowa Village Is Burned. St. Joseph, Mo.--The village of Chain, la., was wiped out by fire Wednesday night, but one building being saved. Loss, $50,000. Yellow Fever Kills American Woman. Bridgetown, Island of Barbados, B. W. I.--Mrs. Alleyne, wife of Dr. Al­ leyne, surgeon general of the hospital here, died Friday of yellow fever. She was taken sick November 18. Mrs. Alleyne was an Americ&n. Ohio Legislator Dies of Burn*. Columbus, O.--Dr. W. C. Whitney, member of the Ohio legislature from Franklin county, died Friday night of burns received several days ago while attempting .to rescue a horse from a burning barn. Big Lumber Mill* Closed. Houston, Tex.--The Branson and Kirbyville lumber mills of the Kirby Lumber company shut down Thurs­ day because of alleged unwillingness to sell lumber below cost. Blx hun­ dred men are idle. Gelatine Explosion Kills Two. Pinole, Cal.--Two workmen were killed and a building was blown to atoms Thursday by . an explosion of 5(^0 pounds of gelatine at the Dupont De Nemour Powder company's plant near this place. CLEVELAND MAYOR IS HIT TOM L, JOHNSON ACCUSED BY W. M. IVINS IN NEW YORK. Reorganization of Nassau Qompany Said to Have Provided $6,250,000 of Water. New York.--William M. Ivins, while investigating the affairs of the Brook­ lyn Rapid Transit company" for the public service commission Friday, de­ clared that Mayor Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland and his friends, who for­ merly owned the Nassau Electric Rail­ way company of Brooklyn, had watered its stock to the extent of $6,250,000 and then sold it to the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company. This'was alleged to have taken place in a reorganization of the Nas­ sau company in January, 1899. Questioning Timothy S. Williams, vice president of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company, about the reorgani­ zation of the Nassau company, Mr. Ivins said: "On that reorganization I find that they increased their bond issue, which had theretofore been $5,- 500,000, by an additional $8,946,960. They made an entirely new issue of preferred stock of $6,000,000, they theretofore having no preferred stock, and to the theretofore existing $6,000,- 000 of common stock they added $2,- 500,000, making a total of new issues of $17,946,960, and your acquisition was after this Increase of capitaliza­ tion. Can you tell me what these new securities were "issued for?" Mr. Williams said an explanation of the transaction was given in an agree­ ment which Mr. Ivins had, but this was not read. Mr. Williams also con­ tended that the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company, if It had bought $6,- 250,000 of water, had subsequently squeezed it out. "I cannot agree with you," said Mr. Ivins. "It looks to me like a plain case of stock watering, and the com­ pany had no right to charge that $6,- 000,000* on its books to the cost and equipment of the road. It was wrong in principle, and if it wasn't then against the law, the law ought to be amended so as to make such a trans­ action impossible." PRESIDENT NOT ENDANGERED. BOROUGH BANK MEN INDICTED. President, Cashier and Controlling Stockholder in the Tolls. New Yqrk.--The Kings county grand Jury, which Is Investigating the recent management of the suspended Bor­ ough bank of Brooklyn, returned In­ dictments Thursday charging larceny and other offenses against Howard Maxwell, who was president of the in­ stitution when its doors were closed; Arthur D. Campbell, the deposed cashier, and William Gow, a director who holds a controlling share of the bank's stock. The three men were arrested and arraigned. All pleaded not guilty and were held for a hearing. Campbell and Gow each furnished $20,000 bail. Maxwell was unable to secure the $30,000 bond required of him and went to jail for the night. "Suffragettes" 8ilence Gladstone. Leeds, England.--The woman suf­ fragists Friday virtually compelled Herbert Gladstone, secretary of state for home affairs, to abandon his at­ tempt to address a meeting here. The Interruptions from the "suffragettes" became so persistent that Mr. Glad­ stone declared he would no longer struggle against such tactics. One of the suffragists thereupon tried to take possession of .the meeting. While she was speaking a free fight broke out between the- men and women of the audience. Dishonest Banker Sentenced. Birmingham, Ala.--Louis M. Dyke, president of the former Atella Nation, al bank, charged with misappropria­ tion of funds of a national bank, en­ tered a plea of guilty Friday. The court sentenced Dyke to five years in the Atlanta penitentiary. Crushed to Death in Elevator. * Pittsburg, Pa.--O. K. McCutcheon, 60 years old, a wealthy merchant of Turtle Creek, near here, was crushed to death in an elevator in a downtown skyscraper Friday. Mauretania Makes Record Day'* Run. New York.--The new Cunard liner Mauretania broke one of her sister ship LuSitania's records Thursday when, at noon, she completed a day's run ef 624 knots. The Lusitania's best record for a day was 618 knots. Big Boost for Westinghouse. Pittsburg, Pa.--Nearly $2,000,000 of new business has been placed on the books of the Westinghouse Machine and the Westinghouse Electric & Man­ ufacturing companies during the week by concerns west of Chicago. LIEUT. CRAWFOR-D MISSING. Admiral Dewey's Secretary Thought to Have Drowned Himself. Washington.--Lieut. John W. Craw­ ford, secretary of Admiral Dewey, has disappeared and It Is believed he has committed suicide. Friday Bennett A. Allen, 1901 Fourth street, a friend of the missing man, received a special delivery letter from Lieut. Crawford In which it was stated that he had de­ termined on suicide and requesting Mr. Allen to break the news to Mrs. Crawford as gently as possible. Late in the evening Lieut Crawford's hat and coat were found on the deck of a ferry boat plying between Washington and Alexandria. To financial difficul­ ties Lieut. Crawford's resolve to end his life is attributable, his friends say. HURT INSPECTING TRACKS. Nebraska Railway Commissioner and Clerk in Bad Accident. Lincoln, Neb.--Railway Commission­ er Joseph A. William and H. G. Pow­ ell, rate expert in the office of the state commission, were seriously in­ jured late Thursday night while mak­ ing an inspection of the Missouri Pa­ cific tracks near Elmwood. Commis­ sioner Williams was removed to a hospital. Powell was able to go to his home. The men were using a^gasoline mo­ tor, and were running at considerable speed in the darkness when the car struck an obstacle on the track and was thrown from the rails. George P. Miller a Suicide. St. Louis. -- Physically wrecked through excesses, George P. Miller, aged 48 years, once a brilliant law graduate and private secretary to Samuel J. Randall of Pennsylvania, who was speaker of the national house of representatives, swallowed whisky and morphine in a Pine street board­ ing house Thursday night and died Friday at the City hospital. Two Killed in Auto Accident. Des Moines, la. -- O. R. Nattinger was killed and Frank Getchell was seriously injured in an automobile accident Friday night. Miss Ruth Wilkinson and Miss Isolde Benny were severely hurt Five Children Perish in Fire. Titusville, Pa.--Awakened by the barking of his dog early Thursday, Thomas Zuver found his house in flames. With difficulty he saved his wife and their baby. Two sons es­ caped, but were badly injured. Five children were burned to death. Noted Jew-Baiter Goes Insans. Berlin.--Count von Pueckler, the well-known Jew baiter, who at various times has come into collision with the law owing to excessive anti-Semitic agitation, has been sent to an asylum. < Fatal Collision Near Peoria. Peoria, 111.--A Chicago & Alton pas­ senger train and a Vandalia freight came together head-on Wednesday noon at Farmdale, six miles east of here. One trainman was killed and the list of injured numbers seven. Five Killed by Boiler Explosion. Norfolk, Va.--Five men were killed, one fatally injured and a number seri­ ously hurt, as the result of the explo­ sion of a boiler in planing mill No. 1 at the John L. Roper itpRfeer mills, Gilmerton, Wednesday. 1TUIK0 YOUNG SOLDIER WEDS DAUGH­ TER OF SECRETARY Oi* STATE. Officers and Crew of Steamer Fowler Exonerated. Cairo, 111.--Exoneration from the charge of reckless navigation, which endangered the life of the president of the United States during the river trip from Cairo to Memphis October 3, was obtained Thursday for the offi cers and crew of the steamer Dick Fowler, who were found not guilty by United States Inspectors Waltz and Hodge, of Memphis, after a trial. The charges were brought by Com­ mander L. S. Vanduzer, U. S. N., in­ spector of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth lighthouse districts, who was on the lighthouse tender Lily, which acted as escort to the steamer Mississippi, the boat on which President Roosevelt traveled from Keokuk to Memphis The Fowler was accused specifically of running by the Lily without sound­ ing her whistle and running too close to the steamer Mississippi, the boat the president was on, thereby endan­ gering his life. At the trial only evi­ dence for the defense was heard, as the testimony of Commander Van Duzer and his witnesses was taken at a hearing held soon after the disposal of the other case arising from the river trip and the summary suspen­ sion for six months of the license of Pilot C. L. Nichols of the steamer Fred Hartweg, at the order <St the president. President, Vice President and Other Distinguished Guests Present-- 4taionle Purely a Love .V ' iflatch. * -v.- * Washington.--In the presence of President and Mrs. Roosevelt, the Vic'l-President and Mrs. Fairbanks, the justices of the supreme court and their wives, several senators, repre­ sentatives and other distinguished guests, Miss Edith Root on Wednesday became jthe wife of Ulysses Simpson Grant 3d,. Lieutenant United States Engineer corps. The wedding was generally recog­ nized at the capital as being the sec­ ond in social and official importance that has taken place during the Roose­ velt administration, there being only less interest in the marriage than in that which centered about the mar­ riage of Miss Roosevelt to Mr. Long- worth. The bride is the only daughter ctf Secretary of State and Mrs. Elihu Root, while the groom, as everyone knows from his name, is the grandson of General Grant, his father being General Frederick Dent Grant of the MRS. U. 8. GRANT. army. Lieutenant Grant is a nephew of Mrs. Potter Palmer of Chicago. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Dr. Stryker of Hamilton college, who was for several years the pastor of the Fourth Presbyterian church at Rush and Superior streets, Chicago, and who was a college friend of Sec retary of State Root, a friendship that is to be made the closer by the mar­ riage of the secretary's son to the college president's daughter. The tying of the bonds united two young people who are very much in love with each other. There is not a whisper in any quarter that position or name had the least thing In the world to do with the engagement. The former Miss Root has always rather shunned the gayer lift of the capital, and Lieutenant Grant has never been any too fond of it. He is studious, and so Is his bride and both are of domestic inclinations. It was a good old-fashioned American wed' ding, with Cupid's heart engaged in every detail. The cards of invitation to the wed­ ding read as follows: i The Secretary of State and Mrs. Root request the pleasure of the company of at the marriage of their daughter EDITH to LIEUT. ULYSSES S. GRANT, 3d, United States Corps of Engineers, on the afternoon of Wednesday, the 27th of November, at four o'clock 1600 Rhode Island avenue, in the City of Waahlngton. Present at the wedding were Elihu Root, Jr., and Miss Alida Stryker, daughter of Dr. M. Woolsey Stryker, president of Hamilton college. Mr. Root, who is the oldest son of the secretary of state, will marry Miss Stryker just ten days from the day that saw his sister married to Lieu­ tenant Grant. The invitations to the wedding were restricted as far as Washington was concerned to the persons who "must be invited." The local Invitations were about 250 In number and they includ­ ed only the closest family friends and those persons who hold such Official positions that they had to of neces­ sity be invited to be present. The out-of-town Invitations greatly outnumbered those given in Washing­ ton, but there were comparatively few of the out-of-town guests present. The A Wireless Addenda. Mr. Bacon--I see a Japanese elec-. trician has invented a wireless system which is asserted to be superior to anything now in use. Mrs. Bacon--Gracious me! Are bus­ tles comin' In style once more, really? --Yonkers Statesman. World's Submarine Cables. • This world contains altogether 1,750 submarine cables, totaling 200,000 lilies in length and dropped into their watery bed at a cost of $275,000,000. Sympathetic Nature. "Even the weather has shared In the recent panic." "In what way?" "Didn't you see where there was a flurry of snow from the cloud banks?" --Baltimore American. Not In a Confessional. Dignified Mamma -- When that young man left you last night I heard something which sounded like a kiss. Dignified Daughter-tDid you? How does a kiss sound, mamma?--~N. Y. Weekly. j wish of the secretary of state and hfo family, too, for that matter, was to have the wedding company as sntsli as possible, and the ceremony marked by attending simplicity. Of the groom's family there were present his father and mother, General and Mrs. Grant; his aunts, Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris and Mrs. Potter Pal­ mer, aad several of his first cousins, one of whom, Mrs. Sartdris' daughter Vivian, not long ago married Frederick Roosevelt Scovel, a cousin of Presi­ dent Roosevelt, and so, although rather indirectly, a connection Is es­ tablished between the Root and the Roosevelt families by the Root-Grant marriage. / The Root residence, where the cere­ mony took place, belongs to former Vice-President Levi P. Morton, who occupied It for months between the times of the leaving of Count Cassini, who leased it for the Russian embas- say quarters, and its renting for resi­ dence purposes by Secretary Root. While the wedding party was compara­ tively small, the house is big enough to hold a multitude. It stands on ft triangular piece of ground with Scott Circle at one end, Fifteenth street at the other end and a street on each side. ' Lieutenant Grant and Miss Root were married in the great south room on the first floor of the residence, ,a room which is as long as the house itself. It is a huge drawing-room known in the days when the Countess Cassini presided over social affairs in the residence as the "yeliow room." Miss Root had no bridesmaids. Sev­ eral of Lieutenant Grant's classmates and other army officer friends were present at the wedding, and his cous­ in, Potter Palmer, Jr., of Chicago, wis* his best man. After the wedding Lieutenant Grant and his bride left for a short honey­ moon trip. They will go to Clinton, N. Y., to b§ present, December 7, at the wedding of the bride's brother and Miss Stryker. From there Lieutenant Grant will take his bride directly to Boston, where in the suburb of Brook- line there is a pretty little hou^e: awaiting their occupancy. The house was selected by the brfcto Whose mother recently has interested herself in furnishing it completely tor housekeeping. Lieutenant Grant was ordered a short time ago from Wash­ ington to Boston to carry on his en­ gineering duties under the direction of Major Edward Burr, who has charge of the river and harbor wo&, along the Massachusetts coast. £*.,• Miss Root made her debut in Ne#(4, York several seasons ago and has twice been a cabinet girl, although she was extremely young when her father was secretary of war in Presi* dent McKinley's second administra^ tlon. She is a gifted linguist, an ac­ complished musician, and is devoted to outdoor sports. She Is an expert horsewoman, and her smart trap is familiar to all the uptown sections Of Washington. Lieut. Grant has served as military aid at the white house during ths* last two seasons, acting with Capt* Fitzhugh Lee, Jr., and Lieut Philip Sheridan. He is a nephew of Mrs. Potter Pal* mer of Chicago, his mother being Miss Louise Honore, sister of Mrs. Palm of. He is a brother of Princess Cantacn- zene of Russia, who was Miss Julta. Dent Grant, and the only child of t&s Grant family born in the white houseL. Lieut Grant's early education Was: obtained in Europe while his father- was minister to Austria-Hungary an# ' . 'fy? • i* • •W" ' - 'S • ' e&Jh . >: LIEUT. Al. 9. GRANT 3D. he then spent four years in a stats military school founded by Empress Maria Theresa. He entered Columbijl college in New York on his return to the United States and was graduate# in 1898, when he at once joined hi# father in Porto Rico, where he had his first experience in warfare. At the end of a year he entered West "* Point, graduating sixth in his class df 1902. He was ordered at once to th0 Philippines, where he did good service for three years, and, returning to the United States, was ordered to Wash­ ington barracks. Plagues of Nerve Sufferers. There is a class of well-defined "phoblaq," as they are called, witk which nerve sufferers are plagued# j "Monophobia," or fear of being alone J "castropbobia," or fear of close<M|g crowds or of broad open spaces; "in- : spaces; a "goraphobia," or fear o§-'m£ somniaphobla," or fear of not goin%; to sleep, and many others. The on# ' great remedy for all these and similat I- mental miseries, writes Dr. Samuejfr^ McComb In Good Housekeeping, i$>v auto-suggestion. • • a •Light Cure for Caneer. H-.-j Experiments are In progress at th#f New York Skin and Cancer hospitalp^ 330 Second avenue, for the allevlatloi^r "[i of pain by the use of intense light Sc§£>.s far the physicians are unwilling to ex%'V' press any definite opinions as to it4 efficacy, and content themselves bjr»; *, saying that their hospital tries everj!%$|" device which promises to be of assist^ ance In curing or alleviating cancer, - > The results with the "light cure," howfe, ever, have been sufficiently satisfac* a. tory to induce them to continue th«i||L.| experiments.--N. ¥. Times. ^ ^ .*1 ' \ -• 'j r ^ zfi "r-.- " v- - Kt ' hi'1 Jf: - ^ w : % - > .-A » 'Ma';